Metabolomics approach reveals key plasma biomarkers in multiple myeloma for diagnosis, staging, and prognosis by Xiaoxue Wang, Longhao Cheng, Aijun Liu, Lihong Liu, Lili Gong, Guolin Shen

“…Abstract Background Multiple myeloma (MM) is the most aggressive and prevalent primary malignant tumor within the blood system, and can be classified into grades RISS-I, II, and III. …”
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Aberrant resting-state functional network centrality and cognitive impairment in unmedicated, euthymic bipolar patients by Hong Li, Qijin Wu, Jiahui Wang, Xiaobin Zhang, Huihui Song, Dong Wang

“…Our study included 34 euthymic BD patients and 35 healthy controls (HC) matched for age, gender, and education years. …”
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Identification of novel autoantibodies in Sjögren’s disease by Fiona Engelke, Petra Budde, Salvatore De Vita, Thomas Dörner, Diana Ernst, Jan Gras, Harald Heidecke, Annika Loredana Kilian, Katja Kniesch, Ann-Sophie Lindemann, Luca Quartuccio, Jacob Ritter, Kai Schulze-Forster, Benjamin Seeliger, Hans-Dieter Zucht, Torsten Witte

“…The most common autoantibodies were against CCL4, M5, TMPO and OAS3. …”
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Anthropometric and Body Composition Measurements Related to Osteoporosis in Geriatric Population by Sadiye Murat, Bilinç Doğruöz Karatekin, Filiz Demirdağ, Esma Nur Kolbaşı

“…Anthropometric measurements (HC, WC, weight, BMI, and ABSI), as well as body composition analysis (fat% and SMI) by bioimpedance analysis system, were performed. …”
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The healthfulness of major food brands according to Health Canada’s nutrient profile model for proposed restrictions on food marketing to children by Laura Vergeer, Christine Mulligan, Hayun Jeong, Ayesha Khan, Mary R L’Abbé

“…Notably, 100·0 % of the products offered by ten breakfast cereal, six beverage, two yogurt and three restaurant brands exceeded ≥1 threshold(s). Conclusions: Most products offered by top food brands in Canada exceeded HC’s M2K-NPM thresholds. …”
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Hepatocyte Rho-associated kinase signaling is required for mice to survive experimental porphyria-associated liver injury by Jessica M. Herrera, Yun Weng, Tyler J. Lieberthal, Marcus Paoletti, Tammy T. Chang

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Used High Collimation UV-LEDs With a Miniaturized Optomechanical Device for the Detection of Direct Bilirubin by Zhi Ting Ye, Shen Fu Tseng, Jun Yi Wu, Hsin Ching Kuo

“…Invasive blood testing is the most used method for testing bilirubin levels. However, invasive blood testing must be carried out by professionally trained medical staff to avoid the risk of infection. …”
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Discovery and Validation of Potential Serum Biomarkers for Heart Failure by Untargeted Metabolomics by Guisheng Zhou, Junzhi Zhang, Hongli Guo, Xiaochao Hu, Yingzhuo Wang, Kunqun Shi, Tongtong Liu, Shengyan Yin, Huanhuan Liu, Chunling Liu, Shijia Liu

“…Furthermore, the amino acid metabolism was screened as the most significantly altered pathway in patients with HF. …”
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The coordination complex formed by oxalic acid and chromate and the mechanism for enhanced photoreduction of Cr(Ⅵ) under visible-light irradiation by GUAN Yingying, WANG Hao, GE Xiaoming, DENG Likai, DENG Bin, MU Yi*, ZOU Jianping*

“…Oxalic acid, which mainly originates from root exudation and plant residue decomposition, is one of the most widely existiug carboxylic acids, and has a dramatic impact on the reduction of chromate in natural waters. …”
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The association between age at menarche (AAM) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in the MASHAD cohort study by Niloofar Shabani, Sara Saffar Soflaei, Khadijeh Bavafa-Valenlia, Nayereh Esmaeilzadeh, Maryam Mohammadi-Bajgriran, Zahra Namazibaygi, Mohsen Moohebati, Gordon A. Ferns, Habibollah Esmaily, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan

“…University-educated women and employed women were most likely to have menarche at ≥ 15 years (P < 0.001 and P = 0.012 respectively. …”
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Metabolite Profiling of Sorghum Seeds of Different Colors from Different Sweet Sorghum Cultivars Using a Widely Targeted Metabolomics Approach by Yaxing Zhou, Zhenguo Wang, Yan Li, Zhigang Li, Hui Liu, Wei Zhou

