Propionate metabolism in a human pathogenic fungus: proteomic and biochemical analyses by Luiz Paulo Araújo Santos, Leandro do Prado Assunção, Patrícia de Souza Lima, Gabriel Brum Tristão, Matthias Brock, Clayton Luiz Borges, Mirelle Garcia Silva-Bailão, Célia Maria de Almeida Soares, Alexandre Melo Bailão

“…Propionyl-CoA is a toxic compound formed during the degradation of odd-chain fatty acids, branched chain amino acids and cholesterol. …”
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Enhanced protective effect of selenium-biofortified peptide RYNA(Se)MNDYT compared with its native peptide RYNAMNDYT in lipopolysaccharide-injured murine gut microbiota by Shujian Wu, Zhenjun Zhu, Mengfei Chen, Aohuan Huang, Yizhen Xie, Jiaming Chen, Liang Xue, Moutong Chen, Jumei Zhang, Juan Wang, Qingping Wu, Yu Ding

“…Notably, gut microbiota composition tended to be a healthy structure by Se-P2 pretreatment in LPS-injured mice, which had a positive effect on LPS-induced gut microbiota dysbacteriosis. Additionally, only Se-P2 promoted an increase in the relative abundance of Lactobacillus, Alistipes, and Roseburia and a decrease in the relative abundance of Akkermansia, Erysipelatoclostridium, and Bacteroides in LPS-injured mice. …”
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Prevalence of piriformis syndrome and its associated risk factors among university students in Pakistan: a cross-sectional study by Hassan N Moafa, Nusrat Batool, Naila Azam, Azka Hafeez, Humaira Mehmood, Nimbal Imtiaz, Waqas A Shehzad, Asaad Saleem Malik, Ajiad Alhazmi, Manal Almalki, Almutasim B Moafa, Jobran M Moshi

“…Participants were selected using multistage random sampling.Primary and secondary outcome measures The prevalence of PS in addition to associated risk factors as a primary outcome measures. …”
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Ice speed of a Greenlandic tidewater glacier modulated by tide, melt, and rain by S. Sugiyama, S. Sugiyama, S. Tsutaki, S. Tsutaki, D. Sakakibara, D. Sakakibara, I. Asaji, K. Kondo, Y. Wang, E. Podolskiy, G. Jouvet, G. Jouvet, M. Funk

“…During the melt season, ice speed is controlled by atmospheric conditions through meltwater production and rain events, as is commonly observed in alpine glaciers, but additional complexity arises from tidal influence near the calving front.…”
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Adaptive anomaly detection disruption prediction starting from first discharge on tokamak by X.K. Ai, W. Zheng, M. Zhang, Y.H. Ding, D.L. Chen, Z.Y. Chen, B.H. Guo, C.S. Shen, N.C. Wang, Z.J. Yang, Z.P. Chen, Y. Pan, B. Shen, B.J. Xiao, J-TEXT team

“…By training the E-CAAD model on data from existing devices, the predictor can effectively distinguish between disruption precursor and non-disruption samples in new device, enabling disruption prediction from the first shot on the new device. Additionally, adaptive learning from scratch and alarm threshold adaptive adjustment strategies are proposed to enable model automatically adapt to changes in the discharge scenario. …”
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Impact of Collagenated and Non-Collagenated Deproteinized Bovine Bone Mineral on Schneiderian Membrane Integrity in Rabbits by Rihito Yamada, Samuel Porfirio Xavier, Yasushi Nakajima, Erick Ricardo Silva, Daniele Botticelli, Yuki Teranishi, Shunsuke Baba

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: The addition of 10% collagen to deproteinized bovine bone mineral initially provided protection against mucosal thinning and perforation after 2 weeks of healing. …”
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Kyphoplasty is not Superior to Vertebroplasty in Restoring Vertebral Height in the Long Term by Alim Can Baymurat, Ferid Abdulaliyev, Asim Ahmadov, Muhammed Furkan Tosun, Mustafa Melik Can, Cem İsmail Güngör, Alpaslan Şenköylü

