[18F]PARPi Imaging Is Not Affected by HPV Status In Vitro by Navjot Guru, Paula Demétrio De Souza França, Giacomo Pirovano, Cien Huang, Snehal G. Patel, Thomas Reiner

“…Effects of external beam ionizing radiation were investigated in vitro, and survival was investigated via colony-formation assay. [18F]PARPi uptake experiments were performed on HPV-negative and HPV-positive cell lines to quantify PARP1 expression. …”
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Effects of spray dried plasma on litter growth performance and oxidative stress and inflammation of sows kept in a hot environment by Hannah M. Bailey, Natalia S. Fanelli, Joy M. Campbell, Hans H. Stein

“…Abstract Background Feeding spray dried plasma (SDP) to weanling pigs improves growth, but there is a lack of research on how SDP impacts oxidative stress and inflammatory response in lactating sows, and performance of their piglets after weaning. Therefore, an experiment was conducted to test the hypothesis that sows fed a diet with SDP in late gestation and lactation have improved reproductive performance and reduced inflammation compared with sows fed no SDP. …”
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Effect of Weed Management Practices on Citrus Growth and Cost of Production at Young Mandarin Orchard in Palpa, Nepal by Deepa Parajuli, Hom Nath Giri, Mamta Adhikari, Bidya Ojha, Astha Pokharel, Anusuya Aaradhana Panthee

“…Henceforth, to assess the efficiency of weed management methods, enhance plant growth, and analyze economic treatment costs, research was conducted in a three-year-old mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco.) orchard at Citrus Development Center, Tansen, Palpa, in 2022. The experiment was designed in a single factorial randomized complete block design with five treatments: plastic mulch, organic mulch, herbicide, hand weeding, and a control. …”
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Digital health competences and AI beliefs as conditions for the practice of evidence-based medicine: a study of prospective physicians in Canada by Gerit Wagner, Mickaël Ringeval, Louis Raymond, Guy Paré

“…Accordingly, we suggest revising medical curricula to focus on providing students with practical experiences with dHealth and AI technologies.…”
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Chromium Removal from Electroplating Wastewater Using Activated Coffee Husk Carbon by Temesgen Aragaw, Seyoum Leta, Ermias Alayu, Andualem Mekonnen

“…The activated coffee husk carbon’s pH, electrical conductivity (EC), ash content, moisture content, bulk density, particle size, pore volume, porosity, volatile organic matter, carbon yield, and carbon:nitrogen ratio were determined following standard methods. In the adsorption experiment, adsorbent dosage, agitation speed, contact time, pH, and initial concentration were optimized. …”
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Improvement of survival and development of Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei larvae by feeding taurine enriched rotifers by Dedi Jusadi, Syarifah Ruchyani, Ing Mokoginta, Julie Ekasari

“… ABSTRACT The objective of the present experiment was to study the most optimum taurine enrichment concentration of rotifers in improving Pacific white shrimp larva Litopenaeus vannamei survival and development. …”
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Taurine Alleviated the Negative Effects of an Oxidized Lipid Diet on Growth Performance, Antioxidant Properties, and Muscle Quality of the Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) by Dan Liu, Jiali Mi, Xiao Yan, Chaobin Qin, Junli Wang, Guoxing Nie

“…In the present study, we conducted a 10-week culture experiment to investigate the effects of taurine on the growth performance, antioxidant properties, and muscle quality of the common carp fed an oxidized lipid diet. …”
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A relational approach to co-create Advance Care Planning with and for people living with dementia: a narrative study by Tharin Phenwan, Judith Sixsmith, Linda McSwiggan, Deans Buchanan

“…This study explored the changing needs of PwD and experiences of social contexts that influence ACP initiation and revision and aimed to identify the optimal time to discuss an ACP with PwD. …”
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Analyzing the Professional Satisfaction and Organisational Identification in Football Referees by Yeşim BAYRAKDAROĞLU, Yavuz ÖNTÜRK, Üstün TÜRKER, Mustafa AYHAN, Mahir KAPLAN, Büşra UYAR ŞAFAK

“…The study emphasizes the necessity for customized interventions to improve referees' work experiences, indicating that enhanced training and support systems may significantly influence their satisfaction and professional identity.…”

Design and Experimental Research on Staggered Straw Cleaning Device for No-Till Seeding in Drip Irrigation Area by Panpan Yuan, Xingliang Zhu, Xuejun Zhang, Jia You, Jinshan Yan, Shilong Qiu

“…The forwarding speed, rotating speed, disc rake angle, and lateral distance of the middle tine discs were used as influencing factors, and the straw cleaning rate and the mass of straw returned in the drip irrigation coverage area were selected as the text indexes to carry out quadratic orthogonal rotation experiments. The quadratic regression model of the three sensitive parameters on the cleaning rate and the mass of straw returned in the drip irrigation coverage area was constructed and optimized. …”
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Mathematics self-belief and mathematical creativity of university students: the role of problem-solving skills by Bright Asare, Yarhands Dissou Arthur, Benjamin Adu Obeng

