Effects of Precipitation on the Air Quality Index, PM2.5 Levels and on the Dry Deposition of PCDD/Fs in the Ambient Air by Ruoxin Wang, Kangping Cui, Hwey-Lin Sheu, Lin-Chi Wang, Xueyan Liu

“…The results of this study provide useful information for both scientific communities and air quality management.…”
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Square-Stepping HIIT Combined With 'Phyllanthus amarus' Supplementation Alleviates Fasting Blood Glucose and Oxidative Stress in Overweight and Obese Individuals by Surachat Buddhisa, Nattaphol Prakobkaew, Piyapong Prasertsri, Sudarat Boonpitak, Puttipong Poncumhak, Orachorn Boonla

“…Results: HIIT+PA has been a significant decrease in fasting blood glucose and oral glucose tolerance test at 120 min compared to baseline (p = 0.01). Both HIIT and HIIT+PA reduced oxidative stress by indicating a decrease in plasma MDA compared to baseline in overweight and obese individuals (p = 0.032 and p = 0.009, respectively); however, there were no significant differences between the four groups. …”
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Transformation and fate of Fe(III) in petroleum-hydrocarbon-contaminated soil and groundwater by Essouassi Elikem, David Bulmer, Kris Bradshaw, Ardalan Hayatifar, Matthew B. J. Lindsay, Steven D. Siciliano, Derek Peak

“…The groundwater colloids (GWCs) contained mostly octahedrally coordinated Fe(III), but the subsoils contained both octahedrally coordinated Fe(III) and Fe(II). …”
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Concurrent Extraction and Analysis of Atmospheric Particulate Matter-bound PBDEs, PAHs, Nitrated PAHs, and OPEs by Hsin-Chieh Kung, Bo-Wun Huang, Chien-Er Huang, Nicholas Kiprotich Cheruiyot, Guo-Ping Chang-Chien

“…These compounds are widely distributed pollutants known to have detrimental effects on both human health and the environment. The concurrent microwave extraction took a total of 40 minutes and utilized n-hexane:acetone:dichloromethane (2:2:1 v/v). …”
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Evidence linking phthalate exposure to alterations of hematologic parameters in Chinese children: A cross-sectional study by Mei-Ting Wei, Ying Wen, Zhu-Xia Zhang, Xiu-Ju Liu, Feng-Xiang Wei, Wei-Qiang Liu, Li Zhou, Ding-Yan Chen, Yao Yao

“…To evaluate the connections between mPAEs and hematologic indices, both individually and in combination, several analytical approaches were used, including the generalized linear model (GLM), the Bayesian kernel machine regression (BKMR) model, and the quantile g-computation (QGC) model. …”
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Efficacy of osmotic laxative polyethylene glycol 4000 in treatment of constipation in pediatrics by S. I. Erdes, B. O. Matsukatova, S. A. Revyakina, Ye. V. Casanave

“…At the same time scores representing electrical activity of the large intestine, remained subnormal both prior and after course of treatment. In no patients drug side effects were not observed.Conclusions. …”
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Molecular characterization of a rare TP63 variant associated with split-hand/split-foot malformation 4 and incomplete penetrance: disruption of the p63-Dlx signaling pathway by Jianlong Zhuang, Yanqing Li, Yu’e Chen, Hegan Zhang, Shufen Liu, Manman Hu, Chunnuan Chen

“…Subsequently, WES identified a rare heterozygous variant of NM_003722.5: c.956G > A (p.Arg319His) in the TP63 gene in the proband, which was inherited from her father who also presented with limb deformities. However, both of the sister and grandfather of the proband had the same variant but exhibited normal limb morphology. …”
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Global Surgeon Opinion on the Impact of Surgical Access When Using Endocutters Across Specialties by Marina Gutierrez, Nadine Jamous, William Petraiuolo, Sanjoy Roy

“…**Discussion:** By understanding user-specific challenges and needs from both specialty- and region-wide perspectives, endoscopic stapling devices can continue to be refined. …”
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Emulsifying Properties of Dietary Fiber from Different Sources by Yao WANG, Xue ZHAO, Hao WU, Xinglian XU

“…The absolute value of Zeta potential and apparent viscosity increased with increasing fiber concentration, and both reached the maximum value in the rice bran dietary fiber emulsion with fiber concentration of 3% (Zeta potential value: −59.45 mV; viscosity: 15.88 mPa·s). …”
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Genome data based deep learning identified new genes predicting pharmacological treatment response of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by Yilu Zhao, Zhao Fu, Eric J. Barnett, Ning Wang, Kangfuxi Zhang, Xuping Gao, Xiangyu Zheng, Junbin Tian, Hui Zhang, XueTong Ding, Shaoxian Li, Shuyu Li, Qingjiu Cao, Suhua Chang, Yufeng Wang, Stephen V. Faraone, Li Yang

