Magnetic field-induced synergistic therapy of cancer using magnetoplasmonic nanoplatform by Siqi Gao, Iuliia Golovynska, Jiantao Liu, Zhenlong Huang, Hao Xu, Jinghan Qu, Fangrui Lin, Galyna Ostrovska, Junle Qu, Tymish Y. Ohulchanskyy

“…Herein, a magnetic field (MF) induced combination of chemo/photothermal therapy is demonstrated using Fe3O4@mSiO2@Au core@shell@satellites nanoparticles (NPs) loaded with chemotherapeutic drug doxorubicin (DOX), both in vitro and in vivo. …”
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Effects of Acute Bleeding Followed by Hydroxyethyl Starch 130/0.4 or a Crystalloid on Propofol Concentrations, Cerebral Oxygenation, and Electroencephalographic and Haemodynamic Va... by Aura Silva, Ana Liza Ortiz, Carlos Venâncio, Almir P. Souza, Luísa Maria Ferreira, Paula Sério Branco, Paula Guedes de Pinho, Pedro Amorim, David A. Ferreira

“…Twelve young pigs under propofol-remifentanil anaesthesia were bled 30 mL/kg and, after a 20-minute waiting period, volume replacement was performed with HES (GHES; N=6) or LR (GRL; N=6). …”
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The Level of Heavy Metal Contamination in Selected Vegetables and Animal Feed Grasses Grown in Wastewater Irrigated Area, around Asmara, Eritrea by Goitom Kfle, Ghebray Asgedom, Tedros Goje, Felema Abbebe, Lula Habtom, Hagos Hanes

“…Al and Fe exceeded the FAO/WHO permissible limit with the exception of all plant samples from the Kushet area and M. sativa from Paradizo. The concentration of Al was also below the limit in C. dactylon from Adi-Segdo and Paradizo. …”
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Assessing tick attachments to humans with citizen science data: spatio-temporal mapping in Switzerland from 2015 to 2021 using spatialMaxent by Lisa Bald, Nils Ratnaweera, Tomislav Hengl, Patrick Laube, Jürg Grunder, Werner Tischhauser, Netra Bhandari, Dirk Zeuss

“…In this study, citizen science data were utilized to map tick attachment to humans in Switzerland at a 100 m spatial resolution, on a monthly basis, for the years 2015 to 2021. …”
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MiR-125b-5p ameliorates ox-LDL-induced vascular endothelial cell dysfunction by negatively regulating TNFSF4/TLR4/NF-κB signaling by Wenshuai He, Limin Zhao, Pengfei Wang, Maojia Ren, Yunfei Han

“…Methods An in vitro AS cell model was established by exposing human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) to 100 µg/mL ox-LDL for 24 h. A series of functional assays, including CCK-8 assay, flow cytometry, MDA and SOD kits, capillary-like network formation assay and ELISA assay were performed in vitro. …”
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Damage evolution of slab tracks with complex temperature distribution by Yang Li, Kailin Cao, Jinjie Chen, Haiyan Li, Zhihao Yang, Guocui Wang

“…Results show that: (1) Considering a vertical nonlinearity of 0.3 and a lateral gradient of 10 ℃/m can improve the maximum vertical displacement by 31.6 %. (2) The critical air temperature for interface damage initiation can be approximately 5 ℃ lower when the vertical nonlinearity and the lateral gradient are not considered than when they are considered. …”
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Los patrones básicos de movimiento saltar y lanzar: la evaluación del proceso y el producto by Magally Márquez-Barquero, Walter Salazar Rojas

