Use of dietary supplements among lactating women in western Algeria. [Prise des compléments alimentaires chez des femmes allaitantes de l'ouest Algérien] by Amina BAYAZID, Kheira MELIANI, Meriem LEBAINI

“…The intake rates of vitamins B1, B2, B9, E, D, iodine, and omega-3 ranged from 10% to 25%, while those of vitamins A, B3, B5, B8, and calcium were below 9%. …”
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Chemical Composition, Physicochemical Characteristics, and Nutritional Value of Lannea kerstingii Seeds and Seed Oil by Judicaël Thomas Ouilly, Patrice Bazongo, Adjima Bougma, Nèbpawindé Kaboré, Anne Mette Lykke, Amadé Ouédraogo, Imaël Henri Nestor Bassolé

“…Physicochemical properties of the seed oil were melting point, 19.67°C; refractive index (25°C), 1.47; iodine value, 60.72/100 g of oil; peroxide value, 0.99 meq. …”
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Evaluation of Yield and Physicochemical Quality of Pentadesma butyracea Butter Obtained by Different Traditional Extraction Methods in Ghana by Josephine Akuba Timtey, Francis Alemawor, William Otoo Ellis, Jacob K. Agbenorhevi, Nana Baah Pepra-Ameyaw

“…Results of physicochemical properties of the PBSB samples showed moisture content of 0.06-0.07%, free fatty acid of 1.38-2.43%, iodine value of 56.50-56.85 Wijs, peroxide value of 5.58-8.52 mEq/kg, relative density of 0.91, refractive index of 1.462-1.464, percent impurities of 0.015-0.017%, saponification value of 165.57-178.02 mg KOH/g, and percent unsaponifiable matter of 2.60-3.18%. …”
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The frequency of mutations in advanced thyroid cancer in Japan: a single-center study by Soji Toda, Hiroyuki Iwasaki, Yoichiro Okubo, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Mei Kadoya, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Tomoyuki Yokose, Yukihiko Hiroshima, Katsuhiko Masudo

“…Of the 81 patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) and PDTC, 88.9% were radioactive iodine-refractory, and 32.7% of all cases had previously been treated with multiple kinase inhibitors. …”
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Kinetics of Sphalerite Leaching by MnO₂-KI Oxidation System in Sulfuric Acid by Mladen Bugarčić, Aleksandar Jovanović, Dimitrije Anđić, Ivana Jelić, Milica Miletić, Branislav Marković, Miroslav Sokić

“…Moreover, this system offers an improved method for separating iodine from the leachate upon completion, enhancing the overall process efficiency. …”
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Predicting Outcomes in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Using scRNA‐Seq and Bulk RNA‐Seq: A Model Development and Validation Study by Jiaqi Zhang, Shunzhe Song, Yuqing Li, Aixia Gong

“…ABSTRACT Background Altered glucose metabolism is a critical characteristic from the beginning stage of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), and the phenomenon is presented as a pink‐color sign under endoscopy after iodine staining. Therefore, calculating the metabolic score based on the glucose metabolic gene sets may bring some novel insights, enabling the prediction of prognosis and the identification of treatment choices for ESCC. …”
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Nutrient Profiling Models in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Considering Local Nutritional Challenges: A Systematic Review by Marie Tassy, Ries van Dijk, Alison L Eldridge, Tsz Ning Mak, Adam Drewnowski, Edith JM Feskens

“…The prevalence of undernutrition; overweight/obesity; and iron, vitamin A, and iodine deficiencies were extracted from the Global Health Observatory and the Global Burden of Disease study. …”
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Some of the applications level of the protection and control of mastitis in dairy cattle farms in turkey with different qualifications by Ali Rişvanlı, Nevzat Saat, Tarık Şafak, Öznur Yılmaz, Burak Fatih Yüksel, Mehmet Akif Kılınç, Halef Doğan, Murat Yüksel, Selim Kul, İbrahim Şeker

