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PEG Induces High Expression of the Cell Cycle Checkpoint Gene WEE1 in Embryogenic Callus of Medicago truncatula: Potential Link between Cell Cycle Checkpoint Regulation and Osmotic Stress

. . Elmaghrabi AM, Rogers HJ, Francis D, Ochatt SJ. . Front Plant Sci. 2017 Sep 5;8:1479. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01479. 2017. Abstract Polyethylene glycol (PEG) can be used to mimic osmotic stress in plant tissue cultures to study mechanisms of tolerance. The aim of this experiment was to investigate the effects of PEG (M.W. 6000) on …

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Laminated chitosan-based composite sponges for transmucosal delivery of novel protamine-decorated tripterine phytosomes: Ex-vivo mucopenetration and in-vivo pharmacokinetic assessments

. . Freag MS, Saleh WM, Abdallah OY. . Carbohydr Polym. 2018 May 15;188:108-120. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.01.095. Epub 2018 Feb 3. Abstract In the current study, laminated chitosan (CS):hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) composite sponges were exploited as solid matrices for buccal delivery of tripterine phytosomes functionalized with novel mucopenetrating protamine layer (PRT-TRI-PHY). Tripterine (TRI) is a herbal …

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Tablet formulation of Famotidine-loaded P-gp inhibiting nanoparticles using PLA-g-PEG grafted polymer

. . Mokhtar M, Gosselin PM, François-Xavier L, Hildgen P. . Pharm Dev Technol. 2019 Feb;24(2):211-221. doi: 10.1080/10837450.2018.1455695. Epub 2018 Apr 4. Abstract Our work aimed at evaluating the use of permeability glycoprotein (P-gp) inhibiting nanoparticles (NPs) as a part of a suitable oral solid dosage to improve bioavailability. Famotidine (Pepcid(®)), a stomach acid production …

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Histology, vascularity and innervation of the glenoid labrum

. . Alashkham A, Alraddadi A, Felts P, Soames R. . J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong). 2018 May-Aug;26(2):2309499018770900. doi: 10.1177/2309499018770900. Abstract BACKGROUND: Although the glenoid labrum has an important role in shoulder stability, little is known about its composition, vascularity and innervation. The aims of this study were therefore to evaluate the histology, vascularity and …

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Prevalence of Selected Eye Diseases Using Data Harvested from Ophthalmic Checkup Examination of a Cohort of Two Thousand Middle Eastern and North African Subjects

. . Samy El Gendy NM, Abdel-Kader AA. . J Ophthalmol. 2018 Mar 4;2018:8049475. doi: 10.1155/2018/8049475. 2018. Abstract PURPOSE: To highlight the prevalence of selected ophthalmic diseases accidentally discovered at first-time screening of a large sample of patients from the Middle East and North Africa visiting a large referral university hospital checkup unit based in …

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Levels of health awareness in diabetic patients during Ramadan 2015: Focus group discussion in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

. . Al Slail FY, Afridi HU, Fadl SM, Kheir OO. . J Epidemiol Glob Health. 2018 Mar;7 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S49-S54. doi: 10.1016/j.jegh.2018.04.004. Epub 2018 May 3. Abstract A qualitative study was carried out to explore the health status of people with diabetes during Ramadan. Fifteen patients participated in two focus group discussions. Most respondents …

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Adsorption of arsenic using chitosan magnetic graphene oxide nanocomposite

. . Sherlala AIA, Raman AAA, Bello MM, Buthiyappan A. . J Environ Manage. 2019 Sep 15;246:547-556. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.05.117. Epub 2019 Jun 12. Abstract Chitosan-magnetic-graphene oxide (CMGO) nanocomposite was prepared for arsenic adsorption. The nanocomposite was characterized through BET, FTIR, FESEM, EDX, and VSM analyses. These characterizations confirmed the formation of CMGO nanocomposites with high …

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Molecular mechanisms of Cisplatin- induced placental toxicity and teratogenicity in rats and the ameliorating role of N-acetyl-cysteine

. . Hassan MS, Morgan AM, Mekawy MM, Zeineb MA. . Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2019 Oct;115:105579. doi: 10.1016/j.biocel.2019.105579. Epub 2019 Aug 8. Abstract The aim of the present study is to investigate the molecular mechanisms of Cisplatin- induced placental toxicity and teratogenicity in rats and the ameliorating role of N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC). Cisplatin was …

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On the Performance of Variational Mode Decomposition-Based Radio Frequency Fingerprinting of Bluetooth Devices

. . Aghnaiya A, Dalveren Y, Kara A. . Sensors (Basel). 2020 Mar 19;20(6):1704. doi: 10.3390/s20061704. Abstract Radio frequency fingerprinting (RFF) is one of the communication network’s security techniques based on the identification of the unique features of RF transient signals. However, extracting these features could be burdensome, due to the nonstationary nature of transient …

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Value addition in the services sector and its heterogeneous impacts on CO(2) emissions: revisiting the EKC hypothesis for the OPEC using panel spatial estimation techniques

. . Murshed M, Nurmakhanova M, Elheddad M, Ahmed R. . Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2020 Nov;27(31):38951-38973. doi: 10.1007/s11356-020-09593-4. Epub 2020 Jul 7. Abstract This study examines the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis in the context of 12 members of the OPEC by utilizing data on both the aggregate gross value added and the …

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