Chemical Composition, In Vivo, and In Silico Molecular Docking Studies of the Effect of <i>Syzygium aromaticum</i> (Clove) Essential Oil on Ochratoxin A-Induced Acute Neurotoxicity by Mostapha Brahmi, Djallal Eddine H. Adli, Imane Kaoudj, Faisal K. Alkholifi, Wafaa Arabi, Soumia Sohbi, Kaddour Ziani, Khaled Kahloula, Miloud Slimani, Sherouk Hussein Sweilam

“…The essential oils were extracted by hydrodistillation, a yield of 12.70% was obtained for EOC, and the GC-MS characterization of this essential oil revealed that its principal major components are eugenol (80.95%), eugenyl acetate (10.48%), β-caryophyllene (7.21%), and α-humulene (0.87%). …”
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The Possibility or Impossibility of Stock Price Prediction: Evidence from the Petrochemical Industry by Masoud Alizadeh Chamazkoti, Mehdi Fathabadi, Mahmod Mahmodzadeh, Saleh Ghavidel Doostkouei

“…MethodsTo test the random walk hypothesis, in the first stage, augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) unit root tests were conducted using the approaches proposed by Dolado et al. (1990) and Hamilton (1994), along with the Zivot and Andrews (ZA) unit root test incorporating an endogenous structural break. …”
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Development of Attenuated Total Reflectance Mid-Infrared (ATR-MIR) and Near-Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy for the Determination of Resistant Starch Content in Wheat Grains by Rong Wang, Xia Wei, Hongpan Wang, Linshu Zhao, Cengli Zeng, Bingrui Wang, Wenying Zhang, Luxiang Liu, Yanhao Xu

“…In the ATR-MIR technique, the baseline preprocessing method exhibited a better performance regarding to the values of coefficient of determination (Rc2 = 0.927; Rp2 = 0.828) and mean square error value (RMSEC = 0.153; RMSEP = 0.284). The validation of the developed best NIR and ATR-MIR calibration models showed that the ATR-MIR best calibration model has a better RS prediction ability than the NIR best calibration model. …”
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Evaluating the use of coronary artery calcium scoring as a tool for coronary artery disease (CAD) risk stratification and its association with coronary stenosis and CAD risk factor... by Afrose Liaquat, Ameerdad Khan, Saeed Ullah Shah, Hania Iqbal, Safa Iqbal, Atif Iqbal Rana, Habib Ur Rahman

“…The aim of our study is to investigate the use of coronary artery calcium scoring (CACS) as a tool for CAD risk stratification through evaluation of its correlation with the degree of coronary stenosis and its association with conventional cardiovascular risk factors in asymptomatic patients.Design Single-centre, retrospective, cross-sectional study.Setting The study was conducted at a tertiary centre (Shifa International Hospital) in Islamabad, Pakistan, through review of medical records of patients who underwent coronary CT between the years 2016 and 2020.Participants A total of 1014 patients were included in the study. The study population was analysed for presence of conventional risk factors (gender, age, diabetes, hypertension, body mass index, dyslipidaemia) and association with CACS (zero: n=534; minimal: 0 to ≤10, n=70; mild: &gt;10 to ≤100, n=130; moderate: &gt;100 to ≤400, n=118; and severe: &gt;400, n=49). …”
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Atividade física, depressão, ansiedade e estresse em adultos e idosos na pandemia COVID-19 no Brasil by Milton José de Azevedo, Gabriel Peinado Costa, João Luiz Andrella, Elisângela Aparecida da Silva Lizzi, Átila Alexandre Trapé

“…A análise estatística foi realizada por meio do teste Qui-Quadrado com nível de significância de 5% e análise de correspondência múltipla. Participaram 1044 homens e mulheres, com idade entre 18 e 75 anos, de todo território nacional. …”
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Pathomorphological changes of the placenta in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in pregnant women in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy by T.V. Savchuk

