Modeling bacterial interactions uncovers the importance of outliers in the coastal lignin-degrading consortium by Qiannan Peng, Cheng Zhao, Xiaopeng Wang, Kelin Cheng, Congcong Wang, Xihui Xu, Lu Lin

“…Using genome-scale metabolic models, metabolic profiling and culture experiments, modeling of inter-species interactions between P. gergoviae, Vibrio alginolyticus, Aeromonas hydrophila and Shewanella putrefaciens, unravels cross-feeding of amino acids, organic acids and alcohols between the degrader and non-degraders. Furthermore, the sub-population ratio is essential to enforce the synergy. …”
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Evaluating modified atmosphere with variable CO₂-O₂ concentrations for Tribolium castaneum management and quality preservation in Rice storage by Xue Dong, Ming Yang, Peian Tang

“…Quality assessments revealed that TD effectively mitigated lipid oxidation by reducing aldehydes and alcohols, major contributors to rice aging and off-flavors while maintaining acceptable enzymatic activities and VOC profiles. …”
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Controlled Attenuation Parameter for Quantification of Steatosis: Which Cut-Offs to Use? by Roxana Sirli, Ioan Sporea

“…Hepatic steatosis (HS), encountered not only in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) but also in chronic viral hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease, etc., plays an important role in fibrosis progression, regardless of CLD etiology; thus, detection and quantification of HS are imperative. …”
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The Preventable Risk Integrated ModEl and Its Use to Estimate the Health Impact of Public Health Policy Scenarios by Peter Scarborough, Richard A. Harrington, Anja Mizdrak, Lijuan Marissa Zhou, Aiden Doherty

“…The PRIME (Preventable Risk Integrated ModEl) is an openly available NCD scenario model that estimates the effect of population-level changes in diet, physical activity, and alcohol and tobacco consumption on NCD mortality. …”
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Intravitreal Devices for the Treatment of Vitreous Inflammation by John B. Christoforidis, Susie Chang, Angela Jiang, Jillian Wang, Colleen M. Cebulla

“…The use of nonbiodegradable devices such as polyvinyl alcohol-ethylene vinyl acetate polymers and polysulfone capillary fibers, and biodegradable devices such as polylactic acid, polyglycolic acid, and polylactic-co-glycolic acid, polycaprolactones, and polyanhydrides are reviewed. …”
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Changes in the Composition of Aroma and Phenolic Compounds Induced by Different Enological Practices of Croatian White Wine by Marina Tomašević, Klemen Lisjak, Andreja Vanzo, Helena Baša Česnik, Leo Gracin, Natka Ćurko, Karin Kovačević Ganić

“…The aim of this research was to investigate the effects of pre-fermentative maceration, Saccharomyces and non- Saccharomyces yeasts during alcoholic fermentation, and antioxidant additions (sulfur dioxide and glutathione) at bottling on the compositions of aroma and phenolic compounds of white wine Pošip ( Vitis vinifera L.). …”
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Characterization of the key aroma compounds in four varieties of pomegranate juice by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, gas chromatography-olfactometry, odor activity value, ar... by Cong Lu, Yuyu Zhang, Ping Zhan, Peng Wang, Honglei Tian

“…These compounds belonged to the classes of terpinenes, alcohols, and aldehydes. Eleven volatile compounds were defined as the main contributors to the overall aroma of pomegranate juice due to their high odor activity values (OAVs ≥ 1). …”
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Effect of PVA-co-MMA Copolymer on the Physical, Mechanical, and Thermal Properties of Tropical Wood Materials by Md. Saiful Islam, Sinin Hamdan, Mansor B. Ahmad, Mahbub Hasan, Azman Hassan, M. K. Mohamad Haafiz, M. Jawaid

“…Mixed monomers of methyl methacrylate (MMA) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) were effectively impregnated into the cellular structure of several types of tropical wood, which then underwent a catalyst-thermal process to polymerize and form WPC. …”
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Characterization of the Universal Flavor in Chinese Butter Hotpot by Multiple Mass Spectrometry Detection Technology by Menglu Yang, Yuan Mei, Haimei Lai, Yali Wang, Yuli Huang, Xueqing Zeng, Lihong Ge, Nan Zhao

“…In the present study, results showed that alcohols, phenols, hydrocarbons, and others were the commonly predominant volatiles in all butter hotpot samples (74.43%∼92.92%). …”
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Characterization of flavor profile of beef jerky from different regions of China using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry, electronic tongue, and electronic nose by Bayierta Bayinbate, Linwei Yang, Iftikhar Hussain Badar, Yue Liu, Lang Zhang, Yingying Hu, Baocai Xu

