Characteristics of plastic bronchitis in children with infectious pneumonia by Xulong Cai, Mali Lin, Li Zhou, Wencai Sheng, Wanyan Jiao, Hongliang Bian, Tongjin Yin

“…The frequency distribution of the inspiratory three concave signs in the PB group was significantly greater than that in the non-PB group. …”
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Sexual dimorphism in the sheep corpus callosum using 3 tesla MRI by Sedat Aydoğdu, Emrullah Eken, Mustafa Koplay

“…<p> <b>Results: </b>In sheep, the lower surface of the truncus corporis callosi, which forms the roof of the ventriculus lateralis, was more concave than dog and cat, and flatter than human, horse and rabbit. …”
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Significados atribuídos ao sofrimento psíquico por parte de profissionais emergencistas by Hilda Coutinho Oliveira, Yvana Coutinho Oliveira, Edilma Casimiro Gomes Serafim, Ieda Cabral Mota, João Jorge de Souza Neto

“…Suas descobertas, inaplicáveis a generalizações, foram inseridas nas considerações finais: o trabalho na emergência significou altruísmo e aprendizagem; houve precariedade de recursos materiais e humanos, e riscos psicofísicos no âmbito das condições de trabalho; existiram desafios, ritualização, subordinação e conflitos no campo da organização do trabalho; o sofrimento psíquico se configurou como o conflito entre a onipotência e a vulnerabilidade; as estratégias de enfrentamento abrangeram distúrbios físicos e emo­cionais, defesas (negação, identificação, ilusão grupal), e família, lazer e religião.…”
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Hotel e cidade moderna by Fernando Diniz Moreira, Karine Maria Gonçalves Cortez

“…Como recorte de uma pesquisa mais ampla que procura resgatar sua trajetória e obra em Recife, este artigo busca mostrar a atuação de Palumbo nos bairros centrais por meio da análise de dois hotéis: o Grande Hotel de Recife e o Hotel Central, projetados e construídos entre 1924 e 1938. …”
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Mejoramiento genético de alpiste: selección y evaluación de líneas de derivadas de la población marroquí PI284184 by M. Cogliatti, L.V. Cortizo, W.J. Rogers

“…En el presente trabajo se describe el proceso de selección de líneas puras derivadas de dicha población y se presentan los resultados obtenidos de la evaluación de siete de las líneas seleccionadas en base a su elevado peso de mil granos, (S4201, S4202, S4203, S4204, S4206, S4207 y S4208) comparadas con tres cultivares comerciales de referencia, de amplia difusión mundial (“Alden”, “Cantate” y “CDC María”). Los experimentos fueron realizados en los años 2011 y 2012 en la Chacra Experimental de la Facultad de Agronomía de Azul, provincia de Buenos Aires. …”
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Dietary ambon lumut banana stem extract Musa cavendishii var. dwarf Paxton as an immunostimulant for white spot disease prevention in Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei by Afriani Ramadhan, Sri Nuryati, Nur Bambang Priyoutomo, Alimuddin Alimuddin

“…The shrimps fed by pellet containing ambon banana stem extracts with different dosages for 29 days, i.e designated as 0.1 (A); 0.3 (B), and 0.5 (C) g/kg, the diet treatment without ambon banana stem extract without challenged test (K-), and diet treatment without ambon banana stem extract with challenged test (K+). …”
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Microcephaly protein ANKLE2 promotes Zika virus replication by Adam T. Fishburn, Cole J. Florio, Thomas N. Klaessens, Brian Prince, Neil A. B. Adia, Nicholas J. Lopez, Nitin Sai Beesabathuni, Sydney S. Becker, Liubov Cherkashchenko, Sophia T. Haggard Arcé, Vivian Hoang, Traci N. Shiu, R. Blake Richardson, Matthew J. Evans, Claudia Rückert, Priya S. Shah

“…We previously mapped ZIKV-host protein interactions and identified the interaction between ZIKV non-structural protein 4A (NS4A) and host microcephaly protein ankyrin repeat and LEM domain-containing 2 (ANKLE2). Using a fruit fly model, we showed that NS4A induced microcephaly in an ANKLE2-dependent manner. …”
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Physical and Mechanical Properties of Green Cementless Mortar Incorporating Waste Paper Sludge Ash by Aida Nabila Jamaluddin, Siti Asmahani Saad, Siti Aliyyah Masjuki, Wan Nur Firdaus Wan Hassan, Siti Noratikah Che Deraman, Nadiah Md Husain

“…The alkaline solution that contains 6 M of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and sodium silicate (Na2SiO3) was used to activate the geopolymer. …”
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ZC3H15 suppression ameliorates bone cancer pain through inhibiting neuronal oxidative stress and microglial inflammation by Li-Quan Huang, Ting-Xuan Yan, Bao-Sheng Wang, Hao Li, Nai-Bao Zhou

“…Zinc finger CCCH-type containing 15 (ZC3H15) is a highly conserved eukaryotic protein involved in various cellular processes, including tumor growth and inflammation. …”
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SERT-Deficient Mice Fed Western Diet Reveal Altered Metabolic and Pro-Inflammatory Responses of the Liver: A Link to Abnormal Behaviors by Raymond Cespuglio, Anna Gorlova, Konstantin Zabegalov, Kirill Chaprov, Evgeniy Svirin, Kseniia Sitdikova, Alisa Burova, Boris Shulgin, Ksenia Lebedeva, Alexei V. Deikin, Sergey Morozov, Tatyana Strekalova

