Impact of adjunctive tolvaptan on sympathetic activity in acute heart failure with preserved ejection fraction by Shunsuke Tamaki, Takahisa Yamada, Takashi Morita, Yoshio Furukawa, Masato Kawasaki, Atsushi Kikuchi, Tsutomu Kawai, Masahiro Seo, Makoto Abe, Jun Nakamura, Kyoko Yamamoto, Kiyomi Kayama, Masatsugu Kawahira, Kazuya Tanabe, Kunpei Ueda, Takanari Kimura, Daisuke Sakamoto, Yuto Tamura, Takeshi Fujita, Masatake Fukunami

“…There were no significant differences in the body weight change and total urine volume during 2 days after randomisation or in the HMR on delayed image (HMR(d)) and WR between the tolvaptan and conventional groups. …”
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Influence of the biologically active dietary supplement Floravit® on the skin and hair structure in sable (Martes zibellina) by N. N. Loenko, I. E. Chernova, T. S. Kunitsina

“…Animals in the test group exposed to Floravit® exhibited an increase in guide hair length on the chine and side, when compared to controls, by 4.1 mm (p < 0.001) and by 2.8 mm (p < 0.01), respectively. …”
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Experiment and Simulation Study on the Amorphous Silicon Photovoltaic Walls by Wenjie Zhang, Bin Hao, Nianping Li

“…As simulation results, in summer, comparing the PV walls with normal wall, the heat per unit area of these two photovoltaic walls was 5.25 kWh/m2 (nonventilated) and 0.67 kWh/m2 (ventilated) higher, respectively. …”
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Profile of Secondary Metabolite Compounds in Soybean (Glycine max L.) Leaves under Different Shading Treatments by Deddy Wahyudin Purba, Suswati Suswati

“…The research was conducted as follows: (i) planting several soybean varieties under different shading intensities; (ii) extracting metabolic substances from soybean leaves through maceration; (iii) identifying the extracted substances using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC); and (iv) analyzing changes in primary metabolic substances. …”
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Cost Assessment of Emission Mitigation Technology for the Palm Oil Sector in Indonesia by A. S. Nur Chairat, L. Abdullah, M. N. Maslan , M. S. M. Aras, M. H. F. Md Fauadi, R. A. Hamid and H. Batih

“…The least MAC is given as technology ranked first, namely the high-capacity boiler, with a value of $-19.61/tonne CO2eq followed by the high-efficiency steam turbine with $-7.2/tonne CO2eq, and the POME-to-biogas technology with $-0.1/tonne CO2eq. …”
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Characterization of Thermal Properties of Highland Bamboo Fibers by Dawit Tessema Ebissa, Tamrat Tesfaye, Delele Worku Ayele

“…The surface appearance of the cell wall and microfibril aggregates were changed by alkali treatment. From the SEM results, 3% NaOH-treated fiber resulted in more wrinkles on the surface of bamboo fibers when compared with the 1% and 2% NaOH bamboo fibers. …”
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ANALISIS RHODAMIN B PADA SAUS TOMAT YANG BEREDAR DI KOTA MADIUN DENGAN METODE KROMATOGRAFI LAPIS TIPIS by Pranita Nurdiana Agustin, Ani Sulistyarsi, Sri Utami

“…The indicated sample has the same Rf with Rhodamin B. It will change it color into red as its response toward H2SO4 and HCl. …”
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An In silico Approach towards Finding the Cancer-Causing Mutations in Human MET Gene by Fayeza Sadia Laskar, Md. Nazmul Islam Bappy, Md. Sowrov Hossain, Zenifer Alam, Dilruba Afrin, Sudeb Saha, Kazi Md. Ali Zinnah

“…Also, these deleterious nsSNPs were accompanied by changes in properties of MET like residue charge, size, and hydrophobicity. …”
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The Effect of Injectable Medication Procedure on the Level of Pain among Early Childhood patients by Farida A. K. Tahir, Pary M. Azize, Aram N. Abdul Razzaq

“…CRIES pain scales were applied to the children and show that there are highly significant differences between pain and the physiological, behavior characteristics between pre and after the procedure in the p-value < .00001 such as crying was developed from high pitch crying to inconsolable in post-procedure. Consumption of O2 also increased. In terms of heart rate was increased up to 20% than baseline, while, in the post-procedure, the change was more than 20% of the baseline. …”
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Electroacupuncture Alleviates Neuropathic Pain through Regulating miR-206-3p Targeting BDNF after CCI by Wenzhan Tu, Jingjing Yue, Xuqing Li, Qiaoyun Wu, Guanhu Yang, Shengcun Li, Qiangsan Sun, Songhe Jiang

