Unraveling Fish Community Diversity and Structure in the Yellow Sea: Evidence from Environmental DNA Metabarcoding and Bottom Trawling by Jinyong Zhang, Xiaoyu Cui, Lin Lin, Yuan Liu, Jinqing Ye, Weiyue Zhang, Hongjun Li

“…In addition, we compared the various methods used to estimate the distributions of taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional diversity factors. …”
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Real meat shows good performance in maintaining colonic barrier function at a recommended amount of intake in mice by Yunting Xie, Linlin Cai, Isaiah Henry Ibeogu, Guanghong Zhou, Chunbao Li

“…Collectively, the findings suggest that the proper intake of real meat is more beneficial for colon health in mice compared to plant‐based meat analogs.…”
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Whole genome comparisons reveal gut-to-lung translocation of Escherichia coli and Burkholderia cenocepacia in two cases of ventilator-associated pneumonia in ICU patients by Huihui Gao, Lei Xu, Yixin Liu, Xiaolong Wang, Siyuan Zhu, Huai Lin, Yuting Gao, Daqing Mao, Xing Lu, Yi Luo

“…Metagenomic analysis revealed a highly individualized gut microbiota composition among VAP patients. Notably, the translocated bacteria were not dominant within their gut microbiota. …”
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Sterile syringe availability in Georgia pharmacies remained rare, despite policy change permitting sales by Courtney R. Yarbrough, Nora Jaquemet, Siara I. Sitar, Maggie J. Mataczynski, Vega Walke, Natalie D. Crawford, Henry N. Young, Justine W. Welsh

“…There were no differences in whether pharmacies were more or less likely to sell syringes by level of urbanicity, local poverty rate, local racial/ethnic composition, or pharmacy type (i.e., chain vs. independently owned). …”
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Temporal and regional differences in the incidence of hospital‐diagnosed endometriosis: a Danish population‐based study by Louise Ruby Høj Illum, Axel Forman, Anna Melgaard, Karina E. Hansen, Stefan N. Hansen, Mette Nyegaard, Lone Hummelshoj, Dorte Rytter

“…These regional differences have become more evident over time. Conclusions Our results reveal significant regional differences in the incidence of hospital‐diagnosed endometriosis, suggesting that a significant number of women may be left behind without a diagnosis. …”
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Testing the effectiveness of a new type of spacers for local antibiotic therapy by Ildar F. Akhtyamov, Oskar A. Sachenkov, Rashid A. Shafigulin, Alina E. Galyautdinova, Nikita V. Kharin, Igor A. Bespalov, Sergey V. Boychuk

“…A possible increase in the volume of the medicinal composition does not lead to a proportional increase in the amount of the active substance released. …”

Gut Microbial Signatures in Long COVID: Potential Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets by Soyoung Oh, Sujin An, Kihyun Park, Soohyung Lee, Yoo Min Han, Seong-Joon Koh, Joowon Lee, Hyerin Gim, Donghyun Kim, Haesook Seo

“…Abstract Introduction Following severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, symptoms can persist for more than 12 weeks in over 10% of patients in a condition known as long coronavirus disease (COVID). …”
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Drying: A Practical Technology for Blueberries (<i>Vaccinium corymbosum</i> L.)—Processes and their Effects on Selected Health-Promoting Properties by Elsa Uribe, Antonio Vega-Galvez, Alexis Pasten, Kong Shun Ah-Hen, Nicol Mejias, Lorena Sepúlveda, Jacqueline Poblete, Luis S. Gomez-Perez

“…VD showed the highest drying rates, reaching equilibrium moisture more rapidly (<i>D_eff</i> value of 3.44 × 10⁻¹⁰ m²/s). …”
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A Focus on the Role of Dietary Treatment in the Prevention of Retinal Dysfunction in Patients with Long-Chain 3-Hydroxyacyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency: A Systematic Review by Evelina Maines, Giorgia Gugelmo, Nicola Vitturi, Alice Dianin, Laura Rubert, Giovanni Piccoli, Massimo Soffiati, Vittoria Cauvin, Roberto Franceschi

“…Early presentation of the disease, acute neonatal symptoms, and a suboptimal chronic treatment control were associated with more aggressive retinopathy and a poorer sight outcome. …”
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Approach to automating viral genome assembly by Ms Anastasiia Paremskaia, Dr Andrei Deviatkin, Dr Pavel Volchkov

“…The software CD-HIT was employed to eliminate sequences that were more than 99.8% identical in nucleotide composition. …”
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Highly efficient catalytic system for liquid-phase oxidation of 1-chloro-<i>n</i>-hexadecane with atmospheric oxygen by V. N. Sapunov, Yu. L. Zotov, Th. T. Nguyen, E. V. Shishkin, Yu. V. Popov

