Primary Prophylaxis to Prevent the Development of Hepatic Encephalopathy in Cirrhotic Patients with Acute Variceal Bleeding by Fátima Higuera-de-la-Tijera, Alfredo I. Servín-Caamaño, Francisco Salas-Gordillo, José L. Pérez-Hernández, Juan M. Abdo-Francis, Jaime Camacho-Aguilera, Sai N. Alla, Fiacro Jiménez-Ponce

“…Findings. 87 patients were randomized to one of four groups. The basal characteristics were similar between groups. …”
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Machine learning algorithms in constructing prediction models for assisted reproductive technology (ART) related live birth outcomes by Junwei Peng, Xiaoyujie Geng, Yiyue Zhao, Zhijin Hou, Xin Tian, Xinyi Liu, Yuanyuan Xiao, Yang Liu

“…A total of seven predictors were identified, namely maternal age, duration of infertility, basal follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), progressive sperm motility, progesterone (P) on HCG day, estradiol (E2) on HCG day, and luteinizing hormone (LH) on HCG day. …”
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Effects of Dietary Iron Levels on the Production Performance, Nutrient Digestibility, Blood Biochemistry, and Meat and Fur Quality of Growing Rex Rabbits by Jiali Chen, Jiyuan Wang, Lei Liu, Fuchang Li

“…Two hundred 3-month-old Rex rabbits were randomly allocated to five groups, each with forty replicates. Rabbits were fed a basal diet supplemented with varying levels of Fe (0, 20, 40, 80, and 160 mg/kg) in the form of ferrous sulfate monohydrate. …”
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Characterization of the Occult Hepatitis B Virus Variants Circulating among the Blood Donors from Eastern India by Avik Biswas, Rajesh Panigrahi, Partha Kumar Chandra, Arup Banerjee, Sibnarayan Datta, Manisha Pal, Subhashish Chakraborty, Prasun Bhattacharya, Sekhar Chakrabarti, Runu Chakravarty

“…PCR amplification and sequencing were done to determine HBV genotypes, basal core promoter (BCP), and precore (Pre-C) mutations. …”
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GENIUS LOCI KAMPUNG BANDAR PEKANBARU by Mahya Fiddini Kaffah, Agus S. Ekomadyo

“… Abstrak_ Kampung Bandar merupakan kawasan kota tua yang menjadi cikal bakal berkembangnya Kota Pekanbaru. Kampung Bandar terletak di bantaran Sungai Siak, sungai yang dahulu menjadi sumber kehidupan dan tempat masyarakat melakukan aktivitas sehari-hari. …”
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Ice speed of a Greenlandic tidewater glacier modulated by tide, melt, and rain by S. Sugiyama, S. Sugiyama, S. Tsutaki, S. Tsutaki, D. Sakakibara, D. Sakakibara, I. Asaji, K. Kondo, Y. Wang, E. Podolskiy, G. Jouvet, G. Jouvet, M. Funk

“…Uplift of the glacier surface was observed during fast-flowing periods, suggesting basal separation due to elevated water pressure. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of Simple Insulin Infusion Devices Compared to Multiple Daily Injections in Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetics in the United States Based on a Simulation Model by Peter Wahlqvist, Jay Warner, Robert Morlock

“…**Background:** As type 2 diabetes (T2D) progresses, administering basal and bolus insulin through multiple daily injections (MDI) is often required to achieve target control, although many people fail to achieve target levels. …”
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Effects of Bile Acids on Growth Performance, Hepatopancreatic Antioxidant Capacity, Intestinal Immune-Related Gene Expression, and Gut Microbiota of <i>Penaeus vannamei</i> by Yun Zhao, Duanduan Chen, Hui Wang

“…The experiment was designed with four groups: CT, BA1, BA2, and BA3, where BA were added to the shrimp basal diet at concentrations of 0.0 mg/kg, 0.1 mg/kg, 1.0 mg/kg, and 10.0 mg/kg, respectively. …”
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Expression Analysis of Fibronectin Type III Domain-Containing (FNDC) Genes in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Colorectal Cancer by Tilo Wuensch, Jonas Wizenty, Janina Quint, Wolfgang Spitz, Madeleen Bosma, Olaf Becker, Andreas Adler, Wilfried Veltzke-Schlieker, Martin Stockmann, Sascha Weiss, Matthias Biebl, Johann Pratschke, Felix Aigner

“…In addition, FNDC expression data from publicly available Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) data sets (GDS4296, GDS4515, and GDS5232) were analyzed. Results. Basal mucosal expression revealed higher expression of FNDC3A and FNDC5 in the ileum compared to colonic segments. …”
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Fipronil in sub-lethal doses leads to immuno-toxicological effects in broiler birds. by Shafia Tehseen Gul, Muhammad Zergham Tahir, Latif Ahmad, Aisha Khatoon, Muhammad Kashif Saleemi, Farid Shokry Ataya, Riaz Hussain, Bakhtawar Maqbool, Dalia Fouad, Ahrar Khan

“…The temperature at brooding was kept at 33°C; later on, it was maintained at 26-28°C, and the humidity was at 60-70%. Clean water and a basal diet were provided ad libitum. After three days of acclimatization, birds were divided into five experimental groups (A to E), each containing 20 birds. …”
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Peran Regulasi Pemerintah Dalam Pengelolaan Risiko Bencana: Evaluasi Atas Kebijakan Peraturan Daerah Dalam Pengurangan Risiko Bencana Tsunami di Kota Ambon by Novian Andri Akhirianto, Anies Ma'rufatin, Khusnul Setia Wardani, Widjo Kongko, Fretha Julian Kayadoe

