An Assessment of Usual Salt Intake among Older Normotensive Adults in Atonsu, a Suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana by Rufai Safianu, Jacob Plange-Rhule

“…Their mean BMI was 23.7 ± 3.5 kg/m2. Conclusion. The participants who can be described as quite old and normotensive were high salt consumers, indicated by their dietary assessment and urinary sodium excretion, even though they had normal blood pressure.…”
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A Tissue Culture Technique for Rapid Clonal Propagation, Microrhizome Induction, and RAPD Analysis of <i>Kaempferia grandifolia</i> Saensouk & Jenjittikul—A Rare Plant Species in T... by Sukanya Nonthalee, Surapon Saensouk, Suthira Maneechai, Phetlasy Souladeth, Piyaporn Saensouk

“…Microrhizome induction was 80% when the shoot buds were cultured on MS medium supplemented with 2 mg/L of BAP, 1 mg/L of NAA, 11 µM of silver nitrate (AgNO₃), and 70 g/L of sucrose after 20 weeks. …”
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Effects of Ginkgo biloba Extract on Inflammatory Mediators (SOD, MDA, TNF-α, NF-κBp65, IL-6) in TNBS-Induced Colitis in Rats by Yan-Hong Zhou, Jie-Ping Yu, Yi-Fei Liu, Xiao-Jun Teng, Mei Ming, Peng Lv, Ping An, Shi-Quan Liu, Hong-Gang Yu

“…The results showed that EGB could significantly ameliorate macroscopic and histological damage, evidently elevate the activities of SOD and reduce the contents of MDA, inhibit the protein and mRNA expressions of TNF-α, NF-κBp65, and IL-6 in the colon tissues of experimental colitis in a dose-dependent manner compared with the model group. …”
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Ex vitro propagation and phytochemical analysis of Serapias vomeracea (Burm.f.) Briq.: contribution to the conservation of Orchidaceae species by Esin Çolak, Erdi C. Aytar, Yasemin Ö. Kömpe

“…Antioxidant analysis involved determining phenolic and flavonoid content, as well as DPPH radical scavenging activity (IC50: 2.09 mg/mL). Chlorophyll and carotenoid contents were measured to evaluate the physiological health of the plant. …”
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Mechanical Performance and Microstructure of Ultra-High-Performance Concrete Modified by Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cement by Meimei Song, Chuanlin Wang, Ying Cui, Qiu Li, Zhiyang Gao

“…In the heat flow results of UHPC with 10% CSA addition, the maximum heat release increases to 2.6 mW/g, which is 8.3% higher than the reference UHPC, suggesting a higher degree of hydration with CSA addition. …”
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Noise Cancellation Method for Mud Pulse Telemetry Based on Discrete Fourier Transform by Jingchen Zhang, Zitong Sha, Xingbin Tu, Zhujun Zhang, Jiang Zhu, Yan Wei, Fengzhong Qu

“…The field experiment results demonstrate that the demodulation of the received data achieves advanced data rate communication and a low bit error rate (BER) in a 3000 m drilling system.…”
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Anticancer effects of 7,8-dihydromethysticin in human leukemia cells are mediated via cell-cycle dysregulation, inhibition of cell migration and invasion and targeting JAK/STAT pat... by Xiao Yi, Deng Taoran, Jiang Lijun, Wang Di

“…The 7,8-dihydromethysticin molecule also caused cell cycle arrest at G2/M-phase along with concentration-dependent inhibition of cyclin B1, D1 and E. …”
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Explication of Pharmacological Proficiency of Phytoconstituents from Adansonia digitata Bark: An In Vitro and In Silico Approaches by Sangavi P., Gowtham Kumar S., Nachammai KT., Chandrabose Selvaraj, Langeswaran K.

“…The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) value was observed to be approximately 0.625 µg/mL. The biofilm inhibition percentage ranged from 9.89% to 57.92%, with the highest percentage being 57.92%. …”
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Precision and Accuracy Analysis of PM_2.5 Light-Scattering Sensor: Field and Laboratory Experiments by Hisam Samae, Phuchiwan Suriyawong, Artit Yawootti, Worradorn Phairuang, Sate Sampattagul

“…The study demonstrated that the DustBoy readings diverged from those of standard monitors at higher PM_2.5 concentrations; however, a positive correlation between the devices remained evident. Below 100 µg/m³, the DustBoy overestimated PM concentrations compared to the FRM devices but underestimated them compared to the FEM devices. …”
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ABIOTIC STRESSORS AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE ACCUMULATION OF ASSIMILATES BY PLANTS AND THE YIELD OF VEGETABLE PEA by O. V. Putina, A. G. Besedin

“…The experiments were performed on the breeding fields of Krymsk Experiment Breeding Station of VIR (Krasnodar Territory, 2015–2016). The plot area was 10 m2. There were 3 replications. Dry matter content was measured by drying the aerial parts of plants (axial organs, foliar apparatus [leaf, stipules], flowers, unripe beans, pod valves, grain) to constant dry matter at 105°C. …”
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The Effect of Angipars on Diabetic Neuropathy in STZ-Induced Diabetic Male Rats: A Study on Behavioral, Electrophysiological, Sciatic Histological and Ultrastructural Indices by Nasser Zangiabadi, Hossein Mohtashami, Mahboobeh Hojatipour, Mandana Jafari, Majid Asadi-Shekaari, Mohammad Shabani

