Impact of handgrip strength on cardiovascular, cancer and all-cause mortality in the Korean longitudinal study of ageing by Gyu Ri Kim, Jiyu Sun, Minkyung Han, Sohee Park, Chung Mo Nam

“…The cause-specific hazards regression analysis was also used to model cardiovascular and cancer mortality, by treating deaths from the cause of interest as events and other causes of death as censored.Participants 5859 participants aged 50 years or older were followed up until death or until the date of censoring (31 December 2014).Primary outcome measures The study outcomes of interest were all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality.Results Of the participants included in analyses, 515 individuals (8.8%) died, reflecting an overall crude mortality rate of 11.0 deaths per 1000 person-years. …”
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The use of calcined oyster shell and rock flour to improve the nutritive value of rice straw preserved in airtight wrapping for feeding cattle under a tethered herding system by Khalil Khalil, Ananta Dwi, Andri Andri, Hermon Hermon

“…Results found that preserved rice straws had higher moisture and crude protein content than fresh straws. Preserved rice straws supplemented with a mixture of calcined shells and rock flour had significantly better texture and microbial status than that of either calcined shell or rock flour. …”
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Morphometric, histometric and histomorphological investigation of the effects of different ratios safflower (chartamus tinctorius l.) oil supplements on glandula uropygialis in jap... by İsmail Demircioğlu, Bestami Yılmaz, Kürşat Filikçi, Gülşah Güngören, Faruk Bozkaya

“…All groups were fed with isoenergic ration containing 21% crude protein and 3100 kCal metabolic energy during six weeks. …”
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Iron Deficiency Anemia among In-School Adolescent Girls in Rural Area of Bahir Dar City Administration, North West Ethiopia by Getachew Mengistu, Muluken Azage, Hordofa Gutema

“…Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression models were used to identify the associated factors with the outcome variable. Crude and adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated to identify the variables significantly associated with the outcome variable. …”
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Rational metabolic engineering of <i>Corynebacterium glutamicum</i> to create a producer of L-valine by M. E. Sheremetieva, K. E. Anufriev, T. M. Khlebodarova, N. A. Kolchanov, A. S. Yanenko

“…Adding L-valine to feed, alone or mixed with other essential amino acids, allows for feeds with lower crude protein content, increases the quality and quantity of pig meat and broiler chicken meat, as well as improves reproductive functions of farm animals. …”
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Effects of Light Spectra on Nutritional Composition in Juvenile Sinonovacula constricta (Lamarck 1818) and Transcriptomic Analysis by Mengqi Zhang, Fei Kong, Deshui Chen, Xiaojun Yan, Zhaoshou Ran, Jilin Xu

“…Specifically, culturing S. constricta under the yellow light led to improved growth rate (1.09 ± 0.03%/day), higher levels of carbohydrate (26.27% ± 0.49%), crude lipid (11.99% ± 0.23%), energy contents (14,611.34 ± 1,067.01 kJ/kg), and essential amino acids (15.22 ± 0.01 g/kg), as well as increased proportions of polyunsaturated fatty acids (12.38 ± 0.31 µg/mg). …”
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Effect of Biofloc Culture on the Daily Rhythmicity of the Activity and Expression of Digestive Enzymes in Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus by María del Carmen Monroy-Dosta, Daniel Becerril-Cortés, Juan Pablo Lazo, Arturo Mena-López, Pilar Negrete-Redondo, Eliasid Nogueda-Torres, Carmen Navarro-Guillén, José Antonio Mata-Sotres

“…During 60 days, fish were feed three times a day (zeitgeber time, ZT: 0, 4, and 8) with a fishmeal-based diet containing 32% of crude protein and 5% of lipid, where molasses was added as a carbon source in BFT. …”
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Prediction of Heavy Oil Production Based on Geomechanical Analysis in Entire Lifecycle of SAGD by Dengke Li, Shaowen Zhu, Yanchao Li, Shijie Shen, Zupeng Chen, Zhanli Ren, Yuxuan Zhou, Yanfang Gao

“…In this paper, a new mathematical model of crude oil production‐geomechanical coupling was established for three stages of the SAGD life cycle (steam chamber breakthrough stage, rising stage, and lateral dilation stage). …”
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Recovery Method and Parameter Optimization of a Pilot Test for Conformance Control Flooding and Thermal Recovery in the Offshore Heavy Oilfield by Yanxia Zhou, Xiangguo Lu, Bao Cao, Yigang Liu, Yunbao Zhang, Xun Zhong

“…NB35-2 oilfield is a typical offshore sandstone reservoir with viscous crude oil and high permeability. Due to the inherent severe heterogeneity, the efficiency of conventional water flooding is pretty low and usually accompanied with early water breakthrough. …”
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Awareness and Its Associated Factors of Obstetrics Fistula among Antenatal Care Attendees in Injibara Town Health Institutions, Awi Zone, North West, Ethiopia, 2019 by Wondu Feyisa Balcha, Azezu Asres Nigussie, Fentahun Yenealem Beyene, Azimeraw Arega Tesfu