“…Este estudio analizó la relación entre la evaluación del producto y la evaluación del proceso de los patrones básicos de movimiento saltar y lanzar. 40 sujetos, todos hombres, 10.03 ± 0.3 años, 37.82 ± 13.9 kg, 139 ± 28 cm y 19.38 ± 4.5 IMC (kg/m2). Se utilizó el Instrumento Patrones Básicos de Movimiento (IPBM) para la evaluación del proceso; en los productos se realizaron las pruebas salto de longitud y de lanzamiento por encima del hombro para saltar y lanzar, respectivamente. …”
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Clinical Evaluation of a Rapid Reciprocal-Flow PCR Assay and Real-Time PCR Assay with Quenching Probe for Detection of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> Complex by Kosuke Kosai, Keisuke Matsumoto, Takahisa Ishikawa, Yasuhide Kawamoto, Norihiko Akamatsu, Kenji Ota, Fujiko Mitsumoto-Kaseida, Norihito Kaku, Hiroo Hasegawa, Koichi Izumikawa, Hiroshi Mukae, Katsunori Yanagihara

“…Both the GeneSoC and GENECUBE MTB assays exhibited excellent performance in detecting <i>M. tuberculosis</i> complex. The GeneSoC assay is useful for independent assays of individual samples, whereas the GENECUBE MTB assay is suitable for batch assays of multiple samples.…”
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Safety of antenatal breastmilk expression from week 34 of pregnancy: a randomized controlled pilot study (The Express-MOM study) by Marie Bendix Simonsen, Sarah Bjerrum Bentzen, Sören Möller, Kristina Garne Holm, Christina Anne Vinter, Gitte Zachariassen

“…Antenatal expressed MOM was available at birth in most women in the intervention group (23/28, 82%), with a median of 52 mL during pregnancy. There was no statistically significant difference in breastfeeding outcomes. …”
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The total extract of Abelmoschus manihot (L.) medic flowers (TEA) mediated Nrf2-TFAM signalling to regulate mitochondrial antioxidant mechanism by Ying Song, Xinyi Zhu, Beibei Wang, Qisong Li, Biwei Song

“…RT-PCR was used to detect mRNA and mtDNA expression. The expression of the target protein was detected by Western blotting and immunofluorescence. …”
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Protective mechanism of quercetin compounds against acrylamide-induced hepatotoxicity by Linzi Li, Xueying Lei, Lin Chen, Ya Ma, Jun Luo, Xuebo Liu, Xinglian Xu, Guanghong Zhou, Xianchao Feng

“…In vivo studies found that quercetin-like compounds protect against AA-induced liver injury by reducing oxidative stress levels, activating the Akt/mTOR signaling pathway to attenuate autophagy, and improving mitochondrial apoptosis and endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated apoptosis. …”
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The impact of arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization on flooding response of Medicago truncatula by Vajiheh Safavi-Rizi, Vajiheh Safavi-Rizi, Helen Friedlein, Sayedhamid Safavi-Rizi, Franziska Krajinski-Barth

“…In this study, we investigated the effects of mycorrhizal colonization and flooding stress on the growth, physiological and molecular responses of M. truncatula wild-type (WT) and ha1-2 mutant lines. ha1-2 mutant plants are unable to form a functional symbiosis with AM fungi as they are impaired in the proton pump required for phosphate transport from AM fungus to the plant. …”
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Determinants of survival of the bovine blastocyst to cryopreservation stress: treatment with colony stimulating factor 2 during the morula-to-blastocyst transition and embryo sex by Froylan Sosa, Jeremy Block, Yao Xiao, Peter J. Hansen

“…Here, we tested whether addition of 10 ng/mL CSF2 at day 5 of development would increase the survival of blastocysts harvested at day 7 and subjected to vitrification. …”
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The Association of Vitamin D, Nerve Growth Factor (NGF), Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF), and Glial Cell-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) with Development in Children by Mia Milanti Dewi, Akhmad Imron, Nelly Amalia Risan, Grace Mediana, Raden Tina Dewi Judistiani, Budi Setiabudiawan

