Spatial Distribution Characteristics of Micronutrients and Their Deficiency Effect on the Root Morphology and Architecture in Citrus Rootstock by Gaofeng Zhou, Yiping Fu, Mei Yang, Yanhong Li, Jing Zhang

“…Moreover, the growth rates of first and second LRs in Ptr and Cre did not significantly decrease compared with the control under short-term (10 days) BD stress. …”
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Food for thought: a qualitative assessment of medical trainee and faculty perceptions of nutrition education by Olivia Kunitsky, Mahdi Taye, Karla Feeley, Hugh Johnson, Abigail Glynn, Avery Stivale, Matthew Hamers, Alexis Notarianni, Sireesha Mamillapalli, Gabi Waite, Sonia Lobo

“…Microsoft Copilot was used to assist with thematic analysis. Outcomes were compared, and consensus was obtained among raters. …”
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In silico analysis of the effect of HCV genotype-specific polymorphisms in Core, NS3, NS5A, and NS5B proteins on T-cell epitope processing and presentation by Samina Baig, Samina Baig, Assel Berikkara, Ramsha Khalid, Syed A. Subhan, Tanveer Abbas, Syed Hani Abidi

“…In silico results reveal that epitopes from genotype 6b (NS3), 6d/r (NS5B), 6o and 6 k (NS5A) exhibit higher immunogenicity than other genotypes, forming more energetically stable complexes with host receptors. These epitopes, compared to those from the same positions but different genotypes, showed binding energies of −144.24 kcal/mol, −85.30 kcal/mol, and − 43 kcal/mol, respectively. …”
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Effect of temporal water restrictions on drinking behavior and time budget in lactating dairy cows according to their position in the social hierarchy within the herd by E. Nizzi, O. Dhumez, C. Hurtaud, A. Boudon

“…In contrast to the other social categories, subordinate cows made more daily visits to the drinker during the D4H treatment than during the CTRL treatment but displayed no differences in drinking bout duration or the duration of drinking interruptions within bouts in the D2H treatment compared with the CTRL treatment. Overall, cows were able to maintain their water intake despite the temporary water restrictions when they had access to the number of drinkers recommended by animal welfare guidelines. …”
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A green forage diet enhances microbial diversity in buffalo rumen by Angela Salzano, Giovanna Bifulco, Alfio Calanni Macchio, Valentina Longobardi, Francesca Aragona, Giovan Maria Pacelli, Giuseppe Campanile

“…Aim of the work was to analyze the effects of an experimental feed based on the inclusion of ryegrass green forage (16.1 kg dry matter (DM) and, in kg on DM, 14.4 kg crude protein, 5.0 kg fat, 38.5 kg NDF, 23.4 kg ADF, 33.1 NSC, 15.5 kg and 0.91 Milk forage units; Green group) on the microbial composition of the rumen of buffaloes compared to a traditional total mixed ratio (TMR) diet (16.0 kg DM and, in kg on DM, 14.5 kg crude protein, 4.8 kg fat, 38.0 kg NDF, 24.0 kg ADF, 34.0 NSC, 21.0 kg and 0.93 Milk forage units; Dry group). …”
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The Degree of Cervical Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Is Associated With Denser Bone Quality of the Cervical Sub‐endplate and Vertebral Body by Jia‐Yu Chen, Jia‐Chen Yang, Ruo‐Yao Li, Zu‐Cheng Huang, Zhi‐Ping Huang, Xiu‐Hua Wu, Qing‐An Zhu, Yin Ding

“…Results Significant differences were found in cranial VBQ among different Pfirrmann grades, with a score of 2.55 ± 0.54 for Grade 5 discs, which was lower compared to Grades 4 (2.70 ± 0.56) (p < 0.05) and 3 (2.81 ± 0.58) (p < 0.01). …”
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Traditional and Non-Traditional Risk Factors of Acute Coronary Syndrome in Young Women: Evidence from the ANCORS-YW Study by Ibdah R, Al-Nusair M, Abuhalimeh R, Mahmoud SA, Laswi B, Rawashdeh S, Hamoudeh A, Kheirallah KA

