Impact of protein content and pH on the properties of microwaved, expanded, shelf-stable cheese puff snacks made from dairy powders by J.M. Pronschinske, S. Govindasamy-Lucey, J.J. Jaeggi, R.A. Ibáñez, M.E. Johnson, J.A. Lucey

“…Cylinders of PPCP were microwaved to try to produce shelf-stable cheese puffs. Nine different PPCP treatments were made (n = 3) in a process cheese cooker using micellar casein powder, anhydrous milkfat, lactose, maltodextrin (MD), NaCl, trisodium citrate (TSC), citric acid (CA), and water. …”
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Hygienic Quality of Air-Packed and Refrigerated or Frozen Stored Döner Kebab and Evaluation of the Growth of Intentionally Inoculated <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> by Francesca Coppola, Giada Ferluga, Lucilla Iacumin, Cristian Bernardi, Michela Pellegrini, Giuseppe Comi

“…Despite these good results, future directions could be to investigate different plastic films and packaging such as Modified Atmosphere (MAP), Vacuum (VP), and Sous Vide packaging (SVP).…”
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Effect of Biochar-Based Organic Fertilizer on the Growth of Maize in Cadmium-Contaminated Soil by Liyuan Mu, Hongyin Zhou, Ke Yang, Junlei Wang, Sijing Sun, Zhengli Lu, Lijuan Wang, Naiming Zhang, Li Bao

“…This study aims to explore the effects of different application rates of biochar-based organic fertilizers on soil-available nutrients, corn growth, and the inhibition of cadmium absorption and transfer in corn through field experiments. …”
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Pooled prevalence and associated factors of chronic undernutrition among under-five children in East Africa: A multilevel analysis. by Getayeneh Antehunegn Tesema, Yigizie Yeshaw, Misganaw Gebrie Worku, Zemenu Tadesse Tessema, Achamyeleh Birhanu Teshale

“…Although there are studies on child undernutrition in different East African countries, our search of the literature revealed that there is limited evidence of a pooled analysis of these studies. …”
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Nickel: A tale of two cities by Richard Schodde, Pietro Guj

“…By contrast, modelling indicates that there will be inevitable severe pressure on Ni supply in the next century and beyond. Opinions, however, differ as to the degree to which these will represent a treat to human civilisation. …”
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Correlation Between Vitreous Advanced Glycation End Products, and D-dimer with Blood HbA1c Levels in Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy by Tonny Loho, Venna Venna, Rahajuningsih D Setiabudy, Ninik Sukartini, Suzanna Immanuel, July Kumalawati, Andi A Victor, Sarwono Waspadji

“…Vitreous D-dimer levels were not significantly different between uncontrolled and controlled hyperglycemia (median 4607.5 vs. 5701.6 ng/mL; p = 0.458). …”
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Adsorption properties of tea polyphenols by hyperbranched poly (amine-ester) by Zhu Qing, Shi Yuanxu, Fan Dongmei, Yu Cuiping, Sun Zhiming, Wang Xiaochang

“…The experiments about effects of different pH values (from 4.0 to 8.0) on adsorption also were done with similar steps with 40 mL TPs solution (1.25 g/L). …”
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Lessons Learned About the Education Needs of Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Mixed-Method Study by Michelle L. Gabriel, Lucy Chen, Sharon Lee, Jenny Accettura, Emily E. Campbell, Melanie Dissanayake, Teresa J. Valenzano-Hacker, Michelle Nash, Lindita Rapi, Niki Dacouris, Weiqiu Yuan, Tiffany Thai

“…Most education topics (ie, rejection, infection) covered in 3 to 6 months post-transplant continued to be important for those that have had their transplant for more than a year suggesting the need for ongoing education post-transplant. …”
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Delays in follow-up among women with abnormal results: a retrospective study based on population-based breast cancer screening programme in China by Lu Yue, Wenhui Ren, Le Zhang, Feihong Wu, Jinping Chen, Yang Wang, Yuan Xiao, Guiqing Zhu, Haiyan Lan, Jianqing Wu, Huibin Li, Xuelian Zhao, Youlin Qiao, Fanghui Zhao, Yong Zhang

“…Women aged 45 to 54 years (ref: 35–44 years; aOR = 1.18; 95% CI: 1.01, 1.38; P = 0.032) were more likely to be lost to follow-up. Women who had never attended breast screening (ref: ever screened; aOR = 1.15; 95% CI: 1.00, 1.32; P = 0.046) were at high risk for delayed follow-up. …”
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Clinical Efficacy of Pulsed Radiofrequency Combined with Intravenous Lidocaine Infusion in the Treatment of Subacute Herpes Zoster Neuralgia by Wanyun Zhang, Chunjing He

“…No patients in the two groups had severe complications such as hematoma at the puncture site, pneumothorax, and nerve injury. …”
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Fontes para a difusão da didática moderna no ensino da Língua Portuguesa: os manuais do Ensino Ginasial e a autoria docente nas décadas de 1940 e 1950 by Anamaria Gonçalves Bueno de Freitas

“…The collection "Páginas Floridas", written by Francisco Silveira Bueno, edited by Livraria Acadêmica, Saraiva e Cia and the "Coleção Didática do Brasil - Série Ginasial- Português ", signed by Aída Costa were selected as examples to the understanding of the circulation from new patterns didactics used by teacher-authors who occupied important positions in the educational field of São Paulo and mobilized different strategies. The purpose of the study was to contribute to the History of the Teaching Profession and to the History of School Disciplines by unveiling the trajectory of these authors, who disseminated the teaching of Portuguese and Literature, from collections which had national circulation. …”
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Continuous Flow Ventilatory Support (Clinical Experience) by Pavol Török, Peter Сandík, Ján Šalantay, Milan Májek, Ján Kolník

