An overview of potential cardioprotective benefits of xanthophylls in atherosclerosis: an evidence-based review by Yuting Su, Feng Chen, Jiehua Chen, Mingfu Wang

“…Atherosclerosis, as the most prevalent form of cardiovascular disease, is characterized by oxidized lowdensity lipoprotein (ox-LDL) accumulation in the vascular wall, increased inflammation of the large arteries, dysfunction of the endothelial cells (ECs) and vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), which may eventually lead to the formation of plaques. …”
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The Implementation of Contrastive Analysis-Based Arabic Learning by Raswan Raswan

“…The approach used in the learning process can be categorized as a learning difficult foreign language, if it is considered as the perspective in understanding the material. …”
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EXCEPTIONAL AND STRIKING 3D TRACK-DETACHED UNDERTRACK SPECIMENS FROM THE UPPER JURASSIC OF ASTURIAS (N SPAIN) by LAURA PIÑUELA, JOSÉ CARLOS GARCÍA-RAMOS, KAREN MORENO, GIUSEPPE LEONARDI, OSCAR EUGENIO FINSTERBUSCH-LAGOS

“…Penetrative footprints produced in fluvial-dominated deltaic facies from Upper Jurassic Lastres Formation are very frequent in the coastal cliffs of Asturias (N Spain). …”
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Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Triticum aestivum and Its Effect on Peroxide Catalytic Activity and Toxicology by Shobha Waghmode, Pooja Chavan, Vidya Kalyankar, Sharada Dagade

“…UV-visible spectroscopy was used to monitor the formation of silver nanoparticles within 15 minutes. …”
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CCR5-ligand decorated rilpivirine lipid-based nanoparticles for sustained antiretroviral responses by Milankumar Patel, Sudipta Panja, Lubaba A. Zaman, Pravin Yeapuri, Shaurav Bhattarai, Santhi Gorantla, Linda Chang, Alonso Heredia, Piotr Walczak, Brandon Hanson, Samuel M. Cohen, Bhavesh D. Kevadiya, Howard E. Gendelman

“…Here we develop a drug formulation in which a lipid-based nanoparticle (LBNP) carrying rilpivirine (RPV) is decorated with the C-C chemokine receptor type 5 (CCR5) targeting peptide. …”
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INTERNATIONAL ISOTOPES MARKETS by S. Z. Zhiznin, V. M. Timohov

“…The article uses empirical data from a forecast study of the global radiopharmaceuticals market made in 2015 by a research company «Markets and Markets» for the European, North American and global markets. …”
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Effect of High Pressure and Sub-Zero Temperature on Total Antioxidant Capacity and the Content of Vitamin C, Fatty Acids and Secondary Products of Lipid Oxidation in Human Milk by Martysiak-Żurowska Dorota, Puta Małgorzata, Barczak Natalia, Dąbrowska Joanna, Malinowska-Pańczyk Edyta, Kiełbratowska Bogumiła, Kołodziejska Ilona

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ASSESSMENT OF ECONOMIC LEAKAGE IN TOURISM SYSTEM OF THE SUNDARBANS (BANGLADESH) by Kamrul HASSAN, Oaisharia Vocto OISHI, Farzana AFROZ

“…Imported products (e.g. food and beverage, fuel), imported services (e.g. advertising, foreign payments), and other issues (e.g. outside employee salaries, training and seminars, forest fees, government taxes) have been identified as contributing factors to economic leakage. …”
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The Fatty Acid Content, Health Lipid Indices, and Instrumental, Histological, and Sensory Quality of Hare Meat (<i>Lepus europaeus</i> Pallas) by Gabriela Frunză, Marius-Mihai Ciobanu, Otilia Cristina Murariu, Răzvan-Mihail Radu-Rusu, Paul-Corneliu Boișteanu

“…After the sensory analysis, the LD muscles showed higher scores in males for overall appreciation (4.20 vs. 3.95) but higher scores in females for SM muscles (4.14 vs. 4.00). Shear force was influenced by the ratio between muscle and connective tissue, and the proportion of collagen and protein was related to the number of muscle fibers. …”
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Norm Values of Head Circumference in Turkish Children by Haluk Yavuz, M. Akif Bakır, Saime Sündüs Uygun

“…For girls, only the independent variables birth weight and nutrition form are significantly important in explaining the variability of HC at the level of alpha=0.05. …”
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Filtration Performance of Layering Masks and Face Coverings and the Reusability of Cotton Masks after Repeated Washing and Drying by Sumit Sankhyan, Karen N. Heinselman, Peter N. Ciesielski, Teresa Barnes, Michael E. Himmel, Hannah Teed, Sameer Patel, Marina E. Vance

