Association between sperm motility in thawed semen and pregnancy rate in Mediterranean buffaloes by Armando Quintero-Moreno, Carla Osorio Meléndez, Héctor Nava-Trujillo, Jorge Rubio Guillén, Juan Carlos Gutiérrez-Añez, Adriana Camacho de Gutiérrez

“…To contribute to knowledge in buffalo reproduction, an experiment was carried out where four sperm motility descriptors (VCL: curvilinear velocity, VSL: straight-line velocity, VAP: average path velocity, and LIN: linearity) were evaluated using a Computerized Semen Analysis System (Sperm Class Analyzer®, CASA System, Barcelona, Spain) in samples obtained from 8 frozen-thawed straws of 8 Mediterranean buffaloes. …”
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Nisin A-producing Lactococcus cremoris formulations for pre- and post-milking teat disinfection modulate the bovine milk microbiota by Alessandra Gazzola, Camilla Ceccarani, Bianca Castiglioni, Filippo Biscarini, Stefano Morandi, Tiziana Silvetti, Renata Piccinini, Milena Brasca, Paola Cremonesi

“…This study aimed to evaluate the effect of the use of pre- and post-dipping formulations containing the fermented broth of Nisin A-producing Lactococcus cremoris FT27 strain (treated group, TR) on the abundance and biodiversity of milk microbiota as compared to iodine-based commercial disinfectants (control group, CTR) during a three-month trial. The experiment was conducted on 20 dairy cows, divided into two groups (CTR and TR) of 10 lactating cows each. …”
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The Impact of Health Promotion Using Leaflet Media on Mothers’ Knowledge of the Early Stimulation of Toddlers’ Development and Growth by Shalahuddin I, Salsabila S, Rukmasari EA, Rosidin U, Eriyani T, Pebrianti S, Maulana I

“…Toddler-age toddlers face a variety of growth and development issues as a result of their mother’s lack of information about stimulating their development.Objective: The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of health education using leaflet media on mothers’ knowledge of early stimulation for toddler-age kids from Gunung Tua village, Subang Regency.Methods: This study’s research design is a quasi-experiment using a one-group pretest-posttest approach. …”
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Survival and growth responses of snakehead fish Channa striata Bloch. juvenile in aerated and unaerated acid sulfate water by , Purnamawati, Daniel Djokosetiyanto, Kukuh Nirmala, Enang Harris Surawidjaja, Ridwan Affandi

“… ABSTRACT   The aim of the research was to analyze survival rate, specific growth rate, albumin, and feed efficiency and physiological (blood glucose, cortisol, dan haemoglobin) responses of snake head fish juvenil that reared at aerated and unaerated of tidal land water have been conducted in the laboratory. Experiments using completely randomized design with aerated and unaerated as a treatment, and each treatment has twelve replications. …”
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Bases cérébrales de la motivation chez le singe rhésus : études pharmacologiques et neurophysiologiques by Chiara Varazzani, Aurore San‑Galli, Caroline Jahn, Nicolas Borderies, Sébastien Bouret

“…Par ailleurs, nous montrons que le cortex préfrontal ventro-médian joue un rôle spécifique dans les processus d’évaluation en fonction de paramètres internes. Nos expériences futures viseront à comprendre les interactions fonctionnelles entre ces différentes structures cérébrales, et ainsi à mieux comprendre le comportement des primates.…”
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Assessing Heat Resistance and Selecting Heat-Resistant Individuals of Largemouth Bass (<i>Micropterus salmoides</i>) with Tiered Thermal Exposure by Haijie Chen, Hui Qiao, Zhicheng Xv, Guili Song, Shuning Liu, Cheng Luo, Yong Long, Shimei Lin

“…The CTmax values of the experimental fish (average body weight 9.87 ± 3.14 g) ranged from 39 to 40 °C but were too close together to differentiate the individual heat resistance. Static exposure experiments with varying temperatures and fish groups also did not provide a clear method for determining the heat resistance. …”
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A Novel Electrical Load Forecasting Model for Extreme Weather Events Based on Improved Gated Spiking Neural P Systems and Frequency Enhanced Channel Attention Mechanism by Yuanshuo Guo, Jun Wang, Yan Zhong, Tao Wang, Zeyuan Sui

