Definition of Mucosal Breaks in the Era of Magnifying Endoscopy with Narrow-Band Imaging by Daisuke Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Odagiri, Yoshio Hoshihara, Yorinari Ochiai, Yugo Suzuki, Junnosuke Hayasaka, Masami Tanaka, Kosuke Nomura, Satoshi Yamashita, Akira Matsui, Toshiro Iizuka, Shu Hoteya

“…A total of 43 consecutive patients were enrolled who had suspected mucosal breaks on white-light images (WLI) and underwent nonmagnified NBI (N-NBI) and magnified NBI (M-NBI) by a single endoscopist. …”
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Sex-Related Differences in Hematological Parameters and Organosomatic Indices of Oreochromis niloticus Exposed to Aflatoxin B1 Diet by Esther Marijani, Johnson Nasimolo, Emmanuel Kigadye, Gbemenou Joselin Benoit Gnonlonfin, Sheila Okoth

“…A significant increase in mean white blood cells (WBC), neutrophils, and lymphocytes was observed in AFB1 exposure groups. …”
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Mapping the association between mental health and people's perceived and actual ability to practice hygiene-related behaviours in humanitarian and pandemic crises: A scoping review... by Emily Yasmin Ghassemi, Astrid Hasund Thorseth, Karine Le Roch, Thomas Heath, Sian White

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Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Presenting as Bilateral Ptosis in a Sri Lankan Child by Ishara Kumarasiri, Ruwan Samararathna, Udara Sandakelum, Oshanie Muthukumarana, Reha Balasubramaniam, Sachith Mettananda

“…MRI brain revealed high signal intensities involving the subcortical white matter of parietal and occipital lobes, midbrain in the area of single central levator subnucleus of the oculomotor nerve, cerebellar vermis, and right cerebellar hemisphere. …”
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UV-C light irradiation effects on two rose cultivars infected with Botrytis cinerea by Eduardo Espejel-Maycotte, Ma de Lourdes Arevalo-Galarza, Jose Alfredo Carrillo-Salazar, José Refugio Lomelí-Flores, Victoria Ayala-Escobar, Luis Francisco Salomé-Abarca

“…In addition, in vivo trials were carried out on two white rose cultivars “Polar Star” and “Proud”. For this, the stems of the roses were irradiated with UV-C light before inoculation of B. cinerea or inoculated directly with irradiated conidia. …”
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Growth and Flowering Responses of Cut Chrysanthemum Grown under Restricted Root Volume to Irrigation Frequency by Viyachai Taweesak, Thohirah Lee Abdullah, Siti Aishah Hassan, Nitty Hirawaty Kamarulzaman, Wan Abdullah Wan Yusoff

“…Chrysanthemum cuttings (Chrysanthemum morifolium “Reagan White”) were grown in seedling tray which contained coconut peat in volumes of 73 and 140 cm3. …”
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Details of Walker 256 carcinosarcoma growth in Brattleboro and ISIAH lines of rats by I. I. Khegay

“…Alternative pairs of traits were: daily water consumption above 45 % or lower than 20 % of body weight – for the vasopressin locus; total white or other color of fur – for the albino locus; presence or absence of unevenness in fur painting – for the hooded locus. …”
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LIPID PEROXIDATION AND ANTIOXIDANT PROTECTION IN PERIODONTAL TISSUES UNDER THE ACTION OF LOCAL PATHOGENIC FACTOR ON GUMS IN RATS EXPOSED TO MODELED SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE by A.M. Yelins’ka, V.O. Kostenko

“…The study was carried out on 40 white male rats of the Wistar line weighing 180-220 g, divided into 4 groups: the 1st included intact animals, the 2nd was made up by animals subjected to SIR modeling, the 3rd included animals, which were subjected to modeled acute gingivitis by applying 5% sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution onto their gums, and the 4th group involved rats with acute gingivitis induced by 5% NaOH solution against modeled SIR. …”
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Parental Reactions to Children’s Negative Emotions in France and the United States: Links to Preschoolers’ Socioemotional Outcomes by Kathryn Li, Claire Hofer, Aya I. Williams, Qing Zhou

