Benefits of Virgin Coconut Oil in Diet to Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1818) by Márcia Valéria Silva do Couto, Natalino da Costa Sousa, Higo Andrade Abe, Joel Artur Rodrigues Dias, Carlos Alberto Martins Cordeiro, Peterson Emmanuel Guimarães Paixão, Thays Brito Reis Santos, Fernanda dos Santos Cunha, Juliana Oliveira Meneses, Ricardo Marques Nogueira Filho, Carol Nunes Costa Bomfim, Cláucia Aparecida Honorato, Bruno Trindade Cardoso, Rodrigo Yudi Fujimoto

“…At end of experiment, the fish were subjected to bacterial challenge and blood analysis (glucose, lactate, plasmatic protein, and red cell blood). …”
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Correlations between Different Heavy Metals in Diverse Body Fluids: Studies of Human Semen Quality by Lidia Mínguez-Alarcón, Jaime Mendiola, Manuela Roca, José J. López-Espín, José J. Guillén, José M. Moreno, Stella Moreno-Grau, María J. Martínez-García, Nuria Vergara-Juárez, Belén Elvira-Rendueles, Antonio García-Sánchez, Jorge Ten, Rafael Bernabeu, Alberto M. Torres-Cantero

“…Concentrations of lead, cadmium, and mercury were measured in whole blood, blood plasma, and seminal plasma using spectroanalytical and electrochemical methods. …”
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Insights and perceptions: Investigating pregnant women's attitudes, understanding, and factors influencing knowledge regarding medication usage during pregnancy-A cross-sectional s... by Abdullah R Al-Khawlani, Qutaiba A Qasim, Abdulsalam M Halboup, Samar Thiab, Mohammed Zawiah, Fahmi Y Al-Ashwal

“…Around 39.3% (n = 1,037) of medications used fell under the blood and blood-forming organs category. Education level (AOR: 4.00, P < .001), insurance status (AOR: 1.71, P = .026), information about medication risks to the fetus (AOR: 1.96, P = .023), the use of folic acid either in a previous pregnancy (AOR: 1.65, P < .008) or in the current pregnancy (AOR: 4.26, P < .001), and checking the medication leaflet (AOR: 5.67, P < .001) were predictors of higher knowledge.…”
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Structural characteristics, anticoagulant and antithrombotic mechanism of a novel polysaccharide from Rosa Chinensis Flos by Xiaofeng Zhang, Zhenhua Liang, Geoffrey Ivan Neil Waterhouse, Shengjun Jiang, Dongxiao Sun-Waterhouse, Jinmei Wang, Changyang Ma, Wenyi Kang

“…The anticoagulant effect of RCJ2-Ib evaluated by using rabbit ear venous blood and an acute blood stasis rat model showed that RCJ2-Ib had obvious anticoagulant activity in regulating endogenous and exogenous coagulation pathways and reducing serum thromboxane B2 and endothelin-1. …”
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Acid-Base Balance in Healthy Adults: Beneficial Effects of Bicarbonate and Sodium-Rich Mineral Water in a Randomized Controlled Trial: The BicarboWater Study by Katharina Mansouri, Theresa Greupner, Edda van de Flierdt, Inga Schneider, Andreas Hahn

“…Ninety-four healthy participants were divided into two groups: one consumed mineral water with a high bicarbonate and sodium content (HBS, n = 49) and the other consumed mineral water with a low bicarbonate and sodium content (LBS, n = 45). Changes in venous blood gas and urinary acid-base parameters were measured over a short-term (3 days) and long-term (28 days) intervention period. …”
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Economic evaluation of integrated services for non-communicable diseases and HIV: costs and client outcomes in rural Malawi by Luckson Dullie, Emily B Wroe, Elizabeth L Dunbar, Noel Kalanga, Lawrence Nazimera, Adarsh Shah, Bright Mailosi, Chiyembekezo Kachimanga, Ryan K McBain, Natalie Price, Mahlet Gizaw, Chantelle Boudreaux, Liberty Neba

“…Furthermore, we measured clinical outcomes for HIV (viral load), hypertension (controlled blood pressure), diabetes (average blood glucose), asthma (asthma severity) and epilepsy (seizure frequency).Results The annualised total cost of providing integrated HIV and NCD care was $2 461 901 to provide care to 9471 enrollees, or $260 per capita. …”
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Oxidative imbalance as a co-player in jaw functional limitations and biopsychosocial profile in patients with temporomandibular disorder—myofascial pain with referral by Joanna Kuć, Krzysztof Dariusz Szarejko, Mateusz Maciejczyk, Violetta Dymicka-Piekarska, Małgorzata Żendzian-Piotrowska, Anna Zalewska, Anna Zalewska

“…The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between salivary/blood concentrations of oxidative/nitrosative stress biomarkers and biopsychosocial findings in patients with temporomandibular disorder—myofascial pain with referral.MethodsThe sample enrolled a total of 26 individuals with temporomandibular myofascial pain with referral (twenty women, six men). …”
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Poor Control of Plasma Triglycerides Is Associated with Early Decline of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rates in New-Onset Type 2 Diabetes in China: Results from a 3-Year Follow-U... by Chuan Wang, Lingshu Wang, Kai Liang, Fei Yan, Xinguo Hou, Fuqiang Liu, Li Chen

“…Only TG in the follow-up, not any of the baseline data, nor obesity, blood glucose, BP, or LDL-C in the follow-up, was found to be significantly correlated with the most reduced eGFR. …”
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Efficacy in prenatal vitamin B12 supplementation preventing vitamin B12 deficiency in exclusively breastfed infants by Eren Güzeloğlu, Bilge Doğan Taymur, Büşra Nükhet Pehlivanoğlu, Hüseyin Dağ

