Maize Fungal Growth Control with Scopoletin of Cassava Roots Produced in Benin by Rafiatou Ba, Teou Alfa, Fernand Gbaguidi, Kosi Mawuéna Novidzro, Kokouvi Dotse, Koffi Koudouvo, Ursula Houngue, Marcel T. Donou Hounsode, Kossi Honoré Koumaglo, Yaovi Ameyapoh, Lamine Baba-Moussa

“…The presence of scopoletin was revealed in all components of the cassava root. Scopoletin extracted from the first skin cassava root was the most active both as inhibition of sporulation (52.29 to 87.91%) and the mycelial growth (36.51–80.41%). …”
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Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) Ethanolic Extract Inhibits Pparg Expression While Maintaining the Methylation of the Pparg Promoter During 3T3-L1 Adipocyte Differentiation by Ariyanto EF, Farahana AK, Sudirman GSJ, Widiarsih E, Qomarilla N, Rahayu NS, Wikayani TP, Heryaman H, Wira DW, Triatin RD, Bashari MH, Pamela Y, Pratiwi YS, Ghozali M

“…The extract was obtained from 80 g of dried oyster mushroom powder extracted three times with 800 mL of ethanol, filtered, evaporated, and reconstituted in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) to final concentrations of 0, 25, 50, and 100 μg/mL, with DMSO limited to 0.5% in all solutions. Pparg mRNA expression was quantified by qRT-PCR analysis and Pparg promoter methylation levels were measured quantitatively by pyrosequencing of bisulfite-treated DNA samples.Results: The addition of 25 μg/mL oyster mushroom ethanolic extract significantly suppressed Pparg mRNA expression with no significant change in the Pparg promoter methylation levels.Conclusion: Oyster mushroom ethanolic extract inhibited Pparg mRNA expression without altering Pparg promoter methylation, suggesting reduced adipocyte differentiation. …”
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Serological Evidence of Infectious Laryngotracheitis Infection and Associated Risk Factors in Chickens in Northwestern Ethiopia by Mastewal Birhan, Ashenafi Syoum, Saddam Mohammed Ibrahim, Tewodros Fentahun, Addisu Mohammed, Nega Berhane, Molalegne Bitew, Esayas Gelaye, Malede Birhan Atanaw, Belayneh Getachew, Bereket Dessalegn, Anmaw Shite Abat, Kassahun Berrie, Kassaye Adamu, Takele Abayneh

“…In addition, factors such as using local feed source (OR: 6.53, 95% CI: 1.77–24.04), rearing chickens extensively (OR: 1.97, 95% CI: 0.78–5.02), mixing of different batches of chicken (OR: 14.51, 95% CI: 3.35–62.77), careless disposal of litter (OR: 1.62, 95% CI: 0.49–4.37), lack of house disinfection (OR: 11.05, 95% CI: 4.09–47.95), lack of farm protective footwear and clothing (OR: 20.85, 95% CI: 5.40–80.45), and careless disposal of dead chicken bodies had all been associated with increased seropositivity to ILTV. …”
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Dynamic Complement Protein Changes in Aqueous Humor and Plasma of Patients With Retinal Vein Occlusion During Ranibizumab Treatment by Guo T, Zhao Y, Liang S, Wang J, Liu H, Zhou Y, Xu H, Chen Z

“…No significant changes were observed in the plasma levels of all measured factors. At baseline, CRVO had higher levels of C4 (p = 0.003), C4b (p < 0.001), C3b/iC3b (p < 0.001), C5 (p = 0.020), C5a (p = 0.007), CFD (p = 0.002), CFH (p < 0.001), and CFI (p < 0.001) in AH compared to BRVO.Conclusion: Ranibizumab treatment reduced the intraocular but not circulating activation of classical and alternative complement pathways in RVO patients. …”
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A Problem of Perspective: Religions in Africa or African Traditional Religion by Osman Şahin

“…Besides, these studies were mostly biased, they often looked at religious phenomena from the perspective of Christianity and tried to Christianise them, and even more importantly, they made generalisations and presented all religions as a single religion. Later works by Africans were mostly written by Africans who converted to Christianity. …”
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State Estimation in Power Systems Under False Data Injection Attack Using Total Least Squares by Bamrung Tausiesakul, Krissada Asavaskulkiet, Chuttchaval Jeraputra, Ittiphong Leevongwat, Thamvarit Singhavilai, Supun Tiptipakorn

