Effects of Different Sources of Selenium on Digestibility, Rumen Parameters, and Carcass Characteristics in Crossbred Zel Fattening Male Lambs by Rademan Bakhtiyari, Yadollah Chashnidel, Asdolah Tymouri Yansari

“…The apparent digestibility of feed nutrients was determined using the acid-insoluble ash internal indicator method. Ruminal fluid was collected 3 hours after consuming the morning feed on the 84th day of the experiment to determine the protozoa population and the pattern of volatile fatty acids in the rumen fluid. …”
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Immunotyping the Tumor Microenvironment Reveals Molecular Heterogeneity for Personalized Immunotherapy in Cancer by Dongqiang Zeng, Yunfang Yu, Wenjun Qiu, Qiyun Ou, Qianqian Mao, Luyang Jiang, Jianhua Wu, Jiani Wu, Huiyan Luo, Peng Luo, Wenchao Gu, Na Huang, Siting Zheng, Shaowei Li, Yonghong Lai, Xiatong Huang, Yiran Fang, Qiongzhi Zhao, Rui Zhou, Huiying Sun, Wei Zhang, Jianping Bin, Yulin Liao, Masami Yamamoto, Tetsuya Tsukamoto, Sachiyo Nomura, Min Shi, Wangjun Liao

“…Abstract The tumor microenvironment (TME) significantly influences cancer prognosis and therapeutic outcomes, yet its composition remains highly heterogeneous, and currently, no highly accessible, high‐throughput method exists to define it. …”
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Cognitive impairment mediates the association between sarcopenic obesity and daily living ability in the frail older population by Hang Li, Haifei Shen, Lei Yu, Yao Wen, Dan Ren, Cong Ding, Xiaobo Wang, Wanjun Xie, Yongwang Miao, Wenxu Zheng

“…Objective: To explore the relationships between sarcopenic obesity, cognitive function, and daily living ability in a hospitalized frail older population. Method: We enrolled 206 older adults hospitalized frail or prefrail patients aged ≥60 years for body composition analysis, motor and cognitive function assessment, and daily living ability assessment. …”
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Tailoring the optical properties of holey Si thin films by Sarah Zayouna, Mikko Erik Kjellberg, Stephan Schröder, Srinivasan Anand

“…The method can also be adapted to dielectric materials other than silicon. …”
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Dietary n-3 PUFA May Attenuate Experimental Colitis by Cloé Charpentier, Ronald Chan, Emmeline Salameh, Khaly Mbodji, Aito Ueno, Moïse Coëffier, Charlène Guérin, Subrata Ghosh, Guillaume Savoye, Rachel Marion-Letellier

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the dietary effect of PUFA composition on intestinal inflammation. Methods. Animals received diet varying in their PUFA composition for four weeks before TNBS-induced colitis. …”
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Association between oral microbial nitrate metabolism and poor prognosis in acute ischemic stroke patients with a history of hypertension by Yueran Ren, Jingru Liang, Weike Hu, Jiahui Xie, Yifeng Zheng, Wei Song, Jiajia Zhu, Hongwei Zhou, Qiheng Wu, Yan He, Jia Yin

“…Hypertensive AIS patients were stratified by the coefficient of variation (CV) of 24-hour systolic blood pressure. Microbial composition was analyzed using LEfSe and PICRUSt2 for bacterial and functional pathway identification.Results Significant differences in oral microbiota composition were observed between hypertensive AIS patients with varying CVs. …”
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UV-Vis spectroscopy coupled with firefly algorithm-enhanced artificial neural networks for the determination of propranolol, rosuvastatin, and valsartan in ternary mixtures by Ahmed Serag, Maram H. Abduljabbar, Yusuf S. Althobaiti, Farooq M. Almutairi, Shaker T. Alsharif, Rami M. Alzhrani, Marwa F. Ahmed, Atiah H. Almalki

“…The method employed artificial neural networks (ANN) to model the relation between the UV absorption spectra of the drugs and their concentrations. …”
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Multi-Objective Optimization Design of Dual-Spindle Component Based on Coupled Thermal–Mechanical–Vibration Collaborative Analysis by Xiaoliang Lin, Yiming Xie, Xiaolei Deng, Jing Tian, Yue Han, Peng Wang

“…The dual-spindle component of a CNC machine tool is taken as the parameterized model. According to the theories of thermal characteristics, statics, and dynamics, the solution of thermal-mechanical coupling deformation and the solution of vibration characteristics under prestress are repeatedly conducted, that are working collaboratively with each process of parameters sensitivity computing, selection of design variables, central composite design, and multi-objective joint optimization. …”
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Body shape index (ABSI), body roundness index (BRI) and risk factors of metabolic syndrome among overweight and obese adults: a cross-sectional study by MohammadSalar Fahami, Ali Hojati, Mahdieh Abbasalizad Farhangi

