Magnetic Resonance Visibility, Artifacts, and Overall Safety of the Self-Locating Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter with a Tungsten Tip by Maurizio Gallieni, Umberto G. Rossi, Massimo Tonolini, Andrea Ianniello, Roberta Miglio, Gianmarco Sabiu, Maurizio Cariati

“…The self-locating peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter, contains a tungsten tip. The effects of magnetic resonance (MR) on the catheter were evaluated, emphasizing its MR signal, artifacts, ferromagnetism, and possible heating production during the MR sequences. …”
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Geochemistry and mineralogy of Cobalt in mine wastes: examples from Cobalt, Canada and Cornwall, England by Gabriel Ziwa, Gabriel Ziwa, Gabriel Ziwa, Rich Crane, Rich Crane, Karen A. Hudson-Edwards, Karen A. Hudson-Edwards

“…Mine wastes can pose environmental and human health risks, especially when they contain high concentrations of potentially toxic metal(loid)s. …”
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Patient–Physician Differences in Desired Characteristics of NSAID Plasters: An Online Survey by On Takeda, Daisuke Chiba, Yasuyuki Ishibashi, Eiichi Tsuda

“…In Japan, adhesive skin plasters containing nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are frequently used to treat pain of musculoskeletal origin. …”
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Effect of Mg Content and Heat Treatment on the Mechanical Properties of Low Pressure Die-Cast 380 Alloy by S. Morin, E. M. Elgallad, H. W. Doty, S. Valtierra, F. H. Samuel

“…The present study was carried out on a 380 alloy containing 9.13% Si, 3.22% Cu, 1.01% Fe, 0.06% Mg, 0.16% Mn, and 2.28% Zn. …”
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Advances in antiviral strategies targeting mosquito-borne viruses: cellular, viral, and immune-related approaches by Ayyaz Khan, Zakirullah, Shahid Wahab, Seong-Tshool Hong

“…., Chikungunya, Eastern and Western Equine Encephalitis viruses), also transmitted by Aedes and Culex; Bunyaviridae (recently reorganized), containing viruses like Rift Valley Fever and Oropouche virus, transmitted by mosquitoes and sometimes sandflies; and Reoviridae, which includes the genus Orbivirus (e.g., West Nile and Bluetongue viruses), primarily affecting animals and transmitted by mosquitoes and sandflies. …”
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INTERRELATION OF PRIONS WITH NON-CODING RNAS by R. N. Mustafin, E. K. Khusnutdinova

“…In the brain tissues of patients with prion diseases, as well as in exosomes containing an abnormal PrPSc isoform, changes in the levels of microRNA have been observed. …”
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Molecular Cloning, Characterization, and mRNA Expression of Hemocyanin Subunit in Oriental River Prawn Macrobrachium nipponense by Youqin Kong, Liqiao Chen, Zhili Ding, Jianguang Qin, Shengming Sun, Ligai Wang, Jinyun Ye

“…Hemocyanin is a copper-containing protein with immune function against disease. …”
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The bile acid chenodeoxycholic acid associates with reduced stroke in humans and mice by Vera F. Monteiro-Cardoso, Xin Yi Yeo, Han-Gyu Bae, David Castano Mayan, Mariam Wehbe, Sejin Lee, Kumar Krishna-K, Seung Hyun Baek, Leon F. Palomera, Lik Hang Wu, Leroy S. Pakkiri, Sangeetha Shanmugam, Kai Ping Sem, Mun Geok Yew, Matthew P. Parsons, Michael R. Hayden, Leonard L.L. Yeo, Vijay K. Sharma, Chester Drum, Elisa A. Liehn, Sreedharan Sajikumar, Svend Davanger, Dong-Gyu Jo, Mark Y.Y. Chan, Benjamin Y.Q. Tan, Sangyong Jung, Roshni R. Singaraja

“…Together, our data suggest that CDCA, acting in the liver-brain axis, decreases GluN2B-containing NMDAR overactivation, contributing to neuroprotection in stroke.…”
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Minasse Tcheraz’s Contacts of Europe and His Impressions of Berlin Congress by Serdar, Sakin

“…Before Berlin Congress assembled, Armenian Patriarch Nerses Varjabedyan had sent a delegation to the Congress in order to present the countries participating in the Congress with a memorandum that contained the requests of Armenian people and to secure these countries’ support throughout the Congress. …”
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Physicochemical, Rheological, Structural, Antioxidant, and Antimicrobial Properties of Polysaccharides Extracted from Tamarind Seeds by Likun Ren, Yang Yang, Xin Bian, Xiaomei Li, Bing Wang, Dangfeng Wang, Dan Su, Linlin Liu, Dehui Yu, Xiaoxue Guo, Xiumin Zhang, Na Zhang

