Review: Application of Protein-Based Raw Materials in Health Foods in China by Hao Duan, Gaigai Liu, Jiaqi Liu, Zhuoye Wang, Shuyuan Bao, Xinyue Chang, Wenjie Yan

“…Finally, based on these studies, this paper discusses suggestions for raw protein materials in the future development of health food in China and also discusses the limitations of the current research in this review.…”
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Direct and Indirect Methods for Studying Human Gut Microbiota by V. T. Ivashkin, O. S. Medvedev, E. A. Poluektova, A. V. Kudryavtseva, I. R. Bakhtogarimov, A. E. Karchevskaya

“…Aim: To review the main methods of intestinal microbiota studying.Key points. Currently, molecular genetic methods are used mainly for basic research and do not have a unified protocol for data analysis, which makes it difficult to implement them in clinical practice. …”
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Identifying additional risk factors for early asymptomatic neonatal hypoglycemia in term and late preterm babies by Yu-Shao Chen, Chung-Han Ho, Shio-Jean Lin, Wen-Hui Tsai

“…In the univariate analysis, parity, insulin treatment for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and cesarean section were associated with an increased risk for neonatal hypoglycemia. Factors associated with decreased risk included higher gestational age, longer duration of skin-to-skin contact, neonatal hyperthermia, higher maternal labor pain score, and epidural anesthesia administration. …”
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Alternatives to Traditional Physical Science Laboratory Experiences: A Review by Mercy Ogunsola-bandele, Dietmar Kennepohl

“…A summary list of advantages (e.g., increased flexibility and access) and disadvantages (e.g., no face-to-face contact and some additional costs) outlined in the articles is presented. …”
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CREATING THE KULTUK POLYGON FOR EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION: VARIATIONS OF (234U/238U) AND 87SR/86SR IN GROUNDWATER FROM ACTIVE FAULTS AT THE WESTERN SHORE OF LAKE BAIKAL by S. V. Rasskazov, E. P. Chebykin, A. M. Ilyasova, E. N. Vodneva, I. S. Chuvashova, S. A. Bornyakov, A. K. Seminsky, S. V. Snopkov, V. V. Chechel'nitsky, N. A. Gileva

“…Determinations of (234U/238U) in groundwater samples are used for monitoring current deformations in active faults (parentheses denote activity ratio units). …”
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Saccharomyces boulardii supplementation does not affect anaerobic power gain induced by short-term sprint interval training in physically active individuals by A.S.R. Hudson, A.M.T. Lisboa, P.V.R. Andrade, R.S. Bruzzi, Y.A.T. Martins, D.D. Soares, F.S. Martins, S.P. Wanner

“…During the training period, participants ingested a capsule containing PLA or at least 1×109 Sb cells daily for 14 days. …”
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Melting heat transport reliability on dynamics of tri-hybrid nanofluid due to inclined shrinking surface by Muhammad Yasir, Roobaea Alroobaea, N. Ameer Ahammad, Ibrahim E. Elseesy

“…The majority of current research has focused on ternary hybrid nanofluids because of their potential to enhance the fluid's hydrodynamic and thermal properties. …”
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Preferences for life-sustaining treatments in advance decisions: a cross-sectional survey of Taiwanese general public by Daniel Fu-Chang Tsai, Yu-Chen Juang, Chun-Tung Kuo, Ping-Hsueh Lee, Duan-Rung Chen

“…Results Of the 3188 individuals contacted, 2440 declined to participate, and 748 (24.3%) respondents were successfully interviewed. …”
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Self-other distinction modulates the sense of self-agency during joint actions by Laura Zapparoli, Marika Mariano, Lucia Maria Sacheli, Tommaso Berni, Caterina Negrone, Carlo Toneatto, Eraldo Paulesu

“…We discuss these results considering current cognitive theories on motor awareness and interactions.…”
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Flourishing as a highly sensitive person: a mixed method study on the role of nature connectedness and chaotic home environment by Susan Carroll, Anna O’Brien, Francesca Lionetti, Anna O’Reilly, Annalisa Setti, Annalisa Setti

“…IntroductionTheories of Environmental Sensitivity postulate that those who are highly sensitive thrive in favourable contexts and are more disadvantaged by unfavourable ones; however, negative outcomes, instead of positive, are more often investigated. …”
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Impacts of Protease Sources on Growth and Carcass Response, Gut Health, Nutrient Digestibility, and Cecal Microbiota Profiles in Broilers Fed Poultry-by-Product-Meal-Based Diets by Muhammad Shahbaz Zafar, Shafqat Nawaz Qaisrani, Saima, Zafar Hayat, Kashif Nauman

