Impact of training dairy farm personnel on milking routine compliance, udder health, and milk quality by Zelmar Rodriguez, Mario Lopez-Benavides, Marianna B. Gentilini, Pamela L. Ruegg

“…We observed a significant increase in clinical mastitis cases during the immediate week after the training. Additionally, the upward trend in bulk tank SCC was halted. …”
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General practitioner use of D-dimer in suspected venous thromboembolism: historical cohort study in one geographical region in the Netherlands by Angel M R Schols, Eline Meijs, Geert-Jan Dinant, Henri E J H Stoffers, Mariëlle M E Krekels, Jochen W L Cals

“…Objectives To investigate how many general practitioner (GP)-referred venous thromboembolic events (VTEs) are diagnosed during 1 year in one geographical region and to investigate the (urgent) referral pathway of VTE diagnoses, including the role of laboratory D-dimer testing.Design Historical cohort study.Setting GP patients of 47 general practices in a demarcated geographical region of 161 503 inhabitants in the Netherlands.Participants We analysed all 895 primary care patients in whom either the GP determined a D-dimer value or who had a diagnostic work-up for suspected VTE in a non-academic hospital during 2015.Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary outcomes of this study were the total number of VTEs per year and the diagnostic pathways—including the role of GP determined D-dimer testing—of patients urgently referred to secondary care for suspected VTE. Additionally, we explored the use of an age-adjusted D-dimer cut-off.Results The annual VTE incidence was 0.9 per 1000 inhabitants. …”
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Differences between 3D printed concrete and 3D printing reinforced concrete technologies: a review by Komeil Momeni, Nikolai Ivanovich Vatin, Mohammad Hematibahar, Tesfaldet Hadgembes Gebre

“…In the present study, two distinct 3D printing technologies are analyzed, along with their respective uses in material and structural engineering. Additionally, the advantages, methods, and materials utilized for the two types of 3D printing technology are described, and the difficulties and solutions associated with using 3D printed concrete in real-world projects are demonstrated. …”
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Analyzing and modeling urban sprawl and land use changes in a developing city using a CA-Markovian approach by M. Tajbakhsh, H. Memarian, Y. Shahrokhi

“…These developments or gains in urbanized patches will lead to some loses in agricultural lands and rangelands of the suburb in 2025. In addition, the analysis of projected land use map indicated that over the upcoming years, the development of the city in northern front, especially in northwestern region will be more intense with a higher speed in comparison with the other regions.…”
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Resistance to medically important antimicrobials in broiler and layer farms in Cameroon and its relation with biosecurity and antimicrobial use by Ronald Vougat Ngom, Ronald Vougat Ngom, Andrea Laconi, Roberta Tolosi, Adonis M. M. Akoussa, Stephane D. Ziebe, Vincent M. Kouyabe, Alessandra Piccirillo

“…This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) conferring resistance to carbapenems (blaVIM-2 and blaNDM), (fluoro) quinolones (qnrS, qnrA, and qnrB), polymyxins (mcr1 to mcr5), and macrolides (ermA and ermB) in the poultry farm environment. Additionally, the study examined the relationship between these ARGs and biosecurity implementation, as well as farmers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward antimicrobial use (AMU) and AMR, including their perception of AMR risk.Materials and methodsFecal, drinking water, and biofilm samples from drinking water pipelines were collected from 15 poultry farms and subsequently analyzed by real-time PCR and 16S rRNA NGS.ResultsAll samples tested positive for genes conferring resistance to (fluoro) quinolones, 97.8% to macrolides, 64.4% to polymyxins, and 11.1% to carbapenems. …”
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Cluster of symptoms in kidney failure: A systematic review by Jaime Gomariz-Ruiz, David Pérez-Cruzado, Daniel Gutiérrez-Sánchez

