Niacin alters ruminal microbial composition and metabolites in sheep fed a high-concentrate diet by Zhiqiang Cheng, Jiancheng Liu, Yingying Yu, Wentao Liu, Xiaobin Li, Fengming Li, Changjiang Zang, Kailun Yang

“…On days 15 and 35 of the experiment period, all trial sheep were weighed before the morning feed (07:30 am). Ruminal fluid samples were collected from all trial sheep on days 34 and 35. …”
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Apk2Audio4AndMal: Audio Based Malware Family Detection Framework by Oguz Emre Kural, Erdal Kilic, Ceyda Aksac

“…Classification experiments were conducted with the dataset created by randomly selected 500 samples from 8 families in AMD and Drebin datasets. …”
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Serological trail of Brucella infection in an urban slum population in Brazil by Martha Olivera Angel, Paula Ristow, Albert Icksang Ko, Cecilia Di–Lorenzo

“…Methodology: Human sera (n = 180) were randomly selected from 3,171 samples taken from healthy individuals during 2003-2004 and tested with C-ELISA for B. abortus and I-ELISA for B. canis. …”
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Identification of Colletotrichum spaethianum causing sugar beet leaf spot in North Dakota, USA by M.Z.R. Bhuiyan Ziaur, Dilip Kumar Lakshman, Adnan Ismaiel, Prashanta Bhui, Mohamed Khan

“…Morphological features of the isolates obtained in growth media from the diseased samples were observed and documented. The pathogenicity of the randomly selected isolates developed identical disease symptoms on the inoculated leaves. …”
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The Effect of Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) on the Some Biochemical Parameters in Rats with Gentamicin Induced Nephrotoxicity by Murat Medineli, Handan Mert, Kıvanç İrak, Nihat Mert

“…The rats used in the study were randomly divided into 4 groups each consisting of 8 rats. …”
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The Effect of Stress Inoculation Training (SIT) on Depression and Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Patients with Control of Duration of Disease in Esfahan City by Sadighe Sadeghi, Mahnaz Mehrabi Zadeh Honarmand, Najmeh Hamid

“…Background and Objective: The aim of this research was to study the effect of stress inoculation training (SIT) on depression and quality of life in Ms Patients.Subjects and Methods: The research method was experimental with pre-post test and control group. The original samples consisted of 83 Patients who were selected from Isfahan MS association. …”
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Autoencoder-Based System for Detecting Anomalies in Pelletizer Melt Processes by Mingxiang Zhu, Guangming Zhang, Lihang Feng, Xingjian Li, Xiaodong Lv

“…This paper proposes a system based on autoencoders that demonstrates effectiveness in detecting and differentiating various melt anomaly states through deep learning. By randomly altering the brightness and rotation angle of images in each training round, the training samples are augmented, thereby enhancing the system’s robustness against changes in environmental light intensity. …”
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Serum tissue plasminogen activator after cycling with blood flow restriction by Josh B Landers, Melissa Allen, Ibrahim Oladele, Leah Lowe, Nawab Ali, Jacquie Rainey, James Fletcher, Korben Landers

“…Blood samples were collected before and after exercise to analyze serum concentrations of tPA. …”
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Spanish Version of the Measure of Processes of Care (20 Items): Psychometric Properties by Manuel Pacheco-Molero, Catalina Patricia Morales-Murillo, Irene León-Estrada, Roberto Hernández-Soto, Mónica Gutiérrez-Ortega

“…Methods: A total of 659 families from 51 care services across Spain completed the MPOC-20, with participants randomly divided into two samples: one for exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and the other for confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). …”
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Dentinal tubule penetration of sodium hypochlorite in root canals with and without mechanical preparation and different irrigant activation methods by Renata Aqel de Oliveira, Theodoro Weissheimer, Gabriel Barcelos Só, Ricardo Abreu da Rosa, Matheus Albino Souza, Rodrigo Gonçalves Ribeiro, Marcus Vinicius Reis Só

“…Samples were filled with crystal violet for 72 hours. …”
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Assessment of animal hosts of pathogenic Leptospira in northern Tanzania. by Kathryn J Allan, Jo E B Halliday, Mark Moseley, Ryan W Carter, Ahmed Ahmed, Marga G A Goris, Rudy A Hartskeerl, Julius Keyyu, Tito Kibona, Venance P Maro, Michael J Maze, Blandina T Mmbaga, Rigobert Tarimo, John A Crump, Sarah Cleaveland

“…A cross-sectional study of peri-domestic rodents performed in two districts with a high reported incidence of human leptospirosis found no evidence of Leptospira infection among rodent species trapped in and around randomly selected households. In contrast, pathogenic Leptospira infection was detected in 7.08% cattle (n = 452 [5.1-9.8%]), 1.20% goats (n = 167 [0.3-4.3%]) and 1.12% sheep (n = 89 [0.1-60.0%]) sampled in local slaughterhouses. …”
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Longitudinal Changes in Kidney Solute Clearance in a Prospective Cohort of Patients Initiating Chronic Hemodialysis by Tammy L. Sirich, Zijian Tan, Benjamin R. Highland, Zhidong Lin, Gregory B. Russell, Mariana Murea

