Olive mill wastewater treatment using coagulation/flocculation and filtration processes by Layla Moustafa Fleyfel, Joseph Matta, Nicole Fakhoury Sayegh, Nasma Hamdi El Najjar

“…Lime and aluminum sulfate (alum) were used as coagulants by testing different concentrations in order to select optimal conditions. Then, the efficiency of various filtration systems using activated carbon and/or natural materials (olive stones, olive leaves, sand, Celite, and gravel) was tested. pH, electrical conductivity (EC), total solid (TS), and COD were measured before and after each treatment step (coagulation or filtration). …”
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Modulatory role of Spirulina platensis in oxidative stress, apoptosis, and gene expression in a rat model of dexamethasone-induced hepatotoxicity by Amina Zedan, Amira M. El-Moslemany, Rasha M. Bahnasy, Hanan Salah Eldeen Eldamaty, Suzan S. Ibraheim, Badriyah S. Alotaibi, Mohamed Abdelmegeid, Mohamed Abdelmegeid, Mustafa Shukry, Ahmed A. Elolimy

“…At the end of the experiment, key physiological and biochemical parameters were assessed, including feed intake, body weight gain, feed efficiency ratio (FER), and liver weight. Blood lipid profiles, liver enzymes (ALT, AST, ALP), total and direct bilirubin, and serum protein levels were analyzed. …”
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Optimization of Mangiferin extraction from Mangifera Indica leaves Peruvian Criollo variation using ultrasound assisted surface response methodology by Elena Sofia Espinoza Rodríguez, Stephanie Elena Sosa Pulcha, Naysha Y. M․ Elguera, Abdel Alejandro Portocarrero Banda, Hugo Guillermo Jiménez Pacheco

“…The high correlation between phenolic content and antioxidant activity emphasizes the potential of UAE in preserving bioactive compounds. …”
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Incorporation of Agglomerated <i>Spirulina platensis</i> Powder in Yogurt: A Strategy for Enhancing Nutritional Quality and Bioactive Compounds by Rosana Correia Vieira Albuquerque, Carlos Eduardo de Farias Silva, Margarete Cabral dos Santos Silva, Wanderson dos Santos Carneiro, Kaciane Andreola, Brígida Maria Villar da Gama, Marcos Vinicius Azevedo Figueiredo, Albanise Enide da Silva, João Victor Oliveira Nascimento da Silva

“…All yogurts obtained achieved characteristic values according to the Brazilian Normative Instruction 46/2007 with total acidity (0.6–1.5%), pH (3.5–4.6), and viable lactic bacteria of at least 10⁶ CFU.g⁻¹, without significantly affecting the quality of the final product or the activity of lactic acid bacteria. …”
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CORRELATION BETWEEN PROOXIDANT-ANTIOXIDANT BALANCE AND CHRONIC GINGIVITIS IN CHILDREN WITH ATOPIC DISEASES by L. S. Kryvenko

“…Materials and methods. A total of 90 patients were examined at the Regional Children's Hospital №1 and the University Dental Center of Kharkov National Medical University. …”
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Production of Bacterial β-Galactosidase Using Wastes of Dairy Industry by Safaa Salah El-Din Taha, Osama Abd El-Hamid Ibrahim, Einas Hamed El-Shatoury, Amany Mohamed El-Deeb, Hayam Abd El-Naby Sayed

“…Lactic acid bacteria, also known as LAB are recognized as effective producers of the lactase enzyme. A total of eleven LAB isolates were evaluated for their ability to produce intracellular lactase in a submerged fermentation setup under static conditions. …”
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Machine-learning based quantification of lung shunt fraction from 99mTc-MAA SPECT/CT for selective internal radiation therapy of liver tumors using TriDFusion (3DF) by Daniel Lafontaine, Finn Augensen, Adam Kesner, Raoul Vincent, Assen Kirov, Simone Krebs, Heiko Schöder, John L. Humm

“…Using CT images (from the SPECT/CT) as a blueprint, the TotalSegmentor machine learning algorithm automatically computes masks for the liver and lungs. …”
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Plant extracts used in Brazil for treatment of oral ulcers and mucositis: systematic review by Luiz Evaristo Ricci Volpato, Patrícia Leão Castillo Eubank, Lorraynne dos Santos Lara, Géssica Vasconcelos Godinho, Lucas Guimarães Abreu

“…Results: Initially, 440 studies were found, of which 392 were excluded after reading the titles and abstracts. A total of 29 articles were read in full and 11 studies were excluded, resulting in 18 articles included in the systematic review. …”
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Research on Ship Heave Motion Compensation Control Under Complex Sea State Environment Based on Improved Reinforcement Learning by ZHANG Qin, ZHOU Jingyi, WANG Xingyue, HU Xiong

“…Thus, in the quest to address these concerns and bolster the efficiency and safety of maritime endeavors, researchers actively explore and pioneer diverse techniques aimed at compensating for the vertical motion of vessels. …”
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Responses of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) to chronic alkalinity stress: Survival, growth performance, physiology, and muscle quality by Xi Shi, Shijie Yuan, Wei Peng, Fengqing Chen, Xiangwei Liu, Xueke Ma, Xiao Ma, Ruwei Xu, Khor Waiho, Xianghui Kong, Cuiyun Lu, Xuejun Li

