Immunological Consequences of Antihelminthic Treatment in Preschool Children Exposed to Urogenital Schistosome Infection by Nadine Rujeni, Norman Nausch, Nicholas Midzi, Graeme J. Cowan, Richard Burchmore, David R. Cavanagh, David W. Taylor, Takafira Mduluza, Francisca Mutapi

“…Antibody responses directed against schistosome antigens, Plasmodium falciparum crude and recombinant antigens, and the allergen house dust mite were measured in children aged 3 to 5 years before and 6 weeks after treatment. …”
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Biomass production and silage quality of ensiled BRS Capiaçu elephant grass at different regrowth ages and residue heights by Daiana Lopes Lelis, Domingos Sávio Campos Paciullo, Mirton Jose Frota Morenz, Carlos Augusto de Miranda Gomide, João Paulo Santos Roseira, Fernando Cesar Ferraz Lopes, Jackson Silva e Oliveira, Odilon Gomes Pereira, Vanessa Paula da Silva, Fernanda Helena Martins Chizzotti

“…As regrowth age advanced, there were linear increases in the dry matter (DM) concentration, cell wall constituents, and fraction C (acid detergent insoluble nitrogen) of crude protein and reductions in the in vitro digestibility of DM and neutral detergent fiber (IVNDFD) in both the plant and its silage. …”
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Spaces for servants and provendarii in Early Medieval Monasteries. The example of the virtual monastery on the Plan of Saint Gall by Alfons Zettler

“…Hier geht es insbesondere darum, die verschiedenen Raumvorgaben im Plankloster im Hinblick auf ihre soziale Verortung bzw. ihren sozialen Stellenwert zu betrachten und die für die Laien, provendarii und Bedienstete der Mönche vorgesehenen Räume zu bestimmen und zu charakterisieren…”
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Acetylation Modification Improves Immunoregulatory Effect of Polysaccharide from Seeds of Plantago asiatica L. by Le-Ming Jiang, Shao-Ping Nie, Dan-Fei Huang, Zhi-Hong Fu, Ming-Yong Xie

“…Influences of natural Plantago asiatica L. crude polysaccharide (PLCP) and Ac-PLCPs on inducing phenotypic and functional maturation on DCs were determined. …”
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Antibacterial Activities and In Vitro Anti-Inflammatory (Membrane Stability) Properties of Methanolic Extracts of Gardenia coronaria Leaves by Amin Chowdhury, Shofiul Azam, Mohammed Abdullah Jainul, Kazi Omar Faruq, Atiqul Islam

“…The lower concentrations of Methanolic leaf extract of Gardenia coronaria gave good antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory activity, but higher concentrations gave relatively more projecting antibacterial activity in vitro as compared with Kanamycin. The crude drug’s anti-inflammatory effects were compared with those of Aspirin as positive control. …”
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Nutritional value and chemical composition of quinoa leaves (Chenopodium quinoa Wild.) at different phenological stages by Edwin O. Baldeón, Augusto Sánchez-Pizarro, Ritva Repo-Carrasco-Valencia, José M. Barat, Raúl Grau, Attilio Israel Cadenillas-Martínez, Raúl Comettant-Rabanal

“…In contrast, the late stages had higher amounts of carbohydrates, calcium, and crude fiber. The third phenological stage showed the highest protein content, with Pasankalla and Blanca Junín having 36.00 g/100g and 42.44 g/100g, respectively. …”
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Fermentation characteristics and probiotic activity of a purified fraction of polysaccharides from Fuzhuan brick tea by Guijie Chen, Ziqi Zeng, Minhao Xie, Yujia Peng, Wangting Zhou, Weiqi Xu, Yi Sun, Xiaoxiong Zeng, Zhonghua Liu

“…Our previous work demonstrated that the crude FBTPS (CFBTPS) could modulate the gut microbiota. …”
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2020 Cool-Season Forage Variety Recommendations for Florida by A. R. Blount, M. Wallau, E. Rios, J. M. B. Vendramini, J. C. B. Dubeux, Md. A. Babar, K. E. Kenworthy, M. J. Mulvaney, K. H. Quesenberry

“…These plants are usually higher in total digestible nutrients (TDN) and crude protein (CP) than summer perennial grasses, translating into greater animal performance (Dubeux et al., 2016). …”
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Quality Characteristics of Purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) Leaf and Stem Powder-Supplemented Cupcakes by Muhammad Younis, Khurram Afzal, Muhammad Tauseef Sultan, Roshina Rabail, Saeed Akhtar, Tariq Ismail, Muhammad Usman Khalid, Muhammad Asim Shabbir, Rana Muhammad Aadil

“…The results indicated that purslane leaves and stems are a rich source of crude proteins (18.04 ± 0.61 and 15.62 ± 1.63%, respectively) and mineral contents, especially iron contents (214.28 ± 123.13 and 243.37 ± 5.25 mg/100 g, respectively). …”
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Naegele Forceps Delivery and Association between Morbidity and the Number of Forceps Traction Applications: A Retrospective Study by Naoki Matsumoto, Toshifumi Takenaka, Nobuyuki Ikeda, Satoshi Yazaki, Yuichi Sato

