Influence of Dentin Priming with Tannin-Rich Plant Extracts on the Longevity of Bonded Composite Restorations by Mackeler Ramos Polassi, Thales de Sá Oliveira, Ana Calheiros de Carvalho, Lívia Soman de Medeiros Medeiros, Thiago André Moura Veiga, Carlos Frederico de Oliveira Graeff, Alejandra Hortencia Miranda González, Maria Cristina Marcucci, Simone dos Santos Grecco, Paulo Henrique Perlatti D’Alpino

“…Although some of the extracts changed the contact angle, which seems to improve the adhesive monomer permeation, the tannin-rich plant extract application prior to adhesive application was proven to be clinically unfeasible due to dentin staining.…”
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Preparation, Purification, Identification and Anti-lipid Oxidation of Kidney Bean Skin Polyphenols by Lilan SUN, Kun WANG, Youliang ZHANG, Ruokun WANG, Feng ZUO

“…Kidney bean skins contained 19 types of monomer phenols, with the highest catechin content at 425.952±7.652 µg/g. …”
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Inhibition of triple-negative breast cancer growth via delphinidin-mediated suppression of the JAK2/STAT3/PD-L1 pathway by Xiaoping Yu, Xiaolong Song, Jiali Yan, Ziting Xiong, Lujie Zheng, Yan Luo, Fengcheng Deng, Yanfeng Zhu

“…Delphinidin (Dp), an anthocyanin monomer, has shown promising health benefits. Objective: This study investigates the effects of Dp on TNBC and aims to elucidate its specific mechanisms of action. …”
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"Preparation and curing kinetics of “bottlebrush-like structure” green bio-based ultra-low-temperature polyfarnesene nanocomposites" by WU Ming-li, LI Yong-xu, CAO Lan?鄢

“…To solve this problem, the bio-based acyclic sesquiterpene compound, trans-β-farnesene was autonomously synthesized by bio-fermentation in our laboratory. As a versatile monomer, trans-β-farnesene had a special structure of long side chain monosubstitution, which could be genetically edited from the source to form a “bottlebrush-like” polymer with a regular structure. 　…”
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Translation and assessment of encultured meaning of the Multi-Dimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support in Diné bizaad (Navajo) using community-based participatory actio... by Tapati Dutta, Jon Agley, Camille Keith, Gregory Zimet

“…Since the discussion and recording were bilingual, a written English and Diné transcription was produced and anonymized, then reviewed by researchers. It was then backward-forward translated to English, then checked with discussion participants to validate accuracy. …”
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Experiences of Oral Corticosteroid Use and Adverse Effects: A National Cross-Sectional Survey of People with Asthma by Jones AW, McDonald VM, McLoughlin RF, Vella TM, Flynn AW, Blakey JD, Wolfenden L, Hew M, Upham JW, Thomas D, Bardin P, Holland AE

“…Our aim was to survey people with asthma on their experiences of, and attitudes towards, using OCS.Patients and Methods: This study was a national descriptive cross-sectional survey of people with asthma in Australia. An anonymous survey was hosted online with invitations to participate distributed by national consumer peak bodies. …”
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Determinants of Parental Attitudes towards Children’s Vaccination in Lithuania: An Online Survey by Kamilė Čeponytė, Eglė Narkevičiūtė, Aušra Beržanskytė, Sigita Burokienė

“…Therefore, the aim of our study was to determine the impact of parental attitudes on children’s vaccination.Materials and Methods: A web-based cross-sectional study was made in Lithuania from October 20th to November 3rd, 2020, using Google Forms. An anonymous questionnaire included both quantitative and qualitative questions. …”
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Pornography-Watching Disorder and Its Risk Factors Among Young Adults: Cross-Sectional Survey by Csaba Erdős, Oguz Kelemen, Dávid Pócs, Edit Paulik, András Papp, Edina Horváth, Arbel Golan, Krisztián Széll

“…Protective factors included adequate sexual education (OR 0.67, 95% CI 0.53-0.87, P=.02) and residing in the capital (OR 0.52, 95% CI 0.30-0.91, P=.02). The use of an anonymous web-based questionnaire likely reduced the influence of stigma, resulting in more accurate self-reporting of sensitive behaviors. …”
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Sentiments of Individuals with Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome Toward Pentosan Polysulfate Sodium: Infodemiology Study by Yulin Hswen, Qiuyuan Qin, Pressley Smith, Alison Swierczynski, Stuart Bauer, Erika Ladson, Amanda Leigh Garrett, Catherine A Brownstein

“…MethodsData were collected from Inspire—an anonymous web-based health community where individuals gather by condition to find support and information. …”
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Human GM-CSF/IL-3 enhance tumor immune infiltration in humanized HCC patient-derived xenografts by Kelley Weinfurtner, David Tischfield, George McClung, Jennifer Crainic, John Gordan, Jing Jiao, Emma E. Furth, Wuyan Li, Erena Tuzneen Supan, Gregory J. Nadolski, Stephen J. Hunt, David E. Kaplan, Terence P.F. Gade

“…Results: Humanized NOG-EXL mice demonstrated earlier and higher levels of human chimerism compared to humanized NOG mice (82.1% vs. 43.8%, p <0.0001) with a greater proportion of human monocytes (3.2% vs. 1.1%, p = 0.001) and neutrophils (0.8% vs. 0.3%, p = 0.02) in circulation. …”
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Tetrazenyl-, Imido-, and Azidoaluminate Derivatives of a Sterically Demanding Bis-Silazide Ligand by Han-Ying Liu, Ryan J. Schwamm, Jakub Kenar, Mary F. Mahon, Michael S. Hill

