The Effect of Incorporating Fermented Elderberries (<i>Sambucus nigra)</i> into Bread: Quality, Shelf Life, and Biological Enhancement by Natália L. Seixas, Vanessa B. Paula, Teresa Dias, Luís G. Dias, Letícia M. Estevinho

“…The antioxidant capacity, measured using the FRAP method, also showed a significant increase with the addition of the extract (from 9.16 to 26.66 mg Fe (II) E/g of the sample). …”
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Dust distribution characteristics of the breathing zone in the walkway area of fully-mechanized mining face: a case study by Wei Zhang, Qingyi Tu, Sheng Xue, Fei Xing, Xingxing Xu, Zuheng Zhao, Chao Li

“…Abstract To understand the dust distribution characteristics of fully mechanized mining faces, this study utilized the gravimetric method to sample dust in the walkway area during the coal cutting process of the shearer, followed by testing and analysis of the dust samples. …”
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The attitudes of medical students towards rare diseases: A cross-sectional study by Medić Branislava, Divac Nevena, Stopić Bojan, Savić-Vujović Katarina, Glišić Andreja, Cerovac Nataša, Stojanović Radan, Srebro Dragana, Prostran Milica

“…We aimed to assess knowledge and attitudes of the 3rd and 6th year medical students towards the treatment of rare diseases in Serbia. Methods. In this cross-sectional study, two samples of students were questioned for a survey: 350/446 (78.48%) students of the 3rd year, and 242/517 (46.81%) students of the 6th year. …”
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Changes in grocery shopping behaviour among low-income households during the COVID-19 pandemic by Angela CB Trude, Caitlin M Lowery, Gabriela M Vedovato, Shahmir H Ali, Josephine M Dudzik

“…Design: In this mixed-methods study, participants completed a survey on online grocery shopping, and a purposefully sampled subset participated in focus groups or in-depth interviews between November 2020 and March 2021. …”
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Investigating Green Behavior among Selected Athletes of the National Teams of the Islamic Republic of Iran by Zahra Aghaei Dehnavi, Seyyed Nasrollah Sajjadi, Mehrzad Hamidi, Mahdi Ghafouri Yazdi

“…The research method was quantitative. The statistical population consisted of athletes from the national teams of Iran, who participated in national team camps in Tehran between February and June 2024. …”
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On the Feasibility of Using REBOA Technology for the Treatment of Patients with Polytrauma by A. I. Zhukov, N. N. Zadneprovsky, P. A. Ivanov, L. S. Kokov

“…AIM Based on literature data and analysis of our own sample, to justify the need to use REBOA technology for the treatment of victims with polytrauma.Material and methods A retrospective analysis of the medical records of patients with polytrauma admitted to the N.V. …”
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Sputum colour charts to guide antibiotic self-treatment of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the Colour-COPD RCT by Eleni Gkini, Rachel L Adams, Daniella Spittle, Paul Ellis, Katherine Allsopp, Sanya Saleem, Matthew McKenna, Nick le Mesurier, Nicola Gale, Sarah Tearne, Peymane Adab, Rachel E Jordan, Nawar Diar Bakerly, Alice M Turner

“…Sputum was more likely to be purulent in subjects with bronchiectasis, independent of disease state (stable vs. exacerbation) or whether the sample was positive for a potentially pathogenic bacterium, suggesting that colour alone cannot be used to guide antibiotic use. …”
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How Has the Age-Related Process of Overweight or Obesity Development Changed over Time? Co-ordinated Analyses of Individual Participant Data from Five United Kingdom Birth Cohorts. by William Johnson, Leah Li, Diana Kuh, Rebecca Hardy

“…Utilizing longitudinal data in the United Kingdom birth cohort studies, we investigated shifts over the past nearly 70 years in the distribution of body mass index (BMI) and development of overweight or obesity across childhood and adulthood.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>The sample comprised 56,632 participants with 273,843 BMI observations in the 1946 Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD; ages 2-64 years), 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS; 7-50), 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS; 10-42), 1991 Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC; 7-18), or 2001 Millennium Cohort Study (MCS; 3-11). …”
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Lactobacillus acidophilus alleviate Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium-induced murine inflammatory/oxidative responses via the p62-Keap1-Nrf2 signaling pathway and cecal micro... by Haihua Li, Xinyi Ma, Zhiyuan Shang, Xuejiao Liu, Jiayun Qiao

“…Typhimurium) infection can cause inflammation and oxidative stress in the body, leading to gastroenteritis, fever and other diseases in humans and animals. More and more studies have emphasized the broad prospects of probiotics in improving inflammation and oxidative stress, but the ability and mechanism of Lactobacillus acidophilus (LA) to alleviate the inflammatory/oxidative reaction caused by pathogens are still unclear.Methods and resultsIn this study, we treated the mice with LA for 14 days, infected them with S. …”
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Clinical inertia and treatment intensification among patients with type ii diabetes mellitus at Debre Tabor comprehensive specialized hospital, Ethiopia: an institutional-based cro... by Samuel Berihun Dagnew, Samuel Agegnew Wondm, Getachew Yitayew Tarekegn, Abebe Tarekegn Kassaw, Tilaye Arega Moges

