Estimation of genetic parameters for reproductive traits in Korean dairy cattle by Jae-Gu Lee, Jeongwoo Seo, Mahboob Alam, Hyungjun Song, Seokhyun Lee, Joohyeon Cho, Chang-Gwon Dang, Joonho Lee

“…Conclusion This study addressed the critical need for enhancing reproductive efficiency to complement the existing breeding goals, thereby supporting sustained economic viability in the dairy industry. …”
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Administrative databases as a tool for identifying healthcare demand and costs in an over-one million population by Fabiana Madotto, Michele A Riva, Carla Fornari, Luciana Scalone, Roberta Ciampichini, Chiara Bonazzi, Lorenzo G Mantovani, Giancarlo Cesana

“…These costs need an appropriate identification of healthcare demand, that could be efficiently monitored through the use of administrative databases.…”
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Differential Pasting and Rheological Properties of Diverse Underutilized Starches Modified by Acetic Anhydride and Vinyl Acetate by Song Xu, Bilatu Agza Gebre, Chuangchuang Zhang, Solomon Abate Mekonnen, Mengting Ma, Hui Zhang, Zhongquan Sui, Harold Corke

“…Degree of substitution of acetylated starches revealed that granule size did not significantly affect acetylation efficiency in starches from different plant origins. …”
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Carbon and water footprints within an environmental laboratory: Water, energy, and packaging management strategies by María F. Manobanda-Lisintuña, Cristina A. Villamar-Ayala

“…Environmental laboratories can be spaces where water, energy, and resources can be used more efficiently. The objective of this study is to evaluate the carbon and water footprints present in an environmental laboratory based on water, energy, and resource (packaging) management. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Prolonged Rituximab Treatment in Patients with Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis by E. I. Alexeeva, S. I. Valieva, S.S. Akulova, T. M. Bzarova, R. V. Denisova, K. B. Isaeva, T. V. Steptsova, E. V. Mitenko, E. G. Chistyakova, A. N. Fetisova, E. L. Semikina

“…Undesirable effects were represented by transfusional reactions to the rituximab infusion, infections with different severity and granulocytopenia. Conclusions: rituximab has high efficiency in patients with severe systemic variant of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. …”
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Convolutional Variational Autoencoder for Anomaly Detection in On-Load Tap Changers by Fataneh Dabaghi-Zarandi, Hassan Ezzaidi, Michel Gauvin, Patrick Picher, Issouf Fofana, Vahid Behjat

“…Transformer outages significantly impact the reliability and cost efficiency of power systems. Studies indicate that approximately 30% of transformer failures stem from issues with on-load tap changers (OLTC), crucial components in transformer operation. …”
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Emergency department provider in triage: assessing site‐specific rationale, operational feasibility, and financial impact by Brian J. Franklin, Kathleen Y. Li, David M. Somand, Keith E. Kocher, Steven L. Kronick, Vikas I. Parekh, Eric Goralnick, A. Tyler Nix, Nathan L. Haas

“…Abstract Emergency department (ED) crowding is recognized as a critical threat to patient safety, while sub‐optimal ED patient flow also contributes to reduced patient satisfaction and efficiency of care. Provider in triage (PIT) programs—which typically involve, at a minimum, a physician or advanced practice provider conducting an initial screening exam and potentially initiating treatment and diagnostic testing at the time of triage—are frequently endorsed as a mechanism to reduce ED length of stay (LOS) and therefore mitigate crowding, improve patient satisfaction, and improve ED operational and financial performance. …”
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Modelling crop water footprint and virtual water flow in the Yellow River Basin using the SWAT model by ZI Tiantian, LIU Jing, XUAN Keyang

“…In this paper, we analyze the spatiotemporal variations in agricultural water use efficiency and calculate water resource flow patterns and their optimal allocation at watershed scale in the basin. …”
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Optimization Strategy for Underwater Target Recognition Based on Multi-Domain Feature Fusion and Deep Learning by Yanyang Lu, Lichao Ding, Ming Chen, Danping Shi, Guohao Xie, Yuxin Zhang, Hongyan Jiang, Zhe Chen

“…However, there is still room for improvement in terms of adaptability to extreme underwater environments, training efficiency, and adaptability to ultra-small devices. …”
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Dynamic Characterization of Microscopic Pore Structure in Medium–High Permeability Sandstones During Waterflooding by Jiayi Wu, Wenbo Gong, Qingyu Wang, Yuhang He, Junhui Guo, Yi Bao, Shuai Shao, Rubin Li

“…To validate this approach, high-PV waterflooding experiments were performed on six sandstone samples with different permeabilities. High-resolution micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) imaging was employed to capture the internal pore structures before and after flooding. …”
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STRATEGIES AND INNOVATIONS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ECONOMIC SYSTEMS: UKRAINIAN EXPERIENCE, RESPONSES TO CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES by Svitlana Oneshko, Viktoriia Ivanova, Yevhenii Taran, Larysa Shypilova, Nataliia Sulima