“…Seventy-two volatile compounds were identified and quantified among all samples, indicating significant regional variations in aldehydes, alcohols, and esters. Heatmap cluster analysis clearly explained the unique regional flavor profiles. …”
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Diagnostic Challenges in Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Case Reports and Review of the Literature by Monika Pazgan-Simon, Sylwia Serafinska, Justyna Janocha-Litwin, Krzysztof Simon, Jolanta Zuwala-Jagiello

“…It typically develops secondarily to liver cirrhosis, due to hepatitis B or C infection, alcohol abuse, metabolic disease, and so forth. According to the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) guidelines, which constitute diagnostic standards, the diagnosis of primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) should be based on contrast-enhanced imaging. …”
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Highly efficient conversion of glycerol and $t$-butanol to biofuel additives over AlPO solid acid catalyst under microwave irradiation technique: kinetic study by Shyam Prasad, K., Shamshuddin, S. Z. Mohamed

“…These materials were used as catalysts in liquid phase etherification reaction of glycerol with alcohol. In order to obtain good yield of the reaction product, optimization reaction was carried out by varying time, temperature, catalyst weight and molar ratio of reactants. …”
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GC-IMS-Based Preliminary Analysis of Volatile Flavor Compounds in Ejiao at Different Processing Stages by Ning Ma, Rui Guan, Rentang Zhao, Yue Geng

“…The results indicated that Ejiao contains 47 volatile flavor compounds at different processing stages; they mainly include aldehydes, alcohols, esters, ketones, dimethyl disulfide, thiazole, and pyrazines. …”
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Emerging nanomedicine strategies for hepatocellular carcinoma therapy by Chen Guo, Jiayu Zhang, Xiaomeng Cai, Rui Dou, Jiaruo Tang, Zhengyuan Huang, Xueting Wang, Yan Guo, Hanqing Chen, Jun Chen

“…Abstract Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a prevalent malignant tumor with a range of risk factors, including viral infections, alcoholic liver disease, exposure to fungal toxins, obesity, and type 2 diabetes. …”
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Bisphenol A and Metabolic Syndrome: Results from NHANES by Srinivas Teppala, Suresh Madhavan, Anoop Shankar

“…Increasing levels of urinary BPA were positively associated with MetS, independent of confounders such as age, gender, race/ethnicity, smoking, alcohol intake, physical activity, and urinary creatinine. …”
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Photoredox/Cr-catalyzed enantioselective radical-polar crossover transformation via C-H functionalization by Si-Yuan Tang, Zhan-Jie Wang, Yu Ao, Ning Wang, Huan-Ming Huang

“…A diverse array of chiral homoallylic alcohols could be obtained in good to excellent yields, accompanied by outstanding enantioselectivity. …”
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The Optical Properties of Crystalline Zn3Nb2O8 Nanomaterials Obtained by Hydrothermal Method by Mihaela Birdeanu, Mirela Vaida, Eugenia Fagadar-Cosma

“…The novel crystalline nanomaterial might find applications in fluorescence covering of technical devices, due to its capacity to preserve blue fluorescence both in acrylic based paint and after embedding in isopropyl alcohol.…”
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Physical Activity and Blood Lipids and Lipoproteins in Dialysis Patients by Hiroyuki Imamura, Keiko Mizuuchi, Reika Oshikata

“…The relationship between physical activity and blood lipids and lipoproteins in dialysis patients is reviewed in the context of the potentially confounding factors such as nutritional intake, cigarette smoking, obesity, alcohol intake, and physical activity levels in the general population and additional confounding factors such as mode of dialysis and diabetes in dialysis patients. …”
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Carcinoma oral de células escamosas, gravedad del diagnóstico tardío: reporte de caso y revisión de la literatura by Martha Esperanza García Moreno, Elías Nahúm Salmerón Valdés, Edith Lara Carrillo, Antonio Hernández Morales, Ulises Velázquez Enríquez, Violeta Evelyn Flores Solano, Víctor Hugo Toral Rizo

“…El carcinoma oral de células escamosas (COCE), que afecta en especial a hombres mayores de 50 años, es causado principalmente por el consumo excesivo de alcohol y tabaco.…”
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Acute Pancreatitis after Colonoscopy: A Case Presentation and Literature Review by Sahil D. Doshi, Yelina Alvarez, Shria Kumar, Octavia Pickett-Blakely

“…With no evidence of gallstones, alcohol use, and hypertriglyceridemia, the acute pancreatitis was deemed to be a complication of colonoscopy. …”
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