Macro- and Micro-Nutrient Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Chickpea and Pea Accessions by Michela Costantini, Carmine Summo, Mariangela Centrone, Iga Rybicka, Mariagrazia D’Agostino, Paolo Annicchiarico, Francesco Caponio, Stefano Pavan, Grazia Tamma, Antonella Pasqualone

“…A positive correlation was found between some minerals, such as Zn, Cu and P, and the ABTS •+ scavenging activity. Black and brown chickpea accessions showed significantly higher contents of anthocyanins, Mn, Mg, and Ca, which were positively correlated with the antioxidant activity assessed with the DPPH assay. …”
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Impact of new coalbed methane wells on old well productivity and its controlling factors: a case study of Shizhuangnan block in Qinshui Basin by Xueting HAN, Shangzhi MENG, Guangjing LIU, Zhenyu REN, Shu TAO, Xinyang MEN, Ziyang WEI

“…Some old wells, with a minimum well spacing of less than 150 m or developed tectonic coal, experience black water production and pump shutdowns. Wells with these issues exhibit lower recovery efficiency. …”
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Photo-Fenton Degradation of RB5 Dye in Aqueous Solution Using Fe Supported on Mexican Natural Zeolite by José Domenzain-Gonzalez, José J. Castro-Arellano, Luis A. Galicia-Luna, Luis Lartundo-Rojas

“…A Mexican natural zeolite (MNZ) was impregnated with Fe at concentrations of 5 and 10 mg FeCl3/g MNZ (MNZ/Fe) in order to study the photo-Fenton degradation of Reactive Black 5 (RB5) dye. Two samples were prepared and calcined at 550 and 700°C for each concentration. …”
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Trends in survival of patients with stage I/II Burkitt lymphoma in the United States: A SEER database analysis by Ze‐Long Liu, Pan‐Pan Liu, Xi‐Wen Bi, De‐Xin Lei, Yu Wang, Zhi‐Ming Li, Wen‐Qi Jiang, Yi Xia

“…Older age and race of black were correlated with poorer OS in multivariate analysis, whereas sex, primary sites, and application of radiotherapy did not significantly influence OS. …”
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Risk Factors for Coronary Events After Robotic Hybrid Off-Pump Coronary Revascularization by Aleksander Dokollari, Beatrice Bacchi, Serge Sicouri, Francesco Cabrucci, Massimo Bonacchi, Danielle Spragan, Mary Ann C. Wertan, Nitin Ghorpade, Stephanie Kjelstrom, Georgia Montone, Yoshiyuki Yamashita, Basel Ramlawi, Francis Sutter

“…The risk factors were the lack of radial artery graft use, black race, diabetes, obesity, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, low ejection fraction <50%, severe left main coronary artery stenosis (>50%), and more than three-vessel disease. …”
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Gaps in our understanding of ice-nucleating particle sources exposed by global simulation of the UK Earth System Model by R. J. Herbert, A. Sanchez-Marroquin, A. Sanchez-Marroquin, D. P. Grosvenor, D. P. Grosvenor, K. J. Pringle, S. R. Arnold, B. J. Murray, K. S. Carslaw

“…Here we use the UK Earth System Model to simulate the global distribution of dust, marine-sourced, and black carbon INPs suitable for immersion-mode freezing of liquid cloud droplets over an annual cycle. …”
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Cross-sectional design and protocol for Artificial Intelligence Ready and Equitable Atlas for Diabetes Insights (AI-READI) by Gerald McGwin, Linda M Zangwill, Nicholas Evans, Shannon McWeeney, Cecilia S Lee, Bhavesh Patel, Jeffrey C Edberg, Cynthia Owsley, Aaron Lee, Cecilia Lee, Sally L Baxter, Michael Snyder, Samantha Hurst, Nicole Ehrhardt, Christopher Chute, Dawn S Matthies, Julia P Owen, Amir Bahmani, Sally Baxter, Edward Boyko, Aaron Cohen, Jorge Contreras, Garrison Cottrell, Virginia de Sa, Jeffrey Edberg, Irl Hirsch, Michelle Hribar, T.Y. Alvin Liu, Bonnie Maldenado, Sara Singer, Bradley Voytek, Joseph Yracheta, Linda Zangwill

“…The fundamental rationale for promoting health resilience in T2DM stems from its high prevalence of 10.5% of the world’s adult population and its contribution to many adverse health events.Methods AI-READI is a cross-sectional study whose target enrollment is 4000 people aged 40 and older, triple-balanced by self-reported race/ethnicity (Asian, black, Hispanic, white), T2DM (no diabetes, pre-diabetes and lifestyle-controlled diabetes, diabetes treated with oral medications or non-insulin injections and insulin-controlled diabetes) and biological sex (male, female) (Clinicaltrials.org approval number STUDY00016228). …”
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Assessing the Potential of Cultural Tourism Development in Kabale District by Simon, Otebwa

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Modelling and Analysis of Bioretention Systems for Removal of Stormwater Pollutants by Nuwagaba, Emmanuel, Abdulkadir, Taofeeq Sholagberu, Agwe, Michael Tobby, Philip, Tibenderana, Ako, Terseer, Moses N., Twesigye-omwe

