Physicochemical and sensory analysis of fruit juices based on buffalo yogurt whey by Gladis Rébak, Gladys Obregón, Luz Segovia-Espindola, Victoria Cantero, Mariano Pino, Liliana Alegre

“…Although further studies are needed, whey would be a good raw material for producing naturally fermented juices. …”
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Persistent organochlorine pesticides and cardiometabolic outcomes among middle-aged Latina women in a California agricultural community: The CHAMACOS Maternal Cognition Study by Marcella Warner, Stephen Rauch, Brenda Eskenazi, Lucia Calderon, Robert B. Gunier, Katherine Kogut, Nina Holland, Weihong Guo, Julianna Deardorff, Jacqueline M. Torres

“…We examined the relationship between serum concentrations of persistent organochlorine pesticides and biologic markers of inflammation and cardiometabolic disease, measured over a decade later, in a cohort of middle-aged and primarily immigrant Latina women living in an underserved agricultural community in California. Material and methods: We used data from the Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas-Maternal Cognition Study (CHAMACOS-MCS). …”
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Characteristics of Fly Ash from Coal Water Slurry Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion by ZHANG Daixin, ZHANG Guoqing, LIU Haijun, HUANG Yongbo, DU Shanzhou, FAN Baoguo, HUANG Zhong

“…As a whole, in fly ash with particle size less than 50 μm, the content of Al2O3 is higher and the content of mullite is lower, making it more suitable to be used as raw material for aluminum extraction process.…”
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Spotted fever group rickettsiae in black rats, pets, and humans in Zungarococha community, A rural area in the surroundings of Iquitos, Peru by Cusi Ferradas, Guillermo Salvatierra, David Payahuanca, Winnie Contreras, Andrés M. López-Pérez, Therangika A. Hangawatte, Diana León, Bruno M. Ghersi, Ricardo Gamboa, Katia Manzanares Villanueva, Viviana Pinedo-Cancino, Risa Pesapane, Gabriela Salmón-Mulanovich, Andrés G. Lescano, Janet Foley

“…Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l. (2/91 ticks) and Ct. felis (53/56 fleas and 55/55 flea pools) were qPCR-positive for Rickettsia spp. Recovered genetic material from 53 Ct. felis was sequenced and all were identified as Rickettsia asembonensis. …”
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Acceptability of and experiences with menstrual hygiene cups among adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 in two communities in Lusaka, Zambia: an exploratory study nested in... by Melleh Gondwe, Melvin Simuyaba, Mwelwa Phiri, Chisanga Mwansa, Albertus Schaap, Lucheka Sigande, Kwame Shanaube, Sian Floyd, Sarah Fidler, Helen Ayles, Musonda Simwinga, Bernadette Hensen

“…Abstract Background Menstrual cups could be a sustainable menstrual material for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Advantages of alginate and PPI combination in relief of heartburn and regurgitation during the first days of treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease by D. S. Bordin, O. B. Yanova, O. I. Berezina, Ye. V. Treyman

“…To estimate advantages of combined intake of proton pump inhibitor (PPI) and alginate in comparison to monotherapy by PPI in terms of symptom relief in the first days of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) treatment.Material and methods. Overall 96 patients with GERD were investigated. …”
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Evaluation of commercial traits in the accessions of Medicago sativa L. from Asia Minor by N. Yu. Malysheva, N. L. Isaeva, E. A. Gubanova, L. L. Malyshev

“…The present study involved 65 local varieties and wild accessions of alfalfa from Turkey preserved in the VIR collection. Material and methods. Yekaterinino Experiment Station of VIR (Tambov Province) was chosen as the research site. …”
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The Role of Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Therapeutic Antimicrobial Choices for Hematologic Patients with Pulmonary Infiltrates by Filippo Patrucco, Mattia Bellan, Davide Martinotti, Giuseppe Ielo, Paola Rebecca Iovine, Martina Mascheroni, Francesco Todisco, Martina Ubaldi, Nadia Castaldo, Francesco Gavelli, Alberto Fantin