“…For the achievement of efficiency of management of strategic development of economic systems in Ukraine, it is necessary to provide a synergy of state institutions, representatives of business, and the public. …”
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The Technical–Tactical Patterns of Scoring Actions in Male Visually Impaired Judokas: A Weight Category Analysis by Alfonso Gutiérrez-Santiago, Anxo Fernández-Moscoso, Xoana Reguera-López-de-la-Osa, Antonio José Silva-Pinto, Juan Carlos Argibay-González, Iván Prieto-Lage

“…To obtain the results, we used different analytical techniques with SPSS: descriptive analysis, chi-square test, and T-pattern analysis. …”
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Crosslinking Approaches for Polyethylene Imine (PEI) and Its Uses in Adsorption of Heavy Metals, Dyes, and Carbon Dioxide by Ashika Chandra, Ashneel Ajay Singh, Surendra Prasad, Mats R. Andersson, Desta Gedefaw

“…The focus of this review is to discuss the different reactions used to crosslink PEI and review the properties of the crosslinked materials and their applications. …”
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Dual-Channel Phase-Tunable Down Converter With LO Frequency Doubling by Yunxin Wang, Hongbiao Zhang, Dayong Wang, Tao Zhou, Feng Yang, Xin Zhong, Zhiyu Chen, Dengcai Yang, Lu Rong

“…The DP-PM is composed by two parallel PMs with different modulation efficiency between orthogonal polarizations. …”
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Comparing the individual and combined effects of nano zinc and conventional zinc fertilization on growth, yield, phytochemical properties, antioxidant activity, and secoisolaricire... by Ragini Singh, Peer Saffeullah, Shahid Umar, Sageer Abass, Sayeed Ahmad, Noushina Iqbal

“…In our study, we explored the potential of nano Zn and ZnSO4 by applying two different doses of each (100, 1000 ppm ZnO NP and 30, 50 kg ha−1 ZnSO4) both individually and in combination, to linseed accession. …”
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MRI quantified enlarged perivascular space volumes as imaging biomarkers correlating with severity of anxiety depression in young adults with long-time mobile phone use by Li Li, Yalan Wu, Jiaojiao Wu, Bin Li, Rui Hua, Feng Shi, Lizhou Chen, Yeke Wu

“…Training and testing datasets were randomly assigned in the ratio of 8:2 to perform radiomics analysis, where EPVS metrics combined with sex and age were used to select the most valuable features to construct machine learning models for predicting the severity of anxiety and depression.ResultsSeveral EPVS features were significantly different between the two comparisons. For classifying anxiety status, eight features were selected to construct a logistic regression model, with an AUC of 0.819 (95%CI 0.573-1.000) in the testing dataset. …”
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Applicability of Technological Tools for Digital Agriculture with a Focus on Estimating the Nutritional Status of Plants by Bianca Cavalcante da Silva, Renato de Mello Prado, Cid Naudi Silva Campos, Fábio Henrique Rojo Baio, Larissa Pereira Ribeiro Teodoro, Paulo Eduardo Teodoro, Dthenifer Cordeiro Santana

“…The global transition to a digital era is crucial for society, as most daily activities are driven by digital technologies aimed at enhancing productivity and efficiency in the production of food, fibers, and bioenergy. …”
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Estimation of aerosol and cloud radiative heating rate in the tropical stratosphere using a radiative kernel method by J. Gao, J. Gao, Y. Huang, J. S. Wright, K. Li, T. Geng, Q. Yu

“…The radiative effects of this aerosol layer change local temperature, influence thermodynamic stability, and modulate the efficiency of air mass vertical transport near the tropopause. …”
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Framework for Personalizing Wearable Devices Using Real-Time Physiological Measures by Prakyath Kantharaju, Sai Siddarth Vakacherla, Michael Jacobson, Hyeongkeun Jeong, Meet Nikunj Mevada, Xingyuan Zhou, Matthew J. Major, Myunghee Kim

“…Personalizing wearable robots by incorporating user physiological feedback can improve energy efficiency and comfort. However, many current personalization methods are specific to a particular device and often require reprogramming, making them less accessible. …”
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The Alteration in Composition and Function of Gut Microbiome in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Xue Zhao, Yiding Zhang, Ruixue Guo, Wei Yu, Fanliang Zhang, Feng Wu, Jin Shang

“…At the genus level, Bacteroides and Prevotella decreased the most while Escherichia-Shigella, Lachnospiraceae_incertae_sedis, Subdoligranulum, Enterococcus, and Klebsiella had different degrees of expansion in the DM group. The ROC based on 246 optimum OTUs had very high test efficiency with an AUC of 92.25% in the training set and 90.48% in the test set. …”
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