Phillyrin ameliorates DSS-induced colitis in mice via modulating the gut microbiota and inhibiting the NF-κB/MLCK pathway by Tong Li, Guiqiu Hu, Shoupeng Fu, Di Qin, Zheyu Song

“…Additionally, PHY supplementation elevated the short-chain fatty acid contents within the intestinal contents of mice with UC. …”
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Evaluating interdisciplinary breastfeeding and lactation knowledge, attitudes and skills: An evaluation of a professional graduate programme for healthcare professionals. by Denise McGuinness, Kate Frazer, Karl F Conyard, Paula Cornally, Lauren Cooper, Niamh Vickers

“…The programme evaluation identifies the importance of a professional graduate breastfeeding and lactation education programme for interdisciplinary health care professionals increasing knowledge, attitudes and practices and ultimately increasing breastfeeding rates in the short and long term, with improved maternal and child health outcomes.…”
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Design and Characteristics of a Single-Story Building Model Incorporating Waste by Mohamed Darwish, Mohamed Elnakeb, Marina Moawad, Marwan Mohamed Shawki, Ehab Abdelhamid, Donia Eldwib, Mohamed Nagib Abouzeid, Maram Saudy, Safwan Khedr, Khaled Nassar

“…The thermal efficiency was tested by measuring the temperatures in comparison with the outside of the building for a span of 7 days with data recorded every 1 h. Analysis of both the short-term and long-term costs and carbon emissions was performed by acquiring the carbon emissions per unit of material from literature and multiplying it by the quantities of the materials used within the different building alternatives. …”
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Best practice advice for asthma exacerbation prevention and management in primary care: an international expert consensus by Neil Skolnik, Barbara P. Yawn, Jaime Correia de Sousa, María Mar Martínez Vázquez, Amanda Barnard, Wendy L. Wright, Austin Ulrich, Tonya Winders, Stephen Brunton

“…Lack of primary care-specific guidance, uncontrolled asthma, incomplete assessment of exacerbation and asthma control history, and reliance on systemic corticosteroids or short-acting beta2-agonist-only therapy are challenges clinicians face today with asthma care. …”
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Evaluating the efficiency of 16S-ITS-23S operon sequencing for species level resolution in microbial communities by Meghana Srinivas, Calum J. Walsh, Fiona Crispie, Orla O’Sullivan, Paul D. Cotter, Douwe van Sinderen, John G. Kenny

“…RRN sequencing is emerging as a superior method for species resolution, exceeding the capabilities of short-read and full-length 16S rRNA sequencing. However, being in its early stages of development, RRN sequencing has several underexplored or understudied elements, highlighting the need for a critical and thorough examination of its methodologies. …”
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Aaron Temkin BECK: After Cricitical Thinking to A Creative Psychotherapy Theory] by Mehmet DÝNÇ

“…Moreover he not only developed and tested an effective short-term treatment (cognitive therapy) for depression, but he and his former students have successfully adapted cognitive therapy to a wide range of other psychiatric disorders as well. …”
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Water Quality Suitability and Sanitary Inspection of Hand-Dug Wells of Merawi Town, Ethiopia by Selamawit Tadele, Andinet Kebede Tekile

“…To overcome the bacteriological contamination and thus, the outbreak of diseases, short-term intervention, such as ensuring disinfection is compulsory. …”
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Investigation of the structure of CaO-Al2O3-SiO2 melts as a basis for the development of new agglomerated welding fluxes and industrial refractories by Sokol’skii V.E., Pruttskov D.V., Busko V.M., Kazimirov V.P., Roik O.S., Chyrkin A.D., Galinich V.I., Goncharov I.A.

“…The structural parameters of short-range order were calculated using melt structure models obtained by Reverse Monte Carlo method. …”
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Digital markers of asthma exacerbations: a systematic review by Brenda Cokorudy, Jeff Harrison, Amy Hai Yan Chan

“…Medication parameters were measured in over a third of the studies (10 out of 23) with a focus on short-acting β-agonist (SABA) use as a marker of exacerbations. …”
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Public-Private Partnerships in Republic of Korea: Experience and Results by Lee Jae Sung

“…The Republic of Korea came to realize the acute necessity of launching the public-private partnership (PPP) at the turn of the 90s, the country happened to fall short of such infra facilities as roadways, railroads, sea ports and airports and the government found itself unable to fully finance their construction works. …”
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Adjustment Speed of Capital Structure: Effect of Organizational and Performance Characteristics (Comparison between Financial and Non-Financial Sectors) by Saeed Dehghan Khavari, Seyed Hossein Mirjalili, Mohammad Hossein Abdorrahimian, Farida Khosh Sirat

