Study on Productive Performances, Constraints, and Opportunities of Improved Chicken under Village Production System in West Shewa Zone, Ethiopia by Amanuel Bekuma, Abdissa Tadesse

“…Prevalence of disease, inadequate veterinary services, predators, and shortage of balanced concentrate mixture feeds were among the constraints hindering improved chicken production in the study area. …”
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Deletion of sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 1 in myeloid cells reduces hepatic inflammatory macrophages and attenuates MASH by Gopanandan Parthasarathy, Nanditha Venkatesan, Guneet Singh Sidhu, Myeong Jun Song, Chieh-Yu Liao, Fanta Barrow, Amy Mauer, Tejasav Sehrawat, Yasuhiko Nakao, P. Vineeth Daniel, Debanjali Dasgupta, Kevin Pavelko, Xavier S. Revelo, Harmeet Malhi

“…MASH was established by feeding mice a high-fat, -fructose, and -cholesterol (FFC) diet for 24 weeks, which led to the development of steatohepatitis and MASH-defining cardiometabolic risk factors. …”
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Effects of cage size on the natural behavior, serum parameters, production performance and hypothalamic mRNA expression profiles of laying hens by Yi Wan, Ruiyu Ma, Renrong Qi, Dawei Jiang, Helong Guan, Wei Liu, Junying Li, Yan Li, Kai Zhan

“…The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of cage size on the natural behavior, serum biochemistry, production performance and hypothalamic transcriptome profiles of laying hens. A total of 360 79-week-old hens were selected and randomly assigned to three groups (with five replicates each) with different cage sizes: large cages (LCs), medium cages (MCs), and small cages (SCs). …”
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Time in Range, as a Novel Metric of Glycemic Control, Is Reversely Associated with Presence of Diabetic Cardiovascular Autonomic Neuropathy Independent of HbA1c in Chinese Type 2 D... by Qingyu Guo, Pu Zang, Shaoying Xu, Wenjing Song, Zhen Zhang, Chunyan Liu, Zhanhong Guo, Jing Chen, Bin Lu, Ping Gu, Jiaqing Shao

“…TIR is inversely correlated with total score of CAN (P<0.001) and positively associated with heart rate variation during the lying to standing, Valsalva maneuver, and deep breathing (P<0.05). The logistic regression found a robust association between TIR and CAN independent of HbA1c and GV metrics. …”
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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Healthcare: A Comprehensive Review of Advancements in Diagnostics, Treatment, and Operational Efficiency by Md. Faiyazuddin, Syed Jalal Q. Rahman, Gaurav Anand, Reyaz Kausar Siddiqui, Rachana Mehta, Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib, Shilpa Gaidhane, Quazi Syed Zahiruddin, Arif Hussain, Ranjit Sah

“…The study aims to describe AI in healthcare, including important technologies like robotics, machine learning (ML), deep learning (DL), and natural language processing (NLP), and to investigate how these technologies are used in patient interaction, predictive analytics, and remote monitoring. …”
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Black Soldier Fly (<i>Hermetia illucens</i>) Larvae as a Protein Substitute in Adverse Food Reactions for Canine Dermatitis: Preliminary Results Among Patients by Nuttawan Srifawattana, Yuthana Phimolsiripol, Pinpanit Boonchuay, Kannika Na-Lampang, Promporn Piboon, Sonthaya Umsumarng, Korakot Nganvongpanit

“…However, no significant differences (<i>p</i> > 0.05) were observed between the pre-study baseline (2.0 ± 1.1) and scores at 2 weeks (2.3 ± 1.5) and 4 weeks (2.4 ± 1.2) of feeding with BSF-based food, which indicated that BSF larvae did not exacerbate pruritic symptoms. …”
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Pediatric bacterial meningitis in southern China: analysis of 838 cases by Lianfeng Chen, Wen-Lin Wu, Yuanyuan Gao, Xiaojing Li, Sida Yang, Huici Liang, Kelu Zheng, Yani Zhang, Haixia Zhu, Yang Tian, Bingwei Peng, Haisheng Lin, Xiuying Wang, Shuyao Ning, Yinyan Gan, Chi Hou, Yinting Liao, Huiling Sheng, Wen-Xiong Chen, Wen-Xiong Chen

“…Some initially atypical cases showed typical changes after about 1 week. Furthermore, 38.7% of the patients had positive bacterial cultures of blood or CSF, with Streptococcus agalactiae, Escherichia coli, and Streptococcus pneumoniae commonly seen. …”
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On Political Islam in Palestine by E. A. Stepkin

“…Finally, Palestinian society itself still feels united by the idea of national liberation from the Israeli occupation. …”
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Participation experiences of people with deafblindness or dual sensory loss: A scoping review of global deafblind literature. by Atul Jaiswal, Heather Aldersey, Walter Wittich, Mansha Mirza, Marcia Finlayson

