Effects of sacha inchi (Plukenetia volubilis) oil on the fatty acid profile, total polyphenols, antioxidant activity and sensory acceptability of dark chocolate granola bar by Ishak, I., Ping, T.Y., Khaironi, J., Bakar, A.M.A., Ahmad, F., Ghani, M.A.

“…This study also showed that the total polyphenols and antioxidant activity of DCGB enriched with SIO formulations (2.5SIODCGB, 5SIODCGB and 10SIODCGB) were significantly higher (p<0.05) than the 0SIODCGB. Regarding correlation, TPC and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) of the DCGB enriched with SIO were strongly related (r = 0.972). …”
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Treatment of acute sore throat in Malaysia: a consensus of multidisciplinary recommendations using modified Delphi methodology by Abdullah, Baharudin, Koh, Kar Chai, Mohamed, Mohazmi, Tan, Vincent Eng Soon, Mohammad, Nurashikin, Sekawi, Zamberi, Periyasamy, Petrick, Ramadas, Anitha, Duerden, Martin

“…The potential benefits of topical NSAIDs were acknowledged for their milder safety profile than oral formulations. Conclusion: A consensus was achieved on the use of a clinical diagnostic tool, prudent use of antibiotics, and symptomatic therapy in acute sore throat management. …”
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Design, synthesis and activity studies of antifreeze peptide derived from type I shorthorn sculpin by Asmawi, Azren Aida

“…The peptides with more than 90% purity were synthesized using solid phase peptide synthesis with immobilized Fmoc-amino acids on rink amide resins as a starting point. …”
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Purifications and characterizations of cholinesterase from different organs of Lates calcarifer Bloch by Mohd Hayat@Ahmad, Nursabrina

“…Liver ChE hydrolysed butyrylthiocholine iodide (BTC) at a faster rate than other organs, while muscle ChE showed an optimum enzyme activity when propionylthiocholine iodide (PTC) was used as the substrate. …”
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Anti-ageing properties of edible bird's nest ascertained by in vitro and in vivo studies in animal model by Hou, Zhiping

“…First of all, ovariectomized female Sprague - Dawley rats were fed with EBN (6 %, 3 % and 1.5 % in normal pellet) for 12 weeks, then, cognitive function, metabolic indices (serum estrogen, insulin, liver enzyme, kidney function, lipid profile, and antioxidant markers) and hippocampal sirtuin - 1 protein level were in comparison with non - treated ovariectomized rats were observed, and in some instances it showed better results than estrogen therapy. Additionally, EBN produced better transcriptional regulation of hippocampal anti-oxidant genes and an Alzheimer disease isrelated genes, and hepatic insulin signaling genes. …”
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The assessment of interleukin-6, protein induced by vitamin k antagonist ii, and alpha-fetoprotein among hepatocellular carcinoma patients in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia by Wei, Lai Thing

“…This study found that serum IL-6, PIVKA-II and AFP had higher median levels in HCC subjects than healthy subjects (p<0.001). IL-6 was not significantly correlated with radiological response post treatment (p=0.822). …”
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Environmental DNA metabarcoding of freshwater fish in Malaysian tropical rivers using short-read nanopore sequencing as a potential biomonitoring tool by Munian, Kaviarasu, Ramli, Farah Farhana, Othman, Nursyuhada, Mahyudin, Nur Aina Amira, Sariyati, Nur Hartini, Abdullah-Fauzi, Nurfatiha Akmal Fawwazah, Haris, Hidayah, Ilham-Norhakim, Mohd Lokman, Abdul-Latiff, Muhammad Abu Bakar

“…The eDNA metabarcoding approach detected over 13% more freshwater fish species than when the conventional method was used. Notably, the distinction in freshwater fish detection between eDNA primers for 12S rRNA and cytochrome oxidase I was insignificant. …”
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A deterministic mechanism for efficient removal of arsenic and lead from wastewater using rapidly synthesized TiO2-(α-Fe2O3) nanoshells by Alshammari, Teflah K., Ghoshal, Sib Krishna, Bakhtiar, Hazri, Alhajj, Mahmood, Salim, Ali Aqeel, Alias, Siti Salwa

“…Arsenic and lead removal efficiency of TFNSs from wastewater was better (over 99% at pH = 9) than TNPs and FNPs. The removal of arsenic and lead from wastewater by TNPs, FNPs and TFNSs were explained using a possible mechanism. …”

A robust modified notch filter based SOGI-PLL approach to control multilevel inverter under distorted grid by Bansal, Praveen, Dixit, Shishir, Gupta, Saket

