Evaluation and selection of yeasts as potential aroma enhancers for the production of dry-cured ham by Xiaohui Gong, Ruifang Mi, Xi Chen, Qiujin Zhu, Suyue Xiong, Biao Qi, Shouwei Wang

“…Debaryomyces hansenii was the most dominant yeast and has been detected at each phase of dry-cured ham, followed by Candida zeylanoides which was mainly detected in salting phase. Yarrowia bubula and Yarrowia alimentaria were found at the first two-phase of dry-cured ham. …”
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Inhibitory Effects of Polaprezine on the Inflammatory Response to Helicobacter pylori by Osamu Handa, Norimasa Yoshida, Yukiko Tanaka, Miho Ueda, Takeshi Ishikawa, Tomohisa Takagi, Naoyuki Matsumoto, Yuji Naito, Toshikazu Yoshikawa

“…These results suggest that polaprezinc, mainly the zinc component, may inhibit H pylori-induced PMN-mediated gastric inflammation by attenuating CD11b/CD18 expression on PMN and IL-8 production from gastric epithelial cells.…”
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The influence of compost humic acid quality and its ability to alleviate soil salinity stress by S. El hasini, M. De Nobili, M. El. Azzouzi, K. Azim, A. Douaik, M. Laghrour, Y. El idrissi, M. El alaoui El belghiti, A. Zouahri

“…The maturity of compost was assessed through some maturation index, prior to the main trial of the interaction between extracted HA and sodium carbonates salt (Na₂CO₃), largely encountered in saline soils.…”
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Fluid dynamics of planetary differentiation by Deguen, Renaud, Huguet, Ludovic, Landeau, Maylis, Lherm, Victor, Maller, Augustin, Wacheul, Jean-Baptiste

“…After having summarised the main observational constraints on core-mantle differentiation, the article follows the sequence of processes that led to the formation of planetary cores, focusing on the contributions of laboratory fluid dynamics experiments to our understanding of these processes, and discussing the relevance and limitations of this approach to this problem. …”
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Purification, Preliminary Structural Characterization, and In Vitro Inhibitory Effect on Digestive Enzymes by β-Glucan from Qingke (Tibetan Hulless Barley) by Jialiang Hu, Yue Wu, Huifang Xie, Wanyin Shi, Zhiyuan Chen, Dan Jiang, Hui Hu, Xiangwei Zheng, Jian Xu, Yuejun Yang, Yuancai Liu

“…This β-glucan had a uniform molecular weight of 201,000 Da with β-(1⟶4) as the main chain and β-(1⟶3) as a side chain. The β-glucan presented a relatively strong inhibitory activity on α-glucosidase, moderate inhibition on invertase, and a weak inhibition on α-amylase, whereas it did not inhibit lipase. …”
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Effect of antithrombotic therapies on small bowel bleeding: an European multicenter retrospective study by Lucia Scaramella, Stefania Chetcuti Zammit, Reena Sidhu, Maurizio Vecchi, Gian Eugenio Tontini, Nicoletta Nandi, Matilde Topa, Luca Elli

“…Background/Aims Small bowel bleeding (SBB) is the main indication for videocapsule endoscopy (VCE); the diagnostic yield (DY) could be influenced by antithrombotic therapies. …”
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An Assessment of Reuse of Light Ash from Bayer Process Fluidized Bed Boilers in Geopolymer Synthesis at Ambient Temperature by Woshington S. Brito, André L. Mileo Ferraioli Silva, Rozineide A. A. Boca Santa, Kristoff Svensson, José Antônio da Silva Souza, Herbert Pöllmann, Humberto Gracher Riella

“…The aluminum production chain includes refining using the Bayer process. One of the main wastes produced by the Bayer process that has an impact on the environment is fly ash. …”
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Structural and vascular assessment of the optic nerve head and macula in chronic Chagas disease by Cristiana L. M. Agra, Camila V. Ventura, Letícia D. da Fonte, Marcela R. V. Oliveira, Marília Leal, Maria Elisa L. S. M. Assunção, Maria da Glória A. M. Cavalcanti, Silvia M. M. Alves, Ana Karine Soares, Liana O. Ventura, Tiago S. Prata

“…Nineteen patients with CD and 19 healthy subjects were evaluated with optical coherence tomography, optical coherence tomography angiography, and Laguna ONhE® software. The main outcome measures were the glaucoma discriminant factor, average peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness, macular ganglion cell complex thickness, peripapillary vascular density (VD), foveal and parafoveal thickness, foveal avascular zone area, and total foveal and parafoveal VD from the superficial and deep capillary plexus that were compared between the two groups. …”
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Osteosarcopenic Visceral Obesity and Osteosarcopenic Subcutaneous Obesity, Two New Phenotypes of Sarcopenia: Prevalence, Metabolic Profile, and Risk Factors by Simone Perna, Daniele Spadaccini, Mara Nichetti, Ilaria Avanzato, Milena Anna Faliva, Mariangela Rondanelli

“…Background. The main criticism of the definition of “osteosarcopenic obesity” (OSO) is the lack of division between subcutaneous and visceral fat. …”
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The FvABF3-FvALKBH10B-FvSEP3 cascade regulates fruit ripening in strawberry by Renkun Tang, Xiaoyu Duan, Leilei Zhou, Guangtong Gao, Jinying Liu, Yuying Wang, Xingfeng Shao, Guozheng Qin