“…The most common presentation of ACS was non-ST-elevation ACS (n=98, 64%). The ACS group, compared to control group, had higher proportions of type-2 diabetes (41.6%vs.11.7%, p< 0.001), hypertension (53.9%vs.23.4%, p< 0.001), tobacco use (37.7%vs.24.2%, p=0.001), family history of cardiovascular disease (53.2%vs.23.4%, p< 0.001), metabolic syndrome (14.3%vs.2.4%, p< 0.001), and preterm delivery (24.7%vs.16.7%, p=0.032). …”
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Health Risk of Ingested Heavy Metals in Fluidized Canned Milks: Are We Drinking Heavy Metals? by Victor Eshu Okpashi

“…All milk samples contained eight heavy metals: iron (Fe), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), arsenic (As), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), manganese (Mn), and nickel (Ni). …”
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Safety profile of sacituzumab govitecan in patients with breast cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Maria Inez Dacoregio, Isabella Michelon, Caio Ernesto do Rego Castro, Francisco Cezar Aquino de Moraes, Guilherme Rossato de Almeida, Lis Victória Ravani, Maysa Vilbert, Ricardo Lima Barros Costa

“…Regarding high-grade AEs, 46 % of patients developed grade ≥3 neutropenia. Compared to TPC, we observed a higher risk of neutropenia (OR 3.11, 95 % CI 1.62–5.99, I2 = 81 %; p < 0.001), diarrhea (OR 6.82, 95 % CI 3.99–11.66, I2 = 64 %; p < 0.001) and anemia (OR 2.26, 95 % CI 1.20–4.27, I2 = 78 %; p = 0.012) for those on SG. …”
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Antibacterial Potential of Honeybee Venom and <i>Monascus purpureus</i> Extracellular Metabolites Against Multidrug-Resistant Pathogenic Bacteria by Islam I. Teiba, Yasser S. A. Mazrou, Abeer H. Makhlouf, Yasser Nehela, Abdallah E. Mohamed, Ahmed M. Abbas, Islam Mamdouh, Emad H. El-Bilawy

“…Although the three bacterial strains were resistant to the antibiotic ampicillin-sulbactam (10/10 µg), both extracts exhibited superior antibacterial activity against the three bacterial strains compared to five standard antibiotics, especially RD extract, which produced the largest inhibition zone (20 ± 0.20 mm) against <i>S. aureus.…”
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Perbandingan Arsitektur Convolutional Neural Network Pada Klasifikasi Pneumonia, COVID-19, Lung Opacity, dan Normal Menggunakan Citra Sinar-X Thoraks by Agung Wahyu Setiawan

“…In addition, this study also compares the performance of two optimizers, i.e. Adam and Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD) for each CNN architecture. …”
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The potential of supplementing compound organic trace elements at lower levels in Chinese yellow-feathered broiler diets, Part I: Impacts on plasma biochemical parameters, antioxid... by Xiaoyan Nie, Yucheng Yin, Qi Lu, Fei Zhao, Yang Dai, Rui Wang, Yiwen Ji, Huihua Zhang, Cui Zhu

“…Trace mineral sources or levels had no significant effect on the carcass traits of Chinese yellow-feathered broilers (P > 0.05). Compared with the ITM groups, OTM300 significantly increased the heart index of Chinese yellow-feathered broilers (P < 0.05). …”
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Synthesis of polyfarnesene based on aqueous free-radical polymerization and molecular dynamics simulation of its properties by WU Ming-li, JIANG Jing, WANG Xiao-yu, WANG Can-cai, WANG Qing-fu, CAO Lan?鄢

“…Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of PFD and polyfarnesene (PF) were performed using Materials Studio to calculate pivotal performance parameters, such as glass transition temperature (Tg), cohesive energy density (CED) and free volume. Tg was verified by comparing the results from the simulations with measured values obtained through experimental tests. …”
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Combination of Metformin and Magnesium Citrate Reduces TNF-α, NF-κB p65, IL-6, CD4, and MMP-9 Expressions in Diabetic Model Rats by Rachmi Fauziah Rahayu, Adi Prayitno, Bambang Purwanto, Widiastuti Soewondo, Ida Nurwati, Eti Poncorini Pamungkasari, Paramasari Dirgahayu

