Potential physiological mechanisms behind variation in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) to biosynthesize EPA and DHA when reared on plant oil replacement feeds by Ken Overturf, Jason Abernathy, Dietmar Kültz, Jacob Bledsoe, Shawn Narum, Thomas Welker

“…The omega-3 fatty acids, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; 22:6n-3) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA; 20:5n-3), are of primary concern as they provide significant health benefits such as reducing inflammation and improving heart and health function. However, the DHA; 22:6n-3 and EPA; 20:5n-3 available for aquaculture feeds is primarily provided by fish oil which is already limited in availability and expensive, and dietary lipids are consistently being replaced with oil sourced from plants. …”
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Acoustic Features for Identifying Suicide Risk in Crisis Hotline Callers: Machine Learning Approach by Zhengyuan Su, Huadong Jiang, Ying Yang, Xiangqing Hou, Yanli Su, Li Yang

“…Basic acoustic features (eg, Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients, formant frequencies, jitter, shimmer) and high-level statistical function (HSF) features (using OpenSMILE [Open-Source Speech and Music Interpretation by Large-Space Extraction] with the ComParE 2016 configuration) were extracted. …”
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Estimating the mass of tephra accumulated on roads to best manage the impact of volcanic eruptions: the example of Mt Etna, Italy by L. Mereu, L. Mereu, M. Stocchi, M. Stocchi, A. Garcia, M. Prestifilippo, L. Sandri, C. Bonadonna, S. Scollo

“…First, we analysed a sequence of 39 short-lasting and intense lava fountains detected by the X-band weather radar, applying a volcanic ash radar retrieval approach that permits us to compute the main eruption source parameters (ESPs), such MER, <span class="inline-formula"><i>H</i>_TP</span>, and GSD. …”
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Hybrid closed-loop systems for managing blood glucose levels in type 1 diabetes: a systematic review and economic modelling by Asra Asgharzadeh, Mubarak Patel, Martin Connock, Sara Damery, Iman Ghosh, Mary Jordan, Karoline Freeman, Anna Brown, Rachel Court, Sharin Baldwin, Fatai Ogunlayi, Chris Stinton, Ewen Cummins, Lena Al-Khudairy

“…Treatment with insulin is aimed at replicating the function of the pancreas to manage hyperglycaemia and avoid hypoglycaemia. …”
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OGLE-2011-BLG-0462: An Isolated Stellar-mass Black Hole Confirmed Using New HST Astrometry and Updated Photometry by Kailash C. Sahu, Jay Anderson, Stefano Casertano, Howard E. Bond, Martin Dominik, Annalisa Calamida, Andrea Bellini, Thomas M. Brown, Henry C. Ferguson, Marina Rejkuba

“…We have reanalyzed the data, including the new HST astrometry, and photometry obtained with 16 different telescopes. The source lies only $0\mathop{.}\limits^{^{\prime\prime} }4$ from a bright neighbor, making it crucial to perform precise subtraction of its point-spread function (PSF) in the astrometric measurements of the source. …”
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Validation of a 60K SNP chip for caribou (Rangifer tarandus) for use in wildlife forensics, conservation, and management by Trottier-Lavoie Mallorie, Prunier Julien, Poisson William, Carrier Alexandra, Gilbert Isabelle, Mastromonaco Gabriela, Albert Vicky, Cecilia Hernandez, Bourret Vincent, Taillon Joëlle, Droit Arnaud, Côté Steeve D., Robert Claude

