Comparison of a 4-Day versus 2-Day Low Fiber Diet Regimen in Barium Tagging CT Colonography in Incomplete Colonoscopy Patients by Kaan Meric, Nuray Bakal, Ebubekir Şenateş, Sibel Aydın, Zeynep Gamze Kılıçoğlu, Fatma Esra Bahadır Ülger, Esin Yencilek, Banu Erkalma Şenateş, Masum Şimşek

“…There was no significant difference between 2-day and 4-day diet groups with respect to residual solid stool, residual fluid, tagging quality for stool, and fluid observed in fecal tag CT colonography (P>0.05). The prevalence of moderate discomfort was significantly higher in 4-day group (P<0.001). …”
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Uterine prolapse and related factors in beef cow at the Besuki Animal Health Center, Situbondo regency, East Java, Indonesia by Kevin Mardotillah, Suzanita Utama, Erma Safitri, Herry Agoes Hermadi, Sri Pantja Madyawati, Djoko Legowo, Abdullah Hasib

“…Other data regarding breed, age, parity of cow and dystocia incidence in cow was obtained by conducting interviews with farmers followed by confirmation with inseminator records, and direct observation of the housing system. The collected data were cross-tabulated and analyzed using Chi-square analysis to determine possible factors causing uterine prolapse. …”
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Effects of various manufacturing parameters and test temperature and crosshead displacement rate on the peel resistance of UHMWPE composites by Omar Banabila, Noora Alahmed, Rubayea Alameri, Rafael Santiago, Kamran A. Khan, Wesley J. Cantwell

“…Fracture energy was observed to increase significantly with higher displacement rates, reflecting the rate-sensitivity of the matrix. …”
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Variation of Red Blood Cell Distribution Width and Mean Platelet Volume after Moderate Endurance Exercise by Giuseppe Lippi, Gian Luca Salvagno, Elisa Danese, Cantor Tarperi, Gian Cesare Guidi, Federico Schena

“…No significant variations were observed for MCH and Ret CHR. The RBC, reticulocyte, and hemoglobin values modestly decreased after the run. …”
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Distribution and environmental dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes in poultry farms and surrounding ecosystems by ShangMin Li, Kai Wang, DanPing Wang, HongZhi Wang, HuaXuan Zhao, JunHua Pu, KeHua Wang, ChunMei Li

“…The diversity and richness of bacterial communities were more similar between cloacal samples than those observed between either sample type compared with soil. …”
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Degradation of Anthraquinone Dye Reactive Blue 4 in Pyrite Ash Catalyzed Fenton Reaction by Milena Becelic-Tomin, Bozo Dalmacija, Ljiljana Rajic, Dragana Tomasevic, Djurdja Kerkez, Malcolm Watson, Miljana Prica

“…The pyrite ash Fenton reaction can overcome limitations observed from the classic Fenton reaction, such as the early termination of the Fenton reaction. …”
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The specificity of ten non-digestible carbohydrates to enhance butyrate-producing bacteria and butyrate production in vitro fermentation by Jingjing Xu, Ruyue Wang, Weibao Liu, Zhongwei Yin, Jianrong Wu, Xun Yu, Wen Wang, Hongtao Zhang, Zhitao Li, Minjie Gao, Li Zhu, Xiaobei Zhan

“…Ten non-digestible carbohydrates (NDCs), including inulin, fructooligosaccharide (FOS), oats β-glucans (OGS), oats β-glucan oligosaccharides (OGOS), Astragalus polysaccharides (APS), Astragalus oligosaccharides (AOS), xanthan gum oligosaccharides (XGOS), gellan gum oligosaccharides (GGOS), curdlan oligosaccharides (COS), and pullulan oligosaccharides (POS) were used to investigate NDC specificity in modulating butyrate-producing bacteria and butyrate production in 48-h in vitro fermentation studies in combination with fecal inocula from 7 healthy donors and 11 patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). We observed that the amount of these ten NDCs utilized depended on NDC structure and inter-individual gut microbial differences. …”
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Nucleosome patterns in four plant pathogenic fungi with contrasted genome structures by Clairet, Colin, Lapalu, Nicolas, Simon, Adeline, Soyer, Jessica L., Viaud, Muriel, Zehraoui, Enric, Dalmais, Berengère, Fudal, Isabelle, Ponts, Nadia

