Daily feeding frequency impacts muscle characteristics and fat deposition in finishing pigs associated with alterations in microbiota composition and bile acid profile by Luga Hu, Huayu Tang, Zhaoxi Xie, Hongyu Yi, Lunjie Feng, Pan Zhou, Yong Zhang, Jingbo Liu, Xiang Ao, Jianchuan Zhou, Honglin Yan

“…It remains unknown whether adjusting feeding frequency could effectively regulate both skeletal muscle development and whole-body lipid metabolism and thus affect carcass composition and feed conversion efficiency. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the effects of feeding frequency on muscle growth, fat deposition, cecal microbiota composition, and bile acid composition in finishing pigs.MethodsSixteen Sichuan-Tibetan black pigs, with an initial weight of 121.50 ± 1.60 kg, were divided into two groups and fed either two meals (M2) or four meals (M4) per day. …”
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Breeding and genetic peculiarities of modern spring barley varieties for grain number per main ear by С. П. Васильківський, В. М. Гудзенко, О. А. Демидов, О. Б. Барбан, С. С. Коляденко, І. В. Смульська

“…To reveal breeding and genetic peculiarities of modern spring barley varieties for the “number of grains per main ear” trait and identify genetic sources of increased combining ability for involving in hybridization. Methods. Investigations were carried out at the V. …”
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Reproductive performance and fertility traits in Madrasin cattle: The influence of growth differentiation factor-9 gene expression on reproductive tract size, cervical mucus charac... by Budi Utomo, Rimayanti Rimayanti, Rochmah Kurnijasanti, Nurhusien Yimer Degu, Athhar Manabi Diansyah, Muhammad Fajar Amrullah

“…Materials and Methods: A total of 20 Madrasin cows (aged 2–5 years) were evaluated. …”
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Loratadine Loaded Chitosan Tannic Acid Nanoparticles as Anti-Proliferative Agent Against Breast Cancer: In-silico, in-vitro and Cell Studies by Ali IH, Al-Tabakha MM, Khalil IA

“…The optimized LOR-CS/TAN NPs exhibited a size of 283 nm, a polydispersity index (PDI) of 0.102, and an entrapment efficiency of 78%, along with sustained drug release for 24 hours. …”
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Myocardial function in cardiac resynchronization therapy and factors significant for its improvement by Elena M. Rimskaya, Svetlana Е. Dobrovolskaya, Gennady S. Tarasovskiy, Svetlana Yu. Kashtanova, Victor N. Shitov, Vladimir V. Slobodyanik, Nataliia A. Mironova, Marina A. Saidova, Sergey P. Golitsyn

“…Materials and methods. Global longitudinal strain (GLS) and myocardial work parameters including global constructive work (GCW), global wasted work (GWW), global work index (GWI) and global work efficiency (GWE) were analyzed in addition to standard transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in 60 patients (mean age 61±10 years, 36 male) with left bundle branch block (LBBB), chronic heart failure (HF 2 [2; 3] FC (NYHA), decreased left ventricular ejection fraction (LF EF=28 [23; 31] %) before and 6 months after CRT implantation.. …”
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Development and validation of a clinical model to predict low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia in chronic atrophic gastritis patients: a retrospective observational multicenter anal... by Wenjing Ding, Cheng Zhang, Hui Chen, Meng Gao, Xiaolong Xu, Bei Pei, Yi Zhang, Biao Song, Xuejun Li

“…BackgroundChronic atrophic gastritis (CAG), an early stage of gastric cancer, is a major digestive disorder, and the prognosis of CAG is determined by many sociodemographic and clinicopathologic subject characteristics. …”
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Efficacy and validation of a clinical predictive model for chronic atrophic gastritis in patients: a multi-center retrospective analysis by Xiang Fang, Wenjing Ding, Xiaolong Xu, Hui Chen, Bei Pei, Yi Zhang, Biao Song, Xuejun Li, Li Yao

“…BackgroundChronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) is a major digestive disorders, and prognosis is determined by many social-demographic and clinicopathologic characteristics. …”
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Smartphone-based machine learning model for real-time assessment of medical kidney biopsy by Odianosen J. Eigbire-Molen, Clarissa A. Cassol, Daniel J. Kenan, Johnathan O.H. Napier, Lyle J. Burdine, Shana M. Coley, Shree G. Sharma

“…Preprocessing steps involved converting High-Efficiency Image Container iPhone format images to JPEG, normalization, and renal tissue segmentation using a U-Net deep learning model. …”
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Ultrasound feature-based nomogram model for predicting extrathyroidal extension in papillary thyroid carcinoma by Dong Guo, Chen Chen, Yin Zheng, Yue Shan, Shifei Huang, Tianhan Zhou, Yefei Yao, Zhengxian Zhang, Lu Wang, Dong Xu

“…Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to identify independent predictors of ETE in PTC, and an ETE nomogram prediction model was constructed to predict the risk of ETE in capsule-contacting PTC. The predictive efficiency of the model was evaluated using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and calibration curves, and the clinical value of the model was determined through decision curve analysis (DCA). …”
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Construction and verification of the prediction model for risk of sleep disturbance in elderly patients with hypertension: a cross-sectional survey based on NHANES database from 20... by Li-xiang Zhang, Ting-ting Wang, Ying Jiang, Shan-bing Hou, Fang-fang Zhao, Xiao-juan Zhou, Jiao-yu Cao

