Biodesulfurization of high-sulfur oil from the Karazhanbas field of Kazakhstan with deep eutectic solvents by A.O. Akimbek, G.A. Jamalova, A.K. Yernazarova, G.K. Kaiyrmanova, B.K. Yelikbayev, M.C. Pagano, A.G. Zazybin, Kh. S. Rafikova

“…It is known that sulfur negatively affects the operational properties of petroleum products, causes the corrosion of pipelines, and adversely affects the environment and the human body. Therefore, the development of biodesulfurization technology, taking into account local features, is relevant for this field. …”
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Distinct phenotypes of salivaricin-producing Ligilactobacillus salivarius isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of broiler chickens and laying hens by A.G. Elnar, Y.J. Jang, B.G. Eum, M.H. Kang, G.W. Hwang, D.Y. Kil, G.B. Kim

“…Finally, the functional characterization of active salP allows for a better understanding of its potential to control specific bacteria in human food and animal production.…”
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Genetic determinants of skin ageing: a systematic review and meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies and candidate genes by Chloe Wong, Jun Yan Ng, Yang Yie Sio, Fook Tim Chew

“…The Web of Science, Embase, and PubMed databases were searched on January 2024 using specific exclusion criteria (e.g., study of non-human subjects, focus on skin diseases, or treatments) to identify relevant articles. …”
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Time to act: Institutional mental health support for Ukrainian academic staff during wartime by Natalia Tsybuliak, Volodymyr Vakhitov, Hanna Mytsyk, Hanna Lopatina, Maryna Nesterenko, Artem Polulyakhov, Yuriy Petrushenko

“…Natalia Tsybuliak is grateful to the Ukraine Research Network@ZOiS, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, for support in implementing the research.This work was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine as part of the state-funded research project 0123U105351, “Ukrainian universities in new realities: the impact of war and mechanisms for preserving the scientific and human resource potential for training specialists in high-tech fields.”…”
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A Pooling Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Susceptibility Loci and Signaling Pathways of Immune Thrombocytopenia in Chinese Han Population by Yanmei Xu, Jing Li, Wentao Yang, Xiaoli Tang, Bo Huang, Jing Liu, Jin Lin, Jing Zhang, Weiming Yang, Shuqi Li, Fan Sun, Libin Deng, Xiaozhong Wang

“…To extend the genetic evidence and to identify novel candidates of ITP, we performed a pooling genome-wide association study (GWAS) by IlluminaHumanOmniZhongHua-8 combining pathway analysis in 200 ITP cases and 200 controls from Chinese Han population (CHP). …”
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Extraction, Chemical Composition and Antidiabetic Potential of Crude Polysaccharides from Centella asiatica (L.) Urban by Meng Li, Muhammad Shahid, Xiaobin Zhang, Douglas Law, Mukram Muhammad Mackeen, Arnida Hani Teh, Ahmad Abdul Kareem Najm, Shazrul Fazry, Babul Airianah Othman

“…The global prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is escalating, posing a significant challenge to human healthcare systems. In the present study, mineral and monosaccharide compositions, and antidiabetic potential of polysaccharide fractions separated from Centella asiatica (L.) leaves (CAL) were assessed. …”
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Enhanced preoperative prediction of breast lesion pathology, prognostic biomarkers, and molecular subtypes using multiple models diffusion-weighted MR imaging by Litong He, Feng Li, Yanjin Qin, Yuling Li, Qilan Hu, Zhiqiang Liu, Yunfei Zhang, Tao Ai

“…Significant differences in IVIM-D, IVIM-D*, and DKI-MK values were observed between human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative and HER2-positive tumors. …”
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Screening Southeast Asian medicinal plants: Clausena lansium, Leea indica, Strobilanthes crispa, Vitex trifolia for anti-platelet aggregation and blood coagulation effects by Sogand Zareisedehizadeh, Fu-Xun Heng, Chay-Hoon Tan, Paul Chi-Lui Ho, Hwee-Ling Koh

“…Platelet aggregation was analyzed using collagen-induced aggregation in human whole blood. Anticoagulant activities were evaluated by determining the effects on prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT). …”
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Improving antibiotic utilization in West Africa: enhancing interventions through systematic review and evidence synthesis by Eric S. Donkor, Abdul-Halim Osman, Bill Clinton Aglomasa, Aaron Awere-Duodu, Alex Odoom, Bismark Opoku-Asare, Gilbert Lazarus

“…Despite western sub-Saharan Africa being identified as one of the major hotspots of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) with the highest mortality, a comprehensive regional analysis of the magnitude and key drivers of AMR due to human antibiotic use has not been conducted. Method We carried out a systematic review by conducting a comprehensive search in various databases including PubMed and Scopus for eligible articles published in the English Language between 1 January 2000 and 14 February 2024. …”
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Early Changes in Tumor Perfusion from T1-Weighted Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI following Neural Stem Cell-Mediated Therapy of Recurrent High-Grade Glioma Correlate with Overall Su... by Prativa Sahoo, Paul Frankel, Julie Ressler, Margarita Gutova, Alexander J. Annala, Behnam Badie, Jana Portnow, Karen S. Aboody, Massimo D’Apuzzo, Russell C. Rockne

“…All patients were enrolled in a first-in-human study (NCT01172964) of NSC-mediated therapy for recurrent high-grade glioma. …”
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Effect of photobiomodulation as preventive treatment of diabetic foot ulcer: randomised, controlled, double-blind, clinical trial protocol by Lara Jansiski Motta, Anna Carolina Ratto Tempestini Horliana, Kristianne Porta Santos Fernandes, Raquel Agnelli Mesquita-Ferrari, Sandra Kalil Bussadori, Roselene Lourenço, Silvana Torres Perez, Cinthya Cosme Gutierrez Duran, Alexandre Rocha Santos Padilha, Tainá Caroline dos Santos Malavazzi