“…Scanning electron microscopy revealed that washing and drying led to the gradual deconstruction of cotton fibers at the scale of several micrometers to hundreds of nanometers in the form of delamination of the fiber wall and fibrillation of the nanofiber constituents. …”
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Estepa y rutas de la seda frente al espejo de la Región Autónoma Uigur de Xinjiang. Fronteras fluidas y construcción de narrativas histórico-identitarias by Chiara Olivieri

“… La propuesta para este capítulo es la de analizar cómo, a partir de las fronteras imperiales establecidas bajo el período de gobierno Qing, las poblaciones “bárbaras”/fronterizas han sido incluidas –más o menos forzosamente–, en una definición  más o menos amplia–, de “China”. …”
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Paleoclimatic Changes and their Influence on Cultural and Historical Processes during the Neolithic – Eneolitic in the Caspian and Lower Volga Regions by Marianna A. Kulkova, Alexander A. Vybornov

“…The formation of the Caspian culture, transitional from Neolithic to Chalcolithic, begins about 5500 cal BC in the Northern Caspian. …”
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k-times attribute-based authentication scheme using direct anonymous attestation by Xin LIU, Qiuliang XU, Bin ZHANG, Bo ZHANG

“…s: At present, the main drawbacks of existing k-times attribute-based authentication (abbreviated to k-TABA) schemes and related attribute-based authentication schemes are that the computation cost of the authentication process depends on the size of the access formula and none of these schemes considers the problems of member revocation and attribute update. …”
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Perioperative hypothermia prevention: development of simple principles and practice recommendations using a multidisciplinary consensus-based approach by Fiona M Wood, Nicholas Ralph, Jed Duff, Judy Munday, David Sturgess, Mary-Anne Ramis

“…Objectives To develop a consensus on evidence-based principles and recommendations for perioperative hypothermia prevention in the Australian context.Design This study was informed by CAN-IMPLEMENT using the ADAPTE process: (1) formation of a multidisciplinary development team; (2) systematic search process identifying existing guidance for perioperative hypothermia prevention; (3) appraisal using the AGREE II Rigor of Development domain; (4) extraction of recommendations from guidelines meeting a quality threshold using the AGREE-REX tool; (5) review of draft principles and recommendations by multidisciplinary clinicians nationally and (6) subsequent round of discussion, drafting, reflection and revision by the original panel member team.Setting Australian perioperative departments.Participants Registered nurses, anaesthetists, surgeons and anaesthetic allied health practitioners.Results A total of 23 papers (12 guidelines, 6 evidence summaries, 3 standards, 1 best practice sheet and 1 evidence-based bundle) formed the evidence base. …”
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Entropy-extreme concept of data gaps filling in a small-sized collection by Viacheslav Kovtun, Krzysztof Grochla, Mohammed Al-Maitah, Saad Aldosary, Oleksii Kozachko

“…In the case of addressing missing values in input data, these are interpreted as results of transforming a sequence of independent stochastic vectors introduced into a model structurally identical to that formalized for filling gaps in output data. Thus, the proposed concept inherits the benefits of both parametric estimation and using a trained model of the target process and non-parametric estimation of undefined characteristics that distort data. …”
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Una mirada internacional de la construcción curricular. Por un currículo vivo, democrático y deliberativo by Hugo Rangel Torrijo

“…El presente texto propone una reflexión de los principios sobresalientes (de carácter teórico y sociopolítico) para formular una propuesta curricular. Señalamos la tensión existente entre las posiciones del currículum formal o establecido frente al oculto o vivido. …”
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Evaluating food contact surface and its influence on restaurant health ratings by Saeid Fallahizadeh, Majid Majlesi, Mohammad Reza Ghalehgolab, Mohammad Hassan Sadeghi, Mohammad Reza Zarei, Alireza R. Raygan Shirazi

“…The surfaces evaluated in this research included workers’ hands, tools and equipment, worktops, chopping boards, meat grinders, spoons and forks, plates, and kebab skewers. Each sample was collected using a swab on a designated 10 cm × 10 cm square area of the surface. …”
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Neural Network Supervision Control Strategy for Inverted Pendulum Tracking Control by Hongliang Gao, Xiaoling Li, Chao Gao, Jie Wu

“…This control strategy adopts the supervision control method of feed-forward and feedback. The response speed of the system is further improved, and the overshoot of the tracking signal is further reduced. …”
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Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Producing Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein by Reiko Yamada, Kyosuke Tanaka, Hiroyuki Inoue, Takashi Sakuno, Tetsuro Harada, Naohiko Yoshizawa, Hiroshi Miura, Toshihumi Takeuchi, Misaki Nakamura, Masaki Katsurahara, Yasuhiko Hamada, Noriyuki Horiki, Yoshiyuki Takei

“…Her serum concentration of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor was highly elevated. Forty-five days after initiating chemotherapy, she was readmitted because of a neuropsychiatric disturbance and hypercalcemia. …”
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