Short communication: The importance of random effects in detecting purging of inbreeding depression: A model comparison in Pannon White rabbits by I. Nagy, I. Curik, A.T. Nguyen, J. Farkas, Gy. Kövér

“…This finding has high importance as the inclusion of ’polygenic’ random effects is not standard - and possibly never applied - in the IP models, unlike in KAL models where their use is more common.…”
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The in ovo screening of 27 single essential oils showed selective effects on hatchability, performance and gene expression relevant to gut functions in broilers at hatch by Asad A. Khaskheli, Shahram Niknafs, Mila M.Y. Meijer, Xinle Tan, Peter R. Ferket, Eugeni Roura

“…The eggs were incubated under standard conditions until day 17.5, when 1 mL of each EO preparation (5 µL EO + 5 µL polysorbate-80 + 990 µL saline) was injected into the amnion. …”
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Systemic disease activity measured with ESSDAI varies largely over 5 years in a prospective, longitudinal cohort of patients with Sjögren’s disease by Suzanne Arends, Arjan Vissink, Hendrika Bootsma, Liseth de Wolff, Gwenny Verstappen, Alja Stel, Greetje van Zuiden, Jolien van Nimwegen, Frans Kroese

“…Objectives The objectives are to evaluate variation in systemic disease activity (European Alliance of Associations For Rheumatology (EULAR) Sjögren’s Syndrome Disease Activity Index (ESSDAI)) over time at group and individual patient level and to assess associations of ESSDAI low disease activity (LDA) with other outcome measures in a standard-of-care cohort of patients with Sjögren’s disease (SjD).Methods Patients with SjD participating in a prospective longitudinal study (REgistry of Sjögren Syndrome LongiTudinal cohort) fulfilling the 2016 American College of Rheumatology/EULAR classification criteria with ≥2 years of follow-up were included. …”
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Lack of Male-Female Differences in Disposition and Esterase Hydrolysis of Ramipril to Ramiprilat in Healthy Volunteers after a Single Oral Dose by Tom B. Vree, Erik Dammers, Ivan Ulc, Stefan Horkovics-Kovats, Miroslav Ryska, IJsbrand Merkx

“…Thus, with identical Cmax and half-lives, the difference found in the AUCt /kg of ramiprilat must be due to the difference in dose, as the consequence of the difference in body weight, following a standard dose of 5 mg in both males and females.This study showed clearly that despite subject-dependent hydrolysis of ramipril to the active metabolite ramiprilat, the variability in the rate of hydrolysis between males and females is similar. …”
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Effectiveness of women-led community interventions in improving tuberculosis preventive treatment in children: results from a comparative, before–after study in Ethiopia by Jacob Creswell, Degu Jerene, Ahmed Bedru, Dawit Assefa, Kalkidan Tesfaye, Samuel Bayu, Samuel Seid, Fikirte Aberra, Amera Khan

“…Two control zones received the standard of care, which comprised of facility-based provision of TPT to children. …”
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Pengembangan Sistem Manajemen Pengetahuan di Organisasi Asosiasi Alumni Program Beasiswa Amerika - Indonesia (ALPHA-I) by Muhammad Nurwegiono, Sri Nurdiati, Sony Hartono Wijaya

“…The second problem is the explicit knowledge of employees to record the Standard Operational Procedure (SOP), activity reports, meeting report, partner list, and other relevant documents were written by books. …”
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The science and politics of ‘knowledge’ in safe sport research by Benjamin Carr

“…As a reliable generator of knowledge, the VTAQ is arguably still in the development stage, and is not ready to be the standard-bearer of safe sport research. Researchers responsible for its creation are publicly open about their political motivations to use high prevalence rates to change policymakers’ decisions and to receive funding for future research. …”
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Association Between Fine Particle Waves and Sexual Function: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey in China by Weiqian Zhang, Rui Qu, Guan Cheng, Jingxuan Wang, Tailang Yin, Jue Liu, Dongdong Tang, Yan Zhang

“…PM waves were characterized by daily average PM concentrations surpassing Grade II thresholds of China’s ambient air quality standards (PM_2.5 > 75 μg/m³, PM₁₀ > 150 μg/m³) for three or more consecutive days (3–8 days). …”
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Laser Based ¹³C-urea Breath Test in Quantitative Assessment of Bacterial Colonization, Severity of Inflammation and Atrophy in Gastric Mucosa by E. V. Stepanov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The breath test was carried out according to a standard protocol using the BSIA patent kit (Great Britain). …”
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Cohort profile: Anhui Maternal–Child Health Study in China by Yunxia Cao, Ruoling Chen, Weiju Zhou, Xiaofeng Xu, Xiaoqing Peng, Jiaqian Yin, Chunmei Liang, Ranjit Khutan, Fang-Biao Tao

“…Participants receive a standard long pituitary downregulation or a short protocol with an antagonist for the treatment. …”
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Differentiation Potential of Early- and Late-Passage Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Cultured under Hypoxia and Normoxia by Ashley G. Zhao, Kiran Shah, Julien Freitag, Brett Cromer, Huseyin Sumer

