Assessing the relative contribution of climate change and human activity factors to spatiotemporal distributions of sand fixation service in the Loess Plateau by Kaixuan Fan, Ying Liu, Xuyang Zhang, Xiaoyang Chen, Yong Li, Yuzhi Zhou, Wenjing Shen, Huiling Tao, Chuangang Gong, Shaogang Lei

“…After grazing intensity reaches a threshold (around 13.51%–35.84%), SR declines rapidly with further increases in grazing intensity. Various major ecological projects have also significantly promoted the increase in wind erosion control. …”
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Effects of Tributyrin Supplementation on Growth Performance, Intestinal Digestive Enzyme Activity, Antioxidant Capacity, and Inflammation-Related Gene Expression of Large Yellow Cr... by Xiuneng Wang, Min Wan, Zhen Wang, Haitao Zhang, Si Zhu, Xiufei Cao, Ning Xu, Jichang Zheng, Xianyong Bu, Wei Xu, Kangsen Mai, Qinghui Ai

“…In the negative control diet, 40% fish meal was used as the major source of protein (named as FM), while 45% fish meal protein of FM was substituted with CAP (named as FC) to form a positive control diet. …”
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Global prevalence of Eimeria species in goats: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Endris A. Ali, Abdul Ghafar, Juan C. Angeles-Hernandez, Muhammad Yaseen, Muhammad Yaseen, Charles G. Gauci, Ian Beveridge, Sandra Baxendell, Abdul Jabbar

“…This study aimed to determine the global prevalence of Eimeria spp. in goats and to identify the possible predictors of heterogeneity among selected studies.MethodsData were retrieved from five databases of major global importance (PubMed, Web of Science, CAB Direct, Scopus, and Google Scholar), with 255 studies published between 1963 and 2022 being included. …”
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Correlation between aboveground vegetation composition and soil seed bank of Raudhat desert habitat: a case study of Raudhat Alkhafs, Saudi Arabia by Asma A. Al-Huqail, Hanan F. Al-Harbi, Abdullah M. Alowaifeer, Mohamed A. El-Sheikh, Abdulaziz M. Assaeed, Turki S. Alsaleem, Hazem S. Kassem, Omar M. Azab, Basharat A. Dar, Jahangir A. Malik, Ahmed M. Abd-ElGawad

“…Therophytes are distinguished as major (45.8%) because of their ability to tolerate arid environments, high reproduction rate, ecological flexibility, and genetic plasticity. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Pediculus Capitis Prevention and Control and Their Predictors among Schoolchildren in Woreta Town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018: A School-Based Cro... by Henok Dagne, Awel Aba Biya, Amanuel Tirfie, Walelegn Worku Yallew, Zewudu Andualem, Baye Dagnew

“…Pediculus capitis is a human head lice infestation, a major public health issue that is most prevalent in resource-limited countries globally. …”
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Changes in muscle performance among older adults with myeloid malignancies engaging in a mobile health (mHealth) exercise intervention: a single arm pilot study by Marielle Jensen-Battaglia, Po-Ju Lin, Chandrika Sanapala, Erin E. Watson, Jason H. Mendler, Jane Liesveld, Ying Wang, Elisabeth Hayward, Marissa LoCastro, Soroush Mortaz, Richard F. Dunne, Karen Mustian, Kah Poh Loh

“…Muscle activation increased for left rectus femoris [0.04 (0.04), p = 0.074], right and left biceps brachii [0.03 (0.04), p = 0.012; 0.03 (0.05), p = 0.098, respectively], and left pectoralis major [0.02 (0.03), p = 0.064]. Several measures of peak torque/total work and all measures of muscle activation showed ES ≥ 0.20 for improvement. …”
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Évaluation de la prescription et de l’utilisation des benzodiazépines dans la ville de Sidi Bel-Abbès by Derouicha Matmour, Mounia Medjeber, Yassine Merad

