A Simplified, Specific HPLC Method of Assaying Thiamine and Riboflavin in Mushrooms by Mohammad F. Hossain, Mamoon Rashid, Rajjit Sidhu, Randy Mullins, Susan L. Mayhew

“…No coeluting peaks were observed at the retention time of the vitamins and all the peaks were spectrally homogenous. The standard and sample solutions were found to remain stable at cold temperature for 72 hours. …”
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Determinants of Under-Five Child Mortality in Ethiopia: Analysis Using Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey, 2016 by Addisalem Tebeje Zewudie, Abebaw Addis Gelagay, Engidaw Fentahun Enyew

“…So, government policy, nongovernmental organizations, and all concerned bodies should be focused on the major determinants of under-five child mortality and put in a lot more effort to reduce under-five child mortality, and health intervention policies should be revised.…”
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The Application of Integrated Assisted History Matching and Embedded Discrete Fracture Model Workflow for Well Spacing Optimization in Shale Gas Reservoirs with Complex Natural Fra... by Qiwei Li, Jianfa Wu, Cheng Chang, Hongzhi Yang, Chuxi Liu, Wei Yu, Kamy Sepehrnoori, Jijun Miao

“…The net present value (NPV) for all scenarios would be calculated and trained by K-nearest neighbors (KNN) proxy to better understand the relationship between well spacing and NPV. …”
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COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TIME ECHO VARIATIONS IN THE METABOLITE VALUES MR BRAIN SPECTROSCOPY by Revina Dewi Susanto, Ayu Yuliana F., Eunike Serfina F., Celine Catharina R., Merry Amnesti, Siti Masrochah, Lina Choridah

“…The required data in this study is the value of each head spectroscopy metabolism: N-Acetyl Aspartate (NAA), Choline (Cho), Creatine (Cr), Myo-Inositol (MI), Lipids Lactate (LL). All statistical tests used the SPSS v.26 application. …”
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The mitochondrial genome of <i>Dendrobaena tellermanica</i> Perel, 1966 (Annelida: Lumbricidae) and its phylogenetic position by S. V. Shekhovtsov, G. V. Vasiliev, R. Latif, T. V. Poluboyarova, S. E. Peltek, I. B. Rapoport

“…The genome was assembled as a single contig 15,298 bp long which contained a typical gene set: 13 protein-coding genes (three subunits of cytochrome c oxidase, seven subunits of NADH dehydrogenase, two subunits of ATP synthetase, and cytochrome b), 12S and 16S ribosomal RNA genes, and 22 tRNA genes. All genes were located on one DNA strand. The assembled part of the control region, located between the tRNA-Arg and tRNA-His genes, was 727 bp long. …”
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A Case Report of Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome Type 7 Caused by IFIH1 Gene Mutation and a Literature Review by ZHAO Min, SHU Zhou, HAN Tongxin, FU Yanhua, GAO Tianji, MAO Huawei

“…Among these 69 patients, there were 30 different mutations in the IFIH1 gene, all of which are missense mutations. Seven patients had the same gene mutation as the boy in this study does, but their clinical features differed. …”
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Periductal Mastitis: An Inflammatory Disease Related to Bacterial Infection and Consequent Immune Responses? by Lu Liu, Fei Zhou, Pin Wang, Lixiang Yu, Zhongbing Ma, Yuyang Li, Dezong Gao, Qiang Zhang, Liang Li, Zhigang Yu

“…With 16S rRNA gene sequencing, we confirmed bacterial infections were found in all PDM patients, but none of the control patients was positive on the gene expression of 16S rRNA. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of Morphological Characteristics between Endangered Local Prickly Pear and the Newly Introduced Dactylopius opuntiae-Resistant Species in Eastern Morocco by Ahmed Marhri, Mehdi Boumediene, Aziz Tikent, Reda Melhaoui, Kawtar Jdaini, Aatika Mihamou, Hana Serghini-Caid, Ahmed Elamrani, Christophe Hano, Malika Abid, Mohamed Addi

“…O. robusta is characterized by its high fruit weight, large size, greater pulp content, and high pulp-to-peel ratio, all of which are desirable traits for fresh consumption. …”
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Risk Factors for Skin Cancer in the Salud Delicias Area by Yanet Hernández Caballero, María del Carmen Pérez Cuesta, Leticia Rómulo Ávila, Yoenny Peña García

“…The study population consisted of 13 patients (case group) and 26 patients (control group), for a total of 39 cases included, all over 15 years of age. The variables were studied: age, sex, skin color, occupation, time of exposure to the sun, means of protection, contact with chemical substances. …”
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Somatic Mitochondrial DNA Point Mutations Used as Biomarkers to Demonstrate Genomic Heterogeneity in Primary Prostate Cancer by Christian Arstad, Kristin Taskén, Paulo Refinetti, Ulrika Axcrona, Karl-Erik Giercksky, Per Olaf Ekstrøm

“…Known mutational hotspots of the mtDNA were scanned for heteroplasmy. All specimens with mtDNA heteroplasmy were subsequently subsampled by laser capture microdissection. …”
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Effects of bioactive peptides combined with probiotics on serum uric acid in patients with hyperuricemia by HAN Dan，ZHAO Ya，HUANG Enshan，YE Shuhua，WANG Wanjin，WU Fangmin，WANG Dingliang，ZHANG Ronghua

