Arsenic and Heavy Metals in Vietnamese Rice: Assessment of Human Exposure to These Elements through Rice Consumption by Dinh Binh Chu, Hung Tuan Duong, Minh Thi Nguyet Luu, Hong-An Vu-Thi, Bich-Thuy Ly, Vu Duc Loi

“…Mercury, a highly toxic element, has been only found in rice samples collected in the mining activity zone (frequency detection 14.5% of total samples). The experimental results indicated that the heavy metals and arsenic found in rice collected from mining activity zone were higher than those in rice harvested from normal cultivated areas like the Red River Delta. …”
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High hemolytic activity in Staphylococcus aureus t1081/ST45 due to increased hla protein production and potential RNAIII-independent regulation by Yu-Tzu Lin, Ngoc-Niem Bui, Yu-Syuan Cheng, Cheng-Wen Lin, Chun-Li Lee, Tai-Fen Lee, Po-Ren Hsueh

“…No significant differences in hla sequences, upstream regulatory regions, or gene expression levels were detected between the two groups. The expression of the transcriptional regulators mgrA and saeR was also similar between the two groups. …”
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Diversity of new Russian bread wheat cultivars according to leaf rust resistance genes by E. I. Gultyaeva, E. L. Shaydayuk, V. V. Veselova, R. E. Smirnova, E. V. Zuev, A. G. Khakimova, O. P. Mitrofanova

“…Markers of identifiable genes were not detected in cv. ‘Sharm’, highly resistant to leaf rust. …”
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Near-infrared Integral-field Spectroscopy of the Wind Forming Region of CW Leo by Hyosun Kim, Youichi Ohyama, Ho-Gyu Lee, Ji Hoon Kim

“…On the other hand, a second peak detected at short wavelengths in the J band coincides with the brightest, bluest position in the optical images. …”
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Metabolomics Unveiled the Accumulation Characteristics of Taste Compounds During the Development and Maturation of Litchi Fruit by Nonghui Jiang, Wei Liu, Zhidan Xiao, Xu Xiang, Yun Zhong

“…A total of 238 taste metabolites were detected. Cluster analysis and PCA revealed significant changes in metabolite composition and content across different stages, closely correlating with the developmental phase. …”
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Advantages of using T1-mapping in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with acromegaly by Alina A. Almaskhanova, Konstantin V. Melkozerov, Elena G. Przhiyalkovskaya, Natalia V. Tarbaeva, Anastasya Y. Korneluk, Raisa S. Kosharnaia, Victor Y. Kalashnikov, Zhanna E. Belaya, Galina A. Mel'nichenko, Natalia G. Mokrysheva

“…All patients underwent standard medical examinations, including hormonal blood tests, electrocardiograms, echocardiography, Holter monitoring electrocardiograms and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the heart with gadolinium contrast, additionally 48 patients underwent T1-mapping, which is an MRI method that allows the detection of diffuse changes by measuring the values of myocardial relaxation time – T1. …”
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The clinical value of Serum hyaluronic acid, procollagen III, N-terminal propeptide levels sST2 and cfDNA in predicting the myocardial damage in children with severe pneumonia by Haoran Jia, Ye Liu, Tingting Zhao, Dexing Wang, Meng Du, Weiwei Wang

“…Biomarker levels (hyaluronic acid, procollagen III, N-terminal propeptide levels, sST2, and cfDNA) were detected through biochemical analysis, and clinical outcomes were compared between the two groups. …”
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The Analysis of the Fetal Abdominal Wall and Gastrointestinal Tract Abnormalities in a Single Tertiary Center by Gokhan Bolluk, Suleyman Cemil Oglak, Merih Cetinkaya, Isil Turan Bakirci, Oyhan Demirali, Mehmet Cok, Handan Turhan Karakus, Yasin Onur, Emine Zeynep Yilmaz

