Taxonomic and ecophysiological characteristics of actinobacteria in soils of the dry steppe zone of the Selenga Highlands (Western Transbaikalia) by E. P. Nikitina, L. B. Buyantueva, E. Yu. Abidueva, C. H. Sun

“…The strains under study were capable of utilizing a wide range of mono- and disaccharides and polyatomic alcohols as a carbon source. The isolated strains were capable of using both organic (proteins and amino acids) and inorganic (ammonium salts and nitrates) compounds as nitrogen sources. …”
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Adaptation and uptake evaluation of an SMS text message smoking cessation programme (MiQuit) for use in antenatal care by Felix Naughton, Stephen Sutton, Tim Coleman, Sue Cooper, Jo Leonardi-Bee, Katharine Bowker, Katarzyna Campbell, Melanie Sloan

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Effect of Social Environment on The Effectiveness of HIV/AIDS Prevention: A Case Study of Rwamucucu Sub-County Rukiga District. by Nahiwera, Edverse

“…Other respondents mentioned violence in families, accessibility of health care services, and alcohol consumption, and the study findings on challenges to effective HIV/AIDS prevention, the highest number of respondents mentioned lack of coverage and access to prevention services. the lowest number of respondents mentioned a lack of accurate evaluations, other respondents mentioned stigma among rural communities, cost of treatment, and lack of awareness and the study results on HIV/AIDS prevention measures, the highest number of respondents mentioned social marketing of condoms, the lowest number of respondents mentioned encouraging being faithful to their partners. other respondents mentioned having school-based HIV prevention programs, discouraging wife inheritance, and voluntary counseling and testing of the people. …”
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Quality Characteristics of Wheat Malts with Different Country of Origin and Their Effect on Beer Brewing by Yang Soo Byeon, Seung-Taik Lim, Hyun-Jin Kim, Han Sub Kwak, Sang Sook Kim

“…An association plot based on multiple factor analysis of the wheat beer samples, volatile compounds, sensory properties, and overall acceptance showed that sweetness, alcohol aroma, and fruity flavour were closely associated with AB and overall acceptance, while 2,3-butanediol and turbidity were placed opposite side of there.…”
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Opioid consumption frequency and its associations with potential life problems during opioid agonist treatment in individuals with prescription-type opioid use disorder: explorator... by Anne Bouthillier, Gabriel Bastien, Christina McAnulty, Hamzah Bakouni, Bernard Le Foll, M. Eugenia Socias, Didier Jutras-Aswad

“…Results Reducing OUF was significantly associated with fewer problems related to medical status (p = 0.049), psychiatric status (p = 0.019), and alcohol problem severity (p = 0.001). The interaction was non-significant for employment (p = 0.264), family status (p = 0.352) and legal status (p = 0.050). …”
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Photodynamic Therapy with Protoporphyrin IX Precursors Using Artificial Daylight Improves Skin Antisepsis for Orthopedic Surgeries by Tiziano A. Schweizer, Julia S. Würmli, Julia Prinz, Maximilian Wölfle, Roger Marti, Hendrik Koliwer-Brandl, Ashley M. Rooney, Vanni Benvenga, Adrian Egli, Laurence Imhof, Philipp P. Bosshard, Yvonne Achermann

“…Twenty healthy participants were allocated to either 5-aminolevulinic acid-(5-ALA) PDT-DL (n = 10) or MAL-PDT-DL (n = 10) before antisepsis with povidone-iodine/alcohol. Skin swabs from the groin were taken to cultivate bacteria at baseline, after PDT-DL, and after the subsequent antisepsis. …”
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Risk Factors of Small Intestine Cancer: An Epidemiological Analysis and Their Role in Early Diagnosis - A Literature Review by Paweł Miklis, Michał Pniak, Maciej Mawlichanów, Adrian Różycki, Marta Wojtczak, Krzysztof Szerej, Aleksandra Ciesielska, Natalia Myśliwiec, Aleksandra Sieradzka, Alicja Kot

“…These factors include non-modifiable ones like sex, race, age, and genetic conditions, as well as modifiable factors like diet, alcohol, smoking, and obesity. Materials and Methods: A search of PubMed with the keywords "small intestine cancer" and "risk factors" identified 928 articles. …”
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Promotion mechanism of hydroxyl groups in catalyzing CO2 cycloaddition by Yiming Wang, Wensheng Wei, Yuxin Wang, Guangwen Xu, Jinggang Zhao, Lei Shi