“…However, the last control values demonstrated similar outcomes in both groups (KP patients: 1.4412 mm, 1.4063 mm, 13.69°; VP patients: 1.2813 mm, 1.3176 mm, 17.18°). In addition, there were no statistically significant differences in Oswestry scores, EQ-5D index, and VAS scores between the two groups. …”
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Sustainability index analysis of organic fertilizer production from paunch manure and rice straw waste by A.D. Santoso, F.D. Arianti, E.S. Rohaeni, B. Haryanto, M.D. Pertiwi, L.P. Panggabean, A. Prabowo, S. Sundari, S.P. Wijayanti, I.N. Djarot, F.D. Kurniawati, F.L. Sahwan, T. Prasetyo, A. Barkah, T.A. Adibroto, R. Ridlo, I. Febijanto, A.A. Wasil, S. Lusiana, R. Rosmeika, R.B. Heryanto

“…As a result, the o use of agricultural waste as a valuable addition to a perfect social, economical, and technological development system needs to be encouraged. …”
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Preoperative carcinoembryonic antigen to lymphocyte ratio serves as a prognostic predictor in elderly patients with colorectal cancer: a multicentre retrospective study by Lei Jiang, Ning Tan, Xiaonan Zhang, Jiayi Jiang, Xinyi Li, Gang Deng, Tao Liang, Haohan Ma, Weiping Deng, Lichang Guan, Kaijun Zhang, Xujie Cai, Lishu Xu

“…The carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) to lymphocyte ratio (CLR) was derived from the derivation cohort and subsequently validated in two additional cohorts. The observed end point was all-cause death during the follow-up period postoperation.Results In the derivation cohort, CLR demonstrated an independent association with all-cause mortality. …”
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Heat Re-process approach and thermally integrated renewable energy system for power, compressed hydrogen, and freshwater production; ANN boosted optimization and techno-enviro-econ... by Zhaoyang Zuo, Junhua Wang, Mohammed A. Alghassab, Nashwan Adnan Othman, Ahmad Almadhor, Fahad M. Alhomayani, Hind Albalawi, Samah G. Babiker, Barno Abdullaeva, Aboulbaba Eladeb

“…A key innovation is using waste heat from the SCO2-BC to power an organic Rankine cycle (ORC), which improves the performance and power generation capacity of the proposed system. Additionally, the machine learning optimization technique is employed to optimize the system, significantly reducing computational costs and runtime for the optimization process. …”
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Distinct response patterns of endothelial markers to the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 booster vaccine are associated with the spike-specific IgG antibody production by Beatriz Castro-Robles, Francisco J. Cimas, Francisco J. Cimas, Lourdes Arias-Salazar, Jesús Ontañón, Julia Lozano, Susana López-López, Fernando Andrés-Pretel, María Ángeles Requena-Calleja, Antonio Mas, Antonio Mas, Antonio Mas, Gemma Serrano-Heras, Tomás Segura, Tomás Segura, Javier Solera

“…Incremental and decremental response groups did not differ in terms of age, sex, cardiovascular risk factors, previous SARS-CoV-2 infection and influenza vaccine co-administration. …”
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Endogenous 17β-estradiol regulates sexually dimorphic anxiety responses in zebrafish via the HPI axis and 5-HT/DA pathways by Hong Tao, Hong Tao, Ying–Ying Zhang, Ying–Ying Zhang, Yan–Jun Shen, Yan–Jun Shen, Qi–Liang Chen, Qi–Liang Chen, Zhi–Hao Liu, Zhi–Hao Liu

“…Treatment with LET significantly decreased E2 levels in the plasma and brain of female zebrafish, which corresponded with reduced anxiety responses, lower plasma cortisol levels, and increased brain 5-HT and DA content. Additionally, the expression of genes associated with E2, cortisol, 5- HT, and DA pathways was relevantly altered. …”
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Serum IL-18 Is a Potential Biomarker for Predicting Severe Dengue Disease Progression by Josephine Diony Nanda, Chiau-Jing Jung, Rahmat Dani Satria, Ming-Kai Jhan, Ting-Jing Shen, Po-Chun Tseng, Yung-Ting Wang, Tzong-Shiann Ho, Chiou-Feng Lin

