Dietary functional palatability enhancer improved growth and appetite in largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) fed a reduced fish meal diet by Xinyan Zhi, Yixin Gu, Wenli Zhao, Shichao Xie, Yangguang Bao, Sofia Morais, Dong Li, Maolong He, Min Jin, Qicun Zhou

“…A positive control diet (PC) was formulated in which fish meal content was 45 %, and in the negative control diet (NC) fish meal was reduced to 27 % and substituted with soybean protein concentrate. A third experimental group consisted of the NC diet supplemented with 0.15 % PE (NC + PE). …”
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Use of dietary supplements among lactating women in western Algeria. [Prise des compléments alimentaires chez des femmes allaitantes de l'ouest Algérien] by Amina BAYAZID, Kheira MELIANI, Meriem LEBAINI

“…Nearly 80% of these products were purchased on prescription or on the advice of a health professional. One-third of women reported using dietary supplements to address nutritional deficiencies, while 29.3% used them to increase milk supply. …”
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Enhancing tuberculosis case notifications through mapping sales of medicine in the private sector: a quasi-experimental study in Punjab province, Pakistan by Beatrice Kirubi, Kinz Ul Eman, Usman R. Lodhi, Razia K. Fatima, Ghulam Nabi Kazi, Tahmeena Tahmeena, Syed Karam Shah, Jacob Creswell

“…Abstract Introduction In Pakistan, almost one-third of people who develop tuberculosis (TB) are missed by the National TB Program (NTP). …”
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Interacting Large Language Model Agents Bayesian Social Learning Based Interpretable Models by Adit Jain, Vikram Krishnamurthy

“…Our proposed models capture the herding behavior exhibited by interacting LLMAs. Third, we propose a stochastic control framework to delay herding and improve state estimation accuracy under two settings: 1) centrally controlled LLMAs and 2) autonomous LLMAs with incentives. …”
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A Full Computerized Workflow for Planning Surgically Assisted Rapid Palatal Expansion and Orthognathic Surgery in a Skeletal Class III Patient by Orazio Bennici, Alessia Malgioglio, Serena Moschitto, Gianrico Spagnuolo, Alberta Greco Lucchina, Vincenzo Ronsivalle, Gaetano Isola, Antonino Lo Giudice

“…In the present case report, we present and discuss the digital workflow involved in the orthodontic/orthognathic combined treatment of a skeletal malocclusion correction in a 17-year-old male patient affected by a skeletal class III, facial asymmetry, sagittal and transversal deficiency of the medium third of the skull, dental crowding, and bilateral cross-bite. …”
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Cell Surface Proteins for Enrichment and In Vitro Characterization of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Myogenic Progenitors by Sin-Ruow Tey, Madison Mueller, Megan Reilly, Colton Switalski, Samantha Robertson, Mariko Sakanaka-Yokoyama, Masatoshi Suzuki

“…Our results revealed that myotube-forming cells resided in the differentiated cultures of CD29+, CD56+, CD271+, and CD15– fractions, while thick and multinucleated myotubes were identified in the differentiated cultures from CD9+ and CD146+ fractions. …”
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Cs2AgBiBr6 and related Halide double perovskite porous single crystals by Maurya Sandeep Pradeepkumar, Aruchamy Kathirvel, Sayan Ghosh, Chandran Sudakar

“…Large porous square-shaped Cs2AgBiBr6 halide double perovskite (HDP) single crystals with lateral dimension ~ 10 to 50 μm and few µm thickness are realized with preferred orientation along {h00} on the FTO substrate upon subsequent spin-coating of layers. …”
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Hybrid learning strategies: integrating supervised and reinforcement techniques for railway wheel wear management with limited measurement data by Jessada Sresakoolchai, Chayut Ngamkhanong, Sakdirat Kaewunruen

“…This study focuses on regular wear, specifically changes in wheel profiles such as tread wear, flange height, and flange thickness. Effective wheel wear management is crucial for maintaining the reliability, safety, and efficiency of rail systems. …”
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Biomechanical enhancement in rotator cuff repairs: the impact of innovative nanofiber technology by James Johnson, PhD, Ben Gadomski, PhD, Daniel Regan, DVM, PhD, DACVP, Jed Johnson, PhD, Brad Nelson, MS, PhD, DVM, DACVS, Kirk McGilvray, PhD, Kevin Labus, PhD, Anthony Romeo, MD, Jeremiah Easley, DVM, Dipl, ACVS