“…Compared with the control group, the ALK-28 group exhibited a significantly higher feed conversion ratio and a relatively lower protein efficiency ratio. Physiologically, as alkalinity increased, the concentrations of Na+ and Mg2+, along with the Na+/K+-ATPase and Ca2+/Mg2+-ATPase activities, showed an upward trend. …”
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Optimizing soybean variety selection for the Pan-African Trial network using factor analytic models and envirotyping by Maurício S. Araújo, João P. S. Pavan, André A. Stella, Bruno F. Fregonezi, Natally F. Lima, Erica P. Leles, Michelle F. Santos, Peter Goldsmith, Godfree Chigeza, Brian W. Diers, José B. Pinheiro

“…Three mega-environments were identified, with growing degree days, mean temperature, and photosynthetically active radiation use efficiency being the most associated features for soybean grain yield. …”
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Brain-thyroid crosstalk: 18F-FDG-PET/MRI evidence in patients with follicular thyroid adenomas by Yun-Ting Xiang, Jie Ma, Jia-Jia Wu, Xin Xue, Xin Gao, Xu-Yun Hua, Mou-Xiong Zheng, Jian-Guang Xu

“…Therefore, we explored the brain glucose metabolic characteristics of FTA with Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging. Methods: Totally 30 FTA patients without clinical symptoms (FTA group), and 60 age- and sex-matched healthy controls (HC group) were included and randomly divided into cohort A and B in 2:1 ratio. …”
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Inorganic improver and straw returning promote corn growth and improve the quality of saline soils by Jipeng Wang, Junchuan Huang, Xinyu Hou, Quangang Yang, Hong Pan, Hui Wang, Fei Han, Yanhong Lou, Yuping Zhuge

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Global trends in the use of artificial intelligence for urological tumor histopathology: A 20-year bibliometric analysis by Fazhong Dai, Yifeng He, Juan Duan, Kangjian Lin, Qian Lv, Zhongxiang Zhao, Yesong Zou, Jianhong Jiang, Zongtai Zheng, Xiaofu Qiu

“…The most productive institution was the University of Southern California, while Patel et al. and Epstein et al. were identified as the most active and most cocited authors, respectively. European Urology led in both publication volume and impact. …”
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Optimizing the Construction Supply Chain Network Considering the Flow of Materials, Equipment, Manpower, Drawings and Technical Documents by Seyed Saeid Helli, Hadi Mokhtari, Saeed Dehnavi

“…Purpose: Today, the efficient management of supply chains plays a fundamental role in the market and economy. …”
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Case Study of How Alleviating “Pebbles in the Shoe” Improves Operations in the Emergency Department by Diana Savitzky, Yash Chavda, Suchismita Datta, Alexandra Reens, Elizabeth Conklin, Matthew Scott, Christopher Caspers

“…This quality improvement project aimed to enhance clinician well-being in an emergency department (ED) affiliated with an academic institution through human-centered design by actively engaging clinicians to identify these “pebbles” and for a dedicated team to address them. …”
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Satellite Altimetry-based Extension of global-scale in situ river discharge Measurements (SAEM) by P. Saemian, O. Elmi, M. Stroud, R. Riggs, B. M. Kitambo, F. Papa, G. H. Allen, M. J. Tourian

“…These gauges cover approximately 88 % of the total gauged discharge volume. The height-based discharge estimates in SAEM demonstrate a median Kling–Gupta efficiency (KGE) of <span class="inline-formula">0.48</span>, outperforming current global data sets. …”
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Slowly digestible starch impairs growth performance of broiler chickens offered low-protein diet supplemental higher amino acid densities by inhibiting the utilization of intestina... by Caiwei Luo, Yao Yu, Gang Meng, Jianmin Yuan

“…The study investigated how the starch digestion rate and AA levels impact intestinal AA digestion, transport and metabolism, breast muscle protein metabolism, and growth in grower broilers. A total of 720 21-day-old healthy male Arbor Acres Plus broilers were randomly assigned to 12 treatments, each with 6 replicates of 10 birds. …”
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The published role of artificial intelligence in drug discovery and development: a bibliometric and social network analysis from 1990 to 2023 by Murat Koçak, Zafer Akçalı

“…In addition to visualization programs, the InCites database was also used for analysis and visualization. A total of 4059 scientific publications written by 13,932 authors and published in 1071 journals were included in the analysis. …”
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Caffeic acid and chlorogenic acid mediate the ADPN-AMPK-PPARα pathway to improve fatty liver and production performance in laying hens by Wenjie Tian, Gerard Bryan Gonzales, Hao Wang, Youyou Yang, Chaohua Tang, Qingyu Zhao, Junmin Zhang, Huiyan Zhang, Yuchang Qin

“…Mechanistically, CA and CGA alleviated lipid accumulation via activation of the ADPN-AMPK-PPARα signaling pathway. …”
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