“…The promoting effects of the hydroxyl-group content, position and connection structure in different alcohol additives on the CO2 cycloaddition reaction were further investigated and the results demonstrated that when the additive molecule contains an appropriate number of ortho-hydroxyl groups and these hydroxyl groups are connected to groups with strong electron-withdrawing ability and small steric hindrance, the cycloaddition efficiency between PO and CO₂ can be significantly enhanced. …”
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Multimodal strategies to hand hygiene in Ghanaian hospitals: a cross-sectional study in the Eastern Region of Ghana by Angela Ackon, Sofonias Asrat, Stephen Dajaan Dubik, Winfred Ofosu, Sally-Ann Ohene, Kingsly E Amegah, Ama Akyampomaa Owusu-Asare, Akosua Takyiwa Kwakye, Christiana Akufo, Joyce Amponsah, Hectoria Awekeya, Leslie Vander Puije, Jocelyn Asibey, Seth Twum, Francis Mensa Akwetey, Portia Sam, Hedidor George Kwesi

“…Reminders in the workplace had the lowest score (33.3%, IQR 25.9%–37.0%), whereby less than half (46%) of the HCFs had posters explaining the indications for HH and the correct use of alcohol-based hand rubs. HH implementation level did not differ significantly among government (M=49.97, SD=12.30) and non-government (M=53.32, SD=18.73) facilities, (t (20)=−0.503, p=0.621).Conclusion Most HCFs had an intermediate HH implementation level. …”
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An ultrasonic degraded polysaccharide extracted from Pueraria lobata ameliorate ischemic brain injury in mice by regulating the gut microbiota and LPS-TLR4 pathway by Yulong Zhang, Zuman Dou, Shanshan Li, Huaying Zhang, Shanshui Zeng, Xiangyu Zuo, Yu Xiao, Lingling Zhang, Zhixin Li, Qingfeng Zhu, Wenyang Zhang, Hui Niu, Qingfei Duan, Xiaoxia Chen, Zhuang Li, Hongwei Zhou, Qian Wang

