Comparative effects of xylitol and erythritol on modulating blood glucose; inducing insulin secretion; reducing dyslipidemia and redox imbalance in a type 2 diabetes rat model by Nontokozo Z. Msomi, Ochuko L. Erukainure, Veronica F. Salau, Kolawole A. Olofinsan, Md. Shahidul Islam

“…After 8 weeks intervention period, the body weight, fluid and water intake, blood glucose, serum alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, CK-MB and creatinine were significantly decreased, while the serum insulin level, serum lipids, glucose tolerance ability, pancreatic islet morphology and β-cell function, pancreatic and serum redox imbalance were improved in the most xylitol and erythritol fed groups compared to the DC group, when effects were better for xylitol compared to erythritol. …”
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Combining Passive Infrared and Microwave Satellite Observations to Investigate Cloud Microphysical Properties: A Review by Mariassunta Viggiano, Domenico Cimini, Maria Pia De Natale, Francesco Di Paola, Donatello Gallucci, Salvatore Larosa, Davide Marro, Saverio Teodosio Nilo, Filomena Romano

“…Spaceborne observations are an essential tool to detect clouds, study cloud–radiation interactions, and explore their microphysical properties. …”
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Extraesophageal Reflux: What Is the Best Parameter for pH-Monitoring Data Analysis from the Perspective of Patient Response to Proton Pump Inhibitors? by Karol Zelenik, Petr Matousek, Miroslav Tedla, Jakub Syrovatka, Pavel Kominek

“…Subsequently the response to a 12-week PPI trial was analyzed. Results. A total of 81 patients were analyzed. The percentages of patients with substantial EER based on NOR, AET, and RAI were 36%, 28% and 26%, respectively. …”
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Les trois conceptions du développement durable by Fabrice Flipo

“…Having reminded the most striking elements of the history of sustainable development we show that this concept, as stake, comes today under three modalities or three « conceptions » very contrasted between them, at the French scale as well as at the global scale. …”
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Thermal characteristics of hybrid Nanofluid (Cu-Al2O3) flow through Darcy porous medium with chemical effects via numerical successive over relaxation technique by Assmaa Abd-Elmonem, Qammar Rubbab, Hakim AL. Garalleh, Fazeelat Rehman, Muhammad Amjad, Fayza Abdel Aziz ElSeabee, Nesreen Sirelkhtam Elmki Abdalla, Wasim Jamshed, Syed M. Hussain, Hijaz Ahmad

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标准化束柱住宅钢结构体系研究 by 杨晓杰, 毛磊, 陆烨, 李国强, 孙建运, 金晓飞

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Designing a prototype trauma registry framework for a tertiary health institution in a low- and middle-income country: A qualitative study by Helen Adesoba, Adesola Olumide, Kehinde Oluwadiya, Ajibola Oladiran, Kehinde Ojifinni, Oluwafemi Popoola, Carl Bonander

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Radicalization and extremism of youth: Comparative case study of Palestine and Israel by Dobrucka Weronika

“…Particularly susceptible to this negative impact are young people, who, in response to various factors, develop a system of reactions, including a turn toward extremist views and radicalization. This increases mutual resentment, hostility and acts of violence, disrupting already poorly functioning social relations. …”
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Improving Predictions of Multiple Binary Models in ILP by Tarek Abudawood

“…When evaluating the learned theories of multiple class problems in one-versus-rest paradigm particularly, there is a bias caused by the default rule toward the negative classes leading to an unrealistic high performance beside the lack of prediction integrity between the theories. …”
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TRANSICIÓN DE LOS PAISAJES DE LA NACIONALIDAD BLANCA A LA SOCIEDAD INTERCULTURAL: UN ANÁLISIS DE LOS MONUMENTOS DERRIBADOS DE ALGUNOS CONQUISTADORES POR PARTE DE MOVIMIENTOS SOCIAL... by Wilhelm Londoño Díaz

“…En específico, se discute un marco para comprender las recientes iniciativas de comunidades étnicas de Colombia que exhortan a la anulación de los referentes materiales, como estatuas de los conquistadores tomados como fundadores de la cultura del Estado nación colombiano. …”
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Development of a framework to structure decision-making in environmental and occupational health: A systematic review and Delphi study by Emily Senerth, Paul Whaley, Elie Akl, Brandy Beverly, Pablo Alonso-Coello, Ezza Jalil, Jayati Khattar, Nicole R. Palmer, Andrew Rooney, Holger J. Schünemann, Kristina A. Thayer, Katya Tsaioun, Rebecca L. Morgan