“…The risk factors associated with short stature were vitamin D levels ≤ 32.7 ng/dL, GDNF levels ≤ 12.99 ng/mL, male sex, and low maternal education. Children with short stature (<2 years old) also demonstrated impaired problem-solving as assessed by the ASQ-3 (<i>p</i> = 0.005). …”
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Synergistic mixture of Parthenium hysterophorus L. extract and potassium iodide as a novel efficient composite inhibitor on steel corrosion in sulfuric acid by Hao Wu, Shuduan Deng, Dandan Shao, Gaofei Wei, Juan Xu, Xianghong Li

“…Weight loss tests demonstrated that PHLE moderately inhibited corrosion of cold rolled steel (CRS) in 0.50 M H2SO4, with a maximum efficiency of 74.45%. The inhibition efficiency increased to 91.51% with the addition of a small amount of KI (10 mg L−1). …”
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Preparation of Sea-buckthorn Oil Microcapsule Composite Film and the Preservation Effect of Hand-grabbed Mutton by Bingbing ZHANG, Guishan LIU, Delang XIE, Haiyang MA, Yang LI, Fang MA, Xiaojun LI, Qingqing CAO, Xiaoxue LI, Qian ZHANG

“…Results showed that the embedding rate and yield of sea buckthorns oil microcapsules were 88.94% and 76.28%, respectively, and the optimum conditions for preparing the membrane were 6 g/100 mL gelatin concentration. The ratio of gelatin to glycerin was 1:0.4 and the drying conditions were 20 ℃ for 48 h. …”
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Development and Implementation of the MPPT Based on Incremental Conductance for Voltage and Frequency Control in Single-Stage DC-AC Converters by Javier Alonso Ramírez Torres, Orlando Lastres Danguillecourt, Roberto Adrián González Domínguez, Guillermo Rogelio Ibáñez Duharte, Laura Elena Verea Valladares, Joel Pantoja Enríquez, Jesús Antonio Enríquez Santiago, Andrés López López, Antonio Verde Añorve

“…Experimentally, it was validated at an irradiance of 1000 W/m² and an ambient temperature of 45 °C. …”
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Pharmacological Preconditioning Improves the Viability and Proangiogenic Paracrine Function of Hydrogel-Encapsulated Mesenchymal Stromal Cells by Francesco K. Touani, Melanie Borie, Feryel Azzi, Dominique Trudel, Nicolas Noiseux, Shant Der Sarkissian, Sophie Lerouge

“…Bone marrow MSCs from rat (rMSC) and human (hMSC) origin were preconditioned for 1 hour with celastrol 1 μM or vehicle (DMSO 0.1% v/v), then encapsulated within a chitosan-based thermosensitive hydrogel. …”
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Trunk muscle behaviors during the full-cycle stoop and squat lifting tasks by Fumin Pan, Wei Wang, Chao Kong, Shibao Lu

“…Eighteen males aged 20–35 years without low back pain were included, with a mean age of 26.55 ± 2.12 years, body height of 175.18 ± 4.29 cm, body weight of 69.27 ± 4.29 kg, and BMI of 22.56 ± 0.87 kg/m2. Results During stoop lifting, the median values of the absolute EMG of the left multifidus were 53.96, 70.32, 51.08 and 64.14 uV from stage 1 to stage 4, which were all non-significantly lower than those during squat lifting for 79.84, 103.64, 71.72 and 95.72, respectively (P > 0.05). …”
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Review of Challenges in Performing Real-World Evidence Studies for Nonprescription Products by Maihöfner C, Mallick-Searle T, Vollert J, Kalita P, Sood Sethi V

“…Ltd, SingaporeCorrespondence: Vidhu Sood Sethi, GSK Consumer Healthcare Singapore Pte Ltd (Co Regn No. 201309040M), 23 Rochester Park &num;03-02, 139234, Singapore, Tel +6596447203, Email vidhu.x.sethi@haleon.comAbstract: In recent years, regulatory authorities have signaled a willingness to consider real-world evidence (RWE) data to support applications for new claims and indications for pharmaceuticals. …”
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