“…All cases of COVID-19 in the mother were accompanied by edema of the stromal tissue of the terminal villi of the chorion, which led to a decrease in the percentage of blood vessels in the terminal villi: in subgroup I.2 – 29.4 [25.6; 34.2]; II.1 – 16.5 [10.34; 24.37], and II.2 – 14.71 [10.1; 19.4] compared to 67.6 [58.78; 73.7] in the comparison group; p<0.0001. …”
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Assessment of Chaves Low-Temperature CO2-Rich Geothermal System (N-Portugal) Using an Interdisciplinary Geosciences Approach by J. M. Marques, P. M. Carreira, L. A. Aires-Barros, F. A. Monteiro Santos, M. Antunes da Silva, P. Represas

“…No significant 18O-shift was observed, consistent with the results from the chemical geothermometry. δ13CCO2 values vary between −7.2 and −5.1‰ vs. …”
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Dysfunctional β-cell autophagy induces β-cell stress and enhances islet immunogenicity by Matthew C. Austin, Charanya Muralidharan, Saptarshi Roy, Justin J. Crowder, Jon D. Piganelli, Amelia K. Linnemann, Amelia K. Linnemann

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Hypofractionated partial breast irradiation after breast-conserving surgery for patients with early stage breast cancer in China Mainland: a single-arm prospective trial by Xiaomeng Zhang, Xiaofang Wang, Zhuohua Xu, Yajuan Chu, Xingxing Chen, Li Zhang, Jin Meng, Wei Shi, Zhaozhi Yang, Xin Mei, Xiaoli Yu, Zhen Zhang, Xiaomao Guo, Miao Mo, Guangyu Liu, Jiong Wu, Zhimin Shao, Jinli Ma

“…The median follow-up was 66.3 (range: 42.0-105.4) months. The 3-year overall cosmetic deterioration rate was 3.5%. …”
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Parental Mental Health and Child Maltreatment in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Importance of Sampling in a Quantitative Statistical Study by Lara Engelke, Claudia Calvano, Steffi Pohl, Sibylle Maria Winter, Babette Renneberg

“…MethodsIn 2020, we simultaneously conducted 2 studies: (1) a web-based survey using a convenience sample of 4967 parents of underage children, primarily recruited via social media, and (2) a study using a quota sample representative of the German adult population with underage children (N=1024), recruited through a combination of telephone interviews and computer-assisted web interviews. …”
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Diagnostic value of the MZXBTCH scoring system for acute complex appendicitis by Tianyi Ma, Qian Zhang, Hongwei Zhao, Peng Zhang

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis identified preoperative body temperature (odds ratio (OR) = 1.104; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.067–1.143; P < 0.001), preoperative C-reactive protein (CRP) level (OR = 1.002; 95% CI 1.001–1.002; P < 0.001), lymphocyte percentage (OR = 0.994; 95% CI 0.990–0.996; P < 0.001), appendiceal fecal stones (OR = 1.127; 95% CI 1.068–1.190; P < 0.001), periappendiceal fat stranding (OR = 1.133; 95% CI 1.072–1.198; P < 0.001), and appendix diameter (OR = 1.013; 95% CI 1.004–1.022; P < 0.001) as independent risk factors for complex appendicitis. …”
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A Small-Area 2nd-Order Adder-Less Continuous-Time &#x0394;&#x03A3; Modulator With Pulse Shaping FIR DAC for Magnetic Sensing by Manish Srivastava, Alessandro Ferro, Aleksandr Sidun, Jose M. De La Rosa, Kilian O'Donoghue, Padraig Cantillon-Murphy, Daniel O'Hare

“…The circuit has been designed in 65-nm CMOS technology, achieving a peak 82-dB SNDR and 91-dB DR within a signal bandwidth of 20 kHz and the CT<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\Delta \Sigma \text{M}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> consumes <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$300 ~\mu \text{W}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> of power when clocked at 10.24 MHz. The CT<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\Delta \Sigma \text{M}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> achieves a state-of-the-art area of 0.07 mm2.…”
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Machine Learning Diagnostic Model for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Based on Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation and Ferroptosis-Related Genes by Wenchao Chen, Ting Zhu, Xiaofan Pu, Linlin Zhao, Senhao Zhou, Xin Zhong, Suihan Wang, Tianyu Lin