“…Umbilical artery acidemia most commonly occurred in cases with nonreassuring fetal status. The significant crude odds ratio for three or more traction applications was 20 in cases with malrotation. …”
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Poboljšana verzija softvera za automatizirano planiranje vojnog putnog saobraćaja by Gojko Jovanović, Stjepan Vidačić

“…Implementacija na personalni računar Macintosh u Strukturalnoj verziji jezika BASIC pod nazivom ZBASIC, koja je kompatibilna sa standardnim Microsoft BASIC-om, omogućava dalji razvoj ovog softvera i jednostavnu implementaciju i na druge tipove personalnih računara. Opisana metodika formiranja baze podataka o putnoj mreži omogućava nezavisnost između opće i operativne baze podataka i osigurava potrebnu elastičnost baze zbog mogućih promjena na putnoj mreži, nezavisno od softvera za automatizirano planiranje vojnog putnog saobraćaja. …”
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Integrated metabolomics and transcriptomics reveal the role of calcium sugar alcohol in the regulation of phenolic acid biosynthesis in Torreya grandis nuts by Qiandan Xie, Zhengchu Jiang, Chenliang Yu, Qi Wang, Wensheng Dai, Jiasheng Wu, Weiwu Yu

“…Abstract Background Torreya grandis, a prominent tree species of the autochthonous subtropical region of China, possesses a drupe-like fruit containing a nut that is rich in nutrients and bioactive compounds. …”
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2020 Cool-Season Forage Variety Recommendations for Florida by A. R. Blount, M. Wallau, E. Rios, J. M. B. Vendramini, J. C. B. Dubeux, Md. A. Babar, K. E. Kenworthy, M. J. Mulvaney, K. H. Quesenberry

“…These plants are usually higher in total digestible nutrients (TDN) and crude protein (CP) than summer perennial grasses, translating into greater animal performance (Dubeux et al., 2016). …”
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Aquathermolysis of heavy oil catalyzed by transition metal salts and clay by Du, Yingna, Zhang, Liyuan, Jing, Rui, Li, Yongfei, Yang, Bo, Chen, Gang

“…The results show that the optimal reaction conditions of heavy oil from Xinjiang Baikouquan Oilfield (XBO) are the reaction temperature of 250 °C and the reaction time of 6 h; for the crude oil from Xinjiang Tahe Oilfield (XTO), the optimal reaction conditions are determined to be the reaction temperature of 250 °C and the reaction time of 12 h, the water–oil ratio of the two oils is 0.3. …”
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Purification, characterization and hypoglycemic activity of glycoproteins obtained from pea (Pisum sativum L.) by Gaoyixin Qin, Wu Xu, Junping Liu, Liyan Zhao, Guitang Chen

“…This study aimed to isolate and characterize the structures of glycoproteins from peas and determine their hypoglycemic activity. The crude pea glycoproteins (PGP) were extracted by hot water and purified by diethylaminoethyl (DEAE)-Sepharose chromatography and Sephadex G-100 size-exclusion chromatography in sequence. …”
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KONCEPT DRUŠTVENE PRAVDE I NAGON ZA MOĆ by Dejan Jovanović

“…Cilj članka je da pokaže da postoji veza između nedovoljne količine akumulirane moći koja se uvek meri u odnosu na nečiju tuđu moć, sa jedne strane, i porekla potrebe za društvenom pravdom, sa druge strane. Teorijski okviri koji su korišćeni se odnose, pre svega, na psihologiju čoveka Alfreda Adlera i teoriju pravde Džona Rolsa, ali i na teorije društvenog ugovora i realpolitičku teoriju. …”

Trends and Spatial Patterns of Oral Cancer Mortality in Ecuador, 2001–2016 by Solange Núñez-González, J. Andrés Delgado-Ron, Christopher Gault, Daniel Simancas-Racines

“…In Ecuador, between 2001 and 2016, OC caused a total of 1,025 deaths. Crude mortality rates significantly increased, with an APC (annual percentage change) of 2.7% (p=0.009). …”
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Structural Analysis and Total Coal Demand Forecast in China by Qing Zhu, Zhongyu Zhang, Rongyao Li, Kin Keung Lai, Shouyang Wang, Jian Chai

“…After extracting the core factors, the Bayesian vector autoregressive forecast model is constructed, with variables that include coal consumption, the gross value of industrial output, and the downstream industry output (cement, crude steel, and thermal power). The impulse response function and variance decomposition are applied to portray the dynamic correlations between coal consumption and economic variables. …”
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Enhancing the Phytoremediation of Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soils in the Sudd Wetlands, South Sudan, Using Organic Manure by J. A. Ruley, A. Amoding, J. B. Tumuhairwe, T. A. Basamba, E. Opolot, H. Oryem-Origa

“…In an effort to enhance phytoremediation, soil was artificially contaminated with known concentration of light crude oil containing Total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) at a concentration of 75 gkg−1 soil. …”
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Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a rural area in South Africa by G Maimela, C E Martin, M Chersich, B Bello, J Mauti, T Bäernighausen, S Kohler, A Almuedo-Riera, S Luchters, S Sawry

“…Households with a co‐primary case had higher IRs than households without a co‐primary case (crude IR 14.16 v. 1.75, respectively; p=0.054). HIV infection, obesity and the presence of chronic conditions did not materially alter the crude IR. …”
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