Cryptolepine, the Main Alkaloid of the Antimalarial Cryptolepis sanguinolenta (Lindl.) Schlechter, Induces Malformations in Zebrafish Embryos by Kwesi Boadu Mensah, Charles Benneh, Arnold Donkor Forkuo, Charles Ansah

“…Previous studies on cryptolepine, the antimalarial and cytotoxic alkaloid of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta, showed that it preferentially accumulates in rapidly proliferating cells and melanin-containing tissues. Subsequently, we demonstrated that cryptolepine was toxic to murine embryos in vivo but no signs of teratogenicity. in vivo developmental studies can be confounded by maternal effects. …”
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„Anwärter auf die Hölle“: Stepan Trofimowitsch und die Menippea der Pharisäer by Ruth Karin Lévai

“…Whereas Bakhtin believed that, “The Menippean forms are based on man’s inability to know and contain his fate,” the case of the Pharisees in the Gospels was a bit more complex. …”
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The main aspects of financial regulators organization. EU experience by R. A. Каsyanov

“…The most important stages of financial integration legal framework development in the EU are considered chronologically. The article contains deep research of financial integration institutional basis transformation, greatly strengthened in the result of global financial crisis of 2008, which entailed the improvement of financial regulators.. …”
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Iodine test to detect physical damage in chickpea seeds by Jose de Oliveira Cruz, Luís Carlos de Carvalho Júnior, Ricardo Carmona, Jônatas Barros dos Santos, Isabella Fuckner Artiaga

“…Concentrations of 5%, 10% and 15% (commercial product containing 2% iodine) were tested on both intact and artificially damaged seeds for an immersion time of 2.5, 5.0, 10.0, 15.0 and 20.0 minutes. …”
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The role of transposable elements in the ecological morphogenesis under the influence of stress by R. N. Mustafin, E. K. Khusnutdinova

“…These effects are due to changes in the mechanisms of morphogenesis, since transposons contain regulatory sequences that have cis and trans effects on specific protein-coding genes. …”
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Physical Characteristics of Tetrahydroxy and Acylated Derivatives of Jojoba Liquid Wax in Lubricant Applications by Rogers E. Harry-O’kuru, Girma Biresaw, Sherald Gordon, Jingyuan Xu

“…The virgin oil is a component of the seed of the jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) plant which occurs naturally in the Sonora Desert in the United States and northwestern Mexico as well as in the northeastern Sahara desert. The seed contains 50–60% oil by dry weight. The plant has been introduced into Australia, Argentina, and Israel for commercial production of the jojoba oil. …”
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Development and Validation of a Novel ELISA for the Specific Detection of Antibodies against Mycobacterium avium Subspecies paratuberculosis Based on a Chimeric Polyprotein by Roberto Damián Moyano, Magali Andrea Romero, María Alejandra Colombatti Olivieri, María Fiorella Alvarado Pinedo, Gabriel Eduardo Traveria, María Isabel Romano, María Natalia Alonso

“…For that purpose, we designed a recombinant polyprotein containing four specific antigens from MAP and optimized the ELISA. …”
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LNC points for m-convex sets by Marilyn Breen

“…If q is an essential lnc point of order k then for some neighborhood U of q, Q⋂U is expressible as a union of k or fewer (d−2)-dimensional manifolds, each containing q For S compact, if to every q∈Q there corresponds a k>0 such that q is an essential lnc point of order k then Q may be written as a finite union of (d−2)-manifolds.…”
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Multimodal lung cancer theranostics via manganese phosphate/quercetin particle by Chong Qiu, Fei Xia, Qingchao Tu, Huan Tang, Yinan Liu, Hongda Liu, Chen Wang, HaiLu Yao, Linying Zhong, Yuanfeng Fu, Pengbo Guo, Weiqi Chen, Xinyu Zhou, Li Zou, Licheng Gan, Jiawei Yan, Yichong Hou, Junzhe Zhang, Huanhuan Pang, Yuqing Meng, Qiaoli Shi, Guang Han, Xijun Wang, Jigang Wang

“…Here, we present a multifunctional pH-sensitive core-shell nanoparticle containing quercetin (QCT), termed AHA@MnP/QCT NPs, designed for the simultaneous diagnosis and treatment of non-small cell lung cancer. …”
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Epitope mapping of recombinant Salmonella enterica serotype Heidelberg flagellar hook-associated protein by in silico and in vivo approaches by Hung-Yueh Yeh