“…Sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) is one of the most important cereal crops in the world with colorful seeds. …”
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Skin Temperature in Parkinson’s Disease Measured by Infrared Thermography by Mathias Møller Purup, Karoline Knudsen, Pall Karlsson, Astrid Juhl Terkelsen, Per Borghammer

“…The PD patients exhibited significant reduction in RR compared to HC and patients also displayed altered thermal responses in multiple anatomical locations. …”
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Ballistic Impact Performance of SiC Ceramic-Dyneema Fiber Composite Materials by Kai-Kuang Wu, Yu-Liang Chen, Jau-Nan Yeh, Wei-Lun Chen, Chia-Shih Lin

“…To drastically reduce experimental costs, most of this work employed ANSYS/LS-DYNA software to conduct finite element numerical simulations. …”
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The dynamical diquark model: fine structure and isospin by Jesse F. Giron, Richard F. Lebed, Curtis T. Peterson

“…These improvements include effects due to finite diquark size, spin-spin couplings within the diquarks, and most significantly, isospin-dependent couplings in the form of pionlike exchanges assumed to occur between the light quarks within the diquarks. …”
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Association between Serum Neopterin and Inflammatory Activation in Chronic Kidney Disease by Ashok Kumar Yadav, Vinod Sharma, Vivekanand Jha

“…Serum neopterin levels were 5-fold higher in CKD patients as compared to HC (74.8±3.6 versus 15.0±2.8 nmol/L, P<0.0001). …”
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UPLC-ESI-MS/MS Profile and Antioxidant, Cytotoxic, Antidiabetic, and Antiobesity Activities of the Aqueous Extracts of Three Different Hibiscus Species by Hanan M. Al-Yousef, Wafaa H. B. Hassan, Sahar Abdelaziz, Musarat Amina, Rasha Adel, May A. El-Sayed

“…The aqueous extracts of Hibiscus calyphyllus (HcA), Hibiscus micranthus (HmA), and Hibiscus deflersii (HdA) growing in Saudi Arabia did not receive enough attention in phytochemical and biological studies. …”
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Emission Characteristics, OFPs, and Mitigation Perspectives of VOCs from Refining Industry in China’s Petrochemical Bases by Gulbanu Hini, Kexin Gao, Yi Zheng, Maimaiti Simayi, Shaodong Xie

“…Sector-based volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from the refining industry in seven petrochemical-developed provinces in China were estimated for 1990–2019 and projected for 2020–2030 under the business-as-usual (BAU), new policy control (NPC), and the highest control (HC) scenarios. Furthermore, speciated VOCs and their ozone formation potentials (OFP) were estimated in 2019. …”
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Identification and validation of a novel autoantibody biomarker panel for differential diagnosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by Metoboroghene O. Mowoe, Metoboroghene O. Mowoe, Hisham Allam, Joshua Nqada, Marc Bernon, Karan Gandhi, Sean Burmeister, Urda Kotze, Miriam Kahn, Christo Kloppers, Suba Dharshanan, Zafirah Azween, Pamela Maimela, Paul Townsend, Eduard Jonas, Jonathan M. Blackburn, Jonathan M. Blackburn

“…The clinical utility of the biomarker panel was tested in an independent cohort comprising 223 PDAC, PC, PRC, colorectal cancer (CRC), and HC samples. Combinatorial ROC curve analysis on the validation data identified the most effective biomarker combination to be CEACAM1-DPPA2-DPPA3-MAGEA4-SRC-TPBG-XAGE3 with an AUC = 85·0% (SE = 0·828, SP = 0·684). …”
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Preserved Expression of Skin Neurotrophic Factors in Advanced Diabetic Neuropathy Does Not Lead to Neural Regeneration despite Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation by František Saudek, Monika Cahová, Terezie Havrdová, Klára Zacharovová, Helena Daňková, Luděk Voska, Věra Lánská, Nurcan Üçeyler, Claudia Sommer

“…The same tests were performed in 13 stable normoglycemic pancreas and kidney recipients 6–12 years posttransplantation (group Tx2), in 12 matched healthy controls (group HC), and in 12 type 1 diabetic subjects without severe DPN (group DM). …”
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Emission Performance of a Diesel Engine Fuelled with Petrol Diesel, Green Diesel, and Waste Cooking Oil Blends by O. Chiavola, E. Recco

“…The results indicate that diesel+ enhances CO and HC emissions in the exhaust as regards ULSD. Blending diesel+ with WCO causes a further reduction for most of the engine operative field. …”
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