Pressure-driven polymeric membrane performance prediction, new membrane dimensionless number, and considerations for effective membrane design, selection, testing, and operation by Alexander R. Anim-Mensah, Alexander R. Anim-Mensah

“…The model integrates solvent densities (ρi), solubility parameters of the membrane (δM), solute (δSo), solvent (δSv), and the extent of membrane constraint (ϕ). …”
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Antioxidant Properties of Honey from Different Altitudes of Nepal Himalayas by Neupane Bishnu Prasad, Malla Komal Prasad, Kaundinnyayana Atis, Poudel Prakash, Thapa Rashmi, Shrestha Sabina

“…The IC50 values of selected high altitude honey samples ranged from 56 to 72 mg/mL. The total antioxidant properties were correlated (P<0.01) between total phenol content and antiradical activity (r=0.992). …”
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Food Store Environment Modifies Intervention Effect on Fruit and Vegetable Intake among Low-Income Women in North Carolina by Alison A. Gustafson, Joseph Sharkey, Carmen D. Samuel-Hodge, Jessica C. Jones-Smith, Jianwen Cai, Alice S. Ammerman

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Identification of urothelial cancer-associated 1 (UCA1) as a diagnostic biomarker of pre-eclampsia via regulating microRNA-16 and its downstream signaling pathway by Ye-Hong Xv, Wei Gao, Liao-Jv Wang

“…Moreover, UCA1 was identified as a sponge of miR-16, while PAPP-A mRNA was identified as a virtual target gene of miR-16. …”
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Study on the evolution law of the ‘Butterfly-type’ plastic zone in the surrounding rock of deep dynamic pressure roadway by Yiwen Liang, Jianqiang Jin, Wenhua Zha, Tao Xu, Wenbo Cheng

“…Abstract The formation and development of plastic zone in the surrounding rock is the essence of large deformation damage to the surrounding rock in deep, highly stressed roadway. The −850 m roadway of the Qujiang mine is laid flat longitudinally under the 805 working face and coal pillar, and under the influence of the mining movement of the upper working face and the pre-stressing pressure of the coal pillar, the periphery of the roadway is no longer a pure non-uniform stress field, but a non-uniform stress field with both vertical and horizontal dynamic pressure. …”
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Domperidone Prescribing Practices Exposed Patients to Cardiac Risk despite a “Black Box” Warning: A Canadian Tertiary Care Center Study by Nauzer Forbes, Mohan Cooray, Raed Al-Dabbagh, Yuhong Yuan, Frances Tse, Louis W. C. Liu, Ted Xenodemetropoulos

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Proceso de atención de enfermería de un lactante con anemia severa, desnutrición aguda y constipación: reporte de caso by Heisen Valdivia Silva, Jorge Joseph Villegas Rojas, Susan Míriam Oblitas Guerrero

“…Conclusiones: La priorización de diagnóstico consistió en el diagnóstico 1, desequilibrio nutricional, ingesta inferior a las necesidades relacionada con dificultad para deglutir manifestado por falla del medro…; diagnóstico 2, lactancia materna ineficaz r/c incapacidad del lactante de acoplarse correctamente al pecho m/p madre refiere «... mi niño mama, pero vota toda la leche»; diagnóstico 3, estreñimiento relacionado con ingesta insuficiente de líquidos; diagnóstico 4, hiperbilirrubinemia neonatal relacionada con resultados anormales de la función hepática, y  diagnóstico 5, fatiga relacionada con cansancio.   …”
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Newborn Mice Vaccination with BCG.HIVA222 + MVA.HIVA Enhances HIV-1-Specific Immune Responses: Influence of Age and Immunization Routes by Narcís Saubi, Eung-Jun Im, Raquel Fernández-Lloris, Olga Gil, Pere-Joan Cardona, Josep Maria Gatell, Tomáš Hanke, Joan Joseph

“…We have evaluated the influence of age and immunization routes for induction of HIV-1- and M. tuberculosis-specific immune responses after neonatal (7 days old) and adult (7 weeks old) BALB/c mice immunization with BCG.HIVA222 prime and MVA.HIVA boost. …”
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Valores de referencia para TSH y T4 libre en la población de Medellín, Colombia by Maria Antonia Rico Mesa, Sara León-Aldana, Marta Gómez, Liliana Ocampo, Silvana Builes, Verónica Abad

“…Resultados: se encontró que, en la población sana de la ciudad de Medellín, los valores de TSH oscilaron entre 0,49 y 5,72 mUI/l y para T4L entre 0,65 y 1,19 ng/dl. Conclusiones: para una población entre los 10 y 65 años, de la ciudad de Medellín, los valores mencionados previamente en los resultados no presentaron diferencias estadísticamente significativas por edad o sexo. …”
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A spatiotemporal optimization engine for prescribed burning in the Southeast US by Reetam Majumder, Adam J. Terando, J. Kevin Hiers, Jaime A. Collazo, Brian J. Reich