“…In our previous study, Pueraria lobata polysaccharide (PLP-3) with antioxidant activity was prepared via water extraction and alcohol precipitation combined with ultrasonic degradation. …”
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Prognostic models for depression and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms following traumatic brain injury: a CENTER-TBI study by Kelly Jones, Antonio Belli, Suzanne Polinder, Emmanuel Stamatakis, Hester F Lingsma, Dick Tibboel, Ronny Beer, Raimund Helbok, Horia Ples, Ari Ercole, Peter Cameron, Marek Czosnyka, Catherine McMahon, Peter Vajkoczy, Paul Dark, Alexandra Brazinova, Marek Majdan, Rahul Raj, William Stewart, Ewout W Steyerberg, Giuseppe Citerio, Nino Stocchetti, Alessia Vargiolu, Hester Lingsma, Helen Dawes, Benoit Misset, Faye Johnson, David van Klaveren, Simon Stanworth, Fiona Lecky, Peter Smielewski, Alice Theadom, Peter Bragge, David Nelson, János Sándor, Paul M Vespa, Olli Tenovuo, Olav Røise, Wim Van Hecke, Vincent Degos, David Menon, Bart Depreitere, Audny Anke, Rolf Rossaint, Mark Coburn, Victor Volovici, Daan Nieboer, Jonathan Rosand, Nada Andelic, Hans Clusmann, Emma Donoghue, Jonathan Coles, stefan jankowski, Jonathan Rhodes, Guy Williams, Rolf Lefering, Mathieu van der Jagt, Daniel Kondziella, Noah D Silverberg, Arturo Chieregato, Sophie Richter, Endre Czeiter, Stefan Winzeck, Jan Verheyden, András Büki, Benjamin Gravesteijn, Evgenios Kornaropoulos, Virginia Newcombe, Lindsay Wilson, Lindsay Horton, Amra Covic, Dominique Van Praag, Cecilia Åkerlund, Krisztina Amrein, Lasse Andreassen, Anna Antoni, Gérard Audibert, Philippe Azouvi, Ronald Bartels, Pál Barzó, Romuald Beauvais, Bo-Michael Bellander, Habib Benali, Maurizio Berardino, Luigi Beretta, Morten Blaabjerg, Vibeke Brinck, Joanne Brooker, Camilla Brorsson, Monika Bullinger, Manuel Cabeleira, Alessio Caccioppola, Emiliana Calappi, Guillermo Carbayo Lozano, Marco Carbonara, Simona Cavallo, Giorgio Chevallard, Marta Correia, Nicola Curry, Véronique De Keyser, Hugo den Boogert, Đula Đilvesi, Abhishek Dixit, Jens Dreier, Patrick Esser, Erzsébet Ezer, Martin Fabricius, Kelly Foks, Shirin Frisvold, Alex Furmanov, Pablo Gagliardo, Damien Galanaud, Dashiell Gantner, Guoyi Gao, Pradeep George, Alexandre Ghuysen, Lelde Giga, Jagoš Golubovic Ben Glocker, Johannes Gratz, Francesca Grossi, Deepak Gupta, Iain Haitsma, Eirik Helseth, Jilske Huijben, Bram Jacobs, Mike Jarrett, Mladen Karan, Erwin Kompanje, Noémi Kovács, Ana Kowark, Alfonso Lagares, Linda Lanyon, Steven Laureys, Didier Ledoux, Valerie Legrand, Aurelie Lejeune, Leon Levi, Roger Lightfoot, Marc Maegele, Alex Manara, Geoffrey Manley, Costanza Martino, Hugues Maréchal, Julia Mattern, Béla Melegh, Tomas Menovsky, Ana Mikolic, Visakh Muraleedharan, Lynnette Murray, Ancuta Negru, József Nyirádi, Otesile Olubukola, Matej Oresic, Fabrizio Ortolano, Aarno Palotie, Paul M Parizel, Natascha Perera, Vincent Perlbarg, Paolo Persona, Wilco Peul, Matti Pirinen, Inigo Pomposo, Louis Puybasset, Andreea Radoi, Arminas Ragauskas, Malinka Rambadagalla, Sylvia Richardson, Samuli Ripatti, Saulius Rocka, Cecilie Roe, Christina Rosenlund, Guy Rosenthal, Sandra Rossi, Juan Sahuquillo, Oliver Sakowitz, Nadine Schäfer, Silke Schmidt, Herbert Schoechl, Guus Schoonman, Elisabeth Schwendenwein, Charlie Sewalt, Toril Skandsen, Abayomi Sorinola, Robert Stevens, Nina Sundström, Riikka Takala, Viktória Tamás, Tomas Tamosuitis, Mark Steven Taylor, Matt Thomas, Marjolein Timmers, Christos Tolias, Tony Trapani, Shirley Vallance, Egils Valeinis, Zoltán Vámos, Emmanuel Vega, Kimberley Velt, Anne Vik, Rimantas Vilcinis, Daphne Voormolen, Petar Vulekovic, Kevin K W Wang, Eveline Wiegers, Stefan Wolf, Zhihui Yang, Peter Ylén, Alexander Younsi, Frederick A Zeiler, Veronika Zelinkova, Agate Ziverte, Tommaso Zoerle, Joukje van der Naalt, Braden Te Ao, Caroline van Heugten, Francesco Della Corte, Ernest Van Veen, Andrew IR Maas, Andreas Unterberg, Thomas A van Essen, Mathilde Jost, Shuyuan Shi, Maria Luisa Azzolini, Maria Rosa Calvi, Jamie D Cooper, Claire Dahyot Fizelier, Guy Loup Dulière, Valery L Feigin, Pedro A Gomez, Russell L Gruen, Juanita A Haagsma, Peter J Hutchinson, Ji yao Jiang, Angelos G Kolias, Lars Owe Koskinen, Andrew I Z Maas, Ana M Castaño León, Jean François Payen, Anna Piippo Karjalainen, Dana Pisica, Jussi PPosti, Isabel Retel Helmrich, Jeffrey VRosenfeld, Daniel Rueckert Martin Rusnák, Renan SanchezPorras, Rico Frederik Schou, Cristina Maria Tudora, Gregory Van der Steen, Jeroen T J M van Dijck, Thijs Vande Vyvere, Roel P J van Wijk, Nicole von Steinbüchel

“…For both outcomes, the selected models included psychiatric history, employment status, sex, injury cause, alcohol intoxication and total injury severity; and for depression symptoms also preinjury health and education. …”
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U-shaped associations between body mass index and serum liver enzyme levels by Zixi Huang, Hualong Liu, Wen Zhuo, Yuliang Chen, Ying Huang, Xin Chen, Teng Lu, Zhenyan Xu

“…Specifically, in the higher BMI range, the positive associations between BMI and liver enzymes were more robust in men (AST and ALT), participants with fatty liver disease (AST and ALT), and participants with a history of smoking (AST, ALT, and GGT). Interestingly, alcohol consumption modified the association between BMI and GGT serum levels, regardless of BMI. …”
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Diagnostics and treatment of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency: clinical guidelines of the Russian gastroenterological Association by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Mayev, A. V. Okhlobystin, S. A. Alekseyenko, Ye. V. Beloborodova, Yu. A. Kucheryavy, T. L. Lapina, A. S. Trukhmanov, I. B. Khlynov, M. V. Chikunova, A. A. Sheptulin, O. S. Shifrin

