PEEP application during mechanical ventilation contributes to fibrosis in the diaphragm by Xiaoli Qian, Ye Jiang, Jianwei Jia, Weimin Shen, Yuejia Ding, Yuhan He, Peifeng Xu, Qing Pan, Ying Xu, Huiqing Ge

“…Results There was no difference among the three groups in arterial blood gas and the diaphragmatic excursion during the experiment. …”
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Assessment of Allelopathic Activity of <i>Arachis pintoi</i> Krapov. & W.C. Greg as a Potential Source of Natural Herbicide for Paddy Rice by Phan Trung Thang, Nguyen Van Vien, La Hoang Anh, Tran Dang Xuan, Vu Xuan Duong, Nguyen Thanh Nhung, Khuat Huu Trung, Nguyen Thanh Quan, Cam Chau Nguyen, Le Thi Kim Loan, Tran Dang Khanh, Tran Thi Thu Ha

“…Therefore, this study aimed to explore the allelopathic effects of <i>A. pintoi</i> under various screening conditions and to analyze its potential allelochemicals using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS). In laboratory bioassays, aqueous extracts of <i>A. pintoi</i> powder exerted the average inhibition of the growth of <i>Echinochloa crus-galli</i> (55.1%)<i>, Oryza sativa</i> (77.1%), and <i>Vigna radiata</i> (60.1%), respectively, of which the root lengths of the tested plants were the most suppressed. …”
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Low-volatility compounds contribute significantly to isoprene secondary organic aerosol (SOA) under high-NO_<i>x</i> conditions by R. H. Schwantes, R. H. Schwantes, S. M. Charan, K. H. Bates, K. H. Bates, Y. Huang, T. B. Nguyen, H. Mai, W. Kong, R. C. Flagan, J. H. Seinfeld, J. H. Seinfeld

“…<p>Recent advances in our knowledge of the gas-phase oxidation of isoprene, the impact of chamber walls on secondary organic aerosol (SOA) mass yields, and aerosol measurement analysis techniques warrant reevaluating SOA yields from isoprene. …”
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Extract of Mallotus oppositifolius (Geiseler) Müll. Arg. increased prefrontal cortex dendritic spine density and serotonin and attenuated para-chlorophenylalanine-aggravated aggres... by Kennedy K.E. Kukuia, Frimpong Appiah, George J. Dugbartey, Yaw F. Takyi, Patrick Amoateng, Seth K. Amponsah, Ofosua Adi-Dako, Awo E. Koomson, Frederick Ayertey, Kevin K. Adutwum-Ofosu

“…Serotonin (5-HT) levels in mice brain and phytochemical fingerprint of MOE were determined by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) while gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was used to identify constituents of MOE. …”
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Metabolically Active Microbial Communities in Oilfields: A Systematic Review and Synthesis of RNA Preservation, Extraction, and Sequencing Methods by Rosimeire Floripes Gomes, Glen Jasper Yupanqui García, Joyce da Cruz Ferraz Dutra, Mariana Santos Cardoso, Eduardo Almeida Costa, Vinicius de Abreu Waldow, Claudia Julia Groposo, Rubens Nobumoto Akamine, Maira Paula de Sousa, Henrique Figueiredo, Vasco Ariston de Carvalho Azevedo, Aristóteles Góes-Neto

“…These studies evaluated different samples, including produced water (PW), injection water (IW), solid deposits (SD), oil (OIL), and oily sludge (OS) collected from oilfields located in Australia, China, India, Mexico, and the United Arab Emirates. …”
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Advanced respiratory mechanics assessment in mechanically ventilated obese and non-obese patients with or without acute respiratory distress syndrome by François M. Beloncle, Jean-Christophe Richard, Hamid Merdji, Christophe Desprez, Bertrand Pavlovsky, Elise Yvin, Lise Piquilloud, Pierre-Yves Olivier, Dara Chean, Antoine Studer, Antonin Courtais, Maëva Campfort, Hassene Rahmani, Arnaud Lesimple, Ferhat Meziani, Alain Mercat

“…Chest wall contribution to respiratory system compliance differed widely between patients but was not predictable by their general characteristics. …”
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Comparison of ROX index (SpO2/FIO2 ratio/respiratory rate) with a modified dynamic index incorporating PaO2/FIO2 ratio and heart rate to predict high flow nasal cannula outcomes am... by Amit Kansal, Wei Jun Dan Ong, Shekhar Dhanvijay, Arbe Tisha Pepito Siosana, Loraine Mae Padillo, Chee Keat Tan, Monika Gulati Kansal, Faheem Ahmed Khan

