Identification of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in Senecio Plants by Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry by An-Jing Lu, Yan-Liu Lu, Dao-Peng Tan, Lin Qin, Hua Ling, Chang-Hong Wang, Yu-Qi He

“…LC-MS was rapid and sensitive method for detecting and identifying PAs in plants. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids were the toxiferous constituent of Senecio plants. …”
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SSR loci potentially associated with high amylopectine content in maize kernel endosperm by S. I. Vakula, O. A. Orlovskaya, L. V. Khotyleva, A. V. Kilchevsky

“…To this end, a complex of biochemical (calorimetry, bichromate method), molecular-genetic (SSR-PCR, capillary gel electrophoresis with fluorescent detection of fragments) and statistical (descriptive statistics, cluster analysis, χ2) analysis methods was used. …”
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Systematic review of surface disinfection: Spraying versus wiping for COVID-19 prevention by Babasola 0. Okusanya, Muzzammil Gadanya, Anthony Nlemadim, Victoria Adaramoye, David O. Akeju, John Ehiri, Martin M. Meremiku

“…Also, wiping with 500 ppm of bleach for 5 min completely reduces the virus on kraft paper and polypropylene. No viruses were detected on any surface after wiping with 1000 ppm of bleach for 5 min. …”
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Diagnosis of Coxiella burnetii endocarditis by using nanopore targeted sequencing: a case report by Xinsheng Yan, Qimei Wei, Tingting Liu, Dong Wang, Zhenlu Zhang

“…The other tests were all negative, only the NTS detected C. burnetii. After further confirmation, the final diagnosis was C. burnetii infective endocarditis. …”
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Determination and Difference Analysis of Phenolic Compounds in Smokers’ Saliva and Mainstream Smoke by Xiaoxi Si, Jianyun Yang, Fengmei Zhang, Ruizhi Zhu, Chunbo Liu, Wei Jiang, Qingpeng Shen, Pei He, Shiyun Tang, Zhenjie Li, Zhihua Liu, Junheng You, Zhang Di

“…To study the differences in phenolic compounds between tobacco smokers’ saliva and mainstream smoke, a method was developed for the analysis of 12 phenolic compounds in saliva and mainstream smoke based on ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (UPLC-FLD). The contents and distributions of phenolic compounds in tobacco smokers’ saliva and mainstream smoke were compared. …”
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Lysophosphatidylethanolamine improves diastolic dysfunction by alleviating mitochondrial injury in the aging heart by Guiwen Xu, Wei Xiao, Pengqi Sun, Yuanjun Sun, Xinyu Yang, Xiaomeng Yin, Yang Liu

“…Mitochondrial morphologies from tissue samples were evaluated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), while mitochondrial membrane potential and reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels were assessed using JC-1, MitoSOX, and DCFH-DA detection assays. We performed GO enrichment analysis between adult and aging mice and discovered significant enrichment in transcriptional programs associated with mitochondria and lipid metabolism. …”
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Paper Bags vis-à-vis LDPE Bags: Gleanings from Peer-reviewed E-LCA Publications by Isabell Lidbrand, Govindarajan Venkatesh, Magnus Lestelius

“…The ‘What’, ‘How’ and ‘Where’, so to say were studied carefully to understand the reasons behind any differences or similarities detected. On the basis of this focused review, even though no new knowledge is being added, the common belief that the paper bag is environmentally superior to the LDPE alternative is further consolidated. …”
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Hyperkalemia or Not? A Diagnostic Pitfall in the Emergency Department by Frank-Peter Stephan, Florian N. Riede, Luca Ünlü, Gioele Capoferri, Tito Bosia, Axel Regeniter, Roland Bingisser, Christian H. Nickel

“…However, the frequency of factitious hyperkalemia, an artificially elevated potassium level in hyperkalemic ED patients, is unknown. This study aims to detect the rate of factitious hyperkalemia among patients with a potassium concentration of ≥5.0 mmol/l in an all-comer ED population. …”
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Mofette Vegetation as an Indicator for Geogenic CO2 Emission: A Case Study on the Banks of the Laacher See Volcano, Vulkaneifel, Germany by Hardy Pfanz, Frank Saßmannshausen, Christiane Wittmann, Benny Pfanz, Annika Thomalla

“…Specific plant species can thus be used to detect and monitor pre- or postvolcanic CO2 degassing.…”
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Identifying spatiotemporal pattern and trend prediction of land subsidence in Zhengzhou combining MT-InSAR, XGBoost and hydrogeological analysis by Zheng Zhou, Jiyuan Hu, Jiayao Wang, Lijun Wang, Tianrong Qiao, Zhen Li, Shiyuan Cheng

