Burden of Hypertension in the Capital of Afghanistan: A Cross-Sectional Study in Kabul City, 2015 by Khwaja Mir Islam Saeed

“…In the multivariate logistic regression analysis, age, general obesity, central obesity, smoking, moderate physical activity, and taking fruits 3 days or less weekly were statistically significant predictors of hypertension. …”
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Rise of Love and the People: French Matter and Manner in the Early Victorian Drama of Edward Bulwer-Lytton by Ana Fernández-Caparrós Turina

“…In the short period between 1837, when Queen Victoria came to the throne, and 1843, when the Theatre Regulation Act amended the Licensing Act of 1737 and thus reconfigured theatrical freedom and production in the United Kingdom, the fruitful collaboration of renowned novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton and actor and theatrical manager William Charles Macready would prove to be decisive in shaping early Victorian drama and setting high standards in production and artistic integrity, which would be followed by successive managers. …”
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Connecting resonance theory with social‐ecological thinking: Conceptualizing self‐world relationships in the context of sustainability transformations by Florian Brossette, Claudia Bieling

“…We propose resonance theory by the German sociologist Hartmut Rosa as a fruitful framework to advance social‐ecological thinking. …”
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Christianity and Islam - the development of modern science nad the genesis of the modern (just) state by D. F. M. Strauss

“…Although the more recent attempts of Islamic countries to benefit from the fruits of the modern natural sciences  inspired them to introduce the teaching of the natural sciences within the Muslim world, these countries did not succeed in benefiting from the significant transformation of the medieval empires  into modern democratic states. …”
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Building Coastal Dunes with Sea Oats and Surrogate Wrack by Natalie Hooton, Debbie L. Miller, Mack Thetford, Sean Claypool

“…Removal of natural beach litter, called “wrack” and defined as “algae, grasses, driftwood, fruits, seeds, and carrion, along with cultural litter,” has frequently had the undesired effect of weakening the establishment and growth of sea oats. …”
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An Insight into Potential Pharmacotherapeutic Agents for Painful Diabetic Neuropathy by Zunaira Qureshi, Murtaza Najabat Ali, Minahil Khalid

“…Clinical studies have shown that anticonvulsant and antidepressant therapies have proven fruitful in management of pain associated with PDN. …”
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Evaluation of nineteen food wastes for essential and toxic elements by Saranya Kuppusamy, Kadiyala Venkateswarlu, Mallavarapu Megharaj

“…Methods Nitric acid-digested extracts of food wastes belonging to four different classes (fruits, vegetables, oilseeds and beverages) were analysed for different elements in an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer. …”
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GENDER PARTNERSHIP AND TOLERANCE PHENOMENON by R. I. Kuzmenko

“…The idea of tolerance is considered as the way to fruitful development of human relations. For the first time it has been determined that gender partnership can be manifested on the ordinary, frontier and metafrontier levels of human existence. …”
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Dissecting the sterility phenotype in gene edited Drosophila suzukii pgSIT males by Avery D. Witherbee, Stephanie Gamez

“…Abstract Drosophila suzukii is an invasive pest that affects many fresh, soft-skinned fruits such as strawberries and blueberries. To combat this pest, growers use various methods including insecticide sprays, biological control, and sanitation practices. …”
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Effect of Cold Plasma on Quality Retention of Fresh-Cut Produce by Hadi Bagheri, Sepideh Abbaszadeh

“…However, maintaining the quality and nutritional value of these products during storage is being difficult in comparison to whole fruits and vegetables. In actual, the procedures used in the fresh-cut industry may intensify the deterioration caused by physical damage by minimal processing. …”
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A Review: Inflammatory Process in Alzheimer's Disease, Role of Cytokines by Jose Miguel Rubio-Perez, Juana Maria Morillas-Ruiz

“…Unfortunately, clinical trials of NSAIDs in AD patients have not been very fruitful. Proinflammatory responses may be countered through polyphenols. …”
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The Perspective of Peace or Fear for the Future? An Attempt to Evaluate Christian-Muslim Dialogue by Piotr Kaczmarek

“…Moreover, as practice shows, the Church's benevolent gestures often fall on deaf ears, and it seems that this effort is inadequate to the expected fruits of dialogue. Therefore, the possibility of dialogue can be discovered in Catholic Mariology. …”
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Foreign trade relations of the Peru Republic and Russia: history and development prospects by O. N. Zhilkin, G. W. P. Chavarry