“…After extubation and 30 minutes after the initiation of continuous flow ventilatory support, the ventilation rated decreased to 27±2.5 cycles/min, there was a continuous reduction in paCO2 to 3.9±0.9 kPa as a manifestation of hyperventilation that had been likely to be induced by a continuous decrease of paCO2 to 8.8±1.4 kPa. …”
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Optimal Utilization of Donors Aged ≥65 Y in Lung Transplantation to Increase Donor Availability While Maintaining Comparable Posttransplant Outcomes by Marniker A. Wijesinha, PhD, Maksim Korotun, DO, Michael L. Terrin, MD, Craig J. Fryman, MD, Manish R. Mohanka, MD, Si M. Pham, MD, Aldo T. Iacono, MD

“…Compared with donor age <65 y double transplants, donor age ≥65 y double transplants had only ≤10 mo shorter adjusted median survival, within recipients aged ≥40 y. …”
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Human responses to the DNA prime/chimpanzee adenovirus (ChAd63) boost vaccine identify CSP, AMA1 and TRAP MHC Class I-restricted epitopes. by Harini Ganeshan, Jun Huang, Maria Belmonte, Arnel Belmonte, Sandra Inoue, Rachel Velasco, Santina Maiolatesi, Keith Limbach, Noelle Patterson, Marvin J Sklar, Lorraine Soisson, Judith E Epstein, Kimberly A Edgel, Bjoern Peters, Michael R Hollingdale, Eileen Villasante, Christopher A Duplessis, Martha Sedegah

“…<h4>Results</h4>Protected and some non-protected participants had similar responses to individual antigen-specific peptide subpools, which did not distinguish only protected participants. …”
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Nivel de actividad física y autopercepción de la complexión física según la etapa de cambio de adolescentes mexicanos (Physical activity level and body image self-perception acco... by Teresa Gutiérrez-Higuera, Jorge Zamarripa, Martín Ochoa-Ávalos, Oswaldo Ceballos-Gurrola

“…Furthermore, among adolescents in action and maintenance stages, boys had higher physical activity levels than girls. …”
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Study of the protective efficacy of CombiMab-2 against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in mice humanised with CD4⁺ T-lymphocytes by D. S. Leontyev, F. A. Urusov, D. V. Glazkova, B. V. Belugin, O. V. Orlova, R. R. Mintaev, G. M. Tsyganova, E. V. Bogoslovskaya, G. A. Shipulin

“…In the treatment group, infection developed only in one mouse, which had the lowest antibody titre before infection. …”
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Effect of seed priming and foliar application of organic liquid manure on germination, growth, yield and quality of late-sown wheat by Okram Ricky Devi, Omvati Verma, Bibek Laishram, S. Anbarasan, Abhijit Debnath, Narinder Panotra, Priyanka Elumle, Sunita T. Pandey, R. Ajaykumar, Samreen

“…The results revealed that T7 (128.7 cm), T2 (125.1 cm), T1 (122.6 cm), and T5 (119.9 cm) had much taller plants than the others. The highest number of grains per spike was found to in T7, T3, T2 and T8 shown at par with each other (49.90, 49.90, 48.67 and 47.67 grains/spike). …”
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Comorbidity and health-related quality of life in people with a chronic medical condition in randomised clinical trials: An individual participant data meta-analysis. by Elaine W Butterly, Peter Hanlon, Anoop S V Shah, Laurie J Hannigan, Emma McIntosh, Jim Lewsey, Sarah H Wild, Bruce Guthrie, Frances S Mair, David M Kent, Sofia Dias, Nicky J Welton, David A McAllister

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Included trials were registered on the United States trials registry for selected index medical conditions and drug classes, phase 2/3, 3 or 4, had ≥300 participants, a nonrestrictive upper age limit, and were available on 1 of 2 trial repositories on 21 November 2016 and 18 May 2018, respectively. …”
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<i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> in Fruits and Vegetables: Antimicrobial Resistance, Biofilm, and Genomic Insights by María Guadalupe Avila-Novoa, Oscar Alberto Solis-Velazquez, Pedro Javier Guerrero-Medina, Liliana Martínez-Chávez, Nanci Edid Martínez-Gonzáles, Melesio Gutiérrez-Lomelí

“…The phenotypic tests showed that 58.8% (10/17) of cadmium-resistant <i>L. monocytogenes</i> isolates had a co-resistance of 23.5% (4/17) to BC. Finally, all strains of <i>L. monocytogenes</i> exhibited moderate biofilm production. …”
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Adapting a Mobile Health App for Smoking Cessation in Black Adults With Anxiety Through an Analysis of the Mobile Anxiety Sensitivity Program Proof-of-Concept Trial: Qualitative St... by Marshall K Cheney, Adam C Alexander, Lorra Garey, Matthew W Gallagher, Emily T Hébert, Anka A Vujanovic, Krista M Kezbers, Cameron T Matoska, Michael J Zvolensky, Michael S Businelle

“…ResultsMost participants (17/21, 81%) had smoked for more than 20 years and 29% (6/21) of them smoked more than 20 cigarettes daily. …”
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