Isolation and Evaluation of Potential Use of Prebiotics—Utilizing Butyrate-Producing Bacteria in Nibea coibor by Zhongzhen Li, Ngoc Tuan Tran, Ming Zhang, Zhaoxi Li, Wanying Yang, Shuqi Wang, Zhong Hu, Shengkang Li

“…Butyrate-producing bacteria (BPB) benefit the health of aquatic animals. This current study aimed to isolate BPB from the intestines of Nibea coibor and assess their probiotic potential. …”
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Effect of additional dimensions and views in the echocardiographic determination of 3‐dimensional left ventricular volume in myxomatous mitral valve disease in dogs by Weihow Hsue, Cortney E. Pelzek, Samantha Siess, Benjamin A. Terhaar, Shana B. Mintz, Romain Pariaut

“…Hypothesis/Objectives To identify the LV volumetric approaches that produce the least bias and the best agreement with RT3D, and to assess interoperator reproducibility between an experienced and an inexperienced operator. Animals Fifty‐nine client‐owned dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease (38 Stage B1, 13 Stage B2, 8 Stages C/D) received echocardiograms, with a subset of 28 dogs (14 Stage B1, 10 Stage B2, 4 Stages C/D) imaged by 2 operators. …”
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Ficus deltoidea standardized methanolic extract improves kidney structure and function against streptozotocin-induced diabetic nephropathy in rats by Nurdiana Samsulrizal, Noor Syaffinaz Noor Mohamad Zin, Nur Syimal`ain Azmi, Mohd Daud Bakar, Hafandi Ahmad, Yong-Meng Goh

“…Multivariate analysis of IR spectra demonstrated that the diabetic rats treated with F. deltoidea extract had a similar clustering pattern to that of the normal animals. Conclusion: These findings indicate that the methanolic extract of F. deltoidea exhibits nephroprotective activity. …”
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Oncolytic peptide LTX-315 induces anti-pancreatic cancer immunity by targeting the ATP11B-PD-L1 axis by Meng Wang, Xing Huang, Tingbo Liang, Tianyu Tang, Gang Zhang, Minghao Lu, Zhengtao Hong, Junming Huang, Xiao Zhi

“…Background LTX-315 is an oncolytic peptide deriving from bovine lactoferrin, with the ability to induce cancer immunogenic cell death. However, the mechanism used by LTX-315 to trigger the antitumor immune response is still poorly understood. …”
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Masticatory muscle changes on magnetic resonance imaging of dogs with Neospora caninum compared to meningoencephalitis of unknown origin by Jessica Zilli, Kathryn Fleming, Chloe Fisher, Chloe Fisher, Tim Sparks, Tom Harcourt-Brown, Edward Ives

“…Cases diagnosed with neosporosis or MUO at two referral centers in the United Kingdom (UK) were retrospectively collected. …”
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Prognostic significance of albumin corrected anion gap in patients with acute pancreatitis: a novel perspective by Jianjun Wang, Pei Yang, Xintao Zeng, Sirui Chen, Xi Chen, Lan Deng, Ruizi Shi, Chuan Qin, Huiwen Luo, Jianping Gong, Hua Luo, Decai Wang

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Eco-activist imagery in literary texts for children (a case study of English postmodern fairy tales and short stories) by Alla Tsapiv, Mariia Andrieieva

“…Visual components clearly show the child-reader the damage caused to the environment by human activity: polluted air, water bodies and cities, injured animals, and deforestation. Important meanings are embedded in the dominant colours of the illustrations: green and blue predominate in the illustrations of nature, while grey and black accompany the images of the results of anthropogenic activity. …”
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Shenmai injection revives cardiac function in rats with hypertensive heart failure: involvement of microbial-host co-metabolism by Lin Li, Senjie Zhong, Jiahao Ye, Siyuan Hu, Xiajun Xiong, Guangyu Chen, Zhixi Hu

“…The pharmacodynamics of SMI were validated using the H-HF animal model, with analysis of fecal gut microbiota integrating metabolomics and 16S rRNA sequencing. …”
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Designing a broad-spectrum multi-epitope subunit vaccine against leptospirosis using immunoinformatics and structural approaches by Guneswar Sethi, Guneswar Sethi, Young Kyu Kim, Su-Cheol Han, Jeong Ho Hwang, Jeong Ho Hwang

“…IntroductionLeptospirosis, caused by Leptospira interrogans, is a neglected zoonotic disease that poses a significant global health risk to both humans and animals. The rise of antimicrobial resistance and the inefficacy of existing vaccines highlight the urgent need for new preventive strategies.MethodsAn immunoinformatics approach was employed to design a multi-epitope subunit vaccine (MESV) against leptospirosis. …”
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Extracellular vimentin is a damage-associated molecular pattern protein serving as an agonist of TLR4 in human neutrophils by Łukasz Suprewicz, Krzysztof Fiedoruk, Karol Skłodowski, Evan Hutt, Magdalena Zakrzewska, Alicja Walewska, Piotr Deptuła, Agata Lesiak, Sławomir Okła, Peter A. Galie, Alison E. Patteson, Paul A. Janmey, Robert Bucki

