Parameters Influencing Sulfur Speciation in Environmental Samples Using Sulfur K-Edge X-Ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure by Siwatt Pongpiachan, Kanjana Thumanu, Charnwit Kositanont, Klaus Schwarzer, Jörg Prietzel, Phoosak Hirunyatrakul, Itthipon Kittikoon

“…The sensitivities of sulfur K-edge XANES spectra of ten sulfur compound standards detected by two different detectors, namely, Lytle detector (LyD) and Germanium detector (GeD), were studied and compared. …”
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Monitoring of Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Bacteria Isolated from Poultry Farms from 2014 to 2018 by Engy Ahmed Hamed, May Fathy Abdelaty, Hend Karam Sorour, Heba Roshdy, Mona Aly Abdelhalim AbdelRahman, Ola Magdy, Waleed Abdelfatah. Ibrahim, Ahmed Sayed, Hytham Mohamed, Mohammed Iraqi Youssef, Wafaa Mohamed Hassan, Heba Badr

“…A total of 657 different samples from internal organs (liver, heart, lung, and yolk) and paper-lining chick boxes were collected from native chicken farms which were submitted to the Reference Laboratory for Veterinary Quality Control on Poultry Production in the period from 2014 to 2018 for the detection of Salmonella, Escherichia coli (E. coli), and Staphylococcus. …”
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Chronic Deep Brain Stimulation of the Hypothalamic Nucleus in Wistar Rats Alters Circulatory Levels of Corticosterone and Proinflammatory Cytokines by Juan Manuel Calleja-Castillo, Dora Luz De La Cruz-Aguilera, Joaquín Manjarrez, Marco Antonio Velasco-Velázquez, Gabriel Morales-Espinoza, Julia Moreno-Aguilar, Maria Eugenia Hernández, Lucinda Aguirre-Cruz, Lenin Pavón

“…Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a therapeutic option for several diseases, but its effects on HPA axis activity and systemic inflammation are unknown. This study aimed to detect circulatory variations of corticosterone and cytokines levels in Wistar rats, after 21 days of DBS-at the ventrolateral part of the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMHvl), unilateral cervical vagotomy (UCVgX), or UCVgX plus DBS. …”
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Antibiotic exposure is associated with minimal gut microbiome perturbations in healthy term infants by Alain J. Benitez, Ceylan Tanes, Elliot S. Friedman, Joseph P. Zackular, Eileen Ford, Jeffrey S. Gerber, Patricia A. DeRusso, Andrea Kelly, Hongzhe Li, Michal A. Elovitz, Gary D. Wu, Babette Zemel, Kyle Bittinger

“…Conclusions Short-term and long-term gut microbiome perturbations by antibiotic exposure were detectable but substantially smaller than those associated with breastfeeding and infant age.…”
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Association of valproate use and hippocampal atrophy in idiopathic generalized epilepsy by Xiang Huang, Yingying Zhang, Qiuxing Lin, Kailing Huang, Yuming Li, Peiwen Liu, Danyang Cao, Wenhao Li, Wei Li, Xiuli Li, Qiyong Gong, Dong Zhou, Dongmei An

“…Additionally, significant volume reductions were detected in bilateral hippocampal volumes and subfields in IGE patients currently taking VPA compared with HCs. …”
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Establishment of a Nomogram for Predicting Early Death in Viral Myocarditis by Xuejun Sun, Naxin Xie, Mengling Guo, Xuelian Qiu, Hongwei Chen, Haibo Liu, Hongmu Li

“…A least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression model was used to detect the risk factors that most consistently and correctly predicted early death in VMC. …”
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Successful Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Using Intravascular Ultrasound-Guided Rewiring Technique in a Case of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Involving Left Main Bifur... by Yohei Numasawa, Souichi Yokokura, Yasuhiro Hitomi, Shohei Imaeda, Makoto Tanaka, Ryota Tabei, Masaki Kodaira

“…In the present case, IVUS played a pivotal role in not only detecting the arterial dissection but also correctly introducing the guide wire into the true lumen.…”
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Mesangial Cells Exhibit Features of Antigen-Presenting Cells and Activate CD4+ T Cell Responses by Hongyu Yu, Shaoyuan Cui, Yan Mei, Qinggang Li, Lingling Wu, Shuwei Duan, Guangyan Cai, Hanyu Zhu, Bo Fu, Li Zhang, Zhe Feng, Xiangmei Chen

“…CD4+ T cell activation induced by mesangial cells was detected in terms of T cell proliferation and cytokine production. …”
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Association of Serum Myeloid Cells of Soluble Triggering Receptor-1 Level with Myocardial Dysfunction in Patients with Severe Sepsis by Fei Tao, Liangshan Peng, Juan Li, Yiming Shao, Liehua Deng, Huaguo Yao

“…The optimal cut-off point of sTREM-1 for detecting patients with myocardial dysfunction was 468.05 ng/mL with sensitivity (80.6%) and specificity (75.7%). …”
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Genetic analysis of weak expression of ABO blood group antigens in neonates by YANG Jiali, ZHAO Ding, LI Wei, ZHANG Xiaopan, LI Zhihao, TIAN Dongdong

“…[Conclusion] For samples showing weakened antigens in ABO blood type identification of neonates, it is necessary to consider the possibility of ABO subtype in addition to age factors, and genetic testing can be used to prevent missed detection of ABO subtypes in neonates.…”
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Stepwise Adipogenesis of Decellularized Cellular Extracellular Matrix Regulates Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cell Migration and Differentiation by Ziang Zhang, Rongmei Qu, Tingyu Fan, Jun Ouyang, Feng Lu, Jingxing Dai

