Body weight optimization of broiler breeder hens. 1. Pullet growth, feed efficiency, carcass composition, and sexual maturation by Thiago L. Noetzold, Etseoghena A. Obi, Bryan Fancher, Marcelo Silva, Alan Thomson, Martin J. Zuidhof

“…Two-hundred-eighty-eight Ross 308 pullets were randomly assigned to the twelve BW growth trajectories and fed using a precision feeding system from 0 to 28 wk of age. Body composition variables were submitted to three-way ANOVA, with EG, I2, and age as fixed sources of variation. …”
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Water Polo Players of Montenegro and Serbia who participated in the FINA World Junior Water Polo Championship 2019 and Differences in their Body Composition olo Players of Monteneg... by Jovan Gardasevic, Dusko Bjelica, Ivan Vasiljevic, Marko Aleksandrovic, Tomislav Okicic

“…The t-test found that the water polo players of the two national teams do not have statistically significant differences in the variables for assessing anthropometric characteristics and body composition. …”
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Composition of Stream Dissolved Organic Matter Across Canadian Forested Ecozones Varies in Three Dimensions Linked to Landscape and Climate by Julia Orlova, Fariba Amiri, Alyssa K. Bourgeois, Jim M. Buttle, Erin Cherlet, Chad W. Cuss, Kevin J. Devito, Monica B. Emelko, William C. Floyd, David E. Foster, Ryan H. S. Hutchins, Rob Jamieson, Mark S. Johnson, Hannah J. McSorley, Uldis Silins, Suzanne E. Tank, Lauren M. Thompson, Kara L. Webster, Chris H. S. Williams, David Olefeldt

“…Variability in DOM composition among research sites was greater than variability of streams within a site and variability over time within a stream. …”
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Preliminary Characterization of Glyceride Oil Content and Tocopherol Composition in Seeds from Selected Wild Plant Species of the Bulgarian Flora by Zhana Petkova, Ginka Antova, Hristina Kulina, Olga Teneva, Maria Angelova-Romova

“…The oils were extracted using the Soxhlet apparatus, and the tocopherol and tocotrienol composition was established by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). …”
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Abrupt shifts in the concentration, composition, and reactivity of dissolved organic carbon from terrestrial to aquatic compartments across boreal watersheds by Sepideh Chokhachi Baradaran, François Guillemette, Jean-François Lapierre

“…We determined the concentration, composition, and reactivity of DOC in key watershed compartments (forest soil water, riparian zones (RZ) soil water, streams, and lakes) of 16 watersheds in two regions of boreal Quebec. …”
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Ferulic Acid Esterase-Producing Lactobacilli as Silage Inoculants: A Review on the Efficacy of Improving Fiber Composition and Digestibility of Forages by Estefanía Andrada, María Claudia Abeijón-Mukdsi, Gabriel Vinderola, Roxana Beatriz Medina

“…In this review article, we analyze the published effects of these inoculants on silage fiber composition, digestibility measures, ferulic acid content, and animal performance. …”
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Enhancing mechanical and thermal properties of isophthalic polyester resin composites reinforced with graphene oxide and nanosilica using RSM and ANN by Azhagarsamy Sekar, Pannirselvam Narayanan

“…This study examines the mechanical and thermal characteristics of isophthalic polyester (IP) resin composites reinforced with graphene oxide (GO), nanosilica (NS), and their hybrid combinations. …”
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Composition and distribution characteristics of the eukaryotic community in seawater and saline-alkali water ponds and their correlation with the nutritional components of Scylla P... by Dongping Zhou, Yuanyuan Fu, Lei Liu, Weichuan Lin, Zhibin Lu, Yangfang Ye, Kui Liu, Chunlin Wang

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The influence of FADS1 and ELOVL2 genetic polymorphisms on polyunsaturated fatty acid composition in response to fish oil supplementation by Alessandro Medoro, Francesca Graziano, Gaetano Cardinale, Serena Voccola, Tiziana Zotti, Mariano Intrieri, Giovanni Scapagnini, Sergio Davinelli

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Phytoplankton community composition links to environmental drivers across a fjord to shelf gradient on the central coast of British Columbia by Justin Del Bel Belluz, Jennifer M. Jackson, Colleen T. E. Kellogg, M. Angelica Peña, Ian J. W. Giesbrecht, Louis A. Hobson

“…Monthly samples were collected for microscopy-based taxonomy and pigment-based phytoplankton composition (i.e. CHEMTAX and size-fractionated chlorophyll). …”
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Comparative Study of the Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of <i>Plectranthus amboinicus</i> from Different Sectors of Southern Ecuador by Susana Blacio, Gabriela Avecillas, Jordy Maldonado, Katty Gadvay, Martha Porras, Wilson León, James Calva

