Brazil nut consumption within an energy-restricted diet improved cardiometabolic risk markers in women: a quasi-experimental, controlled study (Brazilian Nuts Study) by ALESSANDRA DA SILVA, BRENDA KELLY S. SILVEIRA, BRENDA V.M. DE FREITAS, KARINA WASKOW, HELEN HERMANA M. HERMSDORFF, WALMIR DA SILVA, JOSEFINA BRESSAN

“…In addition, BNG had a more pronounced reduction in liver enzymes, and presented the most preserved percentages of lean and fat-free mass in relation to the control group. …”
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Plant diversity at the final stage of the Miocene Climate Optimum – Revision of the flora of Leoben, Styria, Austria by Johanna Kovar-Eder

“…It comprises mainly leaves, but also remains of flowers, inflorescences and fructifications, mostly preserved as strongly compressed impressions. The present revision reduces the number of taxa from 382 (in Ettingshausen, 1888, excluding fungi) to ~175 or to ~150 when different organs of probably one biological fossil-species are fused. …”
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A Comparative Study of the Electroneurographic Findings in Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy in Patients with Light-Chain Amyloidosis and Glu54Gln Transthyretin Amyloidosis by Mirela Drăghici, Sorina N. Bădeliță, Andreea Jercan, Oana Obrișcă, Crisanda Vîlciu, Monica Popescu, Adina Turcu-Stiolica, Daniel Coriu

“…<i>Results</i>: In our study AL amyloidosis patients presented with mixed, axonal polyneuropathy associated with CTS in 63.6% of cases and cardiomyopathy (45.5%). …”
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Antimicrobial susceptibility of gram-negative bacilli isolated from intra-abdominal and urinary-tract infections in Mexico from 2009 to 2015: Results from the Study for Monitoring... by Alfredo Ponce-de-Leon, Eduardo Rodríguez-Noriega, Rayo Morfín-Otero, Dora P Cornejo-Juárez, Juan C Tinoco, Areli Martínez-Gamboa, Carmen J Gaona-Tapia, M Lourdes Guerrero-Almeida, Alexandra Martin-Onraët, José Luis Vallejo Cervantes, José Sifuentes-Osornio

“…Antimicrobial resistance is an increasing worldwide concern, which poses unique challenges for the effective prevention and treatment of several infections, especially the ones triggered by organisms producing extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL). …”
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Influence of resonant plasmonic nanoparticles on optically accessing the valley degree of freedom in 2D semiconductors by Tobias Bucher, Zlata Fedorova, Mostafa Abasifard, Rajeshkumar Mupparapu, Matthias J. Wurdack, Emad Najafidehaghani, Ziyang Gan, Heiko Knopf, Antony George, Falk Eilenberger, Thomas Pertsch, Andrey Turchanin, Isabelle Staude

“…This striking effect presents an ideal platform for studying the mechanisms governing light-matter interactions in such hybrid systems. …”
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Larvae of Armases rubripes (Decapoda, Brachyura) in Amazon oligohaline creeks: larval exportation? by Yan Rafael Gillet Santa Brigida, Francielly Alcântara de Lima-Pismel, Ana Beatriz Gama Brito, Jussara Moretto Martinelli-Lemos

“…Furthermore, we found that the greatest larval abundance and distribution occurred in the most preserved creek, with the lowest concentration of nitrogenous compounds and coliforms. …”
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The variability of frontal and occipital features of Homo erectus: a comparative analysis of unpublished fragmentary fossils from Sangiran, Indonesia by Lisa Gollette, Florent Détroit, Neni Trilusiana Rahmawati, Janatin Hastuti, Rusyad Adi Suriyanto, Dominque Grimaud-Hervé

“…Most of the studies addressing this question remain focused on the few most preserved specimens, even if a significant number of fragmentary specimens are available which could help to better appreciate the morphological variability of this species. …”

GSR4B: Biomass Map Super-Resolution with Sentinel-1/2 Guidance by K. Karaman, Y. Jiang, D. Robert, V. Sainte Fare Garnot, M. J. Santos, J. D. Wegner

“…Accurate Above-Ground Biomass (AGB) mapping at both large scale and high spatio-temporal resolution is essential for applications ranging from climate modeling to biodiversity assessment, and sustainable supply chain monitoring. At present, fine-grained AGB mapping relies on costly airborne laser scanning acquisition campaigns usually limited to regional scales. …”
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The Trendermarsch sunken in the Wadden Sea (North Frisia, Germany) – reconstructing a drowned medieval cultural landscape with geoarchaeological and geophysical investigations by A. Reiß, H. Hadler, D. Wilken, B. S. Majchczack, R. Blankenfeldt, S. Bäumler, U. Ickerodt, S. Klooß, T. Willershäuser, W. Rabbel, A. Vött

“…<p>Located in the North Frisian Wadden Sea, today's tidal flat sediments cover a formerly cultivated area outside the present-day sea dike of Nordstrand that had been occupied by settlers since the Middle Ages. …”
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