Integrated commercial and low-fishmeal fermented feed boosts survival and modulates intestinal microbiota in pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) by Yanbo Cheng, Lanfen Fan, Yifei Liu, Kuiying Su, Guohuan Xu

“…Similarly, water pH and total alkalinity in the MFD group showed significant elevations at particular sampling points (P < 0.05). Vibrio viridis and Vibrio flavus (common pathogenic bacteria in shrimp culture) demonstrated no population increase in water from shrimp fed the MFD diet, with significant decreases observed at specific time points compared to the NFD group (P < 0.05). …”
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Application of Spectral Computed Tomography Single-energy Technique to Small Bowel Crohn’s Disease by Pengfei WU, Chuanbing WANG

“…The 40~140 keV single level and conventional mixed energy images were reconstructed, and the CT value, noise, signal to noise ratio (SNR), and contrast to noise ratio (CNR) of the 40~140 keV single level and conventional mixed energy images were objectively evaluated using one-way ANOVA. …”
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Monitoring Cortical and Neuromuscular Activity: Six-month Insights into Knee Joint Position Sense Following ACL Reconstruction by Aglaja Busch, Lorena R. R. Gianotti, Frank Mayer, Heiner Baur

“…Spectral power for theta, alpha-2, beta-1 and beta-2 frequency bands were determined from electroencephalographic recordings. Linear mixed models were performed with group (ACL or controls), the measurement time point, and respective limb as fixed effect and each grouping per subject combination as random effect with random intercept…”
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3-Dimensional Evaluation of Enamel Thickness to Guide Orthodontic Interproximal Reduction: A CBCT-Based Study Across Gender and Ethnicity by Ezgi Cansu Fırıncıoğulları, Aslıhan Ertan Erdinç, Sercan Akyalçın

“…Enamel thickness was measured at the mesial and distal contact points of teeth from the second molar to the central incisor in both the maxillary and mandibular arches. …”
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Accuracy of Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis (LRINEC) Score System as An Early Diagnostic Predictor of Necrotizing Fasciitis in A Tertiary Referral Hospital in B... by Teguh Marfen Djajakusumah, Rani Septrina, Arief Dwinanda

“…Although initially promising, studies on the effectiveness of LRINEC have shown mixed results. This study aimed to investigate the accuracy of LRINEC in predicting NF. …”
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Stability in Crisis: Nurses’ Attitudes and Self-Efficacy Towards Caring for Patients With Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria During the Pandemic by Marte Johanne Tangeraas Hansen MSc, Heidi Syre PhD, Anne Marie Lunde Husebø PhD, Marianne Storm PhD, Ingvild Dalen PhD

“…The results were summarised with descriptive statistics, and longitudinal analyses were performed with mixed linear regression. No sample size calculations were made for this study. …”
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Multimorbidity and mortality: A data science perspective by Kien Wei Siah, Chi Heem Wong, Jerry Gupta, Andrew W Lo

“…Results The proportion of the population with multimorbidity has increased by approximately 2.5 percentage points over the last decade, with more than 17% having at least two chronic morbidities. …”
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Verifying the relationships among the variabilities of summer rainfall extremes over Japan in the d4PDF climate ensemble, Pacific sea surface temperature, and monsoon activity by S.-Y. Lee, S. He, T. Takemi

“…The HDBSCAN (Hierarchical Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise) algorithm was used to cluster rain gauges and d4PDF grid points, based on a multi-frequency metric. Six analysis regions were identified based on rain-gauge clusters. …”
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Human–AI Co-Drawing: Studying Creative Efficacy and Eye Tracking in Observation and Cooperation by Yuying Pei, Linlin Wang, Chengqi Xue

“…The cross-screen type and task type have a significant impact on total interval duration, number of fixation points, average fixation duration, and average pupil diameter in occlusion decision-making and occlusion hand drawing. …”
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Establishment and validation of a population pharmacokinetic model for apatinib in patients with tumors by Li’an Zuo, Jing Ling, Nan Hu, Rong Chen

“…Methods We gathered 199 blood concentration monitoring data points from 91 inpatient oncology participants receiving oral apatinib at the Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University. …”
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Mental cost in higher education: a comparative study on academic stress as a predictor of mental health in university students during and after the COVID-19 pandemic by Patricia Gasser, Alberto Grajeda, Juan Pablo Cordova, Isabel La Fuente, Pamela Cordova, Hernán Naranjo, Alberto Sanjinés

