Effects of Resveratrol on the Kidney in Rats with Streptozotocin Induced Diabetic Nephropathy by Duygu Tozcu, Çiğdem Özer, Aydan Babül, Sevim Ercan, Ergin Dileköz, Gülnur Take Kaplanoğlu, Güleser Göktaş

“…In group D, decreased endothelial nitric oxide synthase uptake (weak immune reactivity) was observed, whereas this uptake increased with RSV treatment (moderate immune reactivity). …”
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Antimicrobial effects of polyphenols from fermented and non-fermented apple and carrot pomace against Escherichia coli by Anghel Andrei Cristian, Țăranu Ionelia, Orțan Alina, Băbeanu Narcisa Elena

“…Traditionally, antibiotics and zinc oxide have been used to manage these issues. However, concerns about antibiotic resistance and environmental pollution have led to strict European regulations limiting or banning their use. …”
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Differences in cNOS/iNOS Activity during Resistance to Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in 5-Lipoxygenase Knockout Mice by Carolina Panis, Vanessa Jacob Victorino, Vera Lúcia Hideko Tatakihara, Rubens Cecchini, Luiz Vicente Rizzo, Lucy Megumi Yamauchi, Sueli Fumie Yamada-Ogatta, Marli Cardoso Martins-Pinge, Phileno Pinge-Filho

“…We used infected 5-lipoxygenase-deficient mice (5-LO−/−) to explore the participation of nitric oxide synthase isoforms, inducible (iNOS) and constitutive (cNOS), in heart injury, cytokine profile, and oxidative stress during the early stage of T. cruzi infection. …”
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Phenolic compounds from Chaenomeles speciosa alleviate inflammation in lipopolysaccharide-treated RAW264.7 macrophages via the NF-κB and MAPK pathways by Fuxia Hu, Chao Liu, Fengqin Wang, Changxin Zhou, Maotong Zhu, Dongxiao Sun-Waterhouse, Zhaosheng Wang

“…The extract suppressed the levels of nitric oxide (NO), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and interleukin-1β (IL-1β), and the mRNA and protein expressions of nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2). …”
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Protection Effect of Endomorphins on Advanced Glycation End Products Induced Injury in Endothelial Cells by Jing Liu, Liping Yan, Ruilan Niu, Limin Tian, Qi Zhang, Jinxing Quan, Hua Liu, Suhong Wei, Qian Guo

“…Then, HUVEC survival rate was calculated by MTT assay, the levels of NO, endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) were detected by colorimetric analysis, and the contents of endothelin-1 (ET-1) were detected by ELISA. …”
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Berberine Protects against Palmitate-Induced Endothelial Dysfunction: Involvements of Upregulation of AMPK and eNOS and Downregulation of NOX4 by Ming Zhang, Chun-Mei Wang, Jing Li, Zhao-Jie Meng, Sheng-Nan Wei, Ji Li, Richard Bucala, Yu-Lin Li, Li Chen

“…The cell viability of HUVECs was determined by MTT assays. Nitric oxide (NO) level and production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) were determined in supernatants or in the cultured HUVECs. …”
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Improving the power production efficiency of microbial fuel cell by using biosynthesized polyanaline coated Fe3O4 as pencil graphite anode modifier by Tekalign Tesfaye, Yohannes Shuka, Sisay Tadesse, Tesfahun Eyoel, Mesele Mengesha

“…In this study, low-cost biosynthesized iron oxide nanoparticles (Fe3O4 NPs) were coated with a polyaniline (PANI) conducting matrix to synthesize hybrid Fe3O4/PANI binary nanocomposites (NCs) as modified MFC anodes via an in-situ polymerization process. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Antiproliferative Effect of CuO-TiO2-Chitosan-Amygdalin Nanocomposites in Human Leukemic MOLT4 Cells by Abozer Y. Elderdery, Badr Alzahrani, Siddiqa M. A. Hamza, Gomaa Mostafa-Hedeab, Pooi Ling Mok, Suresh Kumar Subbiah

“…The main aim of this study was to synthesize copper oxide- (CuO-) titanium oxide- (TiO2-) chitosan-amygdalin nanocomposites (CTCANc) and to characterize them physically and biologically (antimicrobial and anticancer activity using MOLT4 blood cancer cell line) to endorse their useful applications as potential drug candidates in anticancer avenues. …”
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Influence of Molybdenum Content and MoOxy- Species on the Textural and Structural ZrO2 Properties by Alberto Hernández Zapién, Juan Manuel Hernández Enríquez, Ricardo García Alamilla, Guillermo Sandoval Robles, Ulises Páramo García, Luz Arcelia García Serrano

