Banksia Ashbyi-engineered facile green synthesis of magnetite nanoparticles: Characterization, and determination of micro-strain, stress, and physical parameters by X-ray-based Wil... by Gérrard Eddy Jai Poinern, A F M Fahad Halim, Derek Fawcett, Peter Chapman, Rupam Sharma

“…FT-IR analysis revealed the presence of a Fe–O band located at 551 cm-1, which confirmed the formation of BA-MNPs. …”
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Effect of weight loss on the course of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: results of 6-month follow-up by L. V. Chesnokova, I. M. Petrov, I. A. Troshina, M. V. Goncharova, I. V. Medvedeva

“…To study the effect of nonpharmaceutical correction of body weight on the level ofhigh cardio-vascular risk markers at non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).Material and methods. Overall 117 patients with NAFLD at steatosis stage combined to obesity or metabolic syndrome (MS) — 59 and 58 patents respectively, mean age 43 years (38 to 46 years) and 45 years (39- 49) were investigated. …”
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Cathepsin C Is Involved in Macrophage M1 Polarization via p38/MAPK Pathway in Sudden Cardiac Death by Jialin Dai, Jiangjin Liu, Qiong Zhang, Yang An, Bing Xia, Changwu Wan, Yuanyuan Zhang, Yanni Yu, Jie Wang

“…Western blotting was carried out to measure the expressions of cathepsin C (CTSC), focal adhesion kinase (FAK), p-FAK, and proteins related to the p38/MAPK signaling pathway, whereas immunohistochemistry was performed to determine the localization and expression of CTSC, TNF-α, and CD206 in arterial tissues. …”
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Microbial-based natural products as potential inhibitors targeting DNA gyrase B of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: an in silico study by Tilal Elsaman, Magdi Awadalla Mohamed, Malik Suliman Mohamed, Eyman Mohamed Eltayib, Abualgasim Elgaili Abdalla

“…The RMSD values, ranging from 1.7 to 2.5 Å, alongside RMSF analysis and a detailed evaluation of the established interaction forces, revealed that 1-Hydroxy-D-788-7 was the strongest binder to Mycobacterial DNA Gyrase B. …”
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The Role of Endogenous Beta-Endorphin and Enkephalins in the Crosstalk Between Ethanol and Morphine by Andy Tseng, Syed Muzzammil Ahmad, Abdul Hamid, Kabirullah Lutfy

“…<b>Results:</b> We found that a challenge dose of morphine given on day 8 enhanced the conditioned place preference (CPP) response in mice previously conditioned with ethanol. …”
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Morphological features of bovine placenta in case of viral, bacterial and protozoal infections by O. V. Sokolova, L. I. Drozdova, I. A. Shkuratova

“…The problem of the intrauterine  infection of fetus is one of the most critical ones in veterinary obstetrics and in perinatology due to the high level of infection in pregnant  cows, the risk of developmental disorder of fetus and the birth of sick calves. …”
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Procalcitonin and High APACHE (Acute Physiological and Chronic Health Evaluation) Level Are Associated with the Course of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with SARS-CoV-2 by Jorge Andrade Sierra, Claudia Delgado Astorga, Miriam Gabriela Nava Vargas, Enrique Rojas Campos, Kevin Javier Arrelano Arteaga, Karla Hernández Morales, Carlos A. Andrade Castellanos, Antonio de Jesús Andrade-Ortega, Luis Gerardo González Correa

“…We investigated the association between inflammatory markers (C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, D-dimer, lactate dehydrogenase, and ferritin) in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 and the development of AKI. …”
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Estimation of D-dimer, C-reactive protein and ferritin in Covid-19 survivors in a North Indian Hospital, Lucknow, India. by Chetna Singla, Dhananjay Tiwari, Himali Jha, Mohammad Mustufa Khan, Sadaf Parveen, Roshan Alam

Subjects: “…severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)…”
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Potential of Co(II) and Cd(II) chelates of N′-(3-fluorobenzoyl)benzo[d]thiazole-2-carbohydrazide: Structural aspects, binding interactions, biological and molecular docking studies by K. Srilaxmi, B. Sireesha

“…Molecular docking studies carried out using Auto Dock 4.2 program revealed HL and Co(II)-MFBBTCH docking at the minor groove, and Cd(II)-MFBBTCH was docked at the major groove with hydrogen bonding.…”
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Application of a Multi‐Layer Artificial Neural Network in a 3‐D Global Electron Density Model Using the Long‐Term Observations of COSMIC, Fengyun‐3C, and Digisonde by Wang Li, Dongsheng Zhao, Changyong He, Yi Shen, Andong Hu, Kefei Zhang

