Diagnosis of Methyl Malonicaciduria from 2013 to 2018 by Alina Concepción Álvarez, Ivette Camayd Viera, Norma Elena de León Ojeda, Alina García García, Laritza Martínez Rey, Daniel Quintana Hernández

“…<strong>Foundation:</strong> methylmalonic aciduria is one of the most frequent organic acidurias and groups together a set of genetic defects, characterized by the excretion of elevated levels of urinemethyl malonic acid. …”
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Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry-Based Untargeted Metabolomics Analysis of Differential Metabolites in Three Types of Boza Made from Different Raw Materials by WANG Qi, GAO Yan, XUE Juanjuan, ZENG Jun, HUO Xiangdong, ZHAO Zhongkai

“…These differential metabolites mainly included lipids and lipid-like molecules, organic acids and their derivatives, organic heterocyclic compounds, phenylpropanoids, and polyketones. …”
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Administration of FTY720 during Tourniquet-Induced Limb Ischemia Reperfusion Injury Attenuates Systemic Inflammation by Anthony D. Foster, Diego Vicente, Jonathan J. Sexton, Luke Johnston, Nick Clark, Crystal Leonhardt, Eric A. Elster, Thomas A. Davis, Matthew J. Bradley

“…This study examined whether the administration of the T-cell sequestration agent, FTY720, following hind limb tourniquet-induced skeletal muscle IRI in a rat model would attenuate systemic inflammation and multiple end organ injury. Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to 1 hr of ischemia via application of a rubber band tourniquet. …”
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Possible Relation between Lack of Posterior Vitreous Detachment and Severe Endogenous Endophthalmitis by Kazuhiko Umazume, Jun Suzuki, Yoshihiko Usui, Yoshihiro Wakabayashi, Hiroshi Goto

“…The 10 patients comprised 8 males and 2 females, with mean age of 71.2 years. The causative organisms were bacteria in 6 eyes and fungi in 4 eyes. …”
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Toxicity of Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in elutriates prepared with estuarine and freshwater sediments by Paige M. Krupa, Guilherme R. Lotufo, Jonna Boyda, Nicolas L. Melby, Ashley N. Kimble

“…PFAS partitioning to sediment and organic matter was observed to increase with carbon chain length. …”
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Characteristics and microscopic mechanisms of smoke emissions of OMMT/SBS-modified asphalt by Wanhong Yang, Zhenghao Zhang, Xiaolong Yang, Xiaofan Jia, Yixin Jiang

“…The smoke suppression performance of asphalt can be substantially improved using organic nano-montmorillonite (OMMT)/styrene–butadiene–styrene (SBS) block modifiers. …”
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Lactic Acid Bacteria from African Fermented Cereal-Based Products: Potential Biological Control Agents for Mycotoxins in Kenya by Eliud N. Wafula, Christabel N. Muhonja, Josiah O. Kuja, Eddy E. Owaga, Huxley M. Makonde, Julius M. Mathara, Virginia W. Kimani

“…Data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization projects increased consumption of cereals from 2.6 billion tonnes in 2017 to approximately 2.9 billion tonnes by 2027. …”
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Comparing apples with apples: A proposed taxonomy for "Community Health Workers" and other front-line health workers for international comparisons. by Stephen Hodgins, Uta Lehmann, Henry Perry, Nicholas Leydon, Kerry Scott, Smisha Agarwal, Hannah Marcus, Rajani Ved, Elijah Olivas, Madeleine Ballard, Dickson Mbewe, Margaret Odera, Sherlie Petit Homme, Benard Otieno, Pasipano Wutete, Angeline Chikumba, Prossy Muyingo, John Kyakuha, Emmanuel Harcourt, Morseda Chowdhury, David Musoke, Thadee Niyoyitungira, Abimbola Olaniran, John Koku-Awoonor Williams, Lívia Milena Barbosa de Deus E Méllo, Romário Correia Dos Santos, Isabela Cardoso de Matos Pinto, Ram Shrestha, Salim Sadruddin, Melanie Morrow, Eric Sarriot, Maryse Kok, Bhanu Pratap

“…The taxonomy is grounded in current definitions from the World Health Organization and the International Labor Organization, and proposes some refinements for future iterations of guidance from these agencies. …”
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The Effects of Rape Residue Mulching on Net Global Warming Potential and Greenhouse Gas Intensity from No-Tillage Paddy Fields by Zhi-Sheng Zhang, Cou-Gui Cao, Li-Jin Guo, Cheng-Fang Li

“…Residue mulching treatments showed significantly more organic carbon (C) density for the 0–20 cm soil layer at harvesting than no residue treatment. …”
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Comparative Study on Two Pretreatment Processes for Chemical Phase Analysis of Gold in Geological Samples by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry by Xiaodan Tang, Hang Li, Hongyan Liu, Bing Li, Yuyan Zhao, Jilong Lu, Jian Zhou, Qingqing Liu