“…The search engines used were initially limited to WOS, Embase, and PubMed, and they were employed between November 2022 and January 2023. In addition, the bibliographic search was supplemented with databases of the grey literature, such as OpenGrey, in May 2023. …”
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The influence of the forest corridors to the north of the Andes on the diversification of the bright‐rumped Attila, Attila spadiceus (Passeriformes, Tyrannidae), during the climati... by Patrícia Mendonça, Lincoln Silva Carneiro, Victor Leandro‐Silva, Alexandre Aleixo, Juliana Araripe, Péricles S. Rêgo

“…This suggests that the earlier orogenesis of the Andes was not a primary determinant of this dichotomy. Additionally, the analysis of population dynamics indicated a trend of increasing population size starting at 0.05 Ma for both lineages. …”
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Experimental assessment of Acanthopagrus schlegelii biomass based on environmental DNA technology by Yan Liu, Mengyi Zhang, Liangming Wang, Changping Yang, Yukai Yang, Qijian Xie, Manting Liu, Cheng Chen, Chunbin Jia, Binbin Shan

“…The study achieved three key findings: (1) The research on the release and degradation mechanisms of A. schlegelii eDNA indicated that the Generalized Additive Model (GAM) effectively fits the variation patterns of eDNA concentration. …”
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One Health preparedness and response for mosquito-borne viruses: a stakeholder- and social network-analysis in the Netherlands by Pauline A. de Best, H. Broekhuizen, R. S. Sikkema, M. P. G. Koopmans, A. Timen

“…Analysis and visualisation of the networks for the other two themes (“healthy living environment” and “(zoonotic) infectious diseases”) did show multiple connections with environmental and regional/local stakeholders. …”
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INTRA-REGIONAL DIFFERENTIATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP OF MUNICIPALITIES OF THE ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE VOIVODESHIP IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN 2010 AND 2020 by Paweł Dziekański, Łukasz Popławski, Fabio Fragomeni

“…It is evident that additional support is required to facilitate the growth and development of entrepreneurship in the Świętokrzyskie province. …”
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Enhancing work environments and reducing turnover intention: a multicenter longitudinal cohort study on differentiated nursing practices in Dutch hospitals by Julia van Kraaij, Neeltje de Vries, Hanna Wessel, Hester Vermeulen, Catharina van Oostveen, RN2Blend Consortium

“…Results showed that, while the overall work environment improved, particularly in the dimensions of staffing and resource adequacy, collegial nurse–physician relationships, and participation in hospital affairs, there were no significant improvements in nursing foundation for quality of care or nurse managers' ability, leadership, and support of nurses. Additionally, differentiated nursing practices did not significantly impact turnover intention, nor did the work environment mediate this relationship. …”
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Intersectional Analysis of Urban Land Corruption in Harare, Zimbabwe by Manase Kudzai, Praise Karuma, Tanaka Mutume, Primrose Hove

“…Corruption practices include sextortion, double land allocations, and exploitation by politically connected land barons. Women face additional barriers due to limited access to financial resources and legal recourse. …”
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Research on the possibility of carrying out convoy driving missions using vehicles with varying degrees of autonomy by Tomasz Pusty, Marcin Mieteń, Jarosław Pilich, Przemysław Simiński, Włodzimierz Kupicz, Ryszard Lewiński, Jaromir Mysłowski

“…The required lane width for the safe passage of Target 1, Hunter and Target 2 vehicles along the designated routes was calculated, taking into account the external dimensions of the vehicles, the additional widths associated with the vehicles' yaw angles and the maximum lateral distances between the vehicles. …”
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UAV rice panicle blast detection based on enhanced feature representation and optimized attention mechanism by Shaodan Lin, Deyao Huang, Libin Wu, Zuxin Cheng, Dapeng Ye, Haiyong Weng