“… Abstract Introduction-A high consumption of benzodiazepines (BZDs) has been noticed sometimes outside the rules of prescription recommendations, which makes their consumption a major public health problem. The present study aimed to evaluate the prescription and use of BZDs in Sidi Bel-Abbès city. …”
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Whole-genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of Salmonella isolated from pullets through final raw product in the processing plant of a conventional broiler complex: a longitu... by Yagya Adhikari, Matthew A. Bailey, Steven Kitchens, Pankaj Gaonkar, Luis R. Munoz, Stuart B. Price, Dianna V. Bourassa, Laura Huber, Richard J. Buhr, Kenneth S. Macklin

“…A multifaceted comprehensive control strategy focusing on both facilities and production farms might be essential for improved control strategies.IMPORTANCESalmonella continues to be the leading human bacterial foodborne pathogen, a serious food safety concern. The major challenges are to reduce the risk of introduction or spread of such bacteria in flocks, to minimize the persistence of such bacteria within the broiler complex, and to achieve USDA FSIS final product standards at the processing plants. …”
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The Effects of Artificial vs. Natural Rearing on Growth Performance, Thyroid Hormone Levels, Locomotor Activity, Carcass Traits and Meat Quality Characteristics in Chios Lambs by Panagiotis Simitzis, Georgia Alexopoulou, Eftychis Karampekos, Konstantina Linardopoulou, Anargyros Rigakis, Niki Stamelou, Michael Goliomytis, Iosif Bizelis, Ioannis Bossis

“…However, AR is often associated with negative impacts on the performance and physiology of lambs. Greece is one of the major producers of ovine milk; nevertheless, data concerning the effects of artificial rearing in lambs of Greek autochthonous breeds are not available. …”
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Immune responses in children with secondary infection of mycoplasma pneumoniae after COVID-19: focus on eosinophils and IgE by Pingping Wang, Jin Yao, Yaqiong Li, Zhanjun Zhang, Ruiling Zhang, Shouting Lu, Meixia Sun, Xiaorong Huang

“…Abstract Background The COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic has posed a major challenge to global public health, especially in children. …”
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Patterns and wavelet coherence analysis of tidal dynamics and chlorophyll a concentration by M.N. Hidayat, R. Wafdan, M. Ramli, Z.A. Muchlisin, S. Rizal

“…This finding highlights the major role of tidal forces and variations in the chlorophyll a concentrations in the Bay of Bengal. …”
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Mapping the Λ_sCDM Scenario to <i>f</i>(<i>T</i>) Modified Gravity: Effects on Structure Growth Rate by Mateus S. Souza, Ana M. Barcelos, Rafael C. Nunes, Özgür Akarsu, Suresh Kumar

“…The concept of a rapidly sign-switching cosmological constant, interpreted as a mirror AdS-dS transition in the late universe and known as the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">Λ</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">s</mi></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>CDM, has significantly improved the fit to observational data, offering a promising framework for alleviating major cosmological tensions such as the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>H</mi><mn>0</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>S</mi><mn>8</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> tensions. …”
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A retrospective study of pembrolizumab combined with XELOX regimen in the treatment of advanced gastric cancer by FENG Huizhi, LIU Jingmei, BU Xiaoqian

“…Exclusion criteria: patients with concurrent major organ dysfunction; hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism; blood or coagulation disorders; autoimmune diseases; lactating or pregnant women; individuals with mental illnesses or a history of mental illness; those with concurrent other malignancies; those with severe liver or kidney dysfunction; patients with incomplete clinical data. …”
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Review and Prospect of Research on Urban Walking Safety and Environmental Influencing Factors Thereof by Lin LI, Yu YE, Yong CHEN

“…Secondly, from the perspective of research evolution, the research has the following findings. 1) The analysis results of highly cited literature concerns show that walking safety and walkers’ safety perception dominate the development direction of relevant research. 2) Based on WoS database, the analysis of theme words shows that taking accident analysis as the core, taking pedestrian characteristics as the perspective and taking new technology as the guidance are the three major topics in the field of walking safety research. …”
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CD32B1, a versatile non-signaling antibody-binding scaffold for enhanced T cell adhesion to tumor stromal cognate antigens by Sara W. Feigelson, Tali Dadosh, Nehora Levi, Anita Sapoznikov, Hadas Weinstein-Marom, Hadas Weinstein-Marom, Dayana Blokon-Kogan, Dayana Blokon-Kogan, Yahel Avraham, Tamar Unger, Gideon Gross, Gideon Gross, Rony Dahan, Ronen Alon

