Effect of Experimental Warming on Forage Nutritive Value and Storage in Alpine Meadows at Three Different Altitudes of Nianqing Tanggula Mountain, Northern Tibet: A Long-Term Exper... by Fusong Han, Wei Sun, Shaowei Li, Chengqun Yu, Jun Xu, Tianyu Li, Yujie Deng, Dorblha, Chuhong Chen, Dawaqiongda, Luobu, Gang Fu

“…A long-term warming experiment (with open-top chambers used to elevate temperature) was conducted at three elevations (relatively low, mid-, and high elevations with 4313, 4513, and 4693 m) of Northern Tibet in 2010 to compare the differences in forage nutritional quality and storage response to warming among three elevations and to explore the relationships between forage nutritional quality and production. …”
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Effect of Drying Methods on the Phenolic Profile and Antioxidant Capacity of <i>Pithecellobium dulce</i> (Roxb.) Benth. Aril and Its Inhibitory Properties on Human SW480 Colon Aden... by Ángel Félix Vargas-Madriz, Aarón Kuri-García, Ivan Luzardo-Ocampo, Roberto Augusto Ferriz-Martínez, Teresa García-Gasca, Carlos Saldaña, Haidel Vargas-Madriz, Salvador Horacio Guzmán-Maldonado, Jorge Luis Chávez-Servín

“…From this extract, the median lethal concentration (LC₅₀) was determined to be 13.76 mg/mL, which represents the concentration necessary to inhibit the growth of half of the cancer cells of this cell line. …”
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Surface functionalization of titanium implants with controlled-release glutathione conjugate for antioxidant and osteogenesis by Huichuan Xu, Kosuke Nozaki, Ziniu Yu, Nobuyuki Kawashima, Takeshi Ueno, Huaze Wu, Hao Wu, Noriyuki Wakabayashi

“…The release began with 1 h and gradually increased, reaching its peak concentration of 39.6 μM between 96 and 120 h. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy revealed differences in the chemical composition, accompanied by concurrent sulfur and phosphorus peaks, indicating the synthesis and covalent binding of the VPA-GSH conjugates onto the Ti surfaces. …”
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Optimization of the Screw Conveyor Device Based on a GA-BP Neural Network by Qiang Guo, Yunpeng Zhuang, Houzhuo Xu, Wei Li, Haitao Li, Zhidong Wu

“…At this moment, the power consumption was <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">P</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>0.079</mn><mo> </mo><mi>kW</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, and the conveying capacity was <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi mathvariant="normal">Q</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">m</mi></msub><mrow><mo>=</mo><mn>23.98</mn><mo> </mo><mi mathvariant="normal">t</mi><mo>/</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">h</mi></mrow></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. …”
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The History of Miss Jane Pittman by Christopher Mulvey

“…‘I teach history,’ I said. ‘I’m sure her life’s story can help me explain things to my students.’ …”
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The fibrosis-4 index and its association with carotid atherosclerosis in type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study in China by Ying Miao, Yu Wang, Qin Wan, Nanwei Tong

“…Further stratified analyses were conducted considering gender, age (using 60 years as the threshold), hypertension status, smoking, alcohol consumption, and BMI groups (using 24 kg/m2 as the threshold), aiming to investigate potential effect heterogeneity within predefined subgroups. …”
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Impact of Wheat Harvest on Levels and Sources of PM2.5-associated PAHs in an Urban Area Located at the Center of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region by Zhiyong Li, Zhenxin Li, Ziyuan Yue, Dingyuan Yang, Yutong Wang, Lan Chen, Songtao Guo, Jinsong Yao, Lei Wang, Xiao Lou, Xiaolin Xu, Jinye Wei, Baole Deng, Hong Wu

“…The daily average PM2.5 (reported in µg m–3) 137 of DWH was 2.58 times 53.1 of AWH for BUA, regardless of its lower levels than the corresponding 156 and 75.6 for an adjacent rural site (ARS). …”
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Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Plus Blue Dye for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Patients Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer: A Multicenter, Prospective Cohort Stu... by Miao Liu, Yang Yang, Bin Hua, Rui Feng, Tianyu Xu, Mengyuan Wang, Xiaowei Qi, Yingming Cao, Bo Zhou, Fuzhong Tong, Peng Liu, Hongjun Liu, Lin Cheng, Houpu Yang, Fei Xie, Siyuan Wang, Chaobin Wang, Yuan Peng, Danhua Shen, Lei Chen, Jun Jiang, Shu Wang