“…Despite these strengths, future efforts should focus on improving classification accuracy and adapting the model to diverse environmental conditions. Additionally, optimizing model parameters and exploring advanced data augmentation techniques could further enhance its detection capabilities and expand its applicability to broader agricultural scenarios.…”
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Effects of lower limb strengthening training on lower limb biomechanical characteristics and knee pain in patients with patellofemoral pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Zeyang Zhang, Zeyi Zhang, Bosong Zheng, Yuhang Yang, Youping Sun

“…Similarly, Strong evidence suggests that hip strengthening training (SMD = 1.205, 95%; CI 0.968 to 1.443, P < 0.001) was significantly more effective than knee strengthening training (SMD = 1.023, 95%; CI 0.722 to 1.325, P < 0.001) in improving knee function (AKPS). Additionally, moderate evidence suggests that hip strengthening training significantly increased hip abductor strength (SMD = 0.848, 95%; CI 0.508–1.187, P < 0.001) and external rotator strength (SMD = 0.780, 95%; CI 0.416–1.145, P < 0.001), while strong evidence suggests that knee strengthening training did not significantly enhance knee extensor strength (SMD = 0.212, 95%; CI −0.014 to 0.439, P = 0.066). …”
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Distance Learning For Military Doctors in Crisis Situations: The DILEMMA Cross-Sectional Study Results by Nataliia Sydorova, Valerii Savytskyi, Taras Kuts

“…Differences in the perception of distance learning between interns and doctors with practical experience necessitate a differentiated approach to the implementation of distance learning for these groups of students. In addition, the special categories of respondents among students were identified by us, which lead to the destructuring of the response matrix and the nonparametric nature of some data, dictate the need to censor extremely negative (“denialists”) and extremely positive (“pleasers”) respondents when assessing the quality of teaching by anonymous survey of students, and therefore the size of the initial sample depending on contingent should be increased by 16–25%. …”
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Transvaginal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of endometrioma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies* by Fleur Serge Kanti, Rose Gorak Savard, Frédéric Bergeron, Hervé Tchala Vignon Zomahoun, Antoine Netter, Sarah Maheux-Lacroix

“…This study aimed to systematically assess the diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in detecting endometrioma using the surgical visualisation of lesions with or without histopathological confirmation as reference standards in patients of reproductive age with suspected endometriosis.Methods PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and ClinicalTrials.gov databases were searched from their inception to 12 October 2022, using a manual search for additional articles. Two authors independently performed title, abstract and full-text screening of the identified records, extracted study details and quantitative data and assessed the quality of the studies using the ‘Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Study 2’ tool. …”
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Physical and emotional abuse with internet addiction and anxiety as a mediator and physical activity as a moderator by Jinyin Peng, Yang Liu, Xubo Wang, Zhenxiu Yi, Lei Xu, Fulan Zhang

“…Anxiety was found to have a significant complete mediating effect between physical-emotional abuse and internet addiction among university students. Additionally, physical activity significantly and negatively predicted anxiety (β = -0.062, p < 0.05), and the interaction term between physical-emotional abuse and physical activity also significantly and negatively predicted anxiety (β = − 0.053, p < 0.05). …”
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Effectiveness of implementation of sickle cell disease referral guidelines and other measures in paediatric department at a tertiary hospital in Saudi Arabia by Muhammad Matloob Alam, Abdulrhman Alathaibi, Hamdan Alghamdi, Jean Barrientos De Asis, Reynan Bautista, Mansour Aladwani, Mustafa Mohamed Selim

“…Staff education about the new CPG was done. In addition, a dedicated PHO physician was assigned to map all referrals and provide rapid responses or outpatient department appointment dates for daily consultations and referrals. …”
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Evaluatıon of contrast enhancement intensity, pattern, and kinetics of breast lesions on contrast-enhanced spectral mammography by Ayşe Füsun Bekirçavuşoğlu, Sibel Kul, Süleyman Bekirçavuşoğlu, Dilara Atasoy, Merve Erkan

“…Patients with a high Ki-67 proliferation index were more likely to exhibit type-3 curves. …”
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