Effect of Probiotics and Herbal Products on Intestinal Histomorphological and Immunological Development in Piglets by Daiga Gāliņa, Līga Ansonska, Anda Valdovska

“…It suggests that probiotics and herbs had influence on the intestinal histomorphology and the ability to modulate the mucosal immune system; however, the combination of probiotics and buckwheat bran was not so convincing, probably due to the inhibitory effect of the buckwheat bran on the probiotics used.…”
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Optimization of Multiple Tuned Mass Dampers for Road Bridges Taking into Account Bridge-Vehicle Interaction, Random Pavement Roughness, and Uncertainties by Letícia Fleck Fadel Miguel, Guilherme Piva dos Santos

“…The results showed the excellent ability of the proposed methodology, reducing the bridge’s DAF to acceptable values for all analyzed cases, considering or not the uncertainties present in the system. …”
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OSM May Serve as a Biomarker of Poor Prognosis in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma and Promote Tumor Cell Invasion and Migration by Shuzhang Wei, Yin Chen, Xiaokai Shi, Li Zuo, Lifeng Zhang

“…Then, the effects of OSM on the proliferation, invasion, and migration abilities of ccRCC cells were explored through CCK8, Transwell, Western blotting, and immunofluorescence experiments. …”
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The PPARα/γ Agonist, Tesaglitazar, Improves Insulin Mediated Switching of Tissue Glucose and Free Fatty Acid Utilization In Vivo in the Obese Zucker Rat by Kristina Wallenius, Ann Kjellstedt, Pia Thalén, Lars Löfgren, Nicholas D. Oakes

“…In conclusion, the results demonstrate that tesaglitazar has a remarkable ability to improve insulin mediated control of glucose and FFA fluxes in obese Zucker rats.…”
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Navigating from ‘heroic’ leadership to a distributed leadership model in a virtual community of practice by Ian Johnson, Ed Bickle, Ralitsa Kantcheva

“…Vice versa, DL has been argued as facilitative for CoPs by allowing them to be self-driven by members’ interests, abilities, and willingness (Lester and Kezar, 2017). …”
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Liquefaction and Reliquefaction Characteristics of Aeolian Sand Foundation Reinforced by Precast Cement Piles Based on Shaking Table Test by Zhaorong Zhu, Yuan Zhou, Kan Han, Honggang Wu, Shouquan Zhao

“…The effect is the best in the shallow layer of the foundation, which is increased by more than 30%, and the deeper the buried depth, the lower the effect. (3) The antiliquefaction ability of foundation will be improved after strong earthquake, but the dynamic response will be significantly increased in the next earthquake. (4) When the aeolian sand foundation reinforced by precast cement piles is reliquefied, the main frequency of the foundation will migrate to low frequency. …”
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TPX2 Serves as a Cancer Susceptibility Gene and Is Closely Associated with the Poor Prognosis of Endometrial Cancer by Jun Wang, Hua Zheng, Hui He, Shuying Meng, Yatian Han, Zhe Su, Hanbing Yan, Yanan Zhang

“…Moreover, an individualized nomogram was developed for TPX2 incorporating clinical factors; this was also evaluated for its ability to predict EC. Calibration and DCA analyses confirmed the robustness and clinical usefulness of the nomogram. …”
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Problem of Professional Self-Determination Formation and Person’s Professional Typology Construction by O. A. Kolosova

“…This paper is based on the results of research related to a problem of professional self-determination formation and person’s professional typology construction, and devoted to how the knowledge of students’ individual-psychological and social-psychological features will allow during training in higher education institution not only adequately use natural tendencies and abilities, but also to help in formation of activity’s individual style allowing to compensate a lack of some components development by development of others ones. …”
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Reimagining Student Success through Engagement and Soft Outcomes: Learning from a Capstone Course in a Canadian Polytechnic by Clare Mulcahy, Ashique Khan

“…We align our findings with scholarship that investigates students’ emotional growth and wellbeing, which can be difficult amidst pedagogy, research, and government policy that define the value of post-secondary education primarily in terms of its ability to prepare students for the job market. This paper reframes what being a successful student means, contributes to a wider body of research on soft outcomes, and provides valuable insight for educators and researchers who are invested in students’ engagement. …”
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Resonant Frequency Modeling of Microwave Antennas Using Gaussian Process Based on Semisupervised Learning by Jing Gao, Yubo Tian, Xie Zheng, Xuezhi Chen