“…Abstract Objective To construct and verify a risk prediction model for sleep disturbance in elderly patients with hypertension, aiming to offer guidance for sleep management in this demographic. Methods A cohort of 6,708 elderly hypertensive patients from the NHANES database, spanning 2005 to 2018, met the inclusion criteria and were selected for this study. …”
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Preparation of Trop2-targeted chimeric antigen receptor T cells and study of their exhaustion status in vitro by LIU Xiuying, LI Xinzhan, ZHU Jingjing, ZHU Jingjing

“…The viral vector titer was determined by retroviral vector packaging and gradient dilution. …”
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SC134-deruxtecan, a fucosyl-GM1 targeting ADC for small cell lung cancer therapy by Bryony Heath, Bubacarr G. Kaira, Dhruma Thakker, Omar J. Mohammed, Ruhul Choudhury, Foram Dave, Poonam Vaghela, Elena Dubinina, Tina Parsons, Lindy Durrant, Mireille Vankemmelbeke

“…Direct cytotoxicity as well as bystander killing and antibody dependent cell cytotoxicity (ADCC) by SC134-deruxtecan were determined using in vitro cell cytotoxicity assays. …”
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Deflection of screen surface and spatial deformation law of screen apertures during 1 mm elastic screening by Haishen JIANG, Ran YANG, Runyu LIU, Shijie YU, Peng GUO, Miao PAN, Long HUANG, Chenlong DUAN

“…To overcome the problems above, combining vibration testing and multi-flexible body dynamics simulation methods, the kinematic characteristics of elastic screen surface and 1 mm elastic screening test were carried out. …”
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ANTIHYPERTENSIVE TREATMENT WITH COMBINED DRUG OF LOSARTAN AND HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE by R. M. Linchak, K. M. Shumilova, A. D. Martinyuk, T. A. Gusaim, E. V. Semyonova, L. G. Zhirova, S. A. Boitsov

“…Material and methods: 30 patients with AH of I-III grade (13 men and 17 women aged 51.9±1.9) were observed. …”
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Estimating the optimal cutoff for the IGT‐AD Distress subscale adapted for amyloid PET results disclosure by Dianxu Ren, Kim Jeong Eun, Joshua D. Grill, Jennifer H. Lingler

“…METHODS We adapted the IGT‐AD instrument by replacing reference to genetic testing with reference to amyloid PET testing. …”
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ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD APPLICATION IN FLUIDIZATION OF METALLIC PARTICLES by GABRIELA MUNTIANU, ILEANA-DENISA NISTOR, DIANA-CARMEN MIRILĂ, ANA-MARIA GEORGESCU, VASILICA-ALISA ARUȘ, NICOLETA PLATON, COSMIN JINESCU

“…The application of this electromagnetic field to metallic particles is useful for creating a fixed structure to break gas bubbles, thereby intensifying the mass transfer process. Additionally, this method enhances the stability and efficiency of the fluidized bed, making it more effective for industrial applications. …”
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Optimization of medium components for the production of exopolysaccharide by Lycoperdon pyriforme Schaeff.: Pers. using response surface methodology by MA Xiaokui, JIANG Hua, LI Junzhi, CHEN Yong, HE Xiaojing

“…At last, the validation tests were performed under the optimal conditions at shake flask scale.Firstly, Plackett-Burman experimental design (PB) was applied to implore the relative effect of several medium components on EPS yield and vitamin B1 (V_B1) was determined to affect EPS yield significantly. And combining the results of one-factor-one-time method (data not shown), three factors, namely, maltose, glutamic acid and V_B1 were further optimized for enhanced EPS yield using Box-Behnken design (BBD). …”
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Designing a causal model of factors affecting the Lars supply chain by mojtaba khalesi, mojdeh rabani, Hasan Dehghan Dahnavi, Abolfazl Sadeghian, mohammad taghi honari

“…Their differences were also identified. Dimtel method was used to determine the effectiveness of each of the indicators, and for this purpose, the Dimtel questionnaire was completed by professors and experts in this field, and finally, the relationships between the indicators were determined in the Cartesian coordinate system. …”
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AI-assisted anatomical structure recognition and segmentation via mamba-transformer architecture in abdominal ultrasound images by Shih-Fang Chang, Shih-Fang Chang, Po-Yi Wu, Ming-Chang Tsai, Ming-Chang Tsai, Vincent S. Tseng, Chi-Chih Wang, Chi-Chih Wang

“…Recent artificial intelligence (AI) segmentation methods employing deep neural networks (DNNs) and transformers encounter computational efficiency challenges to balance the preservation of feature dependencies information with model efficiency, limiting their clinical applicability.MethodsThe anatomical structure recognition framework, MaskHybrid, was developed using a private dataset comprising 34,711 abdominal ultrasound images of 2,063 patients from CSMUH. …”
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Removal of trihalomethanes from activated Napier grass-derived adsorbent using liquefied gas and chemical pretreatment by S. Sriboonnak, A. Wongrueng, P. Rakruam, S. Nitayavardhana, P. Sittisom, A. Siyasukh, P. Induvesa, B. Sawangjang, S. Takizawa

“…Besides, this work aimed at improvement of efficiency and decrease costs associated with the removal of trihalomethanes.METHODS: The application of chemical pretreatments with sodium hydroxide, phosphoric acid, and ferric nitrate resulted in the generation of an adsorbent obtained from Napier grass. …”
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