“…Cross-sectional analyses were conducted at two time points, drawing on responses from undergraduate students at a private university in Latin America. …”
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Highway effects on artificial nest survival in a neotropical sand-coastal plain: A spatiotemporal approach by Gleidson Ramos da Silva, Pedro Diniz, Charles Duca

“…The nests were checked every three days for their status (depredated or intact) over 12 days, and new nests were subsequently placed near sampling points of depredated or successful nests. We estimated survival using logistic exposure generalized linear and additive mixed models. …”
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Web GIS Based Benthic Habitat Mapping Update Supports Smart Island Lemukutan by Zan Zibar, Robin Saputra, Adityo Raynaldo, Supriyatno Supriyatno

“…This study took place from August 6th to August 13th, 2024, and used a total of 1097 field points to show where all the benthic habitats and Sentinel 2A image data sources were located. …”
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Comparison between Buccal Midazolam versus Intranasal Dexmedetomidine Plus Oral Chloral Hydrate in Reducing Parental Separation Anxiety in Children Undergoing Inguinal Hernia Repai... by Ramy Mousa Saleh, Amany Nagah Fekry, Mona Sobhy Emara

“…Results: There was a significant difference between both groups regarding the Parental separation anxiety scale (PSAS) score (P<0.001), PSAS scores of “1 point” and “2 points” represented 82.5% of the total (33 patients) in the group A, and represented 95 % of the total (38 patients) in the group B. …”
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Upper body posture changes during sitting in female office workers with lower crossed syndrome by Pailin Puagprakong, Aris Kanjanasilanont, Wannaporn S. Brady, Kanphajee Sornkaew

“…Then three pictures were captured at four points of time from VDO records. All angles were measured two-way mixed ANOVA and post-hoc Tukey test was used to analyse the data. …”
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Impact of combined at-home bleaching and whitening toothpaste use on the surface and color of a composite resin by Carolina Meneghin Barbosa, Renata Siqueira Scatolin, Waldemir Francisco Vieira-Junior, Marcia Hiromi Tanaka, Laura Nobre Ferraz

“…The Ra and SMH data were analyzed using mixed generalized linear models for repeated measures, while the color results were assessed using the Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn tests.ResultsBetween the initial and final time points, all groups demonstrated significant increases in Ra and reductions in SMH. …”
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Coordinate control of multi-infeed VSC-HVDC for enhancing power system reliability by Kwanghyun Kim, Yoongun Jung, Minhyeok Chang, Junsang Cha, Seokjun Kang, Hyunkeun Ku, Gumin Kwon, Minhan Yoon, Gilsoo Jang

“…To prevent counteracting effects during multi-terminal HVDC control, the line loading and bus voltage are formulated as linear equations, and the optimal HVDC operating points are determined through optimization. Based on this, a min-max linear programming problem is formulated and reformulated into a mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) problem using the Big-M method. …”
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Intra-Rater Reliability of Pressure Pain Threshold with Different Algometers in Healthy Participants by Alexandre Nunes, Vanessa Leite

“…The intraclass coefficients (ICCs) for intra-rater reliability was calculated using a two-way mixed effects model, single measurement type, and absolute agreement definition. …”
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Failure Law of Sandstone and Identification of Premonitory Deterioration Information Based on Digital Image Correlation–Acoustic Emission Multi-Source Information Fusion by Zhaohui Chong, Guanzhong Qiu, Xuehua Li, Qiangling Yao

“…Efficiently extracting effective information from the massive experimental data from physical mechanics and accurately identifying the premonitory failure information from coal rock are key and difficult points of intelligent research on rock mechanics. …”
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Sustaining Participation in the Ecological Movement During the Global Pandemic: The Case of Fridays for Future (Spain) by Juan C. Revilla, María Celeste Dávila, Anna Zlobina, Simone Belli, Alejandro Gonzalo-Puyod, Sara Sánchez-Díez

“…Both qualitative and quantitative analyses points to the importance of social, affective, technological, and organisational dimensions in the movement’s continued survival.…”
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