“…CitVim stimulated the enhanced migratory ability of neutrophils, activation of NF-κB, and induction of NET formation mainly mediated through reactive oxygen species (ROS)-dependent and TLR4-dependent pathways. …”
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Genomic and resistome analysis of Salmonella enterica isolates from retail markets in Yichun city, China by Xiaowu Jiang, Abubakar Siddique, Li Chen, Lexin Zhu, Haiyang Zhou, Li Na, Chenghao Jia, Yan Li, Min Yue

“…The main source of Salmonella for humans is animal-borne foods; however, the monitoring of Salmonella in the food chain via genomic platforms was limited in China. …”
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Insights into Corncrake (Crex crex) movements in a fragmented agricultural landscape using bioacoustics with implications for nature conservation strategies by Andrea Parisi, James Moran, John Carey, Joanne O'Brien

“…Abstract Movement ecology data are often collected by catching animals and fitting GPS tags. This technique is expensive, biased and comes at an extra cost for the caught individuals. …”
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Türki Cumhuriyetlerin Banka Finansal Performanslarının Analizi by Şenol Babuşcu, Adalet Hazar, Özlem Karadağ Ak

“…Çalışmanın amacı, Azerbaycan, Kazakistan, Kırgızistan, Türkmenistan, Özbekistan ve Türkiye’nin de yer aldığı toplam altı Türki Cumhuriyetin bankacılık sisteminin geçmiş ve günümüzdeki finansal performanslarını Çok Kriterli Karar Verme tekniklerinden biri olan COPRAS yöntemi ile karşılaştırmaktır. …”
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Salivary peptidomic profiling of chronic gingivostomatitis in cats by matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization‐time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry and nanoscale liquid chromatograp... by Sekkarin Ploypetch, Apisit Pornthummawat, Sittiruk Roytrakul, Janthima Jaresitthikunchai, Narumon Phaonakrop, Sabrina Wahyu Wardhani, Sitthichok Lacharoje, Somporn Techangamsuwan

“…Objective Evaluate the diversity and abundance of salivary peptides in cats with FCGS using matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization‐time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry (MALDI‐TOF MS) and nanoscale liquid chromatography‐tandem mass spectrometry (nano LC‐MS/MS). Animals Thirty‐two cats with FCGS and 18 healthy controls. …”
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Kurganless Cemetery of the Sarmatian Times on the Maloe Storozhevoe Hillfort in the Middle Don Basin by Yuriy D. Razuvaev, Aleksandr N. Merkulov, Sergey A. Nelyubov, Yuliya A. Neretina

“…The burial of an older man stands out buried in a deeper grave (0.7 m) and with a set of objects (an iron dagger, a clay bowl with an iron knife and animal bones). A silver earring and a bone bead were buried with the two individuals. …”
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Does protruding headless cannulated screw reduce fixation stability in tension band wiring technique for patella fractures? a biomechanical study by Mehmet Maden, Omer Berkay Bayraktar, Tayfun Bacaksiz, Ihsan Akan, Bora Uzun, Cemal Kazimoglu

“…A setup was used to simulate a knee with a flexion angle of 60 degrees. Specimens underwent biomechanical testing under axial traction (static test) and cyclic loading (dynamic test). …”
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Polymorphism of the LCT gene regulatory region in Turkicspeaking populations of the Altay-Sayan region (southern Siberia) by I. V. Pilipenko, M. S. Pristyazhnyuk, V. F. Kobzev, M. I. Voevoda, A. S. Pilipenko

“…Retention of lactase activity in adulthood (lactase persistence) is one of the most important adaptive traits for human populations that consume fresh milk from domestic animals. At a molecular-genetic level, lactase persistence is determined by the presence of specific alleles of polymorphic sites in cis-regulatory elements of the LCT gene located on chromosome 2q21. …”
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Tau and Aβ42 in lavage fluid of pneumonia patients are associated with end-organ dysfunction: A prospective exploratory study. by Phoibe Renema, Jean-Francois Pittet, Angela P Brandon, Sixto M Leal, Steven Gu, Grace Promer, Andrew Hackney, Phillip Braswell, Andrew Pickering, Grace Rafield, Sarah Voth, Ron Balczon, Mike T Lin, K Adam Morrow, Jessica Bell, Jonathon P Audia, Diego Alvarez, Troy Stevens, Brant M Wagener

“…Caucasian culture-positive patients had increased tau, boiled tau, and Aβ42 compared to both Caucasian and minority culture-negative patients. …”
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Blood Management and Risk Assessment for Transfusion in Pediatric Spinal Deformity Surgery by Pedro Fernandes, Joaquim Soares do Brito, Isabel Flores, Jacinto Monteiro

“…Pearson’s correlation identified patient body weight (r = 0.245, p=0.001) and Cobb angle (r = 0.175, p=0.017) as factors related to blood loss. …”
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Evaluation of thiol/disulphide and oxidant–antioxidant status of dairy cows in periparturient and post‐partum period by Burcu Menekse Balkan, Ogunc Meral, Bekir Cetintav, Guzin Ozkurt, Ali Burak Balkan, Tevhide Sel

“…There are few studies about TDH in animal research, and this is the first study in the literature that evaluates the TDH along with oxidative stress and lipid profiles in dairy cows in the periparturient and post‐partum period.…”
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