“… OBJECTIVE: We aimed to evaluate the fetuses with gastrointestinal anomalies and anterior abdominal wall defects detected in the prenatal period in our clinic and to analyze their perinatal outcomes. …”
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Emergence of coinfection with visceral Leishmania infantum in COVID-19 patients: a case‒control field study in an endemic area of visceral leishmaniasis in Iran by Selva Aminizadeh, Behnam Mohammadi-Ghalehbin, Mehdi Mohebali, Homa Hajjaran, Zabih Zarei, Zahra Heidari, Behnaz Akhondi, Zahra Alizadeh, Jafar Aghaei

“…Methods A total of 250 blood samples from hospitalized COVID-19 patients and 231 blood samples from non-COVID-19 patients as a control group were collected in Mashkin Shahr city, Iran from October 2020 to May 2021, and anti-Leishmania infantum antibodies were detected via direct agglutination test (DAT). For confirmation of non-COVID-19 samples as the control group, anti-COVID-19 IgG antibodies were measured via indirect ELISA. …”
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Impact of perineural tumor spread in head and neck adenoid cystic carcinoma for carbon-ion radiotherapy by Atsushi Musha, Nobuteru Kubo, Hidemasa Kawamura, Naoko Okano, Masahiro Onishi, Takeru Ohtaka, Midori Tamura, Osamu Nikkuni, Yuichi Tomidokoro, Satoshi Yokoo, Kazuaki Chikamatsu, Tatsuya Ohno

“…PNTS was evaluated by magnetic resonance imaging for detecting extratumoral extension to peritumoral nerves. …”
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Profiling of Somatic Mutations in Phaeochromocytoma and Paraganglioma by Targeted Next Generation Sequencing Analysis by Andrea Luchetti, Diana Walsh, Fay Rodger, Graeme Clark, Tom Martin, Richard Irving, Mario Sanna, Masahiro Yao, Mercedes Robledo, Hartmut P. H. Neumann, Emma R. Woodward, Farida Latif, Stephen Abbs, Howard Martin, Eamonn R. Maher

“…At least 12 genes (FH, HIF2A, MAX, NF1, RET, SDHA, SDHB, SDHC, SDHD, SDHAF2, TMEM127, and VHL) have been implicated in inherited predisposition to phaeochromocytoma (PCC), paraganglioma (PGL), or head and neck paraganglioma (HNPGL) and a germline mutation may be detected in more than 30% of cases. Knowledge of somatic mutations contributing to PCC/PGL/HNPGL pathogenesis has received less attention though mutations in HRAS, HIF2A, NF1, RET, and VHL have been reported. …”
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Noninvasive hemodynamic assessment of type 2 diabetes mellitus using four-dimensional flow magnetic resonance imaging by Di Wu, Jiachen Ji, Yuancheng Wang, Shujun Zhang, Hong Ge, Mingzhu Fu, Yunduo Li, Shenghong Ju, Rui Li

“…This study aimed to investigate early hemodynamic changes in patients with T2DM and evaluated the efficacy of Four-Dimensional Flow Magnetic Resonance Imaging (4D Flow MRI) in detecting and diagnosing T2DM and DN. Methods: The abdominal 4D Flow MRI data from 23 patients with T2DM and 23 healthy volunteers were collected and validated for subsequent analysis. …”
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Role of Arg1+ ILC2s and ILCregs in gestational diabetes progression by Zhangyun Gong, Haixing Yi, Jie Zhang, Wan Li, Hao Wang, Peipei Guo, Caihua Li, Anan Pan, Yunxia Cao, Zhimin Lu, Huanhuan Jiang

“…Compared to the control group with normal pregnancy, significantly elevated levels of ILC2s, Arg1+ILC2s, and ILCregs were detected in the PB, CB, and placental tissues of the GDM group. …”
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Identification of the RHD novel allele c. 801+2T>G and study of its effect on RhD phenotype in vitro by JIA Shuangshuang, WEN Jizhi, WEI Ling, ZHANG Runqing, LUO Guangping, JI Yanli

