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The relationship between milk urea nitrogen content and urinary nitrogen excretion as determined in 4 Swiss dairy breeds

Journal of Dairy Science
: Ammonia (NH3) originating from agriculture substantially contributes to the environmental nitrogen load and threatens sensitive ecosystems by inducing eutrophication and acidification of the soil.
A. Burren, M. Terranova, M. Kreuzer, T. Kupper, S. Probst   +4 more
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Utilization of the propensity score method: an exploratory comparison of proxy-completed to self-completed responses in the Medicare Health Outcomes Survey

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2003
Background This research examined the use of the propensity score method to compare proxy-completed responses to self-completed responses in the first three baseline cohorts of the Medicare Health Outcomes Survey, administered in 1998, 1999, and 2000 ...
Drachman David, Shannon Erin, Fowler Brenda M, Cox Jacquilyn, Bannister Wade M, Ellis Beth, Adams Randall W, Giordano Laura A   +7 more
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Whole‐Body Pattern of Muscle Degeneration and Progression in Sarcoglycanopathies

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To characterize whole‐body intramuscular fat distribution pattern in patients with sarcoglycanopathies and explore correlations with disease severity, duration and age at onset. Methods Retrospective, cross‐sectional, multicentric study enrolling patients with variants in one of the four sarcoglycan genes who underwent whole‐body ...
Laura Costa‐Comellas, Mauro Monforte, Angel Sanchez‐Montañez, Penélope Romero‐Duque, Elena Pegoraro, Jordi Díaz‐Manera, Dmitry Vlodavets, Lorenzo Maggi, Marco Moscatelli, Adele D‘Amico, Montse Olivé, Jorge Alonso‐Pérez, Giacomo Comi, José Miguel Escudero‐Fernández, Gabriela S. Urcuyo, Anna Pichiecchio, Angela Berardinelli, Kristl G. Claeys, Claudio Bruno, Chiara Panicucci, Sara Bortolani, Eleonora Torchia, Enzo Ricci, Soledad Monges, Jorge A. Bevilacqua, Jorge Diaz‐Jara, Maggie C. Walter, Simone Thiele, Nicoline Løkken, John Vissing, Susana Quijano‐Roy, Robert Y. Carlier, Nicol C. Voermans, Chiara Marini‐Bettolo, Michela Guglieri, Volker Straub, Lea Leonardis, Francina Munell, David Gómez‐Andrés, Giorgio Tasca   +39 more
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Underestimating Children’s Self-reported Pain: Agree/Disagree?

Turkish Journal of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation
Objective: To compare postoperative pain after different surgical types and grades using the visual analogue scale (VAS) and numeric rating scale (NRS) evaluated by the patient, parent, and nurse.
Şefika Başoğlu, Özlem Selvi Can, Volkan Baytaş, Hakan Yılmaz, Fatma Nur Erkent   +4 more
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Occurrence of annual growth rings in Rhizophora mangle in a region with low climate seasonality

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2016
The formation of annual growth rings has been confirmed for several mangrove species in the last decade, among which is the Rhizophora mangle. However, the record of annual rings for this species was made in a region with high hydric seasonality, a ...
BRUNNA T. SOUZA, GUSTAVO C.D. ESTRADA, MÁRIO L.G. SOARES, CÁTIA H. CALLADO   +3 more
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CX3CL1 in Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease: Plasma Dynamics Across Age and Disease Stages

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Backgrounds Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by amyloid‐beta plaques, tau tangles, and neuroinflammation. C‐X3‐C motif chemokine ligand 1 (CX3CL1, also known as fractalkine), a neuroimmune chemokine implicated in AD pathogenesis, shows inconsistent alterations in plasma/serum across studies.
Ling Wang, Yujie Liu, Fei Li, Xuelin Li, Lanlan Li, Jie Zhang, Yali Xu   +6 more
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Relationship between proxy behavior in clinic attendance and disease control among persons with hypertension and diabetes at a rural primary health center: A cohort analysis in South India

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Aims: Among persons with hypertension and diabetes on treatment for at least 1 year at the Rural Health Centre (RHC) noncommunicable disease (NCD) clinic, 1. To determine the control status for hypertension and diabetes. 2.
Viswanath Narendiran, Nishaant Ramasamy, Sonali Sarkar   +2 more
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Evaluation of the HadISST1 and NSIDC 1850 onward sea ice datasets with a focus on the Barents-Kara seas

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, 2018
In recent years, long-term continuous sea-ice datasets have been developed, and they cover the periods before and after the satellite era. How these datasets differ from one another before the satellite era, and whether one is more reliable than the ...
WANG Rui-Bo, LI Shuanglin, HAN Zhe
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Coalition Formation and Combinatorial Auctions; Applications to Self-organization and Self-management in Utility Computing [PDF]

, 2015
In this paper we propose a two-stage protocol for resource management in a hierarchically organized cloud. The first stage exploits spatial locality for the formation of coalitions of supply agents; the second stage, a combinatorial auction, is based on ...
Marinescu, Dan C., Morrison, John P., Paya, Ashkan   +2 more
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Feasibility and Tolerability of Performing Portable MRI for Neurological Disorders in an Outpatient Neurology Clinic: A Prospective Cohort

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Accessing brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be challenging, especially for underserved patients, which may lead to disparities in neurological diagnosis. Method This mixed‐methods study enrolled adults with one of four neurological disorders: mild cognitive impairment or dementia of the Alzheimer type, multiple sclerosis ...
Maya L. Mastick, Nomin Enkhtsetseg, Joseph Sadok, Matheus Mochetti, Annabel Sorby Adams, Jennifer Guo, Cristina Trapaga Hacker, Isabella Gomez Hjerthen, Seungwon Lee, Siddharth Satish, Andrew S. Ham, Justin Hill, Denis Balaban, Kevin Kyle, Rebecca L. Gillani, Marcelo Matiello, Aleksandar Videnovic, Eric C. Klawiter, W. Taylor Kimberly, Farrah J. Mateen   +19 more
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