Exploring the Biochemical Profile of <i>Beta vulgaris</i> L.: A Comparative Study of Beetroots and Swiss Chard by Daiana Almeida, Spyridon A. Petropoulos, Tayse F. F. da Silveira, Tânia C. S. P. Pires, Isabel C. F. R. Ferreira, Ângela Fernandes, Lillian Barros

“…In both leaves and roots, the most abundant organic acids were quinic and oxalic, while the major free sugar was sucrose. …”
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Building floorspace and stock measurement: A review of global efforts, knowledge gaps, and research priorities by Minda Ma, Shufan Zhang, Junhong Liu, Ran Yan, Weiguang Cai, Nan Zhou, Jinyue Yan

“…Our simulations reveal a surge in floorspace growth across emerging economies, most notably in India, Indonesia, and Africa, with India’s per capita floorspace projected to triple by 2070. …”
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Planejamento agrícola e implantação de sistema de cultivo de cana-de-açúcar com auxílio de técnicas geoestatísticas Agricultural planning and implementation of cultivation systems... by Milton C. C. Campos, José Marques Júnior, Gener T. Pereira, Zigomar M. de Souza, Rafael Montanari

“…<br>Sugarcane is one of the most important crops of the Brazilian agribusiness and this importance justifies the use of techniques that allow the implementation of cultivation systems capable of reducing the variability of soil characteristics and the establishment of efficient agricultural planning. …”
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Effects of rearing system (floor vs. cage) and sex on performance, meat quality and enteric microorganism of yellow feather broilers by Lai-di WANG, Yang ZHANG, Ling-ling KONG, Zhi-xiu WANG, Hao BAI, Yong JIANG, Yu-lin BI, Guo-bin CHANG, Guo-hong CHEN

“…The enteric microbiota assessment by 16S rRNA amplicon-based sequencing showed that Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, and Bacteroidetes were the most prevalent phyla in both rearing systems, and that the cecum was relatively stable in terms of microbiome composition. …”
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Changes in physical activity and sedentary behaviours of children living in Italy due to the COVID-19 pandemic: the EPaS-ISS study by Paola Nardone, Serena Broccoli, Angela Spinelli, Marta Buoncristiano, Silvia Andreozzi, Mauro Bucciarelli, Marco Giustini, Silvia Ciardullo, on behalf of the EPaS-ISS Group

“…Abstract Background Most governments worldwide introduced containment measures to protect people from the risk of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection which also affected children. …”
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SIDDA: SInkhorn Dynamic Domain Adaptation for image classification with equivariant neural networks by Sneh Pandya, Purvik Patel, Brian D Nord, Mike Walmsley, Aleksandra Ćiprijanović

“…Finally, if SIDDA achieves proper domain alignment, it also enhances model calibration on both source and target data, with the most significant gains in the unlabeled target domain—achieving over an order of magnitude improvement in the expected calibration error and Brier score. …”
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Essential aid made fully visible: understanding the proCHW financing landscape analysing accessible donor data sources by James O’Donovan, Daniel Palazuelos, Madeleine Ballard, Mallika Raghavan, Stephanie Rapp, Ash Rogers, Carla López Castañeda, Benedicte Razafinjato, Matthew French, Cleo Baskin, Sarah Lindsay, Carey Carpenter Westgate, Laura Shellaby, Rachel Hofmann, Pauline Picho Keronyai, Niloofar Ganjian, Sonia Tiedt, Diana Nambatya Nsubuga, Jude Aidam

“…Only two organisations, The Global Fund and the President’s Malaria Initiative, provided partial data visibility, while none fully disclosed specific funding amounts for proCHW programmes. Most organisations did not systematically track or report CHW investments, making it challenging to assess global funding flows.Conclusions The study highlights gaps in the availability of data related to funding for proCHWs, hampering the ability to track and evaluate investments in proCHW programmes. …”
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ORNIPURAL® as conventional therapy versus mixture of Curcuma longa extract and pomegranate peel extract as homeotherapy in dogs with dexamethasone-induced hepatopathy: clinicolabor... by Arafat Khalphallah, Sabry A. Mousa, Abdulaziz H. Almuhanna, Dalia Hassan, Laila A. Al-Shuraym, Lamya Ahmed Alkeridis, Ebtsam S. Abdel-lah, Mustafa Shukry, Enas A. Abdelhafez, Enas Elmeligy

“…Histopathology of the liver was conducted for some dogs on days 0, 14, and 28 after the euthanization of these animals.Results and conclusionThe present study reported the most remarkable efficacy of both ORNIPURAL® and a herbal mixture of Curcuma longa extract and pomegranate peel extract as hepatoprotective medicaments in the therapy of dexamethasone-induced fatty liver in dogs. …”
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Optimizing machine learning methods for groundwater quality prediction: Case study in District Bagh, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan by Usman Basharat, Wenjing Zhang, Cuihong Han, Shoukat Husain Khan, Arshad Abbasi, Sehrish Mahroof, Shuxin Li

