XRCC1 R194W and R399Q Polymorphisms and Colorectal Cancer Risk in a Northeastern Mexican Population by Juan Pablo Meza-Espinoza, Valeria Peralta-Leal, Jorge Durán-González, Nelly Macías-Gómez, Anabel Bocanegra-Alonso, Evelia Leal-Ugarte

“…An association with CRC was found for the 399A allele (G vs A; OR = 1.48 (1.03–2.13), P=0.034) and for the 399AA genotype in a codominant model (AA vs GG; OR = 3.11 (1.06–9.10), P=0.031). In contrast, there were no significant differences between CRC patients and controls for the C194T polymorphism (C vs T; OR = 0.82 (0.52–1.31), P=0.41). …”
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Experimental investigation of threshold velocities for air-water two-phase flow in a vertical tube and annular channels by Almog Biton, Evgeny Rabinovich, Erez Gilad

“…Findings revealed evident hysteresis between the end flooding and onset deflooding velocities. In contrast, the end deflooding and onset flooding velocities were found to be identical. …”
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Waist Circumference as Measure of Abdominal Fat Compartments by Scott M. Grundy, Ian J. Neeland, Aslan T. Turer, Gloria Lena Vega

“…For all WC categories, higher IPF/ASF ratios were associated with higher triglyceride levels. In contrast, differences in ratios had little or no association with HOMA2-IR. …”
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Experimental Investigation on the Interfacial Debonding between FRP Sheet and Concrete under Medium Strain Rate by Zihua Zhang, Yunyi Xiao, Ping Zhuge, Xiaocun Zhang

“…During the past decades, the interfacial bond behavior between FRP and the concrete substrate under static load has been systematically investigated by experimental and numerical approaches. In contrast, the interfacial bond performance under dynamic loads, e.g., impact and explosive loading, is still far away from well known, especially taking the strain rate effect into account. …”
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“Radix Saniculae”: Phytochemical Characterization and Potential Adulteration of an Austrian Traditional Wound-Healing Agent by Elisabeth Eichenauer, Christina Sykora, Karin Ortmayr, Sabine Glasl

“…Both parts of <i>Sanicula europaea</i> showed similar compositions: hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives and triterpene saponins. In contrast, the underground parts of <i>Cardamine enneaphyllos</i> contain two glucosinolates and their breakdown products. …”
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Core Cross-linked Star Polymers for Temperature/pH Controlled Delivery of 5-Fluorouracil by Elizabeth Sánchez-Bustos, José M. Cornejo-Bravo, Angel Licea-Claverie

“…The drug carriers prepared acted as nanopumps changing the release kinetics of 5-FU when temperatures cycles were applied, in contrast with release rates at a constant temperature. …”
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Associations between Ozone and Emphysema: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Amja Manullang, Yueh-Lun Lee, Vincent Laiman, Jer-Hwa Chang, Hsiao-Chi Chuang

“…We observed that a 1-ppb rise in O3 was associated with a 0.30 increase in the percent emphysema progression (95% CI: 0.02, 0.57, p < 0.05). In contrast, no significant association was found between PM2.5 or NO2 exposure and the percent change in emphysema. …”
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Bibliometrics of NIHR HTA monographs and their related journal articles by Norman Waugh, Pamela Royle

“…When comparing differences in the number of citations between monograph publications with their related journal articles from the same project, we found that monographs received more citations than their journal articles for evidence syntheses and methodology projects; by contrast, journal articles related to primary research monographs were more highly cited than their monograph.Conclusions The numbers of citations to the HTA monographs differed considerably between the databases, but were highly correlated. …”
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Reactions of 1-Alkyl-3-phenylbenzimidazolium Salts with Ag₂O: The Formation of a Ring-Opening Formamide Derivative and a Ag Complex with an <i>N</i>-heterocyclic Carbene... by Satoshi Sakaguchi, Takashi Higashino, Yudai Tasaki, Ryo Ichihara, Tatsuo Yajima

“…For example, treating 1-methyl-3-phenylbenzimidazolium iodide (<b>2</b>) with Ag₂O for 24 h produced the ring-opening formamide derivative <i>N</i>-[2-(phenylamino)phenyl]-<i>N</i>-methylformamide (<b>2b</b>) in an 85% yield. In contrast, the reaction of 1-benzyl-3-phenylbenzimidazolium chloride (<b>3</b>) with Ag₂O under the same conditions yielded the corresponding <i>N</i>-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)–Ag complex (1-benzyl-3-phenylbenzimidazol-2-ylidene) silver(I) chloride (<b>3a</b>) in an 86% yield. …”
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Evaluating the influence of organizational capability on fundraising success in lebanese non-governmental organizations by Nada Jabbour Al Maalouf, Chadia Sawaya, Jean Elia

“…Findings: The findings reveal that competition for funds is a significant determinant of fundraising success, underscoring the intense rivalry among NGOs for limited donor resources. In contrast, financial management practices, organizational capacity, and donor funding conditions exhibit negligible impacts, highlighting a crucial divergence from established literature. …”
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Extensive Sclerosing Mesenteritis of the Rectosigmoid Colon Associated with Erosive Colitis by C. Nobili, L. Degrate, R. Caprotti, C. Franciosi, B. E. Leone, F. Romano, M. Dinelli, Fr. Uggeri

