Adalimumab Serum Concentrations, Clinical and Endoscopic Disease Activity in Crohn’s Disease: A Cross-Sectional Multicentric Latin American Study by Letícia Rodrigues de Souza, Daniela Oliveira Magro, Fábio Vieira Teixeira, Rogério Serafim Parra, Eron Fábio Miranda, Omar Féres, Rogério Saad-Hossne, Giedre Soares Prates Herrerias, Renato Mitsunori Nisihara, Claudio Saddy Rodrigues Coy, Ligia Yukie Sassaki, Paulo Gustavo Kotze

“…Serum ADA concentrations were measured and compared between groups. Overall, 89 patients were included. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with covid-19 vaccine hesitancy in Maranhão, Brazil by Bruno Luciano Carneiro Alves de Oliveira, Marcos Adriano Garcia Campos, Rejane Christine de Sousa Queiroz, Maria Teresa Seabra Soares de Britto e Alves, Bruno Feres de Souza, Alcione Miranda dos Santos, Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva

“…METHODS: This is a cross-sectional population-based study conducted from October 19 to 30, 2020. The estimates were calculated based on clustering, stratification, and non-response. …”
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Bayesian Theory of Mind : modeling human reasoning about beliefs, desires, goals, and social relations by Baker, Chris L. (Chris Lawrence)

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Association of retinal nerve fiber layer thinning with current and future cognitive decline: a study using optical coherence tomography by Ko, F, Muthy, Z, Gallacher, J, Sudlow, C, Rees, G, Yang, Q, Keane, P, Petzold, A, Khaw, P, Reisman, C, Strouthidis, N, Foster, P, Patel, P, UK Biobank Eye & Vision Consortium

“…Four basic cognitive tests were performed at baseline, which were then repeated in a subset of participants approximately 3 years later. …”

Optimising surgical training in primary total hip replacement by Howgate, DJ

“…However, the small number of trainee (n=7) and patient (n=52) participants in this study were notable limitations.</p> <p>This research fills an important gap in knowledge regarding how to best train surgeons in primary THR and has identified areas for targeted future improvement in training, which may ultimately benefit patients, trainers, and trainees. …”

Impact of patient and public involvement on enrolment and retention in clinical trials: systematic review and meta-analysis by Crocker, J, Ricci-Cabello, I, Parker, A, Hirst, J, Chant, A, Petit-Zeman, S, Evans, D, Rees, S

“…</p> <p><strong>Results</strong> 26 studies were included in the review; 19 were eligible for enrolment meta-analysis and five for retention meta-analysis. …”

Renegotiations of the southeast asian female identity through identity fluidity and transculture/ality in selected novels by Minfong Ho by Shamsuddin, Syamsina Zahurin

“…The findings reveal that the protagonists’ identities gradually evolve from being conformed to the practice of their Thai and Cambodian cultures to young women who exhibit voice, agency and no hypersexual characteristics after being decentred through the intermingling of cultures and demonstrating the three stages of identity fluidity. …”
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Formulation of hair straightening cream from keratin protein by Suguna , Jeganathan

“…A research was conducted on the formulation of hair straightening cream from keratin protein. The keratin that used in this formulation was extracted from chicken feathers. …”
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Biomineralization of hydroxyethyl cellulose/sodium alginate impregnated with cellulose nanocrystals by using surface modification technique by Etdal, Bakhiet

“…The scaffolds was fabricated using the freeze-drying technique. For the mineralization process, these HEC/SA and HEC/SA/CNC scaffolds were treated with simulated body fluid (SBF) by immersion technique through the depositing of calcium phosphate on the scaffold’s surfaces. …”
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A new service for central laboratory, UMP: developing eurycomanone as a chemical marker for testing and standardizing Tongkat Ali products by Vejayan, Jaya, Yusoff, M. M., Maniam, Gaanty Pragas

“…The accuracy as the percent recovery of eurycomanone was in the range of 94.60-104.67%, while LOD and LOQ were 0.0196 and 0.0593, respectively. The concentration of eurycomanone in E. longifolia freeze dried crude water extract is 0.82±0.05w/w% and herbal products is around 0.06±0.00-0.30±0.00w/w%. …”
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Modeling, drying kinetics, and antioxidant properties of Bentong ginger based on different drying techniques by Subramaniam, Sarmilaah Dewi, Mohd Azman, N. A., Abdul Mudalip, S. K., Abdul Halim, Luqman, Basrawi, Firdaus, Muhammad, Noryanti

