Acer palmatum thumb. Ethanol Extract Alleviates Interleukin-6-Induced Barrier Dysfunction and Dextran Sodium Sulfate-Induced Colitis by Improving Intestinal Barrier Function and Re... by Kwang-Youn Kim, Tae-Woo Oh, Hyun Ju Do, Ju-Hye Yang, In Jun Yang, Yong Hyun Jeon, Young-Hoon Go, Soon-Cheol Ahn, Jin-Yeul Ma, Kwang-Il Park

“…Furthermore, KIOM-2015E recovered the loss of body weight and the abnormally short colon lengths in the DSS-induced model of acute colitis. …”
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Assessment of diabetes-specific eating disorder risk in adult patients with diabetes by Afruz Babayeva, Shovket Alishova, Gunay Mammadova, Meric Coskun, Ethem Turgay Cerit, Alev Eroglu Altinova, Mujde Akturk, Fusun Balos Toruner, Mehmet Ayhan Karakoc, Mehmet Muhittin Yalcin

“…There was a positive correlation between the risk of DEB and HbA1c and a negative correlation with the duration of diabetes in the T1D group (p < 0.05). Weight loss was an important goal for more than 50% of individuals with diabetes in both groups, more than 60% said they skipped a main meal or snack. 13.8% of those with T1D and 27.5% of those with T2D preferred being thin to having their diabetes better controlled. …”
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A prospective, multi-site, cohort study to estimate incidence of infection and disease due to Lassa fever virus in West African countries (the Enable Lassa research programme)-Stud... by Suzanne Penfold, Ayola Akim Adegnika, Danny Asogun, Olufemi Ayodeji, Benedict N Azuogu, William A Fischer, Robert F Garry, Donald Samuel Grant, Christian Happi, Magassouba N'Faly, Adebola Olayinka, Robert Samuels, Jefferson Sibley, David A Wohl, Manfred Accrombessi, Ifedayo Adetifa, Giuditta Annibaldis, Anton Camacho, Chioma Dan-Nwafor, Akpénè Ruth Esperencia Deha, Jean DeMarco, Sophie Duraffour, Augustine Goba, Rebecca Grais, Stephan Günther, Énagnon Junior Juvénal Prince Honvou, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Christine Jacobsen, Lansana Kanneh, Mambu Momoh, Aminata Ndiaye, Robert Nsaibirni, Sylvanus Okogbenin, Chinwe Ochu, Ephraim Ogbaini, Énagnon Parsifal Marie Alexandre Logbo, John Demby Sandi, John S Schieffelin, Thomas Verstraeten, Nathalie J Vielle, Anges Yadouleton, Emmanuel Koffi Yovo, Enable Protocol authorship group

“…LF survivors will be followed up after four months to assess sequelae, specifically sensorineural hearing loss. LASV infection cohort participants will be asked for a blood sample every six months to assess LASV serostatus (IgG and IgM).…”
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Lung-specific CRBN knockout attenuates influenza a virus-induced acute lung injury in mice: a potential therapeutic approach by Lifang Zhang, Qingchao Zhang, Jiahui Chang, Yunyi Zhou, Wei Wang, Xiliang Wang, Chengyu Jiang, Yanli Zhang

“…Using Sftpc-Cre; Crbn flox/flox lung-specific Crbn knockout mice, we demonstrated that Crbn deficiency significantly decreased mortality, weight loss, lung pathology, edema, and viral load in PR8-infected mice. …”
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Effect of spherical Mo metal particles on microstructure and properties of 316L stainless steel during laser powder bed fusion by Hao Zhang, Lijun Yang, Zhenmeng Zhang, Zhihao Chen, Ziliang Song, Chenyang Wang, Xihui Wu, Xiebin Zhu

“…It was found that the addition of Mo particles significantly affected the solidification behavior and organization of the matrix and formed a unique spherical metal reinforcement in the matrix, which significantly enhanced the strength of the material while avoiding a serious loss of plasticity: compared with PBF-316L, the ultimate tensile strength (UTS) and elongation of 2Mo/316L with 2 wt% Mo particles added were simultaneously increased by 9.7% and 10.4%, which is a good result of improving strength and plasticity at the same time. …”
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Exploring survival rates in HIV-infected Ethiopian children receiving HAART: a retrospective cohort study by Yimam Getaneh, Yared Dejene, Birhanemeskel T. Adankie, Siti Qamariyah Khairunisa, Dominicus Husada, Kuntaman Kuntaman, Maria Inge Lusida

