Domestic sewage irrigation on dynamics of nutrients and heavy metals in soil and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production by S. R. Salakinkop, C. S. Hunshal

“…The values of these metals were below the recommended maximum tolerable levels proposed by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives, Summary and conclusions. …”
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Quantification of Soil–Water Erosion Using the RUSLE Method in the Mékrou Watershed (Middle Niger River) by Rachid Abdourahamane Attoubounou, Hamidou Diawara, Ralf Ludwig, Julien Adounkpe

“…Even though these average soil losses in the Mékrou basin are below the tolerable threshold of 10 t/ha/yr, mitigation actions are needed for prevention. …”
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System- and fish-size-specific reference intervals for plasma analytes in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) reared in commercial fresh- and saltwater recirculating aquaculture syste... by Thomas Amlie, David Persson, Simen Foyn Nørstebø, Asgeir Østvik, Marit Stormoen, Øystein Evensen

“…Factors that encompass water quality, management practices, fish strain/batch (i.e., stress tolerance), and the physiological status of the fish need to be considered and can influence obtained reference intervals. …”
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Effect of a Vibration System on Pain Reduction during Injection of Dental Anesthesia in Children: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Muhanad AlHareky, Jehan AlHumaid, Sumit Bedi, Maha El Tantawi, Mazin AlGahtani, Yousef AlYousef

“…The parents were requested to evaluate the child’s ability to tolerate pain using a behavioral/observational pain scale. …”
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Association between the screen time spent watching short videos at bedtime and essential hypertension in young and middle-aged people: a cross-sectional study by Fengde Li, Fangfang Ma, Shangyu Liu, Le Wang, Lishuang Ji, Mingqi Zheng, Gang Liu

“…Sex, age, screen time, occupation, high-sodium diet, physical activity, sleep, overweight or obesity, diabetes or glucose tolerance abnormality, dyslipidaemia, hyperuricaemia, and family history of hypertension were screened to construct a nomogram prediction model. …”
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Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion Combined With Anterolateral Fixation and Cement Augmentation for the Treatment of Degenerative Lumbar Diseases in the Elderly Population: A Retrospe... by Weiqi Han, Lei He, Fei Wang, Xiaofeng Zhao, Cong Jin

“…AF + CA is a viable alternative, especially for elderly patients with comorbidities who may not tolerate the longer operative durations or greater blood loss associated with BPS.…”
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Use of virtual reality in port implantation to reduce perioperative anxiety and pain: protocol for a randomised controlled pilot trial at a single German university hospital (VIP-t... by Christoph W Michalski, Felix J Hüttner, Colette Dörr-Harim, Sandra Graf, Hannah Feldmann, Lisa S Hunold, Kira C Steinkraus, Nadir Nasir

“…Further outcomes include patient satisfaction and tolerability, perioperative analgesia and sedation, occurrence of postoperative nausea, vomiting and VR sickness symptoms, surgeon’s satisfaction, procedure duration, postoperative complications until postoperative day 30 and patient willingness to hypothetically undergo port implantation again under the same conditions.Ethics and dissemination The VIP trial has been approved by the Ethics Committee of the Medical Faculty of Ulm University (reference number 03/22). …”
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Ornithine enantiomers modulate essential oil yield and constituents and gene expression of monoterpenes synthase in Salvia officinalis under well-watered and drought stress conditi... by Maryam Mohammadi-Cheraghabadi, Faezeh Ghanati, Naser Karimi, Mansour Ghorbanpour, Saeid Hazrati

“…The exogenous application of polyamines as osmotically active materials plays a crucial role in enhancing plant tolerance to environmental stress. In this study, we examined the effects of L- and D-enantiomers of ornithine (0 and 1 mM) under both well-watered and drought stress conditions on the growth traits, essential oil (EO) yield, and composition, gene expression, and total phenolic and flavonoid content of Salvia officinalis. …”
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Functional Status of Pancreatic α and β Cells in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients with Different Plasma Triglyceride Levels: A Retrospective Analysis by Hang Guo, Chunlei Ma, Xiaoming Wu, Congqing Pan

“…A total of 328 patients with T2DM were divided into three groups according to different TG levels: the TGL group: TG < 1.7 mmol/L; TGM group: 1.7 mmol/L ≤ TG < 2.3 mmol/L; and TGH group: TG ≥ 2.3 mmol/L. An oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), insulin release test, and glucagon release test were performed in each patient. …”
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Genome-wide association study and genomic prediction of root system architecture traits in Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) at the seedling stage by Muluken Enyew, Mulatu Geleta, Kassahun Tesfaye, Amare Seyoum, Tileye Feyissa, Admas Alemu, Cecilia Hammenhag, Anders S. Carlsson

