Improving Growth Performance, Biochemical Parameters and Reducing Mortality due to Ascites in Broilers by Propranolol Inclusion by Shahriar Saidian, Somaya Farahmand, Mokhtar Fathi, Salar Saifi

“…Additionally, ascites induction increased the number of white and red blood cells, hematocrit, hemoglobin, heterophile, and decreased lymphocytes (P<0.05). …”
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Coinhibitory Effects of Resveratrol- and Protopanaxadiol-Enriched Rice Seed Extracts Against Melanogenic Activities in Melan-a Cells by Chaiwat Monmai, Yong-In Kuk, So-Hyeon Baek

“…The in vitro melan-a cell experiment showed that treatment with the DJ526 and DJ-PPD mixture significantly reduced the cellular tyrosinase activity and melanin content; suppressed the expression of melanogenesis-related genes and proteins; decreased the number and size of melanin-containing cells; upregulated phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 and protein kinase B expression levels; and suppressed the expression of p-p38 MAPK. …”
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Activity of combinations of bactericidal and bacteriostatic compounds in Mycobacterium abscessus-infected mice: an overview by Alessio Lanni, Elisabetta Iona, Lanfranco Fattorini, Federico Giannoni, Angelo Iacobino

“…Overall, these data suggest that there is an urgent need for systematic in vivo investigations on anti-MAB activity of combinations containing bactericidal drugs that are part of current treatment guidelines or of new, preferably oral compounds, to ultimately eradicate non-replicating persisters at the sites of disease.…”
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On a novel method to synthesize POSS-based hybrids: An example of the preparation of TPU based system by O. Monticelli, A. Fina, D. Cavallo, E. Gioffredi, G. Delprato

“…Furthermore, an increase of surface water wettability, evidenced by the decrease of water contact angle from 95° for pristine TPU to 70° in TPU containing 10"wt% of reactive POSS, is found.…”
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Transforming fruit waste into meat preserving agents: Harnessing natural extracts to enhance meat quality and extend shelf life by Imteyaz Sabzal, Fatima Shehzadi, Naghma Sabzal, Syed Ali Hassan, Muhammad Adnan Arif, Nabila Aslam, Amin Mousavi Khaneghah, Rana Muhammad Aadil

“…The objective of the current review paper was to evaluate the use of fruit wastes in meat preservation, which presents a viable alternative to synthetic additives, addressing microbial contamination and oxidative damage that impact the meat's quality and shelf life. …”
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Protective Effect of Fenugreek Supplementation against Mercury Toxicity on Sperm Parameters, Serum Testosterone and Testicular Tissue in the Rat by Jalal A. Karim, Karim R. Hamad

“…Whereas sperm motility, and normal sperm were increased significantly, and serum MDA was decreased significantly from HgCl2 group. …”
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Thermal profile analysis of 18650 Li-ion battery module with embedded copper foam in the nanofluid cooling jacket by J. Jongpluempiti, P. Vengsungnle, S. Poojeera, S. Eiamsa-ard, N. Naphon, A. Srichat, K. Manatura, P. Naphon

“…The increased mixing intensity of the coolant at the copper surface and region in the flow channel that contains the foam sheet improves heat transmission and ensures that the battery pack is consistently at a consistent temperature. …”
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Utilizing pistachio green hull extract to produce sugar-free muffins with antioxidant and antidiabetic potential by Amin Karimi, Amir pouya Ghandehari Yazdi, Mohsen Barzegar, Mohammad Rahmati, Nooshin Bazsefidpar, Arash Soltani, Seid Mahdi Jafari

“…The current study aimed to produce sugar-free muffins containing pistachio green hull extract (PGHE) as a natural source of antioxidant and antidiabetic compounds. …”
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Reduction of Ascites Susceptibility in Broiler Chickens under Cold Stress by Guanidinoacetic Acid Supplementation by Mousa Ezatikia, parviz Farhoomand, Sina Payvastegan, Bahram Pirooz, Negin Delfani

“…Hypoxic vasoconstriction of pulmonary arteries can be alleviated by increasing the synthesis of nitric oxide, which acts as a vasodilator (Khajali et al., 2014).Conclusion: Generally, the results of the current study indicate that guanidinoacetic acid can effectively substitute arginine in the diet of broiler chickens raised under cold stress conditions.…”
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A Rotated Object Detection Model With Feature Redundancy Optimization for Coronary Athero-Sclerotic Plaque Detection by Xue Hao, Haza Nuzly Abdull Hamed, Qichen Su, Xin Dai, Linqiang Deng