“…By using an in vitro micro gene splicing system, the mRNA splicing results were detected and analyzed using agarose and capillary electrophoresis to predict their impact on RhD phenotype. …”
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Longitudinal monitoring of sewershed resistomes in socioeconomically diverse urban neighborhoods by Jangwoo Lee, Kevin Xiang, Emily Au, Shahrzad Sarabi, Nicole Acosta, Srijak Bhatnagar, Jennifer Van Doorn, Stefania Bertazzon, John M. Conly, Elissa Rennert-May, Johann D. D. Pitout, Bonita E. Lee, Xiaoli Pang, Christine O’Grady, Kevin Frankowski, Casey R. J. Hubert, Michael D. Parkins

“…Methods We explored the relationship between SES and AMR in Calgary, Canada using spatially-resolved wastewater-based surveillance of resistomes detected by metagenomics across eight socio-economically diverse urban neighborhoods. …”
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Causal association between non-thyroidal autoimmune diseases and Graves' ophthalmopathy: A mendelian randomization study by Lan Ma, Xue Jiang, Zhijia Hou, Dongmei Li

“…MR-Egger regression was used to evaluate horizontal pleiotropy and MR pleiotropy residual sum and outlier (MR-PRESSO) test was used to detect the outliers. Results: For non-thyroidal ADs, the forward MR results using the IVM method showed that T1D (OR ​= ​1.259, 95%CI 1.026–1.5465; P ​= ​0.028) and SLE (OR ​= ​1.807, 95%CI 1.229–2.655; P ​= ​0.003) were correlated with the risk of GO at the genetic level, while there was no evidence showing that IBD, MS, PV and RA were correlated with GO. …”
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Effects of Mulch Type, Plant Cultivar, and Insecticide Use on Sweet Potato Whitefly Population in Chili Pepper by Andi Nasruddin, Nurariaty Agus, Alam Saubil, Jumardi Jumardi, Burhanuddin Rasyid, Andry Siriniang, Andi Dirham Nasruddin, Firdaus Firdaus, Ahwiyah Ekawaty Said

“…Bara was more resistant than Bhaskara against B. tabaci in the field; however, in the no-choice trial, no significant difference was detected between both cultivars. Insecticide applications twice per week and once per week were equally effective in controlling the whitefly on the susceptible cultivar (Bhaskara). …”
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Gallic acid alleviates exercise-induced muscle damage by inhibiting mitochondrial oxidative stress and ferroptosis by Likai Yu, Di Tian, Zishan Su, Li Zhang, Shaobo Guo, Wenhui Zhu, Yuan Fang, Peimin Wang, Nongshan Zhang

“…JC-1, DHE, and C11-BODIPY 581/591 probes were used to detect mitochondrial membrane potential, mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mtROS), and lipid peroxidation levels. …”
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Targeted genome modifcation in protoplasts of a highly regenerable Siberian barley cultivar using RNA-guided Cas9 endonuclease by S. V. Gerasimova, A. M. Korotkova, C. Hertig, S. Hiekel, R. Hofe, N. Budhagatapalli, I. Otto, G. Hensel, V. K. Shumny, A. V. Kochetov, J. Kumlehn, E. K. Khlestkina

“…Deep-sequencing of amplicons obtained from protoplast genomic DNA revealed that 6 to 22 percent of the target sites were mutated. The detected modifcations comprised deletions in all three target sites and of various sizes, whereas insertions were observed in only one of the target genes (Vrs1) and were confned to the size of 1 nucleotide. …”
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Comparison of Concentration- and Homology-Dependent Effects of the Proinflammatory Cytokine Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) in a Bovine Chondrocyte Inflammation Model by Robert Ossendorff, Sarah Kurth, Su Wang, Max Jaenisch, Elio Assaf, Sebastian Scheidt, Kristian Welle, Christof Burger, Dieter C. Wirtz, Andreas C. Strauss, Frank A. Schildberg

“…The threshold concentration for a detectable effect compared to control differed between groups, but was reached earlier by homologous application of IL-1β. …”
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