“…It was determined that the applications of teat dipping (70.4%), dry period antibiotics (72.8%), teat seal (9.5%) and mastitis vaccine (55.6%) in large farms were higher than small scale farms and It was determined that the proportion of those which do predipping and postdipping is higher than those which do not, and that iodine antiseptics are used the most in applications. …”
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PHARMACOECONOMICAL RESEARCH OF THE USE OF SORAFENIB IN MALIGNANT TUMORS by M. Y. Frolov, N. A. Avksentjev, I. G. Rusakov, E. V. Derkach

“…The calculated costs of treatment with sorafenib at a hypothetical group of 100 patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (MRCC), hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and differentiated thyroid cancer resistant to radioactive iodine (DCT). These costs were compared with costs of treatment of a similar group of 100 patients, with treatment of MRCC applied bevacizumab (original or generic) in combination with interferon α, and patients with HCC and DCT were excluded from receiving drugs from a program of providing with necessary medicines (PNM). …”
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Photodynamic Therapy with Protoporphyrin IX Precursors Using Artificial Daylight Improves Skin Antisepsis for Orthopedic Surgeries by Tiziano A. Schweizer, Julia S. Würmli, Julia Prinz, Maximilian Wölfle, Roger Marti, Hendrik Koliwer-Brandl, Ashley M. Rooney, Vanni Benvenga, Adrian Egli, Laurence Imhof, Philipp P. Bosshard, Yvonne Achermann

“…Twenty healthy participants were allocated to either 5-aminolevulinic acid-(5-ALA) PDT-DL (n = 10) or MAL-PDT-DL (n = 10) before antisepsis with povidone-iodine/alcohol. Skin swabs from the groin were taken to cultivate bacteria at baseline, after PDT-DL, and after the subsequent antisepsis. …”
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A retrospective cohort study: do patients with graves’ disease need to be euthyroid prior to surgery? by Abrar Al Jassim, Tim Wallace, Sarah Bouhabel, Agnieszka Majdan, Michael Hier, Veronique-Isabelle Forest, Richard Payne

“…A total of 78% of patients were on methimazole, 34% on beta-blockers, 27% on potassium iodine solution, 10% on propylthiouracil and 7% on steroids. …”
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Foliar image-based characterization of airborne particulate matter in an urban area and its implications for remediation by Ankesh Tiwari, Triratnesh Gajbhiye, Mohineeta Pandey, Kajal Agrawal, Shuvadarshini Naik, Shubhrasmita Meher, Dinesh Patel, Rashmi Dubey, Tanzil Gaffar Malik, Mohammed Zari, Ali Zari, Khalid M Alghamdi, Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Sudhir Kumar Pandey

“…Hazardous elements, including arsenic (As), antimony (Sb), iron (Fe), indium (In), terbium (Tb), chlorine (Cl), and iodine (I), were identified, underscoring potential health risks associated with the PM composition. …”
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Association of iron status indicators with thyroid hormone concentrations during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mohammadamin Parsaei, Mohadese Dashtkoohi, Elahe Amirkhalili, Mohammadreza Chashmyazdan, Tim I. M. Korevaar, Tim I. M. Korevaar, Pantea Nazeri

“…Iron deficiency may impair thyroid function due to iron’s essential role in iodine oxidation during thyroid hormone synthesis. …”
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Impact of adjunctive tolvaptan on sympathetic activity in acute heart failure with preserved ejection fraction by Shunsuke Tamaki, Takahisa Yamada, Takashi Morita, Yoshio Furukawa, Masato Kawasaki, Atsushi Kikuchi, Tsutomu Kawai, Masahiro Seo, Makoto Abe, Jun Nakamura, Kyoko Yamamoto, Kiyomi Kayama, Masatsugu Kawahira, Kazuya Tanabe, Kunpei Ueda, Takanari Kimura, Daisuke Sakamoto, Yuto Tamura, Takeshi Fujita, Masatake Fukunami

