Evaluation of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cell Cytotoxicity of Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator Using Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells by Hiroyuki Kamao, Atsushi Miki, Junichi Kiryu

“…A lactate dehydrogenase release assay was performed to investigate the dose- and time-dependent effects of rtPA on cell death. RPE function was evaluated by measuring the secretion of pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and RPE-specific gene expression. …”
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Evaluation of Priming Techniques for Enhancement of Maize Inbred Line Seed Germination Parameters by Getahun Bekele, Habtamu Ashagre, Bedane Gudeta

“…The treatment consisted of seeds that were hormone-primed in gibberellic acid (GA3) at levels of 100, 200, and 300 ppm; haloprimed in ZnSO4 at levels of 1%, 2%, and 3%; and hydroprimed in distilled water for 12, 24, and 36 h. …”
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IMPROVING THE TECHNOLOGY OF EXTRA VIRGIN PEACH KERNEL OILS by Ye. Kotliar, B. Iegorov, N. Dets, D. Skrypnichenko, L. Lanzhenko

“…The most effective pressing mode is the following: load holding time of 3.0 minutes, compression force of 10.0 kN and loading speed of 5.0 kN/cm, the thickness of the pressed pulp under these parameters is 33.0 mm, and the oil yield is about 94.0%. …”
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Development of a Cell-Based Functional Assay for the Detection of Clostridium botulinum Neurotoxin Types A and E by Uma Basavanna, Tim Muruvanda, Eric W. Brown, Shashi K. Sharma

“…The mouse bioassay is highly sensitive and specific, but it is expensive and time-consuming, and there are ethical concerns due to use of laboratory animals. …”
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Characterisation of Particulate Matter Emitted from Cofiring of Lignite and Agricultural Residues in a Fixed-Bed Combustor by Nattasut Mantananont, Savitri Garivait, Suthum Patumsawad

“…This study is focused on the emission of fixed bed combustor batch operated. Real-time analyser ELPI (electrical low-pressure impactor) system was used to size-segregated particulate matter emission ranging from 40 nm to 10 μm. …”
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Oxidative Stability of Lipid Fraction of Cookies Enriched with Chokeberry Polyphenols Extract by Bialek Malgorzata, Rutkowska Jaroslawa, Bialek Agnieszka, Adamska Agata

“…It appears safe to incorporate 100 mg and 250 mg of CPE into margarine cookies stored for 9 weeks and 1000 mg of CPE into butter cookies stored for 9 weeks. …”
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Esterification of Oleic Acid for Biodiesel Production Using a Semibatch Atomization Apparatus by Marcell S. Deus, Katherine C. O. Deus, Daniel S. Lira, Jackson A. Oliveira, Carlos E. A. Padilha, Domingos F. S. Souza

“…The effects of the oleic acid flow rate (1.3, 2.6, and 3.9 g/min), atomization pressure (50, 100, and 150 kPa), and temperature (323, 333, and 343 K) were evaluated by a complete factorial experimental design. …”
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Outcome and Structural Integrity of Rotator Cuff after Arthroscopic Treatment of Large and Massive Tears with Double Row Technique: A 2-Year Followup by Ignacio Carbonel, Angel A. Martínez, Elisa Aldea, Jorge Ripalda, Antonio Herrera

“…Results. 100% of the patients were followed up. UCLA, ASES, and Constant questionnaires showed significant improvement compared with preoperatively (P<0.001). …”
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Optimization of micronizing zeolite grinding using artificial neural networks by Nikolić V., Trumić M., Tanikić D., Trumić M.S.

“…The research was carried out on previously prepared zeolite samples, on wider and narrower size classes (-3.35 + 0 mm;-3.35 + 2.36 mm;-2.36 + 1.18 mm;-1.18 + 0 mm) and different starting masses (50 g, 100 g, 200 g). Fine grinding was carried out at different time intervals (20 s, 45 s, 75 s, 120 s, 300 s, 900 s). …”
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Determinant domain in prognosis evaluation of the septic patient in the intensive care unit. by Alexis Díaz Mesa, Rubén Bembibre Taboada, Alexis Suárez del Villar Labastida, Dagmaris Losa Pérez

