Sources and Trends of CO, O₃, and Aerosols at the Mount Bachelor Observatory (2004–2022) by Noah Bernays, Jakob Johnson, Daniel Jaffe

“…., and a strong negative trend in the springtime values at all percentiles (1.6% yr⁻¹ for 50th percentile). …”
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Receptor-like Kinase GOM1 Regulates Glume-Opening in Rice by Xinhui Zhao, Mengyi Wei, Qianying Tang, Lei Tang, Jun Fu, Kai Wang, Yanbiao Zhou, Yuanzhu Yang

“…<i>GOM1</i> was expressed in nearly all floral tissues, with the highest expression in the lodicule. …”
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How defensive medicine is defined in European medical literature: a systematic review by Nathalie Baungaard, Elisabeth Assing Hvidt, Helle Gerbild, Merethe Kirstine Andersen, Jesper Lykkegaard, Pia Ladeby Skovvang

“…The objectives of this systematic review were to explore the definition of the term ‘defensive medicine’ in European original medical literature and to identify the motives stated therein.Design Systematic review.Data sources PubMed, Embase and Cochrane, 3 February 2020, with an updated search on 6 March 2021.Methods Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, we reviewed all European original peer-reviewed studies fully or partially investigating ‘defensive medicine’.Results We identified a total of 50 studies. …”
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Eculizumab treatment for Chinese patients with hemolytic paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH): efficacy and safety – a single-center study by Leyu Wang, Ziwei Liu, Chen Yang, Miao Chen, Bing Han

“…During the follow-up period, Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) levels were lower than those at baseline (<0.05) at all observation points. The patients showed a significant reduction in creatinine levels from baseline (P = 0.022 and P = 0.039, respectively) at 1 and 3 months. …”
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Interventional factors influencing natural killer cell immunity in colorectal cancer: a systematic review by Wai Sinn Soh, Grace L. Burns, Tharindu Senanayake, Raquel Cameron, Kerith Duncanson, Guy D. Eslick, Sharmila S. Prasad, Stephen R. Smith, Simon Keely

“…This effect was observed across all examined medications, including fentanyl, morphine, propofol and oxycodone. …”
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DIGITISATION OF LEGAL ALGORITHMS TO PREVENT PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CORRUPTION by Oleksii Makarenkov

“…It was emphasised that the entity responsible for the oversight of the integrity and legality of all public procurement participants, or a complainant, must possess the capacity to gather evidence in such cases. …”
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Luminescence and scintillation properties of Cs3ZnCl5 and Cs3ZnCl5 (Eu) single crystals by Oleg Yurchenko, Olexandr Rebrov, Victor Cherginets, Ianina Boyarintseva, Tetyana Rebrova, Tamara Ponomarenko, Oleksiy Lebedinskiy, Olga Zelenskaya

“…The study of light yield performed at the light collection time of 2 μs showed that for all the samples its value is ca. 6% vs. BGO crystal (Bi4Ge3O12) and the form of the pulse-height spectra for the crystals grown from both melts practically coincide. …”
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Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 Activity Is Related to Body Composition, Measures of Adiposity, and Insulin Resistance in Subjects with Excessive Adiposity and Different Degrees of Glucose... by Wellington S. Silva Júnior, Maria das Graças C. Souza, José Firmino Nogueira Neto, Eliete Bouskela, Luiz Guilherme Kraemer-Aguiar

“…At fasting, pooled analysis showed it was positively correlated with measures of central adiposity, such as WC (P=0.011) and WHR (P=0.009), and with all measures of IR, but inversely related to indexes of general adiposity, such as fat mass percentage (P=0.014) and BAI (P=0.0003). …”
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U-shaped associations between body mass index and serum liver enzyme levels by Zixi Huang, Hualong Liu, Wen Zhuo, Yuliang Chen, Ying Huang, Xin Chen, Teng Lu, Zhenyan Xu

“…In addition, stratified analysis revealed that sex, fatty liver, and smoking status as covariates modified the associations between BMI and AST and ALT serum levels in participants with higher BMIs (all interactions P < 0.01). Specifically, in the higher BMI range, the positive associations between BMI and liver enzymes were more robust in men (AST and ALT), participants with fatty liver disease (AST and ALT), and participants with a history of smoking (AST, ALT, and GGT). …”
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Tectonometamorphic evolution of a subduction plate interface at the base of the Mirdita Ophiolite (Bajram Curri, northeastern Albania) by Madeline Richter, Kilian Pollok, Kujtim Onuzi, Kamil Ustaszewski

“…Shear sense indicators in calcschists of the metamorphic sole show top to the west transport of the overriding units. All metamorphic sole lithologies were overprinted at lower greenschist-facies conditions, reflecting their exhumation from intraoceanic subduction. …”
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Trends in vegetation cover changes in Bonny area of the Niger Delta by A Adoki

