Raising entire male pigs: comparison of growth performance and meat quality of the Bísara breed and a terminal cross - a pilot study by Ricardo Pereira-Pinto, José Pedro Araújo, José Pedro Araújo, Joaquim Cerqueira, Joaquim Cerqueira, Fernando Mata, Preciosa Pires, Manuela Vaz-Velho

“…Rearing entire male pigs presents several benefits, including enhanced feed efficiency, reduced environmental impact, and improved animal welfare. …”
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Comparative Study of Red and Grey Selenium Nanoparticles on Organ-Specific Selenium Deposition and Growth Performance in Japanese Quails by Aya Ferroudj, Arjun Muthu, Daniella Sári, Gréta Törős, Áron Beni, Levente Czeglédi, Renáta Knop, Hassan El-Ramady, József Prokisch

“…FI showed no significant differences across groups. The results indicated that Se accumulation differed significantly between treatments. …”
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Exploring the functional role of POU5F1 using CRISPR RNP electroporation of zygote (CRISPR-EZ) in buffaloes by Meeti Punetha, Dharmendra Kumar, Suman Choudhary, Sheetal Saini, Kamlesh Kumari Bajwa, Surabhi Sharma, Manu Mangal, P. S. Yadav, T. K. Datta

“…Through a combination of strategies, we found that electroporation of buffalo zygote at 20V/mm, five pulses, 3 msec at 10 h post-insemination (hpi) resulted in greater membrane permeability and higher editing efficiency (88.71%) without affecting embryonic developmental potential. …”
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Reduced auditory perception and brain response with quiet TMS coil by David L.K. Murphy, Lari M. Koponen, Eleanor Wood, Yiru Li, Noreen Bukhari-Parlakturk, Stefan M. Goetz, Angel V. Peterchev

“…To reduce this noise while maintaining stimulation efficiency similar to conventional TMS coils, we previously developed a quiet TMS double containment coil (qTMS-DCC). …”
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Genetic basis of fruit quality traits in processing tomatoes by Isabel Ortega-Salazar, Richard H. Ozminkowski, Jr., Jaclyn A. Adaskaveg, Adrian O. Sbodio, Barbara Blanco-Ulate

“…Tomato varieties used for processed products, such as paste, sauces, and crushed tomatoes, differ from their fresh-market counterparts based on plant structure, fruit morphology, and fruit biochemistry. …”
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A Review on Energy Communities Development, Opportunities and Challenges in Germany, Spain, and Italy by Saeed Khorrami, Maria Carmen Falvo, Massimo Pompili

“…The findings of our study show that national strategies enhanced grid efficiency, participatory mechanisms, and technological integrations, while they also faced grid management, flexibility, and regulatory barriers. …”
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Fast Hearing-Threshold Estimation Using Multiple Auditory Steady-State Responses with Narrow-Band Chirps and Adaptive Stimulus Patterns by Roland Mühler, Katrin Mentzel, Jesko Verhey

“…The average overall test duration of 18.6 minutes for the threshold estimations at the four frequencies and both ears demonstrates the benefit of an adaptive recording algorithm and the efficiency of optimised narrow-band chirp stimuli.…”
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Comparative Learning for Cross-Subject Finger Movement Recognition in Three Arm Postures via Data Glove by Lei Jiang, Fengmeng Zeng, Annie Yu

“…Inter-subject variability, stemming from differences in hand size, joint flexibility, and movement speed limit the generalization of data-glove models. …”
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Evaluation of calcification resistance of xenopericardium treated with polyhydroxy compounds by M. A. Rezvova, E. A. Ovcharenko, T. V. Glushkova, Yu. A. Kudryavtseva, L. S. Barbarash

“…The objective of this work is to compare the efficiency of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and tannic acid (TA) modification of xenomaterials, pre-stabilized with glutaraldehyde (GA) and ethylene glycol diglycidyl ether (EGDE), in reducing calcification. …”
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Development and validation of a CFD-based model for simulating rotating drum separators by Theodoros Dimas, Arne Eggers, Jef R. Peeters, Maarten Vanierschot