“…These improvements were achieved while retaining close to native tendon thickness. The findings suggest that this scaffold represents a significant advancement in rotator cuff repair technology, offering a promising solution to enhance repair strength and quality of bone-tendon integration, especially in challenging cases of tendon degeneration.…”
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Evaluation of a strategy for tumor-initiating stem cell eradication in primary human glioblastoma cultures as a model by E. V. Dolgova, A. S. Proskurina, E. A. Potter, T. V. Tyrinova, O. S. Taranov, Ya. R. Efremov, K. E. Orishchenko, S. V. Mishinov, V. V. Stupak, A. A. Ostanin, E. R. Chernykh, S. S. Bogachev

“…The cell number of the Zh culture fell to nearly one-third of the starting value by day 15 of observation. …”
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Assessment of Acid Mining Drainage (AMD) Formation in the Ore Stock and Waste Dam Reservoir Areas: An example of Gümüşhane by Enver Akaryalı, Mehmet Ali Gücer, Selçuk Alemdağ

“…In addition, compacted clay (50 cm thick) was laid in order to make impermeable in the stock area, and the resulting vertical profile was modeled in the finite element network system and water discharges determined. …”
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Genetic Variability and Association of Traits in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Genotypes in Gechi District, South West Ethiopia by Garome Shifaraw Geneti, Sentayehu Alamerew Kebede, Techale Birhan Mekonnen

“…Bread wheat is the world’s leading cereal grain, and more than one-third of the world’s population uses it as a staple food. …”
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Numerical simulation and experimental investigation of pressure riveting connection using the smoothed particle Galerkin method by Jianhui Zhang, Tongxiang Huang, Xuan Qin, Changcheng Yin, Xianchao Yan

“…Parameters such as the diameter and thickness of the components being connected can significantly affect the quality of the pressure-riveting connection. …”
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Transcriptomics profiling of Parkinson’s disease progression subtypes reveals distinctive patterns of gene expression by Carlo Fabrizio, Andrea Termine, Carlo Caltagirone

“…Notably, two subtypes displayed opposite expression patterns for pathways involved in immune response alterations. In contrast, the third subtype exhibited a more unique profile characterized by increased expression of genes related to detoxification processes. …”
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Failure of Urological Implants in Spinal Cord Injury Patients due to Infection, Malfunction, and Implants Becoming Obsolete due to Medical Progress and Age-Related Changes in Human... by Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Bakul Soni, Gurpreet Singh, Peter Hughes, Fahed Selmi, Paul Mansour

“…The pressure sore had not healed completely even after five years. In the third case, a sacral anterior root stimulator was implanted in a tetraplegic patient in whom, after five years, a penile sheath could not be fitted because of penile retraction. …”
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The Relationship between Muscle Ultrasound Parameters and Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study by Yanling Zhong, Xiaojia Liu, Teng Lin

“…Muscle measurements contained muscle thickness (MT), cross-sectional area (CSA), echo intensity (EI), and corrected EI. …”
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Re-architecture for requirements of academic space development in the universities: design and validitation of RASD questionnaire by Zahra Karimian, Mahmoud Abolghasemi

“…The “Happiness” had the highest factor loading (30.35%), followed by “Unity” (6.11%), “Thinking” (4.23%), Refining” (3.87%), “Expediency” (3.22%), and “Interaction” (2.83%) with the highest factor loadings. …”
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An Exceptionally Powerful, Radiatively Driven Ultrafast Outflow in the Rapidly Accreting AGN RE J1034+396 by Chloe S. Taylor, Daniel R. Wilkins, Steven W. Allen

“…The high terminal velocity and substantial absorbing column density imply that the outflow carries sufficient momentum and energy to transform its environment, being capable of driving out essentially all dust and gas it interacts with along the line of sight, even if the AGN were initially surrounded by a Compton-thick absorber.…”
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A retrospective analysis on maternal and neonatal outcomes in pSS/AITD pregnancies by Miaoguan Peng, Taizhen Luo, Xiaoshi Weng, Yanmei Dong, Yijuan Xie, Siqi Huang, Naifeng Liang, Shiyun Wen, Yaojie Zhai, Yingjun Xie, Yuyi Chen

“…A retrospective analysis was conducted on 115 pregnant patients diagnosed with pSS and delivering at the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University from January 2009 to July 2023. …”
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Identification of subgroups of self-reported outcomes among breast cancer patients undergoing surgery and chemotherapy: A cross-sectional study by Feixia Ni, Tingting Cai, Tingting Zhou, Changrong Yuan

“…Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that age (≥ 60 years old), menopause, the third chemotherapy cycle, undergoing simple mastectomy and breast reconstruction, duration of disease 3–12 months, stage III/IV cancer, and severe pain were associated factors of the functional decline groups. …”
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