“…Before interventions, there were no statistically significant differences in gender, age, course of HUA, exercise duration, frequency of alcohol consumption, frequency of meat broth consumption, BMI, prevalence of hypertension and prevalence of dyslipidemia between the two groups (all P>0.05). After 14 days of interventions, the SUA levels of the patients in the intervention group decreased by 3.00 μmol/L, while those in the control group increased by 7.00 μmol/L. …”
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Do pregnant women living in higher well-being populations in the USA experience lower risk of preterm delivery? A cross-sectional study by Jeph Herrin, Harlan M Krumholz, Carley Riley, Brita Roy, Erica Spatz, Mark T Silvestri, Anita Arora, Kenneth P Kell, Elizabeth Y Rula

“…Objective To determine if preterm birth, defined as gestational age &lt;37 weeks, is lower for women living in counties with higher well-being, after accounting for known individual risk factors.Design Cross-sectional study of all US births in 2011.Participants We obtained birth data from the National Center for Health Statistics which included 3 938 985 individuals.Main outcomes measures Primary outcome measure was maternal risk of preterm delivery by county; primary independent variable was county-level well-being as measured by the Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index (WBI).Results Women living in counties with higher population well-being had a lower rate of preterm delivery. …”
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FAIR data – the photon and neutron communities move together towards open science by B. M. Murphy, A. Götz, C. Gutt, C. McGuinness, H. M. Rønnow, A. Schneidewind, S. Deledda, U. Pietsch

“…They produce large data volumes of up to 1 PByte per day in some cases. To ensure all these data are FAIR requires an enormous effort from PaN RIs. …”
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Optimization of microprobe analysis of cementitious materials incorporating glass powder under electron beam to avoid alkali migration by Wena de Nazaré do Rosário Martel, Josée Duchesne, Benoît Fournier

“…However, it introduced a tendency for Na overestimation at lower current densities. Among all conditions, a beam diameter of 6 µm and a current of 10 nA, was the most accurate, reducing losses to under 2% and closely matching the reference glass analysis.…”
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Ecological analysis of the fish trematode fauna of the Lower Kura by Y.V. Shakaraliyeva

“…In fish living in the upper section, 22 species of trematodes were found, of which 10 species complete their development in fish-eating birds. Among all the noted trematodes, 7 species are pathogens of fish diseases and 1 species is dangerous to human.…”
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Nicotinamide Ameliorates Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Chronic Colitis in Mice through Its Anti-Inflammatory Properties and Modulates the Gut Microbiota by Kai Kang, Yue Sun, Dan Pan, Bing Chang, Li-Xuan Sang

“…Moreover, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) analysis of LPL cells revealed that the level of interleukin- (IL-) 6, IL-12p70, IL-1β, tumor necrosis factor- (TNF-) α, interferon- (IFN-) γ, IL-21, and IL-17A was increased, while IL-10 was reduced, in the chronic colitis group compared to the control group, but the levels of all these factors were restored after NAM treatment. …”
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Epidemiological and Clinical Aspects of Ulcerative Colitis in Mosul city, Iraq by Muhammed Babakir-Mina

“…The study showed that 95 (47.5%) of all cases had a previous family history of UC. Out of 102 female patients, 45 (44.1%) were more frequently under uses of contraceptive pills. 60 (58.8%) of patients was in severe cases of UC and followed by moderate 35 (34.3%). …”
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Effect of Flaxseed Gum and Konjac Gum on the 3D Printing Properties of Pea Protein Isolate Emulsion Gels by Congjin BAI, Jingjing GUO, Yifan WANG, Zhenrong LI, Bo JIAO, Lei DAI

“…Rheological properties showed that the addition of polysaccharides endowed the gels with viscoelastic properties, as evidenced by G' > G'' for all samples. At a concentration of 1.1%, the emulsion gel exhibited the smallest particle size, the highest G' and G'' values, and optimal viscoelasticity. …”
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Dynamic plain abdominal film provides simple and effective diagnosis of delayed shunt insufficiency caused by abdominal adhesions after VP shunt by Zhiqiang Liu, Jintao Chen, Chaoqun Weng, Bei Liu, Zhixiong Lin

“…Postoperative DPAR was repeated to evaluate the distance of the shunt outlet within the abdominal segment. Results All cases showed clinical symptoms or imaging findings of shunt insufficiency. …”
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Impact of strict IGF1 control on quality-of-life scores in patients with acromegaly by Chaitanya Gandhi, Marie-Claire Denis, Daniel Holmes, Juan Rivera, Stan van Uum, Shereen Ezzat, Constance Chik

“…The Patient-Assessed Acromegaly Symptom Questionnaire (PASQ), the Acromegaly Quality of Life questionnaire (AcroQoL) and the Acromegaly Disease Activity Tool (ACRODAT®) were completed at baseline and at 6 months.ResultsTen patients (8 males) with mean age of 50.7 years participated in the study. All patients had a macroadenoma and nine had prior transsphenoidal surgeries. …”
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