Salmeterol and Fluticasone Propionate (50/250 μg) Administered via Combination Diskus Inhaler: As Effective as When Given via Separate Diskus Inhalers by Kenneth R Chapman, Nils Ringdal, Vibeke Backer, Mona Palmqvist, Seppo Saarelainen, Mark Briggs

“…OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy and safety of a new combination Diskus inhaler containing both salmeterol 50 μg and fluticasone propionate 250 μg (Seretide) with the two drugs delivered via separate Diskus inhalers.…”
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High-entropy alloys: Electrochemical Nanoarchitectonics toward high-performance Water splitting by Christian Iffelsberger, Katarina A. Novčić, Eva Kolíbalová, Frank-Michael Matysik, Martin Pumera

“…The composition of such HEAs depends on the materials and solution used in their preparation and thus it contains Pt, Si, Al, Ca, K, Cl, Mn, Zn, Na, N, Mo, and S. …”
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Optimised extraction of antioxidant components from Calophyllum inophyllum L. seeds using response surface methodology by L. Fitriyana, M.D. Supardan, Y. Aisyah, Irfan .

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Calophyllum inophyllum (C. inophyllum), or Nyamplung, seeds contain various active compounds. Using C. inophyllum seeds as a source of flavonoids for natural antioxidants can increase their economic value and provide alternative compounds for cosmetics, including lotions. …”
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Independent assessment of bachelor’s quality by Andrey V. Belotserkovsky, Lyubov A. Kravtsova, Anton V. Dozhdikov

“…The article contains a summary and the conclusions of a research project associated with the assessment of the quality of undergraduate study and the possibility for using these results as the admission procedures to a master course. …”
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Limits of Riemann Solutions to the Relativistic Euler Systems for Chaplygin Gas as Pressure Vanishes by Gan Yin, Kyungwoo Song

“…Meanwhile, the two-rarefaction wave solution and the solution containing one-rarefaction wave and one-shock wave tend to the vacuum solution and the contact discontinuity solution to the zero pressure relativistic Euler system, respectively.…”
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CT and MRI image fusion based on variance and pixel significance by Boubakeur Latreche

“…In which every image contains different information from the other image. …”
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INFORMATIONAL PORTAL «PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY» – INTERNET RESOURCE TO SUPPORT EXPERIMENTS IN PLANT GENE ENGINEERING, GENETICS AND WHEAT BREEDING by A. V. Kochetov, O. G. Smirnova, S. M. Ibragimova, D. A. Rasskazov, D. A. Afonnikov, M. A. Genaev, A. V. Doroshkov, T. A. Pshenichnikova, A. V. Simonov, E. V. Morozova

“…This Internet portal contains specialized modules (databases and software) and allows users to combine these modules to solve various tasks as well as it permits the further resource development by addition of new modules. …”
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PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF NATURAL COAGULANTS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT by Muhammad Imran, Shahbaz Nasir Khan, Saba Abid, Hafiz Muhammad Safdar Khan

“…Good natural coagulants are those that contain protein soluble properties and basicity. Some of the Alternative coagulants are chosen; Moringa seed, neem leaves, eggshells, orange peels, and banana peels. …”
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Synthesis of silver/copper nanoparticles and their metalmetal bonding property by Kobayashi Y., Shirochi T., Yasuda Y., Morita T.

“…The present paper describes a metal-metal bonding technique using Cu nanoparticles containing Ag nanoparticles (Ag/Cu nanoparticles). The Ag/Cu nanoparticles with particle sizes of 30-85 nm and crystal sizes of 9.3 nm for Cu and 8.1 nm for Ag were produced by reducing 5.0x10-3 M Ag+ (AgClO4) and 5.0x10-3 M Cu2+ (Cu(NO3)2) simultaneously with 1.0 M hydrazine in aqueous solution containing 1.0 g/L poly(vinylpyrrolidone) as dispersing agent and 5Ч10-3 M citric acid as stabilizer at room temperature. …”
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Biosynthesis and activity of Zn-MnO nanocomposite in vitro with molecular docking studies against multidrug resistance bacteria and inflammatory activators by Samy Selim, Tarek M. Abdelghany, Mohammed S. Almuhayawi, Mohammed K. Nagshabandi, Muyassar K. Tarabulsi, Mohammed Yagoub Mohammed Elamir, Asmaa A. Alharbi, Soad K. Al Jaouni

“…X-Ray diffraction assay appeared that the synthesized Zn-MnO nanocomposites contained two different components, MnO (JCPDS 81-2261) and ZnO (JCPDS 36-1451), while energy dispersive X-ray spectra confirmed the occurrence of manganese, zinc, oxygen, and carbon in Zn-MnO nanocomposites. …”
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Positive effects of optimal dietary protein content on the growth, reproductive performance and health of Procambarus clarkii broodstock farming in rice field by Hui Luo, Feng Qin, Yu Li, Chuanbo Xiao, Wenbo Sun, Fan Liu, Guangjun Lv, Hua Ye, Yuanfa He, Wenping He, Feng Xu, Yong Lin, Dapeng Wang, Honghao Jin

