Selective Removal of Plasma Proteins by Double-Filtration Plasmapheresis in Canine Blood: An Ex Vivo Study and Retrospective Report of In Vivo Clinical Treatments in Three Dogs by Roberta Troia, Claudia Iannucci, Lisa Niemann, Alessio Vigani

“…A description of five DFPP treatments in three dogs is additionally presented. Semi-selective protein removal was also demonstrated in vivo, with a significantly lower percentage reduction in albumin compared to total globulin (<i>p</i> = 0.01) and fibrinogen (<i>p</i> = 0.007).…”
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Exploring Culinary Tourism and Female Consumer Preferences for Selected National Cuisines in Poland: A Sensory and Preference Analysis of Food Products from Four Countries by Agata Kiciak, Wiktoria Staśkiewicz-Bartecka, Natalia Kuczka, Agnieszka Bielaszka, Marzena Tudrej, Oskar Kowalski, Marek Kardas

“…The main aim of this study was to assess the food preferences of a selected group of female consumers regarding world cuisine and to analyze the sensory quality of selected world cuisine products: ayran, rice noodles, tempeh, and chorizo. …”
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Photocatalytic effect of gold-zinc oxide composite nanostructures for the selective and controlled killing of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the removal of resistant bacterial b... by Jongjun Park, Tae Hui Bae, Su Yong Kim, Seongeun Park, Yonghyun Choi, Masayoshi Tanaka, Jiwon Kim, Jaehee Jang, Jihyuk Yang, Hee-Young Lee, Tagbo H. R. Niepa, Shin Hyuk Kang, Jonghoon Choi

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Selection of Honey Bee (<i>Apis mellifera</i>) Genotypes for Three Generations of Low and High Population Growth of the Mite <i>Varroa destructor</i> by Alvaro De la Mora, Paul H. Goodwin, Berna Emsen, Paul G. Kelly, Tatiana Petukhova, Ernesto Guzman-Novoa

“…Selection for three generations resulted in approx. 90% lower <i>Varroa</i> population growth in LVG than in HVG colonies. …”
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In vitro phytochemical, antioxidant activity and antimycobacterial potentials of selected medicinal plants commonly used for respiratory infections and related symptoms in the Limp... by Maphuti S. Matlala, Kgabo L. M. Moganedi, Peter Masoko

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Diclofenac sodium vs. dexketoprofen trometamol: selecting NSAIDs for managing postoperative inflammatory complications after third molar surgery—a randomized clinical trial by Mahmut Erkal, Cennet Neslihan Eroglu

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Comparison of 8 Weeks of Selected TRX Training and Weight Training on Improving Motor Function and Chronic Nonspecific Back Pain in Women Aged 35 to 55 by Fatemeh Rezaei

“…Objective The aim of this study was to compare the effects of 8 weeks of selected TRX exercises and weight training on improving motor function and chronic nonspecific low back pain in women aged 35 to 55 years. …”
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Prognostic factors of selective nerve root block under fluoroscopic guidance for the treatment of young patients with lumbar disc herniation and its role in preventing surgery by Leilei Gao, Hui Xiao, Rui Ma, Jun Liu, Xiaoxia Huang, Luyao Li, Kai Ye, Tao Liu, Yong Teng

“…A total of 134 patients with LDH who received SNRB treatment in our hospital from January 2023 to August 2023 were selected and divided into a recurrence group and a nonrecurrence group according to whether they experienced recurrence after SNRB. …”
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Non-Negative Matrix Factorization and Latent Semantic Analysis for Hybrid Feature Selection: A Proposed Machine Learning System for the Detection of Malicious Executable Files by Moemedi Lefoane, Ibrahim Ghafir, Sohag Kabir, Irfan-Ullah Awan, Khalil El Hindi, Anand Mahendran

“…The proposed system utilises each of Non-Negative Matrix Factorization (NMF) and Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) as an individual technique for feature selection. In addition to these two individual techniques, this system introduces a hybrid feature selection approach that combines both NMF and LSA. …”
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Interaction of <i>Trichoderma</i> Species with <i>Fusarium graminearum</i> Growth and Its Trichothecene Biosynthesis as Further Contribution in Selection of Potential Biocontrol Ag... by Xianfeng Ren, Lixia Fan, Guidong Li, Ilya V. Lyagin, Bingchun Zhang, Mingxiao Ning, Mengmeng Yan, Jing Gao, Fei Wang, Changying Guo, Antonio F. Logrieco

