Effect of zinc (Zn) supplementation on quality and quantity of striped catfish Pangasianodon hypophthalmus sperm by Nunun Ainun Putri Sari Banun Kaliky, Mia Setiawati, Odang Carman, Nur Bambang Priyo Utomo

“…Male broods fed with Zn supplementation for eight weeks. The Zn supplemented into the fish diet at different concentrations (0, 50, 100, 150 and 200 mg/kg of feed). …”
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A generative whole-brain segmentation model for positron emission tomography images by Wenbo Li, Zhenxing Huang, Hongyan Tang, Yaping Wu, Yunlong Gao, Jing Qin, Jianmin Yuan, Yang Yang, Yan Zhang, Na Zhang, Hairong Zheng, Dong Liang, Meiyun Wang, Zhanli Hu

“…The proposed method was compared with various deep learning-based approaches in terms of the Dice similarity coefficient, Jaccard index, precision, and recall serving as evaluation metrics. …”
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Effects of ursolic acid on growth performance, serum biochemistry, antioxidant capacity, and intestinal health of broilers by X.W. Zhang, X. Li, Y. Yin, M. Wang, Y.F. Wang, J.Y. Chen, Y.R. Zhao

“…In conclusion, adding 450 mg/kg UA to broiler feed can improve serum and jejunal antioxidant capacity, reduce jejunal and ileal inflammation, improve jejunal morphology, and regulate caecal microbiota structure composition, promoting broiler growth.…”
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Maternal Vitamin D Status and Its Effect on Vitamin D Levels in Early Infancy in a Tertiary Care Centre in Sri Lanka by Kaneshapillai Anusha, Usha Hettiaratchi, Dulani Gunasekera, Shamini Prathapan, Guwani Liyanage

“…Sun exposure and feeding patterns of the infants were recorded based on maternal reporting. …”
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Growth performance and antioxidant status of giant gourami given different levels of astaxanthin supplementation by , Sofian, Dedi Jusadi, Sri Nuryati

“…Addition of astaxanthin in the feed was done by coating method. The experimental fish used were giant gourami with average body weight of 3.0±0.12 g. …”
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Impact of the five-pattern personality traits of traditional Chinese medicine on workplace violence and depression among nurses by ZhiHui Gu, ChenXin Yang, MengYao Li

“…Nurses with different personalities may have various views and feelings towards WPV, and their impact on depression may also vary. …”
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Effects of using different levels of dietary chitosan on some immune indices and antioxidant defense system in Vannamei shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei by Saeed Dayani, Valiallah Jafari, Roghayeh Safari, Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar

“…Materials and Methods: For this purpose, 180 pieces of Vannamei shrimp with an average weight of about 4 g were prepared and kept for 2 weeks to adapt to the test conditions. We prepared 4 groups, each with three repetitions, including the basal diet of zero (control), 1 g (treatment 1 = T1), 2 g (T2) and 4 g (T3) chitosan per kilogram of feed in a completely randomized design for 8 weeks. …”
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Promoting engagement in online learning beyond COVID‐19: Possible strategies and directions for future research by Khe Foon Hew, Weijiao Huang

“…In this article, we describe three key challenges of fully online learning: students being more easily distracted, students lacking self‐regulation skills and students feeling isolated. Next, we present three possible strategies to address these challenges: promoting active learning through the online flipped classroom model, promoting self‐regulation skills and reducing the sense of isolation through the use of chatbots. …”
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Model Reduction Using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition and Predictive Control of Distributed Reactor System by Alejandro Marquez, Jairo José Espinosa Oviedo, Darci Odloak

“…In this paper, the control objective is to keep the operation of the reactor at a desired operating condition in spite of the disturbances in the feed flow. …”
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Closing the Global Marine 226Ra Budget Reveals the Biological Pump as a Dominant Removal Flux in the Upper Ocean by Bochao Xu, M. Bayani Cardenas, Isaac R. Santos, William C. Burnett, Matthew A. Charette, Valentí Rodellas, Sanzhong Li, Ergang Lian, Zhigang Yu