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Factors associated with early hospital readmission for acute decompensation of cirrhosis - prospective cohort study by Tamara Liana Zocche, Cláudia Maccali, Fernanda Cristina de Augustinho, Elayne Cristina de Morais Rateke, Camila Matiollo, Ariane Borgonovo Rayes, Dariana Carla Maggi, Esther Buzaglo Dantas-Corrêa, Leonardo de Lucca Schiavon, Janaina Luz Narciso-Schiavon

“…In the logistic regression analysis, CLIF-SOFA variables (odds ratio [OR] 1.137, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.003–1.289, p=0.045) and several complications present in the initial hospitalization (OR 1.503, 95% CI 1.074–2.105, p=0.018) independent of early readmission. …”
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Recomendações de exercício físico após adoecimento por COVID-19: revisão de escopo by Alexandre Konig Garcia Prado, Jhennifer Carolina de Almeida Alves, Renata Neli Moreno Gurginski, Thaymara Mikuni, Danieli Zata, Paula Lucia Magalhães da Silva Albuquerque, João Ricardo Gabriel de Oliveira

“…Entre os estudos incluídos, são citados com maior frequência: 1) recomendações para maiores de 18 anos, com diferentes graus de acometimento; 2) reabilitação à distância e uso de equipamentos de proteção individual nos procedimentos de biossegurança; 3) testes de aptidão física e avaliações clínicas; 4) saturação de oxigênio e a frequência cardíaca para monitoramento da sessão; 5) programas com mais de um tipo de exercício (multicomponente), sendo os exercícios aeróbios e de força os mais indicados, e; 6) necessidade de prescrição individualizada e intervenção multiprofissional. …”
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The Mediating Role of Avoidant Personality Disorder Features in the Relationship Between Stressful Life Events and Depression Among First-Year University Students by Zhou H, Niu S, Guo Y, Qin Y, Sun H, Mu F, Duan X, Zheng Y, Zhang Y, Liu Y, Liu N

“…The method of Bootstrap was adopted to determine whether the AVPD features act as mediating factors in the association between the NLEs and depression.Results: A total of 34.68% of the participants reported one to three AVPD features, and 18.15% reported four to seven AVPD features. AVPD features (r=0.384, P< 0.05) and the SLEs (r=0.309, P< 0.05) were positively related to the risk of depression, respectively. …”
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Increased number concentrations of small particles explain perceived stagnation in air quality over Korea by S. Joo, J. Shin, M. Tesche, N. Dehkhoda, T. Kim, Y. Noh

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Predicting Iran Cooperative Development Bank's Profit/Loss: Two-stage Collective Learning by Seyed Bagher Fattahi, Seyed Mozafar Mirbargkar, Ebrahim Chirani, Mohammadreza Vatanparast

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Deep learning-based CT radiomics predicts prognosis of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma treated with TACE-HAIC combined with PD-1 inhibitors and tyrosine kinase inhibitors by Linan Yin, Ruibao Liu, Wei Li, Shijie Li, Xunbo Hou

“…The AUC of the external validation cohort was 0.85, with accuracy of 79.1%, precision of 73.6%, and f1-score of 0.784. In the PFS prediction model, the predicted AUC for 12 months, 18 months, and 24 months-PFS in the training cohort were 0.874, 0.809, 0.801, respectively. …”
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Insights into simulation-based learning: student and faculty experiences in a PharmD program in Saudi Arabia by Reem Binsuwaidan, Najla A. Altwaijry, Alnada A. Ibrahim, Rawan A. Alghamdi, Razan Bin Humaid, Alaa A. AlSharif, Alaa A. AlHubaishi, Elshaymaa I. Elmongy, Lina I. Alnajjar, Ghadah H. Alshehri

“…The average scores calculated for the intern surveys were positive across the same domains: perceived learning outcome acquisition (4.29 ± 0.584), preparedness (4.11 ± 0.239), and general perception (4.18 ± 0.742). …”
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