Associations among circulating sphingolipids, β-cell function, and risk of developing type 2 diabetes: A population-based cohort study in China. by Huan Yun, Liang Sun, Qingqing Wu, Geng Zong, Qibin Qi, Huaixing Li, He Zheng, Rong Zeng, Liming Liang, Xu Lin

“…Network analysis further identified 5 modules, and 2 modules containing saturated sphingomyelins showed the strongest associations with increased T2D risk (RRQ4 versus Q1 = 1.59 and 1.43; both Ptrend < 0.001). …”
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Effects of Organic Mineral Chelates of Zinc, Manganese, and Chromium on Growth Performance, Physiological, Hematological, Intestinal Microflora, Immunological, and Bone Traits in B... by A Rezapour, S Gharahveysi, KJ Khorshidi, R Abdolahpour

“…The highest antibody titers against bronchitis were observed in the control treatment, as well as the highest percentages of ash and phosphorus. The current findings showed that organic chrome improved body weight gain and FCR in the starter phase, and that the use of organic zinc increased the villi width of the jejunum in broiler chickens.…”
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A MODEL OF THE ENGLISH-UKRAINIAN SUB-CORPUS OF TEXTS OF NATO, UN AND WTO OFFICIAL AND BUSINESS DOCUMENTS by Yuliya I. Demyanchuk

“…In consequence, the author offers to increase the number of unique texts that will ensure the representativeness of the EUS in the Ukrainian National Corpus, and to divide the whole process of the EUS formation into elementary tasks that will increase the UNC efficiency. …”
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Biochemical and Histological Study of Rat Liver Injury Induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) by Ansam Awad Ali

“…A section of the liver of group (T4) rats treated with carbon tetrachloride, showed the pathological anatomical shapes of the hepatic lobules showed severe congestion in the portal vein, and a noticeable disorder in the hepatic cord characterized by severe fatty degeneration of the liver cells with Atrophy, congestion and congestion of central veins, portal vessels and normal liver cells. The current study concluded the relationship between the increase in liver enzyme in the case of treatment with CCl4 and its decrease in treatment with the amino acid BABA. …”
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Establishing priorities for future land conservation to maximise biodiversity conservation and other ecosystem services in the Tilarán Mountains of Costa Rica by Lindsay Stallcup, Matthew D. Moran, Doris Rojas, Erich Mata

“…The opportunity to connect currently protected areas to one another through effective biological corridors still remains, possibly through conservation partnerships with landowners or direct land purchase, but time could be short as increasing development and changing land-use patterns threaten to further isolate habitats in the MAB.…”
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Fatty acid analysis identifies an aberrant circulating triglyceride composition in patients with hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute pancreatitis by Alicia Leikin-Frenkel, Margarita Mayorov, Tamar Luvish, Aviv Shaish, Hofit Cohen, Yehuda Kamari, Dror Harats, Mudi Misgav, Rom Keshet

“…We found that TGs of hypertriglyceridemic patients with current HIAP contain increased levels of oleic acid, linoleic acid, and the trans FA elaidic acid, all potentially toxic to pancreatic cells; and decreased levels of the pancreatic-protective FAs gondoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid. …”
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Preparation and Characterization of Activated Carbon Made from Robusta Coffee Skin (Coffea Canephora) by Raudhatul Raihan, Adi Setiawan, Lukman Hakim, Muhammad Muhammad, Muhammad Arif, Hadi Hosseiniamoli

“…Indonesia is one of the coffee-producing countries where production tends to increase from year to year. Currently, residuals from coffee-fruit processing such as coffee-skin and husks are thrown away without any use and this biomass residual contains several toxic chemicals such as alkaloids, tannins, and polyphenols. …”
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Effect of <i>Enterococcus hirae</i> GS22 Fermentation-Assisted Extraction on the Physicochemical and Bioactivities of Sea Cucumber Intestinal Polysaccharides by Xiqian Tan, Xiaoqing Wang, Fangchao Cui, Ali Zeshan, Dangfeng Wang, Xuepeng Li, Jianrong Li

“…The sea cucumber intestine (SI), a secondary product from sea cucumber processing, contains polysaccharides as one of its active ingredients, and fermentation is an effective method for extracting bioactive substances from food by-products. …”
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Post-diapause synthesis of ArHsp40-2, a type 2 J-domain protein from Artemia franciscana, is developmentally regulated and induced by stress. by Nathan M Rowarth, Thomas H MacRae

“…In addressing this we recently described ArHsp40, a type 1 J-domain protein in post-diapause A. franciscana cysts and larvae. The current report describes ArHsp40-2, a second J-domain protein from A. franciscana. …”
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Experimental Study on the Burning Characteristics of Photovoltaic Modules with Different Inclination Angles Under the Pool Fire by Jingwen Xiao, Dong Lin, Jia Zeng, Shuai Zhang, Jinlong Zhao

