Feasibility and Safety of Pleuroscopic Cryobiopsy of the Pleura: A Prospective Study by Chia-Hung Chen, Wen-Chien Cheng, Biing-Ru Wu, Chih-Yu Chen, Wei-Chun Chen, Wei-Chih Liao, Chih-Yen Tu

“…Each patient underwent pleural biopsy using flexible forceps and flexible cryoprobe through pleuroscope following diagnostic thoracentesis and closed pleural biopsy (CPB). …”
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Tracheal Lobular Capillary Haemangioma: A Rare Benign Cause of Recurrent Haemoptysis by Metesh Nalin Acharya, Konstantinos Kotidis, Mahmoud Loubani

“…We here describe a case of a 7 mm tracheal LCH in a 56-year-old woman, which was successfully resected at interventional bronchoscopy using biopsy forceps. Clinicians should be aware of tracheal LCH in the differential diagnosis for recurrent haemoptysis.…”
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Aberrant Right Hepatic Duct Draining into the Cystic Duct: Clinical Outcomes and Management by Aijaz A. Sofi, Osama H. Alaradi, Marwan Abouljoud, Ali T. Nawras

“…Inadequate filling of the segment of liver on ERCP with dilation of intrahepatic ducts in the corresponding segment on imaging was present in two patients with complete obstruction of ARHD which was managed surgically. …”
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Gallstone Ileus following Endoscopic Stone Extraction by Yoshiya Yamauchi, Noritaka Wakui, Yasutsugu Asai, Nobuhiro Dan, Yuki Takeda, Nobuo Ueki, Takahumi Otsuka, Nobuyuki Oba, Shuta Nisinakagawa, Tatsuya Kojima

“…Seven days later, we performed ERCP to treat recurring cholangitis. During the procedure, the stone was successfully removed by a balloon catheter when cleaning the common bile duct. …”
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Traditional Chinese medicine Reyanbao combined with Huoxue powder in treatment of knee osteoarthritis of qi stagnation and blood stasis type by Fengping Li, Sumin Yan, Chang Liu, Qingxia Mai

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Synthesis and Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Some New 5-(2-Methyl-1H-indol-3-yl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-amine Derivatives by Anand R. Saundane, Vaijinath A. Verma, Vijaykumar T. Katkar

“…Among all the compounds tested 5d exhibited promising antibacterial, antifungal, radical scavenging, and ferric ions (Fe3+) reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) activities, whereas the compounds 3b, 4c, and 5e exhibited good FRAP and metal chelating activities. …”
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Episiotomies and obstetric anal sphincter injuries following a restrictive episiotomy policy in France: An analysis of the 2010, 2016, and 2021 National Perinatal Surveys. by Raphaele Houlbracq, Camille Le Ray, Béatrice Blondel, Nathalie Lelong, Anne Alice Chantry, Thomas Desplanches, ENP2021 Study Group

“…This reduction was observed in all groups of the classification (Cochran-Armitage tests P < 0.001), ranging from -33.0% in Group 2a [nulliparous term cephalic singleton with forceps delivery] to -94.0% in Group 7 [multiple pregnancy]. …”
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Biliary Drainage Method and Temporal Trends in Patients Admitted with Cholangitis: A National Audit by Julia McNabb-Baltar, Quoc-Dien Trinh, Alan N Barkun

“…BACKGROUND: In patients presenting with ascending cholangitis, better outcomes are reported in those undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) compared with surgical drainage.…”
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Quality Parameters of Juice Obtained from Hydroponically Grown Tomato Processed with High Hydrostatic Pressure or Heat Pasteurization by Maja Jeż, Wioletta Błaszczak, Kamila Penkacik, Ryszard Amarowicz

“…The obtained results showed that TPC was significantly and positively correlated with TPI, ABTS and FRAP parameters.…”
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Advancing <i>Glycyrrhiza glabra</i> L. Cultivation and Hairy Root Transformation and Elicitation for Future Metabolite Overexpression by Negin Afsharzadeh, Renate Paltram, Arne Jungwirth, Leila Tabrizi, Vahideh Nazeri, Hadi Kalantari, Heidi Halbwirth, Leila Samiei, Hester Sheehan, Majid Shokrpour

