Development and Characterization of High-Fiber, Gluten-Free Pasta for Celiac Disease Patients by Sofyan Maghaydah, Mahmoud Abu-Ghoush, Waed Hayajneh, Sehar Iqbal

“…The color measurement evaluation found a significant difference in the lightness (L*), redness (a*), and yellowness (b*) values between the control and all gluten-free pasta treatments. The sensory evaluation of the finished gluten-free pasta treatments and control sample indicated that the quality score for overall acceptability varied widely for different treatments due to individual preferences. …”
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Diversity and Content of Carotenoids and Other Pigments in the Transition from the Green to the Red Stage of <i>Haematococcus pluvialis</i> Microalgae Identified by HPLC-DAD and LC... by Veno Jaša Grujić, Biljana Todorović, Roman Kranvogl, Terezija Ciringer, Jana Ambrožič-Dolinšek

“…They represented 82% of all pigments, and their content was about 5 times higher than both, diesters (5.91 mg g⁻¹ DW or 12% of all) and free carotenoids (2.4 mg g⁻¹ DW or 6% of all). …”
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Strategies for Nitrite Replacement in Fermented Sausages and Effect of High Pressure Processing against <i>Salmonella</i> spp. and <i>Listeria innocua</i> by Constanza Maria Lopez, Giuliano Dallolio, Paolo Bonilauri, Annalisa Rebecchi

“…For this purpose, microbiological analysis, pH, water activity (a_w), and a sensory study were performed. All nitrite-free sausages (cold or traditional ripened) showed quality and safety traits similar to low-nitrite traditionally ripened ones used as control. …”
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In Vitro Bioactivities of Alcohol-Free Benzydamine Oromucosal Solutions by Suwipa Ungphaiboon, Sutasinee Ardhanwanich, Sonsawan Kongpuckdee, Duangkhae Maneenuan, Teerapol Srichana

“…Material and Methods: The effects of three alcohol-free benzydamine HCl oromucosal formulations; containing: 1) 0.5% w/v chitosan, 2) 15% w/v poloxamer 407, and 3) a combination of 0.5% w/v chitosan and 15% w/v poloxamer 407, on in vitro cytotoxicity and biological activities were evaluated and compared to a commercial benzydamine HCl mouth spray, containing alcohol and 0.12% chlorhexidine solution. Results: All alcohol-free benzydamine HCl formulations and their vehicles were less cytotoxic to the macrophage RAW 264.7 cell line than the commercial spray and to the human gingival fibroblast cell line than chlorhexidine, respectively. …”
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Population-based cohort across stroke life course in India-The NIMHANS-NH-SKAN stroke project: A study protocol. by Pradeep S Banandur, Gautham Melur Sukumar, Banavaram Anniappan Arvind, Srijithesh P R, Binu V S, Santosh Loganathan, Nandakumar Dalavaikodihalli Nanjaiah, Thimappa Hegde, Komal Prasad, Lavanya Garady, Akashanand Akashanand, Palak Poddar, Meenakshi Jayabalan, Isha Madan, Upashana Medhi, Arpitha Arun

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This retrospective-prospective cohort will be conducted in one taluka of Kolara district and two urban wards of Bengaluru with a total population of ~400,000. All stroke-free individuals above 30 years of age ~200,000 individuals in the selected sites will be participants of stroke-free period and all first ever stroke patients in the community will be part of stroke and post-stroke period respectively. …”
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Comparing human coding to two natural language processing algorithms in aspirations of people affected by Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy by Carolyn Emily Schwartz

“…Unsupervised NLP was implemented using Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA), which extracts latent topics across all the free-text entries. Supervised NLP was done using a Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT) model, which requires training the algorithm to recognize relevant human-coded themes across free-text entries. …”
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Systemic immune reaction in axillary lymph nodes adds to tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in triple-negative breast cancer prognostication by Fangfang Liu, Thomas Hardiman, Kailiang Wu, Jelmar Quist, Patrycja Gazinska, Tony Ng, Arnie Purushotham, Roberto Salgado, Xiaojing Guo, Sarah E. Pinder, Anita Grigoriadis

“…Our data demonstrate that the number of germinal center formations across all cancer-free LNs, similar to high levels of TILs, is associated with a good prognosis in low TILs TNBC. …”
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Drying Kinetics and Stabilisation of Sludge in Sludge Lagoon by Ong, Bee Yen

“…Decanting supernatant can remove most of the free water, whereas draining or filtration mechanism can remove all the free water and part of the interstitial (capillary) water. …”
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Outcome of shock wave lithotripsy as monotherapy for large solitary renal stones (>2 cm in size) without stenting by Shanmugasundaram Rajaian, Santosh Kumar, Ganesh Gopalakrishnan, Ninan K Chacko, Antony Devasia, Nitin S Kekre

“…The mean follow-up was 18 months (range 3-22 months). Over all, stone-free status was achieved in 50% and success in 81% at 3 months. …”
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Access to sterile syringes among young drug injectors in Madrid and Barcelona and its association with risk behaviour Acceso a jeringas estériles entre los jóvenes de Madrid y Barc... by María J. Bravo, Luis Royuela, Gregorio Barrio, Mª Teresa Brugal, Antònia Domingo, Luis de la Fuente

“…The acquisition of all syringes free of charge should be facilitated, especially among frequent injectors.…”
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Analysis of recurring patchiness in satellite-derived chlorophyll a to aid the selection of representative sites for lake water quality monitoring by Moritz K Lehmann, Eike M Schütt, Martin Hieronymi, James Dare, Hajo Krasemann

