Exploring the functional diversity and metabolic activities of the human gut microbiome in Thai adults in response to a prebiotic diet by Amornthep Kingkaw, Preecha Patumcharoenpol, Narissara Suratannon, Massalin Nakphaichit, Sittiruk Roytrakul, Wanwipa Vongsangnak

“…Copra meal hydrolysate (CMH) is alternatively used as a gut health supplement. However, the functional diversity and metabolic activities in gut microbiome in relation to CMH treatment remain largely unknown. …”
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Preparation and Photocatalytic Performances of WO3/TiO2 Composite Nanofibers by Xiuping Han, Binghua Yao, Keying Li, Wenjing Zhu, Xuyuan Zhang

“…The use of sunlight for photocatalytic oxidation is an ideal strategy, but it is limited by factors such as insufficient light absorption intensity of the photocatalyst and easy recombination of photogenerated electron holes. …”
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Human umbilical cord derived-mesenchymal stem cells alleviate lipid metabolism disturbances of hepatocytes via mitochondrial transport by Jing Xue, Xiangnan Hu, Suying Xia, Pengfei Ren, Aihong Wang

“…MitoTracker Red dye was used to label MSCs mitochondria, and flow cytometry showed that over 90 ​% of HepG2 cells had MitoTracker Red positive mitochondria, indicating a significant transfer of mitochondria from UC-MSCs to HepG2 cells. …”
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Interpretación a los modelos de generación y gestión del conocimiento by Alexis Robles

“…Estas premisas, permiten discriminar la lógica de relaciones existente entre las acciones conducentes a formulación, implantación y desarrollo de proyectos destinados a la generación de procesos dirigidos a hacer diligencias tendientes al logro de nuevos conocimientos o reforzar los ya existentes. En esta línea, se inscribe este trabajo al revisar los modelos de generación de conocimiento en sus versiones de modelo occidental y modelo oriental cuyas bases fundamentales conducen a interpretar y definir aunque imperfecta, una ligera revisión a cada uno de ellos, porque sería iluso pretender explicar en tan corto espacio, los predicados esenciales de la gestión del conocimiento en el mundo empresarial.…”
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Evaluation of needs and supply of emergency care in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: a cross-sectional household survey by Lee Wallis, Peter Hodkinson, Ken Diango, John Yangongo, Vera Sistenich, Eric Mafuta

“…Most households were economically disadvantaged (70.0% lived with <US$100 per person per month) and had no health insurance (98.4%) in a country using a fee-for-service healthcare payment system. …”
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Help-seeking behaviors among survivors of intimate partner violence during pregnancy in 54 low- and middle-income countries: evidence from Demographic and Health Survey data by Mariella Stiller, Michael Lowery Wilson, Till Bärnighausen, Adebola Adedimeji, Erin Lewis, Anne Abio

“…Methods This study made use of population-based data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program from 54 LMICs, collected between 2005 and 2020 (N = 359,027). …”
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Spatial variation and determinants of skilled birth attendant delivery among women of reproductive age in Ethiopia: a spatial and multilevel analysis by Yibeltal Addis Mekuria, Betelhem Gelaw Zeleke, Getahun Workineh Mekonen, Tewabe Malede Chekol

“…Therefore, this study explored the spatial distribution and factors associated with the use of skilled birth attendants in Ethiopia based on nationally representative EMDHS 2019 data. …”
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Modelling sensory attenuation as Bayesian causal inference across two datasets. by Anna-Lena Eckert, Elena Fuehrer, Christina Schmitter, Benjamin Straube, Katja Fiehler, Dominik Endres

“…Using a hierarchical Markov Model (HMM) and variational message passing, we first qualitatively capture patterns of task behavior and sensory attenuation in simulations. …”
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Expression of some circulating microRNAs as predictive biomarkers for prognosis and treatment response in glioblastoma by Elham Ali, Marwa Adel Ahmed, May A. Shawki, Lobna R. Ezz El Arab, Mohamed K. Khalifa, Menha Swellam

“…The expression levels of target miRs were analyzed pre- and post-treatment using qRT-PCR and evaluated in relation to both clinical GBM criteria and the patient’s survival modes. …”
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Evaluation of storage stability of refrigerated buffalo meat coated with hydrothermally treated potato starch incorporated with thyme (Thymus vulgaris) and ginger (Zingiber officin... by Sangam Dahal, Basanta Kumar Rai, Anish Dangal, Kishor Rai, Prekshya Timsina, Ramesh Koirala, Sanjay Chaudhary, Pankaj Dahal, Tanka Bhattarai, Angelo Maria Giuffrè

