An analysis of the Policy of Increasing the Salaries of Government Employees Based on the Framework of Kingdon's Multiple Streams (Case Study of Budget Law 1401) by Seyyed Mojtaba Shahraeini, Heidar Najafi, Seyyedamir Abbaszade, Mahdi Khosravi, Iman Akbari

“…To address the identified injustices, subsequent salary and benefits increases should combine a fixed percentage and a fixed amount to ensure that the overall percentage increase is higher for employees with lower salaries.…”
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Response of high-yielding soybean varieties to water-saturated and drought stress by Purwantoro ., R.D. Purwaningrahayu, H. Kuntyastuti, A. Harsono, N. Nuryati, A. Sulistyo, Z. Yursak, R. Soehendi, Trustinah ., H. Kuswantoro, M.J. Mejaya, D. Harnowo

“…In flooded soil, the Dering 2 and Deja 1 varieties can develop the weight of 100 seeds, number of branches, and plant height as same as in optimal soil moisture, with relatively lower yield reduction compared to other varieties, with stress tolerance index values of 0.66 and 0.54. …”
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The Advances in Utilizing Right Ventricular Function as a Predictor of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Recovery: A Single Centre Prospective Cohort Study by Akbar MR, Sakasasmita S, Achmad C, Dewi TI, Hasan M, Prameswari HS

“…The recovery rate of patients with initial RV systolic dysfunction is lower than patients with normal RV systolic function (51.5% vs 75.8%, p = 0.016). …”
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Gut microbiota drives colon cancer risk associated with diet: a comparative analysis of meat-based and pesco-vegetarian diets by Carlotta De Filippo, Sofia Chioccioli, Niccolò Meriggi, Antonio Dario Troise, Francesco Vitali, Mariela Mejia Monroy, Serdar Özsezen, Katia Tortora, Aurélie Balvay, Claire Maudet, Nathalie Naud, Edwin Fouché, Charline Buisson, Jacques Dupuy, Valérie Bézirard, Sylvie Chevolleau, Valérie Tondereau, Vassilia Theodorou, Claire Maslo, Perrine Aubry, Camille Etienne, Lisa Giovannelli, Vincenzo Longo, Andrea Scaloni, Duccio Cavalieri, Jildau Bouwman, Fabrice Pierre, Philippe Gérard, Françoise Guéraud, Giovanna Caderni

“…Results In both animal models, the PVD group exhibited significantly lower colon tumorigenesis than the MBD ones, consistent with various CRC biomarkers. …”
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Is intense exercise bad for your mind? Subjective, behavioral and physiological responses to a cognitive effort to failure by Darías Holgado, Ludovic Leubaz, Paolo Ruggeri, Guillermo Borragan, Antonio Luque-Casado, Tristan Bekinschtein, Daniel Sanabria, Nicolas Place

“…However, cognitive task performance was better in the in the phases of low subjective demands. Brain complexity was lower after the physical fatigue condition, indicating a potential shift in physiological states, although neither behavioral performance nor subjective feelings were affected. …”
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Effects of heat stress abatement on behavioral response in lactating dairy cows prior to and following an intramammary lipopolysaccharide infusion by T.N. Marins, R.M. Orellana Rivas, Y-C. Chen, V.H.L.R. Melo, Z. Wang, H. Liu, J. Gao, C.G. Savegnago, A.M. Roper, J.K. Bernard, P. Melendez, S. Tao

“…Before IM-LPS, NC cows had lower ruminating and eating time, and consequently greater inactive time compared with CL cows. …”
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Serum ALT activity and its isoenzymes as potential biomarkers for diagnosis of Sarcopenia in older adults: a retrospective, cross-sectional study by Jiangping Zeng, Nannan Li, Jiaying Ge, Huihui Ma, Siqi Sun, Yujie Jing, Chunhua Qian, Ran Cui, Shen Qu, Hui Sheng

“…Results Older adults with sarcopenia exhibited a lower serum ALT activity and a higher ALT1/ALT2 ratio compared to those without sarcopenia. …”
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Racial differences in takotsubo cardiomyopathy outcomes in a large nationwide sample by Raja Zaghlol, Amit K. Dey, Sameer Desale, Ana Barac

“…Additionally, the adjusted risk was lower in AA compared with Caucasians, for cardiogenic shock [odds ratio (OR) 0.61 (0.47–0.78), P < 0.0001], mechanical ventilation [OR 0.8 (0.70–0.92), P = 0.002] and intraaortic balloon pump insertion [OR 0.63 (0.41–0.99), P = 0.04]. …”
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Prevalence and antibiotic resistance patterns of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated from chicken droppings on poultry farms in Gondar city, Northwe... by Mitkie Tigabie, Muluneh Assefa, Yalewayker Gashaw, Azanaw Amare, Aklilu Ambachew, Sirak Biset, Feleke Moges

“…However, both isolates presented lower resistance rates to piperacillin-tazobactam (4, 9.8 %) and cefepime (7, 17.1 %). …”
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Thiol-Disulfide Homeostasis in Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Rats by Enes Aydın, Serpil Mungan Durankaya, Osman Yilmaz, Günay Kirkim, Safiye Aktaş, Salim Neşelioğlu, Özcan Erel, Yüksel Olgun, Abdullah Dalgıç

