The Effect of Submucosal Injection of Plasma-Rich Platelets on Blood Inflammatory Markers for Patients with Bimaxillary Protrusion Undergoing Orthodontic Treatment by Trefa Mohammed Ali Mahmood, Omar Fawzi Chawshli

“…We present evidence that PRP contains and may trigger systemic effect. Thus, further investigation is recommended to follow up the patient for a longer period of time and on a larger sample. …”
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Assessing Pollution with Heavy Metals and Its Impact on Population Health by Youssef Saliba, Alina Bărbulescu

“…In this study, Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Factor Analysis (FA), and t-distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding (t-SNE) were utilized for dimensionality reduction and clustering of data series containing the concentration of 10 heavy metals collected at 14 locations. …”
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Transcript Changes of Placental Tissue in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Based on Transcriptome Sequencing by Sun Y, Wang Y, Liu C, Yang J, Li Q, Zhao F

“…Cell component enrichment analysis indicated their association with cellular anatomical entities and protein-containing complexes. Molecular function enrichment analysis highlighted their roles in binding and catalytic activities. …”
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Isolation, Characterization and Genetic Diversity of Aspergillus flavus in Animal Feed by Dina Al-Shinawy, Reda E.M. Moghaieb, Sara B. Awaly, Gihan El-Moghazy, Dalia S. Ahmed

“…The data showed that all samples except one (S1) contained total aflatoxin levels below 20 μg/ kg, considered safe for animal consumption according to the European Union (EU), United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA), and World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. …”
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Carotenoids and carotenes in the fruits of <i>Cucurbita maxima</i>, <i>C. moschata</i> and <i>C. pepo</i> under the conditions of Northwestern Russia by T. M. Piskunova, T. V. Shelenga, P. V. Ozersky, A. E. Solovyeva

“…Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR) contains more than 3,000 accessions of five cultivated Cucurbita spp. and serves as the most important source of source material for developing new cultivars in order to expand the range of functional food products. …”
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Pressure-Less Liquid-Phase Sintering of Aluminum-Based Materials by Ana Teresa Sucgang, Laurent Cuzacq, Jean-Louis Bobet, Yongfeng Lu, Jean-François Silvain

“…Densification was further enhanced by increasing the compaction pressure from 50 MPa to 100–200 MPa for samples containing 12–20 vol.% AlSi₁₂. The Al-based material compacted at 200 MPa and with 15 vol.% AlSi₁₂ achieved the highest RD of approximately 99%. …”
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Profiles of Sugar and Organic Acid of Fruit Juices: A Comparative Study and Implication for Authentication by Jiaxiu Li, Chunling Zhang, Hui Liu, Jiechao Liu, Zhonggao Jiao

“…However, in grape, blueberry, and sweet cherry juice, glucose and fructose were the predominant sugars. Pear juice contained the highest level of sorbitol, which contributed to 15.02–43.07% of the total sugar content. …”
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SymbolNet: neural symbolic regression with adaptive dynamic pruning for compression by Ho Fung Tsoi, Vladimir Loncar, Sridhara Dasu, Philip Harris

“…Unlike most existing SR methods that struggle with datasets containing more than $\mathcal{O}(10)$ inputs, we demonstrate the effectiveness of our model on the LHC jet tagging task (16 inputs), MNIST (784 inputs), and SVHN (3072 inputs).…”
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NLRP3 is a BMI-independent mediator of stable COPD by Yonca Gungor, Selin Ercan, Saliha Selin Özuygur Ermiş, Yiğit Kozalı, Gizem Kursunluoglu, Ceyda Sahan, Aylin Ozgen Alpaydin, Hulya Ayar Kayali

“…Abstract Purpose The inflammatory response in animal models of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is activated by the NLR-family-pyrin-domain-containing-3 (NLRP3) inflammasome pathway, which is also known to play a role in obesity-related inflammation. …”
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Study on Catastrophe Instability of Support System in Gypsum Goaf Based on Energy Dissipation Theory by Yuejin Zhou, Xiaoding Xu, Xiaotong Li, Meng Li, Yugui Yang

“…Therefore, this study constructed a pillar-beam support system which contained pillar plastic zones. In this support system, the beam and pillar were taken as energy releaser and energy dissipater, respectively. …”
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Improving the Metal Inert Gas Welding Efficiency and Microstructural Stability in the Butt and Lap Joints of Aluminum Automotive Components Using Sc- and Zr-Enhanced Filler Wires by Hansol Ko, Hye-Jin Kim, Dong-Yoon Kim, Jiyoung Yu

“…In this study, 5083-O aluminum alloy base material was welded into butt and lap joints using conventional 5000-series aluminum alloy filler wires (Al-5.0Mg) and wires containing Sc and Zr (Al-4.8Mg-0.7Sc-0.3Zr) under various heat input conditions. …”
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Quality assessment of compost produced from agricultural wastes: Impact on the growth and yield of Zea Mays L. by Francisca Okoli, Edna Chukwura, Augustine Mbachu

