Molecular Bases of Diabetes Mellitus and its Relationship with non-enzymatic Glycosylation and Oxidative Stress by Dayamí García Torres, María de Jesús Sánchez Bouza, Pedro Javier Sánchez Sánchez, Pedro Sánchez Frenes, Laura Naranjo Hernández

“…Non-enzymatic glycosylation phenomena occur spontaneously in the human body, favoring the formation of free radicals. This review presents an update on the relationship between the molecular bases of insulin actions and the mechanisms involved in regulating its effects with non-enzymatic glycosylation processes and concomitant oxidative stress. …”
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Influence of Elettaria Cardamomum L. and Myristica fragrans Houtt. Seeds on the Thermal Properties and Flammability of Poly(lactic acid) by Tomasz M. Majka

“…Pharmaceutical studies have reported for many years that plants containing antioxidants have many health-promoting properties, mainly due to organic compounds capable of scavenging free radicals. In this work, the activity of two representative plant families was tested: Elettaria cardamomum L. …”
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The Catalan peasantry: Sociability, politicisation, mobilisation and citizenship (1870-1939) by Ramon Arnabat, Montserrat Duch, Antoni Gavaldà

“…The text analyses the configuration and vicissitudes of the peasantry during the period in which capitalist social relations were being forged in the Catalan countryside (1870-1939), conflicts were raging over the distribution of the agricultural surplus and the peasants’ ‘moral economy’ was being radically questioned by agrarian capitalism. It also describes how Catalan peasants became a social group with an identity of its own through sociability, politicisation and mobilisation, which made the peasants citizens, first de facto and then de jure, in a long, complex process that involved various forms of association and sociability around the political cultures of republicanism, anarchism, socialism and Catholicism.…”
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Paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity in a malnourished patient: A case report by Sudhanshu Shukla, Tejashree Sridhar, Jayasheela Siddalingayya Hiremath, Sanathkumar B. Nyamagoud, Viswanatha Agadi Hiremath Swamy

“…We present a case report that describes the unfortunate demise of a 48-year-old male patient with colon carcinoma who developed severe hepatotoxicity attributed to the administration of paracetamol following right radical hemicolectomy. Despite the patient receiving paracetamol at a dosage below the recommended limit under medical supervision, he experienced a rapid deterioration in liver function, leading to a cascade of life-threatening complications. …”
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Isolated Testicular Metastasis Diagnosed More than a Decade and a Half Post Primary Treatment for Prostate Cancer by Nassib F. Abou Heidar, Gerges Bustros, Jose M. El-Asmar, Bassel Zein Sabatto, Jad A. Degheili

“…We herein present the case of a male patient who underwent a radical prostatectomy for a grade group 3 Gleason score 7 (4+3) prostate adenocarcinoma followed by adjuvant radiation therapy and continuous androgen deprivation therapy after his first biochemical recurrence. …”
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Features of clinical course, diagnostics and surgical treatment of a giant left atrial myxoma with subsequent mitral valve insufficiency by R.M. Vitovskyi, V.P. Zakharova, I.V. Martyshchenko, M.O. Tregubova, V.V. Isaenko, A.V. Kupchinsky

“…Treatment of concurrent valvular pathology should be referred to the concept of hemodynamic radicality of a surgical treatment of cardiac tumors. …”
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Cellular Plasticity of Nervous System of Helminthes at the Ultrastructural Level by A.I. Golubev, L.V. Malutina, M.M. Salnikova, Ya.I. Zabotin

“…Radical restructuring of the organism caused by the endoparasitic way of life largely influences the organization of the nervous system as the main mediator in relations with the environment, in particular with the internal environment of the host. …”
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Modular representations of Loewy length two by M. E. Charkani, S. Bouhamidi

“…Let G be a finite p-group, K a field of characteristic p, and J the radical of the group algebra K[G]. We study modular representations using some new results of the theory of extensions of modules. …”
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Parathyroid carcinoma: Two unique cases detailing multi-disciplinary management by NJ McInerney, DT Ryan, C. Miller, T. Moran, R. Killeen, F. O’Duffy

“…Both are treated surgically, requiring radical excision, and both had unilateral level VI neck dissections. …”
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Early Iron Age Terracottas from Southern Portugal: Towards the Definition of a Regional Coroplastic Tradition by Francisco B. Gomes

“…At the beginning of the Iron Age, the iconographic output of the communities of southwestern Iberia was radically changed by the introduction of a rich and diverse imagery with Near Eastern roots brought to the Far West by the Phoenician diaspora. …”
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Three-dimensional (3D)-printed custom-made titanium ribs for chest wall reconstruction post-desmoid fibromatosis resection by Chen Yang, Lei Chen, Xiangyu Xie, Changping Wu, Qianyun Wang