“…We combined MNase-seq and RNA-seq analyses to concomitantly map nucleosome-rich and transcriptionally active regions during fungal growth in axenic culture; we developed the MNase-seq Tool Suite (MSTS) to analyse and visualise data obtained from MNase-seq experiments in combination with other genomic data and notably RNA-seq expression data. We observed different characteristics of nucleosome profiles between species, as well as between genomic regions within the same species. …”
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Mechanical problem solving by plush-crested jays: are tools special after all? by Jimena Lois-Milevicich, Lauriane Rat-Fischer, María Alicia de la Colina, Raúl Orencio Gómez, Juan Carlos Reboreda, Alex Kacelnik

“…This association, however, is not known to be causally determinant of tool-related competence since flexibility and innovativeness are often observed in the absence of tool use and vice versa. …”
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Tenecteplase vs Reteplase in Patients with Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Adham Mohamed PharmD, Sara Mahmoud PharmD, Amr M. Fahmi PhD, Ahmed Mahfouz MSc, Tayseer Kanaan MD, Jihad Jaber MD, Mansour Alkhawi MD, Saleh Alkhalaf MD, Hassan Kodimi MD, Ahmed Shaaban MD, Omar Alshibli MD, Awad Almasalmeh MD, Salaheddin Arafa MD, Salah Elbdri MD, Suhail Falah MD, Fayez Altrad MD, Ezeldin Soaly MD, Rasha Elenany PharmD, Sumaya Alyafei PharmD, Abdul Rahman Arabi MD

“…Methods This was a multicenter retrospective observational study comparing tenecteplase and reteplase in patients with acute STEMI. …”
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Exploring green synthesis of parietin-mediated silver nanoparticles using γ-ray induced Xanthoria parietina foliose extracts for antibacterial potential by Sikander Ali, Alisha Moazzam, Saima Shahzad Mirza, Majid Mahmood, Sibtain Ahmed, Muhammad Usman Ahmad, Gildardo Rivera, Akhtar Rasool Asif, Muhammad Arshad, Mirza Imran Shahzad, Kaynat William, Sundas Sharif

“…Parietin-mediated AgNPs were synthesized by 30-minute procurement period with 3 mL of AgNO3 (3 mM) solution. Visual observations and ultraviolet–visible (UV–Vis) spectra demonstrated that the Ag precursor’s treatment changed the color of fresh methanolic extract to greenish-brown. …”
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Pluripotency-State-Dependent Role of Dax1 in Embryonic Stem Cells Self-Renewal by Jianrong He, Yuda Cheng, Yan Ruan, Jiali Wang, Yanping Tian, Jiaqi Wang, Fengsheng Wang, Chen Zhang, Yixiao Xu, Lianlian Liu, Meng Yu, Jiangjun Wang, Binyu Zhao, Yue Zhang, Yi Yang, Gaoke Liu, Wei Wu, Ping He, Jiaxiang Xiong, He Huang, Junlei Zhang, Rui Jian

“…The expression of most proapoptotic genes and lineage-commitment genes were drastically increased, while the downregulated expression of antiapoptotic genes and many pluripotency genes was observed. Our research on the pluripotent state-dependent role of Dax1 provides clues to understand the molecular regulation mechanism at different stages of early embryonic development.…”
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A Constitutively Mannose-Sensitive Agglutinating Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Typhimurium Strain, Carrying a Transposon in the Fimbrial Usher Gene stbC, Exhibits Mul... by Kuan-Hsun Wu, Ke-Chuan Wang, Lin-Wen Lee, Yi-Ning Huang, Kuang-Sheng Yeh