“…Methods Adult women (20–80 years of age) scheduled to undergo NAC for biopsy‐proven cT0‐3N1M0 primary invasive breast cancer were consecutively enrolled in this prospective, multicenter, cohort study. …”
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Pharmacokinetic Analysis of an Isoniazid Suspension Among Spanish Children Under 6 Years of Age by Antoni Noguera-Julian, Emma Wilhelmi, Maria Cussó, Rob Aarnoutse, Angela Colbers, Loreto Martorell, Maria Goretti López-Ramos, Joan Vinent, Rosa Farré, Dolors Soy, Sílvia Simó-Nebot, Clàudia Fortuny

“…<b>Methods</b>: We aimed to characterize the pharmacokinetics of a licensed INH suspension (10 mg/mL, Pharmascience Inc., Montreal, QC, Canada) in children receiving INH daily at 10 mg/kg in a single-center, open-label, non-randomized, phase IIa clinical trial (EudraCT Number: 2016-002000-31) in Barcelona (Spain). …”
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Peripheral endothelial dysfunction in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome by Nadja Scherbakov, Marvin Szklarski, Jelka Hartwig, Franziska Sotzny, Sebastian Lorenz, Antje Meyer, Patricia Grabowski, Wolfram Doehner, Carmen Scheibenbogen

“…Methods and results Thirty‐five patients [median age 40 (range 18–70) years, mean body mass index 23.8 ± 4.2 kg/m2, 31% male] with ME/CFS were studied for peripheral endothelial function assessed by peripheral arterial tonometry (EndoPAT2000). …”
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Low Expression of FFAR2 in Peripheral White Blood Cells May Be a Genetic Marker for Early Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction by Jianjun Ruan, Heyu Meng, Xue Wang, Weiwei Chen, Xiaomin Tian, Fanbo Meng

“…Also, the fasting blood glucose level was higher (p<0.01), and the high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) level was lower (p=0.03). The FFAR2 mRNA level correlated positively with the HDL-C level (p<0.01). …”
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Dihydroquercetin attenuated Prevotella copri-caused intestinal injury by modulating gut microbiota and bile acids in weaned piglets by Long Wang, Ruizhi Hu, Siqi Ma, Xizi Yang, Jiatai Gong, Hongkun Xiang, Mingkun Shi, Xupeng Yuan, Liang Chen, Hongfu Zhang, Bie Tan, Xi He, Jianhua He, Shusong Wu

“…Moreover, DHQ increased the expression of tight junction proteins (claudin-2, occludin and tight junction protein zonula occludens protein-1 (ZO-1) and the mRNA expression of glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX-4) in ileum (P < 0.001). …”
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In situ simulation for cardiopulmonary resuscitation training: A systematic review by Andrea Cortegiani, Mariachiara Ippolito, Cristian Abelairas-Gómez, Sabine Nabecker, Alexander Olaussen, Kasper G. Lauridsen, Yiqun Lin, Taylor Sawyer, Joyce Yeung, Andrew S. Lockey, Adam Cheng, Robert Greif, Aaron Donoghue, Barbara Farquharson, Chih-Wei Yang, Heike Geduld, Kathryn Eastwood, Kevin Nation, Sebastian Sch naubelt, Tasuku Matsuyama, Ying-Chih Ko, Katherine S. Allen, Tracy Kidd, Jan Breckwoldt, Ming-Ju Hsieh

“…The evidence was summarised according to the Synthesis Without Meta-Analysis (SwiM) reporting guidelines. No funding has been obtained. …”
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Transcriptome analysis of early pregnancy vitamin D status and spontaneous preterm birth. by Aishwarya P Yadama, Hooman Mirzakhani, Thomas F McElrath, Augusto A Litonjua, Scott T Weiss

