Underutilized wild edible fungi and their undervalued ecosystem services in Africa by Gudeta W. Sileshi, Donatha D. Tibuhwa, Alec Mlambo

“…Wild edible mushrooms provide food that is high in digestible proteins, antioxidants and fibre but low in fats. They are also sources of income for rural populations. …”
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Indirect Restorations and Fixed Prosthodontics: Materials and Techniques Used by General Dentists of New Zealand by Paul A. Brunton, Jithendra Ratnayake, Carolina Loch, Arthi Veerasamy, Peter Cathro, Robert Lee

“…A large number of respondents (52%) did not use dentine pins, with the majority of them (25%) being recent graduates (<10 years). Fibre posts were used by 61.6% of the dentists surveyed. …”
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Towards the Prediction of the Remaining Lifetime of a Carbon Filter Bed on Hydrogen Cyanide Challenge Using in-Bed Sensors and a Neural Network: Preliminary Findings by P.J.C. Anstice, J.F. Alder

“…Four thermocouples and a fibre optic pH probe, sensitised to HCN by the addition of cobalt(II) chloride, were used to measure the progress along the filter bed of the adsorption front resulting from intermittent HCN challenges of 0.9 mg/dm 3 . …”
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Additive Manufacturing Enabled by Electrospinning for Tougher Bio-Inspired Materials by Komal Agarwal, Yinning Zhou, Hashina Parveen Anwar Ali, Ihor Radchenko, Avinash Baji, Arief S. Budiman

“…Shells of mantis club have protein fibres arranged in a 3D helicoidal architecture that give them remarkable strength and toughness, enabling them to absorb high-impact energy. …”
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Metallurgical assessment of Al-Zr-Y alloys for laser-based processing by J.T. Hierlihy, I.W. Donaldson, D.P. Bishop

“…In doing so, plates with varying Zr and Y contents (0–2 wt%) were cast and subsequently subjected to laser remelting (LRM) using a Yb-fibre laser. Microstructures then characterized using laser confocal microscopy, XRD, SEM, and TEM. …”
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Nonperturbative and Thermal Dynamics of Confined Fields in Dual QCD by H. C. Chandola, Deependra Singh Rawat, Dinesh Yadav, H. C. Pandey, H. Dehnen

“…In order to study the detailed dynamics and associated nonperturbative features of QCD, a dual version of the color gauge theory based on a topologically viable homogeneous fibre bundle approach has been analysed taking into account its magnetic symmetry structure. …”
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Enriching Wheat Bread With Banana Peel Powder: Impact on Nutritional Attributes, Bioactive Compounds, and Antioxidant Activity by Most. Jesmin Akhter, Md. Al-Amin, Md Akram Hossain, Md. Murtuza Kamal

“…The addition of BPP resulted in a reduction in moisture content and an increase in ash, fat, protein, and fibre levels, while reducing overall carbohydrate content. …”
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Intervention effect and mechanism of Dracocephalum moldavica L. extract on bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in rats by Xiaoyu SUN, Li CHEN, Ruifang GAO, Hui YU, Min JIN

“…The animal validation results showed that compared with the control group, the rats in the model group had disrupted alveolar structure, obvious inflammatory cell infiltration, positive blue-striped collagen fibre deposition, and increased Col-I and α-SMA protein expression and transcription levels (P<0.001), p-PI3K and p-AKT expression levels (P<0.001), and levels of inflammatory factors TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-1β (P<0.001). …”
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Evaluating retinal thickness classification in children: A comparison between pediatric and adult optical coherence tomography databases. by Tian Siew Pua, Mohd Izzuddin Hairol

“…The peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer (pRNFL) and macular thickness were determined for the 1st, 5th, 95th, and 99th percentile points. …”
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Serial Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Optic Radiations after Acute Optic Neuritis by Scott C. Kolbe, Anneke van der Walt, Helmut Butzkueven, Alexander Klistorner, Gary F. Egan, Trevor J. Kilpatrick

“…In addition, we measured retinal nerve fibre layer thickness, visual evoked potential amplitude, optic radiation lesion load, and V1 thickness. …”
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Inclusion of antimicrobial and antioxidant spices into milk candy towards enhancement of nutrient contents and bio-functional activities by Adeyanmola Oluwaseyi Faturoti, Clement Olusola Ogidi