“…The current GWAS results identified two significant loci (rs10880574, P = 2.39E-09; rs2000900, P = 3.31E-09) which implicated two genes, TMEM117 and MYO5B, that were primarily associated with both brain- and gut-related disorders. The convolutional neural network (CNN) model, using variants with genome-wide P values less than E-02 (5516 SNPs), demonstrated the best performance with mean squared error (MSE) equals 0.012 (Accuracy = 0.83; Sensitivity = 0.90; Specificity = 0.75) in the validation dataset, 0.081 in an independent test dataset (Acc = 0.61, Sensitivity = 0.81; Specificity = 0.26). …”
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Shramahara Mahakasya, a traditional polyherbal formulation, induces anti-anxiety activity in hippocampal neurons by effectuating SOD2-mediated protection against oxidative stress by Saakshi Saini, Viney Kumar, Swati Haldar, Samrat Chauhan, Pratibha Demiwal, Souvik Ghosh, Sumeet Gupta, Debabrata Sircar, Bidhan Mahajon, Partha Roy

“…Conclusions: This study is a pioneering investigation depicting the antioxidant, neuroprotective, anti-apoptotic, and anxiolytic potential of SM formulation against glutamate/caffeine-induced oxidative stress and anxiety in both in vitro and in vivo situations. Overall, our study suggests that the regular consumption of SM formulation could effectively prevent anxiety symptoms by reducing oxidative stress in neuronal cells.…”
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Determining the optimal degradation rate of biodegradable films in a maize farmland based on the EWM-TOPSIS model by Wangwang Zhang, Weishu Wang, Yuanzheng Zhang, Fangping Wang, Shijun Sun

“…The EWM-TOPSIS model ranked M2 as the optimal treatment for both years, followed by M1 and M3. This study provides valuable reference for determining biodegradable films with suitable degradation rates in the experimental region.…”
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SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION BY INFRARED AND MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPIES OF SOME NEW SnR2 (R = Me, Ph, Bu) RESIDUE CONTAINING ARBOXYALKYLPHOSPHONATE ADDUCTS AND DERIVATIVES by MOUHAMADOU SEMBENE BOYE, MOUHAMADOU BIRAME DIOP, MODOU SARR, AMINATA DIASSE-SARR, LIBASSE DIOP, ALAIN WATTIAUX

“…The neutral or acidic carboxyalkylphosphonate ions exhibit a diversity of coordination behavior towards the Sn atoms: monochelating (carboxylate and phosphonate O-donor), monochelating through the carboxylate and unidentate coordinating O-donor through the phosphonic acid or acidic phosphonate, bichelating with chelations from carboxylate and acidic phosphonate, and unidentate from both the carboxylate and phosphonic acid …”
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Beyond nutritional immunity: immune-stressing challenges basic paradigms of immunometabolism and immunology by Edmund K. LeGrand

“…Universally, proliferation requires both resources and synthesis, which are vulnerable to resource-limiting stress and damaging/noxious stress, respectively. …”
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Use of Sildenafil in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Findings from a U.S. Healthcare Claims Database by Ariel Berger, John Edelsberg, Simon Teal, Marko A. Mychaskiw, Gerry Oster

“…Sildenafil, a phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor, has been indicated to improve exercise capacity in PAH in both the United States and the European Union since 2005; since 2009, it also has been indicated in the United States to delay clinical worsening. …”
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Evaluation of root development of mandibular first molar of children (6-12) years old visiting P.O.P. department College of Dentistry/ Hawler Medical University. by Yara Ismail Ameen, Manal Muhammed Taher, Mahmood Fawzi Abduljabar

“…This research evaluated the crown and root development stages of lower FPMs on both sides, as found by Demirjian et al. (1973). …”
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Feasibility of remote robot empowered teleultrasound scanning for radioactive patients by Ying Liang, Lu Wang, Manuel Escobar Amoresa, Zirui Jiang, Bo Yu, Jiami Li, Man Lu

“…After two scans, patients completed a satisfaction survey, including comfort score, fear score, tension score and pain score. The durations of both scans were recorded, and sonographers wore lead apron to prevent the radiation during the conventional examination. …”
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THE IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON STAPLE CROPS PRODUCTION IN EKPOMA, EDO STATE, NIGERIA by ILENRE ABRAHAM EHIZOJIE

“…To achieve these objectives, the researcher used both primary and secondary research methods to collect the data used for the study. …”
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Relationship Between the Number of Occlusal Supporting and Medical Cost: Analysis Using Large Claims Database from Employee Health Care Insurance in Japan by Tatsunori Murata, Korenori Arai, Kosuke Kashiwagi, Shunsuke Baba

“…A1 for Eichner classification and Area I for Miyachi classification in both endpoints) were 58.2% and 61.1%, and JPY34 597 (US\$314.52 at JPY110/US\$) and JPY43 129 (US\$392.08), respectively. …”
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Optimal distribution modeling and multifractal analysis of wind speed in the complex terrain of Sichuan Province, China by Cun Zhan, Renjuan Wei, Lu Zhao, Shijun Chen, Chunying Shen

“…Long-range correlations were identified as the primarily caused of multifractality, as indicated by narrower multifractal spectrum widths in both shuffled and surrogate series, and stronger narrowness in the shuffled series. …”
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