Isosorbide mononitrate for preinduction cervical ripening at or post-term pregnancy: randomised placebo-controlled clinical trial by Ramy Mohamed El-Naggar, Ahmed Nagy Shaker, Mohamed Attia Raslan, Heba Rady El-Bassyouny

“…Isosorbide mononitrate (ISMN), a nitric oxide donor, has shown potential for cervical ripening, facilitating labour induction by promoting cervical softening, effacement and dilation. …”
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Comparative Quantitative Study on Phytochemical Contents and Antioxidant Activities of Capsicum annuum L. and Capsicum frutescens L. by Tomi Lois Olatunji, Anthony Jide Afolayan

“…The phytochemical contents including total flavonoid, total phenol, and proanthocyanidins were evaluated spectrophotometrically while the antioxidant activities were determined by 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), 2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline)-6-sulfonic acid (ABTS), nitric oxide (NO), and phosphomolybdenum assays. To point out the relationship among the varieties, a dendrogram based on the antioxidative phytochemical contents was constructed using the unweighted pair group method with arithmetic mean (UPMGA) cluster analysis. …”
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Surface Texturing with Hemispherical Cavities to Improve Efficiency in Silicon Solar Cells by D. W. de Lima Monteiro, F. P. Honorato, R. F. de Oliveira Costa, L. P. Salles

“…The method relies on anisotropic etching of bulk silicon and requires only a single oxide mask and two etching steps with a KOH or TMAH aqueous solution. …”
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Wnt5a Increases the Glycolytic Rate and the Activity of the Pentose Phosphate Pathway in Cortical Neurons by Pedro Cisternas, Paulina Salazar, Carmen Silva-Álvarez, L. Felipe Barros, Nibaldo C. Inestrosa

“…We report here that Wnt5a induces an increase in glucose uptake and glycolytic rate and an increase in the activity of the pentose phosphate pathway; the effects of Wnt5a require the intracellular generation of nitric oxide. Our data suggest that Wnt signaling stimulates neuronal glucose metabolism, an effect that could be important for the reported neuroprotective role of Wnt signaling in neurodegenerative disorders.…”
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Development and Characterization of a New Solid Polymer Electrolyte for Supercapacitor Device by Theodore Azemtsop Manfo

“…A solid-state electrical double-layer capacitor (EDLC) was fabricated using the highest ion-conductive polymer electrolyte and graphene oxide (GO)-based electrodes. The galvanostatic charge-discharge (GCD) technique was performed, and the GCD graph shows the behavior of an ideal capacitor with a less Faradic process and a low ESR value. …”
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Effect of morphology on electron drift mobility in porous TiO2 by B. O. Aduda, P. Ravirajan, K. L. Choy, J. Nelson

“…We have employed three different techniques namely, electrostatic spray assisted vapour deposition (ESAVD), D.C. reactive sputtering, and doctor blading of sol-gel dispersions to deposit thin TiO2 films onto indium tin oxide (ITO) coated glass substrates. All these films exhibited only the anatase phase as confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis. …”
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Design, synthesis, and in vitro, in vivo, and in silico evaluation of novel substituted 1,3,4-thiadiazole derivatives as anticonvulsant agents by Tulika Anthwal, Swati Pant, Preeti Rana, Sumitra Nain

“…Furthermore, the potent compounds (6d and 7d) were evaluated for the biochemical parameters, such as lipid peroxidation, nitrite oxide, reduced glutathione, superoxide dismutase, and total antioxidant capacity, and the GABA level was also determined. …”
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Endotoxin Triggers Tumor Initiation Events in Nontumorigenic Breast Epithelial Cells and Enhances Invasion-Related Phenotype in Pretumorigenic and Tumorigenic Breast Epithelial Cel... by Farah Yassine, Sabreen F. Fostok, Nataly Naser Al Deen, Rabih S. Talhouk

“…Results showed that short-term ET exposure upregulated matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) activity in nontumorigenic mammary epithelial cells of mouse (SCp2) and human origins (HMT-3522 S1; S1) and upregulated inflammatory mediators including nitric oxide (NO) and interleukin 1-β in tumorigenic human breast cells (MDA-MB-231), all in a dose-dependent manner. …”
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Electrical and photoelectric properties of photocell on base of Schottky barrier contact Au-n-GaAs by A. I. Blesman, R. B. Burlakov

“…It is shown that air annealing of structures n-n+-GaAs-AuGe under (200–220) ºC within 30 minutes before precipitating a film Au on n-GaAs brings to the reduction on two- three orders direct I dir and inverse I inv currents (under 0,5 V) to reduction on three orders of density of the current of the saturation J0 , to reduction of capacities of photocells before values (204–191) pF under inverse tensions (0,22–0,96) V, reduction of the current of the short circuit of photocells and to increase their photovoltage that connected with formation fine oxide layer on n-GaAs under air annealing of structures n-n+-GaAs-AuGe.…”
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Doped Titanium Dioxide Films Prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition Method by Juguang Hu, Huabin Tang, Xiaodong Lin, Zhongkuan Luo, Huiqun Cao, Qiwen Li, Yi Liu, Jinghua Long, Pei Wang