“…However, it has been postulated that incorporation of PaO2/FIO2 (PF) ratio from arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis may better predict the outcome of HFNC compared to indices that utilizes SF ratio. …”
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Industrial upcycling of almond skin through production of novel brioches by Giuliana Garofalo, Raimondo Gaglio, Enrico Viola, Monica Rosa Loizzo, Natale Badalamenti, Maurizio Bruno, Francesco Sottile, Vincenzo Sicari, Antonietta Cerulli, Sonia Piacente, Nicola Francesca, Luca Settanni

“…Thus, brioches were processed incorporating almond skin powder (ASP): control (CTR), without ASP addition; 5-ASP, with 5% (w/w) ASP; and 10-ASP, with 10% (w/w) ASP. Seven different brioches shapes were obtained for each recipe. …”
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Chemical and Nutritional Characterization of By-Products from the Wine Industry—Source of Healthy Ingredients for the Formulation of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods by Franklin Chamorro, Paz Otero, María Carpena Rodríguez, Paula Garcia-Oliveira, Antia Gonzalez Pereira, Rosa Perez-Gregorio, Maria Fraga-Corral, Jianbo Xiao, Jesus Simal-Gandara, Miguel A. Prieto

“…The results obtained show that these by-products could be applied as part of the formulation of functional foods, nutraceuticals, and cosmetics, aimed at a broad yet niche population, for the prevention of different diseases.…”
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Physiological effects of high-intensity versus low-intensity noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease:... by Zujin Luo, Zhixin Cao, Yichong Li, Jiawei Jin, Wei Sun, Jian Zhu, Na Zhao, Jichen Liu, Bing Wei, Yue Hu, Ying Zhang, Yingmin Ma, Chen Wang

“…No significant between-groups differences were observed in consciousness, NPPV tolerance, patient–ventilator asynchrony, cardiac function, VILI, or NPPV-related adverse events. …”
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Spatial distribution of vertical density and microstructure profiles in near-surface firn around Dome Fuji, Antarctica by R. Inoue, R. Inoue, S. Fujita, S. Fujita, K. Kawamura, K. Kawamura, K. Kawamura, I. Oyabu, I. Oyabu, F. Nakazawa, F. Nakazawa, H. Motoyama, H. Motoyama, T. Aoki

“…These findings will help us better understand the densification over the whole firn column and the gas-trapping process in deep firn and possible difference in them between existing deep ice cores and the upcoming “Oldest-Ice” cores collected tens of kilometers apart.…”
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The Potential Use of Endophyte-Free <i>inebrians</i> as Sheep Feed Evaluated with In Vitro Fermentation by Yaling Ma, Hucheng Wang, Chunjie Li, Kamran Malik

“…The present study selected EF as a representative grass, consisting of five different replacement levels, EF0, EF25, EF50, EF75, and EF100, corresponding to 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% of the fermentation substrate, respectively. …”
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Insights from comparison of the clinical presentation and outcomes of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in an Italian internal medicine ward during first and third wave by Andrea Ticinesi, Andrea Ticinesi, Alberto Parise, Antonio Nouvenne, Nicoletta Cerundolo, Beatrice Prati, Angela Guerra, Angela Guerra, Domenico Tuttolomondo, Domenico Tuttolomondo, Nicola Gaibazzi, Tiziana Meschi, Tiziana Meschi

“…BackgroundThe reasons of variability of clinical presentation of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) across different pandemic waves are not fully understood, and may include individual risk profile, SARS-CoV-2 lineage and seasonal variations of viral spread. …”
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Biosynthesis and Metabolism of Garlic Odor Compounds in Cultivated Chinese Chives (<i>Allium tuberosum</i>) and Wild Chinese Chives (<i>Allium hookeri</i>) by Shi-Wei Xia, Lin-Feng Hang, Siyad Ali, Xiao-Yu Xu, Yan-Jun Liu, Qian-Qian Yan, Qiu-Yu Luo, Yu Li, Li-Jing Lin, Huan-Xiu Li, Xiao-Ai Zhang, Lin-Kai Huang, Xiao Ma, Yun-Song Lai

