Trans Fatty Acids in the Hong Kong Food Supply by Stephen W. C. Chung, S. K. Tong, Violette F. P. Lin, Melva Y. Y. Chen, Janny K. M. Ma, Y. Xiao, Y. Y. Ho

“…For those found to contain detectable TFA, the content ranged up to 4.7 g/100 g of food or 17.3% of total lipids. On a per 100 grams of food basis, the highest mean TFA content among the 18 food subgroups was the doughnuts/French toast subgroup (0.95 g), followed by the other pastries subgroup (0.49 g) and the bread with filling/topping subgroup (0.44 g). …”
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An Integrating Approach for Genome-Wide Screening of MicroRNA Polymorphisms Mediated Drug Response Alterations by Xianyue Wang, Hong Jiang, Wei Wu, Rongxin Zhang, Lingxiang Wu, Huan Chen, Pengping Li, Yumin Nie, Jiaofang Shao, Yan Li, Xue Lin, Sali Lv, Qh Wang, Jie Hu

“…Although there are several existing databases predicting the gain or loss of targeting function of miRNA mediated by SNPs, such as PolymiRTS, miRNASNP, MicroSNiPer, and MirSNP, none of them evaluated the influences of tarSNPs on drug response alterations. …”
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Incidence and Predictors of Antiretroviral Treatment Modification in HIV-Infected Adults: A Brazilian Historical Cohort from 2001 to 2010 by Letícia Penna Braga, Cássia Cristina Pinto Mendicino, Edna Afonso Reis, Ricardo Andrade Carmo, Cristiane Menezes de Pádua

“…A total of 108 (45.8%) patients had their ART regimen modified at least once (incidence rate: 1.42 per 100 person-months). Adverse drug reactions were the main reason for ART modification. …”
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Analysis of chronic kidney disease epidemiology in Kazakhstan using nationwide data for 2014–2020 and forecasting future trends of prevalence and mortality for 2030 by Gulnur Zhakhina, Kamilla Mussina, Sauran Yerdessov, Arnur Gusmanov, Yesbolat Sakko, Valdemir Kim, Dmitriy Syssoyev, Meruyert Madikenova, Ainur Assan, Zhanat Kuanshaliyeva, Duman Turebekov, Kuanysh Yergaliyev, Bolat Bekishev, Abduzhappar Gaipov

“…The incidence rate notably decreased: 6365 people per million population (PMP) in 2014 and 4040 people PMP in 2020. …”
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Straight-Parallel Electrodes and Variable Gap for Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reactions by María J. Lavorante, Carla Y. Reynoso, Juan I. Franco

“…The reason why this is studied is that stoichiometry of the reaction states that two moles of hydrogen and one mole of oxygen can be obtained per every two moles of water. The proposed spaces were 10.65, 9.20, 8.25, 7.25, 6.30, 6.05, 4.35, 4.15, and 3.40 millimetres. …”
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The Characteristics of Treated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Patients in Ontario by Haris M. Vaid, Ximena Camacho, John T. Granton, Muhammad M. Mamdani, Zhan Yao, Samantha Singh, David N. Juurlink, Tara Gomes

“…Combination therapy was used to treat 22.9% (n=69) of cases, costing an average of $4,569 (SD $1,544) per month. Median monthly healthcare costs were $264 (IQR $96–$747) for those who survived and $2,021 (IQR $993–$6,399) for those who died over a one-year period, respectively (p<0.01). …”
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Comparison of “Rose, Aeroleaf, and Tulip” vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) and their characteristics for alternative electricity generation in urban and rural areas by Ariyana Dwiputra Nugraha, Rendianto Aginta Garingging, Ardi Wiranata, Adriyan Cristhofer Sitanggang, Eko Supriyanto, Fefria Tanbar, Muhammad Akhsin Muflikhun

“…The three turbine models were simulated to observe their response to wind speeds of 3 m/s, 6 m/s, and 9 m/s. As per the simulation results, the Rose turbine displays higher power values with increasing wind speed. …”
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Only IF/TA in the Histological Evaluation of Post-Reperfusion Baseline Biopsies Correlates With Kidney Transplant Outcome by Quirin Bachmann, Carlos Torrez, Maike Büttner-Herold, Bernhard Haller, Flora Haberfellner, Renate Hausinger, Volker Assfalg, Lutz Renders, Kerstin Amann, Uwe Heemann, Christoph Schmaderer, Stephan Kemmner, Stephan Kemmner

“…Univariable Cox-regression unveiled an association of IF/TA and glomerulosclerosis with long-term death-censored graft survival (HR per 10% increase: IF/TA 1.63; 95% CI 1.17–2.28; p = 0.003; glomerulosclerosis 1.19; 95% CI 1.01–1.39; p = 0.031). …”
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The Polymorphism rs2725220 Is Associated with Hyperuricemia in the Korean Population by Jae Woong Sull, Seung-Ju Yang, Soriul Kim, Sun Ha Jee

“…The rs2725220 SNP in the ABCG2 gene was associated with mean uric acid levels (effect per allele 0.25 mg/dL, p < 0.0001). Subjects with the GC/CC genotype had a 1.78-fold (range, 1.22- to 2.62-fold) higher risk of having abnormal uric acid levels (≥7.0 mg/dL) than subjects with the GG genotype. …”
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Effect of Extrusion on the Functional Properties and Bioactive Compounds of Tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) Shell by Dalia Samanta Aguilar-Avila, Hector Eduardo Martinez-Flores, Eduardo Morales-Sanchez, Rosalía Reynoso-Camacho, Ma. Guadalupe Garnica-Romo

