Insights into salinity effect on growth of the spotted scat (Scatophagus argus): Exploring the optimum salinity for its culture by Maoliang Su, Zhanquan Feng, Youling Zhong, Zhiyin Ye, Junbin Zhang

“…As for cortisol, a hormone that is involved with salinity adaption and metabolism, its level was kept relatively stable in each group during the experiment. …”
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Toxic effects of monocrotophos and glyphosate on the female reproductive organ and aromatase gene expression in climbing perch by Sujata Mohapatra, Rajesh Kumar, Jitendra Kumar Sundaray, Lakshman Sahoo, Mohd Ashraf Rather, Sangita Dixit, Vasam Manohar, Kiran Rasal, Sukanta K. Pradhan, C.S.K. Mishra, Dhananjaya Mishra, SriangaTilak Patnaik

“…The MCP concentrations were 3.5×10-4% (T1), 5.3×10-4% (T2), and 10.6×10-4% (T3) and GLY concentrations were 2.6×10-4% (T1), 3.9×10-4% (T2), and 7.8×10-4% (T3). One group was kept as control. Molecular docking analysis showed that GLY interacted with brain aromatase protein at residues MET424, THR423, PRO479 with a binding energy of −10.685 and with a docking score of −4.769. …”
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Effects of milk extracellular vesicles from Holstein Friesian and Brown Swiss heat-stressed dairy cows on bovine mammary epithelial cells by S. Castellani, L. Basiricò, A. Maggiolino, C. Lecchi, P. De Palo, U. Bernabucci

“…To this purpose, 8 mid lactation cows, 4 of each breed fed the same diet and kept in the same barn, which experienced the same hyperthermia during a natural heat wave, were chosen to collect 2 milk different samples: under thermoneutrality (TN, d1) and under heat stress (HS, d 8) conditions. …”
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Effect of Daily Fiber Intake Among Cirrhotic Patients With and Without Portosystemic Shunts by Simona Parisse, Sara Carnevale, Elio Damato, Flaminia Ferri, Monica Mischitelli, Mario Corona, Pierleone Lucatelli, Alfredo Cantafora, Adriano De Santis, Domenico Alvaro, Maurizio Muscaritoli, Stefano Ginanni Corradini

“…In particular, in the advanced cirrhosis stage with PSs, soluble fiber intake appears to significantly influence disease progression and should be kept low.…”
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First Experiences with Fusion of PET-CT and MRI Datasets for Navigation-Assisted Percutaneous Biopsies for Primary and Metastatic Bone Tumors by Hagen Fritzsche, Alexander Pape, Klaus-Dieter Schaser, Franziska Beyer, Verena Plodeck, Ralf-Thorsten Hoffmann, Patricia Hahlbohm, Elisabeth Mehnert, Anne Weidlich

“…Radiation exposure could be kept at a comparable level, and the durations of both procedures were comparable to conventional methods.…”
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Beating-Heart Coronary Artery Bypass grafting (BH-CABG) in patients with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD): comparison of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) predicted risk with ac... by Louis Samuels, Anastasia Arce, Samiat Agunbiade, Suzanne Raws, Afshin Parsikia

“…Methods Between March 2017 - October 2023, all ESRD patients underwent BH-CABG by a single surgeon at a single institution. Patients were kept normothermic, ventilation was maintained, and intra-coronary shunts with flow-probe graft assessment were utilized during the procedure. …”
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Synchronization of oestrus in different sheep breeds by progesterone+ecg and investigation of cholesterol and progesterone levels by Mehmet Uçar, Mustafa Gündoğan, Mehmet Özdemir, Mustafa Tekerli, Abdullah Eryavuz, Erdal Saban, Erhan Özenç

“…The sponges containing 40 mg florogestone acetate were inserted into the vagina and kept for 14 days in the treatment group (n:30). Upon removal of the sponges. eCG was injected intramuscularly (Chios 500 IU, other breeds 600 IU). …”
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Improving Meat Quality and Reducing Breast of Myopathies in Broiler Chickens Subjected to Cyclic Heat Stress by Supplementing of Chromium-Methionine by G. L. S. Tesser, N. Rohloff Junior, T. S. Andrade, C. Kaufmann, A. P. G. C. Costa, M. F. C. Pereira, A. A. Calderano, F. S. Dadólio, E. S. Klosowski, C. Eyng, R. V. Nunes

“…Experimental broiler chickens were kept in thermoneutral conditions for 21 days, then subjected to cyclic heat stress (31.1 °C and 60.2% humidity) from 09:00 am to 03:00 pm until 42 days of age. …”
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Enhancing mechanical and thermal properties of PVA-abaca fiber biocomposites via ultrasonic vibration bath treatment by Mochamad Asrofi, Nur Achmad Asyari, Revvan Rifada Pradiza, Muhammad Abduh, Muhammad Yusuf, Melbi Mahardika, R.A. Ilyas, M.R.M. Asyraf, S.M. Sapuan, Victor Feizal Knight, Mohd Nor Faiz Norrrahim

