Expanding the BP1-BP2 15q11.2 Microdeletion Phenotype: Tracheoesophageal Fistula and Congenital Cataracts by D. Wong, S. M. Johnson, D. Young, L. Iwamoto, S. Sood, T. P. Slavin

“…The proximal q arm of chromosome 15 contains breakpoint regions BP1–BP5 with the classic deletion of BP1–BP3 best known to be associated with Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes. …”
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Quantum dots enhanced stability of in-situ fabricated perovskite nanocrystals based light-emitting diodes: Electrical field distribution effects by Xulan Xue, Menglin Li, Zhenjie Liu, Chenhui Wang, Jincheng Xu, Shuangpeng Wang, Hanzhuang Zhang, Haizheng Zhong, Wenyu Ji

“…Benefiting from these advantages, the peak luminance and the maximum external quantum efficiency of the PeLED containing QD monolayer are increased from 6807 cd/m2 to 86,670 cd/m2 and 2.4% to 7.1%, respectively. …”
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Comparison between Vapocoolant Spray and Eutectic Mixture of Local Anesthetics Cream in Reducing Pain during Spinal Injections by Riyadh Firdaus, Besthadi Sukmono, Annemarie Chrysantia Melati, Berial Dewin Marzaini

“…The vapocoolant spray containing ethyl chloride has fast onset and is safe, low cost, and widely available. …”
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Assessment of Physicochemical Properties of Rituximab Related to Its Immunomodulatory Activity by Mariana P. Miranda-Hernández, Carlos A. López-Morales, Nancy D. Ramírez-Ibáñez, Nelly Piña-Lara, Nestor O. Pérez, Aarón Molina-Pérez, Jorge Revilla-Beltri, Luis F. Flores-Ortiz, Emilio Medina-Rivero

“…Herein, we present a physicochemical and biological characterization followed by a pharmacodynamics and immunogenicity study to demonstrate comparability between two products containing rituximab. The physicochemical and biological characterization revealed that both products fit within the same response intervals exhibiting the same degree of variability. …”
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Solid-State 13C NMR Spectroscopy Applied to the Study of Carbon Blacks and Carbon Deposits Obtained by Plasma Pyrolysis of Natural Gas by Jair C. C. Freitas, Daniel F. Cipriano, Carlos G. Zucolotto, Alfredo G. Cunha, Francisco G. Emmerich

“…The 13C CP/MAS NMR spectra of a number of plasma blacks produced in the N2 plasma reactor showed two resonance bands, broadly identified as associated with aromatic and aliphatic groups, with indication of the presence of oxygen- and nitrogen-containing groups in the aliphatic region of the spectrum. …”
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Deletion of bZIP Transcription Factor <i>PratfA</i> Reveals Specialized Metabolites Potentially Regulating Stress Response in <i>Penicillium raistrickii</i> by Anxin Zhang, Shu Zhang, Xinran Xu, Wen-Bing Yin

“…Notably, compound <b>1</b> is a rare octaketone derivative and contains two unsubstituted <i>cis</i>-double bonds, demonstrating its unique biosynthetic mechanism. …”
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Mathematical model of the 9th version Universal modeling method: features and results of identification by A. A. Drozdov, Yu. B. Galerkin, O. A. Solovyeva, K. V. Soldatova, A. A. Ucehovscy

“…In the 8th version of the Universal modeling method, a formula is used to calculate the direction of the critical stream line, containing an empirical coefficient X. The practice of application has shown that the value of the empirical coefficient changes the amount of losses in the impeller in off-design flow rates. …”
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Peculiarities of Charge Transfer in SiO2(Ni)/Si Nanosystems by Egor Yu. Kaniukov, Dzmitry V. Yakimchuk, Victoria D. Bundyukova, Alena E. Shumskaya, Abdulkarim A. Amirov, Sergey E. Demyanov

“…In the low temperatures (~100–20 K), the variable range hopping conduction between pores on the SiO2/Si boundary, containing localized states, dominates.…”
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Coupling Vibration Analysis of Turbine Shared Support Rotor-Bearing System with Squeeze Film Dampers by Jiaqi Han, Guihuo Luo, Wei Chen, Fei Wang, Lulu Liu, Zhenhua Zhao, Gang Luo

“…The turbine shared support structure is used widely in aeroengines, but theoretical and experimental research on a rotor-bearing system containing a shared turbine support structure is lacking. …”
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Asphalt Mixture for the First Asphalt Concrete Directly Fastened Track in Korea by Seong-Hyeok Lee, Dae-Wook Park, Hai Viet Vo, Samer Dessouky

“…Flow number and beam fatigue tests for finer aggregate asphalt mixture were conducted to characterize the performance of asphalt mixtures containing two modified asphalt binders: STE-10 which is styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) polymer and ARMA which is Crum rubber modified asphalt. …”
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Cisplatin-Induced Nephrotoxicity and HIV Associated Nephropathy: Mimickers of Myeloma-Like Cast Nephropathy by Muhammad Siddique Khurram, Ahmed Alrajjal, Warda Ibrar, Jacob Edens, Umer Sheikh, Ameer Hamza, Hong Qu

