Small Bowel Review - Part I by ABR Thomson, G Wild

“…Part I of this two-part review of the small bowel examines carbohydrates, including brush border membrane hydrolysis and sugar transport; amino acids, dipeptides, proteins and food allergy, with a focus on glutamine, peptides and macromolecules, and nucleosides, nucleotides and polyamines; salt and water absorption, and diarrhea, including antidiarrheal therapy and oral rehydration treatment; lipids (digestion and absorption, fatty acid binding proteins, intracellular metabolism, lipoproteins and bile acids); and metals (eg, iron) and vitamins.…”
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Bronchoscopy in Rural Areas? by Reidar Berntsen, Erik Waage Nielsen

“…Diagnostic yield was increased to 76.6% when the first bronchoscopy was supplemented by bronchial washing fluid and brush cytology and to 86.7% (BTS guidelines >80%) after a second bronchoscopy. …”
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Sutures génériques et fêlures intérieures chez Charles Burns by Jean-Paul Gabilliet

“…First he achieves the miscegenation of two major visual styles of comic art, US 1950s-style noir brush inking and Franco-Belgian Hergé-style clear line. …”
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Improvement of bonding behavior of cold-rolled stainless steel/copper composite plates via surface spinel structure treatment by Bowei Wang, Baojun You, Yuting Hu, Lun Fu, Chao Yu, Hong Xiao

“…The results showed that the minimum reduction rate of the steel-wire brush grinding treatment was 60% and that the shear strength was 84.48 MPa. …”
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Implementing Computer Vision in Android Apps and Presenting the Background Technology with Mathematical Demonstrations by Roland Szabo

“…The second app is a tooth-brushing assistant application. The app is made for mobile phones and uses advanced image-processing techniques to detect when the tooth is brushed correctly or incorrectly. …”
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Could flavonoid aglycones prevent the absorption of flavonoid glycosides by inhibiting sodium-dependent glucose transporter-1 in the small intestine? by Katrin Sak

“…In this commentary article, an interesting paradox is presented: while the ingested flavonoid glycosides can be absorbed by means of sodium-dependent glucose transporters (SGLTs; SGLT1) located in the brush border membrane facing the lumen of the small intestine, certain flavonoid aglycones are able to inhibit these shuttle proteins. …”
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Effects of applying wax on the colour, glossiness, and whiteness index values of American Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) wood by Ümit Ayata, Osman Çamlibel

“…Wax was applied to wooden material surfaces using a brush in one, two, and three layers. Tests were then conducted on surfaces with and without wax. …”
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Intestinal Absorption of Bile Salts by Karen Madsen

“…The amount of passive diffusion of bile acids that occurs across the brush border membrane along the length of the entire intestine depends upon the ratio of ionized to nonionized bile acids coupled with the bile salt concentration and the individual permeability coefficients of monomers. …”
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VSL#3 Probiotic Upregulates Intestinal Mucosal Alkaline Sphingomyelinase and Reduces Inflammation by Isaac Soo, Karen L Madsen, Qassim Tejpar, Beate C Sydora, Richard Sherbaniuk, Benedetta Cinque, Luisa Di Marzio, Maria Grazia Cifone, Claudio Desimone, Richard N Fedorak

“…BACKGROUND: Alkaline sphingomyelinase, an enzyme found exclusively in bile and the intestinal brush border, hydrolyzes sphingomyelin into ceramide, sphingosine and sphingosine-1-phosphate, thereby inducing epithelial apoptosis. …”
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Improvement of the Conductive Ability of Polymer Electrolytes by Xu Hailiang

“…., poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate, can significantly enhance the mechanical and electrical properties of polymer electrolytes; the gel electrolyte prepared by compounding highly polar β-polyvinylidene fluoride (β-PVDF) with nylon 6 shows significant application potential in improving ion conduction efficiency and enhancing battery safety. Brush-shaped polymers have good performance in avoiding the crystallization of linear polymers and inhibiting the growth of lithium dendrites and improving mechanical strength. …”
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Renal Leiomyosarcoma: A Diagnostic Challenge by Jose R. Valery, Winston Tan, Cherise Cortese

