Acid-Base Balance in Healthy Adults: Beneficial Effects of Bicarbonate and Sodium-Rich Mineral Water in a Randomized Controlled Trial: The BicarboWater Study by Katharina Mansouri, Theresa Greupner, Edda van de Flierdt, Inga Schneider, Andreas Hahn

“…HBS water consumption led to increased urinary pH (24-hour urine and spontaneous urine, both p<0.001) and bicarbonate levels (p<0.001), accompanied by reduced titratable acids (p<0.001) and ammonium (p<0.001), resulting in a lower renal net acid excretion (p<0.001). …”
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Causes and Clinical Profiles of Ascites at University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: Institution-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Oumer Abdu Muhie

“…Five (20.8%) CLD patients had spontaneous bacterial peritonitis as a complication. …”
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Precision Higgs Constraints in U(1) Extensions of the Standard Model with a Light <i>Z</i>′-Boson by Zoltán Péli, Zoltán Trócsányi

“…When <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mi>Z</mi><mo>′</mo></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula> obtains its mass from the spontaneous breaking of the new <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>U</mi><mo>(</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> symmetry by a new complex scalar field, the model also predicts a second real scalar <i>s</i>, and the search for the new scalar and the search for the new gauge boson become intertwined. …”
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Development of a Quinoa-Based Fermentation Medium for Propagation of Lactobacillus Plantarum and Weissella Confusa in Opaque Beer Production by Shepherd Manhokwe, Tatenda Musarurwa, Talknice Z. Jombo, Desmond T. Mugadza, Amiel Mugari, Joseph Bare, Scelo Mguni, Fidelis Chigondo, Jane Tafadzwa Muchekeza

“…Product inconsistency of opaque beer has for long been a tenacious problem in the brewing industry since the current process relies on spontaneous lactic acid fermentation. In order to impede this challenge, there is a need to add lactic acid bacteria (LAB) starter cultures in opaque beer brewing to improve its organoleptic qualities. …”
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The Contemporary Critical Reception of Walter Pater: Retrospective and Proleptical Views by Geoffrey Sadock

“…The hallmark of a master craftsman is that he can keep the rules of his genre or Sitz im Leben, but, because he has thoroughly internalized those rules, make his performance appear graceful, even spontaneous. In this regard, Pater has few equals. No longer burdened with the need to condemn his orientation, desire, or lifestyle, recent critics can readily appreciate the subtlety with which Pater interweaves intellectual history, aesthetic method, and sensual self-indulgence. …”
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Development and validation of a prediction model of hospital mortality for patients with cardiac arrest survived 24 hours after cardiopulmonary resuscitation by Renwei Zhang, Zhenxing Liu, Yumin Liu, Li Peng

“…Multivariate logistic analysis revealed age (OR 1.05, 95% CI: 1.03–1.08), witnessed arrest (OR 0.28, 95% CI: 0.11–0.73), time to return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) (OR 1.05, 95% CI: 1.02–1.08), non-shockable rhythm (OR 3.41, 95% CI: 1.61–7.18), alkaline phosphatase (OR 1.01, 95% CI: 1–1.01), and sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) (OR 1.27, 95% CI: 1.15–1.4) were independent risk factors for hospital mortality for patients who survived 24 h after CPR. …”
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GENETIC SOURCES FOR BREEDING BUSHY AND SHORT-VINE WATERMELON CULTIVARS by G. A. Tekhanovich, A. G. Elatskova, Yu. A. Elatskova

“…When studying the collection of watermelon, it is important to disclose its genetic potential by identifying spontaneous mutations, using its accessions in crosses, and analyzing inheritance of its main traits in hybrids. …”
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Preference and determinants of delivery mode in pregnant women with one cesarean scar: a cross-sectional study in two urban Ugandan public hospitals by Brenda Nabawanuka, Tom Ngabirano, Joyce Nankumbi

“…Such women can opt for a trial of labor, and the success rate for spontaneous vaginal delivery is 60–80%. This study assessed the preference and determinants of delivery mode among pregnant women with one cesarean scar. …”
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Militancia, destrucción y resistencias de las mujeres en la Unión Patriótica by Carlos Andrés Torres Mateus

“…Finally, some practices of female resistance that emerged from a mixture of spontaneous and conscious actions to confront the strategies of the perpetrating bloc are presented, which consolidated the struggle for truth, justice, reparation, and peacebuilding.…”
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Heterogeneity in Fluorescence-Stained Sperm Membrane Patterns and Their Dynamic Changes Towards Fertilization in Mice by Momoka Hirai, Satoshi Kishigami

“…Pre-stained sperm exhibited an increased number of HM and M patterns over time, whereas the number of HMT-stained sperm decreased. Consistently, spontaneous acrosome-reacted sperm were detected predominantly in HM- or M-stained sperm. …”
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Effects of Food on the Pharmacokinetics and Safety of HA121-28 Tablet, a Novel Multi-Targeting Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor, in Healthy Chinese Subjects: A Phase I Clinical Trial by Liu Y, Li X, Zhang M, Men Y, Wang Y, Zhu X, Zheng L

