Lysine requirement of weaned piglets by S. Goethals, P. Bikker, J.H.M. Rijpert, B. Ampe, J.W. Spek, S. Millet

“…Results may suggest that piglet feed formulation should focus on an optimal dietary SID lysine to CP ratio, rather than SID lysine per kg of diet or unit of net energy. However, more research is needed to investigate this suggestion.…”
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Numerical simulation of a helium plasma–material interaction experiment in GyM linear device through SOLPS-ITER and ERO2.0 codes by F. Mombelli, G. Alberti, E. Tonello, C. Tuccari, A. Uccello, C. Baumann, X. Bonnin, J. Romazanov, M. Passoni, the GyM team

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Interrupted-time-series analysis of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on blood culture utilization in Shanghai by Chenyang Jin, Qun Zhang

“…The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a significant change in the slope of the blood culture utilization rate (pre-COVID-19 vs. during-COVID-19: 0.31% per month vs. -0.30% per month, P < 0.001), resulting in a relative cumulative effect of -12.55% at the end of the study (95% confidence interval, -19.08 to -6.03). …”
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Stomach cancer epidemic in Chinese mainland: Current trends and future predictions by Wenxuan Zhu, Wanyue Dong, Yunning Liu, Ruhai Bai, Jinjiao Li

“…The net drift for mortality was –1.6% (95% CI: –1.8%, –1.3%) per year for men and –3.3% (95% CI: –3.5%, –3.1%) for women. …”
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Repeatability of RRate measurements in children during triage in two Ugandan hospitals. by Ahmad Asdo, Alishah Mawji, Isaac Omara, Ivan Aine Aye Ishebukara, Clare Komugisha, Stefanie K Novakowski, Yashodani Pillay, Matthew O Wiens, Samuel Akech, Florence Oyella, Abner Tagoola, Niranjan Kissoon, John Mark Ansermino, Dustin Dunsmuir

“…WHO thresholds are 60 breaths per minute (bpm) for under two months (Age-1), 50 bpm for two to 12 months (Age-2), and 40 bpm for 12.1 to 60 months (Age-3). …”
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Early Economic Evaluation Demonstrates That Noncomputerized Tomography Robotic-Assisted Surgery Is Cost-Effective in Patients Undergoing Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty at High-... by Leo M. Nherera, Sanjay Verma, Paul Trueman, Simon Jennings

“…For a high-volume orthopaedic centre that performs 100 UKA operations per year, non-CT r-UKA was more costly than t-UKA but offered better clinical outcomes, and the estimated cost per QALY was £2,831. …”
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Unlocking faba bean (Vicia faba L.) potential: How cattle manure and fertilizer boost yields in Kaffa Zone, South-Western Ethiopia by Isreal Zewide, Asrat Ademe

“…Conversely, the lowest values (42.8 % and 41.9 %) were observed in control treatments at Alargeta and Boka. cattle manure (CAM) 5 t ha−1 + nitrogen phosphorus sulfur and boron (NPSB) 150 kg ha−1 exhibited superiority in various parameters, such as the number of branches, plant height, grain yield, hundred seed weight, pods per plant, pod length, and seeds per pod at both locations. …”
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Chronological trend of social contact patterns in Japan after the emergence of COVID-19 by Hwichang Jeong, Sehyun Park, June Young Chun, Norio Ohmagari, Yongdai Kim, Shinya Tsuzuki

“…Most recently, the median number of contacts per day during illness was 3 (interquartile range [IQR] 2–7) and then rose to 4.5 (IQR 2–11) after recovery. …”
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An epidemiological assessment of health status among a cohort of tuberculosis survivors: prospective research in a western Indian city by Venu Shah, Viral Dave, Vaidehi Gohil, Hardika Khanpara

“…A prospective observational study was conducted among cured cases of pulmonary TB registered at the TB unit of Ahmedabad City, India. As per the calculated sample size, 180 study participants were recruited by systematic random sampling from a list of cured TB cases from July to September 2021. …”
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Synapsis and recombination of autosomes and sex chromosomes in two terns (Sternidae, Charadriiformes, Aves) by A. P. Lisachov, L. P. Malinovskaya, A. V. Druzyaka, P. M. Borodin, A. A. Torgasheva

“…We found that these species significantly differed by the numbers of the MLH1 foci per cell (Ch. niger: 53.0±4.2; S. hirundo: 44.1±5.0). …”
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Cerebral tissue oxygen desaturations and increased fractional oxygen extraction events vary by gestational age in preterm infants by M. Mohamed, M. Frasketi, H. Hoffman, M. Elgendy, S. Aly, H. Aly

“…The severity of increasing cFTOE events decreased by 69.7 units per wk increase in GA (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Cerebral tissue oxygen desaturation events decrease in frequency and severity with increasing GA. …”
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Effects of water-table depth on seed quality as β-glucan content in waxy and non-waxy naked barley grains by Satoko Yasumoto, Yohei Kawasaki, Hidetoshi Mochizuki, Yuta Shimizu, Satoshi Kawakita

