Application and Development Prospects of Dietary Fibers in Flour Products by Wen Han, Sen Ma, Li Li, Xiao-xi Wang, Xue-ling Zheng

“…Here, the following aspects of dietary fibers have been reviewed: nutritional properties, including the ability to regulate blood sugar levels, effects on microorganisms, antioxidant effect, potential role in losing weight, ability to regulate blood lipids, application in flour products such as bread and Chinese noodles, challenges such as dark color, rough texture, and poor solubility, and potential solutions that include modification methods. …”
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Candesartan Reduces Neuronal Apoptosis Caused by Ischemic Stroke via Regulating the FFAR1/ITGA4 Pathway by Yubao Ding, Yue Lang, Hui Zhang, Yu Li, Xiao Liu, Minjie Li

“…Ischemic stroke (IS) is a general term for necrosis of brain tissue caused by stenosis, occlusion of arteries supplying blood to the brain (carotid artery and vertebral artery), and insufficient blood supply to the brain. …”
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Fatty liver syndrome associated with some post parturation period diseases by Veysi Aslan, Reşat Aştı, Mehmet Nizamlıoğlu, Tevfik Tekeli, Abdullah Başoğlu, Ülker Demirci

“…<p> After clinical examination, the blood and liver biopsy samples were obtained. Glucose, GOT', FFA and total lipid values of blood samples and liver fat were measured. …”
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A Computational Model for Biomechanical Effects of Arterial Compliance Mismatch by Fan He, Lu Hua, Li-jian Gao

“…The unsteady blood flow was assumed to be laminar, Newtonian, viscous, and incompressible. …”
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Expectant Management of Miscarriage in View of NICE Guideline 154 by Junaid Rafi, Haroona Khalil

“…It is a safe option as none of the patients on expectant/medical management needed strong analgesia/antibiotics or blood transfusion.…”
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A Case Report of Avian Polyomavirus Infection in a Blue Fronted Parrot (Amazona aestiva) Associated with Anemia by Natalia Azevedo Philadelpho, Marta B. Guimarães, Antonio J. Piantino Ferreira

“…Because the animal was positive for APV in both the feces and the blood, it is likely that these clinical symptoms were due to Polyomavirus infection. …”
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Native Valve Endocarditis due to Veillonella Species: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Lakshmi Saladi, Cosmina Zeana, Manisha Singh

“…Empiric therapy with vancomycin and piperacillin-tazobactam was started with clinical resolution of her symptoms. On day 6, the blood culture drawn at admission grew Veillonella species. …”
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Anesthetic Challenges in Hirayama Disease Patients Undergoing Cervical Spine Surgery—A Case Series by Sreyashi Naskar, Soumya Chakrabarti, Dipanjan Dawn, Amita A. Pahari

“…This case series demonstrates that preexisting autonomic dysfunction in HD patients should alert the anesthesiologists regarding higher likelihood of hemodynamic perturbations and blood loss, compared with patients who have normal autonomic functions, and henceforth take appropriate precautionary measures.…”
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Submucosal esophageal abscess evolved from a peritonsillar abscess diagnosed using esophagogastroduodenoscopy and endoscopic ultrasonography: A case report by Kazuhiro Yoshinaga, Tetsuo Watanabe, Kota Hiraoka, Takashi Hirano, Masashi Suzuki

“…Her abscess spontaneously drained, and blood tests showed improved inflammatory response, indicated by the white blood cell count and C-reactive protein concentration. …”
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Investigation of BSA adsorption performances of metal ion attached mineral particles embedded cryogel discs by Ömür Acet

“…Blood plasma is rich in albumin protein. Albumin has some physiological duties. …”
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Treatment of Coexisting Chronic Neutrophilic Leukemia and Light Chain Multiple Myeloma with Hydroxyurea, Bortezomib, and Dexamethasone by Evelyn Taiwo, Huiying Wang, Robert Lewis

“…Peripheral blood flow cytometry was unremarkable without any evidence of lymphoproliferative disorder or myeloblasts. …”
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Effects of auricular acupoint pressing combined with modified Wendan decoction in the treatment of essential hypertension and accompanying insomnia (耳穴压豆联合加味温胆汤口服治疗原发性高血压伴失眠的效果观察)... by ZHAO Liyun (赵丽云), LIU Qing (刘青), LI Yigen (李乙根), XU Wenwei (徐文伟)

