Trace element and mercury speciation analysis in yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) by María Victoria Panzl, Jarol R. Miranda-Andrades, Wendy J. Sandoval Rojano, Joseane A. Mendes, Tatiana D. Saint'Pierre, Alejandra Rodríguez-Haralambides, Ricardo Q. Aucelio

“…Ultrasonic-assisted extractions of mercurial species were made followed by distillation and dilution with water for CV-AAS. For GC-CV-AFS speciation, samples were extracted and distilled, using 200 μL aliquots for analysis. …”
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Aflatoxin M1 Concentrations, Adulterants, Microbial Loads, and Physicochemical Properties of Raw Milk Collected From Nekemte City, Ethiopia by Leila Nasir, Habtamu Fekadu Gemede

“…The present study also revealed that of the investigated adulterants, only the addition of water had positive effects on three milk samples, while the remaining adulterants were not detected in any of the milk samples. …”
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Protective and Ameliorative Effects of Hydroethanolic Extract of Piper nigrum (L.) Stem against Antiretroviral Therapy-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Dyslipidemia in Wistar Rats by Doreen Enyang, Mubo A. Sonibare, Armelle D. Tchamgoue, Lauve R. Y. Tchokouaha, Fanta S. Yadang, Gael N. Nfor, Christelle W. Kom, Patrick D. H. Betote, Cedric F. Tchinda, Steveng S. K. Tiogo, Gabriel A. Agbor

“…Thirty-six rats divided into 6 groups of 6 animals/group were administered: distilled water, 17 mg/kg TLE, 17 mg/kg TLE and 100 mg/kg silymarin, 17 mg/kg TLE, and Piper extract (200 mg/kg, 400 mg/kg, or 800 mg/kg) orally for 28 days. …”
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Bean leaf image dataset annotated with leaf dimensions, segmentation masks, and camera calibrationMendeley Data by Karla Gabriele Florentino da Silva, Paulo Victor de Magalhães Rozatto, Kaio de Oliveira e Sousa, Lucas Dias Hudson, Artur Welerson Sott Meyer, Alemilson Fabiano Silva, Igor Tibiriçá Mendes, Alex Rodrigues Borges, Leandro Elias Morais, Luiz Maurílio da Silva Maciel, Saulo Moraes Villela, Helio Pedrini, Marcelo Bernardes Vieira

“…Leaf dimensioning is relevant for analyzing plant responses to several conditions such as soil fertility, availability of light, agricultural pesticide effect, and access to water in the soil or periods of drought. In this paper, we present a dataset composed of 6981 images of 612 common bean leaves (Phaseolus vulgaris). …”
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Effects of Providing Enrichment to Broilers in an Animal Welfare Environment on Productivity, Litter Moisture, Gas Concentration (CO₂ and NH₃), Animal Welfare... by Chan-Ho Kim, Woo-Do Lee, Ji-Seon Son, Jung-Hwan Jeon, Se-Jin Lim, Su-Mi Kim

“…Other environmental conditions (density, lighting, ventilation, temperature, humidity, feed, and water) were the same. As a result, no difference in productivity was observed according to enrichment, and the quality of litter and air was similar. …”
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Antibacterial Efficacy Comparison of Electrolytic and Reductive Silver Nanoparticles Against <i>Propionibacterium acnes</i> by Suparno Suparno, Rita Prasetyowati, Khafidh Nur Aziz, Anggarwati Rahma, Eka Sentia Ayu Lestari, Siti Chaerani Nabiilah, Deby Grace

“…The new electrolysis system used two identical silver plate electrodes, replacing silver and carbon rods, and used water as the electrolyte instead of silver nitrate (AgNO₃) solution since AgNO₃ is the source of NO₂. …”
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Morphological, Physiological, and Molecular Responses to Heat Stress in Brassicaceae by Iram Batool, Ahsan Ayyaz, Tongjun Qin, Xiaofen Wu, Weiqi Chen, Fakhir Hannan, Zafar Ullah Zafar, Muhammad Shahbaz Naeem, Muhammad Ahsan Farooq, Weijun Zhou