“…While these experiences may vary between individuals with congenital versus acquired conditions, they generally feel socially isolated, insecure and uncertain about their future.…”
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Fostering transformative learning and whole patient care among teaching hospital staff through artistic creation: a qualitative study by Kang-Ju Chou, Ying-Yao Cheng, Wen Cheng, Hsueh-Hua Chuang, Chun-Teng Tsai, Hua-Chang Fang

“…Results From 2019 to 2021, 226 art projects were presented in the annual week-long exhibition. Postgraduate-year physicians and other hospital staff created 140 and 86 artworks, respectively. …”
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Pathogenetic Substantiation of the Therapeutic Impact on Microbiota in Irritable Bowel Syndrome by Yu. O. Shulpekova, G. H. Babaeva, V. Yu. Rusyaev

“…The study of the bacterial cross-feeding for various species, i.e. mutual use of nutrient substrates produced by bacteria of various species, is of a great interest. …”
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Employees Team Work and Performance of Organizations in Kabale District: A Case Study of Kabale District Local Government. by Akansasira, Mathius

“…Lastly, that the study revealed that the factors affecting employee performance as motivation, repertoire, technology, feed back, goal clarity and knowledge of structure. …”
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An examination of the correlation between website traffi c and the quality of services provided by Jumia Uganda. by Ssemaluulu, Paul Mukasa, Isingoma, Fenehansi, Mugavu, George

“…A mixed-methods research approach, incorporating both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, was deemed highly relevant for this study. In addition, from the 255 target respondents, a definite sample size of 101 was determined using William G. …”
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A combined use of Panax ginseng extract and the probiotic, Lactobacillus plantarum in the diet of Asian seabass, Lates calcarifer: Effects on growth, immunity and survival after ba... by Xiaojie Hou, Jianfeng Zhang, Neda Behmagham, Hamed Ghafarifarsani

“…All experiments were carried out in three replicates and fish (Mean weight: 25.3 ± 4.2 g) of all treatments fed for 60 days. After this feeding period, a challenge test was also done with Streptococcus iniae over 14 days. …”
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Effect of ERAS Baduancao based on the integration of martial arts and medicine on perioperative negative emotion and sleep quality in patients undergoing surgery for gastrointestin... by CAI Hui (蔡晖), ZHOU Chen (周晨), WANG Qing (王青), QIN Mengying (秦梦颖), WANG Yan (王艳)

“…There was no significant difference in the incidence of postoperative falls, anastomotic bleeding, and development of lower extremity deep vein thrombosis between two groups (P>0. 05). …”
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Understanding Youth Athlete Motivation, Training, and Activity Progression During and After the COVID-19 Sports Interruption by Elliot Greenberg, Eric Greenberg, J. Todd Lawrence, Theodore Ganley

“…As sports activities resumed, a follow-up survey was distributed to the same respondents to identify feelings of preparedness, training habits, and injuries…”
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Preparation and Physicochemical Properties of High-purity Isomaltooligosaccharides by Sequential Simulated Moving Bed Chromatography by Shenghui RUAN, Xiqun ZHENG, Xiaolan LIU, Liangyu LI

“…Further the separation conditions were optimized and the best technical parameters were as follows: feed refraction was 60% and column temperature was 65 ℃. …”
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Effects of butyric acid glycerol ester supplementation on intestinal nutrient transporter and immune-related genes in broiler chickens challenged with Eimeria maxima by Kouassi R. Kpodo, Katarzyna B. Miska, Lori L. Schreier, Daniel J. Milliken, Monika Proszkowiec-Weglarz

“…On day 21, half the chickens from each feeding group were infected with 0 or 103 EM sporulated oocysts creating four treatment groups (C, +EM, +BE, and BE + EM; n = 6/treatment group). …”
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From one size fits all to a tailored approach: integrating precision medicine into medical education by Lana Sbitan, Noor Alzraikat, Haneen Tanous, Abdelrahman M. Saad, Mohanad Odeh

“…Most respondents (79.1%) would consider using genome-guided prescribing tools developed by researchers, with only (15.8%) deeming these tools clinically useless. Nevertheless, almost 78% of participants expressed concern regarding patient anxiety with test results. …”
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Structured follow-up pathway to support people after transient ischaemic attack and minor stroke (SUPPORT TIA): protocol for a feasibility study and process evaluation by Grace M Turner, Melanie Calvert, Sue Jowett, Robbie Foy, Jonathan Mant, Sarah Tearne, Lou Atkins, Rachael Jones, Smitaa Patel, Phillip Collis

“…This means they often have unmet needs and feel abandoned following discharge. Care needs after TIA/minor stroke include information provision (diagnosis and stroke risk), stroke prevention (medication and lifestyle change) and holistic care (residual problems and return to work or usual activities). …”
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