“…The new, waxy-type, naked barley cultivar ‘Fukumifiber’, with high β-glucan content, showed that β-glucan content per grain with same ripeness were decreased by shallower water-table depth, while in the non-waxy cultivar ‘Ichibanboshi’, the effect to β-glucan content per grain was not significant. …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of gumarontinib versus savolitinib for the treatment of advanced or metastatic NSCLC with MET exon 14 skipping mutations in China using partitioned surv... by Gang Fang, Zhipeng Pi, Yiping An, Xinxin Cao, Wei Li, Wei Li, Xiangjun Zhu, Jinxi Ding, Jinxi Ding

“…Sensitivity and scenario analyses were conducted to explore model uncertainty.ResultsGumarontinib gained an additional 0.10 QALYs at an incremental cost of $1,893 compared to savolitinib, resulting in the ICERs of $19,243/QALY, which is below the threshold of 3 times the GDP per capita in China ($35,007 per capita in 2022). …”
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Proximate values and elemental analysis in wheat and soybean using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry by G. Kowmudi, V. Rashmi, K. Anoop, N. Krishnaveni, S. Naveen

“…The current study's goal is to determine the macronutrient, mineral and antioxidant activity of selected wheat and soybean varieties with the potential to be useful in the food industry to develop value-added products that are safe for consumption.METHODS: The proximate and mineral composition, gluten characterization, total phenolic contents, and antioxidant activity of three wheat cultivars  and five soybean cultivars that are indigenous to India were studied.FINDINGS: Wheat varieties were found to be rich in carbohydrates (65.8-68.8 percent) and gluten (27.2-28.6 percent), whereas soybean varieties were found to be the richest source of protein (32.8-33.7 percent), fat (17.1-17.6 percent), fiber (21.7-28.8 percent), polyphenols (2.76-3.59 milligram gallic acid equivalent per gram, and antioxidant activity (97-123 microgram ascorbic acid equivalent per gram). …”
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El refrany popular «Lloat sia Déu!» en la poesia catalana del segle XVI by Helena Rovira Cerdà

“…En aquest treball comentem la relació d’aquest text amb dues contrafactures ja identificades per Josep Romeu i hi afegim un nou testimoni, obra del poeta mataroní Joan Pujol. …”
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Effects of Organic Nutrient Sources and NPS Fertilizer on the Agronomic and Economic Performance of Haricot Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in Southern Ethiopia by Ermias Elka, Fanuel Laekemariam

“…Results on agronomic parameters revealed that the leaf area index, grain weight, number of pods per plant, dry matter per plant, and grain yield of haricot bean were significantly affected by both main and combined effects of NPS and OF fertilizers. …”
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The potential for fuel reduction to reduce wildfire intensity in a warming California by Patrick T Brown, Scott J Strenfel, Richard B Bagley, Craig B Clements

“…We find that in order to offset the effect of climate warming under the SSP2-4.5 emissions scenario, fuel reduction would need to be maintained perpetually on ∼3 million acres (or 600 000 acres per year, 1% of our domain, at a 5 year return frequency) by 2050 and ∼8 million acres (or 1.6 million acres per year, 3% of our domain, at a 5 year return frequency) by 2090. …”
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Performance and quality of eggs of laying hens fed with Moringa Oleifera leaf flour. by Rogério Ventura da Silva Junior, Carlos Bôa-Viagem Rabello, Maria do Carmo Mohaupt Marques Ludke, Cláudia da Costa Lopes, Waleska Rocha Leite de Medeiros Ventura, Elayne de Souza Rocha Soares, Patricia Maria Guedes Paiva, Thiago Henrique Napoleão, Apolonio Gomes Ribeiro, Júlio Cézar Dos Santos Nascimento, Lilian Francisco Arantes de Souza, Helia Sharlane de Holanda Oliveira

“…Water was provided ad libitum, and 120 g of feed per bird per day. The total experimental period lasted 122 days. …”
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Biomechanical Analysis of Truncated Cone Implants for Maxillary Sinus Lift: An In Vitro Study on Polyurethane Laminas by Luca Comuzzi, Tea Romasco, Carlos Fernando Mourão, Giulia Marchioli, Adriano Piattelli, Natalia Di Pietro

“…Polyurethane laminas were divided into two groups based on thickness (1 and 3 mm) and two subgroups based on density (20 and 30 pounds per cubic foot, PCF). Each subgroup tested two implants (Sinus-plant and Sinus Lift Concept: SLC), resulting in 8 experimental conditions and 16 implants per condition. …”
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The Initial Assessment of Daily Insulin Dose in Chinese Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes by Jing Ma, Huan Zhou, Hua Xu, Xie Chen, Xiangyu Teng, Qianjing Liu, Wei Liu

“…The reduction of blood glucose levels in response to per unit of insulin (RBG/RI) was recorded. The target glucose level was achieved in about 3 days. …”
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