“…Among all the classifiers, SVM and its meta-classifier (Meta-SVM) emerged as the most effective, achieving the highest accuracy score of 0.85–0.89, F1-score (0.88–0.89), R2 (0.88–1), RMSE (6.72), and Area Under the Curve (AUC) of 0.795. …”
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Effect of Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphism (ВsmI, FokI) and its Concentration on the Severity of Covid-Associated Lung Damage by A. M. Karachenova, E. N. Romanova

“…A study of the polymorphism of the vitamin D receptor gene VDR: 2 A&gt;G revealed the most common carriage of the A/A homozygote among patients compared to the control group.…”
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Meat quality of turkeys after reproductive period depending on genotype and sex by Marcin Wegner, Dariusz Kokoszyński, Arkadiusz Nędzarek, Joanna Żochowska-Kujawska, Marek Kotowicz, Michał Gesek

“…With the increasing demand for animal protein, and poultry meat being the most consumed meat in the world, it was decided to perform a genotype- and gender-specific analysis of turkey meat quality. …”
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Self-organizing expert communities in educational projects by Gennadiy P. Vinogradov, Vladimir N. Kuznetsov

“…The paper shows that the way to solve these problems is to transfer universities to a design and technological type of administration. The most promising form of education project management is the model of information interaction within the framework of active self-developing network expert environments. …”
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Overlooked risk of antibiotic resistance genes in typical landfill plumes and their influencing factors by Dongsheng Shen, Xin Gao, Cai Hui, Yuyang Long, Jiali Shentu, Li Lu, Shengqi Qi

“…In this study, seven groundwater samples and one leachate sample were collected from a typical landfill in Yueqing, China. Sulfonamide was the most abundant antibiotic in groundwater with its concentration of 1.2–23.1 ng L−1. …”
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PROGRESSION OF AORTIC AND VALVULAR HEART DISEASES IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS by A. A. Godzenko, Yu. O. Korsakova, O. A. Rumyantseva, A. G. Bochkova, V. V. Badokin, Sh. F. Erdes

“…Thus, pathological changes in the aorta and heart valves in AS are progressive in most patients. SPT may regress, which reflects apparently a reduction in the severity of active inflammation of the aortic root. …”
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Peste des petits ruminants virus virulence is associated with an early inflammatory profile in the tonsils and cell cycle arrest in lymphoid tissue by Roger-Junior Eloiflin, Llorenç Grau-Roma, Vincent Lasserre, Sylvie Python, Stephanie Talker, Philippe Totte, Obdulio García- Nicolás, Artur Summerfield, Arnaud Bataille

“…CD4 T cells were found to be most affected in terms of depletion in the peripheral blood. …”
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Multi-scale accuracy assessment of meteorological satellite precipitation products in the dry-hot valley of Jinsha River by Junxin Feng, Guokun Chen, Xingwu Duan, Bohui Tang, Zicheng Liu, Yan Huang, Yuzhuang Deng

“…New hydrological insights for the region: The findings reveal: (1) On an annual scale, IMERG showed the best long-term performance, while caution was needed when using PERSIANN-CDR and ERA5. (2) The dry season was the most reliable period for precipitation estimates, with low false alarm rates and high hit rates. …”
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A prospective feasibility study on extreme hypofractionation in adjuvant radiation of breast cancer in a tertiary cancer center in India by Sri Sai Tejaswini Muddana, Vijay Anand Reddy Palkonda, Madhuri Kavikondala, Prashant Upadhyaya, Vijay Karan Reddy, Shilpa Reddy Keesara, Karthik Pathri, Shravanthi Reddy Bussyaku, Padma Ganesan, P. Sathish Kumar, R. Rajasekaran, Delhi Babu Mohan

“…INTRODUCTION: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in India at present, having overtaken cancer cervix. …”
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How are large-scale extractive industries affecting progress toward the sustainable development goals in Madagascar? Perceived social-ecological impacts of mining investments by Julie G. Zaehringer, Madlaina Michelotti, Maëlle Andriambalohary, Fenitra Rajerison, Ambinintsoa Rakotoarinosy, Sandra Eckert, Bruno Ramamonjisoa, Onintsoa Ravaka Andriamihaja

“…Although some projects, such as Ambatovy, had eventually improved healthcare and infrastructure, most negative mining impacts had occurred during both the exploratory and the operational phases of the projects. …”
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Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Degena Bahrey Tadesse, Gebremeskel Tukue Gebrewahd, Abrha Hailay, Woldu Aberhe, Guesh Mebrahtom, Kidane Zereabruk, Guesh Gebreayezgi, Teklewoini Mariye, Teklehaimanot Gereziher Haile, Gebreamlak Gebremedhn Gebremeskel, Gebre Teklemariam Demoz

“…Currently, diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is one of the most severe complications of diabetes mellitus (DM). …”
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Land use strategies for achieving Chile’s nationally determined contributions by Onil Banerjee, Martin Cicowiez, Gonzalo García-Trujillo, Kenneth J Bagstad, Sebastian Dudek, Justin Andrew Johnson, Elías Albagli, Mario Gonzalez, Maria Antonia Yung

“…Analysis with IEEM + ESM demonstrates that reducing wildfire-driven forest loss would have outsized impacts and be the most effective and expedient way to contribute to meeting NDC targets. …”
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