“…Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were employed to estimate the crude and adjusted odds ratio with a confidence interval of 95% and p value of less than 0.05 considered statically significant. …”
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Identification of a Novel Anticancer Oligopeptide from Perilla frutescens (L.) Britt. and Its Enhanced Anticancer Effect by Targeted Nanoparticles In Vitro by Dong-Liang He, Ri-Ya Jin, Hui-Zhen Li, Qing-Ye Liu, Zhi-Jun Zhang

“…The oligopeptides were isolated from enzymatic hydrolysates of Perilla seed crude protein by using ultrafiltration, gel filtration chromatography, and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC). …”
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Comparison of the Efficiency of Lepidium sativum, Ficus carica, and Punica granatum Methanolic Extracts in Relieving Hyperglycemia and Hyperlipidemia of Streptozotocin-Induced Diab... by Shimaa Ramadan, Amany Mohamed Hegab, Yahya S. Al-Awthan, Mohammed Ali Al-Duais, Ahmed A. Tayel, Mahmoud A. Al-Saman

“…To induce diabetes, all animals were administered with STZ intraperitoneal injection at a dose of 60 mg/kg body weight. For five weeks, the crude plant extracts were given orally to various groups of rats at doses of one hundred and two hundred mg/kg body weight. …”
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Some images of Bohemia in XVIIIth century: Rural Jews. by Lena Arava-Novotna

“…Vzhledem k odlišnostem, především pak v sociálně-ekonomickém vývoji tradičních městských center na straně jedné a šlechtic kých panství na straně druhé, situace Židů nebyla v jednotlivých oblastech stejná a závisela na celkové úrovni daného kraje. …”
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Hipertensión arterial pulmonar en pacientes con dermatomiositis juvenil y esclerosis sistémica en un centro pediátrico de tercer nivel by José Osmar Velázquez Ortíz, Linda Fabiola Pérez Pérez, Luis Alberto Aparicio Vera

“…Conlcusión: La detección oportuna de la hipertensión arterial pulmonar en las enferme- dades del tejido conectivo es esencial. Generalmente es asintomático. …”
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Mexican Bromeliad Weevil (no official common name), Metamasius callizona (Chevrolat) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae) by Barbra Larson, J. Howard Frank

“….), was first reported in Florida in Miami-Dade County in 1984 and has since become an important pest of sugarcane, bananas, and ornamental palms. …”
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Mexican Bromeliad Weevil (no official common name), Metamasius callizona (Chevrolat) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae) by Barbra Larson, J. Howard Frank

“….), was first reported in Florida in Miami-Dade County in 1984 and has since become an important pest of sugarcane, bananas, and ornamental palms. …”
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Rugose spiraling whitefly Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) by Vivek Kumar, Cindy L. McKenzie, Catharine Mannion, Ian Stocks, Trevor Smith, Lance S. Osborne

“…It is an introduced pest, endemic to Central America, and was reported for the first time in Florida from Miami-Dade County in 2009. Since then it has become an escalating problem for homeowners, landscapers, businesses, and governmental officials throughout the southern coastal counties of Florida. …”
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Rugose spiraling whitefly Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) by Vivek Kumar, Cindy L. McKenzie, Catharine Mannion, Ian Stocks, Trevor Smith, Lance S. Osborne

“…It is an introduced pest, endemic to Central America, and was reported for the first time in Florida from Miami-Dade County in 2009. Since then it has become an escalating problem for homeowners, landscapers, businesses, and governmental officials throughout the southern coastal counties of Florida. …”
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Bothrops asper snake venom and its metalloproteinase BaP–1 activate the complement system. Role in leucocyte recruitment by Sandra H. P. Farsky, Luís Roberto C. Gonçalves, José M. Gutiérrez, Adriana P. Correa, Alexandra Rucavado, Philippe Gasque, Denise V. Tambourgi

“…Data obtained demonstrated that serum incubated with crude venom and its purified metalloproteinase BaP–1 are able to induce rat neutrophil chemotaxis, probably mediated by agent(s) derived from the complement system. …”
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Safety and Efficacy of Second-Generation Drug-Eluting Stents in Real-World Practice: Insights from the Multicenter Grand-DES Registry by You-Jeong Ki, Kyung Woo Park, Jeehoon Kang, Chee-Hoon Kim, Jung-Kyu Han, Han-Mo Yang, Hyun-Jae Kang, Bon-Kwon Koo, Hyo-Soo Kim

“…Stent-related composite outcomes (target lesion failure) and patient-related composite outcomes were compared in crude and propensity score-matched analysis. Results. …”
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