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Benzo-pyrrolidinyl substituted silicon phthalocyanines: A novel two-photon lysosomal nanoprobe for in vitro photodynamic therapy by Xiuqin Chen, Guizhi Chen, Sitong Cao, Ruoxin Ye, Ruoyi Qiu, Xiangyu Yang, Yiru Peng, Hong Sun

“…Furthermore, we encapsulated Py-SiPc within a biocompatible nanocarrier, dipalmitoylphosphatidylethanolamine-polyethylene glycol 2000 (DSPE), to create water-soluble nanoparticles (DSPE@Py-SiPc). These nanoparticles exhibit exceptional lysosome labeling capabilities, as evidenced by bioimaging techniques. …”
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Insights into multiscale chemical characterisation for the understanding of berry maturation by Boulet, Emmanuelle Meudec, Marie-Agnes Ducasse, Elissa Abi-Habib, Sophie Le Gall, Xavier Falourd, Benedicte Bakan, Amidou Traore, Geraldine Lucchi, Karine Gourrat, Caroline Peltier, Céline Poncet-Legrand, Aude Vernhet, Veronique Cheynier

“…Known methods in wine analysis, such as phloroglucinolysis, were complemented with methods usually applied to other food products and rarely or never on grapes or wines, such as solid-state NMR and NMR water mobility by 1H MRI. The feasibility of merging these methods was validated on this first trial. …”
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Parasitological and clinical correlates of Plasmodium–Schistosoma mansoni co-infection and its determinants among Plasmodium-infected patients in the Wolaita Zone, South Ethiopia r... by Kemal Mohamed, Tariku Belay, Ahmed Zeynudin

“…On multivariate analysis, being male (AOR=3.03, CI: 1.56-5.91,p=0.001), being in the 6-15 years age group (AOR = 5.85, CI: 2.45–13.93,p=0.00), the presence of stream (AOR = 4.1, CI: 1.65–10.15,p=0.002), having a water body distance of less than 1,000 m (AOR=2.33, CI: 1.23–4.41,p=0.009), and presence of irrigation practice (AOR= 3.24, CI: 1.69–6.18,p=0.00) were found to be significant risk factors of co-infection.ConclusionMalaria attack and level of parasitemia were associated with the intensity of concurrent Schistosoma mansoni infection. …”
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Effects of Extraction Temperature on Physicochemical Properties and Antioxidant and Immunomodulatory Activities of Polysaccharides from Lycium ruthenicum Murr. by Bing LIU, Jingyu MA, Ting LI, Jun ZHU, Meipeng ZHU, Lihua WU, Xia CHEN, Xinguo ZHANG, Ping ZHAO

“…Lycium ruthenicum Murr. polysaccharides (LRPs) were obtained by the water extraction-ethanol precipitation method using extraction temperature (20, 40, 60, 80, 100 ℃) as variables. …”
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Subacute toxicity of isoliquiritigenin-zein phosphatidylcholine nanoparticles on biochemical, hematological, and histopathological parameters in Sprague-Dawley rats by Ke Yang, Kumar Ganesan, Fei Gao, Chunguang Xie, Jianping Chen

“…The acute toxicity was evaluated by administering a single dose of 110 mg/kg and 160 mg/kg of ISL@ZLH NPs extracted in distilled water via oral gavage in rats and mice, respectively. …”
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Cross Flow Analysis over the Jet Pumps of a BWR-5 Reactor by G. Soto-Mendoza, A. Armenta-Molina, S. Pérez-Montejo, L.H. Hernández-Gómez, P. Ruiz-López, G.M. Urriolagoitia-Calderón, J.A. Beltrán-Fernández

“…They are submerged in water in the cylindrical annular zone of the reactor. …”
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Influence of Lactobacillus plantarum and cellulase on fermentation quality and microbial community in mixed silage of Solanum rostratum and alfalfa by Yuyu Li, Yuyu Li, Hua Wang, Hua Wang, Yandong Zhang, Yu Ji, Yu Ji, Lizhu Guo, Lizhu Guo, Lifen Hao, Lifen Hao, Kejian Lin, Kejian Lin