“…FRAP increased over time under all light treatments, including the control, and those cultures exposed to blue and red light combined had higher FRAP than the control. …”
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Određivanje srednje distance privlačenja primjenom GIS-a u nizijsko-brdskim uslovima by Vladimir Petković, Dane Marčeta, Slavko Španjić, Mihajlo Kosović

“…Između ove dvije daljine privlačenja nema statistički značajne razlike i prema tome srednja stvarna transportna distanca privlačenja koja je određena pomoću ArcGIS-a 10, može biti korišćena za određivanje učinka skidera. …”
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Unusual Cause of Persistent Epistaxis with Severe Anemia in a Child by Yilkal Zemene, Tadele Hailu, Josh Wiedermann

“…A leech was taken out with forceps, and his anemia was treated accordingly.…”
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Comparison of Antioxidant Properties of Fruit from Some Cultivated Varieties and Hybrids of <i>Rubus idaeus</i> and <i>Rubus occidentalis</i> by Natalia Adamczuk, Mirosława Krauze-Baranowska, Justyna Ośko, Małgorzata Grembecka, Piotr Migas

“…Spearman’s correlations confirm the correlations between the total polyphenol content and antioxidant activity in the DPPH, ABTS and FRAP, as well as the anthocyanin content and antioxidant activity in the ABTS and FRAP tests. …”
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Genetic Tendency Analysis and Comprehensive Antioxidant Activity Evaluation of Leaves and Flowers of Loquat F₁ Generation by Qixuan Zhu, Xiaoying Li, Hang Ge, Zhixuan Wang, Binjun Wang, Junwei Chen, Hongxia Xu

“…The total phenols, flavonoids, DPPH, and FRAP showed a trend of small inheritance in the leaves. …”
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Atrioventricular Conduction Delay in the Second Trimester Measured by Fetal Magnetocardiography by Annette Wacker-Gussmann, Henrike Paulsen, Krunoslav Stingl, Johanna Braendle, Rangmar Goelz, Joerg Henes

“…In addition to fetal echocardiography, fetal magnetocardiography (fMCG) was used to investigate precise electrophysiological fetal cardiac time intervals (fCTIs). …”
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A Modified Technique Reduced Operative Time of Laparoendoscopic Rendezvous Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Combined with Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Concomitant... by Wei Liu, Qunwei Wang, Jing Xiao, Liying Zhao, Jiangsheng Huang, Zhaohui Tan, Pengfei Li

“…Laparoendoscopic rendezvous (LERV) endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC+ERCP/LERV) are considered an optimal approach for concomitant gallstones and common bile duct stones. …”
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Diagnosis of Columnar Metaplasia of the Esophageal Mucosa in Patients with Complicated Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease by E. D. Fedorov, A. V. Shidii-Zakrua, L. M. Mikhaleva, K. S. Maslenkina, A. A. Lindenberg, D. E. Seleznev, V. O. Kaybysheva, T. A. Partenadze

“…PREDICT classification system was used to evaluate the stained mucosal sections with metaplasia. Targeted forceps biopsy was performed from the altered areas that most quickly lost their coloring. …”
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Characterization and evaluation of antioxidant properties of leaf extracts from Rhododendron arboreum by Shobha Mehra, Ufondu Maryann Afoma, Namrata Dudha, Shilpy Singh, Shweta Sharma, Ved Vrat Verma, Mohammad Zuhaib, Varun Kumar Sharma

“…Further, anti-oxidant properties of leaf extract of R. arboreum prepared in different solvent (methanol, ethyl acetate, petroleum ether, and chloroform) were analyzed using DPPH and FRAP assay. Observation of the present study indicates that methanolic extracts was found to show significant anti-oxidant activity with the IC50 value of 241.2 µg/ml and 163.6 µg/ml in DPPH and FRAP assay respectively. …”
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Exploring Fragment Adding Strategies to Enhance Molecule Pretraining in AI-Driven Drug Discovery by Zhaoxu Meng, Cheng Chen, Xuan Zhang, Wei Zhao, Xuefeng Cui

“…To overcome these challenges, we propose FragAdd, a strategy that involves adding a chemically implausible molecular fragment to the input molecule. …”
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Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of Total Flavonoids from Corn Silk and Their Antioxidant Activity by Ling-Li Zheng, Guan Wen, Min-Yong Yuan, Feng Gao

“…Under the optimum conditions, the extraction yield of total flavonoids was 1.13%. FRAP value of total flavonoids extracted from corn silk was 467.59 μmol/L. …”
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