Addition of Industrial Hemp (<i>Cannabis sativa</i> L.) Dry Inflorescence in Beer Production by Kristina Habschied, Stela Jokić, Krunoslav Aladić, Ivana Šplajt, Vinko Krstanović, Krešimir Mastanjević

“…The addition of hemp inflorescence during boiling resulted with a higher specific gravity (1.01071 mg/L) in regard to control beer (1.01015 mg/L) and beer subjected to dry hemping (1.01018 mg/L). Generally, a significant difference for most physical–chemical parameters was noted in the sample boiled with hemp inflorescence, while the control sample and dry-hemped sample showed no statistically significant difference. …”
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Serum Cotinine Levels and Prehypertension in Never Smokers by Omayma Alshaarawy, Jie Xiao, Michael E. Andrew, Cecil Burchfiel, Anoop Shankar

“…In subsequent subgroup analyses, the positive association was found to be stronger among men, non-Whites, and non-obese subjects. Conclusion. Higher secondhand smoke exposure measured objectively by serum cotinine levels was found to be associated with prehypertension in certain subgroups of a representative sample of the US population.…”
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One-Year Follow-Up of the Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy for Patients’ Depression: A Randomized, Single-Blinded, Controlled Study by Kai-Jo Chiang, Tsai-Hui Chen, Hsiu-Tsu Hsieh, Jui-Chen Tsai, Keng-Liang Ou, Kuei-Ru Chou

“…This was a single-blind randomized controlled study with a 2-arm parallel group design. Eighty-one subjects were randomly assigned to 12 sessions intervention group (CBGT) or control group (usual outpatient psychiatric care group) and 62 completed the study. …”
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Variations and Asymmetry in Sacral Ventral Rami Contributions to the Bladder by Rebeccah R. Overton, Istvan P. Tamas, Emily P. Day, Nagat Frara, Michel A. Pontari, Susan B. Fecho, Steven N. Popoff, Mary F. Barbe

“…<b>Results:</b> Considerable between and within-subject variation was observed. Sacral (S) ventral rami contributions to vesical nerves were observed as shared contributions from several rami or, in a few cases, from single rami: S2 alone (6%), S3 alone (6%), S2 and S3 (28%), S3 and S4 (28%), S2–S4, 14%, L5 in combination with S1–S4 (6%), S1 and S2 (6%), and S3–S5 (3%). …”
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Study on Fatigue Fracture Behavior of S32750 Duplex Stainless Steel at Different Solution Temperatures by Shun Bao, Han Feng, Zhigang Song, Jianguo He, Xiaohan Wu, Yang Gu

“…This paper investigates the tensile and low-cycle fatigue characteristics of S32750 duplex stainless steel subjected to two distinct solid solution treatment temperatures. …”
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Hand acceleration time (HAT) as a diagnostic tool in the assessment of haemodialysis access-induced distal ischaemia (HAIDI): study protocol for a prospective cohort study in the B... by Sebastian Videla, Begoña Gonzalo, Emma Espinar, Siloé Palacios, Carolina Herranz, Elena Iborra Ortega

“…A sample size of 126 subjects will be required to estimate HAIDI incidence with a 95% CI and ±5% precision. …”
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Survey of Indoor Air Pollution Health Literacy among Community-dwelling Adults in Taiwan by Jia-Ling Wu, Yu-Han Huang, Yi-Chin Huang, Chien-Cheng Jung, Pei-Chen Lee, Ming-Yeng Lin, Wen-Hsuan Hou, Chung-Yi Li

“…The weighted sample size was 616 subjects aged between 20 and 88 years old (mean: 45.8 years, standard deviation: 18.1). …”
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Plasma Granzyme B in ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction versus Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome: Comparisons with IL-18 and Fractalkine by Hala O. El-Mesallamy, Nadia M. Hamdy, Adel K. El-Etriby, Eman F. Wasfey

“…Thirty-six nondiabetic patients with ACS were compared to 12 control subjects. According to ACS diagnosis, the patients were classified into 22 patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and 14 patients with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction or unstable angina (NSTEMI/UA). …”
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Influence of Dietary Factors on Helicobacter pylori and CagA Seroprevalence in Bulgaria by Daniel Yordanov, Lyudmila Boyanova, Rumyana Markovska, Juliana Ilieva, Nikolay Andreev, Galina Gergova, Ivan Mitov

“…Smoking and consumption of the other dietary factors resulted in no significant differences in the prevalence of H. pylori IgG and CagA IgG within the subject groups. Conclusion. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report revealing reverse associations between honey or yoghurt consumption and CagA IgG prevalence as well as between frequent honey consumption and lower prevalence of the H. pylori infection. …”
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Replication of the Association of the 6q22.31c Locus near with Pulse Rate in the Korean Population by Nam Hee Kim, Young Jin Kim, Ji Hee Oh, Yoon Shin Cho