“…Age, glycemic control, medication non-adherence, treatment fee, and number of medications were found to be strongly correlated with clinical inertia. More precise knowledge of the clinical inertia and the associated therapies is necessary to tackle this issue more effectively.…”
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Similar biogeographic patterns of abundant and rare bacterial communities are driven by distinct assembly mechanisms in grassland soils by Sihao Zhu, Bai Yue, Kun Liu, Ning Zhao

“…However, how community assembly mechanisms regulate biogeographic patterns in rare and abundant bacterial communities remains unclear. Methods Soil samples of 16 grassland habitats across the Inner Mongolian Plateau and Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau (QTP) transects were collected to investigate the variation of β‐diversity in rare taxa (RT) and abundant taxa (AT). …”
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Clinical and hemodynamic characteristics of patients with intermediate coronary lesions selected for elective percutaneous coronary intervention by M.V. Stan, К.О. Mikhaliev, A.V. Khokhlov, O.J. Zharinov, B.M. Todurov

“…The enrolled sample included 74 (60.2 %) patients with an assessment of ICA-derived fractional flow reserve (FFR). …”
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Comprehensive analysis of a-and b-thalassemia genotypes and hematologic phenotypes by Heng Wang, Hai Huang, Yaping Chen, Xie Dan, Bangquan An, Shengwen Huang

“…However, there are few large-sample studies on the correlation between genotypes and phenotypes in Guizhou Province. …”
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Clinical Profiles and Medication Predictors in Early Childhood Psychiatric Referrals: A 10-Year Retrospective Study by Leyla Bozatlı, Hasan Cem Aykutlu, Cansu Uğurtay Dayan, Tuğçe Ataş, Esra Nisa Arslan, Yeşim Özge Gündüz Gül, Işık Görker

“…These complaints were more prevalent among children who received psychiatric diagnoses. …”
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Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of T2-Weighted Imaging Signal Variations in Prostate MRI Following Different Abstinence Periods: A Study in Young Healthy Men by Ma W, Ren B, Gao Y, Bai W

“…The Wilcoxon rank-sum test and independent samples t-test were employed to compare differences between the two groups.Results: A total of 50 young male patients participated in the study, with 20 patients having an abstinence period of more than 3 days and 30 patients having an abstinence period of 3 days or less. …”
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Abstract 253: Impact of Gender and Marital Status on Door‐To‐Needle and Door‐To‐Puncture time and Acute Stroke Outcome by Nurose Karim, Dmitry Tumin, Sehrish Karim, Shailesh Male

“…Introduction Delays in acute treatment of ischemic stroke have been associated with worse outcomes [1]. Women are more likely to present with atypical stroke symptoms than men, causing delay in pre‐hospital diagnosis and seeking medical attention [2‐3]. …”
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“If I could read your mind…”: parental mentalizing in mothers with borderline personality disorder by Jana Zitzmann, Anna Georg, Charlotte Rosenbach, Babette Renneberg

“…In addition, mothers with BPD used more mental attributes with negative valence when asked to describe their child and the relationship compared to both other groups and more self-related mental attributes compared to healthy mothers. …”
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Physiological Aspects of Lipid Metabolism in the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation (Review) by Veronika A. Solovyova, Ulker G. Guseynova, Nataliya V. Solovieva, Nikolay S. Ishekov, Andrey G. Soloviev, Lyubov I. Gubareva

“…However, in recent decades, low levels of both omega-3 and omega-6 PUFAs have become more common. For early detection of signs of lipid metabolism disorders, we need to study not only the “traditional” parameters, i.e. total cholesterol, TG, LDL and HDL, but also apoA-I and apoB as well as omega-6 and omega-3 PUFAs in order to develop science-based diagnostic methods, differentiated wellness programmes and therapeutic measures.…”
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Evaluation of the corrective effect of therapeutic plasmapheresis on the state of renal function in patients after surgical treatment of localized kidney cancer by S. N. Dimitriadi, N. D. Ushakova, A. V. Velichko, E. M. Frantsiyants

“…The average increase in creatinine in group I was significantly higher: more than 5 times on day 5 and more than 4 times on day 6 and 7 of the study (p&lt;0.05). …”
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Risk of COVID-19-related bullying, harassment and stigma among healthcare workers: an analytical cross-sectional global study by Timothy D Dye, Lisette Alcantara, Shazia Siddiqi, Monica Barbosu, Saloni Sharma, Tiffany Panko, Eva Pressman

“…Thematic qualitative analysis provided insight into lived experience of COVID-19-related bullying.Setting We recruited potential participants in four languages (English, Spanish, French, Italian) through Amazon Mechanical Turk’s online workforce and Facebook.Participants Our sample included 7411 people from 173 countries who were aged 18 years or over.Findings HCW significantly experienced more COVID-19-related bullying after controlling for the confounding effects of job-related, personal, geographic and sociocultural variables (aOR: 1.5; 95% CI 1.2 to 2.0). …”
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