“…RT-PCR revealed that the expression of the fimbrial subunit gene fimA, and fimZ, a regulatory gene of fimA, were both increased in the stbC mutant when grown on LB agar; fimW, a repressor gene of fimA, exhibited lower expression. Flagella were observed in the stbC mutant and this phenotype was correlated with the motile phenotype. …”
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The Role of AChE in Swimming Behavior of Daphnia magna: Correlation Analysis of Both Parameters Affected by Deltamethrin and Methomyl Exposure by Qing Ren, Ruibin Zhao, Cheng Wang, Shangge Li, Tingting Zhang, Zongming Ren, Meiyi Yang, Hongwei Pan, Shiguo Xu, Jianping Zhu, Xun Wang

“…Even though the de novo synthesis of AChE in D. magna might help it recover, the AChE inhibition in different treatments could be observed. Some induction effects on AChE activity at the beginning of exposure occurred, and a 50% decrease may cause toxic effects on behavior. …”
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Targeted Photodynamic Therapy: A Novel Approach to Abolition of Human Cancer Stem Cells by Anine Crous, Elvin Chizenga, Natasha Hodgkinson, Heidi Abrahamse

“…Evidence indicates that CSCs are resistant to conventional chemo- and radiation therapy leading to treatment failures, cancer metastasis, secondary cancer formation, and relapse. Because of the observed phenomena in the course of cancer prognosis, a need for treatment modalities targeting CSCs is important. …”
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Suhexiang pill for acute ischemic stroke in real-world practice setting (SUNRISE): protocol of a multicenter registry by Xinxing Lai, Xuejiao Xiong, Qi Jia, Tingting Liu, Zhaowen Yang, Chi Zhang, Lingbo Kong, Kegang Cao, Ting Dong, Caixia Fang, Jianwen Ge, Li Dong, Zhitao Zong, Sisi Chen, Yuhong Ma, Xue Bai, Dahua Wu, Yao Xie, Mingyan Zhang, Yilong Wang, Guohui Jiang, Daqiao Song, Yanping Wang, Chunyan Gui, Qingwen Geng, Ying Gao, for the SUNRISE study investigators

“…Methods The Suhexiang pill for acute ischemic stroke in Real-world Practice Setting (SUNRISE) is a multicenter, prospective, product-specific, observational study designed to provide insight into the administration of SHX pill for patients with AIS in the real-world clinical practice setting, with an initial sample size of 1000. …”
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Benefits of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) for Spastic Subjects: Clinical, Functional, and Biomechanical Parameters for Lower Limb and Walking in Five Hemipa... by Luc Terreaux, Raphael Gross, Fabien Leboeuf, Hubert Desal, Olivier Hamel, Jean Paul Nguyen, Chantal Pérot, Kévin Buffenoir

“…Results. No change was observed after placebo and 10 Hz protocols. Clinical parameters were not significantly modified after 1 Hz stimulation, apart from a tendency towards improved recruitment of antagonist muscles on the Fügl-Meyer scale. …”
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Exercise as a mean to reverse the detrimental effect of high-fat diet on bone’s fracture characteristics by Ilias Doulamis, Despina N. Perrea, Panagiotis E. Chatzistergos, Athanasios S. Mitousoudis, Stavros K. Kourkoulis

“…However no statistically significant increase in bone strength was observed.…”
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Soil Nutrient Availability, Plant Nutrient Uptake, and Wild Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) Yield in Response to N-Viro Biosolids and Irrigation Applications by Aitazaz A. Farooque, Farhat Abbas, Qamar U. Zaman, Ali Madani, David C. Percival, Muhammad Arshad

“…Similar trends were observed during 2009 with the highest soil OM values (5.50%) for NI treatment. …”
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Antifungal and Antibacterial Activities of Apple Vinegar of Different Cultivars by Driss Ousaaid, Hassan Laaroussi, Meryem Bakour, Hayat Ennaji, Badiaa Lyoussi, Ilham El Arabi

“…Acidity and phenolic content were dependent on the variety, where the highest values were observed in S2 with 4.02 ± 0.04% and 1.98 ± 0.05 mg GAE/mL for acidity and total phenolic content, respectively. …”
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