“…The dynamics of RussianPeruvian diplomatic relations was studied, the most significant periods of these relations were highlighted, the crisis periods that affected cooperation between countries, including the Second Pacific War (1879−1884) were identified, and the collapse of the USSR. The most fruitful period in the history of Russian-Peruvian relations is marked by the beginning of the “most-favoured-nation” regime, established in 1969 after the signing of the Trade Agreement by the parties. …”
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Cytotoxic activity of Fomitopsis betulina against normal and cancer cells – a comprehensive literature review by Paulina Nowotarska, Maciej Janeczek, Benita Wiatrak

“…Fomitopsis betulina extracts, particularly those derived from fruiting bodies and mycelial cultures, show promising cytotoxic properties against cancer cells, with limited impact on healthy cells. …”
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Les politiques de formation professionnelle en région : un processus lent et complexe de construction de l’action publique régionale by Jean-Paul Géhin

“…To better understand the issues and the effects of regionalization of vocational training policies, it appears fruitful to develop and combine two different approaches: out one hand, a historical approach for apprehending fine and complex processes constructing local interactions; on the other hand, an analytical reporting on the effects of policies on the ground. …”
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Modo de vida camponês e identidade indígena na Comunidade Dom Pedro II, em Barcelos, AM by Talita Pedrosa Vieira de Carvalho Benfica, Martha Benfica do Nascimento de Carvalho, Antônio Carlos Witkoski

“…This subject performs several work activities: cultivation (agriculture, handling of medicinal plants in the peasant property), animal extractivism (fishing and hunting) and vegetable extractivism (collection of fruits and medicinal plants). The fishing activity in Barcelos is diversified, practiced throughout the year and tied to the hydrological cycle. …”
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Genetic Variation of Flavonols Quercetin, Myricetin, and Kaempferol in the Sri Lankan Tea (Camellia sinensis L.) and Their Health-Promoting Aspects by Brasathe Jeganathan, P. A. Nimal Punyasiri, J. Dananjaya Kottawa-Arachchi, Mahasen A. B. Ranatunga, I. Sarath B. Abeysinghe, M. T. Kumudini Gunasekare, B. M. Ratnayake Bandara

“…Occurrence of the said compounds was reported in fruits and vegetable for a long time in association with the antioxidant potential. …”
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Purification and Structural Characterization of a Novel Water-Soluble Neutral Polysaccharide from Cantharellus cibarius and Its Immunostimulating Activity in RAW264.7 Cells by Long Chen, Xichun Peng, Jiaying Lv, Siyin Liao, Shiyi Ou, Yingbin Shen

“…The aims of this work were to analyze preliminary characterization and to investigate immunostimulating activity of a novel water-soluble neutral polysaccharide named JP1, which was purified from the fruiting body of Cantharellus cibarius using DEAE-FF chromatography and Sephadex G-100 chromatography. …”
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Shelf-life extension of green leafy vegetables through minimal processing: Special emphasis on the use of novel techniques by Riya Goel, Darshanjot Kaur, Ravneet Kaur, Kaiser Younis, Ovais Shafiq Qadri

“…The increased shelf-life using minimal processing techniques for various fruits and vegetables has been achieved, but leafy greens are yet to be exploited. …”
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Updated peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance spinosad by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Fernando Álvarez, Maria Arena, Domenica Auteri, Sofia Batista Leite, Marco Binaglia, Anna Federica Castoldi, Arianna Chiusolo, Angelo Colagiorgi, Mathilde Colas, Federica Crivellente, Chloe De Lentdecker, Isabella De Magistris, Mark Egsmose, Gabriella Fait, Franco Ferilli, Monica Fittipaldi Broussarad, German Giner Santonja, Varvara Gouliarmou, Katrin Halling, Alessio Ippolito, Frederique Istace, Samira Jarrah, Dimitra Kardassi, Aude Kienzler, Anna Lanzoni, Roberto Lava, Renata Leuschner, Alberto Linguadoca, Jochem Louisse, Christopher Lythgo, Oriol Magrans, Iris Mangas, Andrea Mioč, Ileana Miron, Tunde Molnar, Laura Padovani, Vincenzo Padricello, Martina Panzarea, Juan Manuel Parra Morte, Alexandra Piti, Simone Rizzuto, Agnès Rortais, Miguel Santos, Rositsa Serafimova, Rachel Sharp, Csaba Szentes, Andrea Terron, Anne Theobald, Manuela Tiramani, Giorgia Vianello, Laura Villamar‐Bouza

“…MRLs were assessed in field leek and field and greenhouse strawberries, cane fruits, lettuce & plants salad (others), spinach and similar leaves (others), herbs and edible flowers (others), cardoons, rhubarb and animal commodities. …”
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