“…Based on a population-targeted subset of SNPs included in the chip design, reassignment of 981 samples to a functional group (here to a caribou ecotype) was highly accurate (99.59 %) and the relative probability of reassignment error was estimated using the logarithm of odds score. …”
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Non-invasive biopsy diagnosis of diabetic kidney disease via deep learning applied to retinal images: a population-based study by Ziyao Meng, MEng, Zhouyu Guan, MD, Shujie Yu, MBBS, Yilan Wu, BSc, Yaoning Zhao, BSc, Jie Shen, PhD, Cynthia Ciwei Lim, MMed, Tingli Chen, MD, Dawei Yang, PhD, An Ran Ran, PhD, Feng He, MSc, Haslina Hamzah, BSc, Sarkaaj Singh, MSc, Anis Syazwani Abd Raof, MSc, Jian Wen Samuel Lee-Boey, MBBS, ProfMBBS Soo-Kun Lim, MBBS, ProfMD Xufang Sun, MBBS, Shuwang Ge, MD, ProfMD Gang Xu, MD, Prof Hua Su, MD, Yang Cheng, MD, Feng Lu, PhD, ProfPhD Xiaofei Liao, PhD, ProfPhD Hai Jin, PhD, Chenxin Deng, MMed, Lei Ruan, MD, ProfMD Cuntai Zhang, MD, Chan Wu, MD, ProfMD Rongping Dai, MD, Yixiao Jin, MSc, Wenxiao Wang, PhD, Tingyao Li, BSc, Ruhan Liu, PhD, Jiajia Li, PhD, Jia Shu, BEng, Yuwei Lu, MBBS, Xiangning Wang, MD, Qiang Wu, MD, Yiming Qin, BEng, Jin Tang, MD, Xiaohua Sheng, MD, Qiong Jiao, MD, ProfPhD Xiaokang Yang, MD, ProfPhD Minyi Guo, MD, Gareth J McKay, PhD, ProfPhD Ruth E Hogg, PhD, Gerald Liew, MBBS, Evelyn Yi Lyn Chee, PhD, ProfPhD Wynne Hsu, PhD, ProfPhD Mong Li Lee, PhD, Simon Szeto, MBChB, ProfMD Andrea O Y Luk, MBChB, ProfMD Juliana C N Chan, MBChB, Carol Y Cheung, PhD, Gavin Siew Wei Tan, FRCSEd, Yih-Chung Tham, PhD, ProfMD PhD Ching-Yu Cheng, PhD, Charumathi Sabanayagam, MD PhD, ProfPhD Lee-Ling Lim, MD PhD, ProfMD PhD Weiping Jia, MD PhD, ProfMD PhD Huating Li, MD PhD, Bin Sheng, Prof, Tien Yin Wong, Prof

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Nanoprobe synchrotron X-ray fluorescence microscopy reveals selenium-rich spherical structure in mouse retinal pigment epithelium by Marta Ugarte, Kalotina Geraki, Elizabeth Bentley, Roger Cox

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GWAS and WGCNA analysis uncover candidate genes associated with drought in Brassica juncea L. by Yusong Zhang, Yusong Zhang, Xiaoyan Yuan, Xiaoyan Yuan, Yunyun Zhang, Yunyun Zhang, Yanqing Luo, Yanqing Luo, Kaiqin Zhao, Kaiqin Zhao, Feng Zu, Feng Zu, Zhengshu Tian, Zhengshu Tian, Jinfeng Li, Jinfeng Li, Lifan Zhang, Lifan Zhang, Xiaoying He, Xiaoying He, Jinxiang Gao, Jinxiang Gao, Minglian Fu, Minglian Fu, Genze Li, Genze Li, Feihu Liu