“…The present work proposes to study the incorporation of molybdenum into the zirconium oxide precursor (Zr(OH)4), in order to analyze its possible repercussions on the textural and structural zirconia properties (ZrO2). …”
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Strength Prediction of Geopolymer Concrete With Wide-Ranged Binders and Properties Using Artificial Neural Network by Md Merajul Islam, Md Al-Mamun Provath, G. M. Sadiqul Islam, Md Tariqul Islam

“…Thirteen input parameters, including three major geopolymer binder’s oxide compositions (viz, SiO2, CaO, and Al2O3), are considered to generalize the model across various binder types. …”
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Novel source/drain contact structure for a-IGZO devices: Oxygen-scavenger-layer metal-interlayer-semiconductor (OSL MIS) approach by Sungjoo Song, Jong-Hyun Kim, Jongyoun Park, Seung-Hwan Kim, Dongjin Ko, Hyejung Choi, Seiyon Kim, Hyun-Yong Yu

“…Recently, amorphous indium gallium zinc oxide (a-IGZO) has gained prominence for its application to stackable 3-dimensional (3D) dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) due to its ultra-low off-current and low-temperature fabrication. …”
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Data on compositional diversity of textural varieties of lake superior-type Banded Iron Formation (BIF) of the Njweng prospect, Mbalam iron ore district, southern CameroonMendeley... by Dieudonne Charles Isidore Ilouga, Cheo Emmanuel Suh, Akumbom Vishiti, Elisha Muntum Shemang

“…The selected samples for geochemical studies represented the various facies: oxide facies BIF composing of magnetite, hematite/martite, quartz; the silicate facies BIF composing of quartz, magnetite, hematite/martite and goethite. …”
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Spatial and seasonal distribution of selected nitrogen cycle genes in deep waters of the Baltic Proper by Michał Grabski, Michał Grabski, Ewa Kotlarska, Aneta Łuczkiewicz, Konrad Hryniewicz, Grzegorz Węgrzyn, Beata Szymczycha

“…Taxonomic analysis of bacterial and archaeal communities, based on paired-end raw reads, revealed that nitrification, DNR, and denitrification potential were primarily associated with the Nitrosopumilaceae and Thioglobaceae families within these phyla. Ammonia oxidation products likely fueled the production of nitrous oxide (N2O), with nitric oxide reductase (NOR)—an enzyme encoded by the Thioglobaceae genome—being responsible for further reduction. …”
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Existent state and removal rate of silver in lead-silver slag during the melt-vaporization process by Shen Y.-Y., Zhao X.-S., Zhang F.-J., Ma W.-X., Wang X.-F., Du X.-Y.

“…The silver oxide (Ag2O) and the silver chloride (AgCl) in the leadsilver slag volatilize to soot, the silver sulfide (Ag2S) is oxidized by oxygen to silver sulfate (Ag2SO4), and elemental silver volatilizes with Pb and Zn to form alloys. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Coffee Husk Ash as Partial Replacement of Cement in Concrete C30. by Niwainamani, Laban

“…Chemical composition analysed using X-ray Fluorescence method, the combined composition (Silicon diode + Aluminium oxide + Iron (III) oxide = 82.61 %> 70%) which showed pozzolanic nature of CHA. …”
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Effects of Additives and Sintering Time on the Microstructure of Ni-Zn Ferrite and Its Electrical and Magnetic Properties by Abdollah Hajalilou, Mansor Hashim, Halimah Mohamed Kamari

“…The results indicate that grain growth occurred by increasing sintering time from 15 to 270 min in the two types of samples prepared in this study although it was greatly impeded by the additive oxides. Moreover, the oxides increase the resistivity of the ferrite and decrease its zinc loss. …”
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Crosstalk between Gut Microbiota Metabolites and Ischemic Stroke by TANG Qiang

“…Gut microbiome is a key factor in health and disease transformation, and can metabolize nutrients consumed by human body to produce microbiota metabolites mainly composed of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), tryptophan metabolites and secondary bile acids (2BAs), which are closely related to ischemic stroke (IS). …”
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Electronic nose system design and analysis by Manser Abderrazak, Saidi Tarik

“…This paper presents the design and analysis of a conditioning circuit for Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) gas sensors within an electronic nose system. …”
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A STUDY OF WASTES GENERATED IN THE PRODUCTION OF LEAD by S. L. Rovin, S. V. Grigoriev

“…The bulk of them consists of lead-acid batteries, 50–60% of the mass of which is oxide-sulphate lead paste. The article presents the results of a study of the composition and properties of characteristic lead-containing wastes generated both in the operation of lead-containing products and in the production of lead (slag, dust aspiration, etc.). …”
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Microstructure and properties of silver based cadmium free electrical contact materials by Talijan N., Ćosović V., Stajić-Trošić Jasna, Grujić A., Živković Dragana, Romhanji E.

“…The influence of small addition of In2O3 (2.9 mass%) on the increase of dispersion of main oxide SnO2 in Ag matrix is observed and presented also.…”
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