“…Results The Salmonella serotype Heidelberg FlgK protein contains 553 amino acids with a molecular mass of 61 kDa. …”
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Production of an Extract with β-1,4-Xylanase Activity by <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> f. sp. <i>melonis</i> on a Sonicated Brewer’s Spent Grain Substrate by Irma A. Arreola-Cruz, Rosalba Troncoso-Rojas, Francisco Vásquez-Lara, Nina G. Heredia-Sandoval, Alma R. Islas-Rubio

“…<i>melonis</i> with β-1,4-xylanase activity after fermentation on a Brewers’ spent grain (BSG)-containing substrate. We prepared the BSG substrate, with or without sonication, for the submerged fermentation of <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> previously isolated from local soil and preserved at 4 °C. …”
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Self-Healing Polyurethane-Based Nanocomposites Modified with Carbon Fibres and Carbon Nanotubes by Szatkowski Piotr, Pielichowska Kinga, Blazewicz Stanislaw

“…Self-healing polyurethanes (PUs) were synthesized as a matrix of nanocomposites containing two fibrous carbon components, i.e., functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNF-OH) and short carbon fibers (CF). …”
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Preparation and Property Study of PA56/POE-g-MAH-GMA/PPO Ternary Alloy by Yunsheng Chong, Liyan Wang, Xiangming Xu, Xiao Zhuang, Rongrong Zheng, Di Cao, Yanming Chen

“…The PA56/POE-g-MAH-GMA/PPO ternary alloys containing 10 wt% POE-g-MAH-GMA with different PPO content prepared by the melt blending method through twin screw extruder. …”
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Influence of prenatal hexachlorobenzene, PCB and selenium levels on growth trajectories in the first year of life: Findings from the NEHO birth cohort by Ilaria Cosentini, Silvia Ruggieri, Paolo Colombo, Fabrizio Bianchi, Liliana Cori, Melania Casella, Elisa Eleonora Tavormina, Fabio Cibella, Gaspare Drago

“…This issue is of particular concern in industrially contaminated areas, where environmental matrices contain mixtures of pollutants. This study aimed to evaluate the associations between cord serum concentrations of organochlorine pollutants (hexachlorobenzene-HCB and polychlorinated biphenyls-PCBs) and essential elements (EEs), and weight growth trajectories during the first year of life. …”
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Agave and Yucca: Tough Plants for Tough Times by Gary W. Knox

“…Knox, describes these tough, low-maintenance plants that thrive in the sometimes harsh conditions associated with urban environments — requirements and placement, water and fertilizer, pests, diseases, and cultural problems, container gardening, propagation, historical and modern uses, and agave toxicities. …”
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Like Mother, Like Daughter. Intergenerational Transmission of Infant Mortality Clustering in Zeeland, the Netherlands, 1833-1912 by Ingrid K. van Dijk, Kees Mandemakers

“…In this paper, we focus on the intergenerational transmission of mortality clustering in the Netherlands in the province of Zeeland between 1833 and 1912, using LINKS Zeeland, a dataset containing family reconstitutions based on civil certificates of birth, marriage and death. …”
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A Novel Damage Detection Algorithm using Time-Series Analysis-Based Blind Source Separation by A. Sadhu, B. Hazra

“…With the occurrence of newer measurements containing the signature of damaged system, a variance-based damage index is used to identify the damage instant. …”
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Effects of Kalsis, A Dietary Supplement, on Bone Metabolism in the Ovariectomized Rats by Mercedes Montero, Manuel Díaz-Curiel, David Guede, Jose Ramón Caeiro, Marta Martín-Fernández, Mercedes Rubert, Daisy Navarro, Concepción de la Piedra

“…We studied the ability of Kalsis, a food supplement that contains selenium, citric acid, and vitamin E, to prevent the effects of ovariectomy on bone loss. …”
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Medical foods in Alzheimer’s disease by Klaus W. Lange, Jianjun Guo, Shigehiko Kanaya, Katharina M. Lange, Yukiko Nakamura, Shiming Li

“…Improvements in symptomatology and regional brain atrophy in AD have been claimed for several medical foods, for example, those providing ketone bodies as alternative energy supply to neurons, those containing precursors believed to improve synaptic function, and those addressing oxidative stress related to memory loss. …”
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Evolution of sequence, structural and functional diversity of the ubiquitous DNA/RNA-binding Alba domain by Jaiganesh Jagadeesh, Shruthi Sridhar Vembar

“…In this study, we employed iterative searches in PSI-BLAST to identify 15,161 unique Alba domain-containing proteins from the NCBI non-redundant protein database. …”
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