“…<strong><br />Results:</strong> The essential supremacies for the evolution and prognosis were identified including clinical, paraclinical aspects and some others which in a decrement order by correlations coefficient analyzed were the following: Hb &lt; 80 gr / L, glycemia &gt;12 mmol / L, time of bleeding &gt;4 seconds, SAT &lt; 80 mmHg, HR &gt;101 beats / min, creatinine &gt;200 mmol / L, platelet count &lt;100 000 / L, K+ &gt;6 mEq / L and the levels of PH &lt; 7.15, all of them at the 5th day of evolution, and the multiple organic dysfunction. …”
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The Cost Effectiveness of Hand Held Ultrasound Scanning for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Older Males with a History of Smoking by Denver Phiri, Peter J. Mallow, John A. Rizzo

“…When surgical intervention is extended to small (4.0-4.9 cm) aneurysms, scanning remains cost effective ($64,156 per QALY vs. $100,000 threshold). The results are robust to alternative plausible model input values. …”
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Disutility Study for Adult Patients with Moderate to Severe Crohn’s Disease by Melany Worbes-Cerezo, Beenish Nafees, Andrew Lloyd, Katy Gallop, Imran Ladha, Cicely Kerr

“…Health states were valued by 100 members of the general public who completed background questions, EQ-5D-3L, visual analogue scale rating task and time trade-off (TTO) interviews. …”
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A Modified o-Phthalaldehyde Fluorometric Analytical Method for Ultratrace Ammonium in Natural Waters Using EDTA-NaOH as Buffer by Hongzhi Hu, Ying Liang, Shuo Li, Qing Guo, Chancui Wu

“…Experimental parameters, including reagent concentration, pH, reaction time, and effect of EDTA, were optimized throughout the experiments based on univariate experimental design. …”
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Role of endoscopic submucosal dissection in treatment of rectal gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms by Michał Spychalski, Włodzimierz Koptas, Piotr Zelga, Adam Dziki

“…Scar resection specimen diameters were 0.7 cm and 1 cm. Mean resection time was 28 min. The en bloc resection rate was 100% (2 of 2) and the histologically complete resection was confirmed in both cases. …”
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Removal of gentian violet in aqueous solution by activated carbon equilibrium, kinetics, and thermodynamic study by Moussa Abbas, Zahia Harrache, Mohamed Trari

“…The adsorption properties of both activated carbon with gentian violet were conducted at variable stirring speed 100–700 trs/min, adsorbent dose 1–8 g/l, solution pH 1–14, initial gentian violet concentration 5–15 mg/l, contact time 0–50 min, and temperature 299–323 K using batch mode operation to find the optimal conditions for a maximum adsorption. …”
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EVOH functionalized PE battery separator as the porous substrate for TFC organic solvent nanofiltration membranes by Guoke Zhao, Tian Zhong, Xinkai Li, Hao Yu, Guoyuan Pan, Yang Zhang, Yiqun Liu

“…The HPE-NF-1.0 membrane exhibits rejections of 99.5 ​%, 96.7 ​%, 100 ​%, and 97.2 ​% for Methyl Orange, Rhodamine B, Congo red, and Rose Bengal, respectively. …”
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Effect of Different Deposition Power of In2O3 Target on the Characteristics of IGZO Thin Films Using the Cosputtering Method by Shang-Chao Hung, Kin-Tak Lam, Cheng-Fu Yang, Yu-Jhen Liou

“…Deposition power of GZO target was 80 W and deposition power of pure In2O3 target was changed from 70 W to 100 W, and the deposition time was 30 min. The effect of deposition power of In2O3 target on the crystalline, surface, electrical, and optical properties of the IGZO thin films was investigated at room temperature in a pure Ar atmosphere. …”
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DIGITAL FILTERS IMPLEMENTATION IN MICROPROCESSOR-BASED RELAY PROTECTION by Yu. V. Rumiantsev, F. A. Romaniuk, V. Yu. Rumiantsev, I. V. Novash

“…Thus, the joint usage of digital filter and Hamming window allows to achieve the zero value of the signal magnitude gain factor in high-frequency range and substantially suppress all spectral components above 100 Hz. The increasing of the signal magnitude settling time in this case can be reduced by choosing the most optimal parameters of the all components of the current measuring element.…”
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Assessment of cytotoxicity of clear aligners coated with zinc oxide nanoparticles by Indu Ravi, Vignesh Kailasam

“…The thickness of the coating was standardized at 100 nm. The cytotoxicity on HGFs was assessed at day 0, 7 and 14 using assay ([3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide]). …”
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Increase in assisted suicide in Switzerland: did the socioeconomic predictors change? Results from the Swiss National Cohort by Marcel Zwahlen, Nicole Steck, Christoph Junker

“…Crude rates of assisted suicide more than tripled during the study period from 3.60 to 11.21 per 100 000 person-years; the increase was more pronounced in the older age group. …”
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