“…Our results demonstrate that the minimal standard criteria to define MSCs as suitable for laboratory-based and preclinical studies can be maintained in early- or late-passage MSCs cultured in hypoxia or normoxia. …”
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Positive energy density in topologically charged exponential wormholes and Regge–Wheeler potential by Faizuddin Ahmed, Jaydeep Goswami, Abdelmalek Bouzenada

“…Abstract In this paper, we investigate a series of topologically charged exponential traversable wormhole models described by the standard metric form: $$\begin{aligned}ds^2=-\mathcal {A}^2(r)\,dt^2+\mathcal {B}^2(r)\,\left[ \frac{dr^2}{\alpha ^2}+r^2\,(d\theta ^2+\sin ^2\theta \,d\phi ^2)\right] ,\end{aligned}$$ d s 2 = - A 2 ( r ) d t 2 + B 2 ( r ) d r 2 α 2 + r 2 ( d θ 2 + sin 2 θ d ϕ 2 ) , where $$0< \alpha < 1$$ 0 < α < 1 is the global monopole chare parameter. …”
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Effects of Providing Enrichment to Broilers in an Animal Welfare Environment on Productivity, Litter Moisture, Gas Concentration (CO₂ and NH₃), Animal Welfare... by Chan-Ho Kim, Woo-Do Lee, Ji-Seon Son, Jung-Hwan Jeon, Se-Jin Lim, Su-Mi Kim

“…As animal welfare becomes more active in livestock industry, research is being conducted on ways to improve poor housing environments, reduce stress, and meet welfare standards. Among these, environmental enrichment methods are effective in reducing stress and creating a welfare-friendly rearing environment, but there are few cases of actual application to farms. …”
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Optimizing Microneutralization and IFN-γ ELISPOT Assays to Evaluate Mpox Immunity by Yinyi Yu, Krystal Meza, Chase Colbert, Daniel F. Hoft, Anna Jaunarajs, Azra Blazevic, Sharon E. Frey, Getahun Abate

“…Optimization and further development of FRNT were conducted using the plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT) as the gold standard. The mpox-specific IFN-γ ELISPOT assay was optimized using different mpox antigen preparations. …”
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Global trends in the burden of ischemic heart disease based on the global burden of disease study 2021: the role of metabolic risk factors by Yifei Wang, Qing Li, Lei Bi, Bin Wang, Tingting Lv, Ping Zhang

“…Methods Data from GBD 2021 was analyzed to evaluate the global age-standardized death rates (ASDR) and disability-adjusted life years (ASRDALYs) linked to IHD. …”
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Chronic inflammation in post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 modulates gut microbiome: a review of literature on COVID-19 sequelae and gut dysbiosis by Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Hana Khan, Aqsa Khalid, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Nosheen Nasir, Iffat Khanum, Isadora de Siqueira, Wes Van Voorhis

“…Global variations in Long COVID presentation and symptoms make it challenging to standardize features of Long COVID. Long COVID appears to be accompanied by an auto-immune multi-faceted syndrome where the virus or viral antigen persistence causes continuous stimulation of the immune response, resulting in multi-organ immune dysregulation. …”
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Efficacy of combined colorectal cancer treatment in senile patients by P. V. Tsarkov, D. R. Markaryan, V. M. Nekoval

“…Patients with the IV stage of CRC underwent standard volume surgery with high-grade lymph node dissection due to the high risk of obstruction or tumor bleeding. …”
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Community structure and diversity of myxobacteria in soils from Inner Mongolia, China by Zhihua Wu, Zhihua Wu, Songyuan Li, Xuehan Wang, Xuehan Wang, Huirong Liu

“…The water content, pH, organic matter, available phosphorus, hydrolytic nitrogen, and available potassium content of soil samples were determined by national standards and other methods. The quantitative assessment of the abundance of myxobacteria in the soil sample was performed by quantitative real-time PCR. …”
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Efficacy of Curcumin on Treating Cancer Anorexia-Cachexia Syndrome in Locally or Advanced Head and Neck Cancer: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Randomised Phase IIa Trial (CurCh... by Tawasapon Thambamroong, Kasan Seetalarom, Siriwimon Saichaemchan, Yanisa Pumsutas, Naiyarat Prasongsook

“…The curcumin add-on resulted in a significant increase in muscle mass than standard nutritional support. Furthermore, it may improve and delay a decrease in the other body composition parameters, handgrip strength, and absolute lymphocyte count. …”
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Overt Hypothyroidism and Severe Growth Retardation in a Preschool Girl with Poorly Controlled Nephrotic Syndrome: Case Report and Literature Review by Joana Mikulevič, Karolina Tumelienė, Robertas Kemežys, Augustina Jankauskienė

“…After 3 weeks she was discharged with no edema and after stopping methylprednisolone treatment thyroid function normalized and L-thyroxin was discontinued. Two weeks later standard growth hormone stimulation test with clonidine showed partially insufficient growth hormone secretion. …”
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