“…The amount weight fraction of fibers and matrix were kept constant 10 and 90 wt% with a total weight of 10 g of biocomposite, respectively. …”
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‘Queer Reverence’: Aubrey Beardsley’s Venus and Tannhäuser by Nicole Fluhr

“…During his short career, the writer and artist Aubrey Beardsley, who rose to prominence in the 1890s, cultivated a reputation for mannered excess that helped establish him as one of the aesthetes and decadents whose company he kept and whose works he illustrated. His unfinished novel Venus and Tannhäuser, which Stanley Weintraub calls ‘a triumph of excess,’ exhibits to the full Beardsley’s penchant for shocking readers and mocking aesthetic conventions. …”
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Effectivity of karamunting Melastoma malabathricum leaves in inhibiting ovarian development of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus by Yogo Tri saloko, Muhammad Agus Suprayudi, Muhammad Zairin Jr.

“…Tilapia fish weighed 13–14 g were kept in an aquarium measuring 100×60×50 cm with a stocking density of 20 fish/ aquarium. …”
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Evaluation of Chitosan Hydrogel for Sustained Delivery of VEGF for Odontogenic Differentiation of Dental Pulp Stem Cells by Si Wu, Yachuan Zhou, Yi Yu, Xin Zhou, Wei Du, Mian Wan, Yi Fan, Xuedong Zhou, Xin Xu, Liwei Zheng

“…DPSCs cultured in the CS/β-GP hydrogel kept adhesion and vitality. CCK-8 assay tested the promoted proliferation activity of DPSCs on the hydrogel. …”
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Il luogo e il senso: creazione e significazione degli spazi nel mondo globale by Gambardella, Fabiana, Amodio, Paolo

“…There is a clear division that determines two hierarchically places: a center and a periphery that is always a marginality to be kept under control through more or less overtly violent practices of control-exclusion. …”
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Functional and Anatomical Outcomes of Pars Plana Vitrectomy for Lamellar Macular Hole: Long-Term Follow-Up by Fabrizio Giansanti, Cristina Nicolosi, Giuseppe Ruben Barbera, Giulio Vicini, Flavia Lucarelli, Edoardo Traniello Gradassi, Vittoria Murro, Gianni Virgili, Daniela Bacherini

“…Conclusions: In our series, PPV had a high success rate and was associated with a substantial functional improvement in LMH treatment, and this result was maintained and kept increasing until the last follow-up. Long-term follow-up is crucial for a comprehensive evaluation of the healing process and to assess the benefits of the surgical intervention.…”
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S’approprier, c’est résister. Appropriations spatiales et mobilisation infra-politique des femmes en immobilité résidentielle et sociale dans les bidonvilles de Salé (Maroc)... by Myriame Ali-Oualla

“…However, what is perceived as a springboard for eventual socio-economic ascent and legitimate settlement in the city is transformed into a place of inertia, feeding totalising and disqualifying identity assignments. Households are kept waiting by a lack of responsiveness on the part of the authorities, and by their inability to provide suitable housing alternatives. …”
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A first study on sperm sexing in water buffalo through magnetic nanoparticles by Syed Murtaza Hassan Andrabi, Muhammad Hammad Fayyaz, Muhammad Shafiq Haider, Ghulam Muhammad Ali

“…In Pakistan, water buffalos are primarily kept for dairy purposes. Therefore, this study was designed to optimize the magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) based sperm sexing technique in water buffalo. …”
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Masculinization of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) by administration of bull testes meal by Muslim Muslim, M. Zairin Junior, Nur Bambang Priyo Utomo

“…Experimental design was utilized two factors experiments in completely randomized design. Fry kept in 40-L glass aquaria at a density of 40 fry/aquarium. …”
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Blockchain-Based Value-Added Tax System: A Systematic Review by Vahideh Ghanooni Shishavan, Shaban Elahi, Sadegh Dorri Nogoorani, Ali Yazdian Varjani

“…Furthermore, in this stage, leveraging off-chain storage is possible, where the data hash is stored in the blockchain, and the original data is kept separately. In the fifth step, a smart contract can periodically calculate VAT to be deducted from the payers' accounts by banks. …”
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Water homeostasis gene expression in the kidney of broilers divergently selected for water conversion ratio by Kentu Lassiter, Loujain Aloui, Elizabeth S. Greene, Marciela Maqaeda, Travis Tabler, Sami Dridi, Robert F. Wideman, Jr., Sara Orlowski, Walter G. Bottje

“…Kidney samples were collected, flash frozen in liquid nitrogen, and kept at -80 °C for gene expression analysis. Data were analyzed by Two-way ANOVA and means compared by Tukey's HSD multiple comparison test. …”
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Effect of small boat engine noise on hearing loss of fishermen and efficiency of small boat engine silencer by S. Sinworn, N. Viriyawattana

“…By employing such work practices, the noise levels experienced by fishermen can be kept below the hazardous threshold of > 85 decibels A.…”
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