“…Background: The current study aimed to evaluate the effects of the supplementation of protease sources on growth and carcass response, gut health, nutrient digestibility, and cecal microbiota profiles in broilers fed poultry-by-product-meal (PBM)-containing diets. …”
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Pot Marigold (Calendula officinalis) Powder in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Feed: Effects on Growth, Immunity, and Yersinia ruckeri Resistance by Hamed Ghafarifarsani, Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar, Taravat Molayemraftar, Mahdieh Raeeszadeh, Hien Van Doan

“…Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) activity in all MP groups remarkably increased (P<0.05) compared to the control. Moreover, fish fed with a diet containing 1.5% MP had remarkably higher (P<0.05) lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and total protein (TP) values than the other groups. …”
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Relationship of Individual Athlete External Load, Session Rating of Perceived Exertion, and Athlete Playing Status Across a Collegiate Women’s Basketball Season by Faith S. A. Brown, Jennifer B. Fields, Andrew R. Jagim, Erica L. King, Robert E. Baker, Angela Miller, Margaret T. Jones

“…Across all athletes, IL increased across the season (40.11 AU) and for each 1 unit of change in EL, IL increased by 1.04 AU. …”
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Influence of Age and Neurotoxic HAART Use on Frequency of HIV Sensory Neuropathy by Olajumoke Oshinaike, Akinsegun Akinbami, Oluwadamilola Ojo, Anthonia Ogbera, Njideka Okubadejo, Frank Ojini, Mustapha Danesi

“…On multivariate analyses, the independent associations with SN were increasing age (P=0.03) and current exposure to stavudine (P=0.00). …”
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Mixed-methods assessment of health and mental health characteristics and barriers to healthcare for Ebola survivors in Beni, Butembo and Katwa health zones of the Democratic Republ... by Lynn Lieberman Lawry, Nancy Stroupe Kannappan, Covadonga Canteli, William Clemmer

“…Trouble sleeping and anger were the strongest predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder (MDD), anxiety and suicide attempts with 3-fold to 16-fold increases in the odds of these disorders. There was a 71% decrease in the odds of MDD if current substance abuse (aOR 0.29; 95% CI 0.13 to 0.67; p&lt;0.01) was reported.Conclusions Specialised mental health services were limited. …”
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Investigation of the Effect of Camellia Sinensis Essence Cream on Skin Burns by Tolga Mercantepe, Adnan Yilmaz, Atilla Topcu, Ali Bilgin, Levent Tumkaya, Filiz Mercantepe

“…<b>Background/Objective:</b> Burn injuries are among the most common causes of trauma globally, affecting millions annually. Current treatments often rely on topical agents, but alternatives to synthetic formulations are increasingly sought due to safety and efficacy concerns. …”
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Improving methods estimation of the investment climate of the country by E. V. Ryabinin, E. A. Hudorenko

“…The subject in the light of recent political events, has received increased attention. For reasons of increasing political tensions between Russia and the West, the investment activity is significantly reduced among foreign investors in our country. …”
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GC-Faster RCNN: The Object Detection Algorithm for Agricultural Pests Based on Improved Hybrid Attention Mechanism by Bolun Guan, Yaqian Wu, Jingbo Zhu, Juanjuan Kong, Wei Dong

“…Experiments have shown that compared with the original Faster RCNN model, GC-Faster RCNN has improved the average accuracy mAP0.5 on the Insect25 dataset by 4.5 percentage points, and mAP0.75 by 20.4 percentage points, mAP0.5:0.95 increased by 20.8 percentage points, and the recall rate increased by 16.6 percentage points. …”
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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. Current methods for addressing redundant features rely mostly on simple feature selection or reduction methods, overlooking the significance of redundant features in model training. …”
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Influences of intelligent predictive networks on thermal efficiency of radiative magnetohydrodynamics hybrid nanofluid flow considering heat absorption-generation aspects by Muhammad Habib Ullah Khan, Waqar Azeem Khan, Taseer Muhammad, Marei S. Alqarni, Hamid Qureshi, Iftikhar Hussain

“…The profile will be rejected as the values of suction parameter and magnetic field parameter increases. In addition, a profile grows with the values of mixed convection parameter increasing. …”
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