The Bioactivities of Phycocyanobilin from Spirulina by Yi Li

“…PCB can resist oxidation by scavenging free radicals, inhibiting the activity of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase, and delaying the activity of antioxidant enzymes. …”
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Reinforcement Learning for Reconfigurable Robotic Soccer by M. Shameer Ahamed, J. J. J. Pey, S. M. Bhagya P. Samarakoon, M. A. Viraj J. Muthugala, Mohan Rajesh Elara

“…This paper proposes Reinforcement Learning (RL) to train an agent to kick a ball toward a goal using reconfiguration. …”
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A Review of Hypothesized Determinants Associated with Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) Die-Offs by David S. Miller, Eric Hoberg, Glen Weiser, Keith Aune, Mark Atkinson, Cleon Kimberling

“…Multiple determinants have been hypothesized to cause or favor disease outbreaks among free-ranging bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) populations. …”
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The Current Role of Osteoclast Inhibitors in Patients with Prostate Cancer by Diomidis Kozyrakis, Dionyssios Paridis, Stefanos Perikleous, Konstantinos Malizos, Anastasios Zarkadas, Antonios Tsagkalis

“…In the rest of the cases, the selection of either agent should be based on the clinical condition of each patient and the cost of the treatment.…”
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African theological education and its curriculum responsiveness towards African Union’s Agenda 2063. by M. Naidoo

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Microwave-assisted synthesis of palladium nanoparticles supported on copper oxide in aqueous medium as an efficient catalyst for Suzuki cross-coupling reaction by Hany A Elazab, M.A. Sadek, Tamer T El-Idreesy

“…The catalytic activity and recyclability of the prepared catalyst were experimentally explored in the ligand-free Suzuki cross-coupling reaction with a diverse series of functionalized substrates. …”
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PANDEMIC OASIS: POPULAR RELIGIOSITIES AS WOMEN’S LIFE-GIVING COMMUNITAS by K.F. Chan

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5-Fluorouracil-β-Cyclodextrin conjugates:Linker strategies to enhance the anticancer efficacy and reduce the side effects by Liangliang Hu, Ting Meng, Davies Marabada, Zhichao Jin, Qing Huang, Shijie Wei, Zhizhong Wang

“…5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) serves as a first-line therapeutic agent for colorectal cancer, however, its utility is limited by a short half-life and significant cytotoxicity. …”
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Anti-constitutional activities and cover organisations of national-socialist movement in Klaipėda region in 1935-1937 by Mindaugas Valiukevičius

“…A broad agent network had been established - informants and cooperatives had been recruited in „larger Lithuania" and its state institutions. …”
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Potential antioxidant and cytoprotective effects of essential oil extracted from Cymbopogon citratus on OxLDL and H2O2 LDL induced Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMC) by Jamuna S., Sakeena Sadullah M.S., Ashokkumar R., Gokul Shanmuganathan, Senguttuvan Sivan Mozhi, Niranjali Devaraj S.

“…The above results show EOC as a promising antioxidant and cytoprotective agent.…”
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Detecting phase transitions in collective behavior using manifold's curvature by Kelum Gajamannage, Erik M. Bollt

“…If a given behavior of a multi-agent system restricts the phase variable to an invariant manifold, then we define a phase transition as a change of physical characteristics such as speed, coordination, and structure. …”
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Communication and Synchronization in Disconnected Networks with Dynamic Topology: Moving Neighborhood Networks by Joseph D. Skufca, Erik M. Bollt

“…In particular, we contend that such time-varying networks are important to model in the situation where each agent carries a pathogen (such as a disease) in which the pathogen's life-cycle has a natural time-scale which competes with the time-scale of movement of the agents, and thus with the networks communication channels.…”
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The Network Global Optimal Mapping Approach Utilizing a Discrete Firefly Optimization Algorithm by He Jia, Li Xiaomei

“…The three methods, agent-based model (ABM), product life cycle management (PLM), and discrete firefly optimization algorithm (DFOA), used herein rely on local infrastructure functions after reviewing the local and global functions. …”
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Pravastatin Improves Glucose Regulation and Biocompatibility of Agarose Encapsulated Porcine Islets following Transplantation into Pancreatectomized Dogs by Lawrence S. Gazda, Horatiu V. Vinerean, Melissa A. Laramore, Richard D. Hall, Joseph W. Carraway, Barry H. Smith

“…Pravastatin treated animals remained insulin-free for 21 and 34 days (AUC = 1559 and 1903 mg/dL/24 hr days 1 to 15) and reached preimplant insulin requirements on days 38 and 192. …”
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Antioxidant Activity and Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Scavenging Mechanism of Eriodictyon californium, an Edible Herb of North America by Allie Richards, Savita Chaurasia

“…This holy herb could serve as a healing agent against oxidative stress and holds promise for the development of nutraceuticals.…”
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Study on Molecular Recognition between Euphorbia Factor L713283 and β-Tubulin via Molecular Simulation Methods by Shan Chang, Hong-qiu He, Ren Kong, Zhen-jian Xie, Jian-ping Hu

“…This work provides possible explanation for molecular mechanism of the anticancer agent L713283, and the strategy used here could benefit the investigation of possible target profile for those bioactive agents with unknown mechanisms.…”
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Galangin-Loaded Gold Nanoparticles: Molecular Mechanisms of Antiangiogenesis Properties in Breast Cancer by Malik H. Qaddoori, Hanady S. Al-Shmgani

“…In the current study, the effectiveness of AuNPs, AuNPs-GAL, and free galangin as an antiangiogenesis agent was evaluated. …”
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In Vitro Antagonistic Effect of Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Fermented Beverage and Finfish on Pathogenic and Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganism in Ethiopia by Fitsum Dejene, Belayneh Regasa Dadi, Dagimawie Tadesse

“…Enterococcal CFS exhibited antibacterial activity against S. aureus on membrane permeability, as confirmed by the increase in absorbance value between 0.075 and 0.24 at OD280-nm and between 0.68 and 1.2 at OD260-nm. Conclusion. Cell-free supernatant produced by isolated lactic acid bacteria showed antimicrobial activity against a wide range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative foodborne bacteria, suggesting its potential application as a natural antimicrobial agent in tackling the rising drug resistance against foodborne pathogens.…”
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Study of possible intrauterine infection of goat fetus with caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus by V. Yu. Koptev, N. A. Shkil, N. Yu. Balybina, T. N. Belenkova

“…The disease is quite widespread in our country, causing serious economic damage to the backyard and family-operated farm owners. The etiologic agent of caprine arthritis-encephalitis (CAE) is a virus of the Retroviridae family, which is part of the group of small ruminant lentiviruses subdivided into five genetic groups. …”
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Norfloxacin and N-Donor Mixed-Ligand Copper(II) Complexes: Synthesis, Albumin Interaction, and Anti-Trypanosoma cruzi Activity by Darliane A. Martins, Ligiane R. Gouvea, Gabriel S. Vignoli Muniz, Sonia R. W. Louro, Denise da Gama Jaen Batista, Maria de Nazaré C. Soeiro, Letícia R. Teixeira

“…Copper(II) complexes, together with the corresponding ligands, were evaluated for their trypanocidal activity in vitro against Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease. The tests performed using bloodstream trypomastigotes showed that the Cu(II)-N-donor precursors and the metal complexes were more active than the free fluoroquinolone.…”
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