“…Targeting cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs), as chimeric antigen T cells (CAR-T), T cell receptor-engineered (TCR)-T cells or adoptive cell transfer of tumor infiltrating T cells (TILs) to solid tumors is a major therapeutic challenge. We describe a new strategy to confer these lymphocytes with de novo adhesiveness to surface proteins enriched in the tumor microenvironment. …”
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Neobacillus driksii sp. nov. isolated from a Mars 2020 spacecraft assembly facility and genomic potential for lasso peptide production in Neobacillus by Asif Hameed, Francesca McDonagh, Pratyay Sengupta, Georgios Miliotis, Shobhan Karthick Muthamilselvi Sivabalan, Lukasz Szydlowski, Anna Simpson, Nitin Kumar Singh, Punchappady Devasya Rekha, Karthik Raman, Kasthuri Venkateswaran

“…N. driksii grew at 4°C to 45°C, pH range of 6.0 to 9.5, and 0.5% to 5% NaCl. The major cellular fatty acids are iso-C15:0 and anteiso-C15:0. …”
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[Translated article] Medial tab-type fasciocutaneous flap as an alternative for the management of soft tissue defects of the leg by X. Ríos Garrido, A. De la Rosa, L. Arzuza Ortega, G. Vargas Lievano, J. Molina Gándara, D.A. Tellez Gamarra, C. Medina Monje

“…Conclusion: The findings suggest that the medial tab flap technique is as effective as the conventional flap technique, with complete flap survival and healing, and without any major complications in this studied group. Resumen: Antecedentes: La selección adecuada para la reconstrucción de tejidos blandos en la pierna es un reto terapéutico. …”
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Demographic and clinical impact on preoperative BREAST-Q ePROM completion and baseline outcomes in women undergoing breast cancer surgery: a quantitative descriptive study at a Dan... by Karin Piil, Volker Jürgen Schmidt, Stine Thestrup Hansen, Lone Bak Hansen, Anna Mejldal, Julie Hougaard Prüsse, Lotte Gebhard Ørsted

“…Younger, more educated, married patients with lower BMI who lived near major cities were more likely to report better pretreatment outcomes.…”
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The use of immunostimulant from phycocyanin of Spirulina platensis to control motile aeromonad septicaemia (MAS) disease in common carp Cyprinus carpio by Muthahharah Muchtar, Sukenda Sukenda, Sri Nuryati, Dendi Hidayatullah

“…Kata kunci: fikosianin, Spirulina platensis, Aeromonas hydrophila, Cyprinus carpio     ABSTRACT   Motile aeromonad septicaemia (MAS) is a major disease in common carp Cyprinus carpio caused by Aeromonas hydrophila. …”
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Effectiveness of a Web-Based Self-Guided Intervention (MINDxYOU) for Reducing Stress and Promoting Mental Health Among Health Professionals: Results From a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Ra... by Yolanda López-del-Hoyo, Selene Fernández-Martínez, Adrian Perez-Aranda, Alicia Monreal-Bartolomé, Alberto Barceló-Soler, Loreto Camarero-Grados, Carilene Armas-Landaeta, José Guzmán-Parra, Vera Carbonell, Daniel Campos, Xinyuan Chen, Javier García-Campayo

“… BackgroundThe high levels of sustained stress that health professionals often experience are a significant risk factor for developing mental health problems, such as anxiety, depression, and somatic symptoms, that not only affect their well-being but also have major social and organizational consequences. Different interventions, including those based on third-wave psychotherapy principles (ie, mindfulness, compassion, and acceptance), have proven to be effective in reducing stress in this population. …”
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