Practicing a Christian Environmental Ethic through Stewardship by Medard, Rugyendo

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75 YEARS OF MEPHI’S HISTORY: CONTINUITY OF EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS by I. E. Zadorozhnyuk

“…The monograph “Chronicles of Nuclear University MEPhI” (the authors – N.A. Kudryashov and M.N. Strikhanov) published in the series “Science in the Soviet Union: Through the difficulties to the stars” is devoted to the first 50 years of the history of MEPhI. …”
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Anthropometric measurements as markers of elevated blood pressure among Portuguese children and adolescents by Edmar Mendes, Paulo Farinatti, Alynne Andaki, Susana Vale, Andreia Pizarro, Maria Paula Santos, Clarice Martins, Jorge Mota

“…Elevated BP was defined as systolic and/or diastolic BP > 90th percentile for age and sex. …”
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Oxamflatin and ascorbic acid improves developmental competence and quality of buffalo (Bubalis bubalis) cloned embryos by Sonal Gupta, Gaurav Tripathi, Kartikey Patel, Ram Parsad, Tanya Gupta, Naresh L. Selokar, Manoj Kumar Singh

“…To achieve this aim of the study, reconstructs (fused two enucleated ooplasm + donor cell) were cultured for 8 h, i.e., 4 h post-fusion and 4 h post-activation with 1 μM oxamflatin (OxF), 50 μM ascorbic acid (AA), and there combined (OxF+AA) treatment. …”
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ANTHROPOCENTRIC DIMENSIONS OF UKRAINIAN CULTURE (IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ARCHETYPE OF THE WISE OLD MAN) by Z. O. Yankovska, L. V. Sorochuk

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Deformation and degradation study using point clouds in natatio of the Western Baths at La Alcudia in Elche (Alicante) by José Antonio Huesca-Tortosa, María del Rosario Pacheco-Mateo, Mercedes Tendero-Porras, David Torregrosa-Fuentes, Yolanda Spairani-Berrio

“…The dimensions of this natatio in the frigidarium are 6.60 x 9.30 m (22 x 31 Roman feet) and 1.50 m deep, making it one of the largest Roman swimming pools documented to date on the Iberian Peninsula. …”
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Ultrasound-Assisted Extractions for Improving the Recovery of Phenolics and Charantin from Bitter Melon and for Increasing the Antioxidant, Antidiabetic and Anti-Obesity Activities... by Jin Ju Lee, Kyung Young Yoon

“…Among all extracts, this prepared by UAE-P-E showed the highest DPPH radical scavenging activity (IC50 of 0.55 mg/mL), ferric reducing antioxidant power (250.5 μmol/g extract), and pancreatic lipase inhibitory activity (76.38% at a concentration of 3.0 mg/mL). …”
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THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE OLD BELIEVERS IN THE SOCIO-CULTURAL SPACE OF TRANSBAIKALIA by Tatiana V. Mishina, Natalia S. Kondakova

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Pulse Pressure Relationships with Demographics and Kidney Function in Ashanti, Ghana by Debasish Banerjee, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Nihil Chitalia, Kwabena Kumi, Frank B. Micah, Francesco P. Cappuccio, John B. Eastwood

“…However, the effect of individual components of hypertension namely PP, systolic [SBP] and diastolic blood pressure [DBP] on kidney function, in the general African population is unknown. …”
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In Vitro Cercaricidal Activity, Acute Toxicity, and GC/MS Analysis of Some Selected Ghanaian Medicinal Plants by Bright Osei-Mensah, Yaw Duah Boakye, William Kofi Anyan, Theresa Appiah Agana, Eugene Agyei Aboagye, Ivy Bentil, Elvis Suatey Lomotey, Francis Adu, Christian Agyare

“…At 240 min, NLSB, SCSB, MCL, and OVL extracts had LC50 values of 487.564, 429.898, 197.696, and 0.129 μg/mL, respectively. …”
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Improved cardiac and venous pressures during hospital stay in patients with acute heart failure: an echocardiography and biomarkers study by Eiichi Akiyama, Raphaël Cinotti, Kamilė Čerlinskaitė, Lucas N.L. Van Aelst, Mattia Arrigo, Rui Placido, Tahar Chouihed, Nicolas Girerd, Faiez Zannad, Patrick Rossignol, Marc Badoz, Jean‐Marie Launay, Etienne Gayat, Alain Cohen‐Solal, Carolyn S.P. Lam, Jeffrey Testani, Wilfried Mullens, Gad Cotter, Marie‐France Seronde, Alexandre Mebazaa

“…Echocardiographic parameters of cardiac chamber dimensions [left ventricular end‐diastolic volume: from 120 (76–140) mL to 118 (95–176) mL, P = 0.23] and cardiac index [from 2.1 (1.6–2.6) mL/min/m2 to 1.9 (1.4–2.4) mL/min/m2, P = 0.55] were unchanged in AHF patients, except tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) that improved during hospitalization [from 16 (15–19) mm to 19 (17–21) mm, P = 0.04]. …”
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UV Spectrophotometric Method for theEstimation of Itopride Hydrochloride in Pharmaceutical Formulation by K. R. Gupta, R. R. Joshi, R. B. Chawla, S. G. Wadodkar

