Creation of a Strategically Oriented Social Responsibility Management System in a Georgian Organization by Maia Chechelashvili, Nino Chikviladze, Irina Iashvili, Tamar Kajaia, Khatuna Kharkhelauri, Elisabed Malania

“…Data were collected through surveys using Computer Assisted Web Interviewing (CAWI) and processed in Microsoft Excel. The study confirms the importance of a strategic approach to corporate social responsibility in Georgian organizations for sustainable development and integration into international markets. …”
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A New Murine Model of Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder by Bianca Frauscher, Katharina Artinger, Alexander H. Kirsch, Ida Aringer, Foteini Moschovaki-Filippidou, Máté Kétszeri, Corinna Schabhüttl, Peter P. Rainer, Albrecht Schmidt, Tatjana Stojakovic, Astrid Fahrleitner-Pammer, Alexander R. Rosenkranz, Philipp Eller, Kathrin Eller

“…Dilute brown non-Agouti (DBA/2) mice were fed with high-phosphate diet for 4 (HPD4) or 7 (HPD7) days, then with standard chow diet (SCD) and subsequently followed until day 84. …”
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Rauwolfia vomitoria- a promising medical plant for benign prostatic hyperplasia management; yet with challenges by George Awuku Asare, Perpetua Dagadu, Samuel Adjei, Bernice Asiedu, Samkeliso Takaidza, Vivash Naidoo, Brodrick Amoah, Ifeoma Celestina Orabueze, Kwasi Bugyei

“…Group 1: Control group- received normal chow diet. Group 2: Model group- [no treatment]. …”
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Experimental Hyperthyroidism Decreases Gene Expression and Serum Levels of Adipokines in Obesity by Renata de Azevedo Melo Luvizotto, André Ferreira do Nascimento, Maria Teresa de Síbio, Regiane Marques Castro Olímpio, Sandro José Conde, Ana Paula Lima-Leopoldo, André Soares Leopoldo, Antonio Carlos Cicogna, Célia Regina Nogueira

“…Male Wistar rats were randomly divided into two groups: control (C)—fed with commercial chow ad libitum—and obese (OB)—fed with a hypercaloric diet. …”
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Expression of a Splice Variant of CYP26B1 in Betel Quid-Related Oral Cancer by Ping-Ho Chen, Ka-Wo Lee, Cheng-Chieh Hsu, Jeff Yi-Fu Chen, Yan-Hsiung Wang, Ker-Kong Chen, Hui-Min David Wang, Hurng-Wern Huang, Bin Huang

“…Approximately, 600 million users chew a variety of BQ. Areca nut (AN) is a necessary ingredient in BQ products. …”
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Luteolin Attenuates IL-1β-Induced THP-1 Adhesion to ARPE-19 Cells via Suppression of NF-κB and MAPK Pathways by Wen-Chung Huang, Chian-Jiun Liou, Szu-Chuan Shen, Sindy Hu, Chien-Yu Hsiao, Shu-Ju Wu

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Insulin Treatment Attenuates Small Nerve Fiber Damage in Rat Model of Type 2 Diabetes by Laura J. Andreasen, Rikke K. Kirk, Christian Fledelius, Mark A. Yorek, Jens Lykkesfeldt, Thorbjorn Akerstrom

“…Twelve-week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats were allocated to a normal chow diet or a 45% kcal high-fat diet. After eight weeks, the high-fat fed animals received a mild dose of streptozotocin to induce hyperglycemia. …”
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A two-tier optimization strategy for feature selection in robust adversarial attack mitigation on internet of things network security by Kashi Sai Prasad, P Udayakumar, E. Laxmi Lydia, Mohammed Altaf Ahmed, Mohamad Khairi Ishak, Faten Khalid Karim, Samih M. Mostafa

“…Besides, a hybrid of the coati–grey wolf optimization (CGWO) approach is utilized for optimum feature selection. …”
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Obesity-induced mesenteric PVAT remodelling is sexually dimorphic, but not driven by ovarian hormones by Lisa Ivatt, Mhairi Paul, Allende Miguelez-Crespo, Patrick W. F. Hadoke, Matthew A. Bailey, Ruth A. Morgan, Mark Nixon

“…Methods Adult male and female C57Bl/6J mice were fed an obesogenic high-fat diet (HFD) or regular chow for 16 weeks. Mesenteric PVAT (mPVAT) was isolated for RNA-sequencing and histological analysis, and mesenteric arteries were isolated for assessment of vascular function by wire myography. …”
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Effect of N-Acetylcysteine on Dyslipidemia and Carbohydrate Metabolism in STZ-Induced Diabetic Rats by Anderson Kiyoshi Kaga, Pedro Octavio Barbanera, Nágilla Orleanne Lima do Carmo, Lucas Rodolfo de Oliveira Rosa, Ana Angélica Henrique Fernandes