“…Each of the Columns has four layers arranged as follows: Column B (Layer 1 for fine sand of 0.063 – 1.18 mm; Layer 2 for Coarse Sand of 1.18-4.75; Layer 3 for fine aggregate AASHTO M43, 4.75-9.5mm; and Layer 4 for Coarse aggregate >9.5mm), and Column C (Layer 1 for black soil with mulch and plants; fine Sand of 1.18-0.063; Layer 3 for fine aggregate AASHTO M43, 4.75-9.5mm; and Layer 4 for Coarse aggregate >9.5mm). …”
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Sociodemographic factors associated with prenatal care utilization in Arkansas, United States by Pearl A. McElfish, Aaron Caldwell, Donya Watson, Jonathan Langner, Jennifer Callaghan-Koru, Austin Porter, Don E. Willis, Jennifer A. Andersen, Nicola L. Hawley, James P. Selig, Amir Forati, Maria R. Alcala, Lanita White, Enrique Gomez-Pomar, Clare C. Brown

“…Having no prenatal care was more prevalent among NHPI (ARR = 3.68, 95 % CI [2.66, 5.10]) and Black (ARR = 1.47, 95 % CI [1.34, 1.61]) mothers. …”
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Asymptomatic infection and antibody prevalence to co-occurring avian influenza viruses vary substantially between sympatric seabird species following H5N1 outbreaks by Fiona Greco, Hannah M. Ravenswater, Francisco Ruiz-Raya, Chiara D’Avino, Mark A. Newell, Josie Hewitt, Erin Taylor, Ella Benninghaus, Francis Daunt, Gidona Goodman, David Steel, Jenny Park, Emma Philip, Saumya S. Thomas, Marek J. Slomka, Marco Falchieri, Scott M. Reid, Joe James, Ashley C. Banyard, Sarah J. Burthe, Emma J. A. Cunningham

“…Antibody prevalence to AIV subtypes varied substantially between species, ranging from 1.1% in European shags (Gulosus aristotelis) (to H5) to 78.7% in black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) (to H16 or both H13 and H16), and between 31 and 41% for three auk species (H5, H16 or both). …”
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A 1-Year Sediment Trap Study on the Downward Flux of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Settling Particulate Matter in Deep Basins of the Aegean and Ionian Seas, Northeastern Medi... by Ester Skylaki, Constantine Parinos, Maria Tsagkaraki, Ioannis Hatzianestis, Anastasia Christidi, Elisavet Skampa, Ioanna Nikolopoulou, Georgia Kambouri, Ioanna Stavrakaki, Dimitris Velaoras, Giorgos Kouvarakis, Maria V. Triantaphyllou, Maria Kanakidou, Nikolaos Mihalopoulos, Alexandra Gogou

“…PAH fluxes varied significantly, peaking in the north Aegean Sea due to mesotrophic conditions, nutrient-rich riverine and Black Sea water inflows, and maritime anthropogenic inputs. …”
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How intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor initial dosing impacts patient outcomes in diabetic macular oedema by Rishi P. Singh, David Tabano, Blanche L. Kuo, Andrew LaPrise, Theodore Leng, Eunice Kim, Meghan Hatfield, Vincent Garmo

“…Discontinuation (45.7% vs. 63.8%), re-initiation (17.2% vs. 25.0%), and switch (24.5% vs. 31.5%) were less common with initial doses. Asian, Black, and patients of other/unknown race were less likely (P < 0.01) to receive initial doses than White patients, as were Medicare/Medicaid-insured patients versus commercially insured patients (P < 0.01). …”
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Nowcasting to Monitor Real-Time Mpox Trends During the 2022 Outbreak in New York City: Evaluation Using Reportable Disease Data Stratified by Race or Ethnicity by Rebecca Rohrer, Allegra Wilson, Jennifer Baumgartner, Nicole Burton, Ray R Ortiz, Alan Dorsinville, Lucretia E Jones, Sharon K Greene

“…During the 2022 mpox outbreak in New York City, we applied Nowcasting by Bayesian Smoothing (NobBS) to estimate recent cases, citywide and stratified by race or ethnicity (Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, and White). …”
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Exploration of linear and interpretable models for quantification of cell parameters via contactless short-wave infrared hyperspectral sensing by Anjana Hevaganinge, Eva Lowenstein, Anna Filatova, Mihir Modak, Nandi Thales Mogo, Bryana Rowley, Jenny Yarmowsky, Joshua Ehizibolo, Ravidu Hevaganinge, Amy Musser, Abbey Kim, Anthony Neri, Jessica Conway, Yiding Yuan, Maurizio Cattaneo, Sui Seng Tee, Yang Tao

“…Further, most practitioners find it difficult to confidently adapt black box chemometric models that are difficult to troubleshoot in high-stakes applications such as biopharmaceutical manufacturing. …”
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Daily feeding frequency impacts muscle characteristics and fat deposition in finishing pigs associated with alterations in microbiota composition and bile acid profile by Luga Hu, Huayu Tang, Zhaoxi Xie, Hongyu Yi, Lunjie Feng, Pan Zhou, Yong Zhang, Jingbo Liu, Xiang Ao, Jianchuan Zhou, Honglin Yan

“…Therefore, this study aimed to explore the effects of feeding frequency on muscle growth, fat deposition, cecal microbiota composition, and bile acid composition in finishing pigs.MethodsSixteen Sichuan-Tibetan black pigs, with an initial weight of 121.50 ± 1.60 kg, were divided into two groups and fed either two meals (M2) or four meals (M4) per day. …”
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The Phenotype of Diploid and Triploid F1 of Female Kohaku and Sanke Koi with Males White and Red Koi by . Alimuddin, K. Sumantadinata, Yani Hadiroseyani

“…ABSTRACT This study was done to discover the effect of addition of chromosome number on phenotype F1 hybrid of females kohaku (white-red) and sanke (white-red-black) koi with males white and red koi. The white and red males koi were the F1 of gynogenesis. …”
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