“…We have reported two genomewide significant genetic loci responsible for the variation in pulse rate as a part of the Korea Association Resource (KARE) project, the genomewide association study (GWAS) that was conducted with 352,228 single nucleoride polymorphisms typed in 8,842 subjects in the Korean population. GJA1 was implied as a functionally causal gene for pulse rate from the KARE study, but lacked evidence of replication. …”
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Formalin Fixation as Tissue Preprocessing for Multimodal Optical Spectroscopy Using the Example of Human Brain Tumour Cross Sections by Mona Stefanakis, Anita Lorenz, Jörg W. Bartsch, Miriam C. Bassler, Alexandra Wagner, Marc Brecht, Axel Pagenstecher, Jens Schittenhelm, Barbara Boldrini, Sabrina Hakelberg, Susan Noell, Christopher Nimsky, Marcos Tatagiba, Rainer Ritz, Karsten Rebner, Edwin Ostertag

“…Nonfixed and formalin-fixed cross sections of different common human brain tumours were subjected to analysis of chemical variations using ultraviolet and Fourier-transform infrared microspectroscopy. …”
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Phenotypic and molecular characterization of potential pathogens from raw fish, meat and milk samples sold and consumed in Calabar Metropolis, Cross River State, Nigeria by Joy Chinweokwu Ugwu, Glory Philemon Bebia, Edet Uwem, Ajaba Mathias Okang, Emmanuel O. Ibeneme, Andrew Chijioke Ugwu, Augustine Agorye Unimke, Francisca O. Nwaokorie, James Epoke

“…Furthermore, the isolates were subjected to pathogenicity tests using amylase and protease screening. …”
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The Effect of Periodontitis on Expression of Interleukin-21: A Systematic Review by Archana Mootha, Sankari Malaiappan, N. D. Jayakumar, Sheeja S. Varghese, Julie Toby Thomas

“…This systematic review was aimed to assess the levels of IL-21 in subjects with periodontitis. Methods. A complete literature search was done in PubMed, Medline, Science Direct, and Cochrane databases and Google Scholar based on the inclusion/exclusion criteria. …”
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Discovery of robust and highly specific microbiome signatures of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by Emmanouil Nychas, Andrea Marfil-Sánchez, Xiuqiang Chen, Mohammad Mirhakkak, Huating Li, Weiping Jia, Aimin Xu, Henrik Bjørn Nielsen, Max Nieuwdorp, Rohit Loomba, Yueqiong Ni, Gianni Panagiotou

“…Results Here, we collected public metagenomic data and integrated the taxonomy profiles with in silico generated community metabolic outputs, and detailed clinical data, of 1206 Chinese subjects w/wo metabolic diseases, including NAFLD (obese and lean), obesity, T2D, hypertension, and atherosclerosis. …”
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FATF Recommendations in Adopting Risk-Based Approach (RBA) in Anti-Money Laundering Supervisory-Control Structure and Iran's Legislative Position by Amir Jamali Hajiani, Esmaeil Abdollahi, Ahmad Mirzaei

“…Since the Financial Action Task Force, recommended countries and those subject to anti-money laundering laws to adopt a "Risk-Based Approach" and considered it as a fundamental principle in combat money laundering, by adopting such an approach in the national and intra-organizational supervisory and control structure, it is possible to identify the highest risks and to direct resources according to priorities. …”
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Exploring the Variation of Urbach Energies Between Anatase and Rutile Phases of TiO2 Nanoparticles in Polymer-Based Hybrid Composites by Rasheed L. Jawad, Raghad S. Abbas

“…TiO2 nanoparticles were formed by the sol–gel process, and nanocomposites were prepared with concentrations 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 wt% of TiO2 nanoparticles after subjecting them to a calcination process at temperatures of about 400 °C and 700 °C, and with polymer blends of different concentrations (PVA various wt%, PEG constant wt%, and PVP constant wt%). …”
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The Principle of Transparency in the Ukrainian Decentralisation Reform by Sergii Slukhai, Liudmyla Demydenko, Yuliia Nakonechna, Tetiana Borshchenko

“…The findings of the study demonstrate that the overall budget transparency in the newly established ATCs is rather low and subject to significant interregional variation. We find that the local officials overstate the existing level of budget transparency in their communities and are not proactive in their efforts to raise it. …”
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Age-Related Yield of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells Bearing the Low-Affinity Nerve Growth Factor Receptor by Raquel Cuevas-Diaz Duran, Maria Teresa González-Garza, Alejandro Cardenas-Lopez, Luis Chavez-Castilla, Delia Elva Cruz-Vega, Jorge E. Moreno-Cuevas

“…Our findings propose CD271+ ADSCs as the primary choice for tissue regeneration and autologous stem cell therapies in older subjects.…”
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The use of thermal hydrogen decrepitation to recycle Nd-Fe-B magnets from electronic waste by Piotrowicz A., Pietrzyk S., Noga P., Myćka Ł.

“…This element has been subject to significant supply shortfalls in the recent past. …”
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Satisfaction, effectiveness, and usability of telerehabilitation for Parkinson's disease patients by Shohei Okusa, Hiroki Saegusa, Kazuya Miyakawa, Yuta Tsutsumi, Sae Ishida, Kyoko Nishikata, Tomonori Nukariya, Toshiki Tezuka, Yoshihiro Nihei, Yasuhiro Kitagawa, Shin-ichiro Kubo, Norihiro Suzuki, Jin Nakahara, Morinobu Seki

“…Design: Prospective cohort study. Subjects/Patients: PD patients based on the diagnostic criteria for clinically established or probable PD published by the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society. …”
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