“…The area covered by mangrove forest consistently declined over all the epochs while the reverse was the case with respect to the area covered by sparse vegetation. …”
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Pharmacist-Led Digital Health Interventions for Patients with Diabetes: A Systematic Review by Christy A, Fernanda F, Insani WN, Abdulah R

“…We included randomized controlled trial (RCT) studies on type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus, analyzing the effects of all digital health interventions by pharmacists, including telephone-based intervention, web-based intervention, and mobile health application, as compared to usual care. …”
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Methods for assessing manifestations of respiratory failure in patients with laryngeal and tracheal compression syndrome caused by thyroid diseases and cicatricial tracheal stenosi... by V.V. Boyko, V.V. Kritsak, A.L. Sochnieva, V.V. Tkachenko

“…The study included 272 patients with laryngeal and tracheal compression stenosis caused by cicatricial tracheal stenosis: 105 with cicatricial tracheal stenosis and 167 with thyroid diseases. All participants were admitted to the clinic as emergencies and operated for urgent indications for tracheal compression syndrome at the V.T. …”
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Epidemiology, Prognosis, and Evolution of Management of Septic Shock in a French Intensive Care Unit: A Five Years Survey by Nicolas Boussekey, Juliette Cantrel, Lise Dorchin Debrabant, Joachim Langlois, Patick Devos, Agnes Meybeck, Arnaud Chiche, Hugues Georges, Olivier Leroy

“…Morbidity improved with time (diminution of septic shock complications, increase of the number of days alive free from mechanical ventilation and vasopressors on day 28), concomitant to an evolution of the management (earlier institution of all replacement and medical therapies and more initial volume expansion). …”
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Esophageal Impedance-pH Monitoring and Pharyngeal pH Monitoring in the Diagnosis of Extraesophageal Reflux in Children by Anna Plocek, Beata Gębora-Kowalska, Jakub Białek, Wojciech Fendler, Ewa Toporowska-Kowalska

“…MII-pH and Dx-pH were conducted concurrently in all patients. A total of 1228 reflux episodes were recorded by MII-pH. …”
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Expert-Performed Endotracheal Intubation-Related Complications in Trauma Patients: Incidence, Possible Risk Factors, and Outcomes in the Prehospital Setting and Emergency Departmen... by Yuko Ono, Takeyasu Kakamu, Hiroaki Kikuchi, Yusuke Mori, Yui Watanabe, Kazuaki Shinohara

“…This single-center retrospective observational study included all injured patients who underwent anesthesiologist-performed ETI from 2007 to 2017. …”
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Breg Cells in Celiac Disease Isolated or Associated to Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis by Maria Giulia Santaguida, Ilenia Gatto, Giorgio Mangino, Camilla Virili, Ilaria Stramazzo, Poupak Fallahi, Alessandro Antonelli, Patrizia Gargiulo, Giovanna Romeo, Marco Centanni

“…Following CpG oligodeoxynucleotide stimulation, IL-10+ CD24hiCD38hi Breg cells were similar in all groups of patients, despite these cells would have been higher in CD patients. …”
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Serum choline, leptin and interleukin-6 levels in fibromyalgia syndrome-induced pain: a case–control study by Elif Baris, Izel Topaloglu, Elif Akalin, Emre Hamurtekin, Seray Kabaran, Ayse Gelal, Reyhan Ucku, Mualla Aylin Arici

“…Serum choline, leptin and (interleukin)IL-6 levels were measured from fasting blood samples of volunteers with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA). Results All FMS patients (n = 38) and healthy volunteers (n = 38) were female. …”
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A Novel Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method to Quantify Tryptophan and Its Major Metabolites in Serum to Support Biomarker Studies in Patients with Cancer Undergo... by Anna Siemiątkowska, Barbara Kuźnar-Kamińska, Katarzyna Kosicka-Noworzyń, Kamila Nowaczewska, Hanna Winiarska, Dominika Popiołek, Filip Kamiński, Franciszek K. Główka

“…This paper draws attention to investigating cross-interferences in LC-MS/MS, especially when structurally related compounds will be analyzed. Despite all the challenges, the method was successfully validated according to international guidelines (EMA/ICH), and its applicability was confirmed in a pilot study including 20 patients with lung cancer undergoing chemoimmunotherapy.…”
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Evaluating the Effect of Chloroform and Water Extract of Satureja khuzistanica on the Expression of Bcl-2 and Bax in Gastric Cancer Cell Line by Bagher Biglak, Asghar Tanomand, Leyla Açik, Farzad Arjomandi Rad, Gholamreza Shahsavari, Saman Kazemi, Hossein Soltanzadeh

“…The expression of Bax and Bcl-2 was evaluated using real-time polymerase chain reaction. Finally, all data were analyzed using REST software. Results: Both extracts showed good inhibitory activity against H. pylori. …”
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