“…To screen drought-tolerant germplasm resources and key functional genes related to drought tolerance in Brassica juncea L.(193 accessions), three treatments were applied at the germination and seedling stages:control(CK), moderate drought stress (M), and severe drought stress (S). …”
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Effects of aspirin and omega-3 fatty acids on age-related macular degeneration in ASCEND-Eye: a randomised placebo-controlled trial in a population with diabetes by Praveen Patel, Rory Collins, Richard Peto, Mark Davies, Sanjiv Banerjee, David Simpson, John Anderson, Louise Bowman, Peter Scanlon, Amanda Adler, Andrew Farmer, Helen Cook, Laura Evans, Elizabeth Williamson, Louis Bolter, Jane Armitage, Peter Sandercock, Richard Gray, Nilesh Samani, Tasso Gazis, Richard Haynes, Arun Sachdev, Eric Wu, Elizabeth Wincott, Peter Sleight, Colin Baigent, Marion Mafham, Sarah Parish, Gavin Brown, Susan Hurley, Lynne Allsop, William Stevens, Theingi Aung, Allen Young, Emily Sammons, Georgina Buck, Imen Hammami, Jill Barton, Jonathan Bodansky, Roger McPherson, Lucy Fletcher, Murphy Kevin, Ryonfa Lee, Sandra Pickworth, Monica Willett, Michael Lay, Ola Murawska, Karen Melham, Jonathan Latham-Mollart, Anna Brewer, Mike Olson, Jude Kay, Alisha Griffiths, Helen Clayton, Philip Kirby, Mike Pennington, Dominic Clarke, Jenny Anslow, Alex Hallam, Jenny Witts, Sarah Egan, Alex Wharton, Amy Derbyshire, Katherine Hepplestone, Sujit Mithra, Su Oliver, Pauline Wiatrak-Olszewska, Kelly Alvey, Nick Gregory, Priyai Parkinson, Prema Maharajan, Rachel McFee, Donna Sowter, John Featonby, Richard Furnival, Helen Lipinski, Hazel Benjamin, Tanisha McAfee, Emma Payne Payne, Liz Still

“…Reports of AMD diagnoses were sourced from 6 monthly ASCEND follow-up questionnaires and a Visual Function Questionnaire.Participants 15 480 UK adults at least 40 years of age with diabetes but no evident cardiovascular disease.Interventions 100 mg aspirin daily versus placebo and, separately, 1 g omega-3 FAs daily versus placebo.Main outcome measure The first post-randomisation reports of AMD.Results During 7.4 years of follow-up, 122 (1.6%) participants randomised to aspirin were reported as having AMD, compared with 138 (1.8%) randomised to placebo (rate ratio 0.88; 95% CI 0.69 to 1.12; p=0.31). …”
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Landscape of extracellular small RNA and identification of biomarkers in multiple human cancers by Shoubin Zhan, Ye Xu, Botao Li, Peng Ge, Chunwu Zhang, Shengkai Zhou, Tingting Yang, Gaoli Liang, Ling Ji, Xiangbin Kong, Ping Yang, Xi Chen, Chen-Yu Zhang, Han Shen, Xu Luo, Zhen Zhou, Yanbo Wang

“…Summary: Extracellular RNAs (exRNAs) in biofluids, sourced from diverse tissues, exhibit various biological functions and diagnostic potential. …”
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Candidate gene identification and marker development for seed coat peeling rate in peanut (Arachis Hypogaea L.) by Hongfei Liu, Ziqi Sun, Feiyan Qi, Xiao Wang, Meng Zhang, Juan Wang, Xiaobo Wang, Ziqiang Mo, Mingbo Zhao, Chenyang Zhi, Mengmeng Wang, Zhiyuan Zhou, Linhong Xu, Wenzhao Dong, Zheng Zheng, Xinyou Zhang

“…Furthermore, a functional marker A05.114993389 was developed and validated in both the natural and RIL populations, providing a valuable genomic resource for marker-assisted selection (MAS) in peanut breeding programs. …”
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3D printing-biomimetic local stiff niche enhances glycolysis to boost PDAC cell stem-like phenotype via N6-methyladenosine-suppressed YAP1 mRNA decay by Di Wu, Xiaoqi Guan, Tao Yang, Jiashuai Yan, Biwen Zhu, Junchao Zhou, Yibing Guo, Yuhua Lu

