The detrimental impact of seminal plasma on the quality of cryopreserved sperm in goat bucks: freezing–thawing as the most harmful step by Inés Carolina Esteve, Inés Carolina Esteve, María Lorena Mocé, María Lorena Mocé, Ernesto Angel Gómez, Ernesto Angel Gómez, Rosario Martín-Montalbán, Andrea Martínez-Climent, Eva Mocé, Eva Mocé

“…The freezing–thawing was the step that provoked the most damage in both treatments. After thawing, SP− samples retained around 50% of the values they exhibited after equilibration for total motile sperm or live sperm with intact acrosome, while these values dropped to 10% in SP+ samples.DiscussionThe detrimental effect of SP is evident from the refrigeration step, but the most harmful is the freezing–thawing step. …”
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Alterations in Peripheral Refraction are Most Significant Just Before the Onset of Myopia: Evidence from Multispectral Refraction Topography by Feijia Xie, Xukai Mao, Mingming Jiang, Jun Li, Jing Zhang

“…RDV-45 and RDV-T changed most obviously among RDV-15/30/45 and RDV-S/N/I/T, respectively. …”
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Multiple climate-related stressors in the tropics and beneficial changes in northern latitudes will mostly have emerged before 2050. by Audrey Brouillet, Benjamin Sultan

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Models to Predict the Number of Infected Cases and Deaths from COVID-19 in Chile and Its Most Affected Regions by Francisco Novoa-Muñoz

“…The methodology is applied to the entire country and to each of its most affected regions. In addition, the dynamics of these models allow it to be nurtured with the new information that is being produced and forecast a tentative date on which there would be some control over the pandemic. …”
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Parenteral chronic viral hepatitis in the Arctic zone of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) as the most important medical and social problem by S. S. Sleptsov, S. S. Sleptsova

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Determining the most important game-related statistics in Euroleague basketball competitions: A five-year follow-up by İlkay Doğan, Berk Yılmaz, Özkan Işık

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The frequency of resistance to antibiotics of most frequently isolated bacteria from blood cultures during the period 1997-2002 by Mirović Veljko, Tomanović Branka, Konstantinović Sonja

“…The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of resistance to antibiotics of the most frequently isolated bacteria from blood cultures of hospitalized patients during the period 1997-2002. …”
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Which specific modes of exercise training are most effective for breast related cancer fatigue? Network meta-analysis by Ying Li, Jianhua Zhang, Jianhua Zhang, Di Hu, Lei Gao, Ting Huang

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Assessing the most severe subsistence crisis of the 18th century in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula: a climatological perspective by M. deCastro, J. González-Cao, N. G. deCastro, J. J. Taboada, J. M. Vaquero, J. M. Vaquero, M. Gómez-Gesteira

“…The persistent and heavy rains across several regions of the eastern Atlantic in 1768–1769 triggered the last and most severe agricultural crisis in Galicia and northern Portugal, leading to high mortality. …”
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A national platform for advancing self-care processes for the most common illnesses and conditions: designing, evaluating, and implementing by Khadijeh Moulaei, Somayeh salehi, Masoud Shahabian, Babak sabet, Farshid Rezaei, Adrina Habibzadeh, Mohammad Reza Afrash

“…In the first phase, during 35 meetings with 19 health care providers including physicians and another group of professionals, the most common illnesses and conditions that require self-care were identified. …”
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Immune-mediated competition in rodent malaria is most likely caused by induced changes in innate immune clearance of merozoites. by Jayanthi Santhanam, Lars Råberg, Andrew F Read, Nicholas Jon Savill

“…These results lead us to argue that the innate immune response clearing merozoites is the most likely, but not necessarily the only, mediator of competitive interactions between virulent and avirulent clones. …”
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The Most Appropriate Solutions for Moscow -Yekaterinburg HSR Project: Definition of the High-Speed EMU Train Key Parameters by O. N. Nazarov

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Visual pathway abnormalities were found in most multiple sclerosis patients despite history of previous optic neuritis by Stella Maris Costa Castro, Alfredo Damasceno, Benito Pereira Damasceno, Jose Paulo de Vasconcellos, Fabiano Reis, Josie Naomi Iyeyasu, Keila Monteiro de Carvalho

“…Conclusion Posterior visual pathway abnormalities were found in most MS patients despite history of previous optic neuritis.…”
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Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in LPA explain most of the ancestry-specific variation in Lp(a) levels in African Americans. by Rahul C Deo, James G Wilson, Chao Xing, Kim Lawson, W H Linda Kao, David Reich, Arti Tandon, Ermeg Akylbekova, Nick Patterson, Thomas H Mosley, Eric Boerwinkle, Herman A Taylor

“…We replicated the association of the most strongly associated SNP, rs9457951 (p = 6 × 10(-22), 27% change in Lp(a) per allele, ∼5% of Lp(a) variance explained in JHS), in 1,726 African Americans from the Dallas Heart Study and found an even stronger association after adjustment for the kringle(IV) repeat copy number. …”
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Identification of the most suitable probability models for local joint flexibility in T/Y-connections stiffened with collar or doubler plates by Hossein Nassiraei

“…Among the tested models, the Kumaraswamy distribution emerged as the most accurate for describing the fLJF behavior of T/Y-connections retrofitted with doubler plates. …”
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Which novel teaching strategy is most recommended in medical education? A systematic review and network meta-analysis by Shuai-Long Zhang, Si-Jing Ren, Dong-Mei Zhu, Tian-Yao Liu, Lian Wang, Jing-Hui Zhao, Xiao-Tang Fan, Hong Gong

“…Furthermore, subgroup analysis indicated that CBL (SUCRA = 97.7%) and PBL (SUCRA = 60.3%) were the most effective method for enhancing learning effectiveness within clinical curricula. …”
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A Bibliometric Analysis of the 50 Most Commonly Cited Studies of the Direct Anterior Approach in Total Hip Arthroplasty by Ramakanth R. Yakkanti, Anil Sedani, Dylan N. Greif, Rukmini Yakkanti, Dustin H. Massel, Victor H. Hernandez

“…This review clearly outlines the increasing trend in the most influential publications regarding DAA being published in the past two decades. …”
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Moderate-Intensity exercise has most beneficial effect on inflammatory response in fructose-induced mice (Mus musculus) by Nabilah Izzatunnisa, Faiq Amirul Hakim, Wildan Maulana Ishom Putra, Purwo Sri Rejeki, Lilik Herawati, Hermina Novida, Shariff Halim, Adi Pranoto

“… Carbohydrates are the most important source of energy for most of the population. …”
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Surgeons consider Rockwood classification the most important factor for decision‐making in acute, high‐grade acromioclavicular dislocations by Eduard Van Eecke, Arno Alexander Macken, Derek van Deurzen, Thibault Lafosse, Antoon van Raebroeckx, Geert Alexander Buijze, Michel van den Bekerom, AC Instability Collaborator Group

“…RW classification was considered the most important factor influencing surgical decision‐making for most surgeons (69%). …”
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A Case of Inoperable Malignant Insulinoma with Resistant Hypoglycemia Who Experienced the Most Significant Clinical Improvement with Everolimus by Emre Bozkirli, Okan Bakiner, Huseyin Abali, Cagatay Andic, Ali Fuat Yapar, Fazilet Kayaselcuk, Eda Ertorer

“…Close blood sugar monitorization during these therapies showed the most favourable response with everolimus. Everolimus treatment resulted in rapid improvement of hypoglycemia episodes, letting us discontinue dextrose infusion and discharge the patient. …”
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