Survey among European and Canadian feed control units on monitoring packaging material residues in feed by microscopy analyses by Manuela Zadravec, Roland Weiss, Michael Egert, Lotte Hougs, Igor Ujčič Vrhovnik, Daniela Marchis, Lisa-Marie Schwinkendorf, Jeroen Vancutsem, Linda Engblom, Andrea Heuer, Pia Gödecke, Marion Müller, Tina Eggers, Marion Smith, Paolo Schumacher, Céline Clément, Geneviève Frick

“…Since 2011, some institutes have analysed more than 20 samples each year and the incidence of non-compliant samples will be presented here. …”
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Geochemistry of trace and rare earth elements of the productive intrusions in the Kuh-Kapout porphyry copper deposit, Urumieh–Dokhtar magmatic arc by Alireza Zarasvandi, Nasim Haghighatjou, Nader Taghipour, Mohsen Rezaei, Mohammad Amiri hoseini, Ghazal Zarasvandi

“…For analyzing trace and rare earth elements, Samples were analyzed by the multi-acid method and used the Microwave Digest. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Biological Properties of Large-Scale Expanded Adult Neural Crest-Derived Stem Cells Isolated from Human Hair Follicle and Skin Dermis by Roman G. Vasyliev, Olga S. Gubar, Inna M. Gordiienko, Larisa S. Litvinova, Anzhela E. Rodnichenko, Valeria V. Shupletsova, Alona V. Zlatska, Kristina A. Yurova, Natalia M. Todosenko, Veronika E. Khadzhynova, Mariia V. Shulha, Svitlana N. Novikova, Dmytro O. Zubov

“…The aim of this study was to compare the biological properties of HF- and SD-derived NCSCs after their large-scale expansion. Methods. The conventional explant method was used to obtain HF NCSCs. …”
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Normative 3D opto-electronic stereo-photogrammetric posture and spine morphology data in young healthy adult population. by Moreno D'Amico, Edyta Kinel, Piero Roncoletta

“…As regards lordosis, a direct comparison was more difficult because methods proposed in the literature differ as to the number and position of vertebrae under consideration, and their related angle values. …”
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Traditional medicine use among rabies exposed individuals in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Gizew Dessie Asres, Yeshiwork Kebede Gessesse, Desalew Salew, Negese Sewagegn Semie, Etsegenet Kindie, Molalign Tarekegn Minwagaw, Wudu Tafere, Zewudu Belay, Habtamu Alebachew, Getasew Mulat Bantie, Taye Zeru

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>More than half of rabies-exposed individuals visit traditional healers. …”
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Influence of vanadium oxide on the structural, optical, mechanical and dielectric properties of cadmium borate glasses by A. Kh. Helmy, Takwa E. Ellakwa, Gehan T. El-BassyounI, M. A. Azooz, M. A. Ouis, Mohammed A. Taha

“…The successive addition of V2O5 up to 2 mol% at the expense of CdO in the glass network led to an increase in density from 4.27 to 4.69 g/cm3 for the prepared glasses while adding more V2O5 led to a decrease in density. The molar volume showed the same trend that occurred in the density, but in an opposite direction, as it decreased by increasing V2O5 content till the 2 mol% samples, then increased. …”
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Neural Network Ensemble to Detect Dicentric Chromosomes in Metaphase Images by Ignacio Atencia-Jiménez, Adayabalam S. Balajee, Miguel J. Ruiz-Gómez, Francisco Sendra-Portero, Alegría Montoro, Miguel A. Molina-Cabello

“…Consensus-based decisions are typically more precise than those made by individual networks, as the consensus method can rectify certain misclassifications, assuming that individual network results are correct. …”
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Enhanced unsupervised domain adaptation with iterative pseudo-label refinement for inter-event oil spill segmentation in SAR images by Guangyan Cui, Jianchao Fan, Yarong Zou

“…Finally, high-probability oil spill features are stored and updated based on top-K marginal probabilities to improve the completeness of oil spill features in the pseudo-labeling of strong samples in the target domain, and adversarial training is utilized to enhance the ability to extract oil spill features from weak samples in the target domain. …”
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Iodine Concentration in Brazilian Drinking Water and Its Possible Contribution to Iodine Intake for Different Physiological Groups by Carina Aparecida Pinto, Edimar Aparecida Filomeno Fontes, Sandra Patricia Crispim, Sarah Aparecida Vieira Ribeiro, Sylvia do Carmo Castro Franceschini, Nathalia Pizato, Franciane Rocha de Faria, Renata Junqueira Pereira, Carolina Abreu de Carvalho, Míriam Carmo Rodrigues Barbosa, Naiara Sperandio, Mariana de Souza Macedo, Silvia Eloiza Priore

“…The quantification of iodine in the water samples was done by spectrophotometry (leuco crystal violet method). …”
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Algoritmo para el cálculo de la transformada Z inversa utilizando DERIVE // Algorithm for the calculation of the transformed inverse Z using the mathematical assistant DERIVE. by D. Galán Martínez, R. Brito González