“…This study jointly utilised Multi-temporal synthetic aperture radar interferometry (MT-InSAR), eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost), and hydrogeological analysis to quantitatively assess the extent and trends, as well as the causes of land deformation before and after the 7·20 event in Zhengzhou city. The findings detected three major subsidence zones and two uplift zones within the city. …”
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“Play by play”: A dataset of handball and basketball game situations in a standardized spaceZenodo by Bruno Cabado, Bertha Guijarro-Berdiñas, Emilio J. Padrón

“…Positions of players, referees, and the ball were automatically inferred in each frame by an object detector, followed by a tracking step to detect object positions across frames and compute the velocity vectors. …”
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High Doses of Halotolerant Gut-Indigenous Lactobacillus plantarum Reduce Cultivable Lactobacilli in Newborn Calves without Increasing Its Species Abundance by Alexander Rodriguez-Palacios, Henry R. Staempfli, J. Scott Weese

“…L. plantarum-B80-like colonies were detected in a large proportion of calves (58%) even before their first 24 hours of life indicating endemic presence of the strain in the farm. …”
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Neu5Ac Induces Human Dental Pulp Stem Cell Osteo-/Odontoblastic Differentiation by Enhancing MAPK/ERK Pathway Activation by Changzhou Li, Xinghuan Xie, Zhongjun Liu, Jianhua Yang, Daming Zuo, Shuaimei Xu

“…Fluorescent microscopy was used to detect the existence of sialic acid on the DPSC membrane. …”
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Sound-Induced Flash Illusions Support Cortex Hyperexcitability in Fibromyalgia by Vincenzo Di Stefano, Salvatore Iacono, Andrea Gagliardo, Bruna Maggio, Giuliana Guggino, Massimo Gangitano, Roberto Monastero, Vito Renato Maggio, Nadia Bolognini, Filippo Brighina

“…Fission and fusion illusory effects were detected in all the participants. However, in FM patients, the fission illusion was reduced and almost abolished as compared to HCs (1F1B, p=0.02; 1F2B, p<0.0001; 1F3B, p<0.0001; 1F4B, p=0.0001), while there were no differences between groups in fusion trials. …”
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Antitumor Effect of Demethylzeylasteral (T-96) on Triple-Negative Breast Cancer via LSD1-Mediate Epigenetic Mechanisms by Zhengjie Shen, Yongjuan Gu, Ruiyang Jiang, Heya Qian, Siyuan Li, Lixian Xu, Wenzhe Gu, Yun Zuo

“…Subcutaneous murine xenograft models were used to detect the efficacy of T-96 antitumor activity in vivo. …”
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Polymorphism of angiogenesis regulation factor genes (<i>VEGF/VEGFR</i>), and extracellular matrix remodeling genes (<i>MMP/TIMP</i>), and the levels of their products in extracell... by V. I. Konenkov, V. V. Nimaev, A. V. Shevchenko, V. F. Prokofiev

“…It was shown that, in primary lymphedema, genotypes associated with low MMP2 and TIMP2 in serum and tissue fluid are detected, while in secondary lymphedema, other associations of the production levels with combined genetic traits are observed.…”
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Assessment of Clinical Features in HIV-Infected Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in China by Ying Liu, Yongfu Chen, Yiwei Hao, Jing Xiao, Bei Li, Leidan Zhang, Junyan Han, Hongxin Zhao

“…PLWH undergoing PCI displayed similar CAD burden and 1-year prognosis compared with HIV-negative patients. Early detection of cardiovascular risk factors and appropriate secondary prevention of CAD in PLWH might alleviate the risk of severe adverse cardiovascular events.…”
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A New Algorithm for Extracting Winter Wheat Planting Area Based on Ownership Parcel Vector Data and Medium-Resolution Remote Sensing Images by Huaming Xie, Qianjiao Wu, Ting Zhang, Zhende Teng, Hao Huang, Ying Shu, Shaoru Feng, Jing Lou

“…Second, the homogeneity of each ROI is detected by its statistical indices (mean value and standard deviation). …”
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Nonlinear Structural Fusion for Multiplex Network by Nianwen Ning, Feiyu Long, Chunchun Wang, Youjie Zhang, Yilin Yang, Bin Wu

“…Experiments on real-world networks demonstrate that MNSF outperforms the state-of-the-art methods in tasks link prediction and shared community detection.…”
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Understanding how, for whom and under what circumstances telecare can support independence in community-dwelling older adults: a realist review by Lauren Fothergill, Niall Hayes, Yvonne Latham, Jenny Hamilton, Saiqa Ahmed, Carol Holland

“…Telecare services should support older adults’ goal of staying at home by providing reassurance of help in an emergency and aid in detecting age-related deterioration (2). Telecare that supports autonomy by enabling choice over technological resources may support self-reliance and control over one’s life, including choosing the level of monitoring, freedom to call for help if needed, and the ability to customise technology to suit needs (3). …”
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