“…Masalah ini juga terjadi pada penilaian risiko bencana di Kota Ambon yang termasuk dalam kelas bahaya tsunami tinggi. …”
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Cytokines and Metabolic Patterns in Pediatric Patients with Critical Illness by George Briassoulis, Shekhar Venkataraman, Ann Thompson

“…Patients were classified as hypermetabolic, normometabolic, and hypometabolic when the measured resting energy expenditures (REE) were >110%, 90–110% and, <90% of the predicted basal metabolic rate, respectively. The initial predominance of the hypometabolic pattern (48.6%) declined within 1 week of acute stress (20%), and the hypermetabolic patterns dominated only after 2 weeks (60%). …”
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Effects of neonatal handling on behavior and stress-response in rats selected for reaction towards humans by Yu. E. Herbeck, O. A. Amelkina, M. Yu. Konoshenko, S. G. Shikhevich, R. G. Gulevich, R. V. Kozhemyakina, I. Z. Plyusnina, I. N. Oskina

“…In both aggressive and tame rats, the blood corticosterone level at stress was getting back to the basal level for a longer time than in the corresponding control groups. …”
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The Effect of Spatial Scale on the Prediction of Tropical Forest Attributes from Image Texture by J. Alberto Gallardo-Cruz, Jonathan V. Solórzano, Edgar J. González, Jorge A. Meave

“…Nineteen 32 × 32 m sampling plots were used to quantify forest structure (basal area: BA; mean height: H; standard deviation of height, HSD; density, D; and aboveground biomass, AGB). …”
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Electrocardiogram-gated cardiac computed tomography-based patient- and segment-specific cardiac motion estimation method in stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation for ventricular ta... by Jingyang Xie, Alicia S. Bicu, Melanie Grehn, Mustafa Kuru, Adrian Zaman, Xinyu Lu, Christian Janorschke, Luuk H.G. van der Pol, Martin F. Fast, Jens Fleckenstein, Marcus Both, Stephan Hohmann, Egor Borzov, Peter Winkler, Roland R. Tilz, Dirk Rades, Frank A. Giordano, Daniel Buergy, Boris Rudic, David Duncker, Roland Merten, Tomer Charas, Mahmoud Suleiman, Thomas Brunner, Daniel Scherr, Evgeny Lian, Achim Schweikard, Oliver Blanck, Judit Boda-Heggemann, Lena Kaestner

“…The maximum motion per patient was observed in basal and mid-cavity LV segments in 3D. The PCC showed a strong positive motion correlation between the ICD tip and CTV in 3D (0.84), while the p-values indicated statistically significant differences in the right-left, anterior-posterior and 3D directions. …”
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Transcriptomic Profile Analysis of Brain Tissue in the Absence of Functional TRPM8 Calcium Channel by Erick B. Saldes, Alexandra Erdmier, Jai Velpula, Timothy E. Koeltzow, Michael X. Zhu, Swapna Asuthkar

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 8 (TRPM8) is a non-selective, Ca²⁺-permeable cation channel involved in thermoregulation and other physiological processes, such as basal tear secretion, cell differentiation, and insulin homeostasis. …”
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The emerging role of glycine receptor α2 subunit defects in neurodevelopmental disorders by Sean D. Fraser, Sean D. Fraser, Robert J. Harvey, Robert J. Harvey

“…Genetic inactivation of GlyR α2 impairs the capacity of apical progenitors to generate basal progenitors, resulting in an overall reduction of projection neurons in the cerebral cortex. …”
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Competitive Advantage of Broiler Production in District Mansehra by Fida Muhammad Khan, Ghaffar Ali, Khuram Nawaz Sadozai, Noor P Khan

“…This research was conducted in nine villages of district Mansehra namely Kotli Pain, KotliBala, Kheil, Tanda, Bafa, Chatar Plain, Ahl, Batal and Mongandawraha. The purpose of the research was to analyze the competitive advantage of broiler farming. …”
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Evaluation of phosphate sources using ruminal fiber transit kinetics methodology by Claudiney de Jesus Couto, Bruna Cardoso Braga, Raphael dos Santos Gomes, Wagner Pessanha Tamy, Severino Delmar Junqueira Villela, Fernando de Paula Leonel, Fernando de Paula Leonel

“…The objective was to compare the potential of different sources of phosphorus in promoting improvement in fiber digestibility parameters.MethodsFeeds low in phosphorus were chosen to compose the basal diet. Five crossbred heifers with an average initial weight of 150 ± 8.2 kg were used, randomly distributed in a 5x5 Latin square. …”
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Composição florística e estrutura fitossociológica de um fragmento de Floresta Ombrófila Densa no município de Macaíba, RN by Luan Henrique Barbosa de Araújo, Richeliel Albert Rodrigues Silva, Kyvia Pontes Teixeira das Chagas, Camila Costa da Nóbrega, José Augusto da Silva Santana

“…A densidade estimada do fragmento foi de 1.873 indivíduos ha-1, com área basal de 22,11 m² ha-1, índice de diversidade de Shannon de 3,19 nats.ind-1 e índice de equabilidade de Pielou de 0,79. …”
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