“…The investigation into the liquid-phase oxidation of 1-chloro-n-hexadecane by oxygen in air using the two-component catalytic system St2Co(OH)–N-HPI has shown it to be more efficient compared to the two-component catalytic system St2Co–N-HPI. …”
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Innovative Resource-Saving Equipment for Safflower Processing to Improve Oil Quality by Maigul Mursalykova, Gulnara Kokayeva, Mukhtarbek Kakimov, Bożena Gajdzik, Radosław Wolniak, Damian Dzienniak, Michał Bembenek

“…Interestingly, pressing time was found to have no significant effect on oil yield, suggesting that optimizing temperature and pressure is more critical for enhancing efficiency. The developed apparatus not only enhances oil quality, particularly its fatty acid composition, but also offers a scalable, sustainable solution for improving safflower oil production. …”
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Impacts of Protease Sources on Growth and Carcass Response, Gut Health, Nutrient Digestibility, and Cecal Microbiota Profiles in Broilers Fed Poultry-by-Product-Meal-Based Diets by Muhammad Shahbaz Zafar, Shafqat Nawaz Qaisrani, Saima, Zafar Hayat, Kashif Nauman

“…Conclusions: the supplemented alkaline protease resulted in improved growth performance and carcass traits, better gut health, as well as improved ileal digestibility of nutrients, including crude protein (CP) and acid insoluble ash (AIA), with a more balanced cecal microbial composition in broilers.…”
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Spatiotemporal patterns in sex ratios of bat fatalities at wind energy facilities in the United States by Sara P. Weaver, Amanda M. Hale, David M. Nelson, Sarah R. Fritts, Todd E. Katzner, Austin S. Chipps, Jennifer M. Korstian, Sarah T. LiCari, Juliet J. Nagel, Dean A. Williams

“…Overall, there were more fatalities of females than males for silver-haired and southern yellow bats, but not the other species. …”
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Adapting forests to climate change: an experiment to promote different tree species in mixed Scots pine forests (Pinus sylvestris L.) by Sara Buscà, Diana Pascual, Eduard Pla, Javier Retana

“…The main objective is to evaluate how different silvicultural treatments give rise to more adapted stands in terms of survival, growth, and regeneration. …”
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Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus LRa05 in the treatment of acute diarrhea in children: a randomized controlled trial by Ke Chen, Kaihong Zeng, Shanshan Jin, Yu Ma, Limei Cai, Ping Xu, Yang Nie, Li Luo, Qinghua Yu, Changqi Liu

“…More children in the IG showed improvements in diarrhea than those in the CG for both per protocol analysis (70.2 vs. 46.3%, p = 0.01) and intention-to-treat analysis (66.7 vs. 41.7%, p = 0.003). …”
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Microbial diversity and ecological roles of halophilic microorganisms in Dingbian (Shaanxi, China) saline-alkali soils and salt lakes by Yue Ding, Juntao Ke, Tao Hong, Aodi Zhang, Xue Wu, Xinran Jiang, Shilong Shao, Ming Gong, Shengda Zhao, Liang Shen, Shaoxing Chen

“…In saline-alkali soils, the Natronomonas genus of archaea was more predominant compared to other genera, while in salt lakes, the Halonotius, Halorubrum, and Haloarcula genera of archaea had relatively higher abundances. …”
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Epigenetic signatures in surrogate tissues are able to assess cancer risk and indicate the efficacy of preventive measures by James E. Barrett, Chiara Maria Herzog, Sepideh Aminzadeh-Gohari, Elisa Redl, Isma Ishaq Parveen, Julia Rothärmel, Julia Tevini, Daniela D. Weber, Luca Catalano, Victoria E. Stefan, Thomas K. Felder, Peter Obrist, Twana Alkasalias, Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson, Roland Lang, Barbara Kofler, Martin Widschwendter

“…., field defect indicators) reflecting field cancerization in the organ at risk are essential. Methods Here we utilized medroxyprogesterone acetate and 7,12-dimethylbenzanthracene to induce mammary gland cancers in mice. …”
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Poly-Systemic Analysis of Military Students’ Discipline by L. Ya. Dorfman, A. V. Dubrovsky, A. P. Andrunik, E. A. Tsariev, V. N. Lyadov

“…Three models were tested: a unitary model (without allocation of discipline systems), a dual parallel model (with independent systems of social discipline and self-discipline) and a dual overlapping model (composite). Compared to the other two models, the advantage of composite model was justified. …”
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Longitudinal gut microbiota dynamics in Antarctic research mission crews by Min-Jung Lee, Seung-Hwan Lee, Huitae Min, Huitae Min, Tae-Wook Nam, Tae-Wook Nam, Soon Gyu Hong, Bumjo Oh, Joo Hyeong Kim, Yeon-Ran Kim, Bong-Soo Kim, Yeong-Jae Seok

“…Prevotella-dominant microbiota was more susceptible to environmental changes, including the diet, compared with Bacteroides-dominant microbiota. …”
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