“…In round 1 of the Delphi study, 50 decision considerations were aggregated or removed, and 9 were aggregated or removed after round 2, for a final total of 47. No new decision considerations were added in either round. …”
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Developing a Content Model of a Mobile-Based Application to Manage Patients with Low-Back and Neck Pain by Yasaman Farjami Rad, Leila Shahmoradi, Noureddin Nakhostin Ansari, Scott Hasson, Maryam Ebrahimi, Meysam Rahmani Katigari

“…Introduction. As a complementary tool in health, the design of mobile applications to influence care and increase awareness of patients has grown a lot. …”
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Trends and transitions: mapping a decade of conservation research in Brazil’s federal protected areas by Ana Carolina da Silva, Franklin Galvão, Nelson Cosmo

“…The COVID-19 pandemic impacted research, together with the dismantling of scientific institutions by the Brazilian government compromised scientific progress, reflected in a decline of 54% in publications. …”
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Comparison of radical scavenging properties of gosypol and its derivatives in the reaction with DPPH by Oleksii Dykun, Viktor Anishchenko, Andrii Redko, Volodymyr Rybachenko

“…Radical scavenging activity of 7,7'-ditosyloxygossypol in reaction with 2,2'-diphenyl-1-piсrylhydrazyl (DPPH) in ethanol was evaluated by total stoichiometries and EC50 values. The stoichiometric coefficient of the reaction of DPPH with 7,7'-ditosyloxygossypol is close to two. …”
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Malaria Parasitemia and Anaemia among Pregnant Women in Umuahia Metropolis by ANC Amadi, PC Nwankwo

“…Data were collected and analyzed statistically using chisquare test. A total of 270 (54.0%) pregnant women out of 500 examined were positive for malaria parasites, while 254 (94.1%) were aneamic. …”
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Ciclo de protestos de 2013: construção midiática das performances de contestação by Camila Farias da Silva, Eduardo Georjão Fernandes

“…For that, the object of the study were the public contentious performances classified as violent and carried out in the demonstrations that took place in Porto Alegre on the demand of public transport from 1970 to 2013. …”
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Network Coded Wireless Cooperative Multicast with Minimum Transmission Cost by Xiumin Wang, Jin Wang, Shukui Zhang

“…However, when shall we stop the transmission from the source node? If the source stops too early, the destination nodes locally cannot reconstruct all the original packets, while if the source stops too late, the benefit of cooperative data exchange cannot be fully exploited. …”
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Screening of Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Fermented Cowpea and Optimization of Biomass Production Conditions by Hong Xu, Danyang Li, Xue Jiang, Qi Pei, Zhengqin Li, Philippe Madjirebaye, Mingyong Xie, Tao Xiong, Zhanggen Liu

“…Considering the four characteristics of strains, including acid production, acid tolerance, salt tolerance, and nitrite degradation rate, <i>Pediococcus pentosaceus</i> NCU006063 was selected as the fermentation agent, and the medium composition of <i>Pediococcus pentosaceus</i> NCU006063 was optimized using Plackett–Burman and central composite rotational design. …”
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Urbanization enhances consumer protist-driven ARGs dissemination in riverine ecosystems by Bob Adyari, Lanping Zhang, Ana Maravić, Jiaxin Chen, Laiyi Li, Mahmoud Gad, Chang-Ping Yu, Anyi Hu

“…Metagenomic results showed that ARG-MGE-carrying contigs (mobile ARGs), rather than ARG-carrying contigs (non-mobile ARGs), exhibited more pronounced discrepancies between tributaries. A higher total abundance of ARGs and a greater number of co-shared ARGs between pathogen and non-pathogen bacteria were observed in the more urbanized western tributary. …”
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Classification of Different Blueberry Cultivars by Analysis of Physical Factors, Chemical and Nutritional Ingredients, and Antioxidant Capacities by Juan Song, Qiong Shi, Si-Min Yan, Hai-Yan Fu, Si-Zhan Wu, Lu Xu

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