Role of Matrix Metalloproteinase-8 in Atherosclerosis by Sébastien Lenglet, François Mach, Fabrizio Montecucco

“…Atherosclerotic plaques have been described to be vulnerable and more prone to rupture when they are characterized by thin, highly inflamed, and collagen-poor fibrous caps and contain elevated levels of proteases, including metalloproteinases (MMPs). …”
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Size Effects in Residual Stress Formation during Quenching of Cylinders Made of Hot-Work Tool Steel by Manuel Schemmel, Petri Prevedel, Ronald Schöngrundner, Werner Ecker, Thomas Antretter

“…The thermomechanical model contains thermophysical data and flow curves for each phase. …”
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Ameloblastic Fibroodontoma of the Mandible with Normal Karyotype in a Pediatric Patient by Esther Manor, Elena Kan, Lipa Bodner

“…Radiographs show a well-defined radiolucent area containing various amounts of radiopaque material of irregular size and form. …”
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Landscape Design with Edibles by Gail Hansen

“…Gardens with plants that change considerably with the seasons rely more on an organized yet interesting layout, appealing support structures, functional pathways, and colorful containers and planters to provide interest and beauty when the plants are not taking center stage. …”
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The impact of internal and macroeconomic factors on the profitability of the banking sector. A case study of the Western Balkan countries by Arsim Hoxha, Roberta Bajrami, Ylber Prekazi

“…Data were gathered from the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook Database, which contains information on the trend and progress of banking in the Western Balkans. …”
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Effect of Cannabis seeds on Some biomedical parameters in male rats by Karwan Anwar Hassan

“…Each 100 gm of the seeds used in the study contains 26, 37 and 20 gm of protein, fat and carbohydrate respectively. …”
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Self-employed and parallel import project as options for resolving social and economic problems by O. M. Makhalina, V. N. Makhalin

“…Main conclusions and provisions have been formulated, containing probable direction of the regulatory authorities’ activity, which should allow to realize to the fullest extent the potential of population employment growth embedded in self-employment of citizens through their involvement in the parallel import mechanism.…”
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A Pharmacotherapy and ECT resistant OCD patient’s Cognitive Behavioral Therapy by Tacettin KURU, M. Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR

“…Therapy process started with evaluation and cross-sectional case formulation, afterward psychoeducation that contains OCD and OCD’s CBT model was done, the patient’s symptoms and the findings are evaluated in that context. …”
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Mechanical and Durability Properties of Concrete Made with Used Foundry Sand as Fine Aggregate by G. Ganesh Prabhu, Jin Wook Bang, Byung Jae Lee, Jung Hwan Hyun, Yun Yong Kim

“…In a similar manner, the durability properties of the concrete mixtures containing FS up to 30% were relatively close to those of control mixture. …”
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EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF CLAY-CEMENT BLOCKS REINFORCED WITH COCONUT FIBERS by CONAND HONORÉ KOUAKOU, MORO OLIVIER BOFFOUE, ANGE CHRISTINE DJOHORE, KOFFI CLÉMENT KOUADIO, EDJIKÉMÉ EMERUWA

“…For this fact, compressive and flexural tests were carried out after 28 days of maturation, on dry blocks elaborate with clay stabilized at 8% of cement and containing 0 to 1% of fibers 30 mm length. The experimental results show that the incorporation of fibers in the blocks improves their mechanical characteristics, increases their ductile deformation and delays their cracking. …”
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A Review on the Cosmeceutical and External Applications of Nigella sativa by Ahmad M. Eid, Nagib A. Elmarzugi, Laila M. Abu Ayyash, Maher N. Sawafta, Hadeel I. Daana

“…It is one of the most common medicinal plants worldwide and contains many useful chemical constituents that we can find in its fixed oil, such as thymoquinone, thymohydroquinone, dithymoquinone, thymol, nigellicine, carvacrol, nigellimine, nigellicine, nigellidine, and alpha-hederin. …”
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Hypoglycemic activity of brown seaweed (Sargassum plagiophyllum) kombucha bioactive compound in rat model type-2 of diabetes by Priambodo Ahmad Faris, Martati Erryana, Firdaus Muhamad