“…First two cases revealed foci of diffuse tubular dilatation containing hyaline casts and interstitial inflammatory infiltrate, in addition to globally sclerotic glomeruli with ultrastructural foot process fusion and mesangium expansion. …”
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Spatiotemporal variation in size-dependent growth rates in small isolated populations of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) by Elizabeth A. Mittell, Camille A. Leblanc, Bjarni K. Kristjánsson, Moira M. Ferguson, Katja Räsänen, Michael B. Morrissey

“…Here, we implemented a Bayesian state-space model using individual-level data from 20 populations of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) across 15 capture occasions, which allowed us to: (i) integrate over the uncertainty of missing recapture records; (ii) robustly estimate size-dependence; and (iii) include a covariate (water temperature) that contained missing data. Interestingly, although there was substantial spatial, temporal and spatiotemporal variation in growth rate, this was only weakly associated with variation in water temperature and almost entirely independent of size, suggesting that spatiotemporal variation in other environmental conditions affected individuals across sizes similarly. …”
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Fast and Simple LC-MS/MS Method for Rifampicin Quantification in Human Plasma by Žane Temova Rakuša, Robert Roškar, Anita Klančar Andrejc, Tina Trdan Lušin, Nataša Faganeli, Iztok Grabnar, Aleš Mrhar, Albin Kristl, Jurij Trontelj

“…The plasma samples containing rifampicin and isotopically labelled internal standard rifampicin D8, were cleaned up using a Captiva ND Lipids filtration plate. …”
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Protein and metabolite acclimations to temperature variability in a calcareous green macroalga Halimeda macroloba by Hao Zhang, Yuyu Wang, Lingshuai Zhang, Zhiqin Wang, Zejun Zhu, Lijuan Long, Lijuan Long

“…At the sub-optimal temperature of 25°C, the alga modulated its fatty acid composition to maintain membrane fluidity and accumulated selenium-containing metabolites to mitigate oxidative stress. …”
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Hyperuricemia-induced complications: dysfunctional macrophages serve as a potential bridge by Wenyi Gu, Wenyi Gu, Jiajing Zhao, Yu Xu, Yu Xu, Yu Xu

“…The second mechanism is the modulation of inflammation, including targeting toll-like receptors (TLRs) and the NOD-, LRR-, and pyrin domain-containing protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome. The third mechanism pertains to the effects on oxidative stress mediators. …”
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Determination of Tenacissoside G, Tenacissoside H, and Tenacissoside I in Rat Plasma by UPLC-MS/MS and Their Pharmacokinetics by Fan Chen, Yizhe Ma, Ying Cui, Wanhang Wang, Chenchen Mei, Jingjing Nie, Congcong Wen, Xiuwei Shen, Xuzhao Zhou

“…The determination was performed on the UPLC HSS T3 column (50 mm × 2.1 mm, 1.8 μm) with a mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile-water (containing 0.1% formic acid) and gradient elution at a flow rate of 0.4 mL/min. …”
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Insight into the Advances in Clinical Trials of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines by Syed Mohammed Basheeruddin Asdaq, Shahamah Jomah, Syed Imam Rabbani, Ali Musharraf Alamri, Salman Khalaf Salem Alshammari, Badr Sami Duwaidi, Majed Sadun Alshammari, Abdulhakeem S. Alamri, Walaa F. Alsanie, Majid Alhomrani, Nagaraja Sreeharsha, Mohd. Imran

“…Several interventions to stop or limit the spread of infection have failed, and every time the virus emerges, it becomes more contagious and more deadly. Vaccinating a significant proportion of the population is one of the established methods to achieve herd immunity. …”
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Estimation of Sialic Acid and IL10 Levels in Stage 1 and 2 Periodontitis Patients by Sudhir Rama Varma, Biju Thomas, Amitha Ramesh, Suchetha Kumari, Shahira, Zainab Abdullah Muhammad Al Saadi, Rabia Asif Mahmood

“…The unstimulated saliva was collected in a sterile graduated container every minute for 5–8 minutes. IL10 estimation was done using ELISA, and sialic acid estimation was done using the diphenylamine method. …”
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The effect of misinformation acceptance on COVID-19 prevention behaviors by Leila Dehghani, Tahereh Tamimi, Mazyar Ganjoor, Parisa Eskandari

“…Hence, identifying misinformation and preparing protocols for health advisors to provide people with correct information have a high value in the containment of the pandemic.…”
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Decreased Regulatory T Cells in Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Lesions: Imbalance between Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Cells in Atherosclerosis by Ilonka Rohm, Yevgeniya Atiskova, Stefanie Drobnik, Michael Fritzenwanger, Daniel Kretzschmar, Rudin Pistulli, Jürgen Zanow, Thomas Krönert, Gita Mall, Hans Reiner Figulla, Atilla Yilmaz

“…Additionally, there was a significantly higher expression of HLA-DR and more T cell activation (CD25, CD69) in unstable lesions. On the contrary, unstable lesions contained significantly lower numbers of Tregs. …”
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