“…In this cohort, 8 women had spontaneous preterm delivery (21-32 weeks of gestation) and 17 women had vitamin D insufficiency (25-hydroxyvitamin D < 30 ng/mL). We separately identified vitamin D-associated and sPTB gene signatures at 10 to 18 weeks and replicated the overlapping signatures in the mid-pregnancy peripheral blood of an independent cohort with sPTB cases.…”
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The role of smell in medical and psychological disorders: An interdisciplinary approach by Giuseppe Riva

Identification and Mass Spectrometric Fragmentation Pathways of Chemical Components in the Traditional Chinese Medicine Formula of Jiuwei Decoction by Jia-yu ZHAO, Yue-guang LYU, Tong XIN, Qian-qian GUO, Wen-ying ZHANG, Jin-hong LI, Hong-yu XUE, Qiang MA

“…The mobile phase consisted of water with 0.1% formic acid (A) and acetonitrile (B) at a flow rate of 0.3 mL/min. Before entering the quadrupole/Orbitrap high-resolution mass spectrometer for detection, samples underwent ionization under both positive and negative ion modes. …”
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Recommendation for the use of respiratory syncytial virus vaccines by Ping-Ing Lee, Yhu-Chering Huang, Ching-Chuan Liu, Shee-Uan Chen, Po-Ren Hsueh, Shih-Chi Ku, Po-Yen Chen, Chih-Jung Chen, Yi-Tsung Lin, Chun-Yi Lu, Nan-Chang Chiu, Hsin Chi, Yee-Chun Chen, Feng-Yee Chang, Muh-Yong Yen, Chin-Te Lu, Kuang-Yao Yang, Cheng-Hsun Chiu, Kao-Pin Hwang, Wen-Sen Lee, Ting-Yu Yen, Jen-Fu Hsu, Ying-Chin Lin, Ya-Li Hu, Tzou-Yien Lin

“…RSV is also a significant viral pathogen for adults with respiratory tract infection.Vaccines targeting the pre-fusion protein of RSV, including recombinant and mRNA vaccines, are now available. A committee of experts from related fields was convened by the Taiwan Immunization Vision and Strategy to develop recommendations for RSV vaccination in the elderly and pregnant women.The recommendation is not intended as a sole source of guidance in the prevention of RSV infection in children. …”
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Modeling Seed Longevity and Percentile Prediction: A Sigmoidal Function Approach in Soybean, Maize, and Tomato by Felipe Souza Carvalho, Brunna Rithielly Rezende, Amanda Rithieli Pereira dos Santos, Maria Márcia Pereira Sartori

“…The tomato cultivar Gaucho showed the greatest loss in germination, reaching <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>P</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>25</mn></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> quickly, while the soybean cultivar M 7119 IPRO and maize cultivar MAM06 maintained high germination for a longer period. …”
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Bioassays for the evaluation of the attractiveness of attractive targeted sugar bait (ATSB) against Anopheles mosquitoes in controlled semi-field systems by Frank S. C. Tenywa, Ummi A. Kibondo, Julian Entwistle, Osward Dogan, Mapipi Haruna, Restuta P. Phisoo, Jason Moore, Jane J. Machange, Haji Makame, Frederic Tripet, Pie Müller, Mathias Mondy, Derric Nimmo, Jennifer C. Stevenson, Sarah J. Moore

“…Method Experiments were conducted in 2 × 5 × 2-m cages constructed within the semi-field systems (SFS) at Ifakara Health Institute, Bagamoyo, Tanzania. …”
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Knockout of <i>dhx38</i> Causes Inner Ear Developmental Defects in Zebrafish by Mengmeng Ren, Xiang Chen, Liyan Dai, Jiayi Tu, Hualei Hu, Xiaohan Sun, Jiong Luo, Pei Li, Yiyang Fu, Yuejie Zhu, Weiqiang Sun, Zhaohui Tang, Mugen Liu, Xiang Ren, Qunwei Lu

“…DHX38, a DEAH box RNA helicase, is integral to pre-mRNA splicing regulation and plays critical roles in development, cell differentiation, and stem cell maintenance. …”
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