Potential role of dietary white poplar (Populus alba L.) in stimulating growth, digestion, and antioxidant/immune status of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) by Rowida E. Ibrahim, Mohamed Shaalan, Mohamed ElHady, Hanan A. Ghetas, Faten I. Elsayed, Elsayed M. Younis, Abdelwahab A. Abdelwarith, Mohamed F. Badran, Simon J. Davies, Afaf N. Abdel Rahman

“…WP diets boosted the immune-antioxidant indices (total protein, albumin, globulin, complement 3, lysozyme, nitric oxide, total antioxidant capacity, glutathione peroxidase, and catalase) in a level-dependent manner and the WP6 group attained the highest values. …”
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Ginseng exhibits adaptogenic-like activity in mice exposed to hypoxic-anoxic stress through activation of antioxidant/BDNF protective mechanisms and inhibition of pro-inflammatory... by James Olukayode Oni, Divine Oluwaferanmi Oyenekan, Yetunde Olamide Olayemi, Osarugue Christabel Irabor, Precious Ogbuji, McCarthy Oritseweyinmi Tova, Paul Ademola Adeleke, Gbemisayo Adetomiwa Abbas, Solomon Umukoro

“…Blood glucose and corticosterone levels alongside brain contents of malondialdehyde, nitrites, antioxidant profiles, pro-inflammatory cytokines (tumor necrosis factor–alpha and interleukin-6), glutamate, brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) were determined. The brain acetylcholinesterase, caspase-3, myeloperoxidase, nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NFr-2) and glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) activities were evaluated. …”
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Efficient Hydrolysis of Sugar Beet Pulp Using Novel Enzyme Complexes by Maria I. Komarova, Margarita V. Semenova, Pavel V. Volkov, Igor A. Shashkov, Alexandra M. Rozhkova, Ivan N. Zorov, Sergei A. Kurzeev, Aidar D. Satrutdinov, Ekaterina A. Rubtsova, Arkady P. Sinitsyn

“…The current study was designed with a primary objective that focused on the development of a strain that had the potential for enhanced productivity and the capacity to produce enzymes suitable for beet pulp hydrolysis. …”
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Dietary Solid-state-fermentation product of Bacillus velezensis T23 alleviate hepatic steatosis, oxidative stress, gut barrier damage, and microbiota dysbiosis in juvenile genetica... by Qiang Hao, Rolf Erik Olsen, Einar Ringø, Qianwen Ding, Tsegay Teame, Yuanyuan Yao, Chao Ran, Yalin Yang, Zhen Zhang, Zhigang Zhou

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of solid-state fermentation product of autochthonous Bacillus velezensis T23 on improving hepatic steatosis, liver antioxidation capacity, gut injury and gut microbiota profile of genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT, Oreochromis niloticus). …”
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Curva de aprendizaje de la ecografía renal en una unidad docente pluriprofesional by Laura Redón-Gálvez, Nuria Juárez-Ruperto, Carlos E. León-Solano, Marcos Luján-Galán, Álvaro Páez-Borda

“…Resultados: El coeficiente kappa de concordancia entre el experto y los estudiantes fue bueno (≥ 0,67) en el 58,3% de los casos. …”
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The anticancer properties, cell-cycle cytotoxicity and apoptosis of cissus rotundifolia, trema orientalis, and buddleja polystachya with ocular applications by Ali Hendi Alghamdi, Aimun A.E. Ahmed, Mahadi bashir, Haidar abdalgadir, Asaad khalid, Ashraf N. Abdalla, Mohamed E. elzubier, Riyad almaimani, Bassem refaat, Khalid alzahrani, Saleh MS. alghamdi, Sheraz gul

“…Additionally, a clonogenic assay was performed to measure tumor cell survival and subsequent proliferative capacity after drug exposure was conducted for the most active extract(s) and finally western blotting was used to determine the expression change of the two selected proteins (survivin and CCND1) in order to determine the exact mechanistic features of the most promising plant extract. …”
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Clasificación supervisada, evaluación multicriterio y modelos de localización-asignación para instalaciones de destilación de aceite esencial de Cistus ladanifer by Carlos Pérez-Izquierdo, Fernando Pulido

