Effects of brown alga, Stoechospermum marginatum extract on growth performance, body chemical compositions and some serum biochemical parameters in grey mullet, Mugil cephalus (Lin... by Nazanin Kiani, Paria Akbary

“…Materials and methods: The experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design with 120  grey mullet (with average weight of 9.56 ± 1.02 g) in 4 treatments and 3 replicates (n = 10 in each replicate) including: control group (T1) without using algae extract, 5 (T2), 10 (T3) and 15 g (T4)  brown algae per kg of diet. In order to measure the growth performance, at the end of the experiment, weight and length of fish were recorded. …”
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Association of lipid accumulation product index with self-reported diabetes among residents aged 18 – 44 years in Hebei province, 2020: a surveillance data analysis by Qi QI, Lijuan TANG, Yuhuan LIU, Jinchai GAO, Xiuli NIU, Qianyu LI, Shifan WANG, Xiaoli LIU, Ze CUI

“…After adjusting for age, ethnicity, education level, marital status, employment, annual household income per capita, place of residence, smoking, alcohol consumption, and physical activity, unconditional multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that, compared with those with LAP index in the lowest quartile, male residents with LAP index in the second, third, and highest quartiles had an increased risk of self-reported diabetes, with odds ratios (95% confidence interval) of 7.78 (2.33, 26.01), 12.74 (3.90, 41.63), and 34.38 (10.75, 109.93), respectively, while female residents with LAP index in the highest quartile had an increased risk of self-reported diabetes (odds ratio = 11.32, 95% confidence interval: 4.76, 26.96) compared with those with LAP index in the lowest quartile. …”
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Description of the Serological Response After Treatment of Chronic Imported Schistosomiasis by Marta González-Sanz, Irene Martín-Rubio, Oihane Martín, Alfonso Muriel, Sagrario de la Fuente-Hernanz, Clara Crespillo-Andújar, Sandra Chamorro-Tojeiro, Begoña Monge-Maíllo, Francesca F. Norman, José A. Pérez-Molina

“…Following treatment with praziquantel, serology values significantly decreased: −0.04 (IC95% −0.073, −0.0021) and −5.73 (IC95% −9.92, −1.53) units per month for ELISA and IHA, respectively. A quarter of patients (25%) had negative ELISA results 63 weeks after treatment. …”
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Genetic parameters and genome-wide association studies including the X chromosome for various reproduction and semen quality traits in Nellore cattle by Felipe E. de Carvalho, José Bento S. Ferraz, Victor B. Pedrosa, Elisangela C. Matos, Joanir P. Eler, Marcio R. Silva, José D. Guimarães, Fernando Bussiman, Barbara C. A. Silva, Henrique A. Mulim, Artur Oliveira Rocha, Andre C. Araujo, Hui Wen, Gabriel S. Campos, Luiz F. Brito

“…The total number of significant genomic markers per trait ranged from 7 (seminal vesicle width) to 43 (total major defects). …”
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Assessment of maternal healthcare services among the women of reproductive age in the rural municipality of Nepal: a cross-sectional study by Mukesh Adhikari, Manish Rajbanshi, Anita Karki, Richa Aryal, Bishnu Prasad Choulagai

“…Background Maternal Mortality Ratio is one of the crucial indicators of the Sustainable Development Goal-3, which is to be achieved below 70 per 100 000 live births by 2030. It is essential to assess the current status of antenatal care (ANC), uptake of skilled birth attendants (SBAs), and postnatal care (PNC) to improve the health of a mother and child in developing countries like Nepal. …”
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Association between forced expiratory volume in 1 s and relapse-free survival in operable non-small cell lung cancer: a prospective cohort study with propensity score overlap weigh... by Jing Cheng, Yang Du, Karl Sylvester, Shaoping Wu, Suixin Liu, Yaoshan Dun, Baiyang You, Siqian Fu, Ning Xu, Jeffrey William Ripley-Gonzalez, Ni Cui

“…Results revealed 110 and 71 relapses and deaths per 1000 person-years for patients with FEV1 values of <82%pred and ≥82%pred, respectively. …”
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Application-based remote interstage home monitoring for infants with shunt- or duct-dependent pulmonary perfusion by Lisa-Maria Rosenthal, Lisa-Maria Rosenthal, Lisa-Maria Rosenthal, Friederike Danne, Sophie de Belsunce, Lisa Spath, Chiara-Aiyleen Badur, Joachim Photiadis, Felix Berger, Felix Berger, Katharina Schmitt, Katharina Schmitt, Katharina Schmitt

