Comparison of Mortality between Japanese Peritoneal Dialysis and Hemodialysis Patients: A 5-Year Multicenter Follow-Up Study by Kazuko Suzuki, Tsuneo Konta, Kazunobu Ichikawa, Ami Ikeda, Hiroki Niino, Masato Hoshikawa, Toshiyuki Takahashi, Hiroshi Abiko, Minoru Ito, Ikuto Masakane, Tomohito Matsunaga, Kosuke Kudo, Hiroko Sato, Noriyuki Degawa, Isao Kubota

“…Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed that the crude survival rate was not significantly different at the end of 5 years (PD 67.5% versus 67.5%, log-rank P=0.719). …”
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Effects of different wet distillers’ grains ratios on fermentation quality, nitrogen fractions and bacterial communities of total mixed ration silage by Ermei Du, Ning Mao, Shihao Liu, Hanyu Zhang, Meiling Fan, Hong Sun, Yulong Zheng, Qiming Cheng, Chunmei Wang, Ping Li, Yixiao Xie

“…Abstract Objective Wet distiller’s grains (WDG) are rich in crude protein, yet challenging to preserve. Nevertheless, incorporating WDG into total mixed ration (TMR) silage holds promise for enhancing fermentation quality. …”
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Od liburnijske toponimije do planinarske terminologije: doprinosi Stanislava Gilića hrvatskomu jezikoslovlju by Igor Eterović, Joža Horvat

“…Zatim se nudi osvrt na druge njegove toponomastičke radove čija su tema toponimijski sustavi različitih područja – od Rijeke i Grobništine, preko područja općina Kostrena, Klana i Matulji, do širega teritorija Istre. …”
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Institucionalna kapaciteta regionalnih razvojnih agencij v Sloveniji by Irena Bačlija, Gaja Gologranc, Simona Kukovič

“…V vmesnem obdobju med ustanovitvijo občin (1994) in ustanovitvijo pokrajin se je v Sloveniji poskušalo premostiti pomanjkljivosti druge ravni lokalne samouprave z več mehanizmi in eden izmed njih je bila ustanovitev regionalnih razvojnih agencij. …”
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Effects of Replacing Fishmeal with Defatted Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens Linnaeus) Larvae Meal in Japanese Eel (Anguilla japonica) Diet on Growth Performance, Fillet Textur... by I-Pei Kuo, Ching-Shuo Liu, Shuenn-Der Yang, Shih-Hsiang Liang, Yeh-Fang Hu, Fan-Hua Nan

“…The growth performance, feed utilization efficiency, survival rate, serum liver function enzymes, antioxidant ability, and lysozyme activity of fish were not affected (P>0.05) by DBSFLM. However, the crude protein and cohesiveness of the fillet in groups R60 and R75 significantly decreased, and the fillet hardness significantly increased (P<0.05). …”
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Inhibition of Growth and Induction of Apoptosis in Fibrosarcoma Cell Lines by Echinophora platyloba DC: In Vitro Analysis by Fatemeh Zare Shahneh, Samira Valiyari, Abbas Azadmehr, Reza Hajiaghaee, Saeid Yaripour, Ali Bandehagh, Behzad Baradaran

“…The objective of this study was to examine the in vitro cytotoxic activity and the mechanism of cell death of crude methanolic extracts prepared from Echinophora platyloba DC, on mouse fibrosarcoma cell line (WEHI-164). …”
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ANTE GLAVIČIĆ – ČUVAR I PROMOTOR GRADITELJSKE BAŠTINE SENJA I OKOLICE by Helena Knifić Schaps

“…Znanje, komunikacijske vještine, umijeće izbjegavanja opasnosti s političkog spektra bivše države, uvjerljivost i upornost u prikupljanju sredstava te sve druge sposobnosti ugradio je u baštinjena materijalna i nematerijalna bogatstva Senja.…”
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Nutritional evaluation of inactivated whole soy and protease enzyme for growing and finishing pigs by M.R. Carmo, M.C.M.M. Ludke, T.M. Bertol, J.V. Ludke, A. Coldebella, C.P. Cruz, H. Rech, P.Z. Amador

“…Metabolism with pigs (53.80±4.15kg) to determine digestibility coefficients of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), and crude protein (CP), digestible energy (DE), apparent metabolizable energy (AME), and nitrogen-corrected AME (AMEn). …”
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Single dose of recombinant baculovirus vaccine expressing sigma B and sigma C genes provides good protection against novel duck reovirus challenge in ducks by Yufei Wang, Siyi Xu, Xia Chen, Yunlong Dou, Xingzhu Yang, Zenglei Hu, Shuang Wu, Xiaoquan Wang, Jiao Hu, Xiufan Liu

“…The double antibody-sandwich ELISA was used for quantitative of σB or σC protein in the inactivated crude antigen. Protective efficacy results revealed that, compared with the whole virus inactivated vaccine, a single dose of 160 ng σB or σC protein showed advantages in inducing serum antibodies, elevating weight, alleviating liver and spleen injury, restraining viral shedding and viral replication in ducklings. …”
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Early Invasive Cancer and Partial Intraoperative Electron Radiation Therapy of the Breast: Experience of the Jules Bordet Institute by C. Philippson, S. Simon, C. Vandekerkhove, D. Hertens, I. Veys, D. Noterman, F. De Neubourg, D. Larsimont, P. Bourgeois, P. Van Houtte, J. M. Nogaret