“…The WD had a higher caloric content and was characterized by an elevated saturated fat content (21%) compared to the CD (4.5%) and contained 0.2% cholesterol. Mice were evaluated for anxiety-like behavior, exploration and locomotor activity in the open field test, as well as glucose tolerance and histological indicators of hepatic steatosis. …”
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Improving Growth Performance and Reducing Mortality by Supplementing the Ethanolic Extract of Grape Leaves (Vinifera Vitis) in Broilers under Induced Ascites by Mokhtar Fathi, Taimour Tanha, Reza Taherkhani, Vahid Rezaee

“…To induce ascites, water containing 1200 mg of sodium (3 grams per liter of salt) was provided to the chickens from the 15th day of the experiment. …”
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A Pragmatic Approach to Rhetorical Technique of "Exaggeration" Based on Grice’s "Cooperative Principle" by Hassan Rahmani, Qasem Mokhtari, Mohammad Jorfi, Ebrahim Anari Bozchlooi, Mahmoud Shahbazi

“…Furthermore, we have endeavored to analyze examples containing this rhetorical technique in both Arabic and Persian languages, based on the model derived from the structural-semantic process of exaggeration, and provide a new perspective on them.  …”
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Effects of taurine on growth performance, body composition and physiological responses of western white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei broodstock by Vahid Morshedi, Mahmoud Nafisi Bahabadi, Mansour Torfi Mozanzadeh, Amin Oujifard, Naser Agh, Khalegh Maneii, Ahmad Qasemi, Nehzat Bakhshi, Hadi Ebrahimi, Rezvan Tamadoni, Shirin Hamedi, Reza Bagherpour, Fatemeh Solimani

“…Taurine (Tau = 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid) is an amino sulfonic acid, which has been proven to be conditionally essential for some aquatic animals when these animals are fed with diets containing high plant protein levels, due to taurine deficiency in plant-based protein sources. …”
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The synergetic effect of selenium or zinc oxide nanoparticles with chromium on mitigating thermal stress for sustainable production and improving antioxidant capacity and inflammat... by I. T. El-Ratel, K. H. El-Kholy, S. M. Elgmmal, S. F. Fouda, A.-K. E. Abdel-Khalek, M. A. Hassan, M. M. Azzam, M. Alagawany, A. Lestingi

“…A total of 100 newly weaned APRI rabbits were randomly divided into five homogeneous groups. A basal diet containing no feed additives (0 g per kg diet) was given to the first group, and the second, third, fourth, and fifth groups were given a diet supplemented with 0.3 mg SeNPs, 20 mg ZnONPs, 0.3 mg SeNPs and 1.5 mg Cr, and 20 mg ZnONPs and 1.5 mg Cr per kg diet, respectively. …”
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Evaluation of karamunting Melastoma malabathricum L leaf extract on gonad development and growth performance of tilapia Oreochromis niloticus by Ermianus Samalei, Muhammad Zairin Jr., Odang Carman, Muhammad Agus Suprayudi

“…This study used a completely randomized design containing five extract dose treatments (0, 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 g/kg diet doses) and three replications. …”
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Evaluation of corn steep liquor on the digestibility and growth performance of juvenile common carp strain Sinyonya by Dodi Hermawan, Lukman Anugrah Agung, Indah Juwita Sari, Haeru Wahyudin, Immanuel Tarigan

“…The results showed that CSL contained 44.04% protein and an essential amino acid index of 0.80. …”
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The role of information science within the clinical translational science ecosystem by Bart Ragon, Anne Seymour, Elizabeth C. Whipple, Alisa Surkis, Amanda Haberstroh, Jennifer Muilenburg, Melissa L. Rethlefsen, Erinn E. Aspinall, Jill Deaver, Nadine Dexter, Renae Barger, Nicole Contaxis, Emily J. Glenn, Elizabeth Hinton, Barbara Kern, Micquel Little, Keith Pickett, Erika Sevetson, Donghua Tao, Megan von Isenburg, Debra A. Werner, Terrie R. Wheeler, Kristi Holmes

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An integrative analysis reveals cancer risk associated with artificial sweeteners by Jumin Xie, Ying Zhu, Zixuan Yang, Zhang Yu, Mingzhi Yang, Qingzhi Wang

“…It urges food safety regulatory agencies to strengthen oversight and encourages the public to reduce consumption of foods and beverages containing artificial sweeteners and other additives.…”
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Global phylogeography and genetic characterization of carbapenem and ceftazidime-avibactam resistant KPC-33-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Longjie Zhou, Jiayao Yao, Ying Zhang, Xiaofan Zhang, Yueyue Hu, Haiyang Liu, Jintao He, Yunsong Yu, Minhua Chen, Yuexing Tu, Xi Li

“…Whole-genome sequencing indicated that bla KPC-33 was located on two Tn4401-like transposons contained in the plasmids and that most of these plasmids could be transferred into P. aeruginosa PAO1Rif isolates. …”
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Utilizing of black cumin (Nigella sativa) flour to increase the immunity system of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) against Aeromonas hydrophila bacteria attack by Norma Rizki Silviana, Rosidah, Wahyuniar Pamungkas, Roffi Grandiosa

“…The treatments fed by supplemental diets contained black cumin flour was conducted for 14 days, then a challenge test was carried out with the infection of A. hydrophila bacteria by immersion for14 days. …”
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