Effect of Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) Concentration on Cryopreservation of Booroolong Frog Sperm with Evaluation of Post-Thaw Motility in Caffeine by Zara M. Anastas, Aimee J. Silla, Phillip G. Byrne, Rebecca J. Hobbs, Michael S. McFadden, Jonathan Daly, Justine K. O’Brien

“…Spermic urine samples were collected from 14 male frogs following hormonal induction of spermiation, and each sample was split among three cryopreservation treatments, where the cryopreservation medium contained either 0 (control), 0.5, or 1% BSA (<i>w</i>/<i>v</i>). …”
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Effects and utility of an online forward triage tool during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a mixed method study and patient perspectives, Switzerland by Thomas C Sauter, Wolf E Hautz, Martin Müller, Meret E Ricklin, Janet Michel, Annette Mettler, Raphael Stuber, Philipp Jent

“…Second, qualitative data were collected through key informant interviews (n=19) to explain the quantitative findings, explore tool utility, user experience and elicit recommendations.Setting The working group e-emergency medicine at the emergency department developed an OFTT, which was made available online.Participants Participants included all users above the age of 18 that used the OFTT between 2 March 2020 and 12 May 2020.Intervention An OFTT that displayed the current test recommendations of the Federal Office of Public Health on whether someone needed testing for COVID-19 or not. No diagnosis was provided.Results In the study period, 6272 users consulted our OFTT; 40.2% (1626/4049) would have contacted a healthcare provider had the tool not existed. 560 participants consented to a follow-up survey and provided a valid email address. 31.4% (176/560) participants returned a complete follow-up questionnaire. 84.7% (149/176) followed the recommendations given. 41.5% (73/176) reported that their fear was allayed after using the tool. …”
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Prevalence of Coronary Endothelial and Microvascular Dysfunction in Women with Symptoms of Ischemia and No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease Is Confirmed by a New Cohort: The NHL... by R. David Anderson, John W. Petersen, Puja K. Mehta, Janet Wei, B. Delia Johnson, Eileen M. Handberg, Saibal Kar, Bruce Samuels, Babak Azarbal, Kamlesh Kothawade, Sheryl F. Kelsey, Barry Sharaf, Leslee J. Shaw, George Sopko, C. Noel Bairey Merz, Carl J. Pepine

“…In WISE (n=181) and WISE-CVD (n=235) women, mean age in both was 54 years, and 83% were white (WISE) vs 74% (WISE-CVD, p=0.04). Use of hormone replacement therapy was less frequent in WISE-CVD vs WISE (46% vs 57%, p=0.026) as was presence of hypertension (40% vs 52%, p=0.013), hyperlipidemia (20% vs 46%, p<0.0001), and smoking (46% vs 56%, p=0.036). …”
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Revisiting teacher educators' training in Ethiopia: Implications for a new approach to curriculum development by Haftu Hindeya Gebremeskel, Ahmed Yibrie Ahmed, Dawit Asrat Getahun, Meskerem Lechissa Debele, Dawit Tibebu, Dereje Taye Wondem

“…They reported they have sufficient subject matter knowledge but in pure disciplines that are not very much relevant for someone who pursues a career as a teacher educator. …”
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TEACHING PRACTICAL RESEARCH FOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL; AN IN-DEPTH STUDY by Marlyn D. Lucas, Hernando L. Bernal Jr, Mark P. Lucas

“…Results reveal that students come up with a good research output because of the following key areas: ‘guidance from someone who is passionate with research’ as represented by their research critique, research teacher, resource speaker from the seminar conducted, and group mates; ‘guidance from something or activities conducted’ like the sample researches in the library visitation, worksheets answered, and the research defenses; and ‘teamwork’ among the members of the group. …”
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Areawide management of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), using selected cover crop plants by Robert L. Meagher, Rodney N. Nagoshi, Shelby J. Fleischer, John K. Westbrook, David L. Wright, J. Bradley Morris, James T. Brown, Amy J. Rowley

“…Another trial compared populations in sorghum-sudangrass and in mixtures of sorghum-sudangrass with buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) or pearl millet (Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone). Fall armyworm larvae were fed and allowed to develop on different sunn hemp germplasm in a laboratory trial. …”
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Creation of body color mutants by CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing in largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides by Lina Sun, Tian Gao, Zhiqiang Li, Xiaolong Yang, Zuliang Qin, Mingxiao Ye, Ying Li, Feilong Wang, Deshou Wang

“…The fertilized eggs were obtained through hormonal induction (5 μg/kg LHRH-A3, 600 IU/kg hCG and 2 mg/kg DOM) and artificial insemination, and the tyrb (tyrosinase b) or csf1ra (colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor a) gRNA and Cas9 mRNA were microinjected into the fertilized eggs at the one-cell stage for targeted gene editing. …”
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The organizational challenges of municipal call centers as a health service in Norway-a multiple case study by Linda Grøndal-Eeles, Janne Dugstad, Hilde Eide, Etty Nilsen

“…When implementing technology, someone needs to monitor and answer the alarms and calls, which is often coined ‘telecare’. …”
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Thyroid Function in Korean Adolescents with Obesity: Results from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey VI (2013–2015) by Won Kyoung Cho, Hyo-Kyoung Nam, Jae Hyun Kim, Young-Jun Rhie, Sochung Chung, Kee-Hyoung Lee, Byung-Kyu Suh

