Comprehensive analysis of gene expressions in ileal mucosa of chickens fed paddy rice and their IgA response to oral vaccination by M. Yamamoto, A. Ueno, H. Watanabe, M. Okamoto, K. Furukawa, A. Murai

“…Cecal total short-chain fatty acid and butyric acid concentrations decreased by 30 % in the paddy rice group compared to those in the corn group. In conclusion, feeding paddy rice to chickens decreased intestinal IgA production, which was partly attributable to the low fermentability of paddy rice in the intestinal tract.…”
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Robust Data-Driven Fault Detection: An Application to Aircraft Air Data Sensors by Yunmei Zhao, Hang Zhao, Jianliang Ai, Yiqun Dong

“…To address these issues, exemplifying the FD problem of aircraft air data sensors, we explore to develop a robust (accurate, scalable, explainable, and interpretable) FD scheme using a typical data-driven method, i.e., deep neural networks (DNN). To guarantee the scalability, aircraft inertial reference unit measurements are adopted as equivalent inputs to the DNN, and a database associated with 6 different aircraft/flight conditions is constructed. …”
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Risk Factors of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria in Lower Respiratory Tract Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Gang Chen, Kailiang Xu, Fangyuan Sun, Yuxia Sun, Ziyuan Kong, Bangjiang Fang

“…More well-designed studies are needed to confirm the various risk factors for MDR bacteria in the future.…”
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„L’ uomo nuovo” nei testi di Virginie Despentes e Sandro Veronesi by Magdalena Lange-Henszke

“…They postulate a new social order based on the needs and predispositions of the individual, not subject to the requirements of gender performance. …”
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Prone Positioning and Intravenous Zanamivir may Represent Effective Alternatives for Patients with Severe ARDS Virus A (H1N1) Related Pneumonia in Hospitals with no Access to ECM... by Giuseppe Gristina, Giuseppe Nardi, Daniela Orazi, Francesco Nicola Lauria, Maria Beatrice Valli, Eleonora Lalle, Stefano Menzo, Luigi Riccioni, Maria Pia Camporiondo

“…Antiviral treatment was started with Oseltamivir, but as enteral absorption was impaired by paralytic ileus and tube feeding intolerance, Oseltamivir had to be discontinued. …”
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Postoperative Outcomes After Robotic Liver Resection of Caudate Lobe: A Systematic Review by Gabriela Del Angel Millan, Gianluca Cassese, Fabio Giannone, Celeste Del Basso, Mariantonietta Alagia, Marco Lodin, Igor Monsellato, Marco Palucci, Federico Sangiuolo, Fabrizio Panaro

“…<i>Background and Objectives</i>: Resection of the caudate lobe of the liver is considered a highly challenging surgical procedure due to the deep anatomic location of this segment and the relationships with major vessels. …”
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Enhancing Qualitative Research: The Use of Design Probes and Cooking Sessions Deepens the Understanding of 9- to 11-Year-Old Children’s Food Perceptions by Lotte Pater, Elizabeth H. Zandstra, Vincenzo Fogliano, Bea L. P. A. Steenbekkers

“…Design probe activities and cooking sessions create feelings of empowerment amongst children as children are the creators of crafts or products. …”
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Self-other distinction modulates the sense of self-agency during joint actions by Laura Zapparoli, Marika Mariano, Lucia Maria Sacheli, Tommaso Berni, Caterina Negrone, Carlo Toneatto, Eraldo Paulesu

“…Do we explicitly and implicitly feel like we are fully in control of the motor act even if the goal is finally achieved by our partner? …”
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Effectiveness of autologous growth factor concentrates combined with topical minoxidil in patients of androgenic alopecia by Lavanya Maripati, Pranitha Raireddy, Subhash Reddy Dudhipala, B. Raghavendra Rao

“…They were treated with deep intradermal injections of GFC in scalp. Four injections were administered 4 weeks apart, and patients were followed for 16 weeks. …”
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An In silico Approach towards Finding the Cancer-Causing Mutations in Human MET Gene by Fayeza Sadia Laskar, Md. Nazmul Islam Bappy, Md. Sowrov Hossain, Zenifer Alam, Dilruba Afrin, Sudeb Saha, Kazi Md. Ali Zinnah

“…Moreover, these nsSNPs exhibited substantial effects on structure, binding affinity with ligand, phylogenetic conservation, secondary structure, and post-translational modification sites of MET, which were evaluated using MutPred2, RaptorX, ConSurf, PSIPRED, and MusiteDeep, respectively. Also, these deleterious nsSNPs were accompanied by changes in properties of MET like residue charge, size, and hydrophobicity. …”
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Implications of a Narrow Automated Vehicle-Exclusive Lane on Interstate 15 Express Lanes by Sahar Ghanipoor Machiani, Alidad Ahmadi, Walter Musial, Anagha Katthe, Benjamin Melendez, Arash Jahangiri