“…In addition, integrin subunit αv and integrins α6 and α7 were detected at significantly greater levels in ASCs cultured on growth and adipogenic d-ECM, respectively, suggesting that integrins play an important role in ASC migration and adipogenesis. …”
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Prevalence of Missed Canals and Their Association with Apical Periodontitis in Posterior Endodontically Treated Teeth: A CBCT Study by Mohammed Mashyakhy, Fatimah Ali Hadi, Hashimah Alhassan Alhazmi, Rawan Ali Alfaifi, Fatimah Saleem Alabsi, Hashim Bajawi, Mazen Alkahtany, Abdulaziz AbuMelha

“…In root canal-treated teeth, unfilled canals appearing from the cementoenamel junction to the apex were defined as missed untreated canals; and a periapical lesion was considered when disruption of the lamina dura was detected, and the low-density area associated with the radiographic apex was at least twice the width of the periodontal ligament space. …”
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The Application of FT-IR Spectroscopy for Quality Control of Flours Obtained from Polish Producers by Katarzyna Sujka, Piotr Koczoń, Alicja Ceglińska, Magdalena Reder, Hanna Ciemniewska-Żytkiewicz

“…The results obtained confirmed that application of statistical models based on MIR spectral data is a robust, accurate, precise, rapid, inexpensive, and convenient methodology for determination of flour characteristics, as well as for detection of content of selected flour ingredients. …”
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Effects of Cooking Treatment on the Changes of Polyphenol and Antioxidant Activity in Sorghum Rice and Its Exploration on the Flavor Enhancement Based on the Multi-omics Technique by Ke LIU, Lei XU, Changyuan WANG, Zhijiang LI, Jingzhi DENG

“…UPLC-MS analysis showed that a total of 341 metabolites were detected in both SR and SRC, among which 223 were differentially expressed. …”
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Development of the program for sustainability of technological development of an industrial enterprise by A. E. Miller, D. O. Drozdov

“…The advantages of the proposed approach include the possibility of specifying the estimated indicators and their impact on the sustainability of the technological development of an industrial enterprise: 1) the achievability of a quantitative assessment of the level of losses or the amount of profitability based on the selected option of the program of sustainability of technological development of an industrial enterprise; 2) the high possibility of detecting the factors of problematic situations that cause the need for their immediate leveling; 3) the potential for the formation of a real system process of integrating innovation-oriented and progressive technologies into the formation of the production and technological potential of industrial enterprises; 4) creating conditions for the development of optimal program and scenario options for the sustainability of technological development. …”
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Single-cell transcriptomes of dissecting the intra-tumoral heterogeneity of breast cancer microenvironment by Peixian Chen, Kaifeng Liang, Xiaofan Mao, Qiuyuan Wu, Zhiyan Chen, Yabin Jin, Kairong Lin, Tiancheng He, Shuqing Yang, Huiqi Huang, Guolin Ye, Juntao Gao, Dan Zhou, Zhihao Zeng

“…In macrophages, two mainly tumor associated macrophages (TAMs), TAM1 and TAM2, were also detected and the highly variable genes in TAM2 were strongly enriched in IFN-α and IFN-γ. …”
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Diabetes insipidus and Guillain-Barré-like syndrome following CAR-T cell therapy: a case report by Christian Koch, Patrick Roth, Juliane Fleischer, Todor Popov, Karl Frontzek, Bettina Schreiner, Markus G. Manz, Simone Unseld, Antonia M. S. Müller, Norman F. Russkamp

“…T cell-rich infiltrates and detection of the CAR transgene in muscle-nerve sections imply a direct or indirect role of CAR-T cell-mediated inflammation. …”
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Neutrophils Are Dysregulated in Patients with Hereditary Angioedema Types I and II in a Symptom-Free Period by Tereza Grymova, Marcela Vlkova, Premysl Soucek, Roman Hakl, Jana Nechvatalova, Peter Slanina, Julie Stichova, Jiri Litzman, Tomas Freiberger

“…Increased relative mRNA expression levels of CD274, IL1B, IL1RN, IL8, MMP9, and TLR4, together with a lack in their mutual correlations detected in HAE patients compared to healthy controls, suggested a preactivated state and dysregulation of patients’ neutrophils. …”
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Performance of Routine Helicobacter pylori Invasive Tests in Patients with Dyspepsia by Hsi-Chang Lee, Ting-Chang Huang, Chin-Lin Lin, Kuan-Yang Chen, Chung-Kwe Wang, Deng-Chyang Wu

“…This study was designed to compare the accuracy of three different invasive methods for the detection of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection in patients with dyspepsia. …”
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Clinical Factors Influencing Phenotype of HCMV-Specific CD8+ T Cells and HCMV-Induced Interferon-Gamma Production after Allogeneic Stem Cells Transplantation by Inmaculada Gayoso, Sara Cantisán, Carolina Cerrato, Joaquín Sánchez-García, Carmen Martin, Rafael Solana, Antonio Torres-Gomez, Julian Torre-Cisneros

“…Our results showed that the patients receiving stem cells from donors ≥40 years old were 12 times more likely to have HCMV-specific CD8+ T cells with “differentiated phenotype” (CD45RA+CCR7+ ≤6.7% and CD28+ ≤30%) than patients grafted from donors <40 years old (OR=12; P=0.014). In addition, a detectable IFN-γ production in response to HCMV peptides (cutoff 0.2 IU/mL IFN-γ; “reactive” QuantiFERON-HCMV test) was statistically associated with HCMV replication after transplantation (OR=11; P=0.026), recipients ≥40 versus <40 years old (OR=11; P=0.026), and the use of peripheral blood versus bone marrow as stem cell source (OR=17.5; P=0.024). …”
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