Mini-review: the utility of macroalgae in abalone diets and their role in heat resilience by Ida Ayu Amarilia Dewi Murni, Supono Supono

“…Feeding fresh macroalgae to abalone has supply inconsistency and biosecurity issues in the culture system. The utilization of commercially formulated diets could improve abalone growth rates. …”
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Adaptation and combination of two scales to measure dispositional gratitude in health sciences faculty: a psychometric analysis by Jesus Alfonso Beltran-Sanchez, José Moral de la Rubia, Adrian Valle de la O, Josue Omar Nava-Manzo, Angeles Dominguez

“…Gratitude has proven to be sensitive to different cultures. This research aims to determine the psychometric properties using a combined scale to measure dispositional gratitude in health sciences faculty. …”
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Enhanced Expression and Bioactivity Assessment of Recombinant SUMO-Protease-1 in E. coli BL21 (DE3) via Cleavage of His6-SMT3-SDF-1 Fusion Protein by Farzad Sadri, Hossain Safarpour, Zahra Ansari, Yazdan Ebrahimpour, Mohammad Feriedouni

“…We provided a codon-optimized Ulp1 gene into the pET28a vector. Essential culture factors, including IPTG concentration, incubation length of time, and temperature, were precisely adjusted. …”
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Non-pharmacological Methods Used in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by a Selected Group of People with T2DM in Colombo District, Sri Lanka: A Mixed-Method Study by Lakshani Herath, Manisha Kamalsiri, Perananthan Inthuja, Gayani P Gamage, Dinithi Vidanage

“…Adherence to family meal culture, resistance to follow dietary guidelines, aging, low income, and lack of time were reported by the participants as barriers to adherence. …”
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Synthesis of Zinc Oxide (ZnO)-Titanium Dioxide (TiO2)-Chitosan-Farnesol Nanocomposites and Assessment of Their Anticancer Potential in Human Leukemic MOLT-4 Cell Line by Abozer Y. Elderdery, Badr Alzahrani, Siddiqa M. A. Hamza, Gomaa Mostafa-Hedeab, Pooi Ling Mok, Suresh Kumar Subbiah

“…To analyze its anticancer activity, MOLT-4 cells were cultured and treated at diverse dosages of NCs. The cell viability upon treatment was examined by MTT assay. …”
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Impact of Combined Acidic and Hyperosmotic Shock Conditions on the Proteome of Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 19115 in a Time-Course Study by Dong Lai Zhang, Ya Long Bai, John P. Bowman

“…The enumeration results showed that, at 5 min, cells underwent initial rapid inactivation by 1.2 log units and 2.5 log units after 30 min, and after that, culturability remained stable when sampled at 1 h. From the iTRAQ results, the proteome level changes that occur rapidly during the inactivation process mainly affected prophage, cell defense/detoxification, carbohydrate-related metabolism, transporter proteins, phosphotransferase systems, cell wall biogenesis, and specific cell surface proteins. …”
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Development and psychometric evaluation of the Brief Parenting Questionnaire by Kenneth E. Miller, Alexandra Chen, Ioannis Bakolis, Gabriela V. Koppenol-Gonzalez, Maguy Arnous, Fadila Tossyeh, Dalia Al-Ogaily, Mark J. D. Jordans

“…Conclusions The BPQ is a brief culturally grounded self-report measure of parenting validated for use with Middle Eastern Arabic speaking parents. …”
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Influence of surface texture on osteogenic differentiation of dental pulp stem cells: An in vitro study by Komal Rajpurohit, Vidya Dodwad, Avinash Kharat, Spoorthi Belludi, Pooja Pharne, Sarah Marium

“…To identify which modified implant surface had greater potential for proliferation, 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay was performed using the explant culture. MTT assay assessed the viability of the cells as a function of its redox potential. …”
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Adiponectin Gene Polymorphisms and Possible Susceptibility to Metabolic Syndrome among the Sudanese Population: A Case-Control Study by Altaf S. Mosad, Ghada A. Elfadil, Alsadig Gassoum, Khanssa M. Elamin, Nazik Elmalaika Obaid Seid Ahmed Husain