“…The new relationship was applied to all cloud-free images for thirteen regional lakes for further spatial analysis. …”
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Usefulness of thyroid function assessment in infants born to mothers with thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy by Zohar Steinberg Ben-Zeev, Marina Peniakov, Clari Felszer, Scott A Weiner, Avishay Lahad, Shlomo Almashanu, Yardena Tenenbaum Rakover

“…Thyroid-stimulating hormone was >10 mIU/L in 14.6% and >20 mUI/L in 2.2%; all had free thyroxine within normal range. Serum thyroid function test identified four infants with thyroid disease; two had congenital hypothyroidism not related to maternal thyroid disease, one had transient familial congenital hypothyroidism and one had neonatal Graves’ disease. …”
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Clinical observation of menopause hormone therapy in postmenopausal women with euthyroid and mild subclinical hypothyroidism by Wenxian Xu, Yizhou Huang, Linjuan Ma, Peiqiong Chen, Saisai Li, Ketan Chu, Yibing Lan, Chunming Li, Yang Song, Qian Ying, Jianhong Zhou

“…After treatment, all serum free tri-iodothyronine and free thyroxine levels were within the normal range. …”
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The impact of horse purslane (Trianthema portulacastrum L.) infestation on soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] productivity in northern irrigated plains of Pakistan. by Khuram Mubeen, Muhammad Shehzad, Naeem Sarwar, Haseeb Ur Rehman, Tauqeer Ahmad Yasir, Allah Wasaya, Matlob Ahmad, Mubshar Hussain, Muhammad Bilal Abbas, Muhammad Waqas Yonas, Shahid Farooq, Tahani Awad Alahmadi

“…Ten treatments, i.e., weed-free throughout the growing season, horse purslane-free till 20, 40 and 60 days after emergence (DAE), all weeds-free till 20, 40 and 60 DAE, weedy-check (excluding horse purslane), weedy-check (horse purslane alone) and weedy-check (all weeds) were included in the study. …”
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Numerical Analysis of the Impact of Thermal Spray Insulation Solutions on Floor Loading by Anna Szymczak-Graczyk

“…The paper includes calculations for a floor slab characterized by a static diagram, with all edges free (unfixed), loaded in strips circumferentially. …”
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Identification of candidate genes associated with bacterial and viral infections in wild boars hunted in Tuscany (Italy) by M. C. Fabbri, A. Crovetti, L. Tinacci, F. Bertelloni, A. Armani, M. Mazzei, F. Fratini, R. Bozzi, F. Cecchi

“…Wild boars are potential hosts for different etiological agents, such as Brucella spp., Leptospira spp. and Pseudorabies virus and they can contribute to maintain and/or to disseminate some bacterial or viral pathogens to humans and domestic animals, above all-in free-range farms. In order to identify hypothetical genomic regions associated with these infection diseases, 96 samples of wild boars hunted in Tuscany during the 2018–2019 and 2019–2020 hunting seasons were considered. …”
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Identification of plicamycin, TG02, panobinostat, lestaurtinib, and GDC-0084 as promising compounds for the treatment of central nervous system infections caused by the free-living... by Monica M. Kangussu-Marcolino, Gretchen M. Ehrenkaufer, Emily Chen, Anjan Debnath, Upinder Singh

“…The top five compounds are (i) plicamycin, active against all three free-living amebae and previously U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved, (ii) TG02, active against all three amebae, (iii and iv) FDA-approved panobinostat and FDA orphan drug lestaurtinib, both highly potent against Naegleria, and (v) GDC-0084, a CNS penetrant mTOR inhibitor, active against at least two of the three amebae. …”
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[18F]Fludeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography Evidence for Cerebral Hypermetabolism in the Awake State in Narcolepsy and Idiopathic Hypersomnia by Yves Dauvilliers, Yves Dauvilliers, Elisa Evangelista, Elisa Evangelista, Delphine de Verbizier, Lucie Barateau, Lucie Barateau, Philippe Peigneux

“…We compared relative changes in regional brain metabolism in two central hypersomnia conditions with different clinical features, namely narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) and IH, and in healthy controls.MethodsSixteen patients [12 males, median age 30 years (17–78)] with NT1, nine patients [2 males, median age 27 years (20–60)] with IH and 19 healthy controls [16 males, median age 36 years (17–78)] were included. 18F-fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET) was performed in all drug-free subjects under similar conditions and instructions to stay in a wake resting state.ResultsWe found increased metabolism in the anterior and middle cingulate and the insula in the two pathological conditions as compared to healthy controls. …”
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Evaluating the performance of Cs2PtI6−xBrx for photovoltaic and photocatalytic applications using first-principles study and SCAPS-1D simulation by Hadeer H. AbdElAziz, Mohamed Taha, Waleed M.A. El Rouby, M.H. Khedr, Laila Saad

“…All inorganic free-lead halide double perovskites are attractive materials in solar energy harvesting applications. …”
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Efficacy of the Arteriovenous Loop for Free Flap Reconstruction in Patients with Complex Limb Trauma: Case Series and Literature Review by Andrea Marchesini, Letizia Senesi, Francesco De Francesco, Pier Paolo Pangrazi, Andrea Campodonico, Rocco Politano, Michele Riccio

“…The mean length of the pedicle was 25 cm for the upper limb and 33.7 cm for the lower limb. All the free flaps successfully take root. In one case, a surgical revision was required the second day post-operatory due to venous congestion. …”
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