“…We conducted extensive comparative experiments with ten baseline models on three real-world datasets, compared with GSNP model and TCN-GSNP model, the coefficient of determination (R2) of the FATCN-LF-FAGSNP model increases and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE), mean absolute error (MAE) and relative absolute error (RAE) reduce, the LF accuracy (measured by R2) of the proposed hybrid model gets 99.7% in seasonal LF task. …”
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Combined characterization of pore structurein deep medium-rank coal using mercury intrusion and liquid nitrogen adsorption methods and its pore fractal characteristics by Qi LI, Yong WU, Lei QIAO

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The role of health literacy in intervention studies targeting children living with overweight or obesity and their parents—a systematic mixed methods review by Heidi Holmen, Heidi Holmen, Tone Nygaard Flølo, Tone Nygaard Flølo, Christine Tørris, Astrid Torbjørnsen, Kari Almendingen, Kirsti Riiser, Kirsti Riiser

“…Thus, there is a need to summarize the effects of and experiences with interventions that include health literacy components to guide the development of effective, future weight-related interventions.AimThis review aims to identify how health literacy is integrated into studies of interventions targeting children with excess weight or obesity and/or their parents and to appraise the identified literature.MethodsWe conducted a systematic mixed methods review, with searches in Medline, CINAHL, Cochrane, EMBASE, ERIC, PsycINFO, and Web of Science. …”
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Effect of different hormonal protocols with timed AI on clinical signs of estrus and conception rates in Bulgarian Murrah buffaloes by Radena Nenova

“… The objective of the field experiment was to study the effect of different protocols for estrus synchronization with timed artificial insemination (TAI) on the manifestation of clini- cal signs of estrus (CSE) and conception rates in the Bulgarian Murrah breed. …”
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Water homeostasis gene expression in the kidney of broilers divergently selected for water conversion ratio by Kentu Lassiter, Loujain Aloui, Elizabeth S. Greene, Marciela Maqaeda, Travis Tabler, Sami Dridi, Robert F. Wideman, Jr., Sara Orlowski, Walter G. Bottje

“…Two 2 × 2 factorial experiments were conducted to assess the gene expression profile of systems involved in renal water homeostasis. …”
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CYFIP2: potential pancreatic cancer biomarker and immunotherapeutic target by Cong Xiao, Xiaojuan Zhang, Bobo Hou, Ping Wan, Zhenjun Cao, Xuefeng Rao

“…Results Bioinformatics analysis and in vitro experiments confirmed that CYFIP2 was differentially expressed in a variety of tumors and correlated with clinical stage, and could be used as a potential marker for evaluating the prognosis and immunotherapy of a variety of tumors, including KIRC (Kidney renal clear cell carcinoma), PAAD (Pancreatic adenocarcinoma), PAAD (Pancreatic adenocarcinoma), SKCM (Skin Cutaneous Melanoma), and UCEC (Uterine Corpus Endometrial Carcinoma).Mutations in the CYFIP2 gene and methylation indices can affect the prognosis of tumor patients. …”
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The Effects of Presenting AI Uncertainty Information on Pharmacists’ Trust in Automated Pill Recognition Technology: Exploratory Mixed Subjects Study by Jin Yong Kim, Vincent D Marshall, Brigid Rowell, Qiyuan Chen, Yifan Zheng, John D Lee, Raed Al Kontar, Corey Lester, Xi Jessie Yang

“…Participants completed a block of 100 verification trials without any help, and another block of 100 trials with the help of an imperfect artificial intelligence (AI) aid recommending acceptance or rejection of a filled medication bottle. The experiment used a mixed subjects design. The between-subjects factor was the AI aid type, with or without an AI uncertainty plot. …”
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Mental health in the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal analysis of the CLoCk cohort study. by Laura Panagi, Simon R White, Snehal M Pinto Pereira, Manjula D Nugawela, Isobel Heyman, Kishan Sharma, Terence Stephenson, Trudie Chalder, Natalia K Rojas, Emma Dalrymple, Kelsey McOwat, Ruth Simmons, Olivia Swann, CLoCk Consortium, Tamsin Ford, Roz Shafran