“…The adiponectin gene (ADIPQ) has been identified as a human adiposity marker of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in several ethnic cultures. This study aimed to determine the allelic genotypes and haplotypes distribution of the ADIPQ gene polymorphisms and its association with body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and lipid profile in MetS adult Sudanese patients. …”
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Opportunities and challenges for enhancing preconception health in primary care: qualitative study with women from ethnically diverse communities by Joe Kai, Nadeem Qureshi, Helena Tuomainen, Laura Cross-Bardell, Mandeep Bhoday

“…These included little prevailing culture of preparing for pregnancy and the realities of their pregnancies often being unplanned; and, for those planning pregnancy, sensitivity and maintaining secrecy when trying to conceive. …”
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Comparison of Endogenous Endophthalmitis in Patients with and Without COVID-19 Infection by Ehsan Namvar, Mehdi Moallem, Mehrdad Afarid, Alireza Bolkheir

“…Seven patients (50%) had positive intraocular culture results. Two out of 7 patients had a history of COVID-19 infection. …”
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Carbon monoxide-oxidising Pseudomonadota on volcanic deposits by Robin A. Dawson, Nicola Fantom, Tamara Martin-Pozas, Patricia Aguila, Gary M. King, Marcela Hernández

“…Cupriavidus strain CV2 expressed CODH only when CO was added to cultures (100 ppm), while Pb. terrae COX expressed CODH regardless of supplementary CO addition. …”
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Financial security as a factor of military security by O. P. Getmanets, D. V. Korobtsova

“…It has been noted that the constant deficit of the state budget and the associated significant debt burden, insufficient development of long-term investment lending to the economy and the stock market, the growth of economic crime, and low financial culture in society are negative factors affecting the state of the financial system. …”
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Isolation and Identification of Lipase-producing Actinobacteria from the Lut Desert of Iran by Samira Abedi-Dolatabadi, Moj Khaleghi, Sedigheh Ghasemzadeh, Azadeh Lohrasbi-Nejad, Arastoo Badoei Delfard

“…In this study, microbial samples isolated from the Lut Desert region of Iran in 2017-2018 were cultured on specific Actinobacteria growth media. These samples were activated and cultivated on Tween 80 agar plates for lipase production. …”
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The mechanism of enterogenous toxin methylmalonic acid aggravating calcium-phosphorus metabolic disorder in uremic rats by regulating the Wnt/β-catenin pathway by Xing Fan, Jing Li, Yan Gao, Lin Li, Haisong Zhang, Zhaoyu Bi

“…Additionally, rat glomerular podocytes were cultured, with cell viability and apoptosis measured. …”
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Інформаційна держава в контексті міжнародної безпеки та глобальної ідентичності: виклики і перспективи... by Наталія Лікарчук

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Construction and Simulation of Online English Reading Model in Wireless Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor Environment Optimized by Particle Swarm Optimization by Bolan Zhou

“…English reading is an important way to consolidate and expand English language knowledge, and it is also an important way to obtain information and understand British and American culture. Therefore, reading teaching has always been an important part of English education and teaching at all levels and types of schools, and college English teaching is no exception. …”
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Broadening the diversity of consumers engaged in guidelines: a scoping review by Sophie Hill, Tari Turner, Anneliese Synnot, Kelvin Hill, Allison Jauré, Bronwen Merner, Peta Bates, Alexandra Liacos

“…The most commonly included PROGRESS-PLUS categories were Disability, Race/culture/ethnicity/language, Place of residence and Other vulnerable (eg, ‘disadvantaged groups’). …”
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DIFFERENT HUMAN IMAGES AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL COLISSIONS OF POST-MODERNISM EPOСH: BIOPHILOSOPHICAL INTERPRETATION by S. К. Коstyuchkov

“…The author reveals the key features of the Post-Modernism era, in which a fundamentally different civilizational space originates, and where a new type of person emerges in its internal culture, which is called the postmodern man. The postmodern man was considered through the prism of bio-philosophy. …”
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Diplomatic activities of M.M. Litvinov in the USA during the Great Patriotic War (1941–1943) by A. A. Vershinin, P. A. Tupikin

“…However, rapprochement between the two future superpowers was neither plain nor swift; rather was it constantly hampered by mutual suspicion, aggravated by differences in their political cultures. Under these conditions, the fate of their alliance depended on the willingness of the ‘Big Three’ leaders to respect each other’s interest and concerns, as well as on the personal initiative and determination of individual politicians and diplomats. …”
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