“…This study aimed to determine the diagnostic yield of BAL in hematological patients for microbiological purposes and its influence on modifying the therapeutic strategy. <i>Material and Methods:</i> This multicenter, retrospective, observational study included data from 193 consecutive patients from two centers from January 2020 to October 2022. …”
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CONSULTA DE SEGUIMENTO DO DISPOSITIVO INTRAUTERINO (DIU) DE COBRE INSERIDO NO PERÍODO PÓS-PARTO E PÓS-ABORTAMENTO IMEDIATO by Rafaela Quintana Domingues, Camila Giugliani, Victor Matheus Santos da Silva

“…Para a validação e análise do material, foi utilizado o Índice de Validade de Conteúdo (IVC), sendo considerado válido um IVC > 0,75. …”
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Low-cost male urogenital simulator for penile implant surgery training: a 3D printing approach by Zixi Wang, Carlo Saija, Nicholas Raison, Abdullatif Aydin, Zhouyang Xu, Katie Zuo, Kawal Rhode, Antonia Pontiki

“…The simulator was produced at a low material cost of £10, with an average production time of 3 h. …”
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Genome polymorphism of the synthetic species xTrititrigia cziczinii Tsvel. inferred from AFLP analysis by A. A. Trifonova, K. V. Boris, L. V. Dedova, V. A. Melnik, L. P. Ivanova, N. P. Kuzmina, S. V. Zavgorodniy, V. P. Upelniek

“…The iden tified fragments of AFLP spectra, specific for the ×T. cziczinii representatives and the studied wheatgrass species, can be the basis for creating markers that will detect introgressions of genetic material of the genus Agropyron in the T. cziczinii ge nome. …”
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DEVELOPING INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETENCE OF PROSPECTIVE MILITARY SAILORS by Ruslan Shevchenko, Oleh Cherniavskyi, Vasyl Shemchuk, Olena Zlobina, Natalia Benkovska, Nataliia Terentieva, Андрій Гуралюк

“…Modern requirements, including the transition to material and technical standards aligned with NATO, necessitate an elevation in the level of information and technological competence among cadets. …”
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Toward accurate prediction of carbon dioxide (CO2) compressibility factor using tree-based intelligent schemes (XGBoost and LightGBM) and equations of state by Behnam Amiri-Ramsheh, Aydin Larestani, Saeid Atashrouz, Elnaz Nasirzadeh, Meriem Essakhraoui, Ali Abedi, Mehdi Ostadhassan, Ahmad Mohaddespour, Abdolhossein Hemmati-Sarapardeh

“…To design a successful CO2 injection process, it is very important to have precise knowledge about the compressibility factor (Z-factor) of CO2 as it directly affects material balance calculations, pipeline design, design of surface facilities, and CO2 compression. …”
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Risk factors and renal outcomes of AKI in children with secondary steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome by Nannan Yu, XiaoJun Ouyang, Jie Li, Jie Gao, Shuhan Zeng, Hongjie Zhuang, Mengjie Jiang, Yuxin Pei, Xiaoyun Jiang

“…The main objectives of this study were to determine the risk factors and prognosis of AKI in hospitalized children with secondary SRNS.Material and methods This retrospective study was conducted from January 2014 to December 2019, involving 172 hospitalizations with secondary SRNS admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University. …”
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Fabrication and Electrochemical Behavior Investigation of a Pt-Loaded Reduced Graphene Oxide Composite (Pt@rGO) as a High-Performance Cathode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Viet Hai Le, Thai Hoang Nguyen, Huu Hieu Nguyen, Le Thanh Nguyen Huynh, An Le Vo, Thi Kim Tuyet Nguyen, Duc Thinh Nguyen, Vinh Quang Lam

“…The rGO component in the Pt@rGO composite plays two important roles: (i) facilitating the electron transfer between Pt NPs catalyst and the FTO substrate via the bandgap effect and (ii) the enlargement catalytic surface area of Pt NPs via the loading effect. The rGO material has, therefore, potential to replace the Pt content and improve the performance of the DSSC device.…”
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The influence of monosodium glutamate on the development of oxidative-nitrosative stress in the large cerebral hemispheres of rats under the combination of a change in the “light-d... by O. A. Volkova, O. Ye. Akimov, V. O. Kostenko

