Physicochemical properties and bioavailability of bio-calcium products from tilapia bone: A comparative study with synthetic hydroxyapatite by Kornpaka Arkanit, Theeraphol Senphan, Nursakich Issapap, Natthapong Mungmueang, Pornpimol Sriket, Soottawat Benjakul, Chodsana Sriket

“…The ash content increased progressively from 68.5 % to 99.4 %. The calcium content increased from 18.9 % to 31 %, with Ca/P ratios improving from 3.3 to 1.7, approaching the ideal ratio of natural bone mineral (1.67). …”
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HOMA-AD in Assessing Insulin Resistance in Lean Noncirrhotic HCV Outpatients by Matheus Truccolo Michalczuk, Camila Rippol Kappel, Oscar Birkhan, Ana Carolina Bragança, Mário Reis Álvares-da-Silva

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Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement in High-Surgical Risk Patients: A Single-Center Experience and Outcome by Fatma A. Taha, Hesham Naeim, Fareed Alnozha, Osama Amoudi, Reda Abuelatta

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Concurrent Extraction and Analysis of Atmospheric Particulate Matter-bound PBDEs, PAHs, Nitrated PAHs, and OPEs by Hsin-Chieh Kung, Bo-Wun Huang, Chien-Er Huang, Nicholas Kiprotich Cheruiyot, Guo-Ping Chang-Chien

“…The recovery rates for the spiked concentrations (n = 5) were 82.2% ± 8.7%–122% ± 4.4% for PBDEs, 84.2% ± 9.9%–115% ± 17.4% for PAHs, 83.2% ± 2.2%–111% ± 2.5% for N-PAHs, and 93.9% ± 5.3%–111% ± 10.7% for OPEs. …”
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Development of a Three-Dimensional Finite Element Model of Thoracolumbar Kyphotic Deformity following Vertebral Column Decancellation by Tianhao Wang, Zhihua Cai, Yongfei Zhao, Guoquan Zheng, Wei Wang, Dengbin Qi, Diyu Song, Yan Wang

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Advanced sleep disorder detection using multi-layered ensemble learning and advanced data balancing techniques by Muhammad Mostafa Monowar, S. M. Nuruzzaman Nobel, Maharin Afroj, Md Abdul Hamid, Md Zia Uddin, Md Mohsin Kabir, M. F. Mridha

“…Moreover, an eight-fold cross-validation yielded an impressive 99.5% accuracy, indicating the reliability of the model in handling unbalanced data and ensuring precise detection of sleep disorders. …”
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Perbandingan Profil Lipid pada Daerah Terpapar dan Tidak Terpapar Emisi PT Semen Padang by Yoshie Anto Chicamy, Rismawati Yaswir, Husni Husni

“…Pada daerah tidak terpapar: kadar kolesterol total 187,7 ± 46,4, mg/dL, kolesterol LDL 118,5 ± 39,6 mg/dL, kolesterol HDL 48,7 ± 9,9 mg/dL dan trigliserida 100,9 ± 55,8 mg/dL. Profil lipid kedua kelompok tidak menunjukkan perbedaan bermakna (p>0,05). …”
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Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) inactivation in sporadic clear cell renal cancer: associations with germline VHL polymorphisms and etiologic risk factors. by Lee E Moore, Michael L Nickerson, Paul Brennan, Jorge R Toro, Erich Jaeger, Jessica Rinsky, Summer S Han, David Zaridze, Vsevolod Matveev, Vladimir Janout, Hellena Kollarova, Vladimir Bencko, Marie Navratilova, Neonilia Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Dana Mates, Laura S Schmidt, Petra Lenz, Sara Karami, W Marston Linehan, Maria Merino, Stephen Chanock, Paolo Boffetta, Wong-Ho Chow, Frederic M Waldman, Nathaniel Rothman

“…Risk of having genetic VHL inactivation was inversely associated with smoking due to a higher proportion of wild-type ccRCC tumors [former: OR = 0.70 (0.20-1.31) and current: OR = 0.56 (0.32-0.99); P-trend = 0.04]. Alteration prevalence did not differ by histopathologic characteristics or occupational exposure to trichloroethylene. ccRCC cases with particular VHL germline polymorphisms were more likely to have VHL inactivation through promoter hypermethylation than through sequence alterations in tumor DNA, suggesting that the presence of these SNPs may represent an example of facilitated epigenetic variation (an inherited propensity towards epigenetic variation) in renal tissue. …”
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Tapentadol Prolonged Release for Severe Chronic Osteoarthritis Pain in the Elderly—A Subgroup Analysis of Routine Clinical Practice Data by Andreas Schwittay, Melanie Sohns, Birgit Heckes, Christian Elling