“…A median of 353 (IQR 351–743) data entries were sent per patient during IHM of which 0.8% (IQR 0.3–1.9) were pathological. …”
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Energetic and genomic potential for hydrogenotrophic, formatotrophic, and acetoclastic methanogenesis in surface-expressed serpentinized fluids of the Samail Ophiolite by Alta E. G. Howells, Alta E. G. Howells, Lilja M. Quinn, Lilja M. Quinn, Miguel G. Silva, Miguel G. Silva, Kylie Akiyama, Kylie Akiyama, Lucas M. Fifer, Lucas M. Fifer, Grayson Boyer, Srishti Kashyap, Kirt Robinson, Kirt Robinson, Jared Broddrick, Everett L. Shock, Tori M. Hoehler

“…In this study we quantified the impact of inorganic carbon, formate and acetate availability for methanogenic metabolisms, across a range of fluid chemistries, in terms of (1) the potential diffusive flux of substrates to the cell, (2) the Affinity (Gibbs energy change) associated with methanogenic metabolism, and (3) the energy “inventory” per kg fluid. In parallel, we assessed the genomic potential for the conduct of those three methanogenic modes across the same set of fluids and consider the results within the quantitative framework of energy availability. …”
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Early Prediction of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Rupture Risk Using Numerical Biomechanical Analysis by Kristina Grassl, Thomas C. Gasser, Florian K. Enzmann, Alexandra Gratl, Josef Klocker, David Wippel, David C. Walcher, Elke R. Gizewski, Sabine H. Wipper

“…The rAAA group showed over-proportional averages, over the observation time, and an increase in PWS (nearly 10× faster in rAAA) and luminal diameter (nearly 4× faster in rAAA) per month. <b>Conclusions</b>: The finite element analysis of biomechanical properties could be used for the early prediction of an increased rupture risk in AAA patients. …”
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Evaluation of the Sterile Insect Technique for the Control of the Melon Fly (<i>Bactrocera cucurbitae</i>) Under Laboratory and Semi-Field Conditions in Sri Lanka by Muditha Nawarathne, Lahiru Udayanga, Hasini Ekanayake, Bader Alhafi Alotaib, Ananda Pathirage, Nayana Siriwardena, Athula Jayarathne, Hassan Ammouneh, Mohamed M. M. Najim, Abou Traore, Tharaka Ranathunge

“…A <i>B. cucurbitae</i> colony was established and maintained under standard laboratory conditions. Male pupae (100 pupae per treatment) were exposed to different radiation doses, namely 0 (control), 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, and 110 Gy. …”
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Microtubule inhibition as a proposed mechanism for the anthelmintic effect of phytochemicals isolated from Cicerbita alpina by Mark James Horgan, Ines Sigg, Ioanna Poulopoulou, Francisco J. Rodriguez-Mejias, Eva Albertini, Pietro Fusani, Florian Fischer, Eftychia Martinidou, Daniela Schuster, Stefan Martens, Pidder Jansen Dürr, Matthias Gauly, Hermann Stuppner, Alexander Weiss, Veronika Temml, Bianka Siewert

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Rapid depletion of “catch-and-release” anti-ASGR1 antibody in vivo by Siva Charan Devanaboyina, Peng Li, Edward L. LaGory, Carrie Poon-Andersen, Kevin D. Cook, Marcus Soto, Zhe Wang, Khue Dang, Craig Uyeda, Ryan B. Case, Veena A. Thomas, Ronya Primack, Manuel Ponce, Mei Di, Brian Ouyang, Joelle Kaner, Sheung Kwan Lam, Mina Mostafavi

“…With a high expression level of approximately one million receptors per cell, high turnover, and rapid recycling, targeting this receptor with a conventional antibody is a challenge. …”
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Weight loss for overweight and obese patients with prostate cancer: a study protocol of a randomised trial comparing clinic-based versus Telehealth delivered EXercise and nutrition... by Robert U Newton, Daniel A Galvão, Dennis R Taaffe, Suzanne K Chambers, David Joseph, Amanda Devine, Colin I Tang, Nigel Spry, Emily Jeffery, Dickon Hayne, Pedro Lopez, P Lyons-Wall, Christine Kudiarasu