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HS-SPME-GC-MS Analysis of the Volatile Composition of Italian Honey for Its Characterization and Authentication Using the Genetic Algorithm by Carlotta Breschi, Francesca Ieri, Luca Calamai, Alessandra Miele, Silvia D’Agostino, Fabrizio Melani, Bruno Zanoni, Nadia Mulinacci, Lorenzo Cecchi

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Contrasting Herbaceous Communities in South African Savannas: A Comparative Analysis of Density, Composition, and Diversity Across Three Bioregions by Armand Arthur Biko’o, Willem Johannes Myburgh, Brian Kevin Reilly

“…Non-metric multidimensional scaling further revealed patterns of dispersion in herbaceous community compositions between the Lowveld and Mopane regions, with Central Bushveld communities exhibiting greater variability. …”
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Evaluation of Health Associations With Height‐Normalised Abdominal Body Composition Indices: A Single‐Centre Cross‐Sectional Study by Yupeng Liu, Hangqian He, Keyu Qian, Yufeng Huang, Xuemei Ao, Xudong Shi, Binye Ruan, Ru Xue, Xiaoyi Fu, Shuran Wang

“…ABSTRACT Background Traditional metrics such as body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) fail to accurately assess the health outcomes associated with abdominal adiposity, because they neglect the intricacies of adipose tissue distribution. Notably, the variability in body composition scaled to height remains underexplored in Chinese demographics. …”
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The Petrology and Geochemistry of the 2021 Fagradalsfjall Eruption, Iceland: An Eruption Sourced From Multiple, Compositionally Diverse, Near‐Moho Sills by E. W. Marshall, A. Caracciolo, E. Bali, S. A. Halldórsson, S. Matthews, E. Ranta, M. B. Rasmussen, J. G. Robin, G. H. Guðfinnson, J. Maclennan, C. Bosq, D. Auclair, O. Sigmarsson, H. Merrill, B. Gísladóttir, S. Johnson, N. Löw, A. Stracke, F. Genske

“…Our geochemical and petrological observations show that numerous, compositionally variable bodies of magma must exist in the lowermost crust or at the crust‐mantle boundary. …”
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Group Aerobic Exercise Improves Body Composition and Lipid Profile in Young Women with Elevated BMI: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Omer Špirtović, Ilma Čaprić, Borko Katanić, Karuppasamy Govindasamy, Vlad Adrian Geantă, Viorel Petru Ardelean, Zerina Salihagić, Aldina Ajdinović, Mima Stanković

“…The aim of this randomized controlled trial was to evaluate and compare the effects of three structured group fitness programs on anthropometric parameters, body composition, and lipid profile in overweight young women (N = 111, age 18–25, BMI ≥ 25). …”
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Comparing US state resident IQ, socioeconomic status, and racial-ethnic composition as predictors of state violent crime rates by Stewart J. H. McCann

“…Abstract This study examined the extent to which state resident IQ, socioeconomic status (SES), and five racial-ethnic composition variables can independently account for differences in violent crime rates across the 48 contiguous American states using correlation and multiple regression strategies focused on 2019. …”
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Comparison of the Symmetric and Asymmetric Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity (GARCH) Models in Forecasting the 2018-2023 Jakarta Composite Index by Yenni Angraini, Adelia Putri Pangestika, I Made Sumertajaya

“…The research aimed to compare the accuracy of the symmetric ARCH/ Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity (GARCH) and asymmetric TGARCH models in forecasting weekly Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) data on January 1st, 2018, to April 24th, 2023, by involving the influence of COVID-19 as a covariate variable and applying several validation scenario models to training and testing data. …”
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Influence of Elevation and Anthropogenic Disturbance on Woody Species Composition, Diversity, and Stand Structure in Harego Mountain Forest, Northeastern Ethiopia by Belachew Bogale Worku, Melese Genete Muluneh, Tesfaye Molla

“…Environmental variables like elevation affect species composition, diversity, distribution, density, and horizontal and upward growth. …”
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Mapping surface soil organic carbon in the coal–grain composite area: threshold and interaction effects of coal mining activities by Zhaoqi Wu, Xiangyang Feng, Yiyun Chen, Zihao Wu, Xinyu Bao, Xin Zou

“…However, existing studies rarely consider the adverse impacts of mining activities, and the threshold and interaction effects of environmental variables have not been thoroughly investigated. Using 294 samples collected in Peixian county, a typical coal–grain composite area, this study aimed to apply the gradient boosting decision tree (GBDT) model and partial dependence plot to explore the threshold and interaction effects between environmental variables and SOC content, and obtain a spatial map of SOC content. …”
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