Effects of Dietary Aflatoxin B1 on Hybrid Grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus ♀ × Epinephelus lanceolatus ♂) Growth, Intestinal Health, and Muscle Quality by Hao Liu, Ruitao Xie, Weibin Huang, Yuanzhi Yang, Menglong Zhou, Baiquan Lu, Biao Li, Beiping Tan, Xiaohui Dong

“…AFB1 caused myofibrillar cleavage and myofilament damage, leading to increased spaces between muscle fibers. …”
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Experimental Study on the Impact Resistance of Closed-Cell Aluminum Foam Protective Materials to RC Piers under Lateral Impact by Xiwu Zhou, Wen Zhang, Xiangyu Wang, Wenchao Zhang, Meng Zhan

“…The data regarding the piers’ impact force, displacement, reinforcement strain, and crack and damage development were mainly collected during the experimental testing processes. …”
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Genetics of aging and longevity by A. A. Moskalev, E. N. Proshkina, A. A. Belyi, I. A. Solovyev

“…These include deregulation processes of homeostasis maintenance, metabolic reactions and sending intra- and intercellular signals, accumulation of senescent cells, damaged organelles and macromolecules, epigenetic changes and genetic instability. …”
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Acute and Repeated Dose 28-Day Oral Toxicity Study of the Aqueous Extracts from the Leafy Stem and Fruit of Pedalium murex D.Royen EX.L in Wistar Rats by Gérard Bessan Dossou-Agoin, Maxime Machioud Sangaré-Oumar, Téniola Isabelle Sacramento, Mariette Sindété, Egnon Jacques Hougbénou-Houngla, Nounagnon Darius Tossavi, Simon Azonbakin, Adam Gbankoto

“…However, both extract administration led to proteinuria and renal damages. Conclusion. P. murex leafy stem and fruit aqueous extracts exhibited potential nephrotoxicity. …”
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Intratumoral <i>Fusobacterium nucleatum</i> in Pancreatic Cancer: Current and Future Perspectives by Domenica Lucia D’Antonio, Anna Zenoniani, Samia Umme, Adriano Piattelli, Maria Cristina Curia

“…<i>Fn</i> engages in pancreatic tumorigenesis and metastasis through multifaceted mechanisms, including immune response modulation, virulence factors, control of cell proliferation, intestinal metabolite interactions, DNA damage, and epithelial–mesenchymal transition. Additionally, compelling research suggests that <i>Fn</i> may exert detrimental effects on cancer treatment outcomes. …”
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Specific Features of Counteracting VAT Evasion: Experience of Ukraine and Foreign Countries by N. S. Horobets

“…It has been noted that the joint search by the states for the ways to combat VAT evasion is due to the need to minimize the damage caused to the financial and economic interests of the state by such actions, to increase the efficiency of value added tax, to increase the competitiveness level of domestic producers, to stimulate priority economic activities in the state. …”
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Robust highly conductive patterns in flexible PEEK materials with either sp3 or sp2 dominant carbon phases produced by using ultrashort laser pulses by Ayesha Sharif, Nazar Farid, Yuhan Liu, Mingqing Wang, Robert G. Palgrave, Gerard M O'Connor

“…Raman peaks for graphene were observed for single laser scan passes at higher laser fluences with the onset of surface damage. In Phase-II, PEEK was laser scanned multiple times to transform into sp2 graphene integrated in the form of laser induced periodic surface structures. …”
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Inhibition of Viability, Proliferation, Cytokines Secretion, Surface Antigen Expression, and Adipogenic and Osteogenic Differentiation of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells by Seven-Day Ex... by Jian Wang, Bo Xiang, Jixian Deng, Darren H. Freed, Rakesh C. Arora, Ganghong Tian

“…The SMF slightly reduced cell viability and proliferation and inhibited the expression of CD49d, CD54, and CD73 but did not damage DNA integrity. The SMF slightly downregulated the expression of cytokines including Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF), Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1), Transforming Growth Factor Beta 1 (TGF-β1), genetic markers comprising Stem Cell Antigen-1 (Sca1), Octamer-4 (Oct-4), ATP-binding Cassette Subfamily B Member 1 (ABCB1), adipogenic marker genes containing Lipoprotein Lipase (LPL), Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma (PPAR-γ), and osteogenic marker genes including Secreted Phosphor-protein 1 (SPP1) and Osterix (OSX). …”
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Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Reinforced Concrete Buildings with Masonry Infills Based on Material Strain Limit Approach by Mangeshkumar R. Shendkar, Denise-Penelope N. Kontoni, Sasankasekhar Mandal, Pabitra Ranjan Maiti, Omid Tavasoli

“…This method is based on the threshold strain limit of concrete and steel to identify the actual damage scenarios of the structural members of RC structures. …”
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Metabolomics and Lipidomics Reveal the Metabolic Disorders Induced by Single and Combined Exposure of Fusarium Mycotoxins in IEC-6 Cells by Xinlu Wang, Yanyang Xu, Haiqi Yu, Yushun Lu, Yongzhong Qian, Meng Wang

