Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake Trends in US Adolescents and Their Association with Insulin Resistance-Related Parameters by Andrew A. Bremer, Peggy Auinger, Robert S. Byrd

“…Main outcome measures included SSB consumption trends, a homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance, blood pressure, waist circumference, body mass index, and fasting concentrations of total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and triglycerides. …”
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Dyeing with extracts from Amaranth plant by Hwanhee Lee, Boris Mahltig

“…Suitable washing and rubbing fastness are reached. Finally, it can be stated that textile dyeing with aqueous extract from Amaranth is possible but due to the change of the attractive red coloration into brownish color shades during dyeing process, the use in textile coloration is obviously limited …”
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Effects of Environmental Temperature on the Dynamics of Ichthyophoniasis in Juvenile Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii) by Jake L. Gregg, Johanna J. Vollenweider, Courtney A. Grady, Ron A. Heintz, Paul K. Hershberger

“…The effects of temperature and infection by Ichthyophonus were examined in juvenile Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) maintained under simulated overwinter fasting conditions. In addition to defining parameters for a herring bioenergetics model (discussed in Vollenweider et al. this issue), these experiments provided new insights into factors influencing the infectivity and virulence of the parasite Ichthyophonus. …”
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Insulin Autoimmune Syndrome in a 25-Year-Old, Previously Healthy Kuwaiti Man by Einas Alrashidi, Thamer Alessa

“…The patient had elevated fasting insulin level (>301 uIU/mL) and elevated insulin autoantibodies (>100.0 IU/mL). …”
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PENGARUH LAMA FERMENTASI TERHADAP KANDUNGAN PROTEIN SUSU KEFIR SEBAGAI BAHAN PENYUSUN PETUNJUK PRAKTIKUM MATA KULIAH BIOKIMIA by Susanti Susanti, Sri Utami

“…Microba can pollute the milk fastly so it can not be consume. Fermentation is one way to avoid the milk decay. …”
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Influence of Acute Mental Stress on the Frequency and Duration of Gastroesophageal Reflux in Normal Volunteers by IJ Cook, SM Collins

“…Six fasted healthy male volunteers (mean age 21.7 years) were studied. …”
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Putative Factors That May Modulate the Effect of Exercise on Liver Fat: Insights from Animal Studies by Faidon Magkos

“…Concurrent loss of body weight or visceral fat does not appear to mediate the effect of exercise on IHTG, whereas sex (males versus females), prandial status (fasted versus fed), and duration of training, as well as the time elapsed from the last bout of exercise could all be affecting the observed exercise-induced changes in IHTG content. …”
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Stroke Outcome and Determinants among Patients with and without Diabetes in a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana by Josephine Akpalu, Alfred E. Yawson, Foster Osei-Poku, Yacoba Atiase, Ernest Yorke, Patrick Adjei, Kodwo Nkromah, Albert Akpalu

“…Older age, female gender, pneumonia, elevated temperature, and fasting plasma glucose were determinants of adverse outcome in stroke patients with diabetes.…”
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Improved Insulin Resistance and Lipid Metabolism by Cinnamon Extract through Activation of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors by Xiaoyan Sheng, Yuebo Zhang, Zhenwei Gong, Cheng Huang, Ying Qin Zang

“…Cinnamon, a widely used spice in food preparation and traditional antidiabetic remedy, is found to activate PPARγ and α, resulting in improved insulin resistance, reduced fasted glucose, FFA, LDL-c, and AST levels in high-caloric diet-induced obesity (DIO) and db/db mice in its water extract form. …”
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Green Dyeing and Antibacterial Treatment of Hemp Fabrics Using Punica granatum Peel Extracts by Thitirat Inprasit, Jarinphorn Pukkao, Nattanee Lertlaksameephan, Araya Chuenchom, Kanjana Motina, Worapat Inprasit

“…The dyed fabrics were rated as good to excellent for color fastness against washing, water, sea water, and perspiration. …”
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Gypenoside ameliorates insulin resistance and hyperglycemia via the AMPK-mediated signaling pathways in the liver of type 2 diabetes mellitus mice by Mengxue Song, Dehong Tan, Bin Li, Yanqun Wang, Lin Shi

