Estimating the Relative Risks of Spatial Clusters Using a Predictor–Corrector Method by Majid Bani-Yaghoub, Kamel Rekab, Julia Pluta, Said Tabharit

Subjects: “…COVID-19…”
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Blood Pressure-Lowering Mechanisms of the DASH Dietary Pattern by Pao-Hwa Lin, Jason D. Allen, Yi-Ju Li, Miao Yu, Lillian F. Lien, Laura P. Svetkey

“…With DASH, but not controls, SBP fell by 10.65±12.89 (𝑃=0.023) and 9.60±11.23 (𝑃=0.039) mmHg and DBP by 5.95±8.01 (𝑃=0.069) and 8.60±9.13 mmHg (𝑃=0.011) at the end of week one and two, respectively. …”
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Involvement of Stat1 in the Phagocytosis of M. avium by Sabrina Dominici, Giuditta Fiorella Schiavano, Mauro Magnani, Costantina Buondelmonte, Angela Gabriela Celeste, Giorgio Brandi

“…These results strongly indicate different mechanisms of p-tyr701Stat1 activation. In particular, here we report findings aiming at explaining the short-time enhancement of p-tyr701Stat1 and shows its predominant relationship with FcγRs engagement during the internalization process. …”
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Multiresidue Method for Quantification of Sulfonamides and Trimethoprim in Tilapia Fillet by Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Using QuEChERS for Sample Preparation by Kátia S. D. Nunes, Márcia R. Assalin, José H. Vallim, Claudio M. Jonsson, Sonia C. N. Queiroz, Felix G. R. Reyes

“…Method validation was performed based on the Commission Decision 2002/657/EC and Brazilian guideline. The validation parameters evaluated were linearity (r ≥ 0.99); limits of detection (LOD) and quantification (LOQ), 1 ng·g−1 and 5 ng·g−1, respectively; intraday and interdays precision (CV lower than 19.4%). …”
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Impact of silver ions and silver nanoparticles on the plant growth and soil microorganisms by D. Tomacheski, M. Pittol, D.N. Simões, V.F. Ribeiro, R.M.C. Santana

“…Plant development and microorganisms’ abundance were evaluated. To some degree, Ag+_bentonite impacted plants development and AgNp_silica causes an adverse effect on microbial abundance. …”
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The Fate of the Tumor in the Hands of Microenvironment: Role of TAMs and mTOR Pathway by Danilo Figueiredo Soave, Marina Pacheco Miguel, Fernanda Dias Tomé, Liliana Borges de Menezes, Patrícia Resende Alo Nagib, Mara Rúbia Nunes Celes

“…We also discuss the recent findings in M1 and M2 polarization as a possible target in the cancer therapy.…”
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Sprouted and Non-Sprouted Chickpea Flours: Effects on Sensory Traits in Pasta and Antioxidant Capacity by Joseph A Bruno, David W Konas, Evan L Matthews, Charles H Feldman, Kate M Pinsley, Adrian L Kerrihard

“…This study evaluated sensory effects of up to 40% substitution of Sprouted Chickpea Flour (SCF) and Non-Sprouted Chickpea Flour (NSCF) in pasta. …”
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Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells Overexpressing Heme Oxygenase-1 Promotes Symptoms Recovery in Cystitis Rats by Alleviating Neuroinflammation by Qiongqiong Gao, Zhentao Gao, Minzhi Su, Yong Huang, Chi Zhang, Cuiping Li, Hailun Zhan, Bolong Liu, Xiangfu Zhou

“…Furthermore, hUMSCs overexpressing HO-1 inhibited the activation of glial and TLR4/p65/NLRP3 pathway, decreased the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the SDH region. …”
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Experimental Investigation of Coal Dust Wettability Based on Surface Contact Angle by Gang Zhou, Han Qiu, Qi Zhang, Mao Xu, Jiayuan Wang, Gang Wang

“…In this paper, the theory of liquid wetting solid was presented firstly; then, taking the gas coal of Xinglongzhuang coal mine in China as an example, by determination of critical surface tension of coal piece, it can be concluded that only when the surface tension of surfactant solution is less than 45 mN/m can the coal sample be fully wetted. Due to the effect of particle dispersity, compared with the contact angle of milled coal particle, not all the contact angles of screened coal powder with different sizes have a tendency to increase. …”
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Characterization of PCL and Chitosan Nanoparticles as Carriers of Enoxaparin and Its Antithrombotic Effect in Animal Models of Venous Thrombosis by Lucas Bessa Prado, Stephany Cares Huber, Aline Barnabé, Fernanda Dutra Santiago Bassora, Devanira Souza Paixão, Nelson Duran, Joyce Maria Annichino-Bizzacchi