“…Enzymatic-colorimetric methods were used to assess serum glucose and lipids, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits were used to measure insulin levels. …”
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Reliability analysis of landing gear operation based on improved support vector machine-based decomposed-coordinated by ZHANG Lei, CHEN Junyu, FENG Jun, FENG Yunwen, LIU Lei

“…Taking the wheel brake temperature difference of main landing gear as an example, the verification of the proposed method in reliability modelling and simulation is carried out. …”
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Intelligent Vehicle Trajectory Tracking Based on Horizontal and Vertical Integrated Control by Jingbo Xu, Jingbo Zhao, Jianfeng Zheng, Haimei Liu

“…For lateral control, model predictive control (MPC) theory is introduced to compute the front wheel steering angle that ensures optimal trajectory following. …”
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Effect of Fractal-Based Fiber Clustering on Tensile Properties of BFRP by Jingjing He, Junping Shi, Yong Zhang, Yali Bi, Lihao Fan

“…To explore the clustering phenomenon of discontinuous fibers in composite materials, this paper deduces the fiber uniform distribution coefficient and analytical expressions of fiber clustering content based on fractal theory and establishes a tensile strength prediction model of fiber/epoxy resin composite materials containing cluster fibers. …”
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Management and Operation Transformation of Urban Park Green Spaces from the Perspectives of Public Goods Provision and Fiscal Sustainability by Peiyi JIA

“…The research also raises the perspective that the sustainable financial model for park green spaces is important. Considering that the current project-based investment model for public infrastructure often creates conflicts between short-term incentives and sustainability goals, the life-cycle financial assessment framework must be taken as the foundation of the financial model. …”
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Clove (<i>Syzygium aromaticum</i>) Pods: Revealing Their Antioxidant Potential via GC-MS Analysis and Computational Insights by Abdelmuhsin Abdegadir Abdelmuhsin, Abdel Moniem Elhadi Sulieman, Zakaria Ahmed Salih, Meshari Al-Azmi, Naimah Asid Alanaizi, Ahmed Eisa Goniem, Mohammad Jahoor Alam

“…Finding out how effective clove buds are as antioxidants was the driving force behind this study’s GC-MS investigation and computational discoveries. <b>Methods:</b> This inquiry into clove pods focused on the chemical composition of clove using the GC-MS technique, as well as its antioxidant qualities and computational modeling. …”
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Distinct gut microbiota profiles and network properties in older Korean individuals with subjective cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer’s disease by Sang Joon Son, Xuanga Wu, Hyun Woong Roh, Yong Hyuk Cho, Sunhwa Hong, You Jin Nam, Chang Hyung Hong, Sunmin Park

“…Results Redundancy analysis revealed associations between gut microbiota composition and cognitive function, age, gender, nutritional status, and body mass index. …”
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Changes in Gut Microbiota and Serum Metabolites in Patients with Extreme Obesity by Libuša Kubáňová, Adela Penesová, Ivan Hric, Jana Babjaková, Eva Baranovičová, Marián Grendár, Viktor Bielik

“…Multivariate statistical analysis and Random Forest models were employed to identify predictors with the highest variable importance. …”
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Associations between antenatal prednisone exposure and long-term cortisol and cortisone concentrations in children born to women with rheumatoid arthritis: results from a nationwid... by Johanna M W Hazes, Hilal Ince-Askan, Erica L T van den Akker, Yolanda B de Rijke, Elisabeth F C van Rossum, Radboud J E M Dolhain

“…Objectives To identify whether children with antenatal prednisone exposure have chronically elevated cortisol and cortisone concentrations, an altered body composition or higher blood pressure. In addition, to identify whether maternal rheumatoid arthritis disease (RA) activity is associated with these alterations.Methods In this prospective study, 56 children (mean age=10.0 years) with and 61 children (mean age=9.6 years) without antenatal prednisone exposure, born to women with RA, were included. …”
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Taguchi analysis of shrinkage and warpage of injection-moulded polypropylene/multiwall carbon nanotubes nanocomposites

“…The additive model used works well for predicting the warpage and shrinkage behaviour of PP and PP/MWNT composites.…”
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Effect of Reinforcement Ratio and Particle Size on the Physical and Mechanical Performance of Epoxy Matrix Panels and Waste Wood from Iroko Chlorophora excelsa from Cameroon by Claude Takoumbe, Joseph Zobo Mfomo, Achille Bernard Biwole, Elvis Mbou Tiaya, Jean Aimé Mono, Prince Hermann Pokem Nguimjeu, Linus Ntsotsa Biwole

“…In terms of kinetics, Verma et al.’s model best correlates the experimental desorption points for the 3 isotherms, while Page’s model best correlates the water absorption points. …”
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Seasonally Robust Offshore Wind Turbine Detection in Sentinel-2 Imagery Using Imaging Geometry-Aware Deep Learning by Xike Song, Ziyang Li

“…The Composite model, in particular, showed only a 0.8% difference in the F1 score between the two seasons, compared to up to 3.7% for the baseline, indicating strong robustness to seasonal variation. …”
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