“…Most, but not all, suggest deterioration in mental health but population level studies may obscure the differing experiences of subgroups. The study questions are: (i) are there subgroups of CYP with distinct mental health profiles over the course of the second year of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic (between April 2021 and May 2022); and (ii) do vulnerability factors influence CYP's mental health trajectories.…”
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Pengukuran Performa Apache Spark dengan Library H2O Menggunakan Benchmark Hibench Berbasis Cloud Computing by Aminudin Aminudin, Eko Budi Cahyono

“…In order for Apache Spark to be able to do machine learning processes, in this paper an experiment will be conducted that integrates Apache Spark which acts as a large data processing environment and the concept of parallel computing will be combined with H2O libraries specifically for handling data processing using machine learning algorithms . …”
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Integrated transcriptomic hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis network analysis reveals the role of energy availability on egg production in layers by Jianling Peng, Yong Cui, Haiping Liang, Shenyijun Xu, Linjian Weng, Meng Ru, Ramlat Ali, Qing Wei, Jiming Ruan, Jianzhen Huang

“…To investigate the mechanism of integrated network regulation of the HPO axis under energy fluctuation, ninety Hy-line brown layers (265-day-old, 1.92 ± 0.02 kg) were randomly divided into three groups for a 17-day experiment: a control group (Con group) fed ad libitum from days 1 to 17, an energy-deprived group (ED group) that was fed ad libitum from days 1 to 12 and then underwent a fasting period from days 13 to 17 to induce a pause in laying, and a re-fed group (Rf group) that fasted for seven days (specifically, days 1 to 5, day 7, and day 9), had ad libitum access to feed on days 6 and 8, and was continuously fed from days 10 to 17. …”
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Developing and testing the feasibility of a theory-based brief counseling intervention to promote physical activity in breast cancer survivors enrolled in the PAC-WOMAN trial by Sofia Franco, Eliana V. Carraça, Inês Nobre, Bruno Rodrigues, Vítor Ilharco, Lea Kahlert, Marlene N. Silva

“…A feasibility study was conducted to monitor implementation fidelity, acceptability, adherence, and participants’ experiences (via a focus group). Results Twelve women (mean age 55.9 ± 6.7 years) participated. …”
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Presenting the model of work and technology curriculum in secondary schools of Fars province by Hamzeh Rahpeyma, Seyedahmad Hashemi, Abbas Gholtash

“…According to the present research, the following suggestions are presented: - Teachers ask students to express their experiences in different issues and share them. For this purpose, some parts of the class's time should be allocated to share the experiences and opinions of the students. - Teachers' theoretical and specialized knowledge should be evaluated, and sufficient and complete reports should be provided to school principals and assistants every semester. …”
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Effects of Climatic Conditions and Agronomic Practices on Health, Tuber Yield, and Mineral Composition of Two Contrasting Potato Varieties Developed for High and Low Input Producti... by Gultekin Hasanaliyeva, Ourania Giannakopoulou, Juan Wang, Marcin Barański, Enas Khalid Sufar, Daryl Knutt, Jenny Gilroy, Peter Shotton, Halima Leifert, Dominika Średnicka-Tober, Ismail Cakmak, Levent Ozturk, Bingqiang Zhao, Per Ole Iversen, Nikolaos Volakakis, Paul Bilsborrow, Carlo Leifert, Leonidas Rempelos

“…To test this hypothesis, we used an existing long-term factorial field experiment (the NEFG trials) to assess the effect of crop management practices (rotation design, fertilization regime, and crop protection methods) used in conventional and organic farming systems on crop health, tuber yield, and mineral composition parameters in two potato varieties, Santé and Sarpo mira, that were developed in breeding programs for high and low-input farming systems, respectively. …”
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The Neosartorya (Aspergillus) fischeri antifungal protein NFAP2 has low potential to trigger resistance development in Candida albicans in vitro by Gábor Bende, Nóra Zsindely, Krisztián Laczi, Zsolt Kristóffy, Csaba Papp, Attila Farkas, Liliána Tóth, Szabolcs Sáringer, László Bodai, Gábor Rákhely, Florentine Marx, László Galgóczy

“…We investigated the ability of C. albicans to develop resistance to NFAP2 in a microevolution experiment compared with generic fluconazole (FLC). …”
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