“…Los clasificadores Máxima Probabilidad, máquinas de vector soporte y redes neuronales lograron precisiones de clasificación superiores al 90 % en fiabilidad global y coeficiente Kappa. La superficie total de jaras potencialmente explotable obtenida en la clasificación fue de 20 889 ha, de las cuales 15 241 ha (72,96 %) eran viables para la recolección. …”
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The value of MRI in differentiating ovarian clear cell carcinoma from other adnexal masses with O-RADS MRI scores of 4–5 by Lingling Lin, Le Fu, Huawei Wu, Saiming Cheng, Guangquan Chen, Lei Chen, Jun Zhu, Yu Wang, Jiejun Cheng

“…CA125, HE4, CEA, ROMA, endometriosis, shape, parity, unilocular, component, the growth pattern of mural nodules, high signal on T1WI, number of nodules, the ratio of signal intensity, and the ADC value were significantly different between CCCs and non-CCCs. The kappa and interobserver correlation coefficient of each MRI feature exceeded 0.85. …”
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DESENVOLVIMENTO E VALIDAÇÃO DE UM RECORDATÓRIO DE 24 HORAS DE AVALIAÇÃO DA ATIVIDADE FÍSICA by Evelyn Helena Ribeiro, Evelyn Fabiana Costa, Gisele Monteiro Sobral, Alex Antonio Florindo

“…Para verificar a relaçãoentre as variáveis de estudo utilizou-se a correlação de Spearman e correlação ajustada por idade,índice de massa corporal (IMC) e perímetro da cintura. O índice Kappa foi calculado para avaliaro grau de concordância entre o R24AF e o acelerômetro. …”
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Dissemination of IncQ1 Plasmids Harboring NTE_KPC-IId in a Brazilian Hospital by Camila Maria dos Santos Boralli, Julian Andres Paganini, Rodrigo Silva Meneses, Camila Pacheco Silveira Martins da Mata, Edna Marilea Meireles Leite, Anita C. Schürch, Fernanda L. Paganelli, Rob J. L. Willems, Ilana L. B. C. Camargo

“…To fill the gap in the understanding of the stability and dissemination of NTE_KPC-carrying plasmids, we selected and characterized carbapenem-resistant bacteria isolated between 2009 and 2016 from a hospital for a retrospective study of their plasmids conjugation capacity, impact on fitness, and replication in different species. …”
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Neuroprotective Role of Transchalcone in Parkinson‘s Disease through AMP-activated Protein Kinase-mediated Signaling Pathway by Yao Cheng, Shaik Althaf Hussain, Turki Mayudh Alrubie, Xiaomin Zhang

“…Striatal dopamine and cytokines (interleukin 1-beta [IL-1 β], IL-10) and p65-nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB) levels were measured with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. …”
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RETRACTED: Long non‐coding RNA Sox2OT promotes coronary microembolization‐induced myocardial injury by mediating pyroptosis by Liying Xuan, Danni Fu, Dong Zhen, Dongsong Bai, Lijun Yu, Guohua Gong

“…Results Rat CME disrupted the cardiac functions and induced inflammatory responses and oxidative stress, and activated the nuclear factor‐kappa B (NF‐κB) pathway and pyroptosis (all P < 0.05). …”
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Computational analysis of heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics in a diamond microchannel heat sink with orthogonal ribs by Liang Du, Wenbo Hu, Ningkang Deng, Zhaoyang Zhang, Hongxing Wang

“…Therefore, the unique rib arrangement design of the orthogonal rib microchannel heat sink not only optimizes fluid flow and enhances heat transfer capacity but also effectively addresses the heat dissipation challenges of electronic devices. …”
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Ultra-low dose dual-layer detector spectral CT for pulmonary nodule screening: image quality and diagnostic performance by Li Ding, Mingwang Chen, Xiaomei Li, Yuting Wu, Jingxu Li, Shuting Deng, Yikai Xu, Zhao Chen, Chenggong Yan

