Evaluating the therapeutic effect of different forms of silymarin on liver status and expression of some genes involved in fat metabolism, antioxidants and anti‐inflammatory in old... by Samira Faryadi, Ardashir Sheikhahmadi, Ayoub Farhadi, Himan Nourbakhsh

“…Abstract Background Silymarin, the predominant compound of milk thistle, is an extract took out from milk thistle (Silybum marianum) seeds, containing a mixture of flavonolignans with strong antioxidant capability. Methods The experiment was conducted using 70 Lohmann LSL‐Lite hens at 80 weeks of age with 7 treatments each with 10 replicates. …”
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A Novel Stacked Model for Classification of Vocal Cord Paralysis Over Imbalanced Vocal Data by K. Jayashree Hegde, K. Manjula Shenoy, K. Devaraja

“…The results from the experiments express that the proposed stacked model achieved an excellent accuracy of 94.11% for the vowel /a/ at normal and low-high-low pitch conditions using an imbalanced dataset. …”
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Replacement of Dietary Fishmeal Protein with Degossypolized Cottonseed Protein on Growth Performance, Nonspecific Immune Response, Antioxidant Capacity, and Target of Rapamycin Pat... by Sheng Chen, Yuhang Tang, Zhou Zhang, Jichang Zheng, Yuliang He, Zhen Wang, Kangsen Mai, Qinghui Ai

“…A 70-day feeding experiment was carried out to assess the replacement of dietary fishmeal (FM) protein with degossypolized cottonseed protein (DCP) on large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea) with initial body weight (13.09±0.50 g). …”
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Diverse biological roles of PhoP/PhoQ in Pseudomonas plecoglossicida: Impact on stress responses and virulence by Meiqin Mao, Li He, Xiangyang Lin, Jianshao Wu, Pan Wang, Chuanzhong Zhu, Qingpi Yan

“…In artificial infection experiments, the ΔphoQ strain showed significantly reduced virulence when infecting hybrid grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus♀ × E. lanceolatus♂), with an LD50 value of 3.931 × 104 cfu/mL. …”
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Excerpts from The Freedom Fight: A Novel of Resistance and Freedom. by Pamela J. Olubunmi Smith

“…Told mostly from the protagonist’s point of view, with the help of his two prominent compatriots, childhood friend Àyọwí and Ibiwumi, the town’s ̀ Baálẹ’s own daughter, ̀ Ọmọ Olókùn-Ẹṣin chronicles not only the experiences and struggles of these three idealists, but also the inevitable uncertainties and risks of mobilizing the oppressed rank and file in a rule-of-fear system, sanctioned by traditional authority, the many trials and tribulations suffered at the hands of the wily oppressors, and the risks and frustrations of advancing the movement. …”
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Determination of genetic diversity in persimmon accessions using morphological and inter simple sequence repeat markers by Yazgan Tunç, Canan Aydınlıoğlu, Kadir Uğurtan Yılmaz, Ali Khadivi, Daya Shankar Mishra, El Hassan Sakar, Tomáš Vyhnánek

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DRCO: Dense-Label Refinement and Cross Optimization for Semi-Supervised Object Detection by Yunlong Qin, Yanjun Li, Feifan Ji, Yan Liu, Yu Wang, Ji Xiang

“…Based on MS COCO and PASCAL VOC benchmarks, further comprehensive experiments demonstrate that our method alleviates the aforementioned shortcomings and achieves competitive performance.…”
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The Use of Granular Cyclopentanone as Alternative to Artificial Source of Carbon Dioxide in Improved Passive Outdoor Host Seeking Device (POHD) by Stella T. Kessy, Bruno A. Nyundo, Ladslaus L. Mnyone, Issa N. Lyimo

“…We evaluated the use of granular cyclopentanone as an alternative to artificial or yeast fermentation-produced CO2 in passive outdoor host seeking device (POHD). Experiments were conducted against semifield reared An. arabiensis within the semifield system (SFS) at Ifakara Health Institute. …”
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Schiller’s Response to Voltaire in 'Die Jungfrau von Orleans': Enlightened or Romantic? by Ritchie Robertson

“…Her use of Catholic imagery also makes her suspect, in view of Schiller’s consistent opposition to Catholicism. Her subsequent experiences embody a psychological development, rendered plausible by Schiller’s medical knowledge, which cures her fanaticism, restores her personal autonomy and replaces her egoism with humility. …”
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Virulence diversity of the yellow rust pathogen population in Dagestan by E. I. Gultyaeva, E. L. Shaydayuk, R. E. Smirnova, K. M. Abdullaev, K. U. Kurkiev