“…The effects of two Gps (Gp-I and Gp-II) on type 2 diabetic mellitus (T2DM) mice, induced by high-fat and high-sugar diet and streptozotocin, were evaluated to explore the mechanism of their hypoglycemic actions. Gps reduced fasting blood glucose and serum lipids, as well as significantly improved T2DM mice glucose tolerance and insulin resistance (IR). …”
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Association of Low Expression of NUMB in Peripheral Blood with Acute Myocardial Infarction by Heyu Meng, Lihong Li, Jianjun Ruan, Yanqiu Chen, Zhaohan Yan, Jinsha Liu, Xiangdong Li, Cuiying Mao, Ping Yang

“…Multivariate logistic regression evaluation found that lower NUMB expression was correlated with an increased risk of coronary artery disease. However, age and fasting plasma glucose levels were not associated with decreased NUMB expression.…”
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Sickle Cell Trait Presenting as Unilateral Proliferative Retinopathy and Macular Thinning in a Pregnant Woman by Sepideh Ghods, Elias Khalili Pour, Hooshang Faghihi, Golnaz Gharehbaghi, Ahmad Mirshahi, Fariba Ghassemi, Bahman Inanloo, Hamid Riazi-Esfahani

“…The investigations, including hemoglobin electrophoresis, verified the diagnosis of sickle cell trait. Blood pressure, fasting blood glucose tests, and tuberculin skin tests were normal. …”
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Factors That Could Impact on Liver Fibrosis Staging by Transient Elastography by Hugo Perazzo, Valdilea G. Veloso, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Chris Hyde, Rodolfo Castro

“…TE should be performed by an experienced operator (>100 exams), in a 3-hour fasting status, and its results should be handled by specialist clinicians that are aware of the limitations of this method.…”
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A toolkit for quantifying individual response to herbal extracts in metabolic and inflammatory stress by Soo-yeon Park, Oran Kwon, Tim van den Broek, Jildau Bouwman, Ji Yeon Kim

“…Two randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trials were conducted involving participants with PhenFlex challenge after overnight fasting. Blood samples were collected, and a machine learning algorithm was used to predict health estimation scores based on metabolic and inflammatory responses. …”
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The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Obese Children and Adolescents in Dalmatia: A Hospital Based Study by Marko Šimunović, Joško Božić, Lukrecija Milić, Ivana Unić, Veselin Škrabić

“…The most common component of MS in both groups was arterial hypertension, while impaired fasting glucose was the least common component of MS. …”
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The effect of yoga practices on health parameters: A review by Emirhan Pehlivan, Gökhan Çetinoğlu

“…However, the review found statistically insignificant decreases in fasting blood glucose levels, postprandial blood glucose levels, and HbA1c. …”
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A software tool for applying Bayes' theorem in medical diagnostics by Theodora Chatzimichail, Aristides T. Hatjimihail

“…An illustrative case study using fasting plasma glucose data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) demonstrates its application in diagnosing diabetes mellitus. …”
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PHYSICAL-MECHANICAL PERFORMANCES OF STEERING WHEEL COVER LEATHERS IN SPECIAL CONDITIONS by MADALINA IGNAT, ANDREI DUMITRU, BOGDAN RUSU, ROXANA CONSTANTINESCU, CIPRIAN CHELARU

“…A series of tests were performed on leather samples before and after exposing them to special conditions (high\low temperature, humidity, UV) like tensile strength and elongation, tear strength, tear load, surface softness, color fastness and flex resistance. All the tests were performed according to actual standards in ICPI accredited laboratory. …”
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A Multiple Power Reachable Sliding Mode Control Approach for Guidance of Miniature Laser Beam Riding Steered Munition by Jun-Fang Fan, Shi-Wei Chen

“…Considering the constraints of the incidence angle and the radius of the laser information field, an arctangent function curve is selected as the expected trajectory, and an adaptive multiple power reachable integral sliding mode guidance law is detailed, which makes the munition trajectory approach and converges to the expected curve fastly with limited acceleration. Therefore, the miniature munition flight trajectory is planned and optimized. …”
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