“…After treatment, both groups had lower diastolic blood pressure and systolic blood pressure than those before treatment (P＜0. 05), and patients in the observation group had better outcomes in blood pressure reduction compared with those in the control group (P＜0. 05). …”
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Percutaneous two unilateral iliosacral S1 screw fixation for pelvic ring injuries: a retrospective review of 38 patients by Whee Sung Son, Jae-Woo Cho, Nam-Ryeol Kim, Jun-Min Cho, Nak-Jun Choi, Jong-Keon Oh, HanJu Kim

“…In particular, it involved a short procedure time with little blood loss and also led to 100% bone union and good radiological outcomes.…”
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Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine on Inflammatory Mediators in Pediatric Asthma by Hui Du, Yonghong Wang, Yumin Shi, Jian Yu, Wen Sun, Yiqun Zhang

“…There were 35 patients in TCM group and 34 patients in SM group providing venous blood. Real-time PCR was used to determine the mRNA expression levels of interleukin- (IL-) 10, IL-17, matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), and transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells before and after treatment. …”
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Evaluation of Preptin and other Biomarkers in Coronary Artery Disease Patients with and without Diabetes Mellitus by Saja T. Yassen, Layla O. Farhan

“…The biochemical tests performed on participants included fasting blood sugar (FBS), total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), low density lipoproteins (LDL), and very low-density lipoproteins (VLDL), high density lipoproteins (HDL), blood urea, serum creatinine, and uric acid. …”
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Effects of Cinnamomum zeylanicum (Ceylon cinnamon) extract on lipid profile, glucose levels and its safety in adults: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial. by Dimuthu Muthukuda, Chamini Kanatiwela de Silva, Saumiyah Ajanthan, Namal Wijesinghe, Anuradha Dahanayaka, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran

“…<h4>Background</h4>Cinnamon has been studied as a possible way to control blood glucose and serum cholesterol levels. However, there are no well-conducted randomized controlled trials that can accurately measure the lipid and glucose-lowering effects of Cinnamomum zeylanicum (C. zeylanicum) extract. …”
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Predominance of metallo-beta-lactamase blaVIM Genes in Clinical Isolates from Health Facilities in Nigeria: Role in Multidrug Resistance Surge by Etang UE, Moses AE, Akpan SS, Eyo AO, Moses EA

“…The breakdown of blaVIM gene detection rate among isolates from wound, blood and urine samples were 20%, 11.1% and 3.4%, respectively. …”
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Decreased Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin Indicated Worse Biometric, Lipid, Liver, and Renal Function Parameters in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Xi Luo, Xin-Ming Yang, Wang-Yu Cai, Hui Chang, Hong-Li Ma, Yan Peng, Xiao-Ke Wu

“…In comparative analyses, PCOS women with lower SHBG levels had higher body mass index, waist circumference, insulin, homeostatic model assessment-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) index, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, triglycerides, apolipoprotein B (APOB), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), aspartate transferase (AST), alanine transferase (ALT), and blood urea nitrogen (BUN), but lower high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and apolipoprotein A1 (APOA1). …”
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Influence of Age at Diagnosis and Time-Dependent Risk Factors on the Development of Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes by Luis Forga, María José Goñi, Berta Ibáñez, Koldo Cambra, Marta García-Mouriz, Ana Iriarte

“…In addition, we confirmed the influence of glycemic control, HDL-cholesterol, and diastolic blood pressure on the occurrence of retinopathy.…”
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Associations of TG/HDL Ratio with the Risk of Prediabetes and Diabetes in Chinese Adults: A Chinese Population Cohort Study Based on Open Data by Rongpeng Gong, Yuanyuan Liu, Gang Luo, Wenjing Liu, Ziqi Jin, Zixin Xu, Zheng Li, Lixin Yang, Xiaoxing Wei

“…Impaired glucose tolerance was diagnosed as fasting blood glucose ≥6.00 mmol and self-reported diabetes mellitus. …”
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