“…Filling the gap in the limited research on the effect of AV technology on infrastructure standards, this study investigates implications of adding a narrow reversible AV-exclusive lane to the existing configuration of I-15 expressway in San Diego, resulting in a 9 ft AV reversible lane and, in both directions, two 12-feet lanes for HOV and FasTrak vehicles. Given the difference between the operation of AVs and human-driven vehicles and reliance of AVs on sensors as opposed to human capabilities, the question is should we provide narrower AV-exclusive roadways assuming AVs are more precise in lateral and longitudinal lane keeping behaviour? …”
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Effect of dietary graded levels of dried lemon (citrus aurantifulia) pulp on performance, intestinal morphology, and humoral immunity in broiler chickens by Reihan Basir, Majid Toghyani

“…Also, daily weight gain was lower in those supplemented by 7.5% DLP than CON across finishing period (P.05). Therefore, feed conversion ratio of broilers was impaired when using graded levels of DLP across the entire production phase compared to the birds in CON group (P.05). …”
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Lane-Changing Trajectory Prediction Modeling Using Neural Networks by Hamidreza Hamedi, Rouzbeh Shad

“…The present study adopts a dual-layer feed-forward backpropagation neural network involving sigmoid hidden neurons and linear output neurons for evaluating intrinsic LC complexity. …”
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Turning to friends in preference to parents for support in early adolescence: does this contribute to the gender difference in depressive symptoms? by Nicky Wright, Helen Sharp, Jessica Gay, Andrew Pickles, Jonathan Hill

“…IntroductionBased on established evidence of gender differences in friendship patterns, and the vulnerability associated with early reliance on friends, we hypothesized that in 13-year-olds, a preference for turning to friends rather than parents for emotional support contributes to the gender difference in depressive symptoms.MethodsUsing a cross-sectional design, 671 adolescents (53.7% girls; mean age 13.11 ± 0.52 years) in a UK birth cohort [Wirral Child Health and Development Study (WCHADS)] reported turning to their parents and to their friends when distressed [Network of Relationships Inventory (NRI)] and depressed [Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ)]. Preferentially turning to friends was assessed as turning to friends minus turning to parents for support. …”
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An Enhanced Approach Using AGS Network for Skin Cancer Classification by Hwanyoung Lee, Seeun Cho, Jiyoon Song, Hoyoung Kim, Youjin Shin

“…It was evaluated using eight deep learning classifiers—GoogLeNet, DenseNet201, ResNet50, MobileNet V3, EfficientNet B0, ViT, EfficientNet V2, and Swin Transformers—on the HAM10000 dataset. …”
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Identification and Characterization of Families That Are Positively Deviant for Childhood Obesity in a Latino Population: A Case-Control Study by Byron A. Foster, Christian A. Aquino, Sharol Mejia, Barbara J. Turner, Arvind Singhal

“…Mixed-methods analyses were used including a semistructured interview and quantitative surveys evaluating diet, physical activity, sleep, feeding practices, and self-efficacy. Qualitative description was applied to the qualitative data; quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and logistic regression modeling. …”
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Linking obesity-associated genotype to child language development: the role of early-life neurology-related proteomics and brain myelinationResearch in context by Jian Huang, Jinyi Che, Michelle Z.L. Kee, Ai Peng Tan, Evelyn C. Law, Patricia Pelufo Silveira, Irina Pokhvisneva, Sachin Patel, Keith M. Godfrey, Lourdes Mary Daniel, Kok Hian Tan, Yap Seng Chong, Shiao-Yng Chan, Johan G. Eriksson, Dennis Wang, Jonathan Yinhao Huang

“…Interpretation: This study demonstrates the potential of examining early-life proteomics in conjunction with deep genotyping and phenotyping and provides biological insights into the shared genomic links between obesity and language development. …”
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Simulation of Flax Threshing Process by Different Forms of Threshing Drums in Combined Harvesting by Ruijie Shi, Leilei Chang, Wuyun Zhao, Fei Dai, Zhenwei Liang

“…However, common issues such as feeding difficulties, stem entanglement, and low threshing efficiency significantly restrict the improvement of planting efficiency. …”
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N-Acetylcysteine Decreases Myocardial Content of Inflammatory Mediators Preventing the Development of Inflammation State and Oxidative Stress in Rats Subjected to a High-Fat Diet by Klaudia Sztolsztener, Wiktor Bzdęga, Katarzyna Hodun, Adrian Chabowski

“…Therefore, our study aims to determine the potential preventive impact of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) supplementation on myocardial inflammation and the occurrence of oxidative stress in obesity induced by high-fat feeding. The experiment was conducted for eight weeks on male Wistar rats fed a standard chow or a high-fat diet (HFD) with intragastric NAC supplementation. …”
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A novel tissue culture method to produce professional antigen-presenting cells from rainbow trout in vitro by Nguyen T. K. Vo, PhD, Lital Sever, PhD, Brian Dixon, PhD, Niels C. Bols, PhD

“…After several months of in vitro incubation with a routine schedule of selective cell enrichment and specifically formulated medium nutrient feeding, flasks of fin explant cultures produced a heterogenous population of cells whose morphologies resembled those of monocytes, macrophages, melanomacrophages, and DCs, with DCs being present in a large quantity. …”
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