“…Treatments were a control treatment with no additive (CK), Lactobacillus plantarum (LP), cellulase (CE), and Lactobacillus plantarum in combination with cellulase (L+C), all of which were stored at ambient temperature for 7, 15, 30, and 60 days.ResultsThe results showed that the mixture could retain dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), and water soluble carbohydrates (WSC) content, increase lactic acid (LA) content, decrease pH and alkaloid content, and improve fermentation quality during silage. …”
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The Potential Effect of Bualuang (White <i>Nelumbo nucifera</i> Gaertn.) Extract on Sperm Quality and Metabolomic Profiles in Mancozeb-Induced Oxidative Stress in Male Rats by Jiraporn Laoung-on, Pimchanok Nuchniyom, Ketsarin Intui, Churdsak Jaikang, Kanokporn Saenphet, Kongsak Boonyapranai, Giatgong Konguthaithip, Nopparuj Outaitaveep, Sasitorn Phankhieo, Paiwan Sudwan

“…Seventy-two mature male Wistar rats were divided into nine groups (<i>n</i> = 8) and, for 30 days, were gavaged with WNPE at doses of 0.55, 1.10, and 2.20 mg/kg; were given distilled water; or were co-gavaged with MZ and WNPE. By evaluating the ¹H-NMR of WNPE, myricetin, apigenin, luteolin, ferulic acid, caffeic acid, ascorbic acid, genistein, chlorogenic acid, naringenin, and ellagic acid were found, and the essential minerals were evaluated by AAS. …”
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Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy applied to cattle compost for phosphorus quantification by Alberto Lencina, Gustavo Romagnoli, Andrea Alonso, Noelia Ramos, Cristian D’Angelo, Lina Lett, Silvia Mestelan

“…Discarding outliers, the errors were reduced to 19% and 30%, respectively.Conclusion Water content must be considered in addition to other characterizations due to logistic implications. …”
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Implementation of 2% Chlorhexidine Bathing to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections Among Patients in the Intensive Care Unit by Hsu-Liang Chang, Tzu-Ying Liu, Po-Shou Huang, Chin-Hwan Chen, Chia-Wen Yen, Hui-Zhu Chen, Shin-Huei Kuo, Tun-Chieh Chen, Shang-Yi Lin, Po-Liang Lu

“…Using a prospective, uncontrolled before-and-after design, we compared traditional soap-water bathing (pre-intervention period) with CHG bathing over a one-year intervention and one-year post-intervention follow-up. …”
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Effect of L-carnitine on lipid biomarkers of oxidative stress in chronic hemodialysis patients: a randomized controlled trial by Shokoh Shayanpour, Seyyed Seyfollah Beladi Mousavi, Hossain Karimpourian, Khojasteh Hoseinynejad, Kambiz Ahmadi Angali

“…L-carnitine tablets (250 mg/T) dissolved in 30 mL water (25 mg/kg) were administered orally twice daily before meals for a period of 3 months in the intervention group (n=44). …”
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Effect of tropical climates on the quality of commonly used antibiotics: the protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Johnstone Thitiri, Moses Ngari, Christina W Obiero, James A Berkley, Tsegaye Melaku, Sultan Suleman, Gemmechu Hasen, Sileshi Belew, Jimmy Shangala

“…Experimental studies that assess naturally occurring and simulated storage conditions and medicines prepared from powder with water and stored in hospitals or at home to be used across several doses will be also included. …”
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Impact of caffeine and vitamin D3 on the body-weight of pregnant BALB/c mice by Maimoona Khan, Muhammad Saad Abdullah, Fareeha Mushtaq, Faiza Umbreen, Muhammad Rizwan Bashir Kiani, Ayesha Shahid

“…The control group G1 was given standard diet with water ad libitum for 21 days.  The animals in experimental group G2, in addition to the standard diet, were given 10mg of caffeine per 100g body-weight once a day on alternate days by oral gavage for 21 days.  …”
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