Phytochemical and Antibacterial Investigations of the Extracts and Fractions from the Stem Bark of Hymenaea stigonocarpa Mart. ex Hayne and Effect on Ultrastructure of Staphylococc... by Gustavo Santiago Dimech, Luiz Alberto Lira Soares, Magda Assunção Ferreira, Anne Gabrielle Vasconcelos de Oliveira, Maria da Conceição Carvalho, Eulália Azevedo Ximenes

“…All extracts and fractions were subjected to phytochemical screening and evaluation of total phenol and tannin contents. …”
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Evaluation of Early Markers of Nephropathy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Pierina De Muro, Antonio Junior Lepedda, Gabriele Nieddu, Michela Idini, Hai Quy Tram Nguyen, Omar Lobina, Pietro Fresu, Marilena Formato

“…We evaluated parameters such as GAGs/PGs, NAG, and NGAL in urine samples from 43 normoalbuminuric T2DM patients and 31 apparently healthy control subjects. Results. The total urinary GAG excretion showed no significant differences between patients and controls. …”
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A very low carbohydrate diet improved metabolic profile in congenital generalized lipodystrophy type 4 by Sayantan Chakraborty, Subhankar Roy, Debaditya Das, Sayantani Chatterjee, Pranab Kumar Sahana, Satinath Mukhopadhyay

“…A carbohydrate restriction strategy may improve difficult-to-control glycometabolic profile in lipodystrophic subjects on high-carbohydrate diet.…”
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A multicenter study of neurofibromatosis type 1 utilizing deep learning for whole body tumor identification by Cheng-Jiang Wei, Yan Tang, Yang-Bai Sun, Tie-Long Yang, Cheng Yan, Hui Liu, Jun Liu, Jing-Ning Huang, Ming-Han Wang, Zhen-Wei Yao, Ji-Long Yang, Zhi-Chao Wang, Qing-Feng Li

“…In a Chinese seven-center cohort, data from 347 subjects were analyzed. Our one-step model incorporated normal tissue/organ labels to provide contextual information, offering a solution for tumors with complex backgrounds. …”
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The Usefulness of Procalcitonin in the Diagnosis of Appendicitis in Children: A Pilot Study by Abu N. G. A. Khan, Abdel Sawan, Antonios Likourezos, Mark Schnellinger, Estavan Garcia

“…Using the recursive partitioning model, we identified a cutoff value of procalcitonin level of 0.39 with a likelihood ratio presence of appendicitis 3.25 and absence of appendicitis 0.8. None of the study subjects with procalcitonin level <0.39 and WBC count of <6.76 K had appendicitis. …”
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Postoj studentů sociální pedagogiky k homoparentálním rodinám by Pavel Doulík, Jiří Škoda, Barbora Čechová, Zuzana Procházková

“…Furthermore, we also focus on the students' perspective on how the issue of homoparental families is reflected in the educational content of the subjects in their curriculum. An accessible type of research sampling was used. …”
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Post-purchase behavioral intention in medical aesthetic: the role of image, perceived value, and satisfaction by Chen-Chung Ma, Tzu-Chi Ou, Chun-Mei Tsai, Tai-Hsiang Chen

“…This study aims to explore the relationship between medical aesthetic image, perceived value, satisfaction and post-purchase behavioral intention.MethodsThe subjects included customers who had consumed and received treatment in the three years, and the questionnaires were collected from returning clients of each unit in the medical aesthetic group from May 17, 2017 to May 31, 2017. …”
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A Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Scanning of the Root Canal System of Permanent Teeth among the Moscow Population by Svetlana Razumova, Anzhela Brago, Lamara Khaskhanova, Ammar Howijieh, Haydar Barakat, Ashot Manvelyan

“…Materials and methods. 300 CBCT images of subjects were analyzed to study the anatomy of roots and root canal system of each tooth. …”
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Concepts by nursing scholars about depression and care for depressed patients by Marina Gabriela Medeiros de Moura, Izayana Pereira Feitosa, Glenda Agra, Gigliola Marcos Bernardo de Lima, Itacira Pedrosa de Lima, Polianna Alves Sucupira

“…This is a descriptive study under the perspective of a qualitative ap- proach, carried out through the participation of nursing students who responded to a semi-structured questionnaire versed on the subject of depression. The results were analyzed by means of the technique of content analysis proposed by Bardin. …”
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The Takeda Three Colors Combination Test: A Screening Test for Detection of Very Mild Alzheimer’s Disease by Shinya Takeda, Kayo Tajime, Toshiatsu Taniguchi

“…Conducting TTCC (including instruction and evaluation) was accomplished within 2 minutes for all subjects. Conclusion. The TTCC is useful screening test for early detection of AD. …”
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Quality of Pedestrian Networks Around Metro Stations: An Assessment Based on Approach Routes by Qiyao Yang, Zheng Zhang, Jun Cai, Mengzhen Ding, Lemei Li, Shaohua Zhang, Zhenang Song, Feiyang Chen, Yi Ling

