An in vivo and ex vivo investigation of the cellular effects of the heavy metals cadmium and chromium alone and in combination

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Fabrication and characterization of polycaprolactone-based nanofibrous scaffolds for neuronal tissue regeneration by Elnaggar, Manar Ahmed

“…Moreover, the in-vitro degradation test showed slow degradation rate. The addition of fibronectin and laminin together was shown to be the most favorable for cellular attachment and elongation of neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells. …”
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Screening for Proteinopathic-related Dementias in Low-resource Clinical Contexts: A Machine Learning Approach by Lewis, Raphaella

“…Accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity values were all greater than 70%. Performance on tests assessing memory and executive functioning were the features that predominantly distinguished the PRD and comparison groups from one another. …”
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Nasal aperture shape and its application for estimating ancestry in modern South Africans

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Effects of Date Seed (Phoenix dactylifera) Extract in an Animal Model of Diabetes Mellitus by Refaat, Sara

“…Similar trends applied to oxidative stress tests, liver and kidney function tests. The gut microbiome composition also revealed differences between the samples, with an increase in diversity and abundance of beneficial bacteria in the normal and date seed extract group and a decrease in diversity in the commercial treatment and the negative control group. …”
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Investigating the effects of enhanced catecholamine stimulation in stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes by Samodien, Kauthar

“…In addition, the application of the ryanodine receptor agonist, caffeine (0.5mM, 5 minutes), resulted in a ten-fold increase in the amplitude of contraction for iso-treated EBs compared to a two-fold increase in the untreated and pindolol-treated EBs. …”
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The gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) system: a comparison between breeding and non-breeding naked mole rats (Heterocephalus glaber) by Smith, Caitlin

“…Neuropeptides are well known to govern numerous biological functions and are found in all phyla studied to date. …”
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Risk factors associated with blood pressure variation in sickle cell disease in Cameroon by Nguweneza, Arthemon

“…Categorical variables were compared using Chi squared test or Fisher exact test if the expected count in a cell was less than five while continuous variables were compared according to BP category with the Kruskal–wallis test. …”
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Seasonal variation in preeclampsia – timing of conception vs timing of delivery by Van Zyl, Gideon

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Synthesis, Characterisation and Device Application of Silicon Nanoparticles produced by Mechanical Attrition by Odo, Ayodele

“…The best transistors fabricated have a hole mobility of 2:63 10ô5cm2=V s and electron mobility 7:81 10ô7cm2=V s.…”
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The prevalence of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-Coenzyme a reductase variants in hypercholesterolaemic patients with statin intolerance

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The morphology of the intraparietal sulcus in children prenatally exposed to alcohol in a sample of children from the Western Cape, South Africa and its potential relationship with... by Greeff, Marlie

“…For this analysis, the manually traced MIPS and LIPS were subdivided into five ROI's for the left and right hemispheres respectively: (1) the superior MIPS, (2) the medial branch of the MIPS, (3) the inferior MIPS, (4) the superior LIPS, and (5) the inferior LIPS. …”
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Modelling and characterization of a modified 3-DoF pneumatic Gough-Stewart platform

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A critical appraisal of the customer service and service quality in appliance sales departments in prominent South African retail stores

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Reticulocyte count and indices in dogs naturally and experimentally infected with Babesia rossi

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Thromboelastographic evaluation of haemostatic abnormalities in uncomplicated canine babesiosis

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