“…One ipsi lateral out-quadrant recurrence at 18 months was observed. The crude and actuarial local recurrence rates after median follow-up were 0.5% and 0.9%, respectively. …”
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Room temperature CRISPR diagnostics for low-resource settings by Eric A. Nalefski, Selma Sinan, Jason L. Cantera, Anastasia G. Kim, Remy M. Kooistra, Rafael E. Rivera, Jordyn P. Janshen, Sanchita Bhadra, Joshua D. Bishop, Andrew D. Ellington, Ilya J. Finklestein, Damian Madan

“…RPA-TsCas12a reactions performed at 25 °C effectively detected HPV-16 in crudely prepared cervical swab samples with high sensitivity and specificity using both optical and lateral flow readouts. …”
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Taxonomic Identification and Nutritional Analysis of <i>Pterocladiella capillacea</i> in Zhanjiang by Zhengwen Lv, Hongyan Cai, Nenghui Li, Hang Li, Jun Zeng, Kefeng Wu, Luming Deng, Huaqiang Tan, Hua Ye

“…In comparison, the fat (0.4%) and carbohydrate (15.4%) contents were relatively low, with moderate ash (14.3%) and crude fiber (9.1%) content. It contains a diverse range of fatty acids, with saturated fatty acids accounting for 51.82% and unsaturated fatty acids accounting for 48.18% of the total. …”
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Effect of fermented restaurant waste meal addition on growth performance of pangasius catfish (Pangasius pangasius) for promoting sustainable aquaculture by Andriani Yuli, Iskandar, Pratama Rusky I., Dwi Cahya Muhamad, Prima Mochamad Galuh N.

“…Restaurant waste, containing 10.89% protein, 9.70% fat, 0.39% phosphorus, and 0.08% calcium and 9.13% crude fiber, was fermented to enhance its nutritional value and determine its potential as a cost-effective feed ingredient. …”
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Exploring the characteristics of kombucha tea fermented with soursop (Annona muricata), Noni (Morinda citrifolia) and pineapple (Ananas comosus) by Azizan Muhammad Adib, Qadir Rahman, Zakaria Mizatul Athila, Mohsin Aliah Zannierah, Meor Hussin Anis Shobirin

“…There was also a significant difference (p<0.05) in proximate properties of infused and simple kombucha tea except for the crude protein content. The antioxidant analysis showed that addition fruit juices enhanced the antioxidant level of kombucha drinks. …”
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Evaluation of the Proximate Composition of <i>Amsonia tabernaemontana</i> Walt. Seeds and Glyceride Oil by Olga Teneva, Zhana Petkova, Ana Dobreva, Anatoli Dzhurmanski, Ginka Antova

“…The chemical composition was meticulously analyzed, revealing carbohydrates in the largest amounts (60.4% and 61.3%), with crude fibers at 18.3% and 24.8%, and protein content at 19.5% and 13.0%. …”
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A Hybrid Approach for Modular Neural Network Design Using Intercriteria Analysis and Intuitionistic Fuzzy Logic by Sotir Sotirov, Evdokia Sotirova, Vassia Atanassova, Krassimir Atanassov, Oscar Castillo, Patricia Melin, Todor Petkov, Stanimir Surchev

“…In the research work reported here the authors have applied the ICA method to the data from real datasets with measurements of crude oil probes, glass, and iris plant. The method can also be used to assess the independence of data with good results.…”
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Macrophage-derived neutrophil chemotactic factor is involved in the neutrophil recruitment inhibitory activity present in the supernatants of LPS-stimulated macrophages by B. M. Tavares-Murta, F. Q. Cunha, M. Dias-Baruffi, M. C. Roque-Barreira, S. H. Ferreira

“…In a cytotoxicity assay, most of the TNF found in the crude supernatants was recovered in the D-gal− fraction. …”
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Physicochemical, Rheological, Structural, Antioxidant, and Antimicrobial Properties of Polysaccharides Extracted from Tamarind Seeds by Likun Ren, Yang Yang, Xin Bian, Xiaomei Li, Bing Wang, Dangfeng Wang, Dan Su, Linlin Liu, Dehui Yu, Xiaoxue Guo, Xiumin Zhang, Na Zhang

“…In this study, the polysaccharides were firstly extracted from the tamarind seeds in which the crude polysaccharides have been extracted once by hot water extraction. …”
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A prevalent caveolin-1 gene rs926198 variant is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Thai population by Metha Yaikwawong, Pornpimon Ek-eudomsuk, Gunya Sittithumcharee, Vipavee Anupunpisit, Thavatchai Peerapatdit, Chaicharn Deerochanawong, Thep Himathongkam, Siwanon Jirawatnotai, Somlak Chuengsamarn

“…The rs926198 variant, but not the rs3807989 variant, was associated with T2DM. Crude ORs were 1.87 (95% CI: 1.32–2.69, p = 0.0005) and adjusted ORs were 1.81 (95% CI: 1.12–2.96, p = 0.016), respectively. …”
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Effect of marination with broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) juice and soy sauce on physicochemical, structural and oxidative properties of beef steak by Ashkan Jebelli Javan, Fatemeh Mirhaj, Nasim Khorshidian, Mehrdad Mohammadi

“…Samples were marinated with broccoli crude juice (15 mL v/w, 16.9 U/g) and soy sauce (25 mL v/w) individually and in combination and refrigerated at two different ageing times (1 and 48 h). …”
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