“…Among 2679 subjects aged 10–19 years who participated in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey VI (2013–2015), 1067 adolescents (M=559, F=508) with available data on free T4 (FT4) and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) were included. Study participants were classified into normal weight [body mass index (BMI) below 85th percentile, 80.7%], overweight (85th ≤ BMI< 95th percentile, 8.7%), and obesity (BMI ≥ 95th percentile, 10.6%). …”
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Hypercalcemia Following Adrenalectomy for Cushing Syndrome in a Patient with Post-Surgical Hypoparathyroidism by Pietro Locantore, Alessandro Oliva, Gianluca Cera, Rosa Maria Paragliola, Roberto Novizio, Caterina Policola, Andrea Corsello, Alfredo Pontecorvi

“…On each occasion, parathyroid hormone levels were confirmed to be undetectable, with low vitamin D levels. …”
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Revisiting teacher educators' training in Ethiopia: Implications for a new approach to curriculum development by Haftu Hindeya Gebremeskel, Ahmed Yibrie Ahmed, Dawit Asrat Getahun, Meskerem Lechissa Debele, Dawit Tibebu, Dereje Taye Wondem

“…They reported they have sufficient subject matter knowledge but in pure disciplines that are not very much relevant for someone who pursues a career as a teacher educator. …”
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Genome-wide identification of oat TCP gene family and expression patterns under abiotic stress by Jiaming Nie, Jiaming Nie, Hongbin Zhao, Hongbin Zhao, Hongbin Zhao, Xiaodong Guo, Xiaodong Guo, Tao Zhang, Tao Zhang, Bing Han, Bing Han, Bing Han, Huiyan Liu, Huiyan Liu

“…Additionally, various cis-acting elements related to hormone response, abiotic stress, light response, and growth and development were found in the promoters of AsTCP genes. …”
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The Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic Shoulder & Elbow Score used as a Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for the Youth and High School Aged Baseball Athlete by Ryan Monti, Alicia Fernandez-Fernandez

“…# Background The Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic Shoulder & Elbow Score (KJOC) provides questions for the overhead athlete that can aid with determining if someone is throwing with or without pain. However, this scale was initially created for the adult baseball athlete and has not been validated for younger male demographics…”
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Differences in Clinicopathological Characteristics of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma between Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism by Yuan Liu, Siyi Guo, Shaowei Sang, Jinbo Liu, Lin Qi, Bin Lv, Xiaoli Zhang

“…Lower serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) (p<0.05) and calcium (p<0.05) were found in PHPT patients with PTC compared to patients with benign thyroid lesion. …”
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Menopause and obstructive sleep apnea: revealing an independent mediating role of visceral fat beyond body mass index by Yuhan Wang, Hailing Liu, Beini Zhou, Wuriliga Yue, Mengcan Wang, Ke Hu

“…Body fat distribution changes with age and hormone levels in postmenopausal women, but the extent to which changes in body fat distribution affect the occurrence of OSA is unclear. …”
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Fractional-order PID feedback synthesis controller including some external influences on insulin and glucose monitoring by Kottakkaran Sooppy Nisar, Muhammad Farman, Khadija Jamil, Saba Jamil, Evren Hincal

“…As beta-cell mass increases in the presence of adrenaline, the system remains highly responsive to rising blood glucose and falling insulin levels, driven by the hormone’s suppressive effects. The key advantage of this model is its ability to incorporate these physiological stressors and use fractional-order derivatives to describe the nonlocal dynamics within the system. …”
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Antenatal depression among pregnant women in Ethiopia: An umbrella review. by Mesfin Abebe, Yordanos Sisay Asgedom, Amanuel Yosef Gebrekidan, Tsion Mulat Tebeje

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Antenatal depression, ranging from mild to severe, is influenced by hormonal changes during pregnancy and childbearing years, making it a significant public health issue. …”
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Correlation analysis of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis with papillary thyroid carcinoma occurrence and its central lymph node metastasis: a single center experience by Kang Sun, Kang Sun, Xiaoming Wang, Dexuan Chen, Chaoqun Ma

“…Multivariate analysis showed that HT was positively associated with the total number of central lymph node (CLN) dissected, Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), Thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPOAb), and Thyroglobulin antibodies (TgAb), while identified as a protective factor against invasion with an odds ratio of 0.422 (95%CI 0.209-0.853, P=0.016). …”
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Side-Stream Based Marine Solubles From Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) Modulate Appetite and Dietary Nutrient Utilization in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) and can Replace Fish Meal by Hanne Jorun Sixten, Ivar Rønnestad, André S. Bogevik, Tone Aspevik, Åge Oterhals, Ana S. Gomes, Floriana Lai, Ingvill Tolås, Virginie Gelebard, Marie Hillestad, Katerina Kousoulaki

“…Besides general performance, gut and brain gene expression for selected hormones and key neuropeptides involved in the control of appetite and digestive processes were studied during feeding and postprandial, and possible reference levels for Atlantic salmon were established. …”
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Epigenome-wide association study of Chinese monozygotic twins identifies DNA methylation loci associated with estimated glomerular filtration rate by Xueting Qi, Jingjing Wang, Tong Wang, Weijing Wang, Dongfeng Zhang

“…Enrichment analysis revealed several important biological functions and pathways related to eGFR, including alpha-2A adrenergic receptor binding pathway and corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor activity pathway. GeneMANIA results showed that SYNGR3 was co-expressed with MLLT1 and had genetic interactions with AFF4 and EDIL3. …”
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