Snapshot Imaging of Stokes Vector Polarization Speckle in Turbid Optical Phantoms and <i>In Vivo</i> Tissues by Daniel C. Louie, Carla Kulcsar, Héctor A. Contreras-Sánchez, W. Jeffrey Zabel, Tim K. Lee, Alex Vitkin

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Primary Intimal (Spindle Cell) Sarcoma of the Heart: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by A. Ibrahim, A. Luk, P. Singhal, Bo Wan, A. Zavodni, R. J. Cusimano, J. Butany

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An Adverse Reaction in the Pediatric Sleep Laboratory by Diana Reppucci, Debra Medin, Suhail Al-Saleh, Mary Jane Smith, Jill Barter, Reshma Amin

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Dissecting Pseudoaneurysm of the Proper Hepatic Artery Repaired by Primary Anastomosis: A Case Report by Roshan Razik, Aria Fallah, Charbel Sandroussi, Alice C. Wei, Ian D. McGilvray

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Enhanced Production of Cellulase from Pineapple Waste by Response Surface Methodology by P. Saravanan, R. Muthuvelayudham, T. Viruthagiri

“…The optimum concentrations are avicel: 26.5 g/L, soybean cake flour: 22.5 g/L, KH2PO4: 4.5 g/L, and yeast extract: 12.3 g/L. …”
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Modifiable Risk Factors for Early Mortality on Hemodialysis by Rory McQuillan, Lilyanna Trpeski, Stanley Fenton, Charmaine E. Lok

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Comparing the Coagulation Performance of Rice Husk, Cypress Leaves, and Eucalyptus Leaves Powders with That of Alum in Improving the Turbidity and pH of Some Local Water Sources in... by Cornelius Tsamo, Eric Fru Zama, Ngu Elton Yerima, Ajingne Nelson Mandela Fuh

“…Results show reduction in turbidity is higher in mixed coagulants than with individual coagulants. At 5 g each of alum, rice husk, cypress, and Eucalyptus leaves, the corresponding turbidity values, 8.3, 13.6, 14.5, and 20.3 NTU, were obtained compared to 7.3 with 0.05 alum and 5 g rice husk mixture, 8.7 NTU with 0.05 g alum and 5 g cypress leaves mixture, and 16.1 NTU with 0.05 g alum and 5 g Eucalyptus leaves mixture, for 37.3 NTU initial turbidity. …”
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Noninvasive Predictors of High-Risk Varices in Patients with Non-Cirrhotic Portal Hypertension by Morven E. Cunningham, Gilda Parastandeh-Chehr, Orlando Cerocchi, David K. Wong, Keyur Patel

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L-Citrulline in Neonates: From Bench to Bed Side by Dwayne Mascarenhas, Atefeh Mohammadi, Randa Higazy, Julijana Ivanovska, Estelle Gauda, Bonny Jasani

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Stability analysis for seed yield of chickpea (<i>Cicer arietinum</i> L.) genotypes by experimental and biological approaches by R. Karimizadeh, P. Pezeshkpour, A. Mirzaee, M. Barzali, P. Sharifi, M. R. Safari Motlagh

“…Superior genotypes based on simultaneous selection index of ASV (ssiASV), ssiZA, ssiDi and ssiWAAS were G14, G5, G9 and G10; those based on ssiEV and ssiSIPC were G14, G5, G10 and G15 and those based on ssiMASD were G14, G5, G10 and G15. …”
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Anti-obesity effects of Erythrina abyssinica stem bark extract in flies exposed to a high fat diet by Oscar Hilary, Asiimwe, Eddie, Wampande, John, Rubaihayo, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Hellen, Wambui Kinyi

“…Groups 4–6 were fed on coconut food þ E. abyssinica stem bark extract at concentrations of 2.5 g/ml, 5.0 g/ml, and 7.5 g/ml. The positive control was exposed to only coconut food while the negative control was on regular food. …”
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Context and timing matters in acute myeloid leukemia: females are the superior hosts by Kerstin B. Kaufmann, Stephanie Z. Xie

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Airway Responsiveness: Role of Inflammation, Epithelium Damage and Smooth Muscle Tension by K. I. Gourgoulianis, A. Domali, P. A. Molyvdas

“…We performed acetylcholine (ACh) (10-5M)-induced contraction on tracheal strips from 30 rabbits in five groups (0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 and 2.5 g) before and after epithelium removal. At low resting tension (0.5-1.5g), the epithelium removal decreased the ACh-induced contractions. …”
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Improving Prognosis Estimation in Patients with Heart Failure and the Cardiorenal Syndrome by Husam M. Abdel-Qadir, Shaan Chugh, Douglas S. Lee

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Markers of Inflammation and Fibrosis in Alcoholic Hepatitis and Viral Hepatitis C by Manuela G. Neuman, Hemda Schmilovitz-Weiss, Nir Hilzenrat, Marc Bourliere, Patrick Marcellin, Cristhian Trepo, Tony Mazulli, George Moussa, Ankit Patel, Asad A. Baig, Lawrence Cohen

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Spermatogenesis of male catfish Clarias sp. fed diet supplemeted with purwoceng extract by Poppy Dea Bertha, Muhammad Zairin Junior, Dinar Tri Soelistyowati

“…The result showed that purwoceng extract at a dose of 5 g/kg mixed in the feed increased testis weight, GSI values, and spermatocrite levels in adult male catfish.   …”
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Cardiovascular Responses Associated with Daily Walking in Subacute Stroke by Sanjay K. Prajapati, Avril Mansfield, William H. Gage, Dina Brooks, William E. McIlroy

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Evaluation of Selenoprotein Supplementation on Digestibility, Growth, and Health Performance of Pacific White Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei by Rafi Kemal, Ichsan Achmad Fauzi, Sri Nuryati, Wira Wisnu Wardani, Muhammad Agus Suprayudi

“…The experimental design used was a completely randomized design consisting of four feed treatments, namely, control and treatments with selenoprotein supplementation of 2.5, 5, and 7.5 g kg feed-1 with four replications. Shrimps (1.5 g) were reared for 70 days and challenged for 14 days by the bacteria Vibrio parahaemolyticus (107 CFU mL-1). …”
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Effect of Cornelian Cherry (Cornus mas L.) Juice on Selected Quality Properties of Beef Burgers by Anna Marietta Salejda, Alicja Z. Kucharska, Grażyna Krasnowska

“…Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the possibility of using different doses (0.5 g–1.5 g) of cornelian cherry juice (CCJ) as a functional additive in the production of beef burgers. …”
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Ethical Issues in Pharmacologic Research in Women Undergoing Pregnancy Termination: A Systemic Review and Survey of Researchers by Christelle Gedeon, Alejandro A. Nava-Ocampo, Gideon Koren

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