“…The majority of reported adverse events were graded as either level 1 or 2 in severity and recovered spontaneously without any interventions.Conclusion: The exposure of HA121-28 was not significantly affected by the high‐fat and high-calorie food. …”
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Outcomes following Placement and Removal of Transvaginal Cerclage in at Risk Pregnancies: A Single Center Experience by Henry Adekola, Jennifer Addo, Elizabeth Ramsey Unal, Emma James, Vivek Prakash, Robert Abrams

“…Compared to those who had a non-elective cerclage, women undergoing elective cerclage were more likely to have history of cervical treatment (44% vs. 15%, p=0.02), and spontaneous preterm delivery (92% vs. 61%, p=0.003). …”
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Characteristics of Stratum Structure and Fracture Evolution in Stratified Mining of Shallow Buried High-Gas-Thick Coal Seam by Similarity Simulation by Qin Guangpeng, Cao Jing, Wang Chao, Wu Shuo, Zhai Minghua

“…The main coal seam thickness of Rujigou Coal Mine exceeds 20 m, due to the high gas content of the coal seam, it is prone to spontaneous combustion, and the stratified mining method is adopted. …”
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Preexisting hemodialysis and survival outcome in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients: Ulsan, South Korea by Song Yi Park, Sun Hyu Kim, Sun Hyu Kim, Byungho Choi, Byungho Choi

“…Undergoing HD was not significantly associated with any return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) (adjusted odds ratio [95% confidence interval], p-value, 1.648 [0.934–2.907], 0.085), survival to discharge (1.544 [0.734–3.250], 0.252), or neurological outcomes (0.394 [0.017–9.346], 0.564). …”
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Harmony in healthcare: recommended infant feeding practices and associated factors among HIV positive mothers in Eastern Ethiopian hospitals by Muluken Yigezu, Natnael Kebede

“…HIV-positive mothers who had a child age of 0–6 months [AOR = 5.21 (95% CI: 2.54, 10.70], spontaneous vaginal delivery [AOR = 2.11 (95% CI: 1.05, 4.24], and ever provided expressed breast milk [AOR = 2.82 (95% CI: 1.33, 5.95] were significantly associated with recommended Infant feeding practice. …”
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The research progress on effective connectivity in adolescent depression based on resting-state fMRI by Xuan Deng, Jiajing Cui, Jinyuan Zhao, Jinji Bai, Junfeng Li, Kefeng Li

“…IntroductionThe brain’s spontaneous neural activity can be recorded during rest using resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI), and intricate brain functional networks and interaction patterns can be discovered through correlation analysis. …”
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Severe subcutaneous infection with Clostridium septicum in a herd of native Icelandic horses by Charlotta Oddsdóttir, Ólöf G. Sigurðardóttir, Vala Friðriksdóttir, Vilhjálmur Svansson, Birkir Þór Bragason, Sigríður Björnsdóttir

“…Abscesses, some with subsequent spontaneous drainage of seropurulent material, were observed at the presumed injection site on eight surviving horses approximately 2 weeks post-injection. …”
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A descriptive analysis of a medical humanitarian aid initiative for quality perinatal management in war-torn Ukraine by Iryna Mogilevkina, Dmytro Dobryanskyy, Rhona MacDonald, Diane Watson, David Southall

“…In the staff plus mother group, more often lateral tilt, intravenous fluid, spontaneous vaginal and vacuum assisted delivery and less often caesarean sections were undertaken even when fetal distress alone was an indication for operative delivery at term pregnancy. …”
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Quality of Life as Medicine III. A Qualitative Analysis of the Effect of a Five-Day Intervention with Existential Holistic Group Therapy or a Quality of Life Course as a Modern Rit... by Søren Ventegodt, Birgitte Clausen, Maja Langhorn, Maximilian Kromann, Niels Jørgen Andersen, Joav Merrick

“…The existential group therapy induces spontaneous healing of body, mind, and soul that seems to be highly efficient with hopefully lasting results. …”
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Optimization of the Process for Defatting Sea Cucumber Powder by Supercritical CO2 Extraction and Its Effect on Volatile Flavor Compounds by Gongming WANG, Hui HUANG, Yuzhu DING, Jinglin XUE, Zhiqiang SHU, Yuexin JING, Chunna JIAO, Jian ZHANG

“…Notably, substances with fishy or pungent odors such as dimethyl sulfide, butanal, E-2-butenal, pentanal, heptanal, benzaldehyde, pentanol, 2-butanone, 2-hexanone, 3-hexanone and other substances were significantly reduced in the extracted sea cucumber powder, substantially improving the overall flavor. …”
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