“…However, the stiffness heterogeneity of TME within PDAC functions on tumor cell stem-like phenotypes remains unclear. …”
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Genomic insights into population dynamics and adaptive strategies of the endangered dipterocarp, Hopea chinensis by Wei-Min Xiang, Yu-Ting Jiang, Jie Zou, Yan Deng, Kai Jiang, Kai-Jian Zhang, Xin-Yu Zhou, Kai-Xi Quan, Zi-Wen Han, Wei-Chao Liu, Liang Tang, Yuan-Yuan Li, Simon T. Segar, Yuan-Ye Zhang, Xing-Hua Hu, Rong Wang, Xiao-Yong Chen

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Influência de um protocolo de criopreservação no rendimento in vitro de células-tronco derivadas do tecido adiposo Effect of a cryopreservation protocol on the in vitro yield of ad... by Fernanda Ginani, Diego Moura Soares, Carlos Augusto Galvão Barboza

“…<br>BACKGROUND: Adipose tissue obtained by liposuction may be an accessible source of stem cells for future clinical application in tissue regeneration. …”
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Glucocorticoids and antivirals for HBV reactivation in onco-hematologic patients by Michela di Fonzo, Andrea Marengo, Alfredo Marzano, Antonella Ferrari, Bruno Monarca, Gianfranco delle Fave, Massimo Marignani

“…In this later autopsy detected cirrhosis, not evident at presentation. This clinical experience suggests that in patients with &lt;span&gt;onco-hematological&lt;/span&gt; and persistent liver function tests alterations in spite of effective antiviral response, glucocorticoids could control the effects of immune response. …”
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Improving older people’s experiences and safety at transitions of care: the PACT mixed-methods study including RCT by Jenni Murray, Ruth Baxter, Jane O’Hara, Laura Sheard, Catherine Hewitt, Natasha Hardicre, Charles Vincent, Eirini Oikonomou, Gerry Richardson, Rosie Shannon, Kalpita Baird, Stephen Brealey, Robbie Foy, Laura Mandefield, Sarah Hampton, Ed Breckin, Lubena Mirza, Alfredo Palacios, Sally Moore, Jayne Marran, Jacqui Elliot, Jane Schofield, Alison Cracknell, Beth Woods, Sarah Cockayne, Thomas Mills, Yvonne Birks, Olivia Joseph, Rebecca Lawton

“…Secondary outcomes included: unplanned 60- and 90-day hospital re-admissions; quality of transition; health-related quality of life (EuroQol-5 Dimensions, five-level version); and self-reported healthcare resource use. Data sources National Health Service Secondary Use Services data and Hospital Episodes data for work package 2 and routinely recorded National Health Service acute trust hospital data on re-admissions for work packages 5 and 6. …”
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Growth Toxic Effects of Metal Nanoparticles on Bacillus subtilis and Vibrio parahaemolyticus by Shiyu CHEN, Bin XIA, Lin ZHU, Shuang LI, Qiufen LI, Xuemei SUN, Wei DAI

“…Based on the ecological roles and functions of these two bacteria in marine microbial communities, this study used B. subtilis and V. parahaemolyticus isolated from Bohai Bay as test organisms. …”
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Improving outcomes for people with autism spectrum disorders by reducing mental health problems: the IAMHealth research programme including one RCT by Emily Simonoff, Gillian Baird, Bryony Beresford, Tony Charman, Martin Knapp, Andrew Pickles, Carol Povey, Tom Purser, Paramala Santosh, Vicky Slonims, Stephen Scott

“…Adolescent adaptive functioning was predicted not only by early childhood autistic symptoms and IQ and ADHD symptoms. …”
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Spectrum of Cortactin Isoforms in the Urine of Patients with Liver Cirrhosis and Their Diagnostic Value as a Potential Molecular Marker of its Severity by Fayura O., Starikovych M., Abrahamovych O., Abrahamovych M., Stoyka R., Kit Yu.

“…Since the protein content of human urine is closely related to the peculiarity of the functioning of biological systems, its qualitative and quantitative characteristics are promising markers for control of various processes in organism. …”
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