“…Numerical results reveal that our proposed techniques consume much less computational time than two former works for all ranges of the SNR and the SANR. Regarding the estimation accuracy, for moderate and high regions of the SNR and the SANR, the two new methods provide significantly less root-mean-squared error and normalized bias norm than the two previous approaches. …”
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Comparative assessment of empirical and hybrid machine learning models for estimating daily reference evapotranspiration in sub-humid and semi-arid climates by Siham Acharki, Ali Raza, Dinesh Kumar Vishwakarma, Mina Amharref, Abdes Samed Bernoussi, Sudhir Kumar Singh, Nadhir Al-Ansari, Ahmed Z. Dewidar, Ahmed A. Al-Othman, Mohamed A. Mattar

“…Results indicate that the Valiantzas 2013 (VAL2013b) model outperformed other empirical models across all stations, achieving high KGE and R2 values (0.95–0.97) and low RMSE (0.32–0.35 mm/day) and RRSE (8.14–10.30%). …”
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Impact of meropenem exposure on fluoroquinolone and carbapenem resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in inpatients in a Japanese university hospital: Insights into oprD mu... by Tadanori Yamochi, Kazuhisa Ugajin, Rintaro On, Sho Inoue, Hiromi Ikeda, Toshiko Yamochi, Masafumi Takimoto, Issei Tokimatsu

“…Results: Eight of nine strains were metallo-β-lactamase (MBL) negative, and one strain was MBL positive. All eight non-MBL-resistant strains harbored mutations in the quinoline-resistance-determining regions (QRDR) of gyrA, gyrB, or parC. …”
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Dual-task-related gait patterns as possible marker of precocious and subclinical cognitive alterations in Parkinson disease by F. Di Filippo, G. De Biasi, M. Russo, C. Ricciardi, N. Pisani, A. Volzone, M. Aiello, S. Cuoco, M. Calabrese, M. Romano, P. Barone, M. Amboni

“…In normal gait task, the three groups showed several differences, all due to the comparison between PD-MCI and PD-noCI, as disclosed by post-hoc analysis. …”
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The correlation between trainee gender and operative autonomy during trauma and orthopaedic training in Ireland and the UK by Rosie Mc Colgan, Fiona Boland, Gerard A. Sheridan, Grainne Colgan, Deepa Bose, Deborah M. Eastwood, David M. Dalton

“…Methods: This retrospective cohort study examined all operations recorded by orthopaedic trainees in Ireland and the UK between July 2012 and July 2022. …”
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Discrete Element Modeling on Mechanical Behavior of Heterogeneous Rock Containing X-Shaped Fissure under Uniaxial Compression by Ming Chen, Jian Liu, Zhengyong Xie, Jianjun Liu, Xunjian Hu, Bingyang Li, Yue Cen

“…Moreover, the change trends of crack initiation stress, damage stress, boundary energy, and total strain energy at the peak stress were consistent with the peak strength. (3) Regardless of the changes of α and β, models all firstly initiated wing cracks at the two tips of the single fissure with a larger inclination angle, and the crack initiation angle decreased with the increase of the inclination angle of the single fissure. (4) The fracture was dominated by tensile microcracks, and no microcracks were generated in a certain range of the X-shaped fissure center. …”
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Circulating Monocyte and Lymphocyte Populations in Healthy First-Degree Relatives of Type 2 Diabetic Patients at Fasting and during Short-Term Hyperinsulinemia by Michaela Šiklová, Eva Krauzová, Barbora Svobodová, Jana Kračmerová, Marek Štěpán, Michal Koc, Vladimír Štich, Lenka Rossmeislová

“…Materials and Methods. 19 nondiabetic (FDR) and 19 control subjects without a family history of diabetes (all men) matched for age and BMI underwent 2-hour hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp. …”
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DNA Damage Sensor γ-H2AX Is Increased in Preneoplastic Lesions of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Yasunobu Matsuda, Toshifumi Wakai, Masayuki Kubota, Mami Osawa, Masaaki Takamura, Satoshi Yamagiwa, Yutaka Aoyagi, Ayumi Sanpei, Shun Fujimaki

