Catechins and Caffeine Inhibit Fat Accumulation in Mice through the Improvement of Hepatic Lipid Metabolism by Chikako Sugiura, Shiho Nishimatsu, Tatsuya Moriyama, Sayaka Ozasa, Teruo Kawada, Kazutoshi Sayama

“…To elucidate the inhibiting mechanisms of fat accumulation by catechins, caffeine, and epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), ICR mice were fed diets containing either 0.3% catechins or 0.1% EGCG and/or 0.05% caffeine for 4 weeks. …”
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Effect of Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Dots (NCDs) on the Characteristics of NCD/MIL-53(Fe) Composite and Its Photocatalytic Performance for Methylene Blue Degradation under Visible Light by Ngoc Tue Nguyen, Xuan Truong Nguyen, Duc-Trung Nguyen, Hong Minh Tran, Thi May Nguyen, Thuong Quang Tran

“…Within this paper, the carbon/MIL-53(Fe) composite was fabricated via an in situ synthesis, in which N-containing carbon dots (NCDs) were mixed with MOF precursors’ solutions under various ratios before going through the solvothermal stage. …”
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Photocatalytic Inactivation Effect of Gold-Doped TiO2 (Au/TiO2) Nanocomposites on Human Colon Carcinoma LoVo Cells by Juan Xu, Yi Sun, Yaomin Zhao, Junjie Huang, Chunmei Chen, Zhiyu Jiang

“…The Au/TiO2 samples containing different amounts of Au (1–4 wt%) were prepared by deposition-precipitation (DP) method. …”
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Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Motor Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale by Stefanie D. Vassar, Yvette M. Bordelon, Ron D. Hays, Natalie Diaz, Rebecca Rausch, Cherry Mao, Barbara G. Vickrey

“…This supports motor UPDRS containing multiple subscales that can be analyzed separately and provide information distinct from the total score that may be useful in clinical studies.…”
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Granulomatous Lung Disease Requiring Mechanical Ventilation Induced by a Single Application of Oxaliplatin-Based Chemotherapy for Colorectal Cancer: A Case Report by Dane Wildner, Frank Boxberger, Axel Wein, Kerstin Wolff, Heinz Albrecht, Gudrun Männlein, Rolf Janka, Kerstin Amann, Jürgen Siebler, Werner Hohenberger, Markus F. Neurath, Richard Strauß

“…In addition to the known side effects of oxaliplatin-containing combination chemotherapy, unexpected serious adverse events in the form of pulmonary toxicities should also be taken into account.…”
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Small molecules and heat treatments reverse vernalization via epigenetic modification in Arabidopsis by Nana Otsuka, Ryoya Yamaguchi, Hikaru Sawa, Naoya Kadofusa, Nanako Kato, Yasuyuki Nomura, Nobutoshi Yamaguchi, Atsushi J. Nagano, Ayato Sato, Makoto Shirakawa, Toshiro Ito

“…Treatment with DVR06, which has a simple chemical structure containing these domains, delayed flowering time and reduced the deposition of repressive histone modifications at FLC. …”
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Microstructure development, mechanical properties and underlying mechanism of micro-TiN-reinforced AlSi10Mg composites fabricated by selective laser melting by Huang X., Wang L., Huang W.-D., He D.-D., Cheng X.-H., Xu X.-P., Chen X.-X., Qin S.-S., Huang L.-H.

“…The results show that the relative density of composite samples containing 0–3 wt. % TiN exceeds 98%. However, further increase in TiN content leads to a decrease in relative density. …”
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The Eclipsing Binaries via Artificial Intelligence. II. Need for Speed in PHOEBE Forward Models by Marcin Wrona, Andrej Prša

“…Optimization of the ANN architecture yielded a model with six hidden layers, each containing 512 nodes, providing an optimized balance between accuracy and computational complexity. …”
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Flame-Retardant and Thermal Degradation Mechanism of Caged Phosphate Charring Agent with Melamine Pyrophosphate for Polypropylene by Xuejun Lai, Jiedong Qiu, Hongqiang Li, Xingrong Zeng, Shuang Tang, Ye Chen, Zhen Chen

“…It revealed that MPP/PEPA could generate the triazine oligomer and phosphorus-containing compound radicals which changed the thermal degradation behavior of PP. …”
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Basic Anthropometric Measures in Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients and Individually Sex- and Age-Matched Controls from the General Population by Göran Nilsson, Pär Hedberg, Jerzy Leppert, Andreas Rosenblad, John Ohrvik

“…In women ≥66 years, the best discriminatory model contained only waist-to-hip ratio (AUROC = 0.67), whereas in women ≤65 years, the best combination was hip and BMI (AUROC = 0.68). …”
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The Relationship between Compressive Strength and Splitting Tensile Strength of high-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Cementitious Composites by Mahdieh Sabbaghian, Ali Kheyroddin

