The efficacy and safety of Ginkgo biloba L. leaves extract combined with ACEI/ARB on diabetic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 41 randomized controlled tria... by Zehua Zhang, Shiyun Tang, Shiyu Liu, Yulin Leng, Xiaoxu Fu, Hongyan Xie, Hong Gao, Hong Gao, Chunguang Xie, Chunguang Xie

“…BackgroundDiabetic kidney disease (DKD) has become the leading cause of end-stage renal disease in the world. However, the current conventional approaches have not yet achieved satisfactory efficacy. …”
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Exploring the Impact of Drought Stress on the Yield and Yield Components of Cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) Ecotypes by Vahid Bazr Afshan, Farzad Paknejad, Hamid Reza Fanay, davood Habibi, Morteza Siavoshi

“…IntroductionDrought stress poses a significant challenge to cumin production in Iran, particularly during the flowering and seed-setting stages. Cumin is a valuable crop with numerous medicinal properties and applications in various industries. …”
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Nursery of red tilapia Oreochromis niloticus in a small-scale aquaponics system with different stocking densities by Yani Hadiroseyani, Anita May Sharly, Dadang Shafruddin, Apriana Vinasyiam

“…This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of fish density on the nursery stage of red tilapia in a small-scale aquaponic system. …”
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Que peut-on apprendre du développement locomoteur des catarrhiniens? Approche intégrative de la bipédie chez le babouin olive élevé en captivité by François Druelle, Gilles Berillon, Peter Aerts

“…L’étude initiée en 2013 porte sur un échantillon de babouins olive ("Papio anubis") captifs à la station de primatologie du CNRS (Rousset sur Arc, France), afin d'observer précisément la graduation des changements au cours des premiers stades du développement locomoteur. Cette espèce se révèle être un très bon modèle pour notre problématique car elle pratique la bipédie tout au long de sa vie et son développement rapide permet d'observer d'importants changements morphologiques sur une période relativement courte. …”
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Detection Method of Apple Alternaria Leaf Spot Based on Deep-Semi-NMF by FU Zhuojun, HU Zheng, DENG Yangjun, LONG Chenfeng, ZHU Xinghui

“…These images reflect various real-world scenarios, capturing apple leaves at different stages of maturity, in diverse lighting conditions, angles, and noise environments. …”
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Analytical treatment of proton double-quantum NMR intensity buildup: multi-spin couplings and the flip-flop term by N. Fatkullin, I. Brekotkin, K. Saalwächter

“…It is shown that in the initial stages of DQ intensity buildup, the probability of flip-flop processes in DQ experiments is half as large as in analogous Hahn echo or free induction decay experiments. …”
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Research on Current Situation and Countermeasure of Chinese Primary Care Physicians' Community Rehabilitation Service Ability by LIAN Lu, WANG Di, CHEN Jiaying, LIU Wu

“…Methods The method of multi-stage stratified sampling combined with typical sampling was adopted to carry out an online questionnaire survey on doctors in primary health institutions in Jiangsu province, Anhui province, Henan province, Chongqing City and Gansu province. …”
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Non-lethal sonodynamic therapy mitigates hypertensive renal fibrosis through the PI3K/AKT/mTORC1-autophagy pathway by DanDan Liu, Hui Wang, Jialong Li, Siqi Sheng, Shu Wang, Ye Tian

“…Hypertensive kidney disease is a prevalent complication associated with hypertension and is the second leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Renal fibrosis linked to hypertension has emerged as the third leading cause of disease in dialysis patients. …”
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The role of smell in medical and psychological disorders: An interdisciplinary approach by Giuseppe Riva

“…Therefore, the functional evaluation of smell disorder has increased in the last years, using olfaction as a clinical marker for the characterization of prodromal stages of neurodegenerative diseases. Further studies are however needed for an early treatment in order to increase the patients’ quality of life [9] and to reduce the direct and indirect costs for the healthcare systems. …”

Determination of Zinc Requirement in Suckling Calves using Some Non-Linear Models by Mohammad Javad Elyasi, Khalil zaboli

“…Additionally, chopped wheat straw (5%) and alfalfa hay (5%) incorporated into the starter feed from the 15th day of age until the weaning stage. During the experimental period, the calves' performance (including dry matter intake, average daily weight gain, feed conversion ratio and weaning weight) was systematically assessed. lood samples were taken from the jugular vein at the end of the trial (day 70) before the morning feeding for measurement of blood zinc and some parameters (glucose, urea, albumin and total protein) concentration.The performance of calves was assessed using simple broken line, quadratic broken line, and quadratic regression models. …”
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Recording dan Pencarian Silsilah Kambing Perah Menggunakan Algoritme Depth First Search by Rizki Wahyudi, Muhammad Iqbal, Lussy Dwi Oktaviana

