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In Vitro Toxicological Screening of Stable and Senescing Cultures of Aphanizomenon, Planktothrix, and Raphidiopsis
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Polyphasic toxicological screening of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii and Aphanizomenon gracile isolated in Poland
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TOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF FOOD PACKAGES EXTRACTS
PublikacjaIn the scientific literature related to the widely understood issue of packaging materials designed to have contact with food (Food Contact Materials – FCM) there is much information on raw materials used for their production, their physiochemical properties, types and parameters. There is also a great number of publications on the management and disposal of used packaging. Unfortunately, not much attention is given to the matters...
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Synthetic analogues of cyanobacterial alkaloid cylindrospermopsin and their toxicological activity
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Lessons learned in a decade: Medical‐toxicological view of tattooing
PublikacjaTattooing has been part of the human culture for thousands of years, yet only in the past decades has it entered the mainstream of the society. With the rise in popularity, tattoos also gained attention among researchers, with the aim to better understand the health risks posed by their application. 'A medical-toxicological view of tattooing'-a work published in The Lancet almost a decade ago, resulted from the international collaboration...
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Lung cancer survival and comorbidities in lung cancer screening participants of the Gdańsk screening cohort
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Ficus plants: State of the art from a phytochemical, pharmacological, and toxicological perspective
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Determination of Toxicological Parameters of Selected Bioactive Organic Chemicals Using the Ostracodtoxkit FTM
PublikacjaAssessment of the impact of pharmaceutical residues on living organisms is very complex subject. Apart from taking into account the toxicity of individual compounds also their presence in mixtures should be taken into account. In this work, attempts were made to assess the ecotoxicity of biologically active substances (with 50 % effective concentration (EC50) values growing from fluoxetine (EC50 = 4.431 nM) >> gemfibrozil ≈ 17α-ethinylestradiol...
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Biomarkers of alcohol consumption in body fluids - possibilities and limitations of application in toxicological analysis
PublikacjaEthyl alcohol is the most popular legal drug, but its excessive consumption causes social problems. Despite many public campaigns against alcohol use, car accidents, instances of aggressive behaviour, sexual assaults and deterioration in labor productivity caused by inebriated people is still commonplace. Fast and easy diagnosis of alcohol consumption is required in order to introduce proper and effective therapy, and is crucial...
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Rapid Screening of Antimicrobial Synthetic Peptides
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New fast photomultipliers with a screening grid at the anode
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Radiomics and artificial intelligence in lung cancer screening
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In vitro screening of 65 mycotoxins for insecticidal potential
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Screening of volatile organic compounds as a source for indoor pollution
PublikacjaLotne związki organiczne (VOC) stanowią jedne z istotniejszychzanieczyszczeń powietrza wewnętrznego, ich stężenia w powietrzu wewnętrznym są często kilkakrotnie wyższe niż odpowiadające im stężenia w powietrzu zewnętrznym. Ten niekorzystny stosunek stężeń wskazuje na obecność endogennych źródeł emisji (usytuowanych bezpośrednio wewnątrz budynków). Lotne związki organiczne uwalniane są do powietrza wewnętrznego z wielu kontrolowanych...
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Preclinical toxicological examination of a putative prostate cancer-specific 4-methyl-1-nitroacridine derivative in rodents
PublikacjaW pracy przedstawiono wyniki przedklinicznych badań toksykologicznych zwiazków C-1748 i C-857 na szczurach Copenhagen i myszach BALB/c, po podaniu dootrzewnowym lub dożylnym. U myszy dawki letalne (LD50) dla C-1748 wynosiły odpowiednio 9 i 13,4 mg/kg w porównaniu z 2,2 i 3 mg/kg dla C-857. U szczurów po podaniu dootrzewnowym lub dożylnym dla C-1748 dawki LD50 wynosiły odpowiednio 4 i 1,3 mg/kg. Nie stwierdzono zmian w liczbie komórek...
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Newborn screening and gene therapy in SMA: Challenges related to vaccinations
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Screening for Antagonistic Yeasts to Manage Alternaria spp. in Organic Farming
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Experimental and Theoretical Screening for Green Solvents Improving Sulfamethizole Solubility
PublikacjaSolubility enhancement of poorly soluble active pharmaceutical ingredients is of crucial importance for drug development and processing. Extensive experimental screening is limited due to the vast number of potential solvent combinations. Hence, theoretical models can offer valuable hints for guiding experiments aimed at providing solubility data. In this paper, we explore the possibility of applying quantum-chemistry-derived...
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A Rapid and Simple Method for Screening Microorganisms with a Potential for Catechol Biodegradation
PublikacjaCatechol is a highly toxic compound that is also a key intermediate in biodegradation pathways of various aromatic compounds. In this paper, a new screening method for isolation of microorganisms with the potential for catechol biodegradation is reported. The method described is based on the ability of catechol to form a color complex with Fe3+ ions. For this purpose, basal medium that is widely used for classification of microorganisms...
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Is it time to update the Recommendations of the Polish Society of Forensic Medicine and Criminology on the collection of post-mortem material for toxicological analysis?
