Alternativas biológicas y botánicas para el manejo de Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) en el cultivo de maíz (Zea mays L.) by Juan Carlos Morán Centeno, Aner Rober Velázquez Rivera

“…El maíz (Zea mays L.) constituye el tercer cultivo de importancia a nivel mundial, el cuál es empleado en la alimentación humana y animal, esto se debe a su amplia adaptación a las condiciones ecológicas y ambientales, así como su alto valor nutritivo e industrial. …”
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Corneal nerve abnormalities in early-stage diabetic retinopathy evaluated by corneal confocal microscopy by Yi Zhou, Xiangchen Li, Suhan Shi, Ziwei Guo, Beibei Shan, Linlin Xu, Yixiao Li, Jianxin Guo

“…As diabetes progresses to the stage of diabetic retinopathy, there were significant negative correlations between inferior whorl length (IWL) (rho = -0.802, P < 0.001) and average nerve fiber length ( ANFL) (rho = -0.487, P < 0.001) with the occurrence of DR. …”
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Cultivating Limnospira fusiformis from Lake Solenoye, Omsk by 10.21603/2074-9414-2023-4-2469, Olga P. Bazhenova

“…The O9.13F strain of L. fusiformis has a good potential as a bioadditive in animal feeding. The article offers a technology for cultivating O9.13F of L. fusiformis, isolated from Lake Solenoye. …”
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<i>Salmonella enterica</i> serovar Schwarzengrund: Distribution, Virulence, and Antimicrobial Resistance by Monique A. Felix, Jing Han, Bijay K. Khajanchi, Yasser M. Sanad, Shaohua Zhao, Steven L. Foley

“…</i> Schwarzengrund by analyzing the sequences of 2058 isolates from both human patients (N = 313) and food- and animal-associated sources, including chicken (N = 1145), turkey (N = 300), pork (N = 132), and other sources (N = 168). …”
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Biogenic Waste from Two Varieties of Plantain in Ghana Contain Pectin with Potential Binding Properties in Conventional Tablets by Desmond Asamoah Bruce Otu, Frederick William Akuffo Owusu, Mariam El Boakye-Gyasi, Raphael Johnson, Prince George Jnr Acquah, Yayra Edzor-Agbo, Marcel Tunkumgnen Bayor, Mary-Ann Archer

“…In Ghana, the widespread utilization of plantains, irrespective of their ripeness, generates significant waste at every stage of processing, posing disposal issues. …”
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A Risk Management Approach to Global Pandemics of Infectious Disease and Anti-Microbial Resistance by Annie Sparrow, Meghan Smith-Torino, Samuel M. Shamamba, Bisimwa Chirakarhula, Maranatha A. Lwaboshi, Christine Stabell Benn, Konstantin Chumakov

“…The One Health approach recognizes the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health, but is grounded in the biomedical model, which reduces health to the absence of disease. …”
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Predicting egg production rate and egg weight of broiler breeders based on machine learning and Shapley additive explanations by Hengyi Ji, Yidan Xu, Ganghui Teng

“…Accurately predicting egg production rate and egg weight provides a scientific basis for farm operations, aiding in optimizing resource allocation, improving production efficiency, enhancing animal welfare, and ultimately boosting the farm's profitability.…”
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Syntheses and structures of two coordination polymers formed by Ni(cyclam)2+ cations and sulfate anions by Liudmyla V. Tsymbal, Irina L. Andriichuk, Lucian G. Bahrin, Yaroslaw D. Lampeka

“…The distances between the neighboring metal ions in the chains are significantly different [6.5121 (6) Å in I and 6.0649 (3) Å in II] and this peculiarity is explained by the different spatial directivity of the Ni—O coordination bonds (different S—O—Ni angles). …”
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Sex and Age Comparisons in Neuromuscular And Biomechanical Characteristics of the Knee in Young Athletes by Erin R Pletcher, Travis J Dekker, Scott M Lephart, Tim C Sell

“…The current data supports the significant changes observed in strength and jump height, as both genders age, but the data also demonstrates significant differences in balance between age groups in males and between genders in balance and knee flexion angles.…”
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Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Some Plants of Genus Alpinia: Insights from In Vitro, In Vivo, and Human Studies by Yuliawati KM, Febriyanti RM, Sumiwi SA, Levita J

“…These plants did not show toxicity toward numerous normal cell lines (RAW 264.7, IEC-6, HepG2, MT-4, NIH-3T3, Vero cells, human peripheral blood mononuclear cells, and HaCaT) but were toxic to cancer cell lines (HT29). …”
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Predicting local control of brain metastases after stereotactic radiotherapy with clinical, radiomics and deep learning features by Hemalatha Kanakarajan, Wouter De Baene, Patrick Hanssens, Margriet Sitskoorn