“…Extracts from Ocimum gratissimum, Aframomum melegueta, and Xylopia aethiopica scavenged 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) with similar (p ≥ 0.05) values of 90.6 %, 91.5 %, and 92.5 %, respectively. The crude fibre of milk candy with spices increased from 6.90 to 8.10 % when compared (p ≥ 0.05) to milk candy without spices (3.90 %). …”
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Repairing and Strengthening of Damaged RC Columns Using Thin Concrete Jacketing by Bassam A. Tayeh, Mohammed Abu Naja, Samir Shihada, Mohammed Arafa

“…Group 1 consisted of 18 column cores jacketed by normal strength concrete with a maximum aggregate size of 4.75 mm and steel reinforcement, whereas Group 2 consisted of 18 column cores jacketed using ultrahigh-performance fibre-reinforced self-compacting concrete with steel reinforcement. …”
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Performance of NUA45 bean variety between two generations for seeds grown under farmer management at Rupike Irrigation Scheme in Masvingo, Zimbabwe by Chakare Benhura, Farai Mapanda, Albert Machisvo, D Mavhiri, Tinashe Chirambadare

“…Protein concentration of the seeds which range from 19.79 to 22.86% increased from first generation (F1) to second generation (F2) for each of Foundation, Certified and Commodity seeds. The concentration of fibre with minimum and maximum levels of 5.76% and 8.43 % respectively increased from first generation to second generation for Foundation and Certified seeds. …”
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Gender differences in clinical presentations and sensory profiles in patients with fibromyalgia: implications of peripheral and central mechanisms by Min Liu, Stephany Harris, Anna P. Andreou, Xuenong Bo, Adnan Al-Kaisy

“…Our data suggested an important role of small fibre pathology in both men and women.…”
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Physicochemical and Functional Properties of Chemically Pretreated Ndou Sweet Potato Flour by Khuthadzo Ngoma, Mpho E. Mashau, Henry Silungwe

“…Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas Lam) is a nutritious crop abundant in calories and bioactive compounds such as beta-carotene, ascorbic acid, polyphenols, and dietary fibre. This study investigated the effect of pretreatments on the physicochemical and functional properties of Ndou sweet potato (NSP) flour. …”
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Hair Follicle Dermal Cells Support Expansion of Murine and Human Embryonic and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Promote Haematopoiesis in Mouse Cultures by Jun Liu, Claire A. Higgins, Jenna C. Whitehouse, Susan J. Harris, Heather Crawford, Angela M. Christiano, Majlinda Lako, Nicholas Hole, Colin A. B. Jahoda

“…In the hair follicle, the dermal papilla (DP) and dermal sheath (DS) support and maintain proliferation and differentiation of the epithelial stem cells that produce the hair fibre. In view of their regulatory properties, in this study, we investigated the interaction between hair follicle dermal cells (DP and DS) and embryonic stem cells (ESCs); induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs); and haematopoietic stem cells. …”
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Liquid Levothyroxine Formulation Taken during Lunch in Italy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Carlo Cappelli, Ilenia Pirola, Maurizio Castellano

“…Replacement therapy has always been considered straightforward although different factors may interfere with intestinal absorption of L-T4, including food, dietary fibre, coffee, drugs, and gastrointestinal diseases. …”
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A Reduction in Selenoprotein S Amplifies the Inflammatory Profile of Fast-Twitch Skeletal Muscle in the mdx Dystrophic Mouse by Craig Robert Wright, Giselle Larissa Allsopp, Alex Bernard Addinsall, Natasha Lee McRae, Sofianos Andrikopoulos, Nicole Stupka

“…This was associated with a reduction in muscle fibre size; however, ex vivo EDL muscle strength and endurance were unaltered. …”
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The use of citrus pulp silage in Diplodus puntazzo nutrition by Silvia Nogales-Mérida, Ana Tomás-Vidal, Miguel Jover Cerdá, Nury B. Sánchez-Lozano, Jorge Velazco-Vargas, Silvia Martínez-Llorens

“…The CPD also resulted in a reduction in amino acid (AA) content due to the protein being bound to fibre; this consequence did not affect the final fish AA profile. …”
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Distribution of (1,3)(1,4)-β-D-Glucans in Grains of Polish Oat Cultivars and Lines (Avena sativa L.) – Short Report by Sykut-Domańska Emilia, Rzedzicki Zbigniew, Zarzycki Piotr, Sobota Aldona, Błaszczak Wioletta

“…The distribution of a fraction of soluble dietary fibre (1,3)(1,4)-β-D-glucans was depicted in selected Polish oat grains (Avena sativa L.). …”
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