“…For giant chest wall DF, surgical resection offer a radical form of treatment and the causing defects usually need repair and reconstruction, which can restore the structural integrity and rigidity of the thoracic cage. …”
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‘Silence is the sentence’: adult learners’ experiences of a co-created curriculum constructed through free writing tasks by Howard Scott, Pete Bennett, Craig A Hammond

“…We further propose that such andragogical approaches to teaching and learning can potentially serve as a model for improved literacy practices in post-compulsory education in England – a curriculum and qualification regime in radical need of overhaul and replacement.  …”
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TYPOLOGY OF ROMANIAN CRIMINAL TRIAL. REALITIES AND TRENDS by ANDREI ZARAFIU

“…The lengthy process through which Romania became a full-rights member of the European Union caused a radical transformation of the existing criminal trial and it shifted it towards the European model. …”
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Cuestión social y progresismos en América Latina y África: el pensamiento crítico en la encrucijada by Amor António Monteiro, José Fernando Siquiera da Silva, Raquel Raichelis, Tania Maria Ramos de Godoi Diniz

“…At the same time, it points out issues that challenge social work in the implementation of a radically anti-capitalist professional ethical-political project in Latin America and Africa.…”
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Management of Iron Overload in Resource Poor Nations: A Systematic Review of Phlebotomy and Natural Chelators by Orish Ebere Orisakwe, Cecilia Nwadiuto Amadi, Chiara Frazzoli

“…Excess labile and unchelated iron can catalyze the formation of tissue-damaging radicals and induce oxidative stress. English abstracts were identified in PubMed and Google Scholar using multiple and various search terms based on defined inclusion and exclusion criteria. …”
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Analysis of Eremostachys hyoscyamoides essential oil composition and assessing the antibacterial and antioxidant properties of the ethanol extract by Marjan Talebi, Afsaneh Arefei Oskouie, Arash Mahboubi, Mohammad Khani, Faraz Mojab

“…The increasing issue of antibiotic resistance in bacterial infections has led to challenging and costly treatments. Free radicals significantly contribute to the progression of several diseases, such as cardiometabolic disorders, neurodegenerative conditions, and cancers. …”
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In vitro investigation of xanthine oxidase inhibitory and antioxidant activities of 3,4,5-trihydroxycinnamic acid by Taweesak Dhammaraj, Phoobet Kotseekieo, Tunnathon Chotikarn, Narumol Phosrithong, Wattanakarn Praison, Tossapol Prasomsub, Panupong Lumthong, Warangrat Supaporn, Bunleu Sungthong, Chawannuch Mudjupa, Pawitra Pulbutr

“…THCA had significantly the strongest DPPH-radical scavenging activity (IC50 = 16.45±3.35 μM) and higher than ascorbic acid (IC50 = 33.16±7.38 μM) (P<0.05). …”
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An overview of immune checkpoint inhibitor toxicities in bladder cancer by Avenie Mavadia, Sunyoung Choi, Ayden Ismail, Aruni Ghose, Joecelyn Kirani Tan, Vasileios Papadopoulos, Elisabet Sanchez, Stergios Boussios

“…The growing popularity of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) to treat MIBC and NMIBC as either monotherapy or combined with intravesical agents, may radically change the treatment paradigm of UC. Current treatments for NMBIC includes intravesical chemotherapy after trans-urethral resection of the bladder tumour, intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) or radical cystectomy. …”
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Study on the In Vitro and In Vivo Antioxidant Activity and Potential Mechanism of <i>Polygonum viviparum</i> L. by Zhen Yang, Jingyuan Man, Haoyu Liu, Di Wu, Qiangwen Gu, Hongjuan Zhang, Yu Liu, Dan Shao, Baocheng Hao, Shengyi Wang

“…Therefore, the present study firstly demonstrated that PV could exert good in vitro antioxidant effects by scavenging DPPH radicals and inhibiting the production of hydroxyl radicals through in vitro experiments. …”
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Combined oven/freeze drying as a cost and energy-efficient drying method for preserving quality attributes and volatile compounds of carrot slices by Zobabalo Progress Mina, Tafadzwa Kaseke, Tafadzwa Kaseke, Tobi Fadiji, Yardjouma Silue, Olaniyi Amos Fawole, Olaniyi Amos Fawole

“…FD carrot slices retained significantly higher levels of β-carotene (11.67–25.96 mg/100 g DM), lycopene (9.91–21.85 mg/100 g DM), total phenolic content (7.12–10.24 mg GAE/100 g DM), and DPPH radical scavenging activity (16.44–19.38 mM AAE/100 g DM) than OD and OD-FD slices. …”
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