CHANGES OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF TOP-GRADE FLOUR (SEMOLINA) FROM DURUM WHEAT DURING ITS RIPENING by T. S. Steinberg, E. P. Meleshkina, O. G. Shvedova, O. V. Morozova, N. S. Zhiltsova

“…Using the rapid method of digital image analysis by the developed scanning flour analyzer the optical properties of flour (semolina) obtained in laboratory and production conditions from durum wheat of three years of harvest (2017–2019), namely the «yellowness» indicator and the color characteristic in the blue part of the spectrum, were determined. …”
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Relationship between IL-1β production and endodontic status of human periapical lesions by Popovska Lidija, Dimova Cena, Evrosimoska Biljana, Stojanovska Vera, Muratovska Ilijana, Cetenović Bojana, Marković Dejan

“…Each periapical tissue sample was divided into two equal parts. The one half of each lesion was used for quantification of interleukin-1β in tissue homogenates by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method. …”
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Aggressive hydration with lactated Ringer’s solution versus plasma solution for the prevention of post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) pancreatitis (ALPS stud... by In Rae Cho, Sang Hyub Lee, Jin Ho Choi, Joo Kyung Park, Gunn Huh, Woo Hyun Paik, Do Hyun Park

“…Despite advances in the prevention strategies, prevention of PEP remains imperfect, necessitating more refined hydration methods. This study investigates the effectiveness of lactated Ringer’s solution versus plasma solution in preventing PEP.Method and analysis This multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial, will be initiated by the investigator-sponsor, and conducted in three tertiary centres in South Korea. …”
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Bacterial and Viral-Induced Changes in the Reflectance Spectra of <i>Nicotiana benthamiana</i> Plants by Alyona Grishina, Maxim Lysov, Maria Ageyeva, Victoria Diakova, Oksana Sherstneva, Anna Brilkina, Vladimir Vodeneev

“…This necessitates the development of methods for early detection of phytopathogens, which will reduce losses and improve product quality by using lower quantities of agrochemicals. …”
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Dual-Branch Luminance–Chrominance Attention Network for Hydraulic Concrete Image Enhancement by Zhangjun Peng, Li Li, Chuanhao Chang, Rong Tang, Guoqiang Zheng, Mingfei Wan, Juanping Jiang, Shuai Zhou, Zhenggang Tian, Zhigui Liu

“…Extensive experiments conducted on both LOLv1 and LLHCID benchmarks demonstrate that the proposed method significantly enhances the visual interpretability of hydraulic concrete surfaces while effectively addressing low-light degradation challenges.…”
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Reducing complexity of patient decision aids for community-based older adults with dementia and their caregivers: multiple case study of Decision Boxes by France Légare, Gabriel Bilodeau, Holly Witteman, Juliette Lafontaine-Bruneau, Philippe Voyer, Edeltraut Kröger, Marie-Claude Tremblay, Anik M C Giguere

“…Objectives To identify patient decision aids’ features to limit their complexity for older adults with dementia and their family caregivers.Design Mixed method, multiple case study within a user-centred design (UCD) approach.Setting Community-based healthcare in the province of Quebec in Canada.Participants 23 older persons (aged 65+ years) with dementia and their 27 family caregivers.Results During three UCD evaluation-modification rounds, participants identified strengths and weaknesses of the patient decision aids’ content and visual design that influenced their complexity. …”
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Clinical features evaluation of myopic fundus tessellation from OCTA and MfERG by Yanyan Zhang, Yan Zhong, Wei Mao, Zhe Zhang, Yusheng Zhou, Hu Li, Jianing Ying, Quanyong Yi

“…Methods: This study included 52 patients totaling 87 eyes. …”
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The Specific Features of Red Blood Cell Membranes in Premature Neonates Due to Multiple Pregnancy by S. A. Perepelitsa, V. A. Sergunova, O. E. Gudkova, S. V. Alekseeva

“…Objective: to substantiate the efficacy of bipolar impulses of different shapes and duration.Method. The investigation used the dynamic model II of the mammalian ventricular cardiomyocyte membrane in the guinea-pig, proposed by Luo and Rudy (1994—2000). …”
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Predictors of treatment delay among drug resistant tuberculosis patients in Uganda by Nabukenya Diana Kasozi, Lwanga Charles, Asiimwe JohnBosco, Luzze Henry

“…This study aimed to investigate treatment delays and identify predictors of delayed treatment initiation among DR-TB patients in Uganda. Method A retrospective study was conducted using routine DR-TB national case registration data between January 2012 and December 2019. …”
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STANDARDIZATION OF CLINICAL PHARMACIST FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN HOSPITAL SETTING IN UKRAINE AND ABROAD by Andriy Zimenkovsky, Х.І. Макух, Myroslava Sekh, Marta Zayats

