Impact of diet on vitamin D status in a Sri Lanka-based sample of pregnant women by Kaneshapillai Anusha, Liyanage Guwani, Hettiaratchi Usha, Gunasekera Dulanie

“…However, there is little knowledge about vitamin D status of pregnant mothers and, therefore, supplements are not routinely provided in public clinics and government hospitals in Sri Lanka. …”
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Isolation and Characterization of Exopolysaccharide-Producing Lactobacillus plantarum SKT109 from Tibet Kefir by Wang Ji, Zhao Xiao, Tian Zheng, He Congcong, Yang Yawei, Yang Zhennai

“…Studies on the milk fermentation characteristics of L. plantarum SKT109 showed that the strain survived well in fermented milk with counts about 8.0 log cfu/g during 21 days of storage at 4°C. …”
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Cardiovascular Risk and Metabolic Syndrome Characteristics in Patients with Nonfunctional Pituitary Macroadenoma by Guadalupe Vargas-Ortega, Baldomero González-Virla, Lourdes Balcázar-Hernández, Oriana Nieto-Guzmán, Ana Pamela Garrido-Mendoza, Marco Antonio Flores-Maya, Victoria Mendoza-Zubieta

“…There is no information about metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risk in patients with NFPMA in our population. …”
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Filtered dataset of Irish energy performance certificates: A data-driven approach for enhanced building stock modellingMendeley DataGithubSEAI NBER by Kumar Raushan, Tomás Mac Uidhir, Marisa Llorens Salvador, Brian Norton, Ciara Ahern

“…EPCs contain valuable information about building energy efficiency and characteristics. …”
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Preservation of the Photoreceptor Inner/Outer Segment Junction in Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration Treated by Rheohemapheresis by Eva Rencová, Milan Bláha, Jan Studnička, Vladimír Bláha, Miriam Lánská, Ondřej Renc, Alexander Stepanov, Věra Kratochvílová, Hana Langrová

“…RHF caused a decrease of whole-blood viscosity/plasma viscosity at about 15/12%. BCVA of treated patients increased insignificantly P=0.187 from median 74.0 letters (56.2 to 81.3 letters) to median 79.0 letters (57.3 to 83.4 letters), but it decreased significantly from 74.0 letters (25.2 to 82.6 letters) to 72.5 letters (23.4 to 83.1 letters) in the control group P=0.041. …”
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Etiologies and Outcomes of Acute Liver Failure in a Spanish Community by Emilio Fábrega, Miguel Ángel Mieses, Alvaro Terán, Irene Moraleja, Fernando Casafont, Javier Crespo, Fernando Pons-Romero

“…Previous retrospective study (1992 to 2000) performed in Spain showed that drug toxicity, viral hepatitis, and indeterminate etiology were the most prevalent causes of acute liver failure (ALF). In the last decade, there is no information about ALF in our country. …”
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Changes in seasonal influenza vaccination uptake among older adults during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: Repeated random telephone surveys by Xue Liang, Cichong Cai, Fuk-Yuen Yu, Danhua Ye, Yuan Fang, Phoenix K. H. Mo, Zixin Wang

“…Concerns that SIV and COVID-19 vaccinations would have negative impacts on each other, along with concerns about the side-effects of SIV, were associated with lower SIV uptake in both surveys. …”
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Safety analysis of brachial artery sheath removal after heparin reversal with a half dose of protamine after percutaneous coronary intervention: a single-center experience by Huanhuan Wang, Cheng Cui, Dan Liu, Hongmei Liu, Tao Tian, Minghao Liu, Bo Zhang, Tongqiang Zou, Zhan Gao, Lijian Gao, Haibo Liu

“…But we still need to be vigilant about the occurrence of pseudoaneurysms.…”
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GYY4137 ameliorates blood brain barrier damage by inhibiting autophagy mediated occludin degradation in cardiac arrest and resuscitation by Pengyu Duan, Xiaoyan Li, Yonghong Bi, Weiyu Feng, Zhehao Jin, Xiaoqian Zhang, Guanghui He, Da An, Zhibin Wen, Bing Zhang

“…GYY4137 is an innovative hydrogen sulfide slow-release agent with excellent properties as a hydrogen sulfide substitute. …”
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An Educational Web-Based Expert System for Novice Highway Technology in Flexible Pavement Maintenance by Abdalrhman Milad, Nur Izzi Md. Yusoff, Sayf A. Majeed, Zainab Hasan Ali, Mohmed Solla, Nadhir Al-Ansari, Riza Atiq Rahmat, Zaher Mundher Yaseen

“…Their lectures have included very little knowledge about asphalt pavement construction as highway engineering consists of many areas that are not studied in detail during their studying years subject to their traditional education. …”
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Long-Term Intracranial Progression-Free Survival in Lung Cancer Brain Metastases Extended Beyond 50 Months with Gubenxiaoyi Formula (GBXY): A Groundbreaking Case Study by Zhengzheng Yang, Haiming Li, Lei Chen, Shujiao Li, Dong Chen, Taicheng Lu, Tongjing Ding, Ruiyang Han, Peiyu Cheng, Xiaomin Wang