“…According to simulation and experimental results, the Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) of the grid current is found to be 1.50% in normal grid and 3.96% in distorted grid which is less than 5%, by IEEE-1547 standards. Moreover, the limitations of the presented multilevel inverter system are highlighted by the disadvantages of traditional 2-level inverters, which include increased harmonics, restricted voltage levels, and poorer power quality.…”
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Effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy and Reiki therapy on adolescents with depressive disorders inTehran, Iran by Charkhandeh, Mansoureh

“…One of the most important findings from the quantitative data of this study is the number of participants who reported feeling relaxes during and after treatment. …”
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Parent-infant affect synchrony during social and solo play by Kidby, Sayaka, Neale, Dave, Wass, Sam, Leong, Victoria

“…While mother-infant affect synchrony has been proposed to facilitate the early development of social understanding, most investigations into affect synchrony have concentrated more on negative than positive affect. We analysed affect sharing during parent-infant object play, comparing positive and negative affect, to examine how it is modulated by shared playful activity. …”
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The biggest challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic on gender-related work from home in biomedical fields—world-wide qualitative survey analysis by Bezak, Eva, Carson-Chahhoud, Kristin V., Marcu, Loredana G., Stoeva, Magdalena, Lhotska, Lenka, Barabino, Gilda A., Ibrahim, Fatimah, Kaldoudi, Eleni, Lim, Sierin, Da Silva, Ana Maria Marques, Tan, Peck Ha, Tsapaki, Virginia, Frize, Monique

“…Females were more affected professionally, socially, and personally than males. Mental stress and the feeling of inadequate work efficiency in women were caused by employers' expectations and lack of flexibility. …”
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Sound event recognition in unstructured environments using spectrogram image processing by Dennis, Jonathan William

“…In addition, the characteristics of acoustic events are less well defined than those of speech, and there is no sub-word dictionary available like the phonemes in speech. …”
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Player acceptance of human computation games by Wang, Xiaohui

“…In terms of practical implications, finding of this research may facilitate the understanding of user requirements and lead to the development of more successful HCGs that are attractive to target audiences.…”
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Design, modeling and performance optimization of active air terminal system by Ke, Ji

“…More importantly, the experimental findings provide a guideline for the operation and optimization of ATB systems. 3. …”
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Preclinical development of antisense conjugates for the treatment of myotonic dystrophy 1 by Stoodley, J

“…Subsequent <em>in vivo</em> testing confirmed these findings, demonstrating enhanced delivery to skeletal muscle, heart and significantly reduced nephrotoxicity, relative to its previous CPP-PMOs. …”

Characterization of liposome-encapsulated tylosin, in vitro Cytotoxicity and its antibacterial activitiy against Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis isolated from goats by Saddiqi, Mohammad Ehsan

“…The release behaviour of tylosin from the conventional liposomes is based on initial fast release followed by sustained and slow-released as compared to free tylosin. Cytotoxicity findings revealed higher cell viability (above 70%) for liposomal tylosin and below 70% for free tylosin at a high concentration of 1024 μg/mL. …”
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The capabilities of Multiclass Support Vector Machine (MSVM) training algorithms in grading agarwood essential oil by Anis Hazirah ‘Izzati H., Al-Hadi, Siti Mariatul Hazwa, Mohd Huzir, Nurlaila, Ismail, Zakiah, Mohd Yusoff, Saiful Nizam, Tajuddin, Mohd Nasir, Taib

“…One versus all strategies have been added to improve the ability of SVM to classify more than four different grades. The holdout was chosen as the partition for the model with 80:20% training and testing data ratio. …”
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Scaffold-mediated sustained, non-viral delivery of miR-219/miR-338 promotes CNS remyelination by Milbreta, Ulla, Lin, Junquan, Pinese, Coline, Ong, William, Chin, Jiah Shin, Shirahama, Hitomi, Mi, Ruifa, Williams, Anna, Bechler, Marie E., Wang, Jun, ffrench-Constant, Charles, Hoke, Ahmet, Chew, Sing Yian

“…Similarly within the scaffolds, miR-219/miR-338 samples contained significantly more myelin basic protein (MBP) signals (p < 0.01) and higher myelination index (p < 0.05) than Neg miR samples. These findings highlight the potential of this platform to promote remyelination within the CNS.…”
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TEOSINTE BRANCHED1/CYCLOIDEA/PROLIFERATING CELL FACTOR4 Interacts with WRINKLED1 to mediate seed oil biosynthesis by Kong, Que, Singh, Sanjay K., Mantyla, Jenny J., Pattanaik, Sitakanta, Guo, Liang, Yuan, Ling, Benning, Christoph, Ma, Wei

“…Collectively, our findings suggest that TCP4 represses fatty acid biosynthetic gene expression through interaction with AtWRI1, leading to a reduction of AtWRI1-mediated seed oil accumulation.…”
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