“…This study presents the effect of different drying techniques (swirling fluidized bed drying [SFBD], oven drying [OD], and freeze drying [FD]) on the drying kinetics, antioxidant potential, and 6-gingerol concentration of Bentong ginger (BG). …”
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Effect of sunflower lecithin on Kalahari Red goat semen during cryopreservation by Adeyanju Sakirat Opeyemi, Daramola James Olatinbo, Olanite Jimoh Alao, Awokola Olufiropo Samson

“…Effect of different levels of SL on the quality of the KR buck semen during cryopreservation using slow freezing method was evaluated. Semen samples were collected from four KR bucks of between two and two and half of age using artificial vagina, evaluated for motility and then diluted in extenders containing different levels of SL (1.5%, 3.0% and 4.5%) as experimental group and 0% SL or 20% egg yolk as control. …”
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Assessment of the influence of selected stress factors on the growth and survival of Listeria monocytogenes by Natalia Wiktorczyk-Kapischke, Krzysztof Skowron, Ewa Wałecka-Zacharska, Katarzyna Grudlewska-Buda, Kacper Wnuk, Katarzyna Buszko, Eugenia Gospodarek-Komkowska

“…The least sensitive to low nutrients content were strains isolated from frozen food. The high BHI concentration promoted the growth of all groups. …”
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Novel synthesis, characterization, and application of calcium ferrate (VI) in water treatment by Gcobisa Ndzungu, Caliph Zvinowanda, J. Catherine Ngila

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Properties of polymer composites on the basis polyvinyl alcohol with nanoparticles of copper by Ludmila Trufakina, Tatiana Petrenko, Natalya Ryabova

“…Viscosimetric study of polymer composites was realized on rheoviscosimeter Rheotest-2, the elasticity module was defined by the method of spherical indenter penetration; the adhesion strength was studied by the method of metal ring perpendicular separation from the polymer body surface. The IR-spectra were recorded at the spectrometer Nicolet 5700. …”
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Fabrication, characterization, and optimization of a novel copper-incorporated chitosan/gelatin-based scaffold for bone tissue engineering applications by Azam Bozorgi, Masoud Mozafari, Mozafar Khazaei, Mansooreh Soleimani, Zahra Jamalpoor

“…Pure and Cu-substituted nHA/Cs/Gel scaffolds were fabricated by salt-leaching/freeze-drying method. …”
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Epicatechin Prevents Cryocapacitation of Bovine Spermatozoa through Antioxidant Activity and Stabilization of Transmembrane Ion Channels by Štefan Baňas, Filip Benko, Michal Ďuračka, Norbert Lukáč, Eva Tvrdá

“…While no significant effects of EPC were observed in cases of superoxide production, a significant decrease in the levels of hydrogen peroxide and hydroxyl radical were recorded particularly in the experimental groups supplemented with 50 and 100 μmol/L EPC. …”
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Magnetic fields in heavy ion collisions: flow and charge transport by Gabriele Inghirami, Mark Mace, Yuji Hirono, Luca Del Zanna, Dmitri E. Kharzeev, Marcus Bleicher

“…We then demonstrate that this chiral charge, when transported by the MHD medium, produces a charge dipole perpendicular to the reaction plane which extends a few units in rapidity. Assuming charge conservation at the freeze-out surface, we show that the produced charge imbalance can have measurable effects on some experimental observables, like $$v_1$$ v1 or $$\langle \sin \phi \rangle $$ ⟨sinϕ⟩ . …”
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FEATURES OF SEABIRD INTERACTION WITH TRAWL FISHING GEAR by Yu. B. Artukhin

“…Seabirds interaction with trawl fishing gear was observed aboard the large freezing-processing trawler «Moskovskaya Olimpiada» during the pollock fishery in the Okhotsk Sea in January-April, 2015. …”
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Enhanced Quick-Cooking Red Beans: An Energy-Efficient Drying Method with Hot Air and Stepwise Microwave Techniques by Wisanukorn Thonglit, Surachet Suanjan, Prarin Chupawa, Sudathip Inchuen, Wasan Duangkhamchan

“…The synthetic evaluation index revealed that step-down microwave heating strategies of 450 W-to-150 W and 300 W-to-150 W, applied at a temperature of 90 °C and a rotational speed of 0.2 Hz, were notably effective. These methods successfully minimized energy use while preserving the quality attributes of the final product, which were comparable to those of traditionally cooked and freeze-dried red beans. …”
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