“…We examined whether a model using a combination of radiomics, DL and clinical features achieves better accuracy than models using only a subset of these features. Materials and methods We collected pre-treatment brain MRIs (TR/TE: 25/1.86 ms, FOV: 210 × 210 × 150, flip angle: 30°, transverse slice orientation, voxel size: 0.82 × 0.82 × 1.5 mm) and clinical data for 129 patients at the Gamma Knife Center of the Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital. …”
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The viability of treated piggery wastewater for reuse in agricultural irrigation by Viviane F Velho, Rodrigo A Mohedano, Paulo Belli Filho, Rejane HR Costa

“…Moreover, the water consumption for swine production is approximately 15 L/animal/day in southern Brazil, resulting in an unsustainable water resource demand. …”
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The Theme and Effective Factors in the Transformation and Development of «Swastika» Motif in Iranian Art from Ancient to Seljuk Period by Mohamad Motevalli, Khashayar Ghazizadeh, Morteza Afshari

“…Introduction: One of the oldest geometric motifs of the ancient world is a motif created from two crossed lines - a cross with broken arms or a ninety-degree angle. In international sources, this motif is known as «Swastika» with the concept of well-being, and in Persian sources, it is known as «Gardune-e Khorshid» and «Mehrane». …”
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Population dynamics of the mouflon (Ovis aries musimon) in South-West Poland in 1981–2020 by Grzegorz Kopij

“…This exponential growth continued until 2011, when it reached its second (the first one with 1100 individuals was in 1939) maximum, fluctuating around 1400–1500 individuals until 2016. …”
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Assessment of six insulin resistance surrogate indexes for predicting stroke incidence in Chinese middle-aged and elderly populations with abnormal glucose metabolism: a nationwide... by Luqing Jiang, Tengxiao Zhu, Wenjing Song, Ying Zhai, Yu Tang, Fengxia Ruan, Zichen Xu, Lei Li, Xia Fu, Daoqin Liu, Aidong Chen, Qiwen Wu

“…This study aimed to investigate the relationships between six IR surrogate indexes and stroke risk in individuals with abnormal glucose metabolism, evaluate their predictive abilities for stroke risk. Methods Data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) were analysed in this study. …”
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The Validity of a Portable Strain-Gauge Apparatus Versus a Commercial Isokinetic Dynamometer for Evaluating Knee Extension Kinetics by Dustin Oranchuk, Chris Juneau, Shelley Diewald, Jono Neville, John Cronin

“… # Methods Healthy participants (8 males and 6 females; age 30.2±7.1 years) volunteered and performed knee extensions at a 90° knee angle on a dynamometer and a treatment plinth with a portable strain-gauge. …”
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Comparative abundance and diversity of populations of the Pseudomonas syringae and Soft Rot Pectobacteriaceae species complexes throughout the Durance River catchment from its Fren... by Morris, C.E., Lacroix, C., Chandeysson, C., Guilbaud, C., Monteil, C., Piry, S., Rochelle Newall, E., Fiorini, S., Van Gijsegem, F., Barny, M.A., Berge, O.

“…The dynamics of human and animal pathogens in catchments have been widely studied in a large variety of contexts allowing the optimization of disease risk reduction. …”
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THE POTENTIAL OF POLLARD AND RICE BRAN WITH FRACTIONATION PROCESS AS RAW MATERIALS FOR HIGH FIBER PROCESSED FOOD by Ainun Nafisah, Nahrowi Nahrowi

“…The results showed that the value of bulk density (g l^-1), compacted bulk density (g l^-1), specific gravity (kg l^-1), angle of purpose (o) of pollard and rice bran were significantly different (P&lt;0.05) on all three fractions. …”
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Thyroid hormone receptor- and stage-dependent transcriptome changes affect the initial period of Xenopus tropicalis tail regeneration by Shouhong Wang, Liezhen Fu, Bin Wang, Yanmei Cai, Jianping Jiang, Yun-Bo Shi

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Impact of gender on self-assessment accuracy among fourth-year French medical students on faculty’s online Objective Structured Clinical Examinations by Sylvain Bodard, Donia Bouzid, Valentine Marie Ferré, Claire Carette, Joelle Kivits, Yann Nguyen, Michael Thy, Ugo Marchèse, Bénédicte Oulès, Lina Khider, Christian de Tymowski, Nelly Burnichon, Tristan Mirault, Albert Faye, Laura I. Levi

“…Abstract Background Historically, women have been shown to underestimate their abilities, while men often assess themselves more accurately or overestimate. …”
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