“…Almost all patients (elderly 98.7% and younger patients 99.3%) had received long-term analgesic medication prior to the start of tapentadol PR treatment but presented with severe pain accompanied by considerable impairments in sleep quality and quality of life measures. …”
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Consideration of hydrodynamic forces in determining the force factors acting operating elements of a scroll compressor by V. A. Pronin, A. V. Kovanov, E. N. Mikhailova, A. Yu. Zhilkin

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Effects of defined voluntary running distances coupled with high‐fat diet consumption on the skeletal muscle transcriptome of male mice by Afrina Brishti, Sarah J. Johnson, Daniel G. Palmer, Md Obayed Raihan, Lin Yan, Shanon L. Casperson

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Comparison of Dopamine and Norepinephrine Use for the Treatment of Hypotension in Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients with Return of Spontaneous Circulation by Chao-Jui Li, Kuan-Han Wu, Chien-Chih Chen, Yat-Yin Law, Po-Chun Chuang, Yi-Chuan Chen

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Characteristics and Development Mechanisms of Northeast Cold Vortices by Bo Yang, Lijuan Wang, Yuanhong Guan

“…NECVs mostly occur in late spring and early summer, and the longest time influenced by NECVs exceeds 19 days, with annual means of 9.9 days, 8.8 days, and 7.0 days in May, June, and July, respectively. …”
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Effect of French Press Brewing on the Sensory Quality of Robusta Coffee Produced in Hainan by LIU Di, LAO Fei, DONG Wenjiang, YU Xinxin

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Efficacy and Safety of Dapagliflozin versus Liraglutide in Patients with Overweight or Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial in Tianjin, Chin... by Hao Zhaohu, Huang Xiao, Shao Hailin, He Feng

“…After 24 weeks, HbA1c, fasting blood glucose (FPG), and 2 h postprandial blood glucose (2hPG) levels significantly decreased from 8.80%±1.41% to 7.02%±1.05%, 10.41±3.13 to 7.59±2.16 mmol/L, and 17.90±4.39 to 10.12±2.47 mmol/L, respectively, in the dapagliflozin group, and from 8.92%±1.49% to 6.78%±1.00%, 10.04±2.99 to 7.20±1.63 mmol/L, and 17.30±4.39 to 10.13±4.15 mmol/L, respectively, in the liraglutide group. …”
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Symptom-based depression subtypes: brain dynamic specificity and its association with gene expression profiles by Qunjun Liang, Zhifeng Zhou, Shengli Chen, Shiwei Lin, Xiaoshan Lin, Ying Li, Yingli Zhang, Bo Peng, Gangqiang Hou, Yingwei Qiu

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Treatment of Auto Wash Wastewater with Classical Fenton Process: Effect of Pre-Settling on COD Removal Kinetics by Hüseyin Cüce, Hakan Dulkadiroğlu, Şennur Merve Yakut, Melike Kocabaş

“…The oxidation process in raw wastewater was found to be generally appropriate for 2nd order kinetics (R2 = 0.55 and 0.95), but the decomposition mechanism after pre-settling was found to be more consistent with the BMG kinetic model (R2 = 0.99).…”
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<i>Vibrio cholerae</i> Gut Colonization of Zebrafish Larvae Induces a Dampened Sensorimotor Response by Isabella Cubillejo, Kevin R. Theis, Jonathan Panzer, Xixia Luo, Shreya Banerjee, Ryan Thummel, Jeffrey H. Withey

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Investigations on the Wear Rate of Sintering Diamond Core Bit during the Hole Drilling Process of Al2O3 Bulletproof Ceramics by Lei Zheng, Chen Zhang, Xianglong Dong, Shitian Zhao, Weidong Wu, Zhi Cui, Yaoqing Ren

“…In this work, an intensive experimental study on the overall wear rate of the sintering diamond thin-wall core bit during the hole drilling of Al2O3 bulletproof ceramics (99 wt.%) has been carried out. The quality loss of the bit after each hole drilled was selected for representing the overall wear rate of the bit. …”
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Psychological Status and Quality of Life in relation to the Metabolic Syndrome: Isfahan Cohort Study by Hamidreza Roohafza, Masoumeh Sadeghi, Mohammad Talaei, Zahra Pourmoghaddas, Nizal Sarrafzadegan

“…There were significant increasing relationships between depression (OR 1.10, 95% CI 1.03–1.22), anxiety (OR 1.03, 95% CI 1.05–1.11), and QoL (OR 1.13, 95% CI 1.05–1.23) and MetS when associations were adjusted for other risk factors, but it was not the case for distress (OR 1.03, 95% CI 0.99–1.08). Conclusion. It might be better to consider MetS as a combination of biological and psychological risk factors. …”
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