“…Sargassum plagiophyllum is one of brown seaweed that contains many bioactive compounds which are useful as hypoglycemic agents. …”
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Effects of Celery Seed Extracts on Some Haematological and Biochemical Parameters in Albino Rats Treated with Gentamicin by Tavga Ismael Mustafa, Zhakaw Khudir Abdullah, Nazar Mohammed Shareef Mahmood, Shorish Mustafa Abdullah Gorony, Kurdo Bapir Chato, Ranjbar Muksy Mohammed Shareef

“…Animals were divided equally and randomly into four groups each of which contained eight rats. First group (control) included normal rats, group2 were given 100 mg/kg B.W. gentamicin (GM) intraperitoneally (IP), group3 (combined group) were given 100 mg/kg B.W. …”
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Effect of TiO2 Nanoparticles on Physical and Mechanical Properties of Cement at Low Temperatures by Li Wang, Hongliang Zhang, Yang Gao

“…However, the performance of cementitious materials containing TiO2 nanoparticles at low temperatures is still unknown. …”
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Potential of cumin essential oil as inhibitor of deamination during ensiling process: A meta-analysis and in-silico approach by Susanto Irwan, Mahendra Fachrur R., Rahmadani Mardiah, Ridwan Roni, Jayanegara Anuraga

“…Cumin essential oils (EOs) contain metabolite chemicals that may serve as deamination inhibitors, necessary for further research both in vitro and in vivo. …”
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Social Workers in Hospice and Palliative Care in Indian Contect: Voices from the field by Pallavi Mech, Dr Vasundharaa S Nair, Dr Priya Treesa Thomas

“…Data were collected through scheduled interviews via online platform and an online form that contained open-ended questions for the participants to fill in. …”
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Anaerobic Co-digestion of Fresh Maize Leaves with Elephant Grass by AD Olugbemide, AO Imasuen, PO Oleghe, JO Efosa

“…The compositions of other digesters were as follows: Digester B contained 90% ML and 10% EG, C 80% ML, 20% EG, D 70% ML, 30% EG, and E 60% ML, 40% EG. …”
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Object detection and tracking in video sequences: formalization, metrics and results by R. P. Bohush, S. V. Ablameyko

“…Neural network features are included in a composite descriptor that also contains geometric and color features to describe each detected person in the frame. …”
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Glycerol Carbonate: A Novel Biosolvent with Strong Ionizing and Dissociating Powers by Guangnan Ou, Biyan He, Xuejing Li, Jianhui Lei

“…Bacillus subtilis and Saccharomyecs cerevisiae were cultured in liquid media containing GC with test tubes. In the medium containing low GC concentration, Bacillus subtilis and Saccharomyecs cerevisiae grew well as in a medium containing no organic solvent, but, in the medium containing high GC concentration, the growth of Bacillus subtilis and Saccharomyecs cerevisiae was suppressed. …”
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Burden of Anemia among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Adults on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy at Hawassa University Compressive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopi... by Sisay Tesfaye, Melaku Hirigo, Dawit Jember, Mekdes Shifeta, Worku Ketema

“…Female sex (AOR: 2.576, 95% (CI: 1.295–5.127)), having tuberculosis (TB) (AOR: 4.873, 95% (CI: 1.534–15.484)), taking a zidovudine (ZDV)-containing ART regimen (AOR: 5.216, 95% (CI: 1.239–21.962)), having clinical WHO stage IV and III diseases (AOR: 3.077, 95% CI (1.244–7.612)), having body mass index (BMI) <18.5 kg/m2 (AOR: 2.391, 95% (CI: 1.138–5.023)), and taking cotrimoxazole prophylaxis (AOR: 3.860 95% (CI: 1.097–13.576)) were substantially linked to the development of anemia among adult HIV patients. …”
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