“…The proposed equation for HPFRCC with 1% steel fiber can be applied to specimens containing 2% fiber with an error of ±20%. Adding fibers to the cementitious mortar had a small effect on the CS. …”
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Transient Decrease in Circulatory Testosterone and Homocysteine Precedes the Development of Metabolic Syndrome Features in Fructose-Fed Sprague Dawley Rats by Anil Sakamuri, Sujatha Pitla, Uday Kumar Putcha, Sugeedha Jayapal, Sailaja Pothana, Sai Santosh Vadakattu, Nagabhushan Reddy Konapalli, Siva Sankara Vara Prasad Sakamuri, Ahamed Ibrahim

“…Rats were divided into control and experimental groups and fed with diets containing 54.5% starch and fructose, respectively, for 4, 12, and 24 weeks. …”
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Heteronuclear Fe-Mn Cyclopentadienyl Complexes Supported on Boehmite. Thermochemistry and Thermodynamics of their Decomposition by A.I. Rustamova, R.M. Muradxanov, S.N. Osmanova, F.K. Pashayeva, A.N. Mammadov, D.B. Tagiyev, E.H. Ismailov

“…The XRD data show that when calcining at 873 K the boehmite samples with the applied compounds of the above composition and containing these compounds less than 10 wt.%, the diffraction patterns show only reflections characteristic of poorly crystallized aluminum oxide. …”
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LINC02282 promotes DNA methylation of TRIM6 by recruiting DNMTs to inhibit the progression of Parkinson's disease by Lu Han, Chuansheng Zhao, Feng Jin, Rongfeng Jiang, Hao Wu

“…LINC02282 was mainly localized in the nucleus, and LINC02282 promoted the methylation of the tripartite motif-containing protein 6 (TRIM6) promoter to inhibit TRIM6 expression. …”
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Molecular genetic diversity of flax cultivars (<i>Linum usitatissimum</i> L.) represented in the State Register for Selection Achievements of the Russian Federation by T. A. Bazanov, I. V. Uschapovsky, N. N. Loginova, E. V. Smirnova, P. D. Mikhailova

“…The study of the cultivars revealed 50 alleles at 11 loci, with the number of alleles per locus ranging from 2 to 10, averaged to 4.55 alleles per locus. Each flax sample contained a unique set of alleles.Conclusion. The resulting SSR database made it possible to develop genetic certificates for each cultivar in the form of an alphanumeric code. …”
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Anti-Inflammatory therapeutic potential of Bungur (Lagerstroemia speciosa L.) leaves ethanolic extract against LPS-activated macrophage through TLR4/MD2 signaling: A computational... by Rosyadah Nuraini, Dwijayanti Dinia Rizqi, Annisa Yuslinda, Kamila Fairuz Sarah, Widyananda Muhammad Hermawan, Ulfa Siti Mariyah, Widodo Nashi

“…Therefore, compounds contained in bungur leaf exhibited promising anti-inflammatory activity through TLR4 inhibition.…”
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Deep Learning Framework for Advanced De-Identification of Protected Health Information by Ahmad Aloqaily, Emad E. Abdallah, Rahaf Al-Zyoud, Esraa Abu Elsoud, Malak Al-Hassan, Alaa E. Abdallah

“…Electronic health records (EHRs) are widely used in healthcare institutions worldwide, containing vast amounts of unstructured textual data. …”
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Integrated electrocatalytic synthesis of ammonium nitrate from dilute NO gas on metal organic frameworks-modified gas diffusion electrodes by Donglai Pan, Muthu Austeria P, Shinbi Lee, Ho-sub Bae, Fei He, Geun Ho Gu, Wonyong Choi

“…Furthermore, a higher NO utilization efficiency is obtained with a single-gasline operation mode, where the NO-containing gas flows sequentially from the cathode to the anode.…”
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Physicochemical Properties of Flaxseed Fortified Extruded Bean Snack by Naveen Vadukapuram, Clifford Hall, Mehmet Tulbek, Mary Niehaus

“…However, only the 15 and 20% flaxseed containing extrudates had expansion ratios that were significantly (P≤0.05) different from the control. …”
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Insights into core-shell multi-structure and strengthening by multi-microalloying (Sc, Zr, Er and Ti) of a T6 treated Al–Li–Mg alloy by Dengfeng Yin, Shenchen Zhang, Xin Li, Jiangang Yao, Qi Yin, Andrej Atrens, Ming-Chun Zhao

“…The T6 treated microstructure contained core-shell multi-structured particles. The (Sc, Zr, Ti)-rich core was generated at the earlier stage at higher temperature rather than at the final aging stage at 160 °C and still remained during aging. …”
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