“…Methods: We analyzed urine volume and kidney solute clearances from timed urine collections and corresponding plasma samples from 42 patients randomized to incremental HD (n = 21) and conventional HD (n = 21) in the TwoPlus pilot study. …”
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Canine vector-borne parasites in the Galapagos by Carla Andreea Culda, Nathalie G. Tejena Rodriguez, Fortunato Puleo, Rafael M. Polit Sosa, Luciana Cătălina Panait, Cristina Daniela Cazan, Georgiana Deak, Renato Leon, Rommel Lenin Vinueza, Diego Páez-Rosas, Andrei Daniel Mihalca

“…Methods A total of 1221 blood samples were randomly collected from privately owned dogs on San Cristóbal, Isabela, Santa Cruz, and Floreana Islands during the years 2021 and 2022. …”
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Aging time influences fatty acid profiles and volatile compounds in cooked Thai native beef. by Watcharawit Meenongyai, Kunwadee Kaewka, Kannika Wongpanit, Piyamas Phongkaew, Pichad Khejornsart, Panuwat Khumpeerawat, Alexander Michael Stelzleni.

“…Furthermore, a correlation was found between the number of the 6 significant fatty acids in the dry-aged beef samples and the 12 volatile compounds in cooked beef. …”
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Proteomics analysis reveals the mechanism of anemoside B4 in treating clinical mastitis in dairy cows by Zeru Zhang, Yuquan Zhao, Zhetong Su, Ke Dong, Zhicai Zuo, Yixin Huang, Shumin Yu, Suizhong Cao, Liuhong Shen

“…The tail venous blood of group C on any day and group T before medication on day 1 (designated as T1) and after medication on day 7 (designated as T2) were collected. Randomly divide the samples from each of the three groups into three subgroups (three biological replicates, with each replicate consisting of an equal mixture of four plasma samples). …”
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Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) and associated risk factors in M'passa department, Southeast Gabon by Patrice Makouloutou-Nzassi, Neil Michel Longo-Pendy, Lucien Keurtis Ayefegue Nguema, Silas Sevidzem Lendzele, Felicien Bangueboussa, Bernie Bouchedi, Gael Darren Maganga, Larson Boundenga

“…Methods: Between April and October 2022, we randomly collected 402 fecal samples from local and exotic chicken breeds from four semi-intensive poultry farms and eleven free-range chicken sites in the M'passa department, southeast Gabon. …”
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Variability in Fishmeal Nutritional Value in Weaned Pigs and Development of Predictive Equations by Pei Yang, Xiaoyan Su, Bin Li, Junqi Jin, Bing Yu, Jun He, Jie Yu, Quyuan Wang, Huifen Wang, Daiwen Chen, Hui Yan

“…The apparent ileal digestibility (AID) and standardized ileal digestibility (SID) of amino acids, digestible energy (DE), metabolizable energy (ME), and the apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of nutrients in 10 fishmeal (FM) samples were evaluated in weaned barrows (Duroc × Landrace × Yorkshire) using two experiments. …”
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Structural, morphological, and optical properties of flowerlike Sm-doped h-MoO3 nanorods by Md Serajum Manir, Md Zuel Rana, Supria Dutta, Noshin Ferdous Shamma, M S Alam, Sapan Kumar Sen

“…The structure and crystallite size of the samples were found to be significantly influenced by the doping concentration. …”
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Tumor copy-number alterations predict response to immune-checkpoint-blockade in gastrointestinal cancer by Lin Shen, Huan Chen, Ming Lu, Shuang Li, Henghui Zhang, Jifang Gong, Zhihao Lu, Zhi Peng, Xi Jiao, Lihong Wu, Wenbo Han, Jianling Zou, Jianing Yu, Huaibo Sun

“…Comprehensive genomic profiling was performed on all samples to determine tumor mutational burden (TMB) and copy-number alterations (CNAs). …”
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Effects of non-contact electric fields on the kidneys and livers of tumour-bearing rats [version 6; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations, 1 not approved] by Luthfi Nurhidayat, Ahmad Ghitha Fadhlurrahman, Firman Alamsyah, Warsito Purwo Taruno, Nisrina Firdausi, Subekti Evi Dwi Nugraheni, Rarastoeti Pratiwi

“…Animals were then exposed to electric fields (100 kHz, 50-60 V/m) for 10 hours a day for three weeks. Two kidney samples and two liver samples from different animals in each group were collected for observation of structural damage to the organs. …”
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