“…Overall, the present study provides insights into the genetic bases of RSA and offers an opportunity to speed up breeding for drought-tolerant sorghum varieties.…”
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Effect of intramuscular treatment with different iron dextran dosages and non-inferiority study to gleptoferron by Isabel Hennig-Pauka, Martin Ganter, Dirk Bornhorn, Wesley Lyons, Enric Marco, Glen Almond, Bettina Schneider, Lothar Kreienbrock, Ken Steen Pedersen

“…Results Iron dextran was non-inferior compared to gleptoferron within a tolerance range of ± 5 g haemoglobin/L. In total, treatment groups did not differ with respect to red blood cell parameters and average daily weight gain. …”
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The active roles of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa ZTHY2 in regulating antioxidant capacity and immune function of Leizhou black ducks by Jiang Wu, Yingxin Hu, Namula Zhao, Wei Yang, Zhibao Chen, Zhibao Chen

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Les siphons en terre cuite du monde romain : l’exemple de l’aqueduc d’Almuñécar (Andalousie, Espagne) by Elena H. Sánchez López

“…However, the first explanation that comes to mind would relate to some kind of technical issue linked to pressure tolerance. But without knowing the exact route of the conduits along the siphon, it is not easy to determine the height of the hydrometric column and consequently the pressure borne by the pipes.Then there are also other possibilities. …”
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Changes in Intestinal Microbiota Are Associated with Islet Function in a Mouse Model of Dietary Vitamin A Deficiency by Yunting Zhou, Junming Zhou, Yumin Zhang, Jun Tang, Bo Sun, Wei Xu, Xiaohang Wang, Yang Chen, Zilin Sun

“…The glucose metabolic phenotypes of the mice were assessed using glucose tolerance tests and immunohistochemistry staining. …”
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Multi-ancestry genome-wide association analyses: a comparison of meta- and mega-analyses in the Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome (HAPO) study by Alan Kuang, Marie-France Hivert, M. Geoffrey Hayes, William L. Lowe, Denise M. Scholtens

“…Maternal fasting and 1-hr glucose and metabolomics measured during a 2-hr 75-gram oral glucose tolerance test during early third trimester pregnancy were evaluated as phenotypes. …”
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Photosynthetic performance and carbon metabolism in the ear organs of oats under drought stress by Jiaqi Fang, Yuan Zhan, Baowen Zhao, Yan Zhao, Youjun Chen, Qingping Zhou, Hui Wang

“…The results suggest that oats can tolerate a certain degree of drought without affecting the ears’ physiological function and yield, and ear organs can maintain water status and photosynthetic performance, which plays a major role in the maintenance of seed yield under drought stress conditions.…”
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Bernardin de Saint-Pierre’s paratexts: ‘j’ai senti, j’ai aimé, j’ai parlé’ by Simon Davies

“…It reveals too an enduring desire to find a location to found a community which would act as a place of refuge for the ‘individus malheureux’ of multiple nationalities who would adopt there ‘des principes de tolérance universelle’. The ‘Avant-propos’ of La Chaumière indienne (1791) houses a miscellany of topics, while Bernardin added a ‘Préambule’ to the second edition (1792). …”
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Indirect treatment comparison of lanadelumab and a C1-esterase inhibitor in pediatric patients with hereditary angioedema by Maureen Watt, Rachel Goldgrub, Mia Malmenas, Katrin Haeussler

“…Future studies could potentially assess larger samples over longer periods of time for the long-term preventative efficacy, safety and tolerability of lanadelumab and C1-INH(IV).…”

Comparative effects of xylitol and erythritol on modulating blood glucose; inducing insulin secretion; reducing dyslipidemia and redox imbalance in a type 2 diabetes rat model by Nontokozo Z. Msomi, Ochuko L. Erukainure, Veronica F. Salau, Kolawole A. Olofinsan, Md. Shahidul Islam

“…After 8 weeks intervention period, the body weight, fluid and water intake, blood glucose, serum alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, CK-MB and creatinine were significantly decreased, while the serum insulin level, serum lipids, glucose tolerance ability, pancreatic islet morphology and β-cell function, pancreatic and serum redox imbalance were improved in the most xylitol and erythritol fed groups compared to the DC group, when effects were better for xylitol compared to erythritol. …”
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60-month follow-up of Long Limb vs. Standard Limb Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for type 2 diabetes and obesity: the LONG LIMB RCT by Saleem Ansari, Anna Kamocka, Tina Mazaheri, Ibiyemi Ilesanmi, Lara Jimenez-Pacheco, Kleopatra Alexiadou, Joanna Tan, Harvinder Chahal, Krishna Moorthy, Sanjay Purkayastha, Anne Margot Umpleby, Stephen Robert Bloom, Francesco Rubino, Alexander Dimitri Miras, Ahmed Rashid Ahmed, Tricia Tan

“…Participants were randomly assigned (1 : 1) to Long Limb or Standard Limb Roux-en-Y gastric bypass with a fixed alimentary limb of 100 cm. Mixed-meal tolerance tests and a hyperinsulinaemic-euglycaemic clamp were used to measure postprandial gut hormone response, glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity. …”
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