“…The vehicle group received 1 mL distilled water daily for two weeks and three experimental groups received, respectively, intraperitoneal injection of 5, 10, and 20 mg/kg Angipars daily for two weeks. …”
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Discovery of new topological insulators and semimetals using deep generative models by Tao Hong, Taikang Chen, Dalong Jin, Yu Zhu, Heng Gao, Kun Zhao, Tongyi Zhang, Wei Ren, Guixin Cao

“…In this study, we propose an efficient inverse design method CTMT (CTMT: CDVAE, Topogivity, interatomic potentials (IAPs) as realized in M3GNet, and TQC) utilizing deep generative machine learning models to discover novel topological insulators and semimetals in a much-fast and low-cost manner. …”
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Plasticity-Related PKMζ Signaling in the Insular Cortex Is Involved in the Modulation of Neuropathic Pain after Nerve Injury by Jeongsoo Han, Minjee Kwon, Myeounghoon Cha, Motomasa Tanioka, Seong-Karp Hong, Sun Joon Bai, Bae Hwan Lee

“…Continuous active kinase, protein kinase Mζ (PKMζ), has been known to maintain the long-term potentiation. …”
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Degradation of Rhodamine B by manganese residue activated peroxymonosulfate by ZHENG Guoqing, HUANG Yukun, HAN Yaocong, XUE Xingyong, LU Yanyue, LAN Lihong, CHEN Zhennan

“…The results showed that manganese residue used in this study contained abundant Fe3O4, with a saturation magnetization of 8.67 emu/g and a specific surface area of 29.95 m2/g. The pores in manganese residue were predominantly mesoporous. …”
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The Indoor Concentration and Size Distribution of Airborne Bacteria in a Typical Traditional Market by Yi-Tang Chang, Wen-Te Liu, I-Chun Chen, Cheng-Che Chiang, Sai Hung Lau

“…The concentrations during operations at the chosen indoor TWM were measured to be 1.55 × 103 CFU m−3 of AB. The presence of AB in the environment was influenced by the specific products being sold, particularly in areas where vendors sold fresh poultry and livestock meat. …”
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REFLEKSIJOS TAIKYMO GALIMYBĖS IKIMOKYKLINIO UGDYMO PEDAGOGŲ MOKYMOSI PROCESE by Algimantas Bagdonas, Sigita Saulėnienė

“…Tai tapo ypač aktualu pakitus mokymosi sąlygoms COVID-19 pandemijos atveju, kuomet mokymo ir mokymosi procesas persikėlė į internetinę erdvę, tapo nuotoliniu. 2021 m. atliktas tyrimas, kuriuo siekiama nustatyti, kaip studentai studijų procese, tobulindami savo mokymąsi, praktikuoja reflektyvias technikas, kokias reflektyvių technikų strategijas taiko / rekomenduoja dėstytojai, siekdami mokymo ir mokymosi proceso kokybės. …”
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Effect of Oxygen and Redox Potential on Glucose Fermentation in Thermotoga maritima under Controlled Physicochemical Conditions by Raja Lakhal, Richard Auria, Sylvain Davidson, Bernard Ollivier, Alain Dolla, Moktar Hamdi, Yannick Combet-Blanc

“…When grown anaerobically on glucose, T. maritima was shown to significantly decrease the redox potential (Eh) of the culture medium down to about −480 mV, as long as glucose was available. Addition of oxygen into T. maritima cultures during the stationary growth phase led to a drastic reduction in glucose consumption rate. …”
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High serum level of endostatin in multiple myeloma at diagnosis but not in the plateau phase after treatment by Halina Urbanska-Rys, Tadeusz Robak

“…The level of measured anti-angiogenic agent was correlated with the phase and stage of the disease, and most importantly with clinical and laboratory parameters depicting the disease activity (haemoglobin, creatinine, albumins, calcium, M-component, C-reactive protein, β2-microglobulin, lactate dehydrogenase, stage of bone disease) as well as serum levels of pro-angiogenic cytokines such as vascular endothelial growth factor, hepatocyte growth factor, fibroblast growth factor and transforming growth factor-β. …”
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Exploring Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2 Levels in Iraqi Patients with Stable Angina: Insights from Coronary Angiography Diagnosis by Aseel Ghassan Daoud, Wassan Abdul Kareem Abbas, Ahmed Yousif Hasan, Maha N. Abu Hajleh

“…Levels of Lp-PLA2, total cholesterol, triglycerides (TG), high density lipoprotein-Cholesterol (HDL-C), very low density lipoprotein-Cholesterol (VLDL-C) and low density lipoprotein-Cholesterol (LDL-C) in serum were assessed. The biplane M mode method was used to measure left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). …”
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PPIH is a novel diagnostic biomarker associated with immune infiltration in cholangiocarcinoma by Jun Ye, Zhitao Chen, Chuan Zhang, Rui Xie, Haini Chen, Peng Ren

“…Results Our findings indicate that overexpression of PPIH mRNA in CHOL is associated with poor prognosis, with increased PPIH protein levels observed in CHOL tissues. …”
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