Associations between hearing loss and clinical outcomes: population-based cohort studyResearch in context by Marcello Tonelli, Natasha Wiebe, Meg Lunney, Maoliosa Donald, Tanis Howarth, Julie Evans, Scott W. Klarenbach, David Nicholas, Tiffany Boulton, Stephanie Thompson, Kara Schick Makaroff, Braden Manns, Brenda Hemmelgarn

“…The estimated number of people with HL who required new LTC placement annually in Canada was 15,631, of which 1023 were attributable to HL. Corresponding estimates for new dementia among people with HL were 14,959 and 4350, and for stroke/TIA the estimates were 11,582 and 2242. …”
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Ovarian tissue cryopreservation for a 3-year-old girl with Mosaic Turner syndrome in China: First case report and literature review by Jiaojiao Cheng, Xiangyan Ruan, Xiangyan Ruan, Juan Du, Fengyu Jin, Muqing Gu, Yurui Wu, Alfred O. Mueck, Alfred O. Mueck

“…The follicles number in this girl were within normal range.ConclusionTS patients should be evaluated early in childhood to benefit from FP. …”
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Rat Pharmacokinetics and In Vitro Metabolite Identification of KM-819, a Parkinson’s Disease Candidate, Using LC-MS/MS and LC-HRMS by Hae-In Choi, Taeheon Kim, Jin Woo Kim, Gi Ju Lee, Jinyoung Choi, Yoon-Jee Chae, Eunhee Kim, Tae-Sung Koo

“…KM-819 demonstrated stability under various sample storage conditions (6 h at room temperature (25 °C), four weeks at −20 °C, three freeze-thaw cycles, and pretreated samples in the autosampler). …”
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Identification and Regionalization of Cold Resistance of Wine Grape Germplasms (<i>V. vinifera</i>) by Zhilei Wang, Ying Wang, Dong Wu, Miao Hui, Xing Han, Tingting Xue, Fei Yao, Feifei Gao, Xiao Cao, Hua Li, Hua Wang

“…Strong cold-resistant wine grape germplasms (<i>V</i>. <i>vinifera</i>) were identified, and these could be used as parental material for cold-resistant breeding. …”
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Simple and Rapid Quantification of Total Carotenoids in Lyophilized Apricots (Prunus armeniaca L.) by Means of Reflectance Colorimetry and Photoacoustic Spectroscopy by Gitta Ficzek, Svjetlana Luterotti, Dane Bicanic, Ruud Spruijt, Josephus G. Buijnsters, László Szalay, György Végvári, Ottó Dóka

“…Best correlations were found between the total carotenoid (TC) content (obtained by VIS spectrophotometry: 1.2–3.4 mg per 100 g of fresh mass) and colorimetric index a* (a* represents the redness of the investigated sample), as well as either argon-ion laser- or xenon-lamp-based PAS. …”
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Depositional dynamics in the El'gygytgyn Crater margin: implications for the 3.6 Ma old sediment archive by G. Schwamborn, G. Fedorov, N. Ostanin, L. Schirrmeister, A. Andreev, the El'gygytgyn Scientific Party

“…It consists of slope material and creek fill deposits. The uppermost metre is the active layer (i.e. the top layer of soil with seasonal freeze and thaw) into which modern soil organic matter has been incorporated. …”
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Micro/nano hierarchical structure of titanium surface promotes MC3T3-E1 adhesion proliferation and drug loading potential evaluation by DING Tong, WANG Jianhui, XIAO Zhiyong, WU Tengfei, YANG Sefei

“…The T group was polished, the TO group was treated with anodic oxidation technology, and the FTO group was treated by femtosecond laser etching combined with anodic oxidation technology. The three surface morphologies were observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), the wettability of the surface was measured by the contact angle, and the surface chemical composition was analyzed by X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). …”
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Shear Bond Strength and Film Thickness of a Naturally Antimicrobial Modified Dental Luting Cement by Lamia Singer, Christoph P. Bourauel

“…Olive leaves <i>(Olea europaea)</i>, Fig tree (<i>Ficus carica)</i>, and the leaves and roots of Miswak (<i>Salvadora persica)</i> were used to prepare an alcoholic extract mixture. …”
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Polymorphism manifestations and aqueous environment influence on the physico-chemical properties of modified succinic acid by Plastun, Inna L'vovna, Zakharov, Alexander A., Babkov, Lev Mikhailovich, Yakovlev, Ruslan Yurievich

“…Analysis of interaction of succinic acid with water molecules indicates that during the preparation of polymorphic modifications, after the freeze-drying stage, water molecules are present in the modified succinic acid. …”
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Regional Geomorphological Conditions Related to Recent Changes of Glacial Lakes in the Issyk-Kul Basin, Northern Tien Shan by Mirlan Daiyrov, Chiyuki Narama, Tsutomu Yamanokuchi, Takeo Tadono, Andreas Kääb, Jinro Ukita