“…Subsequent ureteral pyeloscopy, ureteroscopic renal pelvis biopsy, and brush cytology were negative for malignancy as well. …”
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Statistics of Conditional Fluid Velocity in the Corrugated Flamelets Regime of Turbulent Premixed Combustion: A Direct Numerical Simulation Study by Nilanjan Chakraborty, Andrei N. Lipatnikov

“…In particular, conditional surface averaged velocities (ui)¯Rs and the velocity correlations (uiu)j¯Rs in the unburned reactants are demonstrated to be effectively modelled by the unconditional velocities (ui)¯R and velocity correlations (uiuj)¯R, respectively, for the major part of turbulent flame brush with the exception of the leading edge. By contrast, conditional surface averaged velocities (ui)¯Ps and the velocity correlations (uiu)j¯Ps in fully burned products are shown to be markedly different from the unconditional velocities (ui)¯P and velocity correlations (uiuj)¯P, respectively.…”
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Disturbance of Inorganic Phosphate Metabolism in Diabetes Mellitus: Its Relevance to the Pathogenesis of Diabetic Retinopathy by H. Vorum, J. Ditzel

“…First, the homeostatic function of the kidneys is suboptimal in diabetes, because elevated blood glucose concentrations depolarize the brush border membrane for Pi reabsorption and lead to lack of intracellular phosphate and hyperphosphaturia. …”
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Antibacterial Efficacy of Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles against Biofilms on Different Biomaterial Surfaces by Monica Thukkaram, Soundarya Sitaram, Sathish kumar Kannaiyan, Guruprakash Subbiahdoss

“…Therefore, combination of polymer brush coating and iron-oxide nanoparticles could show a significant reduction in biofilm formation.…”
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Integration of carbide lime substrate for enhanced energy recovery and dye decomposition in plant-microbial fuel cell coupled with cupric oxide/carbon cathode by Leow Guo-Yao, Lam Sze-Mun, Sin Jin-Chung, Zeng Honghu

“…This system featured a carbon brush anode and a cupric oxide/carbon (CuO/C) cathode. …”
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Therapeutic effects of Salvadora persica (Miswak) on patients with mild to moderate gingivitis. by Kawa F. Dizaye, Zainab Yalman Othman

“…Group 1 used S. persica chewing stick only; group 2 used toothbrush only; group 3 used both S. persica and toothbrush, group 4 used S. persica mouthwash and toothbrush; while group 5 used chlorhexidine mouthwash and tooth-brush. The patients’ mouths were examined, recording clinical indices before and after four weeks from the administration of treatments. …”
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Whitening Efficacy of 3% Carbamide Peroxide Gel Activated by Lactoperoxidase by Mehdi Khemiss, Ines Kallel, Hela Zouaghi, Mohamed Ben Khelifa, Sana Bagga

“…Participants were instructed to brush their teeth using an enzymatic-activated dentifrice following a particular procedure for three weeks. …”
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Dietary Ganglioside Reduces Proinflammatory Signaling in the Intestine by John Janez Miklavcic, Kareena Leanne Schnabl, Vera Christine Mazurak, Alan Bryan Robert Thomson, Michael Thomas Clandinin

“…Ganglioside composition of the intestinal brush border and apical surface of the colon influences numerous cell processes including microbial attachment, cell division, differentiation, and signaling. …”
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Quantifying the Effect of Soil Ameliorants on Soil Crusting by Means of Field Experiments in a Wildlife Protected Area, South Africa by Anélle Human, Gerhardus P. Nortjé, Michiel C. Laker

“…The following ameliorants were evaluated: polyacrylamide (PAM) at levels of 5 and 20 kg/ha, gypsum at 2.5 t/ha, and molasses meal at 5 t/ha, as well as combinations of PAM and molasses meal, PAM and gypsum and gypsum and molasses meal. Brush packing, without any ameliorant applied, was also included as treatment, as well as a control with no treatments. …”
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Fluoride Levels in Saliva and Plaque following the Use of High Fluoride and Conventional Dentifrices- a Triple Blinded Randomised Parallel Group Trial by Sharon Vincent, Abi M. Thomas

“…Subjects were asked to brush the occlusal surfaces of posterior teeth with one of the dentifrices for 2 min. …”
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