“…Results: Intergroup comparisons by frequency on day 5 of noise exposure showed statistically significantly lower responses in ABR measurements at 8 kHz, 12 kHz, and 16 kHz in group 2 compared to group 3 (P = .003, P=.006, and P=.002). …”
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Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index: A Promising, Non-Invasive Biomarker for Crohn&rsquo;s Disease Activity and Severity Assessment by Deng Y, Fu T, Gao D, Zhou J, Nie X, Wang F, Yu Q

“…Although SII decreased in patients with mucosal healing (p< 0.001), its prognostic accuracy (AUC=0.719) was lower than other biomarkers. However, SII emerged as an independent predictor for CD activity and severity with higher efficacy (AUC=0.774 and 0.807). …”
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PET imaging of 52Mn labeled DOTATATE and DOTAJR11 by James M. Omweri, Hailey A. Houson, Shannon E. Lynch, Volkan Tekin, Anna G. Sorace, Suzanne E. Lapi

“…The PET images revealed similar biodistribution results, with [52Mn]Mn-DOTATATE showing a significant tumor uptake of 11.16 ± 2.97% ID/g, while [52Mn]Mn-DOTA-JR11 exhibited a lower tumor uptake of 2.11 ± 0.30% ID/g 4 h post-injection. …”
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The value of thrombus markers applied in patients with respiratory failure by Yingqun Chen, Zihan Yin, Junshi Wang, Cunliang Yan, Xuwei Lin, Lei Huang

“…Platelet count (PLT) and procalcitonin (PCT) were sharply lower in the survival group (P<0.05). In groups of varying severity, PCT exhibited an elevated level in the severe, demonstrating great differences to the mild to moderate groups (P<0.05). …”
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Klasifikasi Alzheimer Berdasarkan Data Citra MRI Otak Menggunakan Fcm Dan Anfis by Nilna Almumtazah, Muhammad Sahrul Kiromi, Nurissaidah Ulinnuha

“…This study intends to prevent Alzheimer's instances by performing early detection, lowering the likelihood that Alzheimer's patients would pass away. …”
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Response surface methodology and adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system for adsorption of reactive orange 16 by hydrochar by J. Oliver Paul Nayagam, K. Prasanna

“…The moisture content was lowered by drying for 24 hours at 103 degree celcius in an oven with hot air. …”
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Fibrinogen-albumin ratio predicts treatment response in phospholipase A2 receptor-associated membranous nephropathy with nephrotic syndrome by Suyan Duan, Si Chen, Chen Chen, Fang Lu, Ying Pan, Yifei Lu, Qing Li, Simeng Liu, Bo Zhang, Huijuan Mao, Changying Xing, Yanggang Yuan

“…The Kaplan-Meier survival analysis demonstrated that the high-FAR group (>0.233) had a significantly lower probability to achieve CR or PR compared to the low-FAR group (≤0.233) (Log Rank test, p = 0.021). …”
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Preparation of Tragopogon graminifolius-loaded electrospun nanofibers and evaluating its wound healing activity in a rat model of skin scar by Leila Almasi, Elham Arkan, Mohammad Hosein Farzaei, Amin Iranpanah, Cyrus Jalili, Fatemeh Abbaszadeh, Faranak Aghaz, Sajad Fakhri, Javier Echeverría

“…Moreover, in histopathological analysis, PVA/PEO/CS/TG showed a lower presence of inflammatory cells, higher density of dermis collagen fibers, and better regeneration of the epidemic layer. …”
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Assessment of platelet-to-white blood cell ratio on short-term mortality events in patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure: evidence from a cohort study from J... by Xin Huang, Xin Huang, Xin Huang, Xin Huang, Maobin Kuang, Maobin Kuang, Maobin Kuang, Maobin Kuang, Jiajun Qiu, Jiajun Qiu, Jiajun Qiu, Jiajun Qiu, Chao Wang, Chao Wang, Chao Wang, Chao Wang, Guotai Sheng, Guotai Sheng, Yang Zou, Guobo Xie

“…Subgroup analysis showed that compared to subjects with reduced or moderately reduced ejection fraction, ADHF patients with preserved ejection fraction had a lower risk of short-term mortality associated with PWR (HR:0.99 vs. 0.98 vs. 0.87, P for interaction = 0.0067).ConclusionThis study reveals, for the first time, a negative correlation between the inflammatory marker PWR and all-cause mortality within 30 days of hospitalization in ADHF patients. …”
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Real-world study of phakic refractive lens for correction of high myopia by An-Peng Pan, Xu Shao, Yi-Ke Li, Zi-Yue Li, Qiong Yan, Wei-Yang Sun, A-Yong Yu

“…Conclusions PRL implantation was a safe, efficient, predictable and stable method for correcting high myopia. The potential of lower incidence of early acute IOP elevations makes the OVD-free method a promising alternative to the conventional method. …”
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The predictive value of echocardiographic parameters regarding appearance of atrial fibrillation in patients with acute coronary syndrome by V.Y. Tseluyko, F. Ben Salem, N.A. Lopina

“…The patients of the 1st group and the 1a subgroup had significantly lower values ​​of ejection fraction compared to patients of the 2nd group (p1-2 = 0.00039, p1a-2 = 0.00035). …”
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