“…Data will be analysed using intention-to-treat and per protocol approaches.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval has been obtained from the Edith Cowan University Human Research Ethics Committee (ID: 2021–02157-GALVAO). …”
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Unsupervised Visual-to-Geometric Feature Reconstruction for Vision-Based Industrial Anomaly Detection by Dinh-Cuong Hoang, Phan Xuan Tan, Anh-Nhat Nguyen, Duc-Thanh Tran, Van-Hiep Duong, Anh-Truong Mai, Duc-Long Pham, Khanh-Toan Phan, Minh-Quang Do, Ta Huu Anh Duong, Tuan-Minh Huynh, Son-Anh Bui, Duc-Manh Nguyen, Viet-Anh Trinh, Khanh-Duong Tran, Thu-Uyen Nguyen

“…Additionally, it provides fast inference at 8.2 frames per second with a memory footprint of only 1045 MB, making it highly efficient for industrial applications.…”
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Automated Video Assistant Referee in Lead Climbing by Eliane Künzler, David Roder, Urs Stöcker, Peter Wolf

“…As a first step, two pose estimators were evaluated regarding processing speed in frames per second (FPS) and percentage of frames in which a pose was detected: BlazePose from Google which has already been used for climbing research (Kim et al., 2023) and Real-Time Multi-Person Pose Estimation (RTMO) (Lu et al., 2024). …”
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Ambulance attendances involving personality disorder – investigation of crisis-driven re-attendances for mental health, alcohol and other drug, and suicide-related events by JH Broadbear, RP Ogeil, M McGrath, DS Scott, Z Nehme, F Moayeri, D Lubman, S Rao

“…Conclusions: Two-thirds of service users noted to have personality disorder required ambulance services three or more times per year, highlighting the need for evidence-based alternatives to reduce the incidence of mental health crises and reliance on emergency services. …”
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Age-related features of some plasminogen activation system components content and activity in the blood of benign and malignant uterine body tumors by I. V. Kaplieva, G. V. Zhukova, V. R. Zakharchenko, E. M. Frantsiyants, E. V. Verenikina, Yu. A. Pogorelova, P. S. Kachesova, Yu. Yu. Kozel, N. A. Maximova, M. G. Ilchenko, E. I. Agarkova, A. S. Egorova

“…There was an increase in the calculated t-PA index (activity per unit mass) by 1.4–2.8 times (p &lt; 0.05) in the most patients. …”
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Effect of antioxidant capsule supplementation on oxidative stress markers in hypertensive patients by Novaes-Gaeta Ludmila N., Moraes Mariele C., Katayama Keyla Y., Sangaletti Carine T., Irigoyen Maria Claudia, Freitas Sarah, Viana Ariane, de Angelis Katia, Caldini Elia G., Lopes Heno F.

“…Study participants received placebo capsules for 4 weeks, then fruit extract capsules (blueberry, cranberry and pomegranate), one capsule of each per day for 4 weeks. Blood pressure was measured at baseline, after the use of placebo and antioxidant capsules. …”
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Food-related behaviors of rural (Asaase Kooko) and peri-urban (Kaadjanor) households in Ghana by Prince Kwabena Osei, Megan A. McCrory, Matilda Steiner-Asiedu, Edward Sazonov, Mingui Sun, Wenyan Jia, Tom Baranowski, Gary Frost, Benny Lo, Alex Kojo Anderson

“…The most prevalent occupation in rural households was farming, while in per-urban households, blue-collar jobs (e.g., beauticians, sales personnel, and commercial drivers) were the main occupations. …”
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Intravascular Imaging-Guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease on Maintenance Dialysis by Chia-Pin Lin, MD, Fu-Chih Hsiao, MD, Ying-Chang Tung, MD, Tzyy-Jer Hsu, MD, Shing-Hsien Chou, MD, Yu-Sheng Lin, MD, Shao-Wei Chen, MD, PhD, Pao-Hsien Chu, MD

“…After matching, the incidence of the primary outcome was comparable between the OCT and IVUS groups (42.1 [95% CI: 36.2-48.0] vs 47.6 [95% CI: 43.0-52.2] events per 100 person-years; HR: 0.88; 95% CI: 0.74-1.06). …”
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