A Real-Time Semantic Segmentation Method of Sheep Carcass Images Based on ICNet by Shida Zhao, Guangzhao Hao, Yichi Zhang, Shucai Wang

“…Besides, the MIoU of U-Net and DeepLabv3 is 0.22% and 0.03% higher than the ICNet, but the processing time of a single image is longer by 186 ms and 430 ms. …”
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Leveraging Comprehensive Echo Data to Power Artificial Intelligence Models for Handheld Cardiac Ultrasound by D.M. Anisuzzaman, PhD, Jeffrey G. Malins, PhD, John I. Jackson, PhD, Eunjung Lee, PhD, Jwan A. Naser, MBBS, Behrouz Rostami, PhD, Grace Greason, BA, Jared G. Bird, MD, Paul A. Friedman, MD, Jae K. Oh, MD, Patricia A. Pellikka, MD, Jeremy J. Thaden, MD, Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, MD, MSc, MBA, Zachi I. Attia, PhD, Sorin V. Pislaru, MD, PhD, Garvan C. Kane, MD, PhD

“…Objective: To develop a fully end-to-end deep learning framework capable of estimating left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), estimating patient age, and classifying patient sex from echocardiographic videos, including videos collected using handheld cardiac ultrasound (HCU). …”
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Efficacy of probiotic Bacillus licheniformis DSM 28710 on performance and the mitigation of Clostridium perfringens-induced necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens by W. Van der Veken, V. Hautekiet, E.A. Kimminau, C. Hofacre, G.F. Mathis

“…A broiler trial was conducted, examining three treatments for 42 days under an induced NE challenge; a negative control (basal diet only); an antibiotic treated group (oxytetracycline hydrochloride (OXT), therapeutic dose of 105 mg OXT/litre in drinking water, for three days after C. perfringens challenge); and a B-Act group (500 g B-Act/tonne of feed, equalling 1.6×1012 colony forming units B. licheniformis DSM 28710/tonne of feed, supplemented from start until finish). …”
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Impact of Grinding and Sorting Particle Size on Phytochemical Yield in Dipterocarpus alatus Leaf Extract by Kritsadang Senawong, Somporn Katekaew, Suchat Juntahum, Kittipong Laloon

“…A factorial design in a completely randomized design was conducted to study the combinational effects of sieve sizes (1.0, 1.5, and 3.0 mm) and feed rates (1.0, 1.5, and 3.0 kg min−1), examining the interaction of parameters for grinding oven-dried Yang-Na leaves. …”
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Morphological Characteristics of Normal Foveal Avascular Zone by Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography by Zeiad Eldaly, Wael Soliman, Mohamed Sharaf, Ali Natag Reyad

“…Mean maximum horizontal diameter of FAZ (deep) was 823.19 ± 144.92 um, while mean maximum vertical diameter of FAZ (deep) was 794.03 ± 150.28 um. …”
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Evaluating the mental and emotional effects of Sahand Bonab thermal power plant greenhouse on rural communities, Case study: Rurlas in Bonab by Mohamad Zaheri, Ali Majnouni-Toutakhane

“…Also, analysis of the results by using a Pearson test showed that six variables including neurological and disturbing variables p= 0.272, stress and psychological stress p= 0.325, feeling of energy decrease, p= 0.287, feeling of despair and disappointment in life p = 0.142, feeling Depression in life of p= 0.211 and change in behavior patterns in everyday life p= 0.269 had the most effect on air pollution. …”
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Evaluation of the effects of Keratinase-treated feather meal as a replacement for fishmeal on growth performance, liver function, and intestinal health in juvenile largemouth bass... by Yi-Huan Xu, Li-Han Zhang, Min Liu, Mei-Yan Li, Xue-Dan Fang, Hui Xia, Ran Guo, Fazhan Hanafiah, Waiho Khor, Guang Chen, Xin Hao

“…According to analysis on weight gain rate (WGR), specific growth rate (SGR) and feed conversion ratio (FCR), we found that the largemouth bass had the best growth performance when dietary KFM replaced 25.19 %-26.25 % of FM, and the highest feed utilization when replacing 9.38 % of FM. …”
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Exclusive Breastfeeding Practice and Its Associated Factors among Mothers of Infants Less Than Six Months of Age in Debre Tabor Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Getachew Arage, Haileyesus Gedamu

“…Having an infant aged 2-3 months [AOR = 2.3 (95% CI: 1.12, 6.42)], giving birth in the health facility [AOR = 3.8 (95% CI: 2.18, 7.32)], being a house wife in occupation [AOR = 2.4 (95% CI (1.22, 6.92)], receiving counseling/advice on infant feeding [AOR = 2.1 (95% CI: 1.61, 5.41)], and colostrums feeding [AOR = 1.5 (95% CI: 1.28, 7.98)] were found to be significantly associated with EBF practice. …”
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Effect of different dietary oil sources on the performance, egg quality and antioxidant capacity during the late laying period by Mengmeng Xu, Le Liu, Zongze Fan, Lizhu Niu, Wenxi Ning, He Cheng, Mengyun Li, Wenying Huo, Pan Zhou, Hongyu Deng, Wen Chen, Long Che