“…The plant height, number of grains and weight of cob were significantly higher (p < 0.05) in the 100% compost and 75/25% compost/soil treatment when compared to those of the control without compost.Conclusion Compost produced in this study contained microorganisms, nutrients and minerals, which improved the yield of Zea mays L.…”
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Attitude and Vaccination Status of Healthcare Workers against Hepatitis B Infection in a Teaching Hospital, Ethiopia by Mohammed Akibu, Sodere Nurgi, Mesfin Tadese, Wendwesen Dibekulu Tsega

“…However, only 18–39% of healthcare workers in low- and middle-income countries received the vaccine. Therefore, this study aims to determine the attitude and vaccination status of health professionals working at Adama General Hospital and Medical College. …”
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Improvement of Post‐Thaw Quality and In Vivo Fertility of Simmental Bull Spermatozoa Using Ferulic Acid by Mobin Afsar, Ali Soleimanzadeh, Amir Khaki, Esmail Ayen

“…Pooled Simmental semen (n = 34 ejaculations) were diluted with a Tris‐base extender containing varying FA concentrations (0.1, 0.15, 0.25, 0.35, and 0.45 mM). …”
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Mature Teratoma Combined with Bladder Stones: A Case Report and Literature Review by Li A, Wang X, Wang C, Song Q, Niu Y, Wang P, Yue J

“…Anan Li,1 Xiaobo Wang,2 Chang Wang,2 Qingling Song,3 Yanbin Niu,1 Peng Wang,4 Juntao Yue5 1Department of Urology, 985th Hospital of People’s Liberation Army Joint Logistic Support Force, Taiyuan, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Gastroenterology, 985th Hospital of People’s Liberation Army Joint Logistic Support Force, Taiyuan, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Laboratory and Pathology, Lintong Rehabilitation Center of Joint Logistics Support Force of People’s Liberation Army, Lintong, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Pathology, 985th Hospital of People’s Liberation Army Joint Logistic Support Force, Taiyuan, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China; 5Reproductive Andrology and Human Sperm Bank, Key Laboratory of Obstetric, Gynecologic and Pediatric Diseases and Birth Defects of Ministry of Education, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Juntao Yue, Reproductive Andrology and Human Sperm Bank, Key Laboratory of Obstetric, Gynecologic and Pediatric Diseases and Birth Defects of Ministry of Education, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 1416 Chenglong Avenue, Jinjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 02888570175, Email 2622958466@qq.comAbstract: Teratoma is neoplasia originating from a germ cell, which usually contains identifiable tissue derived from all three germ cell layers. …”
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Effects of the Salt-Processing Method on the Pharmacokinetics and Tissue Distribution of Orally Administered Morinda officinalis How. Extract by Ji Shi, Xiaohang Ren, Jia Wang, Xiaofeng Wei, Bonan Liu, Tianzhu Jia

“…Formic acid aqueous solution (0.1%; A) and acetonitrile (containing 0.1% formic acid; B) were used as the mobile phase system with a programmed elution of 0∼5 min with 70% A and then 5∼7 min with 60% A. …”
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Effects of Celery Seed Extracts on Some Haematological and Biochemical Parameters in Albino Rats Treated with Gentamicin by Tavga Ismael Mustafa, Zhakaw Khudir Abdullah, Nazar Mohammed Shareef Mahmood, Shorish Mustafa Abdullah Gorony, Kurdo Bapir Chato, Ranjbar Muksy Mohammed Shareef

“…Animals were divided equally and randomly into four groups each of which contained eight rats. First group (control) included normal rats, group2 were given 100 mg/kg B.W. gentamicin (GM) intraperitoneally (IP), group3 (combined group) were given 100 mg/kg B.W. …”
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Analysis of Postural Control in Patients Diagnosed with Unilateral Knee Osteoarthrosis and Its Relationship with the Risk of Falls by Robson Emiliano José de Freitas, Jaqueline Gleice Aparecida de Freitas, Carolina Pereira Vieira, Daniela Cristina Endres, Fábio Martins Inacio, Fernanda Grazielle da Silva Azevedo Nora

“…Materials and Methods. 40 elderly people of both sexes participated in this study, divided into two groups containing 20 elderly each. Group 1 (G1) consists of elderly patients who have received a diagnosis of unilateral knee osteoarthritis. …”
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Efficacy of DNA vaccine encoding koi herpesvirus glycoprotein GP-25in common carp juvenile by immersion by Soko Nuswantoro, . Alimuddin, Munti Yuhana, Ayi Santika, Sri Nuryati, Zakki Zainun, Mira Mawardi

“…A total of 400 common carp juveniles at 30-day-old were immersed in 1-L water containing 1.3×108CFU/mL of the killed Escherichia coli cells carrying DNA vaccine. …”
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A Lightweight Mitigation Technique Against a Modified Version Number Attack in IoT Networks by Ibrahim S. Alsukayti, Mohammed Alreshoodi, Mehdi Rouissat

“…Experimental testing of DVN-SRPL demonstrated its efficiency in detecting and containing DVN attacks. It succeeded in mitigating the adverse effects of the attacks with considerable reductions of 179% and 142% in energy consumption and network overhead, respectively. …”
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