Detection of Insulin in Insulin-Deficient Islets of Patients with Type 1 Diabetes by Yuliya Krivova, Alexandra Proshchina, Dmitry Otlyga, Anastasia Kharlamova, Sergey Saveliev

“…These results suggest that islet α-cells may contain insulin and/or other insulin-like proteins (proinsulin, C-peptide). …”
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A Primer on Exporting to Jamaica by Christina D. Storz, Timothy G. Taylor, Gary F. Fairchild

“…It is hoped that the information contained in this report provides a useful starting point for individuals interested in exploring export or investment opportunities in Jamaica. …”
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Assessing the impact of clinically relevant medicinal chemistry teaching: Learning gains from case study approach by Fernanda Domingues Lustoza, João Paulo S. Fernandes

“…Pharmacy students (n = 35) were divided into two experimental groups (control and test) and presented with a case report selected from literature involving statin-related myopathy when a pre-test was applied. A lecture containing pharmacological information on statins was delivered to the students from the control group. …”
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Diagnosis of Roller Bearings Compound Fault Using Underdetermined Blind Source Separation Algorithm Based on Null-Space Pursuit by Lingli Cui, Chunguang Wu, Chunqing Ma, Huaqing Wang

“…With the constructed differential operator, the mixed signals collected by the vibration sensor are decomposed into a series of stacks of narrow band signal containing the characteristics of faulty bearing. Finally, the underdetermined problem is transformed to an overdetermined problem by combining the narrow band signals and the original mixed signals into a new group of observed signals. …”
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Bench-Scale Flushing Experiments for Remediation of Hg-Contaminated Groundwater by Sung-Wook Jeen

“…The results also indicate that the treated water from the water treatment plant was more effective compared to deionized water, probably due to complexing agents contained in the treated water.…”
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A Case of Significant Response to Olaparib in a Patient with Primary Peritoneal Carcinosarcoma Diagnosed by Laparoscopic Surgery by Satoshi Nagamata, Yukiko Nakasuji, Keitaro Yamanaka, Maho Azumi, Keiichi Washio, Maho Shimizu, Ryosuke Takahashi, Kazuyo Matsumoto, Yuka Murata, Kaho Suzuki, Masashi Deguchi, Hideto Yamada, Yoshito Terai

“…Primary peritoneal carcinosarcomas which arise from extragenital locations are extremely rare. Carinosarcomas contain both carcinomatous and sarcomatous elements and can be mainly detected in the female genital tract. …”
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Automated System for Generating and Evaluating Tests by S. A. Migalevich, O. V. German

“…Concepts are classified into different types depending on the information they contain, such as general textual concept, list/classification/hierarchy, program code, formulaic concept, causal concept, and others. …”
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Pharmacological ascorbate combined with rucosopasem selectively radio-chemo-sensitizes NSCLC via generation of H2O2 by C.F. Pulliam, M.A. Fath, S. Sho, S.T. Johnson, B.A. Wagner, M. Singhania, A.L. Kalen, K. Bayanbold, S.R. Solst, B.G. Allen, B.N. George, J.M. Caster, G.R. Buettner, D.P. Riley, J.L. Keene, R.A. Beardsley, D.R. Spitz

“…Pentaazamacrocyclic Mn (II)-containing (MnPAM) superoxide dismutase (SOD) mimetics and pharmacological ascorbate given IV to achieve [mM] plasma levels (pharmacological ascorbate: P-AscH‾) have been shown to act individually as cancer cell radio- and chemosensitizers via the generation of H2O2 in vivo. …”
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How to Make a Bed Bug Interceptor Trap out of Common Household Items by Benjamin A. Hottel, Rebecca W. Baldwin, Roberto M. Pereira, Philip G. Koehler

“…To discover whether bed bugs are present in a room or a piece of furniture, you can make interceptor traps out of commonly found household items and disposable plastic containers. This 4-page fact sheet was written by Benjamin A. …”
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Fusing Depth and Silhouette for Scanning Transparent Object with RGB-D Sensor by Yijun Ji, Qing Xia, Zhijiang Zhang

“…First, we utilize the zero and wrong depth led by transparent materials from multiple views to search for the 3D region which contains the transparent object. Then, based on shape from silhouette technology, we recover the 3D model by visual hull within these noisy regions. …”
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Biological peculiarities and cultivation of groundnut (a review) by N. V. Kishlyan, V. D. Bemova, T. V. Matveeva, V. A. Gavrilova