“…TSP was mainly composed of glucose (45.09%), galactose (22.80%), and xylose (28.89%), while it contained characteristic structure of polysaccharides, such as –OH, pyranose, and uronic acid at 3,418, 1,150, and 1,040 cm−1 respectively, which demonstrated that it was a uronic acid heteropolysaccharide. …”
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Effect of copper addition on precipitation behaviors and mechanical properties of Mg-Zn-Cu alloys with respect to high zinc by Ye Zhou, Shengli Li, Pingli Mao, Xingang Ai, Qinghe Xiao, Zheng Liu

“…The results substantiated that the MgZnCu phase precipitates in Cu-containing alloys and that the precipitate content, as well as the precipitate temperature, increased with the Cu content from 0 to 3 wt.% according to the thermodynamic calculations and the DSC results. …”
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The genome sequence of the tawny cockroach, Ectobius (Ectobius) pallidus (Olivier, 1789) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Tony Hunter

“…We present a genome assembly from a specimen of Ectobius pallidus (tawny cockroach; Arthropoda; Insecta; Blattodea; Ectobiidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 2,087.55 megabases and 2,124.67 megabases, respectively. …”
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Application of Bistable Stochastic Resonance based on VMD in Early Fault Detection of Rolling Bearing by Wang Zhixia, Guo Li, Cheng Qianqian

“…Firstly,the fault vibration signal of rolling bearing VMD is decomposed into finite Intrinsic Mode Functions（ IMF）,IMF components containing fault feature are selected and reconstructed. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variability and Change of the South China Spring Precipitation during 1961–2012 by Hong-Lan Liu, Qiang Zhang, Jun-Qin Guo, Jun-Guo Zhang, Sheng Wang

“…We find that the first spatial mode of the spring precipitation of the South China has a domain uniform structure; the second is dominated by a spatial dipole; and the third contains six variability centers. 1980s was the decade of the largest amount of precipitation while 1960s the decade of the smallest amount of precipitation. …”
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Ilex pedunculosa Longstalk Holly by Edward Gilman

“…Additionally, it highlights the plant’s potential uses in landscaping, such as hedges, screens, and container plantings. Original publication date October 1999. …”
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Anti‐inflammatory properties of ophioglonin derived from the fern Ophioglossum vulgatum L. via inactivating NF‐κB and MAPK signaling pathways by Xiaoqing Zhu, Cheng Tian, Dan Yao, Siqi Li, Junjiang Lv, Yongwen Chen, Xiaoyong Huang

“…Medicinal plants contain bioactive compounds that have therapeutic effects on human health. …”
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Quality Assessment of Tomato Paste Products on the Ghanaian Market: An Insight Into Their Possible Adulteration by Abena Boakye, Doreen D. Avor, Isaac K. Amponsah, William O. Appaw, Leslie Owusu-Ansah, Silas Adjei, Michael K. Baah, John N. Addotey

“…All the sampled products contained some amount of starch, with three having more than 10 g/100 g of this thickener. …”
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Defining competence profiles in obstetrics and gynecology using the modified requirement tracking questionnaire by Baptiste Tarasi, Viktor Oubaid, David Baud

“…The R-track is designed to assess professional competence profiles and contains 66 items covering the following eight competence areas: “Mental abilities”, “Social sensibility”, “Psychomotor and multitasking abilities”, “Solutions orientation”, “Social interactive competences”, “Personality traits”, “Verbal competences” and “Resistance capacity”. …”
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Bazhenov formation anomalous section within the Uvat oil and gas bearing area by Dmitry A. Staroselets, Pavel V. Smirnov, Anatoly V. Trenkin

“…The deposits of the Bazhenov formation are dated by the Titonian (Volga) Stage, part of which is represented by a mixed composition containing both the amorphous organic matter typical of the Bazhenov formation and the Valanginian or Valanginian-Goterivian palynoforms of good preservation. …”
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Permafrost Dynamics Observatory: 3. Remote Sensing Big Data for the Active Layer, Soil Moisture, and Greening and Browning by Elizabeth Wig, Kevin Schaefer, Roger Michaelides, Richard Chen, Leah K. Clayton, Brittany Fager, Lingcao Huang, Andrew D. Parsekian, Howard Zebker, Yingtong Zhang, Yuhuan Zhao

“…The Arctic‐Boreal Vulnerability Experiment's Permafrost Dynamics Observatory (PDO) contains data about permafrost subsidence, active layer thickness (ALT), soil water content, and water table depth, derived from airborne radar measurements at 66 image swaths in 2017. …”
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