“…Leaves with urediniopustules were collected from bread wheat accessions at Dagestan Experiment Station of VIR (DЕS VIR) in 2020–2022. Virulence was analyzed in the laboratory using 14 AvYr lines (Avocet NIL) and 15 differential wheat cultivars. …”
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Influence of Vermicompost and Biofertilizers on Yield and Economic Feasibility of Dragon Fruit by Ravi Pratap, V. K. Tripathi, A. K. Trivedi

“… An experiment was carried out in the Garden, Department of Fruit Science, C. …”
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Current status and development trends of deep coalbed methane research in China by Wei JU, Shu TAO, Zhaobiao YANG, Jiayao CHENG, Haiyan SHANG, Weike NING, Chunlong WU

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Auditory attention decoding based on neural-network for binaural beamforming applications by Roy Gueta, Elana Zion-Golumbic, Jacob Goldberger, Sharon Gannot

“…It is evaluated using both same-trial and cross-trial experiments. The second architecture employs an attention mechanism between the speech signal represented in the short time Fourier transform (STFT) domain and a multi-band filtered EEG signal. …”
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Growth Propagation of Liquid Spawn on Non-Woven Hemp Mats to Inform Digital Biofabrication of Mycelium-Based Composites by Andreas Biront, Mart Sillen, Patrick Van Dijck, Jan Wurm

“…By integrating mycelium growth kinetics into digital biofabricated materials, researchers can develop more sustainable, efficient, and specialized solutions using fewer resources, enhancing the adaptability and functionality of MBCs. The experiment involved pre-cultivating <i>P. ostreatus</i> and <i>G. lucidum</i> in yeast peptone dextrose (YPD) and complete yeast media (CYM) under static (ST) and shaking (SH) conditions. …”
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Experimental Investigation on Hydraulic Properties of Granular Sandstone and Mudstone Mixtures by Dan Ma, Xin Cai, Zilong Zhou, Xibing Li

“…A self-designed granular rock seepage experimental equipment has been applied to conduct the experiments. The variation of particle size distribution was induced by loading and water seepage during the test, which indicated that the particle crushing and erosion properties of mudstone were higher than those of sandstone. …”
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Agrobiological characteristics of hulless barley cultivars developed at Omsk agrarian Scientific Center by P. N. Nikolaev, O. A. Yusova, N. I. Aniskov, I. V. Safonova

“…Agricultural practice used in the experiments was conventional for West Siberia. Parameters of stability and plasticity were calculated according to Eberhart and Russell, Wricke; adaptability, according to Zhivotkov; homeostasis, according to Khangildin; stress tolerance and compensatory ability, according to Rossielle and Hemblin.Results. …”
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Elevated POSTN expression predicts poor prognosis and is associated with radioresistance in cervical cancer patients treated with radical radiotherapy by Cui-qin Huang, Wen-tao Xiao, Xiang-rong Yao, Zhi-min Li, Jun-yan He

“…Subsequently, in vitro experiments confirmed that POSTN knockdown significantly inhibited HeLa cell proliferation, invasion, and enhanced radiosensitivity, while promoting apoptosis. …”
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Human development II: We Need an Integrated Theory for Matter, Life and Consciousness to Understand Life and Healing by Sören Ventegodt, Tyge Dahl Hermansen, Maj Lyck Nielsen, Birgitte Clausen, Joav Merrick

“…For almost a decade, we have experimented with supporting the philosophical development of severely ill patients to induce recovery and spontaneous healing. …”
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Effects of peroxidized soybean oil on growth and energy digestibility in broilers by Brian J. Kerr, Victoria C. Wilson, Patrick C. von Schamburg, Carl M. Parsons

“…Peroxidized lipids have been shown to reduce broiler performance whereupon it was theorized that dietary peroxide value (PV) plus anisidine value (AnV) may be predictive of broiler performance. In experiment (EXP) 1, 64 pens (8 broilers/pen) were fed diets containing 8 levels of peroxidized soybean oil (SO). …”
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Enhancing Secure Medical Data Communication Through Integration of LSB and DCT for Robust Analysis in Image Steganography by Ramyashree, P. S. Venugopala, S. Raghavendra, Vijay S. Kubihal

“…After conducting an experiment, the DCT technique is the most suitable approach for secure communication of medical data with capacity of 2.03 bits per pixel (bpp). …”
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