Effect of fermented Rosa roxburghii Tratt fruit juice on gut microbiota in a dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis mouse model by Yunyang Zuo, Haoxiang Xu, Dandan Feng, Yuanyuan Shi, Jiuchang Li, Maoyang Wei, Ling Wang, Yulong Zhang, Ping Hu

“…Compared to control group, DSS induction decreased body weight of mice, indexes of Shannon, Simpson, Chao1 and Faith_pd, and increased disease activity index (DAI) and levels of interleukin 1β (IL-1β), IL-6, tumor necrosis factor α (TNF -α) and interferon-γ (IFN-γ); And this induction also led to an increase in Proteobacteria, Verrucomicrobia and Actinobacteria at phylum level, harmful bacterial species richness at genus level, and relative richness of S. sciuri, Desulfovibrio C21_c20, R. gnavus and Akkermansia muciniphila at species level, and a decrease in Firmicutes at phylum level and relative richness of B. acidifaciens in mice. …”
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Neuromuscular Excitation Pattern in Expert Indoor Skydivers by Susanna Rampichini, Eloisa Limonta, Irene Di Giulio, Marta Borrelli, Emiliano Cè, Giuseppe Coratella, Johnny Padulo, Stefano Longo, Fabio Esposito

“…This study aims to assess the muscular excitation patterns in highly skilled instructors to determine the optimal activation strategies for preventing musculoskeletal injuries. …”
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A woman’s place is in theatre: women’s perceptions and experiences of working in surgery from the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland women in surgery working grou... by Maria Irene Bellini, Yitka Graham, Catherine Hayes, Roxanna Zakeri, Rowan Parks, Vassilios Papalois

“…The aim of this study was to survey women working within the discipline, to understand their current perceptions, providing insight into their practical day-to-day lives, supporting an action-oriented change.Design and setting The link to a confidential, online survey was distributed through the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI) social media platforms on Facebook and Twitter over a 2-week period in October 2017.Participants Women working in surgical specialties and actively responding to the link shared through the ASGBI social media platforms. …”
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A New Grazing–Vegetation Tradeoff and Coordination Indicator: The Grazing Intensity and Vegetation Cover Harmonization Index (GVCI) by Qinyi Huang, Jianjun Chen, Xinhong Li, Hucheng Li, Zizhen Chen, Yanping Lan, Ming Ling, Haotian You, Xiaowen Han

“…However, some PLCs in the western regions were still in an “Overload” state, and there is a need for close monitoring of their grazing activities and VE dynamics. The GVCI proposed in this study provides a novel methodology for quantifying the complex relationship between GI and the VE. …”
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Determinants of Undernutrition among Adult Tuberculosis Patients Receiving Treatment in Public Health Institutions in Shashemane Town, Southern Ethiopia by Adane Tesfaye Anbese, Gudina Egeta, Frehiwot Mesfin, Abinet Arega Sadore

“…Tuberculosis makes undernutrition worse and undernutrition weakens immunity, thereby increasing the likelihood that latent tuberculosis will develop into active disease. Nevertheless, little has been understood about undernutrition among patients with infectious disease like tuberculosis in Ethiopia. …”
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Ingeniería sostenible: nuevos objetivos en los proyectos de construcción Sustainable engineering: new objectives for construction projects by Fernando Rodríguez, Gonzalo Fernández

“…<br>Impacts on ecosystem services, due to human activity, are already a fact. The objectives of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the alleviation and adjustment proposals from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in their consecutive reports, as well as the proposals by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) cannot go unnoticed for general projects and for particular construction projects. …”
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GlucoGenes^®, a database of genes and proteins associated with glucose metabolism disorders, its description and applications in bioinformatics research by V. V. Klimontov, K. S. Shishin, R. A. Ivanov, M. P. Ponomarenko, K. A. Zolotareva, S. A. Lashin

“…GlucoGenes® enables users to access and download information about genes and proteins associated with the risk of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia, molecular regulators with hyperglycemic and antihyperglycemic activity, genes up-regulated by high glucose and/or low glucose, genes down-regulated by high glucose and/or low glucose, and molecules otherwise associated with the glucose metabolism disorders. …”
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Mir-449b improves the epigenetic status of buffalo transgenic embryos produced by handmade cloning by Gaurav Tripathi

“…After incubation, transfected zygotes were chemically activated and subjected to in vitro culture in RVCL (Cook®) medium for 8 days at 38.5°C in 5% CO2 in air, 90- 95% relative humidity condition. …”
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Identification of a New m6A Regulator-Related Methylation Signature for Predicting the Prognosis and Immune Microenvironment of Patients with Pancreatic Cancer by Tianle Zou, Dan Shi, Weiwei Wang, Guoyong Chen, Xianbin Zhang, Yu Tian, Peng Gong

“…N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is involved in a wide variety of biological activities due to the fact that it is the most common form of mRNA modification in mammals. …”
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Differences of simulated ankle dorsiflexion limitation on lower extremity biomechanics during long jump takeoff by Zanni Zhang, Datao Xu, Xiangli Gao, Huiyu Zhou, Julien S. Baker, Zsolt Radak, Yaodong Gu