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Effect of Preoperative Antianxiety Medications on Blood Pressure and Blood Loss in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Case-Control Study by Zuhdi O. Elifranji, Jihad M. Al-Ajlouni, Munther G. Al-Saber, Yazan S. Hammad, Basel A. Baniatta, Sara N. Alshoubaki, Mohammad S. Jabaiti, Ahmad M. Alkhatib, Abdelrahman M. Abu awad, Abdelrahman E. Altarazi, Aseel N. Abdin, Abdallah Al-Ani, Mohammad Ali Alshrouf

“…Results. 301 patients were included in our study: 137 received bromazepam and 164 as a control group. …”
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بررسی اثرات سطوح مختلف تنش شوری و تراکم بوته بر عملکرد کمی و کیفی علوفه و دانه کوشیا در شرایط آب و هوایی شهرستان اراک... by محمدرضا سبحانی, مجید مجیدیان

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Revisiting Hemicraniectomy: Late Decompressive Hemicraniectomy for Malignant Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke and the Role of Infarct Growth Rate by Saadat Kamran, Naveed Akhtar, Abdul Salam, Ayman Alboudi, Kainat Kamran, Arsalan Ahmed, Rabia A. Khan, Mohsin K. Mirza, Jihad Inshasi, Ashfaq Shuaib

“…Multivariate analysis showed that age ≥ 55 years, MCA with additional infarction, septum pellucidum deviation ≥1 cm, and uncal herniation were independent predictors of poor functional outcome at three months. …”
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The MTNR1B Rs724030 variant is associated with islet function and women waist-to-hip ratio in healthy subjects by Sijie Zhang, Wenxuan Bian, Yan Wang, Min Shen, Yu Qian, Hao Dai, Shuai Zheng, Qi Fu, Kuanfeng Xu, Tao Yang, Hemin Jiang

“…Furthermore, we also found significant associations between this variant and IGI, corrected insulin response (CIR), and DIo (All P &lt; 0.001) in female individuals whose waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) is greater than 0.85, with considerable heterogeneity (Phet = 0.009, 0.030, and 0.049, respectively) to male participants in the NGT individuals, but not in the impaired fasting glucose (IFG)/impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) individuals. …”
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Helicobacter pylori and Biliary Tract Cancers: A Meta-Analysis by Soumia Cherif, Kaoutar Bouriat, Hanane Rais, Said Elantri, Abdessamad Amine

“…The overall meta-analysis favoured a significant association between Helicobacter pylori infection and biliary tract cancer (OR, 2.57; 95% CI, 1.35–4.91; I2 = 58%). Geographic distribution-based subgroup analysis showed a higher prevalence of H. pylori in Asian and North American countries. …”
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Multimorbidity in Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease and Its Associations With Adverse Cardiovascular Events and Healthcare Costs: A Real-World Evidence Study by Dingwei Dai, Joaquim Fernandes, Xiaowu Sun, Laura Lupton, Vaughn W. Payne, Alexandra Berk

“…**Results:** Of 223&#8239;923 patients with ASCVD (mean \[SD\] age, 73.6 \[10.7\] years; 42.2% female), 98.5% had ≥2, and 80.2% had ≥5 comorbid conditions. …”
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Textbooks on the international relations theory: What they talk about, what they keep silent about, and what to do about it by N. V. Yudin

“…At the same time, as shown in the second section, all modern textbooks on IR theory share a number of common short-comings, which can be divided into methodological and philosophical ones. …”
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New derivatives of sulfonylhydrazone as potential antitumor agents: Design, synthesis and cheminformatics evaluation by Sabbah Dima A., Al-Azaideh Bara’a A., Talib Wamidh H., Hajjo Rima, Sweidan Kamal, Al-Zuheiri Aya M., Sheikha Ghassan Abu, Shraim Sawsan

“…Our cheminformatics analysis indicated that the para-tailored derivatives [p-NO2 (3) and p-CF3 (7)] have better ionization potentials based on calculated Moran autocorrelations and ionization potentials. …”
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PZS‐Net: Incorporating of Frame Sequence and Multi‐Scale Priors for Prostate Zonal Segmentation in Transrectal Ultrasound by Jianguo Ju, Qian Zhang, Pengfei Xu, Tiange Liu, Cheng Li, Ziyu Guan

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Colonic strictures in Crohn’s disease: a non-surgical survival by Sarra Laabidi, Hamed Aboubecrine, Salma Souissi, Donia Gouiaa, Asma Labidi, Nadia Ben Mustapha, Anis Haddad, Amine Sebai, Meriem Serghini, Monia Fekih, Hanene Jaziri, Jalel Boubaker

“…Surgery-free survival rates were 58.9% at 6 months, 43.7% at 2 years, and 31.7% at 5 years, with an average surgery-free survival of 46.7 months. …”
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