“…The combination therapy group demonstrated the most significant reduction in all parameters compared to the diabetic control group (p<0.001) and other therapy groups. …”
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Development and Validation of the Systemic Inflammatory Response Index-Based Nomogram for Predicting Short-Term Adverse Events in Patients With Acute Uncomplicated Type B Aortic In... by Wang Y, Wu X, Wang Y, Zhang Z, Liu X, Sun D, Liu X, Zhou T, Wang X

“…The Clinical-SIRI model demonstrated higher predictive accuracy, with an AUC of 0.788 (95% CI: 0.740– 0.831), compared to the Clinical model’s AUC of 0.742 (95% CI: 0.691– 0.788, P = 0.012). …”
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Cancer mortality and sectors of employment: a cohort study in Italy by Stefania Massari, Lisa Bauleo, Claudio Gariazzo, Paola Michelozzi, Luca Dei Bardi, Nicolas Zengarini, Sara Maio, Massimo Stafoggia, Marina Davoli, Giovanni Viegi, Giulia Cesaroni, Alessandro Marinaccio, on behalf of the BIGEPI Collaborative Group

“…Conclusions The results showed an increased risk of cancer death in some traditional industrial sectors compared to the reference category of insurance activities such as construction and wood and leather products and limited evidence in sectors like cleaning, accommodation and food services and hairdressing. …”
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Association of over-the-counter mouthwash use with markers of nitric oxide metabolism, inflammation, and endothelial function—a cross-sectional study by Kai Guo, Kaumudi Joshipura, Karina Ricart, Rakesh P. Patel, Barbara A. Gower, Oelisoa Mireille Andriankaja, Evangelia Morou-Bermudez

“…Robust Gamma regression with log-link function, Spearman correlations and partial correlations adjusted for covariates were used for the analysis.ResultsUsing OTC mouthwash twice a day or more was significantly associated with lower serum nitrite levels compared to less frequent use (β = −0.357, 95% CI: −0.650, −0.064), but not with other markers of inflammation and endothelial function. …”
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Examining differences in exposure to digital marketing of unhealthy foods reported by Canadian children and adolescents in two policy environments by Laura Vergeer, Carolina Soto, Mariangela Bagnato, Elise Pauzé, Ashley Amson, Tim Ramsay, Dana Lee Olstad, Vivian Welch, Monique Potvin Kent

“…Quebec children were less likely than Ontario children (OR: 0.56; 95% CI: 0.38, 0.84), but more likely than Quebec adolescents (OR: 1.58; 95% CI: 1.04, 2.42), to report exposure to unhealthy food marketing on one or more gaming/TV/music streaming platform/website(s). Compared with Ontario children, Quebec children were less likely to report exposure to marketing featuring characters or child/teenage actors (OR: 0.51; 95% CI: 0.34, 0.76), child-appealing subjects, themes and language (OR: 0.59; 95% CI: 0.40, 0.89), and visual design, audio and special effects (OR: 0.64; 95% CI: 0.41, 0.99), and to report exposure to a greater number of marketing techniques (OR: 0.60; 95% CI: 0.43, 0.84). …”
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Designing a Conceptual model for Evaluating the Performance of Software Developers in Fintech Organizations by Hassan Javadi, Fereshteh Amin

“…The findings underscore the intricate nature of performance evaluation, highlighting the multifaceted factors that must be considered when assessing the effectiveness of software developers in fintech settings.ConclusionBased on the life experiences and insights of software developers, the research findings indicate that non-technical components, such as teamwork and customer satisfaction, carry more weight and importance in performance evaluation compared to purely technical skills. The occurrence of organizational conflicts and dissatisfaction in fintechs is often rooted in the lack of transparency regarding financial and non-financial obligations between software developers and fintech organizations. …”
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A Study of NOAA-20 VIIRS Band M1 (0.41 µm) Striping over Clear-Sky Ocean by Wenhui Wang, Changyong Cao, Slawomir Blonski, Xi Shao

“…NOAA-20 M1 is more sensitive to the polarized lights compared to other NOAA-20 short-wavelength bands and the similar bands on the Suomi NPP and NOAA-21 VIIRS, with detector and scan angle-dependent polarization sensitivity up to ~6.4%. …”
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