“…Edible coatings incorporated with antimicrobials can act as an active packaging system for the preservation of meat using biopolymers and plant-based essential oils. …”
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The Use of Perovskia abrotanoides Extract in Ameliorating Heat Stress-Induced Oxidative Damage and Improving Growth Efficiency in Carp Juveniles (Cyprinus carpio) by Hossein Adineh, Saeed Zahedi, Morteza Yousefi, Zeynab Sedaghat, Sevdan Yilmaz, Ebrahim Gholamalipour Alamdari, Mohammad Farhangi

“…Herbal extracts have been successfully used as feed additives in fish culture with attractive growth-promoting, immunostimulant, antimicrobial, and antioxidant properties for several fish and shellfish species. …”
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An elucidatory model of oxygen's partial pressure inside substomatal cavities by A. S. Kowalski, A. S. Kowalski

“…<p>A parsimonious model based on Dalton's law reveals substomatal cavities to be dilute in oxygen (O<span class="inline-formula">₂)</span>, despite photosynthetic O<span class="inline-formula">₂</span> production. …”
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The effects of unified pooling arrangement on health inequity in China: a DID-RIF approach by Jing Wu, Yuqing Liu, Chuncheng Wang, Lianjie Liu, Jiaqian Lu

“…Although factors such as age, gender, and marital status influence the probability of chronic disease, health inequity between income groups after the policy’s implementation primarily stems from the rise in outpatient and reimbursement expenses. …”
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GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE VS HUMANS IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING CORPORATE IDENTITY ELEMENTS by Kateryna P. Osadcha, Maryna V. Osadcha

“…The technologies of generative artificial intelligence have already been used by people to perform not only intellectual tasks, but also creative ones, in particular in the field of design. …”
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Circulating Adipokines and Response to Treatment in Patients With Early Rheumatoid Arthritis by Georgios K. Vasileiadis, Yuan Zhang, Tahzeeb Fatima, Ronald van Vollenhoven, Jon Lampa, Bjorn Gudbjornsson, Espen A. Haavardsholm, Dan Nordström, Gerdur Grondal, Kim Hørslev‐Petersen, Kristina Lend, Marte S. Heiberg, Merete Lund Hetland, Michael Nurmohamed, Till Uhlig, Tuulikki Sokka‐Isler, Anna Rudin, Cristina Maglio

“…Results At baseline, levels of adiponectin and leptin were not associated with markers of RA activity, whereas participants with higher resistin levels had higher C‐reactive protein (CRP) levels, swollen joint count, and Disease Activity Score in 28 joints based on CRP compared to participants with lower resistin. …”
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Phenotypic variability of <i>Linum usitatissimum</i> L. accessions under the conditions of the Northern Trans-urals by K. P. Korolev, N. A. Bome, N. N. Kolokolova

“…The aim of this study was to identify the adaptability potential of flax accessions and select sources of valuable properties for their use under the conditions of the Northern Trans-Urals.Materials and methods. …”
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Sechium edule (jacq) sw: potencia fitoterapéutica como agente antibacteriano by Javier Ángel Frías Tamayo, Gladis Ramírez Peña, Caridad de la Paz Lorente, Carmen Herrero Pacheco, Yudit Acosta Campusano

“…Con el objetivo de profundizar en el conocimiento de sus características etnobotánicas y su efecto antibacteriano, para ge¬nerar nuevas expectativas de terapia adicional al tratamiento de las afecciones bacterianas, se realizó este trabajo, para lo cual se llevó a cabo una búsqueda en las principales bases de datos de bibliografía científica biomédica disponibles (BVS-BIREME, PubMed, LILACS, SciELO, EBSCO) así como en Google Académico con las palabras clave Sechium edule, resistencia bacteriana, plantas medicinales, etnobotánica, etnofarmacología, infecciones bacterianas. …”
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Le patrimoine immatériel comme construction sociale de l’authenticité : l’exemple de la cuisine tunisienne by Wadie Othmani

“…Pour atteindre les conclusions proposées dans cet article, la méthodologie suivie se base sur des outils d’enquêtes diversifiés (quantitatifs et qualitatifs) et d’analyses statistiques combinées (tableaux croisés et test du khi-deux).…”
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Criminal protection of sexual integrity of a person: some problematic aspects by T. D. Lysko

“…It has been determined in which cases the use of this term may not be acceptable, and where it is necessary. …”
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Novel anthropometric indices are superior adiposity indexes to portend visual impairment in middle-aged and older Chinese population by Qing Chen, Yanan Hou, Yifan Zhou, Jianfeng Luo, KaiweiSa Abuduxukuer, Chuchu Wang, Jialong Dong, Yiting Wang, Wenming Shi, Fei Shi, Qing Peng

“…Objective To investigate differential associations of traditional and novel adiposity indices with visual impairment (VI) in the middle-aged and older Chinese population.Methods and analysis Based on the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, 7750 Chinese older adults aged over 45 were included at baseline 2011, and 4133 participants who accomplished all three interviews from 2011 to 2015 were adapted for longitudinal analyses. …”
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