“…If companies adjust their capital structure quickly towards the target leverage, past financing activities and historical market conditions will only have short-term effects on the current capital structure. …”
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Investigating the impact of acceptance and commitment therapy for mental healthcare professionals: the effect on patients´ self-stigmatization, a pilot study by Kim L. Helmus, Kim L. Helmus, Kim L. Helmus, Marilon van Doorn, Marilon van Doorn, Mariken B. de Koning, Mariken B. de Koning, Mariken B. de Koning, Inez Myin-Germeys, Frederike N. Schirmbeck, Frederike N. Schirmbeck, Therese A. M. J. van Amelsvoort, Dorien H. Nieman, Dorien H. Nieman, Monique W. M. Jaspers, Monique W. M. Jaspers, Arne Popma, Arne Popma, Lieuwe de Haan, Lieuwe de Haan

“…As the primary outcome, patients’ awareness, agreement, application and hurt-self, was measured using the Self Stigma of Mental Illness Scale - Short Form (SSMIS-SF), before and after the MHCPs’ ACT-based training.ResultsSignificant group x time interaction effects were found for ‘application’ (internalization of mental illness stereotypes) in patients after the ACT-based training of their MHCP: F (1,39) = 9.33, p < 0.01, ηp2 = .85. …”
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A Structured, Anatomy-Based Chest CT Interpretation Curriculum for Pulmonary Fellows Covering the Main Patterns of Parenchymal Lung Disease by Laura Granados, Julie Takasugi, James Town, Rosemary Adamson

“…We divided the material into five short videos and provided 18 practice cases to be reviewed asynchronously. …”
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Effect of Load Vector Orientation on Uniaxial Compressive Strength of 3D Photoresin by Evgenii Kozhevnikov, Mikhail Turbakov, Evgenii Riabokon, Zakhar Ivanov, Andrei Golosov, Arina Panteleeva, Yan Savitsky

“…It enables the production of individual parts in a short time, independent of supply chains, which is particularly important in remote locations. …”
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Exposure to Lead (Pb) influences the outcomes of male-male competition during precopulatory intrasexual selection by Rosemary Patrick, Kim Colyvas, Andrea S. Griffin, Michael Stat, Wayne A. O’Connor, Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman, Mallavarapu Megharaj, Geoff R. MacFarlane

“…Metals, such as lead (Pb) often occur in urban mangrove forests, where shore crabs reside, and being neurotoxic may cause sub-lethal effects on behaviour. …”
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Knockdown of hexokinase 2 results in a decreased expression level of the glycolytic enzymes PFKP, BPGM, and GPI in RKO cell line by M. S. Fedorova, I. Y. Karpova, A. V. Lipatova, E. A. Pudova, Z. G. Guvatova, D. V. Kochetkov, A. V. Chaika, B. Y. Alekseev, M. V. Kiseleva, A. D. Kaprin, A. V. Kudryavtseva, A. V.  Snezhkina

“…Quantitative expression analysis of 15 genes (GAPDH, ADPGK, ALDOA, ENO3, PFKL, PGK1, PGAM1, PKM2, ENO1, PDK1, PDK3, PFKP, ENO2, GPI, and BPGM), encoding the key glycolysis enzymes, as well as HIF1A gene was carried out in a modified RKO cell line, which constantly expresses the short hairpin RNA (shRNA) for the inhibition of hexokinase 2. …”
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Uterine Rupture in Pregnancy following Two Abdominal Myomectomies and IVF by Marco D’Asta, Ferdinando Antonio Gulino, Carla Ettore, Valentina Dilisi, Elisa Pappalardo, Giuseppe Ettore

“…Risk factors that increase the incidence of a uterine rupture after myomectomy include a short period (i.e., <12 months) between the myomectomy and conception, the opening of the endometrial cavity, and large myomas (with a maximum diameter above 4 cm). …”
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Assessing the authenticity and purity of a commercial Bacillus thuringiensis bioinsecticide through whole genome sequencing and metagenomics approaches by Yari Van Laere, Yari Van Laere, Marie-Alice Fraiture, Andrea Gobbo, Sigrid C. J. De Keersmaecker, Kathleen Marchal, Kathleen Marchal, Nancy H. C. Roosens, Kevin Vanneste

“…Additionally, long- and short-read data were used to assess potential large-scale structural variations. …”
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Effect of bisphosphonate on bone microstructure, mechanical strength in osteoporotic rats by ovariectomy by Yuzhu Wang, Zhanglin Wu, Chun Li, Chenhao Ma, Jingyang Chen, Mincong Wang, Dawei Gao, Yufeng Wu, Haibin Wang

“…In addition, the structural parameters and effective modulus showed a good linear correlation. Conclusion In a short time, the effects of BP intervention and osteoporosis on cortical bone were not obvious. …”
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Long-term ultrasonographic changes of the canine prostate gland after castration by Stefano Spada, Stefano Spada, Daniela De Felice, Sebastian Arlt, Luiz Paulo Nogueira Aires, Gary C. W. England, Marco Russo

“…Prostate perfusion was significantly reduced in all dogs between T0 and T1, with a PPI decrease from 54.9 to 29.6% and an increase in TTP from 26.3 to 47 s.DiscussionThese preliminary data provide baseline information on the B-mode appearance and CEUS measurements of the prostate gland of neutered dogs and suggest that prostatic involution after castration is not a short-term process but continues over several months.…”
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