Effects of Short Term Exposure of Atrazine on the Liver and Kidney of Normal and Diabetic Rats by Dinesh Babu Jestadi, Alugoju Phaniendra, Undru Babji, Thupakula Srinu, Bhavatharini Shanmuganathan, Latha Periyasamy

“…Atrazine administration led to significant increase in liver damage biomarkers such as AST, ALT, and ALP as well as kidney damage biomarkers such as creatinine and urea in both normal and diabetic rats, but this increase was more pronounced in diabetic rats when compared to normal rats. …”
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Current Trends and Perspectives of Pressure Wire-Based Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting by Yoshiyuki Takami, Atsuo Maekawa, Koji Yamana, Kiyotoshi Akita, Kentaro Amano, Wakana Niwa, Kazuki Matsuhashi, Yasushi Takagi

“…The limited use of FFR due to the need for hyperemia has led to the development of non-hyperemic pressure ratios (NHPRs). …”
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Proteomic Analysis of Lung Tissue in a Rat Acute Lung Injury Model: Identification of PRDX1 as a Promoter of Inflammation by Dongdong Liu, Pu Mao, Yongbo Huang, Yiting Liu, Xiaoqing Liu, Xiaoqing Pang, Yimin Li

“…Furthermore, overexpression of PRDX1 increased the expression of proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-8 (IL-8), and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), whereas knockdown of PRDX1 led to downregulated expression of cytokines induced by LPS. …”
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Insulin Detemir Causes Lesser Weight Gain in Comparison to Insulin Glargine: Role on Hypothalamic NPY and Galanin by Mohammad Ishraq Zafar, Cuining Hu, Danfeng Liu, Raja Adeel Shafqat, Feng Gao

“…Insulin detemir decreased food intake in type 2 diabetic rats, which led to reduced weight gain when compared to insulin glargine treatment. …”
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Unveiling the startup characteristics of pump as turbine using computational and experimental techniques by Dessie Tarekegn Bantelay, Girma Gebresenbet, Bimrew Tamrat Admasu, Muluken Temesgen Tigabu, Muluken Zegey Getie

“…The nature and operation challenges of hydraulic resources necessitate frequent starts and stops, resulting in severe fluctuations caused by fluid flow that led to machine deterioration. Gaining more insight into how the flow develops during transients allows for safe operating conditions, effective production planning, and estimating the cost variation due to operational changes. …”
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Ornamental Traits and Sensory Analysis of ‘Biquinho Vermelha’ Pepper Treated with Paclobutrazol by Beatriz R. Morales, Lucas C. Costa, Marta R. Verruma-Bernardi, Josiane Rodrigues, Fernando C. Sala, Fernando L. Finger, Christiane F. M. França

“…The results indicated that PBZ treatments led to darker green leaves and, in general, the drench method, regardless of time application, was more effective in modulating plant growth compared to the immersion protocol. …”
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The Effect of Backfill Gas Pressure on the Thermal Response of a Dry Cask for Spent Nuclear Fuel by Michela Angelucci, Salvatore A. Cancemi, Rosa Lo Frano, Sandro Paci

“…However, their limited number has led to the necessity to exploit numerical simulations for the thermal characterization of the system. …”
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Separation characteristics of vortex three-phase flotation for offshore produced water treatment by LIU Meng, DAI Guohua, QU Zhaoguang, LIU Chunyu, CHEN Zhengwen, MA Jinxi, JIN Qiu

“…The increase of production water has led to an increasing footprint of production water treatment equipment. …”
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Molecular, Metabolic, and Physiological Responses to Progressive Biotic Stress Caused by Cucumber Mosaic Virus and Turnip Mosaic Virus in Saffron by Marzieh Shamshiri, Conchi Sánchez, Saleta Rico, Ali Mokhtassi-Bidgoli, Mahdi Ayyari, Hassan Rezadoost, Masoud Shams-Bakhsh

“…According to high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis, CMV inoculation led to the highest reduction in crocin and safranal content, while inducing the highest increase in picrocrocin compared to the mock treatment. …”
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Red honeybush (Cyclopia genistoides) tea mitigates oxidative imbalance and hyperlipidemia, while improving glucose homeostasis in type 2 diabetic rats by Xin Xiao, Ochuko L. Erukainure, Md. Shahidul Islam

“…Five weeks of treatment of RHT led to significant (P < 0.05) elevation in serum insulin, pancreatic β-cell function, HDL-c levels with concomitant decrease in AST, ALT, ALP, urea, CK-MB, fructosamine, total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL-c, and insulin resistance in diabetic rats. …”
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Comparative study of some species of the genus Acer L. in the Hirkan flora using dendrochronological methods by Agamalieva Aydan Gahraman, Mehrelieva Hokume Ilham, Mammadova Shalala Abuzer, Alieva Khadija Hezi, Esli Ilaida Aga Aleskerova