“…We present a case of sclerosing mesenteritis of the rectosigmoid colon as a cause of severe abdominal pain, abdominal obstruction, and ischemic colic mucosal lesions. Contrast enema, colonoscopy, angiography, and CT were the imaging modalities used. …”
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Concurrent Hepatic Artery and Portal Vein Thrombosis after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation with Preserved Allografts by Arshad Khan, P. Park, Jose Oberholzer, Ivo Tzvetanov, Raquel Garcia Roca, Ron C. Gaba, Enrico Benedetti, Hoonbae Jeon

“…In contrast to early HAT, late HAT has an insidious clinical presentation. …”
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Context modulates evidence accumulation in split-second handball penalty decisions by Henrietta Weinberg, Florian Müller, Rouwen Cañal-Bruland

“…Vice versa, incongruent context information resulted in slower evidence accumulation. By contrast, non-decision time was only affected by the mere presence of contextual information (i.e., longer with context information). …”
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Testing the light scalar meson as a non- q q ¯ $$ q\overline{q} $$ state in semileptonic D decays by Yu-Kuo Hsiao, Shu-Qi Yang, Wen-Juan Wei, Bai-Cian Ke

“…Subsequently, we calculate B $$ \mathcal{B} $$ ( D s + $$ {D}_s^{+} $$ → σ 0 e + ν e , σ 0 → π + π − ) = (20.3 ± 1.8 ± 0.5) × 10 −4 in the q q ¯ $$ q\overline{q} $$ structure, showing significant 9σ deviations from the experimental upper limit of 3.3 × 10 −4. In contrast, B $$ \mathcal{B} $$ ( D s + $$ {D}_s^{+} $$ → σ 0 e + ν e , σ 0 → π + π − ) = ( 0.58 − 0.57 + 1.43 $$ {0.58}_{-0.57}^{+1.43} $$ ± 0.01) × 10 −4 in the q 2 q ¯ 2 $$ {q}^2{\overline{q}}^2 $$ structure is within the allowed experimental range. …”
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Does the Silver Nanoparticles Production Route Affect the Proliferation of Antibiotic Resistance in Soil Ecosystem? by Jana Sedlakova-Kadukova, Miroslava Sincak, Veronika Demčakova

“…Notably, resistance to ampicillin was lower by 72% in comparison with a control after 90 days in the presence of biologically produced AgNPs, while resistance to tetracycline and kanamycin dropped to nearly negligible levels. In contrast, chemically synthesized AgNPs and ionic silver substantially increased antibiotic resistance in long-term, particularly to ampicillin and chloramphenicol, where resistance levels were 11 to 13 times higher than the controls, respectively. …”
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Spatial Estimation of Trophic State for Reservoir Using Ground Monitoring and Remote Sensing Data by Thong Nguyen Hoang, Van Tran Thi

“…The results of correlation analysis between ground monitoring values and spectral values from remote sensing algorithms showed that the two parameters, SD and TP, correlated best with the NIR/BLUE algorithm. In contrast, the Chl-a parameter correlated best with the NIR/RED algorithm. …”
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Dendritic Cells from Aged Subjects Display Enhanced Inflammatory Responses to Chlamydophila pneumoniae by Sangeetha Prakash, Sudhanshu Agrawal, Dandan Ma, Sudhir Gupta, Ellena M. Peterson, Anshu Agrawal

“…Though the expression of activation markers was comparable between the two age groups, DCs from aged subjects secreted enhanced levels of proinflammatory mediators such as TNF-α and CXCL-10 in response to CPn. In contrast, the secretion of IL-10 and innate interferons, IFN-α and IFN-λ, was severely impaired in DCs from aged donors. …”
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Motor Imagery Experiences and Use: Asking Patients after Stroke Where, When, What, Why, and How They Use Imagery: A Qualitative Investigation by Corina Schuster, Andrea Glässel, Anne Scheidhauer, Thierry Ettlin, Jenny Butler

“…Patients recommended daily MI training and began to transfer MI to practice movements that were affected by the stroke. In contrast to sports, patients did not talk about how MI was triggered rather than how MI was designed.…”
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Antibacterial Effect of Juglans Regia Bark against Oral Pathologic Bacteria by Faramarz Zakavi, Leila Golpasand Hagh, Arash Daraeighadikolaei, Ahmad Farajzadeh Sheikh, Arsham Daraeighadikolaei, Zahra Leilavi Shooshtari

“…Aqueous extract did not show antibacterial effect on S. mutans, in contrast to ethanolic extract. Aqueous extract had significantly antibacterial effect against Staphylococcus aureus, S. salivarius, and S. sanguis compared to control (P<0.0001), but it did not show effect on S. mutans when compared with Erythromycin. …”
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SvSv-lines is an effective tool for involvement of the valuable genepool of 1 EBN diploid potato species into breeding by A. P. Yermishin, Yu. V. Polyukhovich, E. V. Voronkova, O. N. Gukasyan

“…They had higher ability for tuber formation, and so they were suitable for long term field trials, contrast to hybrids with S. verrucosum. The interspecific hybrids produced were crossed as female parents to S. tuberosum dihaploids.…”
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