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Optimization of a Rabbit Dry Eye Model Induced by Topical Instillation of Benzalkonium Chloride by Carlos Carpena-Torres, Jesús Pintor, María Jesús Pérez de Lara, Fernando Huete-Toral, Almudena Crooke, Cristina Pastrana, Gonzalo Carracedo

“…After the instillation of 0.2% BAC for 5 consecutive days, there was a significant increase in tear secretion without anesthesia P<0.001, corneal staining P<0.001, conjunctival hyperemia P<0.001, and levels of IL-6 mRNA P=0.005 compared to the control group. Conversely, there was a decrease in tear secretion with anesthesia P<0.001, tear breakup time P=0.007, tear osmolarity P<0.001, density of goblet cells P<0.001, and height of mucin cloud P<0.001. …”
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A Cost-Effective and Robust Cell-Based Bioassay Method for Evaluating the Bioactivity of Trastuzumab-like Antibodies by Pooja Bharali, Subhash Chand, Harish Chander

“…With the rise of biosimilars in the biopharmaceutical market, it has become crucial to ensure that the biosimilar is at par with the original monoclonal antibody (mAb)in terms of efficacy, safety, and quality. …”
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Morphological, Physiological and Biochemical Changes in the Grape Variety “Hotan Red” Caused by the Occurrence of Stress Under the Influence of Saline–Alkaline Growing Conditions... by Yan Song, Ruxue Li, Long Zhou, Lili Jiang, Xiong Wang

“…Saline–alkali stress resulted in a non-stomatal limitation of photosynthesis in Hotan Red, which was manifested by a decrease in net photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate and stomatal conductance, and an increase in the concentration of intercellular carbon dioxide, in which the net photosynthetic rate reached a minimum value of 3.56 μmol·m⁻²·s⁻¹ under 120 mmol·L⁻¹ saline–alkali stress; the actual photochemical efficiency of PSII in the light and maximal quantum yield of PSⅡ decreased, with minimum values of 0.16 and 0.60, respectively. …”
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Analisis Afiks pada Fi`il Mujarrad dalam Surat Hud by Rohanda Rohanda, Dzikri Cahya Mahesa, Dayudin Dayudin

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In vitro neuroprotective potentials of aqueous and methanol extracts from Heinsia crinita leaves by Ganiyu Oboh, Esther E. Nwanna, Sunday I. Oyeleye, Tosin A. Olasehinde, Opeyemi B. Ogunsuyi, Aline A. Boligon

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On the Twistability of Partially Coherent, Schell-Model Sources by Riccardo Borghi

“…To this end, the evaluation of the complete tensor of the matrix elements <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>⟨</mo><msup><mi>n</mi><mo>′</mo></msup><mo>,</mo><msup><mi>ℓ</mi><mo>′</mo></msup><mo>|</mo><msub><mover accent="true"><mi>W</mi><mo stretchy="false">^</mo></mover><mi>u</mi></msub><mo>|</mo><mi>n</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>ℓ</mi><mo>⟩</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> is carried out within the framework of the so-called <i>extended Wigner distribution function</i>, a concept recently introduced by M. VanValkenburgh. As a nontrivial application of the algorithm developed here, the analytical determination of the spectrum of saturated twisted astigmatic Gaussian Schell-model sources is also presented.…”
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The usefulness of presepsin in the early detection of anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy by Yoshiro Imai, Ryo Tanaka, Kentaro Matsuo, Hidero Yoshimoto, Mitsuhiro Asakuma, Hideki Tomiyama, Sang-Woong Lee

“…Optimal cut-off values for presepsin were 400 pg/mL (sensitivity 100 %; specificity 81.9 %) on POD 5 and similar on POD 7. …”
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EASTERN SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS THROUGH THE LENS OF MODERN SCIENTIFIC WORLDVIEW by Tetiana V. Danylova

“…Duality and attempts to overcome it permeate the entire history: from traditional archaic cultures to modern civilized societies. M. Foucault, J. Derrida, R. Barthes, U. Eco, G. …”
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Nanostructured, Self-Assembling Peptide K5 Blocks TNF-α and PGE2 Production by Suppression of the AP-1/p38 Pathway by Woo Seok Yang, Yung Chul Park, Ji Hye Kim, Hye Ri Kim, Tao Yu, Se Eun Byeon, Larry D. Unsworth, Jaehwi Lee, Jae Youl Cho

“…Similarly, there was inhibition of cyclooxygenase- (COX-) 2 mRNA expression assessed by real-time PCR, indicating that the inhibition is at the transcriptional level. …”
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Endoplasmic reticulum stress-related super enhancer promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transformation in hepatocellular carcinoma through CREB5 mediated activation of TNC by Anqi Wang, Sitong Yan, Jiatao Liu, Xiang Chen, Mengyao Hu, Xiao Du, Weijia Jiang, Zhipeng Pan, Lulu Fan, Guoping Sun

“…Analyses of TCGA datasets and tissue arrays showed that CREB5 mRNA and protein expression levels were higher in liver cancer tissues than in paired normal tissues. …”
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