Meal Pattern in the Colombian Population: Results of the National Nutrition Survey. ENSIN, 2015 by María del Pilar Zea, Oscar F. Herrán

“…The meal pattern is equivalent to type “A,” with three main meals and two or three intermediate meals (midmorning and midafternoon) taken during 15 hours of the day. Conclusions. All age groups had more than four meals/day. …”
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Do the Street Sweeping and Washing Work for Reducing the Near-ground Levels of Fine Particulate Matter and Related Pollutants? by Sheng-Lun Lin, Yunzhou Deng, Ming-Yeng Lin, Shih-Wei Huang

“…The monitoring took place at 1 h-before, during washing/sweeping, at 1 h-after, at 1 d-after, at 2 d-after three cleaning strategies, including only sweeping, washing-before-sweeping, and sweeping-before-washing. …”
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Computational complexity when constructing rational plans for program execution in a given field of parallel computers by V. M. Bakanov

“…As a transformation tool, a method for developing transformation scenarios in the scripting programming language Lua was used. Scenarios were created by a heuristic approach using a set of Application Programming Interface (API) functions of the developed software system. …”
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Safety assessment of tolvaptan: real-world adverse event analysis using the FAERS database by Peiyang Cao, Qian Wang, Yan Wang, Qing Qiao, Liyuan Yan

“…Clinicians should closely monitor the occurrence of events related to hepatobiliary disorders, renal and urinary disorders, metabolic and nutritional disorders, as well as benign, malignant, and indeterminate tumors during its clinical use.…”
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Advancements in end treatment techniques and applications of acid mine drainage in coal mines: A research review by Qiaohui CHE, Song DU, Degao ZHANG, Yinglin FAN, Xiao ZHANG, Fengli WANG

“…Relying solely on a single technology proves difficult in meeting discharge standards for acid mine drainage treatment; therefore, adopting a multi-technology collaborative approach based on complementary advantages becomes imperative. Furthermore, during the process of AMD treatment，the approach of “source reduction + end treatment” can be adopted to improve the effectiveness of AMD treatment, resource recovery and reuse can help reduce treatment costs while promoting sustainable management.…”
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Development and external validation of a dynamic nomogram for predicting the risk of functional outcome after 90 days in patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage by Shaojie Li, Hongjian Li, Jiani Chen, Baofang Wu, Jiayin Wang, Chaocan Hong, Changhu Yan, Weizhi Qiu, Yasong Li, Hongzhi Gao

“…In this study, adverse outcomes were defined as a Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score of 3–6 at 90 days post-ICH onset, as assessed during follow-up. Later, least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression and multifactorial logistic regression were used to screen the variables and construct a nomogram. …”
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Predictors of Neonatal Sepsis in Hospitals at Wolaita Sodo Town, Southern Ethiopia: Institution-Based Unmatched Case-Control Study, 2019 by Atkuregn Alemayehu, Mihiretu Alemayehu, Aseb Arba, Hanna Abebe, Abraham Goa, Kebreab Paulos, Mohammed Suleiman Obsa

“…Therefore, maternal health education during antenatal care visits, perinatal and newborn care, and early initiation of breastfeeding might decrease neonatal mortality and morbidity due to sepsis.…”
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Threats of zoonotic pathogens in food chain: Current status and gaps in IndiaKey public health Message: by Madhuchhanda Das, Anup Kumar Ojha, Venencia Albert, Saradi Borah, Thandavarayan Ramamurthy, Samaresh Das, Tapan Kumar Dutta, Hosterson Kylla, Rajkumari Mandakini, Sarangthem Indira Devi

“…Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis (SWOT) was used to assess the problem's depth and find possible solutions. …”
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Case of successful treatment of a patient with ischemictracheoesophageal and tracheopleural fistulas after a mckeown hybrid esophagectomy by E. A. Kruglov, Yu. A. Pobedinseva, E. V. Filimonov, A. A. Ilin, Yu. A. Kolotilov, I. N. Yablokov, I. V. Chervonogorodskij, V. M. Unguryan

“…The occurrence of tracheal fistulas of ischemic genesis combined with the failure of esophagogastroanastomosis and the communication between them is a rare and formidable complication after esophagectomy with mediastinal lymphadenectomy due to its anatomical position and extensiveness. …”
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Improved Analgesic Effect of Paravertebral Blocks before and after Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery: A Prospective, Double-Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial by Lihua Chu, Xiaolin Zhang, Yaping Lu, Guohao Xie, Shengwen Song, Xiangming Fang, Baoli Cheng