“…However, the gold content of organic matter bound, carbonate bound, and sulfide bound states obtained by ultrasonic centrifugation and cyclotron oscillation methods is significantly different. …”
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Label-free proteomic analysis of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy showed decreased sarcomere proteins and increased ubiquitination-related proteins by Juliana Cristina Tobar da Silva, Mariângela Rangel Alves Nogueira, Yara Martins da Silva, Fábio César Sousa Nogueira, Nathalie Henriques Silva Canedo, Katia Carneiro, Denise de Abreu Pereira

“…In-silico analysis revealed that dystrophic muscle tissues are linked to biological processes related to cellular energy metabolism, including oxidation of organic compounds, energy production, and cellular respiration. …”
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Accumulation of Deficits as a Proxy Measure of Aging by Arnold B. Mitnitski, Alexander J. Mogilner, Kenneth Rockwood

“…This pattern reflects an increase in uncompensated deficits in impaired organisms, which would lead to illness of various etiologies, and ultimately to increased mortality. …”
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Passivation of substrates with hydrogen to reduce the number of electron traps in the buffer layer at the contact of silicon with Ba1-xSrxTiO3 by Dmitry A. Belorusov, Evgeniy I. Goldman, Galina V. Chucheva, Mikhail S. Afanasyev, Vladimir A. Pilipenko, Alina V. Semchenko

“…It has been proposed to implant large organic cations into the wafers in order to reduce the concentration of electron traps in the Ba0.8Sr0.2TiO3–Si buffer layers. …”
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Role of Terracing and Reforestation Efforts on Improving Soil Properties in Degraded Steep Lands by Mehmet Özalp, Ferit Dehşet, Bülent Turgut, Saim Yıldırımer, Eren İnanlı

“…For example, while the organic matter of 3.71% and pH of 7.69 were determined for the forest area, same parameters were found as 1.13% and 7.99 for the acacia and 0.86% and 7.93 for the yellow pine areas, respectively.…”
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Grazing increased alpine grassland soil respiration rates on the Tibetan Plateau by Yahui Mao, Yahui Mao, Yangong Du, Yangong Du, Kelong Chen, Kelong Chen

“…Both air temperature and soil organic carbon significantly increased grassland ecosystem respiration rate, explaining 38.47% and 22.57% of variance heterogeneity.DiscussionIn addition, both future global warming and increasing soil organic carbon would increase alpine grassland CO2 emission rates on the Tibetan Plateau.…”
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The <i>OsGATA</i> gene family as a promising candidate for applying the CRISPR/Cas genome editing technology to improve the nutritional and yield qualities of rice (<i>Oryza sativa... by E. A. Nesterova, N. A. Shvachko

“…Plants, as sedentary organisms, require more efficient regulation of gene expression. …”
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Determination of Crizotinib in Mouse Tissues by LC-MS/MS and Its Application to a Tissue Distribution Study by Fang Zhao, Yuan Wei, Yiming Yan, Han Liu, Sitong Zhou, Bo Ren, Ruijuan Liu

“…The results of the study showed that the main target organs of crizotinib were the lung, liver, and spleen, and a high concentration of crizotinib was found in the gastrointestinal tract. …”
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Micro/Nanostructures and Mechanical Properties of Trabecular Bone in Ovariectomized Rats by Shidi Hu, Jin Li, Lu Liu, Ruchun Dai, Zhifeng Sheng, Xianping Wu, Xiqiao Feng, Xuefeng Yao, Eryuan Liao, Evan Keller, Yebin Jiang

“…Therefore, estrogen deprivation results in a dramatic deterioration in Tb micro/nanoarchitectures, 3D volumetric BMD at both organ and tissue levels, and 2D BMD, but not in the nanomechanical properties of the trabeculae per se.…”
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Effect of Roundness and Surface Roughness of Foundry Sand on the Temperature Change of Sand Cores for Aluminum Casting by Taekyu Ha, Jongmin Kim, Youngki Lee, Byungil Kang, Youngjig Kim

“…Organic binder in sand cores, such as phenol-formaldehyde binder, rapidly decomposes above 550 K, releasing gases including volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and hydrocarbon gases. …”
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Effects of Physicochemical Variables of Superficial Waters on the Abundance of the North African Freshwater Crab Potamon algeriense (Bott, 1967) by Soufiane Fadlaoui, Ouahid El Asri, Mustapha Bouterfas, Mohammed Melhaoui

“…Physicochemical variables including streamflow, water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, suspended matter, chloride, calcium, magnesium, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, orthophosphate, and organic matter were evaluated monthly for one year (October 2017–September 2018). …”
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