“…In conclusion, the double emulsion method w/o/w was efficient for enoxaparin encapsulation, producing spherical nanoparticles with high encapsulation efficiency. …”
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Perspectives from Nurse Managers on Informatics Competencies by Li Yang, Dan Cui, Xuemei Zhu, Qiuli Zhao, Ningning Xiao, Xiaoying Shen

“…Descriptive analysis of the data revealed that informatics competency of these nurse managers was in the moderate range 77.65±8.14. Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that level of education, nursing administration experience, and informatics education/training were significant factors affecting competency levels. …”
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Elevated Circulating IL-1β and TNF-Alpha, and Unaltered IL-6 in First-Trimester Pregnancies Complicated by Threatened Abortion With an Adverse Outcome by Nicolaos Vitoratos, Constantinos Papadias, Emmanuel Economou, Evangelos Makrakis, Constantinos Panoulis, George Creatsas

“…The purpose of the present study was to examine the profile of selected proinflammatory cytokines in maternal serum of first-trimester pregnancies complicated by threatened abortion (TACP) and its relevance to obstetric outcome. Serum levels of Th1-type cytokines interleukin-1β (IL-1β), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), and Th2-type cytokine interleukin 6 (IL-6) were measured, by ELISA, in 22 women with TACP and adverse outcome at admission (group A) and compared with the corresponding levels of 31 gestational age-matched women with TACP and successful outcome at admission (group B1) and discharge (group B2) and 22 gestational age-matched women with first-trimester uncomplicated pregnancy (group C) who served as controls. …”
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Investigation of a transformer-based hybrid artificial neural networks for climate data prediction and analysis by Shangke Liu, Ke Liu, Zheng Wang, Yuanyuan Liu, Bin Bai, Rui Zhao

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A Study of Composite Salt Erosion Resistance of Nano-Modified Cement Mortar in Early Ages by Jia Guo, Tao Zheng, Fei Mou, Yang Qin, Zhi Wang, Shiyi Zhang, Hui Li

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Navigation-assisted Excision of Heterotopic Ossification in Bilateral Hips of a Paraplegic Patient: A Case Report with Technical Note by Mirunaalini Thangavelan, Keerthivasan Panneerselvam, Sathish Venugopal, Aravindan Selvaraj, Mukunth Krishnamoorthy, Vikraman Arunachalam

“…Here, we have discussed a novel technique in the surgical management of HO in a 27-year-old posttraumatic paraplegic patient. …”
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Efficient Generative-Adversarial U-Net for Multi-Organ Medical Image Segmentation by Haoran Wang, Gengshen Wu, Yi Liu

“…For instance, in evaluations on the CHAOS T2SPIR dataset, EGAUNet achieves approximately <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>2</mn><mo>%</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> higher performance on the Jaccard metric, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>%</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> higher on the Dice metric, and nearly <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>3</mn><mo>%</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> higher on the precision metric in comparison to advanced networks such as Swin-Unet and TransUnet.…”
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Negative Affect, Type D Personality, Quality of Life, and Dysfunctional Outcomes of Total Knee Arthroplasty by Matthias Vogel, Christian Riediger, Martin Krippl, Jörg Frommer, Christoph Lohmann, Sebastian Illiger

“…Contrarily, increased expressions of NA/SI at follow-up were predicted by NA (p=0.04) and rumination (p=0.05) at the baseline. …”
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Biosafety characteristics and antibacterial activity of probiotic strains against Streptococcus mutans, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, and Porphyromonas gingivalis by Jeong-Yong Park, Ji Yeon Lee, YongGyeong Kim, Byoung-Kook Kim, Byung Kwon Kim, Soo-Im Choi

Subjects: “…L. reuteri MG4722…”
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Physical, Rheological, And Microsurface Characteristics of High-Viscosity Binder Modified with WMA Agents by Junhui Luo, Yuzhu Yang, Weirong Huang, Cheng Xie, Jiangcai Chen, Haobin Liu, Tianzeng Ren, Xiaofeng Huang

“…In order to investigate the feasibility of warm mix technology in high-viscosity asphalt mixes, in the current experiment, Shell 70 Grade A asphalt (base asphalt) was modified by AR-HVA (a high-viscosity modifier), and the high-viscosity modified asphalt was further incorporated with two surface-active warm mixes (Evotherm M1 and Retherm). …”
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Comparison of Biofilm and Attachment Mechanisms of a Phytopathological and Clinical Isolate of Klebsiella pneumoniae Subsp. pneumoniae by Adriana Marcia Nicolau Korres, Gloria Maria de Farias V. Aquije, David S. Buss, Jose Aires Ventura, Patricia Machado Bueno Fernandes, Antonio Alberto Ribeiro Fernandes

“…Both produced biofilms on glass and polystyrene, more consistently at 40°C than 35°C, confirmed by atomic force and high-vacuum scanning electron microscopy. …”
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