“…T1DM was induced using STZ (60 mg/kg, ip; single dose), and NAC (25 mg/kg/day) was administrated by gavage, for 37 days. The animals received chow and water ad libitum. After the experimental period, blood and cardiac tissue samples were collected to analyze energetic metabolism, lipid profile, and AI. …”
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Studying sex differences in responses to fibroblast growth factor 21 administration in obese mice consuming a sweet-fat diet by N. М. Bazhan, T. V. Jakovleva, A. Yu. Kazantseva, N. E. Kostina, P. E. Orlov, N. Yu. Balybina, K. О. Baranov, E. N. Makarova

“…Mice were fed with a diet consisting of standard chow, lard and cookies for 10 weeks, then they were injected with FGF21 (1 mg per 1 kg) or vehicle for 7 days. …”
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Quality Control of Fetal Wharton’s Jelly Mesenchymal Stem Cells-Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles by Krishnan I, Ng CY, Kee LT, Ng MH, Law JX, Thangarajah T, Zainuddin AA, Mahmood Z, Rajamanickam S, Subramani B, Lokanathan Y

“…Illayaraja Krishnan,1 Chiew Yong Ng,1 Li Ting Kee,1 Min Hwei Ng,1 Jia Xian Law,1 Thavachelvi Thangarajah,2 Ani Amelia Zainuddin,3 Zalina Mahmood,4 Shathiya Rajamanickam,5 Baskar Subramani,5 Yogeswaran Lokanathan1,6 1Department of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (DTERM), Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hospital Angkatan Tentera (HAT) Tuanku Mizan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 4Production and Blood Supply Management Division, National Blood Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 5Medixcell Sdn. …”
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Per1/Per2 double knockout transcriptome analysis reveals circadian regulation of hepatic lipid metabolism by Yiran Bu, Si Chen, Mengcheng Ruan, Libang Wu, Hualin Wang, Na Li, Xiuju Zhao, Xiaoli Yu, Zhiguo Liu

“…Methods and results: Both wild type (WT) and DKO male C57BL/6 mice were fed with normal chow diet (CON), HFD, or HFD with DHA substitution (AO) for 15 weeks. …”
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Naringenin inhibits lipid accumulation by activating the AMPK pathway in vivo and vitro by Xiaoyu Cai, Songxue Wang, Huali Wang, Suwen Liu, Guishan Liu, Huibin Chen, Ji Kang, Hao Wang

“…In this study, SD rats were divided into the normal chow diet group (NCD), high fat diet group (HFD), three treatment groups feeding high-fat diet with naringenin (100, 200, 400 mg/kg) for 12 weeks. …”
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Dose-dependent effects of apple pectin on alleviating high fat-induced obesity modulated by gut microbiota and SCFAs by Yuanyuan Zhao, Jinfeng Bi, Jianyong Yi, Jian Peng, Qiancheng Ma

“…In this study, the standard diet (Chow group) and high fat diet containing 0% (HF group), 1%, 3%, 5%, 8% or 12% (m/m) apple pectin (HF-P group) were offered ad libitum for 8 weeks to 4-week C57BL/6J mice (n = 10/group). …”
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Phytochemical Screening and Cytotoxic Properties of Ethanolic Extract of Young and Mature Khat Leaves by Rashad Alsanosy, Hassan A. Alhazmi, Shahnaz Sultana, Ashraf N. Abdalla, Yassin Ibrahim, Mohammed Al Bratty, David Banji, Ibrahim Khardali, Asaad Khalid

“…Because of the global wide-spreading nature, khat chewing is being considered as a universally growing problem. …”
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Cross-Sectional Relationship between Carotid-Femoral Pulse Wave Velocity and Biomarkers in Vascular-Related Diseases by Jinbo Liu, Kuanting Wang, Huan Liu, Hongwei Zhao, Wei Huang, Na Zhao, Lihong Li, Hongyu Wang

“…Positive correlation between CFWV and Hcy, Log UAE, and Log NT-proBNP was found in the entire study group (r = 0.109, 0.196, and 0.119, all p<0.05). …”
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Examined lymph node counts affected the staging and survival in cervical cancer: a retrospective study using the SEER and Chinese cohort by Tao Guo, Yuxi Zhao, Jia Zeng, Jian Li, Enyu Tang, Lingying Wu

“…Smoothing spline curves and Chow tests identified structural change points in hazard ratios and LN-positive ratios.Results Among 14,133 SEER and 2,811 Chinese cases, higher LN counts correlated with increased detection of positive LNs (OR: 1.040, 95% CI: 1.019–1.062) and improved OS (HR: 0.990, 95% CI: 0.984–0.996). …”
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Short-Term Activation of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors α and γ Induces Tissue-Specific Effects on Lipid Metabolism and Fatty Acid Composition in Male Wistar Rats by Elin Strand, Vegard Lysne, Mari Lausund Grinna, Pavol Bohov, Asbjørn Svardal, Ottar Nygård, Rolf K. Berge, Bodil Bjørndal

“…All animals received a low-fat standard chow diet and were given a daily dose of placebo or agonist orally. …”
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Characterization of subcutaneous and visceral de-differentiated fat cells by Yan Li, Houyu Zhang, Carlos F. Ibáñez, Meng Xie

“…We also show that high-fat diet (HFD) feeding enhances DFAT cell colony formation and re-differentiation into adipocytes, while switching from HFD to chow diet (CD) only reverses their re-differentiation. …”
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