Selection Signature Analysis of Whole-Genome Sequences to Identify Genome Differences Between Selected and Unselected Holstein Cattle by Jiarui Cai, Liu Yang, Yahui Gao, George E. Liu, Yang Da, Li Ma

“…An integrated analysis of selection signatures with gene annotation, pathways, and the cattle QTL database demonstrated that the genomic regions under selection are related to milk productivity, health, and reproductive efficiency. …”
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Seasonal dynamics of lettuce growth on different electrical conductivity under a nutrient film technique hydroponic system by Bikash Adhikari, Omolayo J. Olorunwa, Jeff C. Wilson, T. Casey Barickman

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HIV- and AIDS-associated neurocognitive functioning in Zambia – a perspective based on differences between the genders by Kabuba N, Menon JA, Franklin Jr DR, Heaton RK, Hestad KA

“…The females also evidenced a trend toward greater impairment on learning efficiency (P=0.015). The findings suggest that there are gender-related differences in NCI after controlling for disease characteristics. …”
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Sex Differences in the Associations among Insulin Resistance Indexes with Metabolic Syndrome: A Large Cross-Sectional Study by Wenkang Zhang, Chen Chen, Mingkang Li, Gaoliang Yan, Chengchun Tang

“…Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is closely related to insulin resistance (IR), and the sex differences have not been fully explored. …”
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Effects of nitrogen fertilizer on the accumulation and allocation of dry matter and nitrogen for maize cultivars with different low nitrogen tolerance by Li Qiang, Ma Xiaojun, Cheng Qiubo, Dou Pan, Yu Donghai, Luo Yanhong, Yuan Jichao, Kong Fanlei

“…What's more, different maize cultivars have significant difference in the dry matter production and nitrogen utilization efficiency. …”
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Conceptualizing the Theoretical Framework of Management Accounting: A Grounded Theory Approach by Mohammadreza Mehrabanpour, Rezvan Hejazi, Rayan Ramezanian

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Multi-Scale Fusion Lightweight Target Detection Method for Coal and Gangue Based on EMBS-YOLOv8s by Lin Gao, Pengwei Yu, Hongjuan Dong, Wenjie Wang

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Microbial necromass accrual from newly added labile and native soil carbon in the rhizosphere vs. non-rhizosphere of broadleaved and coniferous trees by Juan Jia, Guoqing Zhai, Yufu Jia, Xiaojuan Liu, Keping Ma, Xiaojuan Feng

“…Here we collected the rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soils under broadleaved and coniferous trees of varying nutrient availability, and conducted an 80-day soil incubation with 13C-labelled glucose to evaluate ‘microbial C pump’ (MCP) capacity (new C-derived biomass and necromass), phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs)-based C use efficiency (i.e., new C-derived PLFAs relative to respiration, referred as CUE′ to differentiate from microbial biomass C-based CUE) and amino sugar (reflecting necromass) accumulation efficiency (AAE; new C-derived amino sugars relative to respiration). …”
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Efficient and conservative estimation reliability analysis of strip footing on spatially variable c - ϕ soil using random finite element limit analysis by Szabowicz Hubert, Kawa Marek, Puła Wojciech

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Impact of COBIT5 Framework Application in the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Information Technology. “An Applied Analytical study of a sample of Iraqi Private Shareholding Banks”... by Abdul Ridha S. AL-Basri, Adnan Mohammmed

“… The success of the banking sector in the modern era depends on the effective and innovative use of information technology and information is one of the main resources of all institutions, and from the moment of creation of information to the moment of disposal technology plays an important role, so it requires investment and harmonization of investment in information technology and business, recently considered IT is a strategic tool for managing enterprise resources that connects stakeholders, customers, and suppliers, and promotes the conduct of various processes as quickly and efficiently as possible, and is a tool for storing and retrieving business-related information. …”
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Effects of Three Different Bee Pollen on Digestion, Immunity, Antioxidant Capacity, and Gut Microbes in <i>Apis mellifera</i> by Xin-Meng Li, Ying Wang, Li Lei, Ge Zhang, Bao-Hua Xu

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Algorithmic Classification of Psychiatric Disorder–Related Spontaneous Communication Using Large Language Model Embeddings: Algorithm Development and Validation by Ryan Allen Shewcraft, John Schwarz, Mariann Micsinai Balan

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Do the diagnosis-related group payment reforms have a negative impact?—an empirical study from Western China by Jia-Yi Wang, Meng-En Chen, Xue-Xuan Wei, Xi-Zhu Lu, Yuan-Rui Zhu, Jing-Yu Yang

“…BackgroundThe first Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) Reimbursement pilots in China, which started in 2019, marked an essential step in cost control and service efficiency in Chinese hospitals, but some adverse effects inevitably emerged during the implementation of DRG in TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) hospitals. …”
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Shift work, workload, and professionalism related motivators affecting job satisfaction: An empirical study among medical laboratory technicians by Durairaj Rajan

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Coexpression network analysis in abdominal and gluteal adipose tissue reveals regulatory genetic loci for metabolic syndrome and related phenotypes. by Josine L Min, George Nicholson, Ingileif Halgrimsdottir, Kristian Almstrup, Andreas Petri, Amy Barrett, Mary Travers, Nigel W Rayner, Reedik Mägi, Fredrik H Pettersson, John Broxholme, Matt J Neville, Quin F Wills, Jane Cheeseman, GIANT Consortium, MolPAGE Consortium, Maxine Allen, Chris C Holmes, Tim D Spector, Jan Fleckner, Mark I McCarthy, Fredrik Karpe, Cecilia M Lindgren, Krina T Zondervan

“…The strongest associated module, significantly enriched for immune response-related processes, contained 94/620 (15%) genes with inter-depot differences. …”
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Exploration of Some Nutrient Absorption–Related Genes and Intestinal Histology in Japanese Quails (Coturnix japonica) Throughout Their Productive Lifespan by Hamid Reza Rafieian‐Naeini, Mahdi Zhandi, Maryam Taghipour‐Shahbandi, Amir Reza Sabzian, Ali Reza Yousefi, Mahboubeh Khajehnabi, Woo Kyun Kim

“…Specific histological parameters and nutrient absorption–related genes could be used to study intestinal functionality and efficiency. …”
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Transportation finance equity: A theoretical and empirical review of pricing equity, expenditure equity, and pricing-expenditure equity in US transit provision by Zakhary Mallett

“…However, disparities in what different populations pay relative to the costs of services they receive—that is, the economic subsidies they receive—are surprisingly underexplored in the literature. …”
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Transcription factors containing both C2H2 and homeobox domains play different roles in Verticillium dahliae by Chen Tang, Haifeng Wang, Xianjiang Jin, Wenwen Li, Yonglin Wang

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Le lean et l’activité humaine by Fabrice Bourgeois, Olivier Gonon

“…How should ergonomics react to this new concept of efficiency ? Ergonomists are receiving a growing number of requests directly connected with Lean production. …”
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Modernization of employment structures enhancing socioeconomic cohesion in the European Union countries by Magdalena Cyrek

“…This study investigates the relative efficiency of the 28 EU countries when transforming employment in four different sectors into socioeconomic cohesion. …”
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