“…Abstract Fruit ripening is a highly-orchestrated process that requires the fine-tuning and precise control of gene expression, which is mainly governed by phytohormones, epigenetic modifiers, and transcription factors. …”
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Micro-amplitude vibration-assisted scratching: a new method for one step and controllable fabrication of the microscale V-groove and nanoscale ripples by Haoxiang Wu, Hu Huang, Zhiyu Zhang, Jiwang Yan

“…Being different from conventional cutting, this method was mainly based on the plow mechanism, and it could accurately replicate the shape of the indenter on the material surface. …”
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First two mitochondrial genomes for the order Filobasidiales reveal novel gene rearrangements and intron dynamics of Tremellomycetes by Qiang Li, Zhijie Bao, Ke Tang, Huiyu Feng, Wenying Tu, Lijiao Li, Yunlei Han, Mei Cao, Changsong Zhao

“…The sizes of the two Filobasidium mitogenomes varied greatly with the introns being the main factor contributing to mitogenome expansion in F. globisporum. …”
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Effects of soy hull polysaccharide on dyslipidemia and pathoglycemia in rats induced by a high-fat-high-sucrose diet by Qian Lin, Lina Yang, Lin Han, Ziyi Wang, Mingshuo Luo, Danshi Zhu, He Liu, Xin Li, Yu Feng

“…The polysaccharide treated groups had significantly higher content of total SCFAs, and the main fermentation products were acetic, propionic, n-valeric and i-valeric acids. …”
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Whose PhD is it? A Case of Supervision in Higher Education in South Africa by Maserole C. Kgari-Masondo, Bernard Chingwanangwana, Pfuurai Chimbunde, Lungile P. Zondi, Aboshioke L. Umejei, Dineo F. Mosina

“…There is a dearth of such literature, the available one concentrates mainly on the administration and intellectual property rights, disregarding the gruesome activities that take place from the start to the completion of the degree itself. …”
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Multisession Anodal tDCS Protocol Improves Motor System Function in an Aging Population by G. Dumel, M.-E. Bourassa, M. Desjardins, N. Voarino, C. Charlebois-Plante, J. Doyon, Louis De Beaumont

“…We found a significant group × training sessions interaction, indicating that whereas aging adults in the sham group exhibited little-to-no sequence-specific learning improvements beyond the first day of training, reproducible improvements in the ability to learn new motor sequences over 5 consecutive sessions were the net result in age-equivalent participants from the M1 a-tDCS group. A significant main effect of group on sequence-specific learning revealed greater motor learning for the M1 a-tDCS group when the five learning sessions were averaged. …”
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Initial Experience with Robotic Retropubic Urethropexy Compared to Open Retropubic Urethropexy by Pooja R. Patel, Mostafa A. Borahay, Audrey R. Puentes, Ana M. Rodriguez, Jessica Delaisse, Gokhan S. Kilic

“…The control cases consisted of the last five consecutive open retropubic urethropexies performed by the same surgeon. Main Results. A total of 10 patients (5 robotic cases and 5 open cases) were included in this study. …”
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Development of a Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Diagnosis of Ascaris lumbricoides in Fecal Samples by Esther A. Shiraho, Agola L. Eric, Ibrahim N. Mwangi, Geoffrey M. Maina, Joseph M. Kinuthia, Martin W. Mutuku, Robert M. Mugambi, Jackson M. Mwandi, Gerald M. Mkoji

“…It is also considered among the neglected tropical diseases. Diagnosis relies mainly on microscopy-based methods which are laborious, are limited by low sensitivity, and require high expertise. …”
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Physicochemical, Rheological, Structural, Antioxidant, and Antimicrobial Properties of Polysaccharides Extracted from Tamarind Seeds by Likun Ren, Yang Yang, Xin Bian, Xiaomei Li, Bing Wang, Dangfeng Wang, Dan Su, Linlin Liu, Dehui Yu, Xiaoxue Guo, Xiumin Zhang, Na Zhang

“…The results indicated that the yield of the obtained polysaccharide was 3.42%. TSP was mainly composed of glucose (45.09%), galactose (22.80%), and xylose (28.89%), while it contained characteristic structure of polysaccharides, such as –OH, pyranose, and uronic acid at 3,418, 1,150, and 1,040 cm−1 respectively, which demonstrated that it was a uronic acid heteropolysaccharide. …”
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Synergistic Fire Retardancy of Bis(1-methoxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-yl)sebacate and Tris(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy)-1,3,5-triazine/Sb2O3 in HIPS by Hongzhi Wu, Junhong Liu, Qi Zhang, Mingmei Sun, Jingwei Yang, Linsheng Tang

“…The Py-GC/MS results revealed that NORSM induced the role of synergistic effect; the main mechanisms were as follows: the active radicals such as methoxy radicals and aminyl radicals produced by the pyrolysis of NORSM promote the release of bromine radicals from TTBPC and the formation of HBr and CO2, which improves the flame retardancy of TTBPC/Sb2O3; the above active radicals, together with HBr, quench active free radicals, such as the hydroxyl radical (OH), and decompose the free radical source, which interrupts the chain reaction during combustion and results in a more efficient flame retardant effect in gaseous phase.…”
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Vaccination and Malaria Prevention among International Travelers Departing from Athens International Airport to African Destinations by Androula Pavli, Athina Spilioti, Paraskevi Smeti, Stavros Patrinos, Helena C. Maltezou

“…Most of them traveled for ≥1 month (62%). The main reason for travel was work (39.7%). Only 47% sought pretravel consultation. …”
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