“…In this study, we collected four samples of germplasm from different altitudes: a land race of cultivated Chinese chives (<i>Allium tuberosum</i>), wide-leaf chives and extra-wide-leaf chives (<i>Allium hookeri</i>), and ovoid-leaf chives (<i>Allium funckiaefolium</i>). …”
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Cell-type specific distribution and activation of type I IFN pathway molecules at the placental maternal-fetal interface in response to COVID-19 infection by Yuping Wang, Yang Gu, David F. Lewis, Xin Gu, Karisa Brown, Courtney Lachute, Miriam Hankins, Rona S. Scott, Caitlin Busada, Danielle B. Cooper, Charles E. McCathran, Perry Barrilleaux

“…Patient demographics, clinical data, and placental pathology report were acquired via EPIC medical record review.ResultsExcept BMI and placental weight, there was no statistical difference between COVID and non-COVID groups in maternal age, gestational age at delivery, gravity/parity, delivery mode, and newborn gender and weight. …”
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Plant-based default nudges effectively increase the sustainability of catered meals on college campuses: Three randomized controlled trials by Renate D. Boronowsky, Angela W. Zhang, Chad Stecher, Kira Presley, Maya B. Mathur, David A. Cleveland, Emma Garnett, Christopher Wharton, Daniel Brown, Adam Meier, May Wang, Ilana Braverman, Jennifer A. Jay

“…However, influencing dietary behavior to achieve planetary health targets remains a formidable problem.ObjectiveWe investigated the effect of changing the default meal option at catered events–from meat to plant-based–on participants' meal choices using three parallel-group, balanced, randomized controlled trials (RCT), and use these experimental results to project differences in plant-based default vs. meat default events on greenhouse gas emissions (GHGEs) (kg CO2 − eq), land use (m2), nitrogen (g N), and phosphorus (g P) footprint.MethodsData collection was performed at three catered events (n = 280) across two college campuses. …”
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A prognostic signature consisting of metabolism-related genes and SLC17A4 serves as a potential biomarker of immunotherapeutic prediction in prostate cancer by He Li, Jie Gu, Jie Gu, Jie Gu, Yuqiu Tian, Shuyu Li, Hao Zhang, Ziyu Dai, Zeyu Wang, Nan Zhang, Nan Zhang, Renjun Peng

“…GDSC database was employed to determine the sensitivity of chemotherapy drugs.ResultsTwo metabolism-related clusters presented different features in overall survival (OS). A metabolic model was developed weighted by the estimated regression coefficients in the multivariate Cox regression analysis (0.5154*GAS2 + 0.395*SLC17A4 - 0.1211*NTM + 0.2939*GC). …”
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Simulation of semi-explicit mechanisms of SOA formation from glyoxal in aerosol in a 3-D model by C. Knote, A. Hodzic, J. L. Jimenez, R. Volkamer, J. J. Orlando, S. Baidar, J. Brioude, J. Fast, D. R. Gentner, A. H. Goldstein, P. L. Hayes, W. B. Knighton, H. Oetjen, A. Setyan, H. Stark, R. Thalman, G. Tyndall, R. Washenfelder, E. Waxman, Q. Zhang

“…A comparison of several proposed mechanisms is performed to quantify the relative importance of different formation pathways and their regional variability. …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of the peripheral venous pressure variation induced by an alveolar recruitment maneuver to predict fluid responsiveness during high-risk abdominal surgery by Olivier Desebbe, Sylvain Vallier, Laurent Gergelé, Brenton Alexander, Alexandre Marx, Elias Ben Jaoude, Hiromi Kato, Leila Toubal, Antoine Berna, Jacques Duranteau, Jean-Louis Vincent, Alexandre Joosten

“…Then an ARM consisting of a standardized gas insufflation to reach a plateau of 30 cmH2O for 30 s was performed before skin incision. …”
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Metabolic Profiling by GC-MS, <i>In Vitro</i> Biological Potential, and <i>In Silico</i> Molecular Docking Studies of <i>Verbena officinalis</i> by Rabia Nisar, Saeed Ahmad, Kashif-ur-Rehman Khan, Asmaa E. Sherif, Fawaz Alasmari, Afaf F. Almuqati, Chitchamai Ovatlarnporn, Mohsin Abbas Khan, Muhammad Umair, Huma Rao, Bilal Ahmad Ghalloo, Umair Khurshid, Rizwana Dilshad, Khaled S. Nassar, Sameh A. Korma

“…The biological investigation was performed by different assays including antioxidant assays (DPPH, ABTS, CUPRAC, and FRAP), enzyme inhibition assays (urease and α-glucosidase), and hemolytic activity. …”
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