“…Also, data of postoperative use of PCIA and visual analogue scale (VAS) were collected. …”
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Clinicopathological spectrum of central nervous system germ cell tumors: A single-institution retrospective study by Sreelekha Appasani, Neelima Radhakrishnan, Anitha Mathews

“…Conclusion: Though histology and immunohistochemistry were diagnostic, correlation between serum and/or CSF marker was essential to rule out GCT component(s) that may be missed on biopsy due to sampling error.…”
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Effect of Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) Concentration on Cryopreservation of Booroolong Frog Sperm with Evaluation of Post-Thaw Motility in Caffeine by Zara M. Anastas, Aimee J. Silla, Phillip G. Byrne, Rebecca J. Hobbs, Michael S. McFadden, Jonathan Daly, Justine K. O’Brien

“…Sperm viability (proportion live/dead) was assessed using fluorescent microscopy, and sperm motility metrics were evaluated using computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA). …”
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Normothermic Ex Vivo Heart Perfusion with Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Conditioned Medium Improves Myocardial Tissue Protection in Rat Donation after Circulatory Death Hearts by Zifeng Zeng, Liwei Xu, Yu Xu, Yongsheng Ruan, Deshen Liu, Jiale Li, Chuanjie Niu, Shaoyi Zheng, Pengyu Zhou, Zezhou Xiao

“…Methods. We randomly divided donor rats into two groups: (1) DCD-Control group and (2) DCD-CM group. …”
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A parallel bioreactor strategy to rapidly determine growth-coupling relationships for bioproduction: a mevalonate case study by Alec Banner, Joseph Webb, Nigel Scrutton

“…However, this process also led to the formation of the toxic byproduct acetate, which can slow growth and cause problems during downstream processing. By using gene editing to knock out the ackA-pta operon and poxB from E. coli BW25113, we were able to achieve the same optimum production rate, without the formation of acetate. …”
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Biochemical Characterization of Ethiopian Black Cumin (Nigella sativa L.) by Basazinew Degu Gebremedin, Bizuayehu Tesfaye Asfaw, Wendawek Abebe Mengesha, Kebebew Assefa Abebe

“…In Ethiopia, very few studies were conducted to investigate the variability of N. sativa genotypes by using biochemical traits. Thus, this study was conducted at Debre Zeit and Kulumsa Agricultural Research Centers’ experimental sites under field conditions during the 2021 cropping season to investigate the variability of Ethiopian N. sativa genotypes based on biochemical traits. …”
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Sleep health and its correlates among male and female military recruits in Jordan: a cross-sectional study by Ahmad M. Malkawi, Stef P. J. Kremers, Ree M. Meertens

“…Sleep quality and sleep hygiene practices were assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Sleep Hygiene Index (SHI) respectively. …”
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A more significant role for insertion sequences in large-scale rearrangements in bacterial genomes by Wing Y. Ngan, Lavisha Parab, Frederic Bertels, Jenna Gallie

“…However, an IS at the center of a large-scale duplication is not readily explained, suggesting that IS element activity may promote both large-scale deletions and duplications.IMPORTANCEInsertion sequences are the most common mobile genetic elements found in bacterial genomes, and hence they significantly impact bacterial evolution. We observe insertion sequence movement at the center of large-scale deletions and duplications that occurred during laboratory evolution experiments with Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas fluorescens, involving three distinct types of transposase. …”
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Effect of Cocoa (<i>Theobroma cacao</i>) Plantation Types on the Distribution of Anuran Communities in Ore, Ondo State, Nigeria by AB Onadeko

“…Diversity indices (Shannon and Margalef) showed that the forest sites had the greatest (3.204 and 4.799) respectively while the pesticide using pure  cocoa farms had the least (1.853 and 2.072). …”
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Combined effect of exercise and curcumin on inflammation-associated microRNAs and cytokines in old male rats: A promising approach against inflammaging by Zahra Shargh, Keyvan Asghari, Morteza Asghariehahari, Leila Chodari

“…Conclusion: Curcumin and exercise, individually and synergistically in combination, effectively reduced inflammation in aged rats, likely due to decreased oxidative stress and MDA levels mediated by miR-21 and miR-146a downregulation.…”
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Study of economically valuable traits and technological properties in maize from the Zea mays L. collection of VIR by M. R. Gonikova, V. I. Khoreva, V. G. Goldshtein, L. P. Nosovskaya, L. V. Adikaeva, E. B. Khatefov

“…A search for economically valuable sources of maize starch, useful byproducts of its processing, and natural modification of starch for deep processing is vital.Materials and methods. …”
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