“…Patients should be motivated to restrain from alcohol consumption and smoking as they can lead to further progression of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency and symptoms of pancreatitis.…”
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Prevalence of Diabetes and Associated Risk Factors among a Group of Prisoners in the Yaoundé Central Prison by Sylvain Raoul Simeni Njonnou, Jérôme Boombhi, Martine Claude Etoa Etoga, Aimée Tiodoung Timnou, Ahmadou Musa Jingi, Kevin Nkem Efon, Esther Astrid Mbono Samba Eloumba, Marie-Josiane Ntsama Essomba, Odette Kengni Kebiwo, Alice Ninon Tsitsol Meke, Stéphane Talbit Ndjonya, Mesmin Dehayem Yefou, Eugène Sobngwi

“…The main cardiovascular risk factors were a sedentary lifestyle (91.1%), hypertension (39.6%), smoking (31.6%), and alcohol consumption (28.1%). Hypertension (p=0.005), obesity (p=0.0006), smoking (p=0.04), sedentary lifestyle (p=0.04), major crime (p=0.007), and minor crime (p=0.003) were associated with diabetes in univariate analysis. …”
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Diagnostics and treatment of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency: clinical guidelines of the Russian gastroenterological association by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Mayev, A. V. Okhlobystin, S. A. Alekseyenko, Ye. V. Beloborodova, Yu. A. Kucheryavy, T. L. Lapina, A. S. Trukhmanov, I. B. Khlynov, M. V. Chikunova, A. A. Sheptulin, O. S. Shifrin

“…Patients should be motivated to stop both alcohol intake and smoking as they can cause progression of PEI alone and/or persistence of symptoms, like pancreatic pain.…”
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Targeting ASK1 by CS17919 alleviates kidney‐ and liver‐related diseases in murine models by Guoqiang Liao, Qianjiao Yang, Xuhua Mao, Yiru Zhao, Beizhong Chen, Kun Zhang, Yu Zhang, Ping Zhang, Zhengli Chen, Shengjian Huang

“…Finally, we tested the in vivo efficacy of CS17919 in murine models of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and non‐alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Results Compared to GS‐4997, CS17919 demonstrated comparable inhibition of ASK1 in vitro, exhibited lower toxicity, and provided greater protection in palmitic acid‐treated LO2 cells. …”
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May Measurement Month 2020: An Analysis of Blood Pressure Screening Results From China by Xin Chen, Li‐Ping Zhang, Xiao‐Long Wang, Ning‐Ru Zhang, Jing Yu, Li‐Ying Xu, Tong‐She Li, Hong Luan, Juan Zhang, Ya‐Min Hu, Dan Liu, Qi‐Dong Zheng, Yan Li, Ji‐Guang Wang

“…After adjustment for age, gender, and use of antihypertensive medication, systolic/diastolic BP were significantly higher with cigarette smoking (n = 8070, +0.5/+1.0 mm Hg, p < 0.05), mild (n = 4369, +1.2/+1.3 mm Hg, p < 0.001) and moderate or heavy alcohol drinking (n = 3871, +0.4/+0.7 mm Hg, p < 0.05), and overweight (+1.8/+1.4 mm Hg, p < 0.001) and obesity (+2.3/+1.5 mm Hg, p < 0.001). …”
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Receipt of long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy among people with HIV in Southern US states: an assessment using electronic health records and claims data by Yiyang Liu, Rebecca J. Fisk-Hoffman, Maitri Patel, Robert L. Cook, Mattia Prosperi

“…About 8% of LAI ART recipients did not have optimal care engagement the year before LAI ART initiation; one in five recipients had a diagnosis of alcohol or substance use disorder in lifetime. All achieved viral suppression (< 50 copies/mL) before starting LAI ART. …”
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Exploring the capacity of microorganism treatment for fermentation and glycosidic aroma bioconversion from rose oil distillation wastewater by Mohammad Karami, Mohsen Bagheri, Alireza Abbasi-Baharanchi, Kamahladin Haghbeen, Abdolrahim Nouri, Ali Asghar Karkhane, Mansour Ghorbanpour, Mohsen Farhadpour

“…However, when the sample was treated with S. cerevisiae for 120 h, the highest levels of recovery were observed for phenyl ethyl alcohol and eucalyptol, which were 2.5 and 80 times greater than those of the untreated sample, respectively. …”
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Exploring the metabolic dynamics, storage stability, and functional potential of Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus Probio-M9-fermented milk by Xiaoye Liu, Kaiyang Liu, Jie Yang, Hui Qiao, Lai-Yu Kwok, Wenyi Zhang

“…A total of 34 representative differential metabolites were identified, primarily comprising peptides and saccharides, followed by acids, amino acids, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, and intermediate metabolites. …”
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