“…Diets with linseed oil to soybean oil ratios of 3:0 (T1), 2:1 (T2), 1:2 (T3), and 0:3 (T4) were fed for 4 weeks. No significant differences in egg weight, feed intake of laying hens, egg production, or feed-to-egg ratio (P > 0.05) were observed among the groups. …”
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Waste Water Reduction Using Four Densities of Seaweed to Improve Water Quality for White Leg Shrimp (Litopenaeus white leg) Culture: Laboratory Scale by Gamal M. Samadan, Aras Syazili, Supyan Supyan, Muhammad Nur Findra

“…The low environmental quality of pond water is caused, among other things, by the large amount of organic waste and nutrients (feed components) in pond water outflow. The remaining feed and feces (feces) decompose in pond water before being dumped into the nearby rivers, resulting in the discharge of high levels of nutrients and organic waste. …”
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Why is Mexico a country of overweight or obese children? by Alicia de la Macorra, Castulina Niño Martínez

“…<strong><br />Results: </strong>There was low correlation between feeding and physical activity. Body mass index was highly dependant on physical activity and feeding style as to the performance of other activities while eating, and less dependant on food quality. …”
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Research on Personal Loan Default Risk Assessment Based on Machine Learning by Liu Guangsen

“…The results of the study show that the machine learning models have better accuracy and higher efficiency in analyzing personal credit data and assessing the risk of personal loan default. Among them, the Deep Neural Network has the best overall performance compared to the other three machine learning models. …”
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Isolated Pulmonary Embolism following Shoulder Arthroscopy by Nicole H. Goldhaber, Christopher S. Lee

“…Although rare, sudden development of an isolated PE is possible, and symptoms such as sudden hand swelling, trouble breathing, and systemic symptoms should be evaluated aggressively with a pulmonary CT angiogram given the fact that an extremity ultrasound may be negative for deep vein thrombosis.…”
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Apokaliptikus fenomenológia és a politikai gonosz by Balázs M. Mezei

“…Mindennek egyéni, közösségi, és történelmi vonatkozásai vannak, amelyek mindegyike „politikai”, a szó platóni érelmében. A politikum ezen átfogó jelentése a fogalomfejlődés során egyfelől a közösségirányítási technikák körében, másfelől a politikum alanyának, a politikai vezetőnek egyre karakteresebb alakjában mutatkozik meg. …”
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Silvicultural Attempts to Induce Browse Resistance in Conifer Seedlings by Bruce A. Kimball, Fred Pfund, Mark Gourley, Doreen L. Griffin, John H. Russell

“…A multiyear study was conducted to determine if soil amendment combined with topical application of elemental sulfur could be employed to reduce deer browse damage to four conifer species. Fertilizer and sulfur were applied to conifer seedlings at seven sites near Corvallis, OR. …”
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Implementation of character education in islamic education by Maslani Maslani, Zen Anwar Saeful Basyari, Rifqi Rohmatulloh, Laelatul Nuroh

“…This study seeks to investigate students and their position and relationship with educators, as well as the noble character and ethics of students resulting from the actualization of noble values. …”
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Dietary Chitosan Supplementation Increases Microbial Diversity and Attenuates the Severity of Citrobacter rodentium Infection in Mice by Guiping Guan, Hongbing Wang, Shuai Chen, Gang Liu, Xia Xiong, Bie Tan, Veeramuthu Duraipandiyan, Naif Abdullah Al-Dhabi, Jun Fang

“…After Citrobacter rodentium infection, the histopathology scores indicated that COS feeding resulted in less severe colitis. IL-6 and TNF-α were significantly lower in colon from COS-feeding mice than those in the control group. …”
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Apert syndrome: a rare congenital anomaly and experience from a low-resource country: a case report and review of the literature by Maimuna Abdatam, Charles John Nhungo, Frank Muhamba, Ally Hamis Mwanga, Larry Akoko, Charles A. Mkony

“…Further imaging of the hands and feet confirmed the pathognomonic syndactyly characteristic of the condition. …”
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The State of the Arctic Problems of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Prospects of their Solution by Valery P. Zhuravel

“…Particular attention is paid to the study of the development of the project for the construction of the deep-water seaport of Indiga and the Sosnogorsk – Indiga railway, transport infrastructure development, including the reconstruction of the seaport and airports. …”
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Un modelo de equilibrio general para la fijación de precios del gas natural en México by Dagobert L. Brito, Juan Rosellón

“…La Comisión Reguladora de Energía de México ha implantado una regla deen la ce ha cia atrás para unir el pre cio del gas na tu ral me xi ca no al pre cio delgas na tu ral de Te jas. …”
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