“…In addition, decreased platelets were significantly (P<0.05) associated with increased IL-18. …”
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Expression Analysis of Fibronectin Type III Domain-Containing (FNDC) Genes in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Colorectal Cancer by Tilo Wuensch, Jonas Wizenty, Janina Quint, Wolfgang Spitz, Madeleen Bosma, Olaf Becker, Andreas Adler, Wilfried Veltzke-Schlieker, Martin Stockmann, Sascha Weiss, Matthias Biebl, Johann Pratschke, Felix Aigner

“…Gene expression was determined by quantitative real-time PCR. In addition, FNDC expression data from publicly available Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) data sets (GDS4296, GDS4515, and GDS5232) were analyzed. …”
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Standardization and validation of a novel reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction method for detecting virulent strains of the infectious bursal disease virus by Vladimir Longa-Bobadilla, Phillip Ormeño-Vásquez, Manuel Criollo-Orozco, Luis Tataje-Lavanda, Katherine Huamán-Gutierrez, Ángela Montalván, Mirko Zimic, Manolo Fernández-Sanchez, Manolo Fernández-Díaz

“…Results: After determining the optimal RT-PCR conditions, the newly designed primers successfully amplified a 402-bp consensus sequence of the VP5 gene. In addition, these primers specifically amplified the VP5 sequence of the IBDV-positive samples, not the other samples previously confirmed to be positive for other common poultry pathogens. …”
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Exploring the Effects of <i>Gracilaria lemaneiformis</i> Polysaccharides on the Fecal Microbiota and Fecal Metabolites of Fattening Pigs Based on 16S rDNA and Metabolome Sequencing by Mingyang Jia, Qiang Ma, Hongjun Wang, Xiangzhou Yan, Lei Wang, Baosong Xing, Qingxia Lu, Jing Wang

“…These results indicate that dietary GLP supplementation can improve the antioxidant ability, anti-inflammatory ability, and immune level of fattening pigs by regulating fecal flora and metabolites and could be used as a functional feed additive.…”
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Biogenic synthesis of titanium nanoparticles by Streptomyces rubrolavendulae for sustainable management of Icerya aegyptiaca (Douglas) by Enayat M. Elqady, Eman El-said, Asmaa A. Tharwat, Lina A. Abou El-Khashab, Inas M. Y. Mostafa, Fatma Z. Hamed, Wesam M. Morsi, Mohamed M. Rezk, Inas M. Abou El-Enain

“…The purpose of this work was to synthesize titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2-NPs) from marine actinobacteria and evaluate their insecticidal effects on Icerya aegyptiaca (Hemiptera: Monophlebidae), in addition to explaining their effects on protein electrophoresis analysis of SDS‒PAGE proteins from control and treated insects after 24, 72 and 120 h of exposure. …”
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Associations between exposure to volatile organic compounds with obesity in adults by Runmiao Wu, Lei Jia, Xu Zhu, Gongchang Guan, Junkui Wang, Rutai Hui, Meijuan Ma, Zhao Zhao, Hui Pang, Ling Zhu

“…Linear regression and logistic regression models were employed to estimate β-coefficients or odds ratios (ORs) along with their corresponding 95 % confidence intervals (CIs). …”
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Efficacy of brain-computer interface training with motor imagery-contingent feedback in improving upper limb function and neuroplasticity among persons with chronic stroke: a doubl... by Myeong Sun Kim, Hyunju Park, Ilho Kwon, Kwang-Ok An, Hayeon Kim, Gyulee Park, Wooseok Hyung, Chang-Hwan Im, Joon-Ho Shin

“…BCI technology could be a valuable addition to conventional rehabilitation for stroke survivors, enhancing recovery outcomes. …”
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Fuel starvation in automotive PEMFC stacks: stack current and bipolar plate resistance by Jens Nissen, Jan-Peter Boye, Max Schrievers, Jan Nicolas Schwämmlein, Markus Hölzle

“…The behavior of the intentionally fuel starved cell was inspected in form of locally resolved current density, temperature and cell voltage. Additionally, the voltage of all other cells was simultaneously measured at the fuel inlet and outlet. …”
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