“…Quantitative and qualitative image analysis, nodule detectability, and Lung-RADS evaluation were compared using repeated one-way analysis of variance, Friedman test, and weighted kappa coefficient. Results A total of 249 participants (mean age ± standard deviation, 50.0 years ± 12.9; 126 male) with 637 lung nodules were included. …”
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In Vitro Screening and Transfection Concentration Optimization of Cynomolgus Monkey IκBα-siRNA by Zhaoxing Ou, Rui Zeng, Yifan Lin, Si Zhang, Mohammad Alzogool, Peng Zeng, Yuqing Lan

“…To seek for a small interfering RNA (siRNA) sequence targeting a cynomolgus monkey inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa B α (IκBα) that can specifically and effectively suppress IκBα gene expression of cynomolgus monkey ciliary muscle (CM) cells and trabecular meshwork (TM) cells in vitro and screen for optimal siRNA transfection concentration. …”
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Prevalence and incidence of sarcopenia in Swiss postmenopausal women: findings from the OsteoLaus Cohort by Colin Vendrami, Elena Gonzalez Rodriguez, Guillaume Gatineau, Peter Vollenweider, Pedro Marques-Vidal, Olivier Lamy, Didier Hans, Enisa Shevroja

“…Agreement between definitions was predominantly “none” or “minimal” according to the Cohen Kappa score. CONCLUSION: This population-based cohort of postmenopausal women highlights an increase in sarcopenia prevalence and incidence beginning in the seventh decade of life, underscoring the accelerated decline in muscle health with age. …”
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Evaluation of pitomba extract as a natural antioxidant in fresh sausages: Effects on physicochemical properties and lipid oxidation by Taline Fiorucci da Silva, Flávia Aparecida Reitz Cardoso, Nathália Leticia Hernandez Brito, Sahra Gadia Trelha, Stefanie Calisto Casarin, Leila Larisa Medeiros Marques, Adriana Aparecida Droval

“…The sausages were analyzed for pH, water holding capacity (WHC), cooking loss (CWL), lipid oxidation, and objective color (L∗, a∗, b∗, chroma, and hue angle). …”
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TC2N maintains stem cell-like characteristics to accelerate lung carcinogenesis by blockade of dual specificity protein phosphatase 3 by Jing Gu, Yang-fan Lv, Ji-ying Xia, Fu-hai Bai, Ji Gong, Guang-qiang Pan, Bo Liu, Lu Huang, Qiao-nan Guo, Xiang-lin Hao

“…In previous studies, we have uncovered the oncogenic role and mechanisms of TC2N in lung cancer: TC2N achieves this by inhibiting the p53 signaling pathway and activating the NF-kappaB signaling pathway. Beyond that, its precise function in tumorigenesis is not fully understood. …”
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Associations of co-exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and vitamin D with early lung dysfunction: Mediating roles of metabolic score-visceral adiposity index by Baihao Lin, Wanlu Liu, Hank-Han Wang, Haixia Qian, Xinyu Zhu, Mengya Xu, Yuyu Zheng, Nada Alhazmi, Yansen Bai

“…Methods: Based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007–2012, data on urinary PAH metabolites (ΣOH-PAHs), serum vitamin D metabolite levels [Σ25(OH)D], and pulmonary function tests [forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC) and FEV1/FVC] from 2189 participants, including 369 subjects with early lung dysfunction, defined as PRISm or airflow obstruction. …”
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Hyperbaric oxygen potentiates platelet-rich plasma composition and accelerates bone healing by Wen-Shuo Chang, Chien-Cheng Huang, Tzu-Hao Chen, Ssu-Han Chao, Cheng-Hsien Lin, Ching-Ping Chang, Chi-Sheng Chien

“…Bone healing was assessed weekly by X-ray, while histological and immunofluorescence analyses evaluated inflammatory status, osteoprotegerin (OPG), receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand (RANKL) expression, and the presence of osteoblasts, osteoclasts, and osteocytes during healing. …”
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