“…Appropriate cases were also examined by fluorescence analysis and western blotting. Results. All cases with chronic liver disease showed increased levels of γ-H2AX expression. …”
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Genetic Analysis of in Korean Patients Associated with Atrioventricular Conduction Block by Hyoung Seob Park, Yoon Nyun Kim, Young Soo Lee, Byung Chun Jung, Sang Hee Lee, Dong Gu Shin, Yongkeun Cho, Myung Hwan Bae, Sang Mi Han, Myung Hoon Lee

“…DNA was isolated from the peripheral blood, and all exons (exon 2-exon 28) except the untranslated region and exon-intron boundaries of the SCN5A gene were amplified by multiplex PCR and directly sequenced using an ABI PRISM 3100 Genetic Analyzer. …”
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Reagent-free Hyperspectral Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Saliva Samples by Brandon Saint-John, Alejandro Wolf-Yadlin, Daniel E. Jacobsen, Jamie L. Inman, Serge Gart, Matt Keener, Cynthia McMurray, Antoine M. Snijders, Harshini Mukundan, Jessica Z. Kubicek-Sutherland, James B. Brown

“…To our knowledge, this establishes the fastest hyperspectral diagnostic platform and in a small form factor, and executable with liquid samples, without ligands or reagents, all while maintaining PCR level specificity and sensitivity.…”
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Prediction of lower-limb isokinetic strength from functional fitness tests in older adults: A 550-participant cross-sectional study by Carlos Babiloni-López, Pablo Jiménez-Martínez, Carlos Alix-Fages, Ángel Saez-Berlanga, Álvaro Juesas, Pedro Gargallo, Javier Gene-Morales, Juan C. Colado

“…Results: Significant trivial-to-moderate correlations (positive and negative) were found between all the tests and the isokinetic strength and power of the knee and the hip. …”
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Severity of grinder injuries and related factors compared with other high-rotation cutting tool injuries: a multicenter retrospective study from 2011 to 2018 by Juni Song, Yang Bin Jeon, Jae Ho Jang, Jin Seong Cho, Jae Yeon Choi, Woo Sung Choi

“…Patients’ demographic characteristics, injury-related factors, and Injury Severity Scores were collected. All included cases were categorized into two groups according to the tool that caused the injury: grinder versus nongrinder. …”
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Newborn morbidities and care procedures at the special newborn care units of Gandaki Province, Nepal: a retrospective study by Khim Bahadur Khadka, Nabina Koirala, Olena Ivanova, Ramchandra Bastola, Dela Singh, Kamala Rana Magar, Bidhya Banstola, Ramesh Prasad Adhikari, Vincentas Giedraitis, Deepak Paudel, Guenter Froeschl

“…A structured questionnaire was employed to collect data on socio-demographic, clinical, and outcome variables in 1,355 newborns admitted to the Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) between May 1, 2021, and April 30, 2022, in five hospitals within the Gandaki Province. Results Among all newborns, 60% were male, and 40% belonged to Janajati indigenous families. …”
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Unveiling the digital future: perspectives of Hungarian physicians under 35 years old on eHealth solutions by Zsuzsa Győrffy, Zsuzsa Győrffy, Bence Döbrössy, Julianna Boros, Julianna Boros, Edmond Girasek

“…BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has catalysed the emergence of digital solutions in all areas of medicine. Our prior study on the digital health related experiences and opinions of Hungarian physicians highlights the crucial role of age in shaping attitudes towards digital health solutions among medical doctors. …”
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Does macrolide use confer risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest compared with penicillin V? A Danish national case-crossover and case–time–control study by Lars Køber, Freddy Lippert, Charlotte Andersson, Peter E Weeke, Gunnar H Gislason, Frederik Boetius Hertz, Aksel Jensen, Jenny D Knudsen, Magnus Arpi, Christian Torp–Pedersen

“…From nationwide registries, we identified all OHCAs in Denmark from 2001 to 2010 and use of antibiotics.Ethics The present study was approved by the Danish Data Protection Agency (Danish Data Protection Agency (ref.no. 2007-58-0015, local ref.no. …”
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