“…The aim of the work was to find out the influence of monosodium glutamate on the development of oxidative-nitrosative stress in the homogenate of the large cerebral hemispheres of rats with a combination of acute desynchronosis (AD), SIR and administration of monosodium glutamate. Material and methods. The research was carried out on 72 white Wistar rats weighing 150–200 of different sexes, divided into 5 groups: control (n = 15), AD (n = 13), SIR (n = 15), a combination of SIR and AD (n = 14), a combination of SIR, AD, and glutamate (n = 15). …”
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Sustainability assessment of animal feed production from by-products of Sago palm smallholder industry by Allaily ., A.D. Santoso, M.N. Rofiq, N.A. Sasongko, H. Daulay, E.I. Wiloso, E. Widjaja, B.N. Utomo, A.I. Yanuar, S. Suryani, Y.P. Erlambang, U.N. Thiyas, D. Iskandar, A. Anhar, M. Rahmawati, T. Simamora, Y. Yusriani, G. Maghfirah, M. Ammar

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Sago plant is a valuable source of raw material for the processing industry and every part is very useful for food and shelter. …”
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Development of Cephradine-Loaded Gelatin/Polyvinyl Alcohol Electrospun Nanofibers for Effective Diabetic Wound Healing: In-Vitro and In-Vivo Assessments by Anam Razzaq, Zaheer Ullah Khan, Aasim Saeed, Kiramat Ali Shah, Naveed Ullah Khan, Bouzid Menaa, Haroon Iqbal, Farid Menaa

“…LNF-based therapy could be employed as a valuable dressing material to heal <i>S. aureus</i>-induced chronic wounds in diabetic subjects.…”
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Safety and efficacy of telaprevir in treatment of a chronic hepatitis C in patients of the Russian population included in early access program study by D. T. Abrurakhmanov, V. G. Morozov, I. G. Nikitin, P. O. Bogomolov, N. I. Geyvandova, Ye. N. Bessonova, I. G. Bakulin, V. A. Isakov, K. V. Zhdanov, M. V. Mayevskaya, Ye. A. Nurmukhametova, E. Z. Burnevich, Ye. V. Chesnokov, V. D. Pasechnikov, A. Hill, I. Lonjon-Domanec, S. N. Kizhlo

“…Efficacy and safety of this therapeutic mode were evaluated in intermediate analysis on 16-th week of treatment in 153 patients from Russia who have already reached the 16-th week of treatment or potentially can do so.Material and methods. The study has prospectively included 153 HCV infected patients (genotype 1), with bridging fibrosis or compensated liver cirrhosis who received treatment by telaprevir in combination to peginterferon-alpha and ribavirin for 12 wks with subsequent 12-or 36-week rate of antiviral therapy (AVT) by peginterferon alpha and ribavirin in relation to virologic response and fibrosis severity. …”
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CD44-Receptors-Mediated Multiprong Targeting Strategy Against Breast Cancer and Tumor-Associated Macrophages: Design, Optimization, Characterization, and Cytologic Evaluation by Hussain Z, Abdulrahim Abdul Moti L, Jagal J, Thu HE, Khan S, Kazi M

“…In this research, we aimed to design a multiprong targeting strategy for concurrent action against different phenotypes of BC (MCF-7 and SK-BR-3) and tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) for relapse-free treatment of BC.Methods: Paclitaxel (PTX) and tamoxifen (TMX) co-loaded chitosan (CS) nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared using the ionic-gelation method and optimized using the Design Expert® software by controlling different material attributes. For selective targeting through CD44-receptors that are heavily expressed on the BC cells and TAMs, the fabricated NPs (PTX-TMX-CS-NPs) were functionalized with hyaluronic acid (HA) as a targeting ligand.Results: The optimized HA-PTX-TMX-CS-NPs exhibited desired physicochemical properties (PS ~230 nm, PDI 0.30, zeta potential ~21.5 mV), smooth spherical morphology, high encapsulation efficiency (PTX ~72% and TMX ~97%), good colloidal stability, and biphasic release kinetics. …”
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