“…These redundant features interfere with plaque feature extraction, resulting in decreased performance and increased computational complexity. …”
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Improvement of the perovskite photodiodes performance via advanced interface engineering with polymer dielectric by Andrey P. Morozov, Lev O. Luchnikov, Sergey Yu. Yurchuk, Artur R. Ishteev, Pavel A. Gostishchev, Sergey I. Didenko, Nikita S. Saratovsky, Dmitry O. Balakirev, Ivan V. Dyadishchev, Andrey A. Romanov, Ekaterina A. Ilicheva, Anton A. Vasilev, Sergey S. Kozlov, Dmitry S. Muratov, Yuriy N. Luponosov, Danila S. Saranin

“…IV curve analysis and 2-diode model calculations showed enhanced shunt properties, a decreased non-ideality factor, and reduced saturation dark current. …”
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Humidity effect on epiphytic microflora development and seed germination of spring bread wheat by O. F. Khamova, P. V. Popolzukhin, O. S. Dmitrenko

“…There was found out that the seed germination on 88% depended on the moisture content during storage and a number of fungi on their surface. On increasing the initial moisture content of seeds to 17%, the number of microorganisms on them increased significantly, and germination decreased after three years of storage in plastic containers to 0–1.9% in 28 months (2.3 years). …”
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A high-duty-cycle transmitter unit for steady-state surface NMR instruments by N. B. Gaikwad, L. Liu, M. P. Griffiths, D. Grombacher, J. J. Larsen

“…Here we demonstrate a novel steady-state surface NMR transmitter with a maximum 93 A peak current. The stability of the transmitter is evaluated on 10 min pulse trains with a duty cycle of 10 %, containing pulses of either 5, 10, 20, or 40 ms duration and low or high current. …”
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New application of smart packaging by using sumac extract for detecting lactic cheese aging by Shaghayegh Roozbahani, Mahnoosh Parsaeimehr, Ashkan Jebelli Javan, Mohammad Ali Hesarinejad

“…The use of smart packaging allows the consumer to know the storage conditions of the package in the past and the current quality of the food inside the package. Changes in food quality can be detected by detecting changes in their pH. …”
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The Influence of Substrate, Binder, and Additives on Suspension Coating Properties at Elevated Temperatures by Sergey N. Grigoriev, Yaroslav R. Meleshkin, Nestor Washington Solís Pinargote, Anton Smirnov, Maksim V. Prozhega, Egor O. Konstantinov, Vadim V. Korovushkin, Maksim I. Prudnikov, Marina A. Volosova

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Identification of novel antiviral host factors by functional gene expression analysis using in vitro HBV infection assay systems. by Takuto Nosaka, Tatsushi Naito, Yu Akazawa, Kazuto Takahashi, Hidetaka Matsuda, Masahiro Ohtani, Tsutomu Nishizawa, Hiroaki Okamoto, Yasunari Nakamoto

“…Knockdown of STAT1 increased viral products in HBV-transfected HepG2 cells, but decreased in HBV-infected PXB cells. …”
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The Link between Ankylosing Spondylitis, Crohn’s Disease, Klebsiella, and Starch Consumption by Taha Rashid, Clyde Wilson, Alan Ebringer

“…Hence, a decrease of starch-containing products in the daily dietary intake could have a beneficial therapeutic effect on the disease especially when used in conjunction with the currently available medical therapies in the treatment of patients with AS and CD.…”
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Mining-affected water resources and ecological effects in ecologically fragile mining areas of western China by Qiangling YAO, Liqiang YU, Shengyan CHEN, Yinghu LI, Xuehua LI

“…The volume of mining-affected water resources increases step by step with the increase of coal mining area, and under the premise of meeting the regional ecological water demand, it is the next key research direction to store it as a strategic reserve resource for a long period of time and use it for national defense, people's livelihood and industry in due time. …”
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HISTOLOGICAL CHANGES IN SOME FEMALE RATS ORGANS INFECTED WITH TOXOPLASMA GONDII PARASITE ISOLATED FROM EMBRYO OF ABORTED SHEEP by Liqaa H. Al-Delami, Buthaina Hatim. Al-Sabawi, Firas M.Basheer, Hafidh I. Al-Sadi

“… The current study included the identification of lesions and the histological changes caused by Toxoplasma gondii, which was isolated from embryos of aborted ewes. 15 female albino rats (3 months old) was injected intraperitonia with suspension containing 100 tissue cysts. …”
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The Ukrainian Pryazovye: composition, uniqueness, variability of the recreational development by Олександр Бейдик, Олександр Комлєв, Лариса Донченко, Ірина Арсененко, Олеся Топалова, Ірина Донець

“… The regulations have been grounded in the article according to which the Ukrainian Pryazovye is positioned as the unique resource-recreational space, cultural-world outlook, landscape-physical-geographical, recreational-tourist resources (available and latent, current and potential) of which are used extremely insufficiently. …”
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