“…The dry powdered tamarind shell was conditioned to have 32 or 39 g of water per 100 g of shell, prior to being subjected to extrusion. …”
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Global Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification for Background Solar Wind Using the Alfvén Wave Solar Atmosphere Model by Aniket Jivani, Nishtha Sachdeva, Zhenguang Huang, Yang Chen, Bart van derHolst, Ward Manchester, Daniel Iong, Hongfan Chen, Shasha Zou, Xun Huan, Gabor Toth

“…Overall, we identify three important model parameters: the multiplicative factor applied to the magnetogram, Poynting flux per magnetic field strength constant used at the inner boundary, and the coefficient of the perpendicular correlation length in the turbulent cascade model in AWSoM.…”
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Development of SNP for Sebastes Species Identification With Special Focus on the Cryptic Species Complex of Sebastes norvegicus by Torild Johansen, Tanja Hanebrekke, Francois Besnier, Jon Ivar Westgaard, Ingrid Marie Bruvold, Geir Dahle, Laila Unneland, Helle Torp Christensen, Atal Saha

“…A total 47 SNPs were biallelic, with averaged HE per locus ranging between 0.053 and 0.50. This SNP‐based method establishes a foundation for genetically identifying the Northeast Atlantic Sebastes species. …”
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Evaluation of Mannheim Peritonitis Index Score for predicting the outcomes in patients with peritonitis by Raiba Deshmukh, Avishkar K Barase, Rutik P Gandhi, Aniket Chaware, Avinash Dhumal

“…All necessary treatment protocols were followed and observations were generated as per the parameters of MPI. Observations were evaluated with statistical analysis using Chi-square test and Fischer's test. …”
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A comprehensive environmental index for monitoring ecological quality of typical alpine wetlands in Central Asia by Jiudan Zhang, Junli Li, Changming Zhu, Anming Bao, Amaury Frankl, Philippe De Maeyer, Tim Van de Voorde

“…The wetland area expanded from 969.11 km2 to 1,108.75 km2 at an average of 1.83 km2 per year. Meanwhile, improvements were also observed in hydrological conditions, vegetation vitality, and aboveground biomass, coupled with a reduction in wetland landscape fragmentation, improving ecological stability. …”
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5G Fronthaul in Modular P4: eCPRI Protocol Processing and Precise BMv2 Timestamps for PTP-1588 by Atabak Nojavan, Bill Pontikakis, Francois-Raymond Boyer, Yvon Savaria

“…Our approach reduced lines of code per type by 85% and decreased configuration time by up to 5x compared to traditional methods, significantly simplifying complexity. …”
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Evaluating the effectiveness of public finance used for social protection of internally displaced persons by Yuriy Bilan, Halyna Yurchyk, Natalia Samoliuk, Halyna Mishchuk

“…At macrolevel of research, the integral indicator was developed based on indicators of input (financing of social protection programs), output (involvement of IDPs in social programs), activity (funding per recipient and multiplicative effect in GDP growth), mechanism (administrative costs for achieving results), and control (effectiveness of IDPs’ social protection compared to other demographic groups). …”
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Ceramic Hollow Fibre Constructs for Continuous Perfusion and Cell Harvest from 3D Hematopoietic Organoids by Mark C. Allenby, Asma Tahlawi, José C. F. Morais, Kang Li, Nicki Panoskaltsis, Athanasios Mantalaris

“…This hollow fibre bioreactor (HFBR) required a smaller per-cell medium requirement and operated at cell densities > 10-fold higher than current 2D methods whilst allowing for continuous cell harvest through HFs. …”
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A Generalized Phase-Shift PWM Extension for Improved Natural and Active Balancing of Flying Capacitor Multilevel Inverters by Georgios Kampitsis, Efstratios I. Batzelis, Antonis Kolokasis, Elison Matioli, Bikash C. Pal

“…The alternative of <italic>active balancing</italic> normally requires one isolated sensor per FC which increases the overall system cost and footprint, or a single ac-side sensor that is more compact but calls for sophisticated PWMs that again are not available for multiple levels. …”
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Protective Effects of BDNF against C-Reactive Protein-Induced Inflammation in Women by Nicole Noren Hooten, Ngozi Ejiogu, Alan B. Zonderman, Michele K. Evans

“…We examined BDNF levels in 3 groups of women that were age- and race-matched with low (<3 mg/L), mid (>3–20 mg/L), and high (>20 mg/L) hsCRP (n=39 per group) and found a significant association between hsCRP, BDNF, and 8-oxodG. …”
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Glutamine missense suppressor transfer RNAs inhibit polyglutamine aggregation by Rasangi Tennakoon, Teija M.I. Bily, Farah Hasan, Sunidhi Syal, Aaron Voigt, Tugce B. Balci, Kyle S. Hoffman, Patrick O’Donoghue

“…Mass spectrometry confirmed Ala mis-incorporation at an average level of ∼20% per Gln codon. Cells expressing the missense suppressor tRNAs showed no cytotoxic effects and no defects in growth or global protein synthesis levels. …”
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