“…This study was conducted to evaluate the optimal protein requirement of Procambarus clarkii cultured in paddy field, six isoenergetic and isolipid diets were formulated to contain graded levels of 28 %, 31 %, 34 %, 37 %, 40 % and 43 % crude protein (called P28–43 group). …”
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Effects of taurine on growth performance, body composition and physiological responses of western white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei broodstock by Vahid Morshedi, Mahmoud Nafisi Bahabadi, Mansour Torfi Mozanzadeh, Amin Oujifard, Naser Agh, Khalegh Maneii, Ahmad Qasemi, Nehzat Bakhshi, Hadi Ebrahimi, Rezvan Tamadoni, Shirin Hamedi, Reza Bagherpour, Fatemeh Solimani

“…Taurine (Tau = 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid) is an amino sulfonic acid, which has been proven to be conditionally essential for some aquatic animals when these animals are fed with diets containing high plant protein levels, due to taurine deficiency in plant-based protein sources. …”
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Synthesis of 1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine analogues by Yen Nguyen, Greg Petruncio, Schroeder M. Noble, Mikell Paige

“…Many compounds containing the pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine scaffold have been found to have various pharmacological activities such as anticancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, antihyperglycemic, and anxiolytic properties. …”
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Jatropha: An Alternative Substitute to Fossil Fuel by Kamrun Nahar, Monica Ozores-Hampton

“…The plant produces seeds containing inedible oil that can be converted to biodiesel. …”
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Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Shale Ceramsite Concrete: Experimental Study on the Influence Law due to Microencapsulated Phase-Change Material Content and Phase-Change Cycle... by Weihua Ding, Lin Zhu, Hu Li, Bin Hou, Fan Yang

“…One group consists of specimens containing 2.5%, 5.0%, 7.5%, and 10% MPCM, respectively, and they are used to reveal the change law of tensile strength, compressive strength, enthalpy, and specific heat capacity of LWAC integrated into MPCM. …”
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Decoding Food Labels: Tools for People with Food Allergies by Elizabeth A. Gollub, Amy H. Simonne

“… The goal of this publication is to provide information to help consumers understand ingredient statements on food packages, so they can avoid foods and food-products that might contain specific allergens. It also differentiates between allergies and intolerances, and discusses the potential for cross-contamination of foods both in and away from the home. …”
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Salivary miRNAs and cytokines associated with diagnosis and prognosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma by Yuxiao Qin, Xiaodan Dong, Bo Li

“…Therefore, it is extremely important to differentiate OSCC patients early, easily and quickly. Human saliva contains a variety of components that can be used as biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis of OSCC. …”
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Association of Serum Irisin With Severity and Prognosis in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Prospective Cohort Study by Zhang X, Wang W, Li Y, Liu X, Zhang L, Cheng Z, Liu M, Wang Y, Fu L, Yang J

“…Xinli Zhang,1,2,* Wennan Wang,1,3,* Ye Li,2 Xiaoning Liu,2 Liangzhu Zhang,2 Zhenyu Cheng,1,4 Mingyan Liu,1,4 Yu Wang,1,4 Lin Fu,1,4 Jin Yang1,4,5 1Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, People’s Republic of China; 2The First Department of Tuberculosis, Anhui Chest Hospital, Hefei, Anhui Province, People’s Republic of China; 3The Fifth Department of Tuberculosis, Anhui Chest Hospital, Hefei, Anhui Province, People’s Republic of China; 4Institute of Respiratory Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, People’s Republic of China; 5Information Management Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Lin Fu; Jin Yang, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, People’s Republic of China, Email fulindev@126.com; yangqj1015@foxmail.comBackground: Irisin is the cleaved form of fibronectin type III domain-containing protein 5 (FNDC5), which can confer antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. …”
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A retrospective study on potential drug‒drug interactions in patients with severe asthma receiving biological therapy: a single-center experience by Mirna Momcilovic, Petra Turcic, Franka Butkovic, Sanja Popovic Grle

“…Only 13.33% of the patients had none of the potential clinically significant DDI. Most drug pairs contained at least one antiasthmatic drug. Muscarinic receptor antagonists, oral corticosteroids, β2 agonists and methylxanthines showed potential of entering into clinically significant DDIs, while leukotriene antagonists and biologicals showed no potential for the above. …”
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Pheromones in Crane Flies: Behaviorally Active Cuticular Compounds in <i>Tipula autumnalis</i> Loew (Diptera: Tipulidae) by Vincas Būda, Violeta Apšegaitė, Laima Blažytė-Čereškienė, Sigitas Podėnas, João Pedro de A. Souza, Paulo H. G. Zarbin, Linas Labanauskas, Tomas Paškevičius, Vilma Baužienė, Sandra Radžiutė

“…Both males and females contained these CHCs, though in different ratios. The strongest antennal responses in male <i>T. autumnalis</i> were evoked by <i>n</i>-pentacosane, (<i>Z</i>)-9-pentacosene, and (<i>Z</i>, <i>E</i>)-6,9-pentacosadiene, which were the predominant components in females. …”
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