“…There was a high risk of mortality among female (adjusted HRs (AHRs) (95% CI) =1.35 (1.14 to 1.65)), those with poor adherence (AHR (95% CI) =1.29 (1.13 to 1.35)), CD4 count of ≤200 cells/mm3 (AHR (95% CI) =1.75 (1.33 to 2.30)) and baseline haemoglobin≤12 g/dL (AHR (95% CI) =1.8 (1.66 to 1.98)).Conclusion The significant drop in the survival rate as of the 6th year follow-up and the high loss rate to follow-up call for programme attention. …”
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Gambaran Esofagogastroduodenoskopi Pasien Hematemesis dan atau Melena di RSUP M Djamil Padang Periode Januari 2010 - Desember 2013 by Fadhil Alfino Azmi, 1, SSaptino Miro, Detty Iryani

“…</p><p><strong>Kata kunci:</strong> esofagogastroduodenoskopi, perdarahan saluran cerna bagian atas, hematemesis, melena</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Abstract</em></strong></p><p><em>Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is a loss of blood in lumen of the gastrointestinal tract from esophagus to duodenum. …”
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Effect of probiotics combined with immune checkpoint suppressors and chemotherapeutic agents on digestive system function, intestinal immunity and prognosis in patients with metast... by Xiaolei Wang, Yuxia Huang, Zhen Yang, Yang Yang, Fenfen Wei, Min Yan, Fanfan Li, Chenghao Wang

“…The incidence of complications such as nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, bloating and diarrhea was considerably reduced in the intervention group (P < 0.05). …”
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Autoencoder Reconstruction of Cosmological Microlensing Magnification Maps by Somayeh Khakpash, Federica B. Bianco, Georgios Vernardos, Gregory Dobler, Charles Keeton

“…Even though we observe a mild loss of resolution in the generated maps, we find this effect to be smaller than the smoothing effect of convolving the original map with a source of a plausible size for its accretion disk in the red end of the optical spectrum and larger wavelengths and particularly one suitable for studying the broad-line region of quasars. …”
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Predicting Multi-Scenario Land Use Changes and Soil Erosion in the Huaihe River Basin Based on Coupled PLUS-CSLE Model by GUO Weiling, XU Liuyang, JIA Jiang, GAO Chang, XIA Xiaolin, WANG Bangwen, ZHANG Jingyu, CHEN Lei, CHEN Yingjian

“…[Methods] Based on the PLUS model and the Chinese Soil Loss Equation (CSLE), the land use patterns in the Huaihe River Basin under three scenarios—natural development, ecological protection, and rapid development—for the year 2030 were simulated, and the future soil erosion patterns in the basin under these three scenarios were predicted. …”
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A root system architecture regulator modulates OsPIN2 polar localization in rice by Yong Li, Meiyan Ren, Yunrong Wu, Lingling Wang, Keju Zhao, Hongsheng Gao, Mengzhen Li, Yu Liu, Jianshu Zhu, Jiming Xu, Xiaorong Mo, Zhongchang Wu, Chungui Lu, Shaojian Zheng, Chuanzao Mao

“…We cloned and characterized a key RSA regulatory gene, GRAVITROPISM LOSS 1 (OsGLS1), in rice (Oryza sativa L.). The gls1 mutant displays an increased root growth angle, longer primary roots, more adventitious roots and greater nutrient uptake efficiency and grain yield in paddy fields. …”
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Investigating the association of microRNA polymorphisms and lifestyle factors with the susceptibility to common gastrointestinal cancers in an Indian population- A case control stu... by Charles Emmanuel Jebaraj Walter, Zioni Sangeetha Shankaran, Sai Sushmitha Kontham, Kotteeswaran Ramachandran, Nandini Prakash, Thanka Johnson, Sri Nisha JR

“…These miRNAs are known to harbour single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that lead to loss or gain of its functions and have been found to be associated with altering susceptibility of several cancers. …”
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Thermostable terahertz metasurface enabled by graphene assembly film for plasmon-induced transparency by Xiaotian Huang, Bohan Zhang, Weijia Han, Jiageng Bai, Wei Qian, Zhe Wang, Daping He, Yi Xiong, Wei Zhu, Shengxiang Wang

“…The Al metasurface displayed a near-complete loss of PIT effects after a high-temperature treatment, while GAF could remain excellent PIT properties at above 900 ℃, thus enable to fulfil its optimum performance. …”
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Cell Type Specific Suppression of Hyper-Recombination by Human RAD18 Is Linked to Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen K164 Ubiquitination by Colette B. Rogers, Wendy Leung, Ryan M. Baxley, Rachel E. Kram, Liangjun Wang, Joseph P. Buytendorp, Khoi Le, David A. Largaespada, Eric A. Hendrickson, Anja-Katrin Bielinsky