“…Mountain photovoltaic (PV) power stations cover vast areas and contain dense equipment. Once direct current arc faults occur in PV modules, they can pose a serious thermal threat to surrounding facilities and combustible materials, potentially resulting in a PV array fire accident. …”
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Sensitivity Approach for Blood Glucose Impedance Data Using the Geselowitz Theorem by Bruna Gabriela Pedro, John Alexander Gomez Sanchez, Pedro Bertemes-Filho

“…The results demonstrated a sigmoid relationship between blood glucose concentration and conductivity, with impedance decreasing non-linearly as glucose levels increased. …”
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Is Brazil reaching malaria elimination? A time series analysis of malaria cases from 2011 to 2023. by Klauss Kleydmann Sabino Garcia, Seyi Soremekun, Amanda Amaral Abrahão, Paola Barbosa Marchesini, Chris Drakeley, Walter Massa Ramalho, André M Siqueira

“…Trend analysis indicated a decreasing trend in all malaria infections since late 2017 (monthly reduction = 0.81%, p-value <0.05), while Pf infections have increased progressively since 2015 (monthly increase = 0.46%, p-value <0.05). …”
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Comprehensive analysis of kampo medicine utilization across all outpatient departments with a focus on anesthesiology department/pain clinic at Kyoto university hospital over 12 ye... by Karin Kato, Kaori Tsuyuki, Takuma Ohsuga, Akihiko Ueda, Miho Egawa, Masashi Ikuno, Neiko Ozasa, Kiyoaki Tanikawa

“…The usage rate of Processed Aconite Root-containing formulations increased with increasing patient age, reaching 3.3% in individuals in their teens, 6.6% in their twenties, 13.3% in their thirties, and over 30% in their eighties and nineties. …”
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Screening of Positive Regulatory Stimuli for Stomatal Opening in Chinese Cabbage by Jin-Yan Zhou, Dong-Li Hao, Ze-Chen Gu

“…Increasing the stomatal aperture is a crucial strategy for enhancing the rate of CO₂ absorption, which ultimately contributes to increased plant yield through improved photosynthetic activity. …”
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Microscopically controlled surgery with three-dimensional histology, tumescent local anesthesia and intracutaneous sutures for high tension in the treatment of skin cancer by H. Breuninger, I. A. Belova

“…Automated subcutaneous tumescent local anesthesia (ATLA). Since ATLA contains a highly diluted (up to 100 times) anesthetic, we can inject a 100-fold larger volume, thus, increasing the anesthetized area. …”
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Quinine Use and the Risk of Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Nationwide Retrospective Registry Study by Vilstrup F, Sivapalan P, Eklöf J, Jordan A, Biering-Sørensen T, Sperling S, Jensen JUS

“…An unadjusted analysis on the unmatched population showed similar results (HR 1.475, 95% CI 1.39 to 1.56).Conclusion: In the current study, we found an association between the use of Quinine in patients with COPD and an increased risk of acute exacerbations and death. …”
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Design and experiment of a Long Range Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Ocean Acoustic Data Observation by Sun Qindong, Xu Shangfeng, Sun Tongshuai, Lu Faliang, Dong Pengfei, Chang Jiaqi

“…In order to realise noise measurement and target detection, this paper designs a long range autonomous underwater vehicle (LRAUV), namely ‘Petrel’, which contains a variable buoyancy system, attitude adjustment mechanisms, pitch and heading control planes, acoustic vector sensor (AVS) and a propeller. …”
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Replacing fishmeal with an insect meal blend: Implications for intestinal microbiota in European seabass by Violeta Kalemi, Simona Rimoldi, Rafaela S. Costa, Ana Basto, Marta Monteiro, Genciana Terova, Luisa M.P. Valente

“…This research stands out by examining a combination of IMs rather than a single source, thereby addressing an underexplored area in the current literature. In a feeding trial that lasted 75 days, European seabass were fed three different diets: a commercial-like control diet and two experimental diets containing partial replacement of FM with IM (25 % and 50 %). …”
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Features of the bridge span performance when shifting the axis of the rail-sleeper grid by V. V. Korolev, A. A. Loktev, I. V. Shishkina, E. A. Gridasova

“…It is noted that although the increase in stresses (by about 6 %) can generally be considered insignificant, the presence of defects in the span beams (concrete chips, cracks in the stretched zone, exposure and corrosion of working reinforcement, decrease in the calculated cross section, leaching of cement stone from concrete, decrease in concrete strength over time) can make it a significant enough factor limiting the operational capabilities of bridge crossings.…”
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Tokenization and deep learning architectures in genomics: A comprehensive review by Conrad Testagrose, Christina Boucher

“…Current deep learning architectures and tokenization techniques have been explored for the extraction of meaningful underlying information contained within this sequencing data. …”
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