“…For microstrip antennas resonant frequency modeling problems, in the case of using the same labeled samples, its predictive ability is better than that of the traditional supervised GP model.…”
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Instruments reliability to measure the skill development to prevent leprosy in postgraduate studies by Tania Alemán Martínez, Onesio Esteban de León Gutiérrez, Daniela María Hernández Alemán

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> The degree of reliability obtained with the application of both instruments guarantees the correlation between the items they evaluate and shows reliability in the data, so both instruments are reliable to evaluate the ability development level to prevent leprosy.</p>…”
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Adaptive Spatial Regularization Target Tracking Algorithm Based on Multifeature Fusion by Turdi Tohti, Xifeng Guo, Askar Hamdulla

“…The discriminative correlation filter has fast tracking speed and target discrimination ability in visual target tracking, but it will be affected by unnecessary boundary effects. …”
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Predictors and lesion patterns of dysphagia and swallowing outcomes after acute intracerebral hemorrhage by Xiao Hu, Min Wang, Zijie Wang, Yanfang Xie, Mengqiu Zhang, Shanyu Zhang, Tiannan Yang, Chuanqin Fang, Libo Zhao, Yanghua Tian, Qi Li

“…Predictive models for swallowing impairment on days 7 and 30, as well as SAP, demonstrated strong calibration and discriminatory ability, with C indices of 0.867, 0.895, and 0.773, respectively. …”
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The Effect of Recycled CAD/CAM PEEK Fibers on the Transverse Strength of Repaired Acrylic Resin by Maha Kareem Jabbar, Najwah Yousuf Hameed, Rusul Khalid Mustafa

“… One of the significant advantages of Polyether ether ketone (PEEK) is its ability to bond composite materials. This makes it a versatile material that can be used in a range of dental applications, including as a framework for fixed or removable dental prostheses. …”
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The impact of digital literacy in enhancing individuals’ health in China by Jing Yang, Qianyu Shen, Xi Tong, Pundarik Mukhopadhaya

“…In an increasingly digitalized world, digital literacy has emerged as one of the indispensable abilities, which not only pertains to an individual’s capacity to acquire, analyze, evaluate, and utilize information but also profoundly influences their health behaviours, health decisions, and overall well-being. …”
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Adeno-Associated virus 8 delivers an immunomodulatory peptide to mouse liver more efficiently than to rat liver. by Yuqing Wang, Ayrea Hurley, Marco De Giorgi, Mark R Tanner, Rong-Chi Hu, Michael W Pennington, William R Lagor, Christine Beeton

“…To this goal, we tested the ability of Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV)8 vectors to target hepatocytes for expressing the ShK analog, ShK-235 (AAV-ShK-235) in rodents. …”
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Impact of Aluminium Chloride (AlCl₃) on Brain Function: A Review of Neurotoxic Mechanisms and Implications for Alzheimer's Disease by Amtul Rahman, Zeenath Banu

“…Behavioural changes and impaired cognitive abilities observed in animal and cellular models suggest that AlCl3 disrupts neural pathways critical to learning and memory. …”
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Knowing how, arguing why: nurse anaesthetists’ experiences of nursing when caring for the surgical patient by Aina L. Bjerkeli Lekens, Sigrunn Drageset, Britt Sætre Hansen

“…The category Providing a concerned presence involved the importance of the nursing process and nurse anaesthetists’ self-confidence in their professional abilities and readiness to act when caring for the surgical patient. …”
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Exosomes Regulate the Transformation of Cancer Cells in Cancer Stem Cell Homeostasis by Jiasheng Xu, Kaili Liao, Weimin Zhou

“…These cells possess a stemness phenotype with a self-renewal ability and multipotential differentiation which was considered the reason for the failure of conventional cancer therapies and tumor recurrence. …”
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PEMANFAATAN BIOCHAR SEKAM DAN KOMPOS JERAMI PADI TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN DAN PRODUKSI PADI (Oryza sativa) PADA TANAH ORDO ULTISOL by WELLY HERMAN, ELARA RESIGIA

“… ABSTRACT   The aim of this study were (1) to determine the effect of rice husk biochar and rice straw compost on growth and production rice (Oryza sativa) and (2) to determine the ability of rice husk biochar and rice straw compost in providing nutrients to Ultisol. …”
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