“…At six months of age, the infant's serum vitamin B12 level, iron concentration, ferritin level, and complete blood count are assessed. 70 mother-baby pairs were followed up over the period from 01/01/2021 to 01/01/2022. …”
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Concentrated growth factors promote epithelization in the mastoid obliteration after canal wall down mastoidectomy by Mengyi Liu, Lue Zhang, Quanming Zhang, Nan Zeng, Shuo Li, Shuyue Guo, Yaqin Zhao, Mingxing Tang, Qiong Yang

“…Results: Ear discharge, graft swelling, and poor blood supply were more frequently observed in the HA group. …”
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Space and Time Resolved Detection of Platelet Activation and von Willebrand Factor Conformational Changes in Deep Suspensions by Jacopo Biasetti, Kaushik Sampath, Angel Cortez, Alaleh Azhir, Assaf A. Gilad, Thomas S. Kickler, Tobias Obser, Zaverio M. Ruggeri, Joseph Katz

“…Tracking cells and proteins’ phenotypic changes in deep suspensions is critical for the direct imaging of blood-related phenomena in in vitro replica of cardiovascular systems and blood-handling devices. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Antiproliferative Effect of CuO-TiO2-Chitosan-Amygdalin Nanocomposites in Human Leukemic MOLT4 Cells by Abozer Y. Elderdery, Badr Alzahrani, Siddiqa M. A. Hamza, Gomaa Mostafa-Hedeab, Pooi Ling Mok, Suresh Kumar Subbiah

“…The main aim of this study was to synthesize copper oxide- (CuO-) titanium oxide- (TiO2-) chitosan-amygdalin nanocomposites (CTCANc) and to characterize them physically and biologically (antimicrobial and anticancer activity using MOLT4 blood cancer cell line) to endorse their useful applications as potential drug candidates in anticancer avenues. …”
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Short-term Outcomes of Intracorporeal Versus Extracorporeal Totally Stapled Anastomosis after Laparoscopic Colectomy: A Propensity Score-matched Cohort Study by Yoshiaki Fujii, Kenji Kobayashi, Hirozumi Sawai, Seiya Yamamoto, Shuhei Uehara, Hirotaka Miyai, Hiroki Takahashi, Shuji Takiguchi

“…The TSIA group had significantly lesser blood loss than did the TSEA group (10 versus 20 mL, p=0.002), although this result was not clinically significant. …”
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Clinical Response Predictive Model for Omalizumab in Moderate-to-Severe Asthma Patients by Ruiqi Qian, Lingyi Yang, Xurui Shen, Cheng Chen, Jianan Huang, Xiuqin Zhang, Cuiping Fu

“…Patients recruited were treated with omalizumab once per four weeks; at the beginning of each injection, blood eosinophils and the level of total serum IgE (IU/mL) were tested. …”
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Toxicity and Safety Evaluation of Doxorubicin-Loaded Cockleshell-Derived Calcium Carbonate Nanoparticle in Dogs by Abubakar Danmaigoro, Gayathri Thevi Selvarajah, Mohd Hezmee Mohd Noor, Rozi Mahmud, Md Zuki Abu Bakar

“…Radiographs, electrocardiography, and blood samples were collected before every treatment for haematology, serum biochemistry, and cardiac injury assessment. …”
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Association of the Preoperative Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) Score with Clinicopathological Characteristics in Patients with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma by Doohwa Kim, Myungsoo Im, Soree Ryang, Mijin Kim, Yun Kyung Jeon, Sang Soo Kim, Bo Hyun Kim

“…The CONUT scores were calculated based on preoperative blood tests. The clinicopathological characteristics were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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Circulating T Cells Exhibit Different TIM3/Galectin-9 Expression in Patients with Obesity and Obesity-Related Diabetes by Lili Sun, Shengyi Zou, Sisi Ding, Xuan Du, Yu Shen, Cuiping Liu, Bimin Shi, Xueguang Zhang

“…Herein, we aimed to investigate the expression of TIM3 and galectin-9 in peripheral blood and to evaluate their clinical significance in patients with obesity and obesity-related T2DM. …”
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Participant Experiences in the Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young Study: Common Reasons for Withdrawing by Barbro Lernmark, Kristian Lynch, Judith Baxter, Roswith Roth, Tuula Simell, Laura Smith, Ulrica Swartling, Suzanne Bennett Johnson, TEDDY Study Group

“…The blood draw was more common among female participants; being too busy was more common among males. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Childhood Hypertension in Urban-Rural Areas of China: A Cross-Sectional Study by Xiaohua Liang, Lun Xiao, Yetao Luo, Jiapei Xu

“…Objective. The increased blood pressure level in children and adolescents is recognized as an essential predictor of adulthood cardiovascular disease. …”
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Circulating CTRP1 Levels in Type 2 Diabetes and Their Association with FGF21 by Sora Han, Jong Dai Kim, Sunyi Lee, Ae Lee Jeong, Jeong Su Park, Hyo Jeong Yong, Ariundavaa Boldbaatar, Hye In Ka, Eun-Jung Rhee, Won-Young Lee, Young Yang

“…Sera analysis revealed that CTRP1 was positively correlated with age, body mass index, fasting blood glucose, and circulating FGF21 levels. However, CTRP1 was negatively correlated with total cholesterol and total circulating adiponectin levels in univariate analysis. …”
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