“…Considering the objective physical characteristics of pedestrian networks and the subjective assessments of walkers on the routes, this study developed an evaluation model that integrated the Analytic Hierarchy Process and Entropy Weight Method with human–machine adversarial scoring and cosine similarity to validate the reliability. …”
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Impact of an Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist and Erythropoietin on Experimental Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury by Christina Grothusen, Angelika Hagemann, Tim Attmann, Jan Braesen, Ole Broch, Jochen Cremer, Jan Schoettler

“…Methods and Results. 12–15 week-old Lewis rats were subjected to myocardial ischemia by a 1 hr occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery. …”
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Controlling shareholders’ equity pledge and corporate innovation investment—empirical analysis based on pharmaceutical manufacturing by Jiawen Li, Xingyu Zhao, Su Wang, Su Wang, Yuwen Chen, Yuwen Chen

“…Enterprise innovation investment is influenced by the actions of innovation subjects, whereas regulating shareholders’ equity pledge behavior facilitates innovation investment and finance but also carries dangers and affects enterprise innovation investment. …”
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Stagflationary pressures in the condition of global economic shocks by Pejčić Jovica, Sekulić Aleksandar, Glavaški Olgica

“…This paper analyses the key macroeconomic repercussions of the global pandemic and geopolitical crisis in terms of growing recessionary and inflationary pressures, and finally, the potential occurrence of stagflation. The subject of the econometric analysis is aimed at seeing how global energy price movements, unemployment rates, interest rates and money supply affect: (1) real gross domestic product; and 2) the movement of the inflation rate in the sample of 18 countries (EU-15, USA, Norway and Switzerland) in the period 2020q1-2023q1. …”
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An Integrated Review of Psychological Stress in Parkinson’s Disease: Biological Mechanisms and Symptom and Health Outcomes by Kim Wieczorek Austin, Suzanne Weil Ameringer, Leslie Jameleh Cloud

“…The results revealed significant associations between psychological stress and increased motor symptom severity and loss of dopamine-producing neurons in animal models of PD and between psychological stress and increased symptom severity and poorer health outcomes in human subjects with PD. Further research is needed to fully elucidate the underlying biological mechanisms responsible for these relationships, for the ultimate purpose of designing targeted interventions that may modify the disease trajectory.…”
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Model Test Study on Cylindrical Blasting Stress Wave Propagation across Jointed Rock Mass with Different Initial Stresses by Qian Dong, XinPing Li, JunHong Huang

“…In the drilling and blasting excavation of underground rock mass, the stress wave produced by the blasting holes usually propagates in the form of cylindrical wave, while the rock mass surrounding the underground engineering is initially subjected to the in situ stress. To explore the propagation and attenuation law of cylindrical stress wave in the in situ stressed rock mass, a model test of cylindrical blasting stress wave propagation across the intact and jointed rock mass under different initial stresses was carried out. …”
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Active frequency support capability evaluation of photovoltaic stations based on bi-level evaluation method by Zhengxi Li, Libin Yang, Wanpeng Zhou, Chunlai Li

“…In order to avoid the impact of subjective factors, this paper proposes a bi-level evaluation model combining decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL), technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS), and antagonistic interpretive structural modeling (AISM) for weighting the indicators. …”
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The Effect of Different Polishing Procedures and Re-polishing on the Color Stability of Single-shade Composite Resin by Sanem Özaslan, Özge Çeliksöz, Hatice Tepe, Batucan Yaman

“…Representing 6 months and 1 year of clinical use, specimens were immersed in coffee solution (6–12 days) and subjected to brushing cycles (5000–10000 cycles). The specimens were then re-polished by applying the same polishing procedures as initially applied. …”
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Characterization of Various Plant-Produced Asphalt Concrete Mixtures Using Dynamic Modulus Test by Muhammad Irfan, Asad S. Waraich, Sarfraz Ahmed, Yasir Ali

“…Marshall designed specimens of seven different mixtures were prepared using the Superpave gyratory compactor and subjected to sinusoidal compressive loading at various temperatures (4.4 to 54.4°C) and loading frequencies (0.1 to 25 Hz). …”
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Association of Irisin with Fat Mass, Resting Energy Expenditure, and Daily Activity in Conditions of Extreme Body Mass Index by María Pardo, Ana B. Crujeiras, María Amil, Zaida Aguera, Susana Jiménez-Murcia, Rosa Baños, Cristina Botella, Rafael de la Torre, Xavier Estivill, Ana B. Fagundo, Jose M. Fernández-Real, José C. Fernández-García, Gema Fruhbeck, Javier Gómez-Ambrosi, Roser Rodríguez, Francisco J. Tinahones, Fernando Fernández-Aranda, Felipe F. Casanueva

“…However, recent reports have shown that WAT also secretes irisin and that circulating irisin is elevated in obese subjects. The aim of this study was to evaluate irisin levels in conditions of extreme BMI and its correlation with basal metabolism and daily activity. …”
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