“…PG-Fg1 was hard to overgrow <i>Trichoderma</i> for further extension. Additionally, the inhibitory effects on PG-Fg1 by the <i>Trichoderma</i> metabolites, including volatiles and non-volatiles, were also investigated. …”
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Integrating Morpho-Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Genotyping for Selection of Drought-Tolerant Pigeon Pea (<i>Cajanus cajan</i> L.) Genotypes at Seedling Stage by Benjamin O. Ouma, Kenneth Mburu, Geoffrey K. Kirui, Edward K. Muge, Evans N. Nyaboga

“…The identification of pigeon peas exhibiting drought tolerance has become crucial in addressing water scarcity issues in the agriculture sector. In addition, exploring the genetic diversity among genotypes is important for conservation, management of genetic resources, and breeding programs. …”
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Bivariate GWAS performed on rabbits divergently selected for intramuscular fat content reveals pleiotropic genomic regions and genes related to meat and carcass quality traits by Bolívar Samuel Sosa-Madrid, Agostina Zubiri-Gaitán, Noelia Ibañez-Escriche, Agustín Blasco, Pilar Hernández

“…Additionally, whole-genome sequencing data from these lines were used to identify potential causal variants associated with the genetic markers. …”
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&#x03F5;-Confidence Approximately Correct (&#x03F5;-CoAC) Learnability and Hyperparameter Selection in Linear Regression Modeling by Soosan Beheshti, Mahdi Shamsi

“…The <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\epsilon $ </tex-math></inline-formula>-CoAC learnability overcomes the issues of overfitting and underfitting. In addition, it shows advantages over the well-known cross-validation method in the sense of accuracy and data length requirements for convergence. …”
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Selecting the Substantially Touched Vertebra as the Lowest Instrumented Vertebra in Spinal Surgeries for B3GALT6 ‐Related Disorders: Clinical Experience and Literature Review by Aoran Maheshati, Kexin Xu, Ziquan Li, Guozhuang Li, Xiangjie Yin, Qing Li, Di Liu, Shengru Wang, Zhihong Wu, Guixing Qiu, Baozhong Zhang, Terry Jianguo Zhang, Yu Wang, Nan Wu

“…Additionally, preoperative Halo‐pelvic traction may also be safe and effective. …”
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Locus coeruleus tonic upregulation increases selectivity to inconspicuous auditory information in autistic compared to non-autistic individuals: a combined pupillometry and electro... by Nico Bast, Jumana Ahmad, Luke Mason, Emily J. H. Jones, Magdalena Matyjek, Leonie Polzer, Christina Luckhardt, Anna Katharina Müller, Grainne M. McAlonan, Tobias Banaschewski, Sarah Baumeister, Eva Loth, Christine M. Freitag, The EU-AIMS LEAP group consists of

“…Abstract Background Sensory processing requires selectivity to salient sensory input. Many autistic individuals report different sensory processing, which has been associated with altered sensory selectivity. …”
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Novel Copper(II) Coordination Compounds Containing Pyridine Derivatives of <i>N</i>⁴-Methoxyphenyl-Thiosemicarbazones with Selective Anticancer Activity by Roman Rusnac, Olga Garbuz, Victor Kravtsov, Elena Melnic, Dorin Istrati, Victor Tsapkov, Donald Poirier, Aurelian Gulea

“…Most compounds demonstrated selective anticancer activity superior to doxorubicin. …”
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Use of anthropogenic structures for nesting by Loggerhead Shrikes by Holly M Todaro, Emily R Donahue, Alexander J Harman, Courtney J Duchardt

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Data Fusion of Electronic Nose and Multispectral Imaging for Meat Spoilage Detection Using Machine Learning Techniques by Vassilis S. Kodogiannis, Abeer Alshejari

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Getting the Right Clones in an Automated Manner: An Alternative to Sophisticated Colony-Picking Robotics by Lorena Hägele, Brian F. Pfleger, Ralf Takors

“…In all cases, ALCS enables the immediate use of the selected strains in follow-up applications. In essence, our ALCS approach provides a ‘low-tech’ method to be implemented in biofoundry settings without requiring additional devices.…”
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Hyperspectral imaging and machine learning for herbicide-resistant kochia identification in sugarbeet by Bright Mensah, Kelvin Betitame, Yu Zhang, Thomas Peters, Billy Graham Ram, Mian Jalal, Xin Sun

“…Spectra data were acquired and preprocessed using standard normal variate transformation and Savitzky–Golay smoothing methods, followed by stepwise feature selection to identify wavelengths features for classification. …”
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