“…After treatment, a significant reduction of about 50% in intracranial lesions was observed, accompanied by an extension of both Intracranial Progression-Free Survival (IPFS) and Cognitive Deterioration-Free Survival (CDFS) exceeding 50 months. …”
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The Women in ORTHopaedics Program Offers Early Exposure to Orthopaedic Surgery for Young Women. A Pre- and Post-Event Survey Comparison by Marianna Hsu, BSc candidate, Hayley Spurr, MB, BCh, BAO, FRCSC, Anthony P. Cooper, MBChB, FRCSC, Emily K. Schaeffer, PhD

“…Results: In both workshops, the consensus among participants in the pre-event surveys included a sense of novelty and a desire to learn more about orthopaedics. However, post-workshop responses revealed a shift in perceptions, with participants expressing that orthopaedics encompasses a much broader array of subjects than initially expected. …”
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Abcg2a is the functional homolog of human ABCG2 expressed at the zebrafish blood–brain barrier by Joanna R. Thomas, William J. E. Frye, Robert W. Robey, Andrew C. Warner, Donna Butcher, Jennifer L. Matta, Tamara C. Morgan, Elijah F. Edmondson, Paula B. Salazar, Suresh V. Ambudkar, Michael M. Gottesman

“…Comparatively little is known about the four zebrafish homologs of the human ABCG2 gene: abcg2a, abcg2b, abcg2c, and abcg2d. …”
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A novel 4-(1,3,4-thiadiazole-2-ylthio)pyrimidine derivative inhibits cell proliferation by suppressing the MEK/ERK signaling pathway in colorectal cancer by Li Weiwei, Yang Zhifu, Ding Likun, Wang Ying, Zhao Xian, Chu Jian Jie, Ji Qing, Yao Minna, Wang Jingwen

“…These findings suggested that compound 4 inhi bited cell proliferation and growth, and induced cell apoptosis, indicating its use as a novel and potent anticancer agent against CRC via the MEK/ERK signaling pathway.…”
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B-CLL with negative 18F-FDG PET/CT and intensive solitary lesion on PSMA PET/CT mimicking prostate cancer bone metastases by Theresa Jung, Daniel Neureiter, Gregor Schweighofer-Zwink, Gundula Rendl, Christian Pirich, Mohsen Beheshti

“…Both 68Ga-PSMA-11 and 2-(3-(1-carboxy-5-((6-(18f)fluoro-pyridine-3-carbonyl)-amino)-pentyl)-ureido)-pentanedioic acid (18F-DCFPyL) PET/CT, which were performed for prostate cancer staging and re-staging in about 1 year interval, showed focal uptake in the primary prostate tumor as well as an intense focal lesion in L2, suggestive of bone metastasis. 18F-FDG PET/CT scans performed before and after PSMA PET/CT examinations showed no abnormal uptake related to oesophageal and/or B-CLL. …”
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Studying the Humoral Response against SARS-CoV-2 in Cuban COVID-19 Recovered Patients by Ivette Orosa Vázquez, Marianniz Díaz, Yaima Zúñiga Rosales, Klayris Amada, Janoi Chang, Ernesto Relova Hernández, Yaima Tundidor, Hilda Roblejo Balbuena, Giselle Monzón, Bárbara Torres Rives, Enrique Noa Romero, Danay Carrillo Valdés, Irinia Valdivia Álvarez, Aurora Delahanty Fernández, Claudia Díaz, Joaquín Solozabal, Mileidys Gil, Belinda Sánchez, Gertrudis Rojas, Beatriz Marcheco, Tania Carmenate

“…Here, we describe the development of an ELISA for the quantification of anti-RBD IgG titers in a large number of samples and a similar test in the presence of NH4SCN as chaotropic agent for estimating the RBD specific antibody avidity. …”
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The importance of market signals in crop varietal development: lessons from Komboka rice variety by Mary Ng’endo, MaryLiza Kinyua, Lourine Chebet, Samuel Mutiga, Joseph Ndung’u, Oliver Nyongesa, Simon Njau, Ajay Panchbhai, Ruth Musila, Rosemary Murori

“…On the other hand, it has taken about seven years for Komboka to be appreciated by farmers, necessitating the need to understand farmer preferences when it comes to adopting a new improved variety. …”
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A multidisciplinary team-based model of palliative treatment and nursing for a patient with end-stage cancer (多学科协作模式下1例肿瘤终末期患者的姑息治疗和护理)... by CUI Lishuan (崔立爽), LI Linlin (李琳琳), SONG Dun (宋钝), ZHANG Jinhua (张金华)

“…A multidisciplinary team (MDT) is a professional group of surgeons, oncologists and other medical and nursing experts who makes decisions about a specific subject in a collective manner, and best course of treatment and nursing plan will be implemented by the multidisciplinary team. …”
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Beyond motor learning: Insights from infant magnetic resonance imaging on the critical role of the cerebellum in behavioral development by Lauren Wagner, Melis E Cakar, Megan Banchik, Emily Chiem, Siobhan Sive Glynn, Amy H Than, Shulamite A Green, Mirella Dapretto

“…Studies should test developmental hypotheses about the behavioral roles of specific cerebro-cerebellar circuits, and theoretical frameworks such as Olson’s “model switch” hypothesis of cerebellar learning. …”
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Prophylactic and therapeutic effects of EsV3 on atherosclerotic lesions in ApoE−/− mice by Yaze Wang, Hifumi Ohishi, Rongji Wu, Hui Liu, Rong Xu

“…EsV3's effects, attributed partly to its antioxidant properties, were comparable to atorvastatin, suggesting its potential as a preventive and therapeutic agent for hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis.…”
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