“…Assessments will be performed at the beginning of the study, after 30 days (clinical examination) and after 60 days (clinical examination, assessment of peripheral neuropathy (PN) and peripheral artery disease (PAD), blood and urine examinations and quality of life).Ethics and dissemination This protocol received approval from the Human Research Ethics Committee of Nove de Julho University and the Mandaqui Hospital Complex (certificate number: 66098522.0.3001.5511; final approval date: 22 June 2023). …”
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A sterol panel for rare lipid disorders: sitosterolemia, cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis and Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome by Alexander Bauer Westbye, Lili L. Dizdarevic, Sandra R. Dahl, Emil Andreas Asprusten, Yngve Thomas Bliksrud, Anita Lövgren Sandblom, Ulf Diczfalusy, Per M. Thorsby, Kjetil Retterstøl

“…A simple and rapid method to extract free sterols from human serum and quantitate their concentration using isotope-dilution liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) without derivatization was developed. …”
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Assembly of Genetically Engineered Ionizable Protein Nanocage-based Nanozymes for Intracellular Superoxide Scavenging by Qiqi Liu, Zhanxia Gao, Xiangyun Zhang, Qiannan Duan, Yue Zhang, Adam C. Midgley, Li Jiao, Ruming Liu, Mingsheng Zhu, Deling Kong, Jie Zhuang, Xinglu Huang

“…Specifically, ionizable repeated Histidine-Histidine-Glutamic acid (9H2E) sequences are genetically incorporated into the outer surface of human heavy chain FTn, followed by the assembly of various chain-like nanostructures via a two-armed polyethylene glycol (PEG). …”
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Investigating BLS instructors’ ability to evaluate CPR performance: focus on compression depth, rate, and recoil by Shih-Jhan Lin, Chih-Jan Chang, Shao-Chung Chu, Ying-Hsin Chang, Ming-Yuan Hong, Po-Chang Huang, Chia-Lung Kao, Chih-Hsien Chi

“…Key metrics such as chest compression speed, depth, and recoil were examined to identify the degree of consistency between human and automated evaluations. Results In this study, CPR performance was analyzed using QCPR devices and BLS instructors across metrics like speed, depth, and recoil. …”
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Perceived stress, trust, safety and severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection among patients discharged from hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic’s first wave: a PREMs survey by Henk Verloo, Eric Bonvin, Nadine Tacchini-Jacquier, Sevrine Monnay

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Prolyl 4‐hydroxylase α‐subunit family regulation of type I collagen deposition and IL17RB/c‐Jun activation synergistically mediate choline dehydrogenase promotion of colorectal can... by Xiaowen Yang, Yifei Li, Xinzhuang Shen, Shuying Wang, Zhuqing Zhang, Wenfei Du, Chenglong Yang, Xinyu Jiang, Xiaoyuan Zhang, Yongming Huang, Wenzhi Shen

“…The study explored the functional role and mechanism of CHDH in CRC metastasis using human CRC tissues and a xenograft mouse model. CHDH expression was significantly higher in CRC compared to normal tissues and showed a positively correlation with CRC tumor‐nodes‐metastasis stage. …”
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Production of antibodies and antibody fragments containing non-natural amino acids in Escherichia coli by Jacquelyn Blake-Hedges, Dan Groff, Wilson Foo, Jeffrey Hanson, Elenor Castillo, Miao Wen, Diana Cheung, Mary Rose Masikat, Jian Lu, Young Park, Nina Abi Carlos, Hans Usman, Kevin Fong, Abigail Yu, Sihong Zhou, Joyce Kwong, Cuong Tran, Xiaofan Li, Dawei Yuan, Trevor Hallam, Gang Yin

“…Therapeutic bioconjugates are emerging as an essential tool to combat human disease. Site-specific conjugation technologies are widely recognized as the optimal approach for producing homogeneous drug products. …”
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Network meta-analysis of cadmium toxicity against Chlorella vulgaris and the role of growth stimulants and macronutrients by M. Iqhrammullah, S. Saudah, M. Monalisa, F. Fahrurrozi, S.A. Akbar, S.S. Lubis

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The presence of heavy metals, specifically cadmium, in the environment poses significant threats to both ecological systems and human health. However, microalgae have shown potential in addressing this issue through their ability to absorb cadmium and produce valuable biomass, making them a promising solution for bioremediation. …”
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Systematic review: e-cigarettes vs. conventional cigarettes by Mateusz Janik, Barbara Ufnalska, Joanna Rychlewska-Duda, Justyna Lisiecka, Artur Fabijański, Anna Konarska, Anna Machowiak, Michał Nowak, Wojciech Firlej, Adrianna Dukacz

“…Years of research on larger sample sizes are needed to determine their impact on humans. …”
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To Explore the Pathogenesis of Vascular Lesion of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Based on the PI3K/Akt Signaling Pathway by Jia-Rong Gao, Xiu-Juan Qin, Zhao-Hui Fang, Li-Shan, Li-Ping Han, Hui-Jiang, Ming-Fei Guo, Nan-Nan Jiang

“…Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has become a chronic disease, serious harm to human health. Complications of the blood pipe are the main cause of disability and death in diabetic patients, including vascular lesions that directly affects the prognosis of patients with diabetes and survival. …”
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