“…The transformed Z like as an operational method can be used in the resolution of equations in finite<br />differences; which formulate the dynamics of the systems of data control samples. …”
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Prevalence of daily family meals among children and adolescents from 43 countries by José Francisco López‐Gil, Lee Smith, Mark A. Tully, Julio Álvarez‐Pitti, Santiago F. Gómez, Helmut Schröder

“…In the present study, which included large representative samples of school‐going children and adolescents from 43 countries, more than half of the participants did not have daily family meals.…”
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Assessments of Contamination and Susceptibility Pattern of Bacteria Isolated from Pounded Yam Sold Along Major Roads in Makurdi Metropolis, Benue State, Nigeria by Womboh, S. B., Ajumobi, V. E., Ebute, P. A.

“…The Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method was used for the antibacterial susceptibility testing. …”
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Traditional Chinese medicine for age-related macular degeneration: A clinical evidence map between 2000 and 2022 by Yamin Li, Lina Liang, Yun Gao, Kai Xu, Wei Zhou, Jiaxian Li, Yu Jin, Ziyang Huang, Xiaoyu Li

“…We systematically searched and summarized clinical studies on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) with the method of evidence map. We aimed to provide evidence and research direction for the prevention or treatment of AMD with TCM in the future. …”
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Morphological, technological and biopharmaceutical studies of alginate-chitosan microcapsules with vinpocetine by Yu. A. Polkovnikova, N. A. Severinova, K. N. Koryanova, U. A. Tulskaya, M. V. Grechkina

“…The surface morphology was studied by methods of atomic-powered microscopy with the use of an NT-MDT Corporation probe scanning microscope (model Solver P47 Pro). …”
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Effects of Extenders and Cryoprotectants on Cryopreservation of Duck Semen by Atilla Taşkın, Fatma Ergün, Ufuk Karadavut, Demirel Ergün

“…In this study, it was aimed to determine the usability of different diluents and cry protectants in cryopreservation of Peking duck semen. Semen samples were collected from five male ducks, twice a week for four weeks, using the abdominal massage method. …”
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The effect of the efflux pump inhibitor Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP) on the susceptibility to imipenem and cefepime in clinical strains of Acinetobacter baumanni... by Alejandra Sanchez-Carbonel, Belén Mondragón, Nicolás López-Chegne, Isaac Peña-Tuesta, Gladys Huayan-Dávila, Dora Blitchtein, Hugo Carrillo-Ng, Wilmer Silva-Caso, Miguel Angel Aguilar-Luis, Juana Del Valle-Mendoza

“…Of the 49 samples obtained, the confirmatory identification of A. baumannii was performed on 47 samples by molecular methods. …”
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Hemodynamic types of cutaneous microcirculation in rats: A selective experimental study by E. N. Chuyan, S. Yu. Liventsov, I. S. Mironyuk, M. Yu. Ravaeva, A. M. Kulichenko, D. K. Kontareva

“…Based on the assessment of baseline blood flow indicators in rats, three types of microcirculation were identified: aperiodic (41% of the sample), monotonic with low perfusion (33% of the sample), and monotonic with high perfusion (26% of the sample). …”
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Dental Pain in Children with Intellectual Disabilities: Caregivers’ Perspective by Sumer M. Alaki, Niveen S. Bakry

“…This study is aimed at evaluating dental pain from caregivers’ perspective in children with ID. Methods. The study sampled 86 children (33 with ID, 53 normally developing) ages ranges from birth to 16 years old among those visiting the School of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. …”
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Nurses' experiences of participating in employee assistance program and factors influencing its effectiveness: a qualitative study by Xuanhao Fan, Xuanhao Fan, Jiehao Zhuang, Jiehao Zhuang, Zhongqing Chen, Ziyi Xiong, Niu Yang, Jiangfeng Pu, Jiangfeng Pu, Peng Xu, Lifang Chen, Huigen Huang, Huigen Huang

“…To understand the experiences of clinical nurses participating in the EAP, to explore the relevant factors influencing its implementing effect, to provide reference for developing a more effective and reasonable EAP in healthcare organizations, to implement targeted assistance for nurses, and to promote the physical and mental health development of nurses.MethodsA descriptive research method was used to conduct semi-structured interviews with 14 clinical nurses. …”
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Estimating Black Hole Masses in Obscured Active Galactic Nuclei from X-Ray and Optical Emission Line Luminosities by Stephanie LaMassa, Isabella Farrow, C. Megan Urry, Benny Trakhtenbrot, Connor Auge, Michael J. Koss, Alessandro Peca, Dave Sanders, Tracey Jane Turner

“…We test a novel method for estimating black hole masses ( M _BH ) in obscured active galactic nuclei (AGN) that uses proxies to measure the FWHM of broad H α (FWHM _bH _α ) and the accretion disk luminosity at 5100 Å ( λL _5100 Å ). …”
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