“…The main results are (1) PLD method is versatile for preparing oxide material or complex component films with excellent controllability and high reproducibility. (2) Anatase nitrogen-doped TiO2 films were prepared at room temperature, 200°C, and 400°C by PLD method using novel ceramic target of mixture of TiN and TiO2. …”
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Bio-inspired preparation of Ag NPs, rGO, and Ag/rGO nanocomposites for acoustical, antioxidant, and plant growth regulatory studies by Prashant D. Sarvalkar, Anuj S. Jagtap, Neeraj R. Prasad, Amit R. Yaul, Kiran Kumar K. Sharma, Avinash A. Ramteke

“…This study investigated the acoustical parameters of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs), reduced graphene oxide (rGO), and Ag/rGO nanocomposite nanofluids at varying concentrations. …”
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Process-Parameter-Dependent Structural, Electrical, and Optical Properties of Reactive Magnetron Sputtered Ag-Cu-O Films by P. Narayana Reddy, A. Sreedhar, M. Hari Prasad Reddy, S. Uthanna, J. F. Pierson

“…Silver-copper-oxide thin films were formed by RF magnetron sputtering technique using Ag80Cu20 target at various oxygen partial pressures in the range 5 × 10−3–8 ×10−2 Pa and substrate temperatures in the range 303–523 K. …”
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Analysis of a Novel Resistive Film Absorber for Suppression of Electromagnetic Radiation in System-in-Packages by Shuyun Huo, Yan Li, Xiaoyong Lei, Zhe Sun, Heyuan Yu, Bingheng Li, Lidan Fang, Shaojie Xu, Ning Jin, Erping Li

“…The proposed absorber is designed with the indium tin oxide sputtered on both sides of the glass substrate, and the top layer adopts the combination of Jerusalem cross-shaped, ring-shaped, and L-shaped resistive film to expand the bandwidth. …”
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Effect of chitosan–tungsten composite coating obtained by electrophoretic deposition on the corrosion resistance of Ni–Ti alloy in physiological medium by José Anderson Machado Oliveira, Thales Gomes Araujo, Josiane Dantas Costa, Arthur Filgueira de Almeida, Ana Regina Nascimento Campos, Renato Alexandre Costa de Santana

“…The results of surface morphology and chemical composition (SEM and EDX) confirmed the formation of the composite coating formed by a chitosan matrix impregnated with tungsten oxide nanoparticles. Corrosion resistance results proved the efficiency of the composite coating, acting as a protective barrier between the surface of the substrate (Ni–Ti) and the corrosive environment. …”
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Zinc-Based Semiconductors/Polymer Thin Films Junction for Photovoltaic Application by Souad Al-bat’hi, K. A. Buhari, M. I. Latiff

“…The polymer is a blend of 50 wt% polyethylene oxide and 50 wt% chitosan. To provide redox couple (I−/I3−), the polymer was complexed with ammonium iodide NH4I with addition of few crystals of iodine I2. …”
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Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of CuO Nanoparticles Using Cordia africana Lam. Leaf Extract for 4-Nitrophenol Reduction by Aklilu Guale Bekru, Osman Ahmed Zelekew, Dinsefa Mensur Andoshe, Fedlu Kedir Sabir, Rajalakshmanan Eswaramoorthy

“…Copper-oxide-based nanomaterials play an important role as a low-cost alternative to nanoparticles of precious metals for the catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenols. …”
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Fish scale-inspired biomimetic nanocoatings on magnesium implants for vascularized bone regeneration in infected bone defects by Dan Li, Danni Dai, Jianrong Wang, Zhen Ai, Chao Zhang

“…Inspired by the structural and physiological characteristics of “fish scales,” two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials, black phosphorus (BP) and graphene oxide (GO), were assembled together under the action of pulsed electric field. …”
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Hardware Design for Cascade-Structure, Dual-Stage, Current-Limiting, Solid-State DC Circuit Breaker by Can Ding, Yinbo Ji, Zhao Yuan

“…The hardware topology uses a series–parallel configuration of cascaded SCR (thyristors) and MOSFETs (metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors) in the transfer branch, which enhances the breaking capacity of the transfer branch. …”
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A Novel Nonenzymatic Hydrogen Peroxide Sensor Based on Magnetic Core-Shell Fe3O4@C/Au Nanoparticle Nanocomposite by Xiao Ni, Mingwei Tian, Jun Sun, Xiaojun Chen

“…Moreover, highly electrocatalytic activity to the reduction of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) was also exhibited on the Fe3O4@C/AuNP-modified indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode. The effect of solution pH and the modification amount of Fe3O4@C/AuNPs on the performance of electrocatalytic H2O2 reduction was investigated. …”
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Development and Validation of a Specific Stability Indicating High Performance Liquid Chromatographic Methods for Related Compounds and Assay of Solifenacin Succinate by B. V. Rami Reddy, B. Srinivasa Reddy, N. V. V. S. S. Raman, K. Subhash Reddy, C. Rambabu

“…Considerable degradation was found to occur in only oxidative stress condition. Degradation product formed during oxidative stress condition was found to be impurity-C and it can be identified by LC-MS. …”
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