“…This limit also increased muscle co-activation around the knee, possibly stabilizing it. …”
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The sphingosine‐1‐phosphate signaling pathway (sphingosine‐1‐phosphate and its receptor, sphingosine kinase) and epilepsy by Lin Wang, Qingxia Kong, Xinyi Leng, Howan Leung, Yang Li

“…It can not only act as a second messenger in cells to activate downstream signaling pathways but can also exert biological effects by being secreted outside cells and binding to S1P receptors on the cell membrane. …”
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siRNA-mediated inhibition of hTERT enhances the effects of curcumin in promoting cell death in precursor-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells: an in silico and in vitro study by Muhammad Hossein Ashoub, Ali Afgar, Alireza Farsinejad, Razieh Razavi, Samira Anvari, Ahmad Fatemi

“…Given that hTERT overexpression characterizes various cancer phenotypes and elevated telomerase activity is observed in early-stage and relapsed ALL, we investigated the molecular mechanisms linking hTERT regulation and ferroptosis in leukemia cells. …”
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The intersection of intimate partner violence with sexual reproductive health in the Pacific: findings from a Kiribati population study by Anneliese Spiteri-Staines, Luz Viviana Sastre Gomez, Jess Letch, Anna Bornemisza, Kristin Diemer

“…Results Of the n = 3,106 women who had been intimately partnered or sexually active in the last year, 20% had unmet need for either spacing or limiting, the greatest unmet need being observed in women aged 15–24 years (28.8%). …”
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Biological control of bacterial wilt in pathumma; Curcuma alismatifolia by S. Promsai, Y. Tragoolpua, N. Thongwai

“…The current study was conducted to screen for antagonistic microorganisms capable of inhibiting the pathogenic bacteria and to evaluate the beneficial effect of antagonistic bacteria on pathumma in vivo.METHODS: Antagonistic bacteria were isolated from soil samples obtained from several locations in Thailand and screened for antibacterial activity. Next, the optimal conditions for the growth of antagonistic bacteria were determined. …”
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Quality Assessment of Young Sparkling Wines of Crimean Indigenous Grape Varieties by Igor P. Lutkov, Alexander S. Makarov, Natalia A. Shmigelskaya

“…It also contained quercetin and glycoside, which are known for their biological (P-vitamin) activity and powerful antioxidant properties. The early low-sugar (< 18 g/100 cm3) varieties of Dzhevat Kara and Ekim Kara had the same acidity but demonstrated a less diverse phenolic profile and were paler in color. …”
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SIX1 aggravates the progression of spinal cord injury in mice by promoting M1 polarization of microglia by Zhonghua Xu, Manhui Zhu, Hua Xie, Jiacheng Zhu, Hongming Zheng, Xiaojuan Liu, Yuting Zhang, Jinbo Liu

“…The transcription, expression, and activity of enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) were decreased in LPS-stimulated BV2 cells. …”
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Historical dynamics of marginal populations at the leading edge of a temperate species in the boreal‐temperate ecotone by Pierre‐Yves Mondou Laperrière, Todor S. Minchev, Pierre Grondin, Martin Lavoie, Guillaume de Lafontaine

“…The present‐day increase of anthropogenic disturbances within the BTE could mirror the Neoglacial increase in fire activity that fostered red maple during the Holocene. …”
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The association between dolutegravir-based antiretrovirals and high blood pressure among adults with HIV in southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study by Agete Tadewos Hirigo, Daniel Yilma, Ayalew Astatkie, Zelalem Debebe

“…Other significant covariates associated with HBP included being male (AOR 2.6; 95% CI: 1.4–4.9), age >45 years (AOR 2.0; 95% CI: 1.2–3.4), high waist-to-height ratio (AOR 2.4; 95% CI: 1.1–4.9), inadequate vegetable intake (AOR 1.7; 95% CI: 1.0–2.7), low physical activity (AOR 2.4; 95% CI: 1.1–5.4), and LDL-cholesterol (AOR 1.1; 95% CI: 1.0–1.2). …”
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Elucidating the expression and role of cGAS in pan-cancer using integrated bioinformatics and experimental approaches by Zhen Lian, Xue Liu, Xue Li

“…In conclusions, cGAS is wildly activated in human cancers, which might participate in regulating cancer immunity and DNA damage repair. cGAS could be used as an effective target for cancer treatment and might be a potential predictive immune marker.…”
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Prevalence of the Helicobacter pylori babA2 Gene in Children Mainly Depends on the PCR Primer Set Used by Anja Šterbenc, Maja M. Lunar, Matjaž Homan, Boštjan Luzar, Nina Zidar, Mario Poljak

“…The babA2 status determined using the 832 bp and 139 bp PCR primer sets significantly correlated with bacterial density and activity of inflammation, whereas no such correlations were found using the 271 bp PCR primer set. …”
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