“…The modern phylogenetic system of the genus Arachis L. includes 79 wild species and one cultivated species of common peanut (A. hypogaea L.). Diploid species contain 2n = 20 chromosomes of the A, B or D genome, tetraploids have A and B genomes. …”
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Quasilinearization of the Initial Value Problem for Difference Equations with “Maxima” by S. Hristova, A. Golev, K. Stefanova

“…The object of investigation of the paper is a special type of difference equations containing the maximum value of the unknown function over a past time interval. …”
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Design of decolorization of methylene blue mixed synthetic wastewater via modified vermiculite using Taguchi method by Sahra Dandil

“…In this study, vermiculite was modified and used in the decolorization of wastewater containing methylene blue. Taguchi experimental design method was applied to the process. …”
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A truncated variant of the ribosome-associated trigger factor specifically contributes to plant chloroplast ribosome biogenesis by Fabian Ries, Jasmin Gorlt, Sabrina Kaiser, Vanessa Scherer, Charlotte Seydel, Sandra Nguyen, Andreas Klingl, Julia Legen, Christian Schmitz-Linneweber, Hinrik Plaggenborg, Jediael Z. Y. Ng, Dennis Wiens, Georg K. A. Hochberg, Markus Räschle, Torsten Möhlmann, David Scheuring, Felix Willmund

“…While typical trigger factor chaperones employ three domains for their task, the here described truncated form, Tig2, contains just the ribosome binding domain. Tig2 is widely present in green plants and appears to have acquired an entirely different task than co-translational nascent polypeptide folding. …”
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Modlitební knihy jako pramen k obrazu zbožnosti a genderovým konstruktům 19. století by Zuzana Čevelová

“…Prayer books as such can help research into the development of language culture, how foreign examples were adopted, and, last but not least, provide an insight into the universality of the stance of the Catholic Church. The study also contains an example of the contents of prayer books. …”
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Culture Techniques of Moina: The Ideal Daphnia for Feeding Freshwater Fish Fry by R.W. Rottmann, J. Scott Graves, Craig Watson, Roy Yanong

“…Detailed procedures for the culture of Moina, including container specifications, water quality management, aeration, feeding, and harvesting techniques, are provided. …”
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Estimating the Ground and Excited State Dipole Moments of Levofloxacin and Norfloxacin Drugs Using Solvatochromic Effects and Computational Work by Kinfe Woldegiorges, Abebe Belay, Alemu Kebede, Tamirat Abebe

“…Levofloxacin (LVF) and norfloxacin (NRF) are a group of fluoroquinolone antibiotics, broad spectrum used to treat various infections caused by many bacterial species. The drugs contain functional groups which control the type and degree of interaction with different solvents. …”
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Experimental Investigation of the Anchoring Effect of Two Different Types of Rock Bolts on Fractured Rock by Rongchao Xu, Hui Zhou

“…In this paper, cubic specimens containing a single preexisting flaw with different inclination angles were made by high-strength gypsum; uniaxial compression tests were conducted on bolted and unbolted specimens to study the anchoring effect of the fully bonded bolt and the prestressed bolt on fractured rock. …”
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Silicon-based all-solid-state batteries operating free from external pressure by Zhiyong Zhang, Xiuli Zhang, Yan Liu, Chaofei Lan, Xiang Han, Shanpeng Pei, Linshan Luo, Pengfei Su, Ziqi Zhang, Jingjing Liu, Zhengliang Gong, Cheng Li, Guangyang Lin, Cheng Li, Wei Huang, Ming-Sheng Wang, Songyan Chen

“…Under the cold-pressed sintering of Li21Si5 alloys, the anode forms a top layer (Li21Si5 layer) with mixed ionic/electronic conduction and a bottom layer (Si–Li21Si5 layer) containing a three-dimensional continuous conductive network. …”
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Equivariant Perturbation in Gomory and Johnson’s Infinite Group Problem. VII. Inverse Semigroup Theory, Closures, Decomposition of Perturbations by Hildebrand, Robert, Köppe, Matthias, Zhou, Yuan

“…In this self-contained paper, we present a theory of the piecewise linear minimal valid functions for the 1-row Gomory–Johnson infinite group problem. …”
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