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Characteristics of an alternative antibacterial biomaterial for mouthwash in the absence of alcohol

Journal of Dental Sciences, 2019
Background/purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether poly-gamma-glutamic acid (γ-PGA), a naturally derived biomaterial, was suitable as an alternative antibacterial mouthwash in the absence of alcohol.
Chen-Ying Su, Chia-Chun Chen, Hsuan-Yu Chen, Chun-Pin Lin, Feng-Huei Lin, Hsu-Wei Fang   +5 more
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The Airway Transcriptome in Type 2 Cytokine Biomarker‐High and ‐Low Severe Asthma

Allergy, EarlyView.
This study distinguishes severe asthma–related airway transcriptomic changes from the effects of high‐dose ICS. Most dysregulated genes in severe asthma show concordance with corticosteroid responses. Corticosteroid‐resistant T2‐high asthma featured T2‐high and epithelial barrier gene upregulation, while T2‐low asthma featured Th1/IL‐17 signatures. ASM,
Jiashu Shen, Rekha Chaudhuri, Stephen Bicknell, Adel H. Mansur, Rahul Shrimanker, Ian D. Pavord, Stephen J. Fowler, Vanessa Brown, Lorcan P. McGarvey, Peter H. Howarth, Sven‐Erik Dahlén, Ian M. Adcock, Nazanin Zounemat‐Kermani, Joseph R. Arron, Liam G. Heaney, David F. Choy, Timothy S. C. Hinks, Emanuele Marchi, Peter Bradding, on behalf of the UK Medical Research Council Refractory Asthma Stratification programme (RASP‐UK)   +19 more
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Sperm Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number and Nuclear DNA Methylation Across Clinical and Non‐Clinical Preconception Cohorts

Andrology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sperm mitochondrial DNA copy number is an emerging marker of male fertility, with elevated mtDNAcn associated with poor semen quality across various populations. Sperm DNA methylation has also been previously demonstrated to be negatively correlated with semen parameters in IVF cohorts.
Savni Sawant, Karolina Nowak, Amanda L. Paskavitz, Emily Houle, Ricardo P. Bertolla, Lidia Minguez‐Alarcon, Russ Hauser, J. Richard Pilsner   +7 more
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Tuberculosis infection prevalence and treatment completion among refugees in the United States

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Background: Identifying and treating tuberculosis infection (TBI) among refugees at elevated risk for developing TB disease is crucial for TB prevention and elimination in the United States (U.S.).
Dan Shen, Aurimar Ayala, Randall Reves, Michelle Haas, Renuka Khurana   +4 more
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The Evaluation of Physical Stillness with Wearable Chest and Arm Accelerometer during Chan Ding Practice

Sensors, 2016
Chan Ding training is beneficial to health and emotional wellbeing. More and more people have taken up this practice over the past few years. A major training method of Chan Ding is to focus on the ten Mailuns, i.e., energy points, and to maintain ...
Kang-Ming Chang, Yu-Teng Chun, Sih-Huei Chen, Luo Lu, Hsiao-Ting Jannis Su, Hung-Meng Liang, Jayasree Santhosh, Congo Tak-Shing Ching, Shing-Hong Liu   +8 more
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Phase coupling between eye and brain pulsations is bidirectional and modulated by the parasympathetic system – An fMREye study

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose Physiological pulsations driven by cardiac, respiratory, and vasomotor activity are essential for solute transport within perivascular and perineural cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pathways that support brain and eye clearance systems. Previous studies have shown that parasympathetic blockade significantly reduces ocular pulsation power and
Ebrahimi Seyed‐Mohsen, Väyrynen Tommi, Huotari Niko, Saarela Ville, Honkamo Marja, Helakari Heta, Järvelä Matti, Korhonen Vesa, Raitamaa Lauri, Kiviniemi Vesa   +9 more
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Systematic differences in phenology estimates from unstructured and structured biodiversity datasets

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Unstructured and structured butterfly records produced similar estimates of temporal trends in phenology. Unstructured records showed earlier mean flight dates, earlier onsets and later ends, resulting in longer inferred flight periods. Systematic differences likely reflect sampling approaches and recorder behaviour rather than sample size alone ...
Mingrui Li, Jonathan Bennie, David B. Roy, Richard Fox, Robin J. Boyd, Chloë Smith, Richard H. Ffrench‐Constant   +6 more
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Description and terrestrial ages of the Calama Area Meteorite Collection (Atacama Desert, Chile)

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract We present a comprehensive study of a meteorite collection from the Atacama Desert (Chile), the driest and most climatically stable desert in the world. This collection includes meteorites from three adjacent Dense Collection Areas (DCAs) in the northern part of the Atacama Desert: Calama, Sierra Gorda, and Chug Chug, referred to as the ...
Carine Sadaka, Jérôme Gattacceca, Florian Dumas, Régis Braucher, ASTER Team, Matthieu Gounelle, Dilyara Kuzina, Cyril Lorenz, Alexandre Corgne, Pierre Sempéré   +9 more
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Impacts of free-roaming dogs on spatiotemporal niches of native carnivores in Taiwan

Global Ecology and Conservation
Among animals of the same trophic level, niche partitioning often occurs to facilitate coexistence. However, when a new common predator appears, they may adjust their activity temporally and spatially to avoid the predator.
Hsin-Cheng Ho, Tzung-Su Ding, Hsiao-Wei Yuan, Jo-Szu Tsai, Guo-Jing Weng, Yu-Hsiu Lin, Hsiang Ling Chen, Yu-Bo Huang, Shih-Ching Yen   +8 more
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Can surface treatments and climate matching enhance restoration success in the Sonoran Desert?

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Restoring native plant communities in arid ecosystems through seeding is a critical yet often unsuccessful strategy due to severe environmental stressors, including degraded soils, low and variable rainfall, and seed predation. Objectives To improve restoration outcomes, we examined the influence of seed mix types and soil surface
Shumin Lyu, Helen I. Rowe, Jennifer Broatch, Jane X. Brady, Mary Fastiggi, Sharon Fitts, Debbie Langenfeld, Seth M. Munson   +7 more
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