“…To assess the current state of glacial lakes, we examine the seasonal lake-area changes of 339 glacial lakes in the Teskey and Kungoy Ranges of the Issyk-Kul Basin, Kyrgyzstan, during 2013–2016 based on optical satellite images (Landsat7/ETM+ and 8/OLI). …”
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Simian immunodeficiency virus and storage buffer: Field-friendly preservation methods for RNA viral detection in primate feces by Tessa H. C. Wilde, Rajni Kant Shukla, Christopher Madden, Yael Vodovotz, Amit Sharma, W. Scott McGraw, Vanessa L. Hale

“…Fecal samples were collected from a mantled guereza colobus (Colobus guereza) housed at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. …”
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Genotypic Variation in Agronomic Traits and Molecular Markers among Chinese Luobuma (<i>Apocynum</i> spp.) Germplasm Accessions by Yufeng Zhao, Runqiu Feng, Tao Li, Jahufer Mohamed Zain Zulfiqhar, Li Wang, Jiyu Zhang

“…In this study, the genotypic variation in the agronomic traits and molecular markers among eight germplasm accessions (referred to as genotypes) of <i>Apocynum</i> spp. was investigated. The accessions were evaluated at two locations in China, Altay and Yuzhong, during a three-year period. …”
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Climate change impacts the state of winter roads connecting indigenous communities: Case study of Sakha (Yakutia) Republic by Kyunney Kirillina, Nikita Tananaev, Antonina Savvinova, Vladimir Lobanov, Alla Fedorova, Aleksei Borisov

“…Sustainability of winter roads is reduced by climate change effects, via shorter and milder winters, extended shoulder seasons, delayed freeze up and advanced ice break up on rivers used as ice roads. …”
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亚油酸分离纯化技术研究进展Progress on separation and purification technology of linoleic acid by 白希，陈爽，周灿兰，柏茹梦，平宇杰，杜为军 BAI Xi，CHEN Shuang, ZHOU Canlan，BAI Rumeng, PING Yujie, DU Weijun

“…In order to provide a reference for the separation and purification of linoleic acid, the separation and purification technologies of linoleic acid at home and abroad in recent years were reviewed, the separation principle and research results of the methods of urea adduction fractionation, silver nitrate impregnated-silica gel column chromatography, molecular distillation, lipase hydrolysis, solvent freezing crystallization, high-speed countercurrent chromatography and integration were systematically introduced, and both the pros and cons of each separation and purification method were analyzed. …”
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Remote Sensing-Based Classification of Winter Irrigation Fields Using the Random Forest Algorithm and GF-1 Data: A Case Study of Jinzhong Basin, North China by Qiaomei Su, Jin Lv, Jinlong Fan, Weili Zeng, Rong Pan, Yuejiao Liao, Ying Song, Chunliang Zhao, Zhihao Qin, Pierre Defourny

“…The area of irrigated fields in the study area were increasing over time with sizes of 98.6, 166.9, 208.0, 292.8, 538.0, 623.1, 653.8 km² from December to April, accounting for 6.1%, 10.4%, 12.9%, 18.2%, 33.4%, 38.7%, and 40.6% of the total irrigatable land in the study area, respectively. …”
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Characterization of immunologically detectable T-cell sensitization, Immunohistochemical detection of pro-inflammatory cytokines, and clinical parameters of patients after allogene... by Önder Solakoglu, Werner Götz, Volker von Baehr, Guido Heydecke, Klaus Pantel, Heidi Schwarzenbach

“…Plasma samples were collected pre-(T1) and postoperatively (2 weeks (T2) and 4 months (T3)). …”
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Development and Certification of Calcium Chloride Casein Reference Standard by S. M. Sukhanova, R. A. Volkova, N. E. Zakharova, O. V. Fadeikina

“…The value of the «Spore formation» certifiable parameter was found to be (32.6 ± 7.3) %, the IRS shelf life was 5 years when stored in a dry place protected from light at a temperature of 15 to 25 °C. A documentation package for the IRS 4228-444-2018 was prepared and approved. …”
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Photocrosslinkable gelatin-treated dentin matrix hydrogel as a novel pulp capping agent for dentin regeneration: I. synthesis, characterizations and grafting optimization by Eman M. Sedek, Elbadawy A. Kamoun, Nehal M. El-Deeb, Sally Abdelkader, Amal E. Fahmy, Samir R. Nouh, Nesma Mohamed Khalil

“…FTIR, 1H-NMR, SEM and TGA, were investigated for verifying the grafting reaction. …”
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Phenol compounds in the borehole 5G, Vostok station, after the unlocking of the subglacial lake by I. A. Alekhina, A. L. Moskvin, A. A. Ekaykin, V. Ya. Lipenkov

“…It was found that the process, running within the borehole during the drilling, can be described as the fractionation of phenolic compounds, being contained in the filling liquid, to the water phase with its subsequent freezing. We have developed methods for the determination of concentrations of phenolic compounds in the original aviation kerosene and Freon HCFC-141b: 6. mg·l−1 and 0.032 mg·l−1, respectively. …”
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Evaluation of Various Lactic Acid Bacteria and Generic <i>E. coli</i> as Potential Nonpathogenic Surrogates for In-Plant Validation of Biltong Dried Beef Processing by Caitlin E. Karolenko, Jade Wilkinson, Peter M. Muriana

“…Studies comparing resuspended freeze-dried or frozen cells vs. freshly grown cells for beef inoculation showed no significant differences during biltong processing. …”
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