“…Patients were randomly assigned to receive either tolvaptan add‐on (n = 25) or conventional diuretic therapy (n = 26). Cardiac iodine‐123 metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) imaging was performed after stabilisation of heart failure symptoms, and the cardiac MIBG heart‐to‐mediastinum ratio (HMR) and washout rate (WR) were calculated. …”
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Investigation of the physicochemical factors affecting the in vitro digestion and glycemic indices of indigenous indica rice cultivars by Indira Govindaraju, Anusha R. Das, Ishita Chakraborty, Sib Sankar Mal, Bhaswati Sarmah, Vishwa Jyoti Baruah, Nirmal Mazumder

“…Further, biochemical investgations such as amylose content, resistant starch content were estimated using iodine-blue complex method and megazyme kit respectively. …”
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Nutritional intake of micronutrient and macronutrient and type 2 diabetes: machine learning schemes by Mohammad Rashidmayvan, Amin Mansoori, Elahe Derakhshan-Nezhad, Davoud Tanbakuchi, Fatemeh Sangin, Maryam Mohammadi-Bajgiran, Malihehsadat Abedsaeidi, Sara Ghazizadeh, MohammadReza Mohammad Taghizadeh Sarabi, Ali Rezaee, Gordon Ferns, Habibollah Esmaily, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan

“…Result Nutritional intake in the T2D group showed that potassium, calcium, magnesium, zinc, iodine, carotene, vitamin D, tryptophan, and vitamin B12 had an inverse correlation with the incidence of diabetes (p < 0.05). …”
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Antibiotic and Disinfectant Susceptibility Patterns of Bacteria Isolated from Farmed Fish in Kirinyaga County, Kenya by Daniel W. Wanja, Paul G. Mbuthia, Robert M. Waruiru, Lilly C. Bebora, Helena A. Ngowi, Philip N. Nyaga

“…The antibiotics evaluated included ampicillin, tetracycline, co-trimoxazole, streptomycin, kanamycin, gentamicin, co-trimoxazole, and chloramphenicol, while the disinfectants tested were quaternary ammonium compound, formalin, hydrogen peroxide, sodium hypochlorite, and iodine. All the bacteria except Micrococcus, Escherichia, and Salmonella species showed multiple drug resistance patterns. …”
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Correlation between Thyroid Homeostasis and Obesity in Subclinical Hypothyroidism: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Research by Yu Zhou, Sujie Ke, Kejun Wu, Jingze Huang, Xuelin Gao, Beibei Li, Xiaoying Lin, Xiaohong Liu, Xiaoying Liu, Li Ma, Linxi Wang, Li Wu, Lijuan Wu, Chengwen Xie, Junjun Xu, Yanping Wang, Libin Liu

“…After adjustment for age, sex, smoking, iodine status, and glucolipid metabolism, the associations between TSHI, TTSI (reciprocal transformation), and BMI still persisted (all p<0.05). …”
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Biorefinery potential of coffee silverskin: Composition and applications by Elena M. Anchugova, Elena V. Udoratina, Elena G. Kazakova, Anastasiia O. Nosova, Mayya V. Uspenskaya, Tatiana N. Shchemelinina

“…The higher heating value, the cetane number, the iodine value, the viscosity, and the density of precursors obtained comply with the requirements of the standard EN 14214. …”
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Activity of Antiseptics Against <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> and Its Adaptation Potential by Tomasz M. Karpiński, Marzena Korbecka-Paczkowska, Mark Stasiewicz, Aleksandra E. Mrozikiewicz, Donald Włodkowic, Judyta Cielecka-Piontek

“…Sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) and ethacridine lactate (ET) showed moderate activity, while boric acid (BA), povidone-iodine (PVI), and potassium permanganate (KMnO₄) exhibited the weakest MIC activity. …”
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