“…Collection, analysis, and standardization of practical functions of a clinical pharmacist in national and foreign inpatient health care facilities, as well as identification of barriers during the integration of clinical pharmacy services in Ukraine. Materials and Methods. The applied methods include a systematic approach, bibliographic, standardization, group method of expert evaluations, structural-logical, analytical-comparative, computer data processing, and modeling. …”
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Production of inflammatory cytokines, cortisol, and A&amp;beta;1-40 in elderly oral cancer patients with postoperative delirium by Sun L, Jia P, Zhang J, Zhang X, Zhang Y, Jiang H, Jiang W, Guo Y

“…During the first three postoperative days, patients were examined using the confusion assessment method twice a day (8 am and 8 pm). Mini-Mental State Examination scores were recorded at T0 and on postoperative days 1, 3, and 7. …”
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Survey of Structural Autosomal Abnormalities and Autosomal Variants in Infertile Patients Treated at Some IVF Centers in Vietnam by Trieu ST, Pham MD, Le H, Vo HV, Nguyen PV, Tran TV, Nguyen NN, Trinh ST

“…Karyotyping was conducted using the G-band staining method, and the data were analyzed with STATA 16.0 software.Results: Males have a higher overall occurrence of structural autosomal anomalies, with a total of 359 cases (1.932%) compared to 306 cases (1.594%) in females, particularly inversions and robertsonian translocations. …”
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The response of TNF-α, IL-6 serum levels and lipid profiles to two aerobic training frequencies with the same volume in obese middle-aged women with type 2 diabetic by ali rajabi, ali akbarnejad, Marefat siahkohian, morteza yari

“…Purpose: The aim of this study was to comparison of the effect of two different frequencies of aerobic exercise with the same volume and detraining period on the levels of IL-6, TNF-α and lipid profiles in obese middle-aged women with type 2 diabetes.Methods: Thirty-six obese women age?? with type 2 diabetes were randomly divided into three groups of 12 equal members (Group I = three sessions and group two = six sessions per week, with the same volume). …”
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Causal Link of Distinct Mental Disorders with Androgenetic Alopecia and Alopecia Areata: A Bidirectional Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study by Hu C, Cheng Z, Tao Y, Zhang L, Zhang Y, Chen Z

“…We aimed to investigate whether and in which direction there is a causal link of distinct mental disorders with androgenetic alopecia (AGA) and alopecia areata (AA) in European population.Methods: We performed a bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study to test their causality using summary statistics. …”
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Optimizing iron absorption: Superiority of alternate day dosing by Muhammad Umar Rafique, Ayeeza Asghar, Abdullah Ahmad

“…This can be attributed to the upregulation of serum hepcidin by acute intake of iron doses and the resulting increase in liver stores over the course of 3 months.[3] This corroborated previous research that dosing oral iron intake in this method held superiority in efficacy and in lowering iron deficiency amongst individuals. …”
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Increasing coverage and decreasing inequity in insecticide-treated bed net use among rural Kenyan children. by Abdisalan M Noor, Abdinasir A Amin, Willis S Akhwale, Robert W Snow

“…The free mass distribution method achieved highest coverage among the poorest children, the highly subsidised clinic nets programme was marginally in favour of the least poor, and the commercial social marketing favoured the least poor.…”
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Comparative Antimicrobial Effects of Rat Blood-derived Products and Adipose-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Conditioned Medium by Mohsen Sheykhhasan, Azar Sheikholeslami, Ali Kowsari, Naser Kalhor

“…PRF was obtained with a centrifugation method of 3000 rpm for 10 min immediately after blood collection, and no anticoagulant was used. …”
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Intravenous Streptozotocin Induces Variants in Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy in Female Mice by Hagenimana MA, Green AR, Tierney JA, Lenert ME, Burton MD

“…We set out to enhance a current murine DPN model by identifying a method for inducing diabetic pathologies in male and female mice and tracking the development of painful neuropathy.Methods: Painful DPN was induced in both male and female mice through five daily intravenous injections of STZ. …”
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Fertigação em mudas de citros utilizando-se mangueiras e microtubos sob regime de escoamento turbulento Fertigation on citrus seedlings using hoses and microtubes under turbulent f... by Wanderley J. Souza, Tarlei A. Botrel, Daniel F. de Carvalho, Leonardo D. B. da Silva

“…The fertigation system presented great performance with clogging degree, Christiansen uniformity and emission uniformity values equal to 0,50; 99,95 and 98,21%, respectively, after 160 days of study. …”
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Study on the Value of CT Enhanced Long Delayed Scan in PCI Scoring of Pseudomyxoma Peritonei by Hongmin JIA, Hongjiang WEI, Jinlu ZHAO, Zhenghan YANG

“…Conclusion: The CT-enhanced delayed scanning method can effectively improve the accuracy of preoperative CT-PCI scoring.…”
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