“…The drug was found to obey Beer-Lambert’s law in the concentration range of 5-50 μg/mL for all three proposed methods. Results of the analysis were validated statistically and recovery studies were found to be satisfactory.…”
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Permanent aquifer storage loss from long-term groundwater withdrawal: A case study of subsidence in Bandung (Indonesia) by Michelle Rygus, Marco Bianchi, Alessandro Novellino, Ekbal Hussain, Ahmad Taufiq, Steven Reinaldo Rusli, Dwi Sarah, Claudia Meisina

“…Reducing industrial groundwater use by 30 % could slightly reduce further subsidence (5.0 m) and aquifer storage loss (9.2 km3) by 2050.…”
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Effects of Ficus umbellata (Moraceae) Aqueous Extract and 7-Methoxycoumarin on Scopolamine-Induced Spatial Memory Impairment in Ovariectomized Wistar Rats by Stéphane Zingue, Harquin Simplice Foyet, Sefirin Djiogue, Yannick Ezo’o Ezo’o, Hervé Hervé Ngatanko Abaïssou, Pafroumi Fachagbo, Dieudonné Njamen

“…For this to be done, 10 sham-operated and 30 postmenopausal-like rats were randomly distributed in eight groups (n=5) and treated with distilled water (2 mL/250 g), estradiol valerate (1 mg/kg BW), piracetam (1.5 mg/kg BW), F. umbellata aqueous extract (50 and 200 mg/kg BW), or MC (1 mg/kg BW) for 21 consecutive days. …”
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Comprehensive health risk assessment of urban ambient air pollution (PM2.5, NO2 and O3) in Ghana by Boansi Adu Ababio, Gerheart Winfred Ashong, Thomas Peprah Agyekum, Blessed Adjei Yeboah, Marian Asantewah Nkansah, Jonathan Nartey Hogarh, Michael Kweku Commeh, Edward Ebow Kwaansa-Ansah, Kwabena Dabie, Felix Adulley, Eldad Boansi, Lorenda Sarbeng, Birago Adu Ababio, Maame Serwaa Boapea, Nana Kwabena Oduro Darko, Meshach Kojo Appiah

“…Alarmingly, our findings revealed the yearly median PM2.5 concentrations (50.79–67.97 µg m−3) to be significantly higher than the WHO recommendation of 5 µg m−3. …”
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Sleep in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Evidence Gaps and Challenges by Rachel Jen, Yanru Li, Robert L. Owens, Atul Malhotra

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Screening of Probiotics Derived from Chopped Chili and Its Application in Fermented Chopped Chili by Qian YANG, Luyao XIAO, Xuhong BAI, Yufang TIAN, Wei LI

“…Among them, L. plantarum JEB2 and L. brevis JEB7 completely degraded 0.25 mg/mL of sodium nitrite within 24 h and S. cerevisiae JEE2 exhibited a cholesterol assimilation rate of 50.79% within 24 h. …”
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Synoptic analysis of the most severe flood in Karkheh basin (Flood 1 April 2019) by dana rahimi, Javad khoshhal dastjerdi, Dariush rahimi

“…Analysis of synoptic systems of large floods such as the April 12, 2019 floods show that Western Europe's high-pressure systems, Black sea, East of the Caspian and low pressure north of the Red Sea, Eastern Mediterranean in harmony with the high-rise systems of Western Europe, Low Mediterranean East with a temperature drop of about 50 degrees Celsius(The temperature at sea level In the eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea about 25 degrees Celsius and in the middle of the atmosphere -25 degrees Celsius) also the climb Humidity from the Arabian Sea, North Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Oman Sea and Persian Gulf and Along with Mid-width cold air loss On the area and the establishment of the Polar jet stream) Core up to 70 m(And the establishment of the front jet stream And positive rotation area On the area shows the structure of the synoptic systems causing the flood in the area.…”
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Phase II clinical trial assessing the addition of hyperthermia to salvage concurrent chemoradiotherapy for unresectable recurrent head and neck cancer in previously irradiated pati... by Kai-Lin Yang, Mau-Shin Chi, Chung-Yu Hao, Hui-Ling Ko, Yi-Ying Huang, Ren-Hong Wu, Hung-Chih Lai, Ying-Chu Lin, Sheng-Po Hao, Kwan-Hwa Chi

“…Concurrent chemotherapy included weekly cisplatin 20 mg/m2 and docetaxel 10–12 mg/m2 for 6 weeks. Primary endpoint was overall response rate (ORR). …”
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The Multifaceted Roles of Myrrha in the Treatment of Breast Cancer: Potential Therapeutic Targets and Promises by Anwar Shams MD, MSc, PhD, Abdullah Ahmed Alzahrani, Taghreed A Ayash MSc, PhD, Shadi Tamur MD, FRCPC, FAAP, Majed AL-Mourgi MD, FRCS, FCCP, FACS

“…Method: The identified targets’ expression profiles were determined at the mRNA and protein levels using The Breast Cancer Gene-Expression Miner v5.0 (bcGen-ExMiner v5.0) and The Human Protein Atlas datasets, respectively. …”
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