Exposure to leachates of plastic food containers disturbs glucose and lipid metabolism: Insights from models mimicking real-exposure scenarios by Hu Liu, Peiqi Li, Tan Zhou, Ziqi Yu, Weigao Zhang, Yunfeng Zhu, Jiayi Xu, Xiaoxiao Wu, Jing Li, Chi Zhang, Lei Chen, Dan Weng

“…C57BL/6J mice were fed with the mouse diet that had been heated in two distinct types of PP plastic food containers for 8 weeks and these mice exhibited accelerated body weight gain, altered fasting blood glucose levels, and changes in serum lipid profiles. …”
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A Study on the Performance of Soiled Solar Photovoltaic Panels at Different Tilt Angles in Al Seeb, Oman by Girma T. Chala, Shaharin A. Sulaiman, Xuecheng Chen

“…The study was conducted by exposing solar PV panels to outdoor sunlight for two weeks. Two of the PV panels with fixed and different tilt angles were cleaned on a daily basis, while another panel was left uncleaned. …”
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Timing of Caffeine Therapy and Neonatal Outcomes in Preterm Infants: A Retrospective Study by Ivan Hand, Nahla Zaghloul, Lily Barash, Rudolph Parris, Ulrika Aden, Hsiu-Ling Li

“…A retrospective cohort was used to compare the neonatal morbidity of 150 preterm neonates with gestational age ≤29 weeks. Infants were divided into 3 groups based on the initiation timing of caffeine therapy; (1) early caffeine (1-2 DOL), (2) late caffeine (3–7 DOL), and (3) very late caffeine (≥8 DOL). …”
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Lipid signature changes of women with gestational diabetes mellitus in response to puerperal exclusive breastfeeding by Jin He, Xiaoxiao Yin, Tingting Yu, Lu Li, Yan Cui, Chen Jiang, Chengping Qiao, Zhijing Miao, Xianwei Cui, Chenbo Ji

“…Methods Thirty‐five women diagnosed with GDM were recruited, and fasting plasma samples were collected at ~6 weeks postpartum. Maternal metabolic parameters were determined, and an untargeted lipidomic analysis was performed. …”
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CRT-D Therapy in Patients with Decompensated NYHA Class-Four CHF by Faisal Zaeem, Dalia Giedriemiene, Craig Coleman, Eric Crespo, Joseph Radojevic, Steven Zweibel, Jeffrey Kluger, Christopher A. Clyne

“…Thirteen of sixteen patients were discharged to home within two weeks of implantation. The survival to hospital discharge, as well as at six, twelve, and eighteen months was positive (ninety-four percent, seventy-five percent, sixty-nine percent, sixty-nine percent, resp.). …”
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Bone Formation with Deproteinized Bovine Bone Mineral or Biphasic Calcium Phosphate in the Presence of Autologous Platelet Lysate: Comparative Investigation in Rabbit by Carole Chakar, Nada Naaman, Emmanuel Soffer, Nicolas Cohen, Nada El Osta, Hervé Petite, Fani Anagnostou

“…Rabbits were sacrificed after six weeks and newly formed bone and residual implanted material were evaluated using nondemineralized histology and histomorphometry. …”
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Iron metabolism in a mouse model of hepatocellular carcinoma by Dilay Yilmaz, Umesh Tharehalli, Rossana Paganoni, Paul Knoop, Andreas Gruber, Yuexin Chen, Rui Dong, Frank Leithäuser, Thomas Seufferlein, Kerstin Leopold, André Lechel, Maja Vujić Spasić

“…We show that all mutant mice developed liver cancer by 36-weeks of age in contrast to 3.4% tumors identified in control mice. …”
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Nanoplastics induces arrhythmia in human stem-cells derived cardiomyocytes by Shirley Pei Shan Chia, Jeremy Kah Sheng Pang, Winanto Winanto, Boon-Seng Soh

“…Complementing these in vitro findings, transcriptome profiling of mice exposed to NPs for 8 weeks revealed disrupted RNA splicing, dysregulated protein translation, and defective protein folding. …”
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Clinical diagnosis of Q fever by targeted next-generation sequencing for identification of Coxiella burnetii by Shaohua Zhan, Haoyuan Jin, Hanbing Ji, Xin Hou, Jing Li, Ye Zhang, Jiajia Zheng, Liyan Cui

“…All five patients were treated promptly with oral doxycycline (0.1 g twice daily for 2 weeks) and discharged in improved health. Conclusions tNGS is a promising and significant tool for rapidly detecting C. burnetii infection.…”
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Effects of Extract from Cole Pollen on Lipid Metabolism in Experimental Hyperlipidemic Rats by Yue Geng, Wen-li Tu, Jing-jing Zhang, Liang Zhang, Jian Zhang

“…In order to evaluate the effects of extract by SCE (supercritical carbon dioxide extraction) from cole pollen on lipid metabolism in hyperlipidemic rats, the experimental hyperlipidemic rats were established by providing with high fat diets, and randomized into six groups. After four weeks of perfusion diets into stomach, the rats were executed, and lipid levels of serum and hepatic tissue were detected. …”
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Myocardial Perfusion and Function Are Distinctly Altered by Sevoflurane Anesthesia in Diet-Induced Prediabetic Rats by Charissa E. van den Brom, Chantal A. Boly, Carolien S. E. Bulte, Rob F. P. van den Akker, Rick F. J. Kwekkeboom, Stephan A. Loer, Christa Boer, R. Arthur Bouwman