“…Our analyses found that loss of RAD18 in HCT116, but neither hTERT RPE-1 nor DLD1 cell lines, resulted in elevated sister chromatid exchange, gene conversion, and gene targeting, i.e., HCT116 mutants were hyper-recombinogenic (hyper-rec). …”
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Dynamic Support Culture of Murine Skeletal Muscle-Derived Stem Cells Improves Their Cardiogenic Potential In Vitro by Klaus Neef, Philipp Treskes, Guoxing Xu, Florian Drey, Sureshkumar Perumal Srinivasan, Tomo Saric, Erastus Nembo, Judith Semmler, Filomain Nguemo, Christof Stamm, Douglas B. Cowan, Antje-Christin Deppe, Maximilian Scherner, Thorsten Wittwer, Jürgen Hescheler, Thorsten Wahlers, Yeong-Hoon Choi

“…It typically involves irreversible degeneration and loss of myocardial tissue leading to poor prognosis and fatal outcome. …”
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Microstructure of the human metastatic vertebral body by Giulia Cavazzoni, Giulia Cavazzoni, Giulia Cavazzoni, Enrico Dall’Ara, Enrico Dall’Ara, Marco Palanca, Marco Palanca, Marco Palanca

“…IntroductionBone spinal metastases disrupt the bone homeostasis, inducing a local imbalance in the bone formation and/or resorption, with consequent loss of the structural optimisation of the vertebrae and increase of the risk of fracture. …”
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Exploiting the Achilles’ Heel of Viral RNA Processing to Develop Novel Antivirals by Ali Zahedi Amiri, Choudhary Ahmed, Subha Dahal, Filomena Grosso, Haomin Leng, Peter Stoilov, Maria Mangos, Johanne Toutant, Lulzim Shkreta, Liliana Attisano, Benoit Chabot, Martha Brown, Mario Huesca, Alan Cochrane

“…In each case, 5342191-mediated reduction in virus replication was associated with altered viral RNA accumulation and loss of viral structural protein expression. Interestingly, while resistant viruses were rapidly isolated for compounds targeting either virus-encoded proteases or polymerases, we have not yet isolated 5342191-resistant variants of coronavirus or influenza. …”
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"Effect of modified aramid nanofiber on compatibilization of natural rubber/epoxidized natural rubber composites" by ZHANG Ke-yu1,2, ZHENG Xiao-tong1, XU Ming-han1?鄢

“…In comparison, the silica dispersion was more uniformly by loading t-ANF, and the best dispersion of the NR/ENR/t-ANF composites was achieved when the addition amount of the pre-composite ENR/t-ANF with m(ENR)/m(t-ANF) of 10/1.11 was 11.11 phr. The peak of loss factor (tan δ) became wider after the filling of ENR as shown in Fig 2. …”
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Placenta Accreta Spectrum: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Suzi AbdelAziz, Nour A. El-Goly, Ahmed M. Maged, Nehal Bassiouny, Nihal El-Demiry, Ahmed Shamel, Yang Pan

“…Analysis of individual MRI criteria revealed estimates of sensitivity, specificity, odds ratio, negative likelihood ratio, and positive likelihood ratio for abnormal placental bed vascularization as 0.500, 0.740, 2.788, 0.571, and 1.645 respectively; 0.384, 0.985, 6.270, 0.471, and 2.720 for bladder wall interruption; 0.766, 0.818, 13.638, 0.262, and 3.375 for the presence of dark intraplacental bands; 0.691, 0.913, 10.828, 0.352, and 3.361 for heterogeneous placenta; 0.688, 0.984, 34.886, 0.254, and 7.164 for indistinctive myometrium; 0.757, 0.864, 8.496, 0.362, and 2.778 for loss of retroplacental dark zone; 0.828, 0.593, 5.829, 0.329, and 1.766 for myometrial thinning; and 0.518, 0.916, 9.473, 0.411, and 3.526 for placental bulge, respectively. …”
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Sediment organic carbon stocks in tropical lakes and its implication for sustainable lake management by T.R. Soeprobowti, N.D. Takarina, P.S. Komala, L. Subehi, M. Wojewódka-Przybył, J. Jumari, R. Nastuti

“…Bulk density and total nitrogen content were analyzed, and the percentage of organic carbon was calculated from the loss of ignition. The sediment organic carbon stock was calculated based on the bulk density and organic carbon content. …”
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