“…The biological pump transfers particles to the deep ocean, resulting in a major but often overlooked impact on the global 226Ra marine budget. …”
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Sporadic Dips from Extended Debris Transiting the Metal-rich White Dwarf SBSS 1232+563 by J. J. Hermes, Joseph A. Guidry, Zachary P. Vanderbosch, Mariona Badenas-Agusti, Siyi Xu, Malia L. Kao, Antonio C. Rodriguez, Keith Hawkins

“…We present the discovery of deep but sporadic transits in the flux of SBSS 1232+563, a metal-rich white dwarf polluted by disrupted exoplanetary debris. …”
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Implementing Computer Vision in Android Apps and Presenting the Background Technology with Mathematical Demonstrations by Roland Szabo

“…The app has a live video feed of the surroundings. When in the area of view, there will be a road with a lane. …”
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Emotional intelligence and conflictological competence in the conditions of digitalization by S. Y. Yurovitsky

“…Managers not only solve the usual tasks, but also face the problem of the need to change the usual leadership style: psychological methods are replacing directive management methods. …”
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Proximate Composition of Thai and Cambodian Ready-to-Eat Insects by N. T. Grabowski, T. Chhay, S. Keo, R. Lertpatarakomol, J. Kajaysri, K. Kang, P. Miech, M. Plötz, J. Mitchaothai

“…This was expected as the insect chemical composition varies strongly intra- and interspecifically due to taxon, feeding, instar, and processing, among others. In general, the insects mainly consisted of fat (35 to 60%) and protein (25 to 38%), with 2 to 16% nitrogen-free extract, 2 to 15% fibre, 3 to 5% ashes, 0.4 to 1.6% Na, and 0.6 to 1.4% Cl (dry matter base). …”
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The Effects of Law Through Actions of Inspections by Mirko Pečarič

“…The same or even more stands for inspections as public bodies that directly see “regulations in action”, how asymmetries between regulation and implementation arise. …”
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Causes and Prevention of Emitter Plugging In Microirrigation Systems by D. Z. Haman

“…When managed effectively, microirrigation offers several advantages, including comparable water application uniformity, improved water use efficiency, minimized deep percolation and runoff with proper scheduling, efficient delivery of fertilizers and chemicals through fertigation and chemigation, and the ability to irrigate land too steep for other irrigation methods. …”
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Recurrent Pneumonia and a Normal Heart: Late Complication after Repair of Hemianomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage—A Cautionary Tale by Maryanne Caruana, Victor Grech, Jane Somerville

“…Dyspnoea and recurrent chest infections started 7 months after surgery when he was seen by a respiratory physician without cardiac followup. …”
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13 µm cutoff InAs/GaSb type-II superlattice nBn detectors with high quantum efficiency grown by MOCVD by Richard Brown, Chen Liu, George Seager, Francisco Alvarado, Ka Ming Wong, Adam P. Craig, Richard Beanland, Andrew R. J. Marshall, J. Iwan Davies, Qiang Li

“…A larger bandgap InAs/GaSb T2SL was used as an electron barrier, removing the need for AlSb based materials within this detector. …”
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Voir les fantômes. Sentir la multiplicité temporelle de la ville grâce aux œuvres d’art by Estelle Grandbois-Bernard

“…Looking through them, we can sometimes meet some ghosts, fleeting appearances of the past even in the present, which take the form of ruins, architectural differences, and other traces of the disappeared, and allow to feel the presence of absence, the intermingling of time to clean the urban reality. …”
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Efficacy of Endoscopic Evaluation and Hemostatic Intervention for Post-hemorrhoidectomy Bleeding by Katsuhisa Ohashi, Katsuhide Ohashi, Akinori Sasaki, Kazuyoshi Ota, Kazutomo Kitagawa

“…In cases with profuse bleeding and endoscopic hemostasis deemed difficult, surgical hemostasis was performed. …”
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