“…Rats were fed a western diet (WD; n=18) or control diet (CD; n=18) for 8 weeks and underwent (contrast) echocardiography to determine perfusion and function during baseline and sevoflurane exposure. …”
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Following Spinal Cord Injury Transected Reticulospinal Tract Axons Develop New Collateral Inputs to Spinal Interneurons in Parallel with Locomotor Recovery by Zacnicte May, Keith K. Fenrich, Julia Dahlby, Nicholas J. Batty, Abel Torres-Espín, Karim Fouad

“…In one group of the animals, the T7 SCI was performed 2 weeks after the T10 SCI (delayed; dSTAG), and in another group, the T10 and T7 SCIs were concomitant (cSTAG). dSTAG animals had significantly more RtST-PrIN contacts in the grey matter compared to cSTAG animals (p<0.05). …”
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Systemic Inflammatory Response and Severe Thrombocytopenia after Endovascular Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Repair by Valentina Silvestrin, Stefano Bonvini, Michele Antonello, Franco Grego, Roberto Vettor, Marco Rossato

“…Treatment with prednisone (50 mg/bid) for two weeks did not improve the clinical and laboratory findings. …”
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Analysis of the Impact of Using a Gamified App for Spanish Spelling Practice in Primary Education by Esteban Vázquez-Cano, Javier Fombona, María Belén Morales-Cevallos, Eloy López-Meneses

“…The intervention spanned three weeks, with participants engaging in structured app-based or traditional spelling exercises. …”
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Electroacupuncture Improves Baroreflex and γ-Aminobutyric Acid Type B Receptor-Mediated Responses in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarii of Hypertensive Rats by Qi Zhang, Ying-Ying Tan, Xiao-hua Liu, Fan-Rong Yao, Dong-Yuan Cao

“…EA (0.1–0.4 mA, 2 and 15 Hz) was applied at Zusanli (ST36) acupoints overlying the deep fibular nerve for 30 min once a day for two weeks. The results showed that long-term EA treatment improved blood pressure (BP) and markedly restored the baroreflex response in 2K1C hypertensive rats. …”
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What does good care look like to people living with congenital heart disease in the 21st century? Qualitative online, asynchronous discussion forums by Christina Pagel, Jo Wray, Sonya Crowe, Louise Coats, Fiona Kennedy, Adrian H Chester

“…Objectives As part of a wider study, our aim was to elicit perspectives of people with congenital heart disease (CHD) and/or their parents/carers about their experiences of healthcare and what is important to them when receiving care.Design and setting A qualitative study involving a series of closed, asynchronous, online discussion forums underpinned by an interpretivist framework and set up and moderated by three patient charities via their Facebook pages.Participants People with CHD and parents/carers of people with CHD from the UK.Results Five forums were run for 12–24 weeks across the three charities, and 343 participants signed up to the forums. …”
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Pre-transplant T-cell clonal analysis identifies CD8+ donor reactive clones that contribute to kidney transplant rejection by Jes M. Sanders, Barbara L. Banbury, Erika L. Schumacher, Jie He, Yuvaraj Sambandam, Paul A. Fields, Lorenzo Gallon, Lorenzo Gallon, James M. Mathew, James M. Mathew, James M. Mathew, Joseph R. Leventhal, Joseph R. Leventhal

“…Additionally, DRTC were detected as early as two weeks post-transplant in the urine of some patients, with some of these clones subsequently identified in follow-up kidney biopsy samples.DiscussionThe findings of our study add to our understanding of T-cell alloreactivity following kidney transplantation and provide evidence for the role of pre-defined alloreactive T-cells in the development of allograft rejection.…”
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Weed Control in White Bean with Various Halosulfuron Tankmixes by Nader Soltani, Robert E. Nurse, Christy Shropshire, Peter H. Sikkema

“…Trifluralin, s-metolachlor, halosulfuron, and imazethapyr applied alone or in combination caused 4% or less visible injury 1 and 4 weeks after emergence (WAE) in white bean. Trifluralin, s-metolachlor, halosulfuron, and imazethapyr applied PPI provided 80–96%, 84–95%, 83–100%, and 75–92% control of redroot pigweed; 19–28%, 30–40%, 97–99%, and 73–84% control of common ragweed; 94–96%, 63–82%, 96–100%, and 96–100% control of common lambsquarters; 14-15%, 12–35%, 100%, and 96–97% control of wild mustard; and 96–97%, 95–97%, 53–56%, and 80–82% control of green foxtail, respectively. …”
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Feasibility and Safety of Continuous and Chronic Bilateral Deep Brain Stimulation of the Medial Forebrain Bundle in the Naïve Sprague-Dawley Rat by Luciano L. Furlanetti, Máté D. Döbrössy, Iñigo A. Aranda, Volker A. Coenen

“…Chronic continuous DBS was applied for 3–6 weeks. Welfare monitoring and behavior changes were assessed. …”
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Effects of the Glutamine Administration on T Helper Cell Regulation and Inflammatory Response in Obese Mice Complicated with Polymicrobial Sepsis by Chiu-Li Yeh, Li-Han Su, Jin-Ming Wu, Po-Jen Yang, Po-Chu Lee, Po-Da Chen, Chun-Chieh Huang, Der-Yirng Hsieh, Hsueh-Ju Wang, Sung-Ling Yeh, Ming-Tsan Lin

“…The high-fat diet provided 60% of energy from fat and was administered for 10 weeks to induce obesity. Mice fed with a high-fat diet were then assigned to sham (SH) and sepsis with saline (SS) or GLN (SG) groups. …”
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