“…Density separation sorts materials based on their density difference from a liquid's density and is the most widely used separation technique in the industry because of its high cost-effectiveness. …”
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Use of the 3D collagen matrix FibroMATRIX for the regeneration of soft tissues of the oral cavity in the treatment of Miller class I gingival recessions by R. R. Farkhshatova, L. P. Gerasimova, M. F. Kabirova

“…Statistical processing of the studies was carried out in the GraphPadPrism v.6.0 program, using the t-test. Differences were considered significant at p < 0.05.Results. …”
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Research and application of supporting technologies for improving success rate of water injection well testing by XU Guochen, LIU Xiaowen

“…The implementation of this method offers a dual advantage of reducing costs and enhancing efficiency, particularly in the context of optimizing fine water injection.…”
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Improved desalination performance of fluorinated graphene oxide blended PVDF electrospun nanofiber membrane for air gap membrane distillation by Yiqiao Xie, Ling Yu, Yang Yu

“…In comparison to the control membrane (pristine PVDF membrane), the water flux of the proposed composite membrane with superior salt rejection efficiency of 99.9% was increased by 41.5% (22.2 L/m2.h) when treating 3.5 wt% NaCl solution at the temperature difference of 40 °C. …”
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Lean and sustainability in automotive organizations: a comparative analysis with Toyota by Oydil Cesar de Figueiredo, Ualison Rébula de Oliveira, Vicente Aprigliano Fernandes, Sergio Luiz Braga França, Washington de Macedo Lemos

“… Abstract The growing pressure for efficiency and waste reduction in the automotive industry has driven the adoption of Lean manufacturing. …”
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Quantum correlation-enhanced dual-comb spectroscopy by Zhuoren Wan, Yuan Chen, Xiuxiu Zhang, Ming Yan, Heping Zeng

“…Future developments in detector efficiency and nanophotonic integration could further enhance its scalability and impact.…”
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The Influence of Alkali Cations on the Performance of Pt Electrodes in Kolbe Electrolysis of Acetic Acid by Talal Ashraf, Prof. Bastian Timo Mei, Prof. Guido Mul

“…This is evident from differences in charge transfer resistance determined by impedance measurements and local pH measurements. …”
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Stability of Selected Phenolic Acids Under Simulated and Real Extraction Conditions from Plants by Małgorzata Olszowy-Tomczyk, Łukasz Paprotny, Dorota Wianowska

“…., compounds present in the extract obtained, as shown, by the non-destructive SSDM technique with the amounts of these compounds estimated in extracts obtained by the above-mentioned techniques, it was proven that their content is variable. These differences are a consequence of two opposing processes, i.e., the success of the isolation process (its efficiency) and the degree of degradation/transformation of the main components. …”
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Electric Vehicle Routing with Time Windows and Charging Stations from the Perspective of Customer Satisfaction by Yasin Ünal, İnci Sarıçiçek, Sinem Bozkurt Keser, Ahmet Yazıcı

“…The success of ALNS was proven by comparing the differences between the optimal solutions obtained with the CPLEX Solver and the ALNS solutions. …”
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Optical memory and counter using a graphene based hybrid plasmonic temporal integrator by Faezeh Bahrami-Chenaghlou, Amir Habibzadeh-Sharif, Afshin Ahmadpour

“…Also, the performance of the INTs has been analyzed by the three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain method in the frequency and time domains, and the accuracy of the results has been compared with those of the math counterparts and also key specifications of the first-order temporal INTs including phase jump, insertion loss, 3 dB bandwidth, rise time, integration time window, and energy efficiency have been investigated. …”
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THE REALITY OF AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS IN SOME DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN VIEW OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE ORGANIZATION POLICIES "A COMPRARATIVE STUDY" 1980- 2010 by Eeveen Thamir Nouri, Kays Nadhim Ghazal

“…This sample depended on time series data in estimating the phenomenon of the study and for each country separately for it reflects the resulted changes in its agricultural exports in view of features and characteristics which differ from one state to another.…”
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