“…Some of the differential compounds were endocellular antioxidants and were significantly downregulated in mycotoxin exposure groups, indicating metabolic disorders as well as antioxidant capacity damage in cells. Pathway enrichment analysis annotated ethanol metabolism production of ROS by CYP2E1 was mainly involved in the disturbance of DON, FB₁, and ZEN. …”
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Intestinal oxygen utilisation and cellular adaptation during intestinal ischaemia–reperfusion injury by Paraschos Archontakis‐Barakakis, Theodoros Mavridis, David‐Dimitris Chlorogiannis, Georgios Barakakis, Eleni Laou, Daniel I. Sessler, George Gkiokas, Athanasios Chalkias

“…Restoration of perfusion and oxygenation provokes additional injury, resulting in mucosal damage and disruption of intestinal barrier function. …”
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Verification of the Efficacy of Passive Autocatalytic Recombiners in a Typical Pressurized Water Reactor under a Station Blackout Condition by Daegwang Hong, Donghyun Cho, Jinwoo Kim, Aya Diab, Cigdem Cildag

“…An extended station blackout (SBO) was chosen as an initiating event given its high contribution to the core damage frequency. RCS depressurization and external injection are mitigation techniques implemented consecutively to extend the coping capability of the plant for the extended SBO scenario. …”
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Techniques of Ozone Monitoring in a Mountain Forest Region: Passive and Continuous Sampling, Vertical and Canopy Profiles by Giacomo Gerosa, Cristina Mazzali, Antonio Ballarin-Denti

“…Ozone is the most harmful air pollutant for plant ecosystems in the Mediterranean and Alpine areas due to its biological and economic damage to crops and forests. In order to evaluate the relation between ozone exposure and vegetation injury under on-field conditions, suitable ozone monitoring techniques were investi-gated. …”
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Konvention, Intention und Konstruktion. Die Stimmführungsparallelen in den Choralsätzen Johann Sebastian Bachs und Georg Philipp Telemanns by Andreas Moraitis

“…Komponisten haben deshalb seit jeher Regelverletzungen in Kauf genommen, die teils zum Gegenstand neuer Systematiken geworden sind. Damit stellt sich zunächst die Frage, inwieweit etablierte Regelsysteme tatsächlich mit den überlieferten Werken in Einklang stehen. …”
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Deterioration of the Internal Structure of Loess under Dry-Wet Cycles by Wanjun Ye, Yang Bai, Chenyang Cui, Xu Duan

“…To understand the structural damage evolution process of loess under the action of dry-wet cycles, a triaxial test of a dry-wet cycle was performed by considering three influencing factors: initial moisture content, amplitude of the dry-wet cycle, and number of dry-wet cycles. …”
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Meteorological Analysis of Floods in Ghana by S. O. Ansah, M. A. Ahiataku, C. K. Yorke, F. Otu-Larbi, Bashiru Yahaya, P. N. L. Lamptey, M. Tanu

“…We applied the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to investigate and examine the meteorological dynamics, which resulted in the extreme rainfall and floods that caused 14 deaths, 34076 people being displaced with damaged properties, and economic loss estimated at $168,289 for the two cities according to the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO). …”
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The Effect of St. John’s Wort Oil on Urethral Stricture: An Experimental Study in Rat Model by Kazım Yelsel, Ergün Alma, Ömer Yüceer, Zeynel Abidin Taş, Berna Totan Ateş, Murat Kobaner, Halil Esimek, Adem Altunkol, Umut Ünal, Ali Ayyıldız

“…Methods: A total of 24 male rats were divided into 5 groups. No urethral damage was induced in the sham group. The urethras of all rats in the other groups was traumatized at 6 o’clock with a specially designed urethrotome blade. …”
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Experimental Study and Numerical Analysis on Impact Resistance of Civil Air Defense Engineering Shear Wall by Chenglong Shi, Jigang Zhang, Junbo Zhang, Feng Shao, Yicong Zhang, Menglin Zhang

“…Through multiple impact tests on the civil air defense engineering shear wall, the civil air defense engineering shear wall had accumulated damage. The longitudinally loaded steel on the back reached the ultimate strength, and there are large cracks at the bottom and even collapses. …”
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Poor quality of life in indian ankylosing spondylitis patients by Latika Gupta, Sakir Ahmed, Gautam Dhar Choudhury, Durga Prasanna Misra, Vikas Agarwal

“…Apart from demographic variable such as age, gender, clinical manifestations, and treatment received, disease activity parameters such as duration of early morning stiffness, BASDAI, swollen and tender joint count, Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) and C Reactive Protein (CRP) were also recorded. Presence of damage was assessed using spinal radiographs. All values are in median (IQR). …”
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The reuse of peanut organic wastes as a growth medium for ornamental plants by A. Mohammadi Torkashvand, M. Alidoust, A. Mahboub Khomami

“…Most plants with ornamental leaves are cultivated in soilless media, in which peat is the basic medium; but the use of peat is questionable due to ecological damage to the environment and economic disadvantages to ornamental plant producers. …”
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