“…Practical implications: Since mathematics self-belief significantly influences both problem-solving abilities and mathematical creativity, educators should prioritize building students’ confidence in their mathematics abilities by incorporating activities that promote mastery experiences, such as project-based learning, group tasks, and real-life problem scenarios, which can enhance students’ belief in their ability to succeed in mathematics. …”
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Are free school meals failing families? Exploring the relationship between child food insecurity, child mental health and free school meal status during COVID-19: national cross-se... by Maria Bryant, Tiffany C Yang, Madeleine Power, Bridget Lockyer, Rachael H Moss, Wendy Burton, Bob Doherty

“…This study examined levels of food security and FSM status to support decision-making regarding increasing the current eligibility criteria.Design Two cross-sectional national surveys administered in August–September 2020 and January–February 2021 were used to examine the impact of COVID-19 on the food experiences of children and young people.Setting UK.Participants 2166 children (aged 7–17 years) and parents/guardians.Main outcome measures Participant characteristics were described by food security and FSM status; estimated marginal means were calculated to obtain the probability of poor mental health, expressed as children reporting feeling stressed or worried in the past month, by food security status and FSM status.Results We observed food insecurity among both children who did and did not receive of FSM: 23% of children not receiving FSM were food insecure. …”
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Effects of dietary Bacillus NP5 and sweet potato extract on growth and digestive enzyme activity of dumbo catfish Clarias sp. by Achmad Noerkhaerin Putra, Yayu Romdhonah

“…Four treatments with 3 replications were used in the experiment, i.e; control, probiotic (1% Bacillus NP5 in feed), prebiotic (2% sweet potato extract in feed), and synbiotic (1% probiotic and 2% prebiotic in feed). …”
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Time-Varying Total Stiffness Matrix of a Rigid Machine Spindle-Angular Contact Ball Bearings Assembly: Theory and Analytical/Experimental Verifications by Fawzi M.A. El-Saeidy

“…The proposed analyses on deriving the bearing stiffness matrix are verified against existing bearing analyses of SKF researchers that, in turn, were verified using both SKF softwares/experiments and we obtained typical agreements. The presented total stiffness matrix is applied to a typical grinding machine spindle studied experimentally by other researchers and excellent agreements are obtained between our analytical eigenvalues and the experimental ones. …”
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Considerations in assessing blood glucose in mice: coping with interferences of intraperitoneal injection, noise, fasting, housing and blood sampling by Si-Li Zheng, Xue-Lian Wang, Pin Wang, Jin Chen, Chao-Yu Miao

“…This study is to discuss conditions in assessing blood glucose in C57BL/6J mice, providing references to help increase the success of blood glucose testing in mouse experiments. Methods Animals were fed common chow or high-fat diet, without fasting or with a fasting duration of 6 h in the daytime or overnight before the test. …”
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The Effects of Polystyrene Microplastics and Copper Ion Co-Contamination on the Growth of Rice Seedlings by Huiyu Jin, Guohe Lin, Mingzi Ma, Lin Wang, Lixiang Liu

“….), a key staple crop. Hydroponic experiments were conducted under four treatment conditions: control (CK), PS-MPs (50 mg·L⁻¹), Cu (20 mg·L⁻¹ Cu²⁺), and a combined PS-MPs + Cu treatment. …”
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Identifying MTHFD1 and LGALS4 as Potential Therapeutic Targets in Prostate Cancer Through Multi-Omics Mendelian Randomization Analysis by Huan Han, Hanwen Su, Zhihua Lv, Chengliang Zhu, Jingtao Huang

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> Our study identified MTHFD1 and LGALS4 as potential preventive targets for PRAD. However, future experiments are warranted to assess the utility and effectiveness of these candidate proteins.…”
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Reliability and Validity of a Chinese Version of Adaptive Cognitive Evaluation Tool in College Students by Yu Z, Wang Y, Li Y, Feng W

“…Ze Yu,1,2,&ast; Youyang Wang,1,2,&ast; Yiyun Li,3 Wei Feng1,2 1Department of Psychological Medicine, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, 200032, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, People’s Republic of China; 3Stomatological Hospital and Dental School of Tongji University, Shanghai, 200072, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Wei Feng, Department of Psychological Medicine, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, 200032, People’s Republic of China, Email ffww06@163.comBackground: Cognition is central to acquiring knowledge and learning new experiences, critical for social behavior and quality of life. …”
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Influence of Dietary Chromium and Vitamin E Supplementation on Performance, Metabolism, and Physiology of Broilers Subjected to Cyclic Heat Stress by ML X Júnior, RD Bernardes, CH Oliveira, KMM Dias, BF Almeida, SO Borges, FS Dalólio, KM Gomes, CJ Rodrigues, AA Calderano

“…ABSTRACT This experiment evaluated the influence of chromium (Cr) and vitamin E (VitE) supplementation on the performance, glucose levels, thyroid hormone levels, immune and oxidative response, and 70 kilodalton heat shock protein (HSP70) mRNA expression of broilers under heat stress (HS). …”
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Investigation into the Pore Structure and Multifractal Characteristics of Shale Reservoirs through N2 Adsorption: An Application in the Triassic Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin, Ch... by Zhikai Liang, Zhenxue Jiang, Zhuo Li, Fenglin Gao, Xiaoqing Liu

“…In this study, there are multiple shale examples collected from the Chang 7 section in the Ordos Basin for the investigation was conducted on the basis of various experiments on total organic carbon (TOC), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and nitrogen gas adsorption, through scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and multifractal method. …”
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