“…In contrast, each Al(I) centre of [{SiN^Dipp}AlK]₂ only reacts with a single equivalent of 2,4,6-Me₃C₆H₂N₃ to provide the imidoaluminate [{SiN^Dipp}AlN(2,4,6-Me₃C₆H₂)(K∙C₆H₆)], which crystallises as a monomer and displays a short Al-N distance of 1.7040(13) Å. …”
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MT1G promotes iron autophagy and inhibits the function of gastric cancer cell lines by intervening in GPX4/SQSTM1 by Kaiqiang Meng, Jian Song, Fan Qi, Jiamin Li, Zhichao Fang, Liang Song

“…Overexpression of MT1G inhibits the proliferation, migration, and invasion functions of GC cells, reduces SOD and GSH content, increases MDA content, cause the mitochondrial membrane potential to weaken and promote the transformation of JC-1 aggregates to JC-1 monomer, increases Fe2+, affects ROS, and reduces GPX4 and SLC7A11 protein expression, promoting ferroptosis. …”
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Toxicity assessment of DMSO extracts of environmental aged beached plastics using human cell lines by Florane Le Bihanic, Bettie Cormier, Emilie Dassié, Sophie Lecomte, Justine Receveur, Stéphane Le Floch, Jérôme Cachot, Bénédicte Morin

“…Besides the intentional chemical additives, other compounds including residual monomers and non-intentionnaly added substances (NIAS) as well as sorbed pollutants are usually also present in aged plastic. …”
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Mechanism of sodium nitroprusside regulating ginseng quality by Wei Zhang, Pengcheng Yu, Wenfei Liu, Liyang Wang, Xiaowen Song, Yao Yao, Xiubo Liu, Xiangcai Meng

“…The main root treated by 0.5 mmol/L SNP for three days was the best, with the activities of the key enzymes of the ginsenoside synthesis pathway, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMGCR), farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase (FPS), squalene synthase (SS), squalene epoxidase (SE), and dammarane diol-II synthase (DS) activities increased markedly; the ginsenosides Rg1 + Re, Rb1, Rf, Rc, Rg2 + Rh1 and the total ginsenoside contents increased by 51.0%, 77.7%, 44.6%, 26.8%, 63.2% and 48.2%, respectively, but only a trace amount of the ginsenoside monomer Rb2 decreased 23.4%. The fibrous roots treated by 0.1 mmol/L SNP for four days showed the best effect, HMGCR, FPS, SS, SE, and DS also increased significantly; ginsenosides Rg1 + Re, Rb1, Ro, Rc, Rf, Rb3, Rb2, and total saponin contents increased 37.6%, 47.8%, 34.2%, 75.1%, 51.0%, 49.4%, 28.3%, and 20.4%, respectively. …”
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Structure and identification of the native PLP synthase complex from Methanosarcina acetivorans lysate by Angela Agnew, Ethan Humm, Kang Zhou, Robert P. Gunsalus, Z. Hong Zhou

“…Our structure shows that the native PdxS monomer fashions a single 8α/8β TIM-barrel domain, surrounded by seven additional helices to mediate solvent and interface contacts. …”
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Pharmacogenomic profiling of variants affecting efficacy and toxicity of anti-infective medicines in a south Asian population from Sri Lanka by Priyanga Ranasinghe, Hajanthy Jeyapragasam, Nirmala Sirisena, D. P. Bhagya Hendalage, Vajira H. W. Dissanayake

“…Sri Lankan genetic data were sourced from an anonymized database of 670 Sri Lankans maintained by the Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo. …”
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Investigation on nursing needs of patients in the Traditional Chinese Medicine Famous-Doctor clinic and countermeasures (中医名医堂门诊患者护理需求调查及对策分析)... by MI Wei (米薇), SHU Baozhen (舒宝珍), TANG Ling (唐玲), WANG Huaxin (王华新), ZHANG Yongli (张永丽)

“…The respondents filled it in by anonymous. The reasons why the patients chose the TCM Famous Doctor clinic were analyzed from seven aspects to investigate and analyze the satisfaction of nursing services currently provided, such as treatment environment, diagnosis process, accurate triage, enthusiastic service, initiative service, communication ability professional knowledge. …”
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Home Sweet Home: A Program Report on Promoting the Uptake of Home Dialysis by Lucas James Churchill, Frances Reintjes, Robert Pauly, Nikhil Shah, Stephanie Thompson

“…Sources of information: We collected feedback from attendees following each HSH event with anonymized surveys. We obtained clinical and demographic data and modality at follow-up from 2 linked databases, the Canadian Organ Replacement Register (CORR) and a regional clinical database, the Nephrology Information System (NIS). …”
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Assessment of Bowel Preparation Using Low-Volume Sulphate-Based Preparations in Comparison with Macrogols: A Multicenter, Randomized, Comparative Clinical Study of the 3rd Phase by Evgeny D. Fedorov, Viktor V. Veselov, Sergey V. Kashin, Ekaterina V. Tikhomirova, Alexey V. Veselov, Dmitry V. Zavyalov, Anne Kornowski, Tatyana Gorskaya, Magali Volteau, Thierry Ponchon

“…The colonoscopy researchers were not aware of which preparation had been taken by the patients. Anonymized video records were centrally analysed by three experts. …”
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Evaluation of Ecological Resilience of Agricultural Ecosystems in Razavi Khorasan Province: Comparison of Integrated and Non-Integrated Ecosystems by Pegah Naghipour, Alireza Koocheki, Mahdi Nasiri mahalati, Soroor Khorramdel

“…The main findings indicated that the integrated farmlands with other activities particularly with animal husbandry is much more resilient than pure and monotype farm production systems.AcknowledgementsWe are grateful to the Honorable Vice Chancellor of Research and Technology of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad for providing the costs of this research.…”
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