“…Mechanical withdrawal threshold (MWT) and thermal withdrawal latency (TWL) tests were used to determine differences in neurobehavioral manifestations. qPCR, western blotting, and immunofluorescence (IF) were carried out to detect the expression levels of miR-206-3p, BDNF, BAX/Bcl-2, TNF-α, and IL-6. Nissl staining was measured to observe morphological changes in neurons. …”
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Customized Toric Intraocular Lens Implantation in Eyes with Cataract and Corneal Astigmatism after Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty: A Prospective Study by Domenico Schiano Lomoriello, Giacomo Savini, Kristian Naeser, Rossella Maria Colabelli-Gisoldi, Valeria Bono, Augusto Pocobelli

“…The predictability of cylinder correction is partially lowered by the variability of the surgically induced changes of TCA. This trial is registered with NCT03398109.…”
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Particle Shape-Based Evaluation of the Leaching of Sphalerite Ore in Dilute Acid Solutions by Mert Terzi, İlgin Kurşun Ünver, Tuğba Deniz Tombal

“…In this study, the effects of changes in particle shapes on dissolution efficiencies in zinc (Zn) recovery from a lead-zinc (Pb-Zn) ore by acid leaching method were investigated. …”
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Four Weeks of Inspiratory Muscle Training Improves Self-Paced Walking Performance in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Randomised Controlled Trial by A. M. Edwards, G. P. Maguire, D. Graham, V. Boland, G. Richardson

“…Lung function was unchanged in both groups after-training; however inspiratory muscle strength was significantly improved in EXP (19±25.2 cm H2O gain; 𝑃<0.01) but did not significantly change in PLA. …”
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Comparative study of polymeric nanoparticles and traditional agents in dental implant decontamination by Håvard J Haugen, Jaime Bueno, Badra Hussain, Raquel Osorio, Mariano Sanz

“…Titanium discs were treated with saline water, PrefGel ® , hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ), GUM ® Paroex ® , or polymeric NPs, and analysed using SEM, EDX, XPS, and contact angle measurements to assess changes in surface composition, morphology, and hydrophilicity. …”
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The effects of active play interventions on children’s fundamental movement skills: a systematic review by Xinmiao Zhang, Changhao Tang, Miao Geng, Kai Li, Cong Liu, Yujun Cai

“…FMS were assessed using the Test of Gross Motor Development-2 (TGMD-2), the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOTMP), the Peabody Development Motor Scales-2 (PDMS-2), and the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC). …”
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Thermal and Aerodynamic Researches of Staggered Bundles for Choice of an Effective Spacing of Round-Finned Tubes by V. B. Kuntysh, A. B. Sukhotskii, G. S. Marshalova, V. V. Dudarev, V. N. Farafontov

“…The heat transfer rate of the last transverse row in the direction of air movement is 0–5 % lower than the heat transfer rate of the stabilized rows, and here new features of heat transfer variations in the insufficiently studied area of spacing changes S1 and S2 have been found. The thermal contact resistance (TCR) was measured in the range of the average temperature of the contact surfaces tк = (79–95) оС, and no dependence of the value of TCR on tк for the specified interval was found. …”
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Age- and sex-adjusted CT-based reference values for temporal muscle thickness, cross-sectional area and radiodensity by Emilia K. Pesonen, Otso Arponen, Jaakko Niinimäki, Nicole Hernández, Lasse Pikkarainen, Sami Tetri, Tommi K. Korhonen

“…Quantile regression was used to model age-related changes in muscle morphomics. A total of 500 subjects [250 (50.0%) males] with a mean age of 49.2 ± 27.9 years were evaluated. …”
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Adaptive potential of winter rye cultivars developed at VIR in the context of their grain protein content in the environments of Leningrad province by N. I. Aniskov, I. V. Safonova, V. I. Horeva

“…The area of the plot was 10 m2; there were three replications. Seeding rate was 350 seeds/m2 or 3.5 million viable seeds per hectare. …”
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A novel approach to volcano surveillance using gas geochemistry by Moussallam, Yves, Oppenheimer, Clive, Scaillet, Bruno

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Smog Nitrogen and the Rapid Acidification of Forest Soil, San Bernardino Mountains, Southern California by Yvonne A. Wood, Mark Fenn, Thomas Meixner, Peter J. Shouse, Joan Breiner, Edith Allen, Laosheng Wu

“…After 30 years, soil to a depth of 25 cm has decreased from a pH (measured in 0.01 M CaCl2) of 4.8 to 3.1. At the 50-cm depth, it has changed from a pH of 4.8 to 4.2. …”
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