“…In order for the research to be directed, this research uses waterfall method with stage requirement analysis, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance. …”
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Genetic Analysis of Reciprocal Crosses of Silkworm in New Iranian Lines and Hybrids by Shahla Nematollahian, Seyed Hossein Hosseini Moghaddam, Babak Rabiei, Seyed Ziaeddin Mirhoseini

“…All lines (12 genotypes) and 72 hybrids (36+36) were reared in a completely randomized design with 4 replications. All stages of hatching and rearing of silkworm lines and hybrids in this project were done in the same way based on standard methods. …”
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Combined Age with Mean Decrease Rates of Total Bilirubin and MELD Score as a Novel and Simple Clinical Predictor on 90-Day Transplant-Free Mortality in Adult Patients with Acute Li... by Di Jin, Kai Kang, Bing-zhu Yan, Jian-nan Zhang, Jun-bo Zheng, Zhi-hui Wang, Di Wu, Yu-jia Tang, Xin-tong Wang, Qi-qi Lai, Yang Cao, Hong-liang Wang, Yang Gao

“…Baseline and clinical data were collected and calculated on admission to ICU before PE, including gender, age, height, weight, body mass index (BMI), etiology, total bilirubin, direct bilirubin, indirect bilirubin, prothrombin activity, model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score, and sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score. …”
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Diferencias en la elección de la modalidad de diálisis entre inmigrantes y españoles en Barcelona by María Dolores Arenas-Jiménez, José Luis Fernández-Martin, Isabel Galcerán Herrera, Marisol Fernández-Chamarro, Guillermo Pedreira-Robles, Silvia Collado Nieto, Julia Farrera Núñez, Eva Rodríguez García, Alicia Moreno Rodríguez, Laura Morro Fernández, Marta Crespo Barrio, Julio Pascual Santos

“…In a total of 673 patients with ACKD (stage 4 and 5) seen at the outpatient ACKD clinic of Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain) from 2009 to 2020, we retrospectively compared immigrant and Spanish patients in order to analyze the impact of migration on RRT decision-making and its subsequent evolution in advanced CKD (ACKD) consultation and identifies the social and economic needs of this population. …”
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Research Status and Prospects of Key Technologies for Rice Smart Unmanned Farms by YU Fenghua, XU Tongyu, GUO Zhonghui, BAI Juchi, XIANG Shuang, GUO Sien, JIN Zhongyu, LI Shilong, WANG Shikuan, LIU Meihan, HUI Yinxuan

“…The technical level of unmanned nursery directly determines the quality of rice cultivation and harvesting in the later stage, and a variety of rice seeding machines and nursery plate setting machines have been put into use. …”
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Ovarian stimulation alternatives for in vitro production of embryos in water buffaloes by Alexis Bandeo, José Luis Konrad, Natalia Vallejos, Pablo Ponce, Marina J. Sansinena, Gustavo Crudeli, Pablo Maldonado-Vargas

“…In vitro culture (IVC) was carried out for 6.5 days, and all embryos that reached the blastocyst stage were graded and vitrified. Descriptive statistics and analysis of variance were conducted on the obtained data, considering population and follicular size, quantity and quality of oocytes, and embryo production, with a significance level (α) of 5%. …”
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Carbon Emission of Garden Pavement by Peiyong WANG, Ruixing LU

“…Firstly, the carbon emission accounting model is constructed based on the life cycle of garden pavement projects: the carbon emission factor method is adopted to calculate carbon emissions in such stages as material production, construction and transportation, maintenance and material recycling of garden pavement projects, during which the specific calculation parameters are mainly derived from the engineering practical experience, national standards and relevant research data. …”
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Systematic review and meta-analysis to examine intrapartum interventions, and maternal and neonatal outcomes following immersion in water during labour and waterbirth by Priscilla J Hall, Claire Feeley, Ethel Burns, Jennifer Vanderlaan

“…Objectives Water immersion during labour using a birth pool to achieve relaxation and pain relief during the first and possibly part of the second stage of labour is an increasingly popular care option in several countries. …”
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Étude archéozoologique du quartier portuaire romain de Saint-Lupien à Rezé/Ratiatum (Loire-Atlantique) : les vestiges fauniques en pied de berge by Aurélia Borvon

“…There is no argument in favour of a proper butchering area (slaughtering, first stage of carcass cutting), nor of an area of domestic waste made up of food remains. …”
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Image Segmentation Method of Chinese Yam Leaves in Complex Background Based on Improved ENet by LU Bibo, LIANG Di, YANG Jie, SONG Aiqing, HUANGFU Shangwei

“…Firstly, based on ENet, the third stage was pruned to reduce redundant calculations in the model. …”
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