“…Recently, due to global climate change and unregulated human economic activities, biodiversity has significantly degraded, which has led to changes and reductions in the ranges of species. …”
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Lipoxin Inhibits Fungal Uptake by Macrophages and Reduces the Severity of Acute Pulmonary Infection Caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis by Laura R. R. Ribeiro, Flávio V. Loures, Eliseu F. de Araújo, Cláudia Feriotti, Tânia A. Costa, Carlos Henrique Serezani, Sonia Jancar, Vera L. G. Calich

“…In susceptible mice, MLT treatment led to reduced influx of PMN leukocytes, increased recruitment of monocytes, predominant synthesis of anti-inflammatory cytokines, and augmented expression of 5- and 15-lipoxygenase mRNA, suggesting a prevalent LXA4 activity. …”
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Effects of various manufacturing parameters and test temperature and crosshead displacement rate on the peel resistance of UHMWPE composites by Omar Banabila, Noora Alahmed, Rubayea Alameri, Rafael Santiago, Kamran A. Khan, Wesley J. Cantwell

“…Conversely, increasing the temperature led to a marked reduction in peel resistance due to softening of the matrix. …”
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Impact of cigarette taxes and prices in Latin America tobacco smoking prevalence: A systematic review by Ana Leticia Mores, Maria Eduarda Pérez-de-Oliveira, Ana Gabriela Costa Normando, Leticia Rodrigues-Oliveira, Gustavo Nader Marta, Renata Ferrarotto, Thaís Bianca Brandão, Alan Roger Santos-Silva, Ana Carolina Prado-Ribeiro

“…All studies found that an increase in excise taxes of cigarette led to an increase in the retail price. Four studies (57.1 %) reported that increasing cigarette taxes and prices was effective to decrease the prevalence of tobacco smoking. …”
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Exercise as a mean to reverse the detrimental effect of high-fat diet on bone’s fracture characteristics by Ilias Doulamis, Despina N. Perrea, Panagiotis E. Chatzistergos, Athanasios S. Mitousoudis, Stavros K. Kourkoulis

“…It was re¬vealed that exposure to high-fat diet led to significant increase of body mass and cholesterol levels and also to substantial changes in bone mor-phology and strength. …”
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From Cure to Crisis: Understanding the Evolution of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Human Microbiota by Hamed Tahmasebi, Neda Arjmand, Marzieh Monemi, Ali Babaeizad, Farnaz Alibabaei, Negar Alibabaei, Aisa Bahar, Valentyn Oksenych, Majid Eslami

“…While antibiotics have revolutionized medicine by significantly reducing mortality and enabling advanced medical interventions, their misuse and overuse have led to the emergence of resistant bacterial strains. …”
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Synergistic Meta-Heuristic Adaptive Real-Time Power System Stabilizer (SMART-PSS) by Khaled Aleikish, Jonas Kristiansen Noland, Thomas Oyvang

“…However, the integration of low-inertia, inverter-based renewable energy resources (RES) has led to rapid fluctuations in power dispatch, rendering non-adaptive PSSs obsolete. …”
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Performance of subsurface drainage systems considering groundwater flow directions and network alignment by Walaa Abd-Elaziz, Atef Elsaiad, Gehan A. H. Sallam, Alban Kuriqi, Ashraf A. Ahmed, Ismail Abd-Elaty

“…Also, the results showed that decreasing the drainage rates and increasing the equivalent drain depth have a greater effect on increasing groundwater levels, while increasing drain spacing led to an increase in the groundwater levels in the study. …”
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The hype around ctDNA guiding an informed perioperative therapeutic strategy in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer by Gaia Passarella, Stefania Canova, Maria Ida Abbate, Giulia Caspani, Luca Sala, Alessandro Russo, Paola Muscolino, Francesca Colonese, Diego Luigi Cortinovis

“…So far, the neo-adjuvant chemotherapy strategies have led to a small benefit with an improvement of 5% in overall survival as an absolute benefit. …”
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Caranan fibers (Mauritiella armata) and new reinforcements of polyester composites with natural fibers functionalized with graphene oxide and their application potential by Luciano Monteiro Almeida, Alisson Clay Rios da Silva, Felipe Perissé Duarte Lopes, Noan Tonini Simonassi, Sérgio Neves Monteiro, Verônica Scarpini Candido

“…The SEM indicated the main failure mechanisms that led the composite to fracture: porosities, river marks, fiber pull-out.…”
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