“…The present study used a cross-cultural, preschool-based sample of 101 parent–child dyads (child age = 36–79 months, 42% females; parent age = 19–58 years, 89% mothers) from two countries: U.S. (<i>n</i> = 33, 58% White/European American, 87% with college or above education) and France (<i>n</i> = 68, 61% French or other European origin, 40% with college or above education). …”
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Association between Neutrophilic Granulocyte Percentage and Diabetes Mellitus in Cushing’s Syndrome Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study by Baomin Wang, Yumei Yang, Haoyue Yuan, Xiaomu Li

“…The present study aimed to investigate the potential associations of inflammatory blood cell parameters, including white blood cell (WBC) count, neutrophil count, neutrophilic granulocyte percentage (NEUT%), lymphocyte count (LYM), and lymphocyte proportion (LYM%), with diabetes mellitus in Cushing's syndrome patients. …”
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The Implementation of the Biopsychosocial Model: Individuals With Alcohol Use Disorder and Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder by Fernando Hinostroza, Michele M. Mahr

“…Results Findings demonstrate that chronic PTSD is associated with progressive dysfunction in the amygdala, hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, and white matter pathways. Also, our findings underscore alterations within the reward system, prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, amygdala, basal ganglia, and hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis that contribute to the pathophysiology of AUD. …”
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Human versus Computer Controlled Selection of Ventilator Settings: An Evaluation of Adaptive Support Ventilation and Mid-Frequency Ventilation by Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, Enrique Diaz-Guzman, Alejandro C. Arroliga, Robert L. Chatburn

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Janus flame-retardant polyester fabric with one-way water transfer for fog collection: Influence of plasma duration, aluminum phosphate, and TiO2 nanoparticles by Najmeh Izadi, Majid Montazer, Aminoddin Haji

“…Mechanical properties were unaffected, but air permeability and the CIE whiteness index decreased.…”
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17α-Ethynyl-5α-androstane-3α, 17β-diol Treatment of MNU-Induced Mammary Cancer in Rats by Clarence N. Ahlem, James M. Frincke, Steven K. White, Christopher L. Reading, Richard J. Trauger, Rajkumar Lakshmanaswamy

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A comparative analysis of collagen based dressings and polysaccharide microspheres for hemostasis management in hepatic stab wounds by Francisco José Sánchez del Valle, María Isabel Sánchez-Seco, Juan Garófano

“…The research involved 18 Large-White swine. The animals underwent a traumatic liver puncture through two 5 cm deep blade incisions that severed two main suprahepatic veins. …”
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Evaluation of Phytosterols as an Alternative to Cholesterol in Practical Diets on Growth and Nonspecific Immunity of Litopenaeus vannamei by Yongkang Chen, Zhongchao Pan, Xiaoyue Li, Xinzhou Yao, Guilun He, Shiwei Xie

“…This study is aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of phytosterols as an alternative to cholesterol in practical diets of Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei from the perspective of growth and nonspecific immunity. …”
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Adjuvant Ciprofloxacin for Persistent BK Polyomavirus Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients by David Arroyo, Sindhu Chandran, Parsia A. Vagefi, David Wojciechowski

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Rethinking Advanced Driver Assistance System taxonomies: A framework and inventory of real-world safety performance by Ksander N de Winkel, Michiel Christoph

“…and collected data on (real-world) safety performance of from grey (technical reports) and white (scientific) literature. ADAS! were categorized by functional class (longitudinal/lateral control, monitoring, information systems) and by interaction type (informing, warning, intervening, comfort-enhancing).The data analysis showed that LKA! …”
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A Novel Statistical Feature Analysis-Based Global and Local Method for Face Recognition by Mohammed Ahmed Talab, Suryanti Awang, Mohd Dilshad Ansari

“…The purpose of FBLCM is to distinctively improve performance of edge sharpness between black and white pixels in the binary image and to extract significant data relating to the features of the face pattern. …”
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Health-Related Quality of Life, Blood Pressure, and Biochemical and Anthropometric Profile in Vegetarians and Nonvegetarians by Jacksaint Saintila, Tabita E. Lozano López, Percy G. Ruiz Mamani, Michael White, Salomón Huancahuire-Vega

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