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The use of fosmid metagenomic libraries in preliminary screening for various biological activities
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Bacterial luminescence test screening of highly polluted areas in the Odra River
PublikacjaW pracy przedstawiono wyniki badania ekotoksyczności wód i osadów z dorzecza Odry w obrazie testu z zastosowaniem bakterii Vibrio Fischerii. Badania przesiewowe wskazują, że silnie zanieczyszczone są miejsca w okolicy Brzegu Dolnego, ujścia Nysy Kłodzkiej i Małej Panwi.
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Screening of protozoan and microsporidian parasites in feces of great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
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Screening of antimicrobial activity of aqueous extracts of selected Potentilla L. species
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Deep learning for ultra-fast and high precision screening of energy materials
PublikacjaSemiconductor materials for energy storage are the core and foundation of modern information society and play important roles in photovoltaic system, integrated circuit, spacecraft technology, lighting applications, and other fields. Unfortunately, due to the long experiment period and high calculation cost, the high-precision band gap (the basic characteristic parameter) of semiconductor is difficult to obtain, which hinders the...
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Is the presence of Central European strains of Raphidiopsis (Cylindrospermopsis) raciborskii a threat to a freshwater fish? An in vitro toxicological study in common carp cells
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Experimental and theoretical solubility advantage screening of bi-component solid curcumin formulations
PublikacjaA comprehensive experimental and theoretical screening was performed for identification of curcumin solubilizers. Experimental data led to formulation of a non-linear QSPR model correlating molecular descriptors with measured solubilities. The majority of synthesized binary systems exhibited a moderate enhancement of curcumin solubility, which was found to be the highest in the case of curcumin cocrystallized with pyrogallol. New...
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The impact of the Polish mass breast cancer screening program on prognosis in the Pomeranian Province
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Utilization of oriented crystal growth for screening of aromatic carboxylic acids cocrystallization with urea
PublikacjaThe possibility of molecular complex formation in the solid state of urea with benzoic acid analogues was measured directly on the crystallite films deposited on the glass surface using powder X-ray diffractometry (PXRD). Obtained solid mixtures were also analyzed using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The simple droplet evaporation method was found to be efficient, robust, fast and cost-preserving approach for first...
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A personalised approach to prostate cancer screening based on genotyping of risk founder alleles
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Application for novel electrochemical screening of antioxidant potential and phytochemicals in Cornus mas extracts
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Screening of Microorganisms for Biodegradation of Simazine Pollution (Obsolete Pesticide Azotop 50 WP)
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Validation of the Polish version of WHO-5 as a screening instrument for depression in adults with diabetes
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Risk factors assessment and risk prediction models in lung cancer screening candidates
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A Multi Rig Screening Test for Thin Ceramic Coatings in Bio-Tribological Applications
PublikacjaZaprezentowano metodę badań ogólnej charakterystyki tribologicznej cienkich powłok ceramicznych z wykorzystaniem równoległych testów na wielu stanowiskach o różnej konfiguracji styku powierzchni trących i przy ruchu o różnym charakterze (jednokierunkowym i posuwisto zwrotnym). Przedstawiono wyniki porównania przy pomocy jednoczesnej analizy wyników testów z różnych stanowisk; w wyniku testów uzyskano ranking powłok ze wskazaniem...
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Application 2D Descriptors and Artificial Neural Networks for Beta-Glucosidase Inhibitors Screening
PublikacjaBeta-glucosidase inhibitors play important medical and biological roles. In this study, simple two-variable artificial neural network (ANN) classification models were developed for beta-glucosidase inhibitors screening. All bioassay data were obtained from the ChEMBL database. The classifiers were generated using 2D molecular descriptors and the data miner tool available in the STATISTICA package (STATISTICA Automated Neural...
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Underdiagnosis of Major Depressive Episodes in Hemodialysis Patients: The Need for Screening and Patient Education.
PublikacjaThis article aims to identify the reasons why patients with major depressive episode (MDE) do not seek treatment for their mental disorder. 89 out of 208 persons screened were diagnosed with major depressive episode using the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview. 85 individuals with untreated depression filled out the following questionnaires: Beck Depression Inventory, List of Explanations of Well-Being (LEWB), Brief...
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Phytochemical screening and biological evaluation of Greek sage (Salvia fruticosa Mill.) extracts
PublikacjaThis study explores the influence of extraction solvents on the composition and bioactivity of Salvia fruticosa extracts. Ultrasound-assisted extraction with water, ethanol and their mixtures in variable proportions was used to produce four different extracts. An untargeted UPLC/MS‑based metabolomics was performed to discover metabolites profile variation between the extracts. In the analyzed samples, 2704 features had been detected,...
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A Multi Rig Screening Test for Thin Ceramic Coatings in Bio - Tribological Applications
PublikacjaA method is presented for the comparative testing of wear resistance of ceramic coatings made from materials potentially feasible in tribo - medical applications, mainly orthopaedic implants made from ceramics coated metals for low cost, long life and low wear particle emission into the body. The method was devised as the main tool for use in research and is comprised of flat on flat and ball on flat surface (sliding) tests. Seven...
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New Screening Protocol for Effective Green Solvents Selection of Benzamide, Salicylamide and Ethenzamide
PublikacjaNew protocol for screening efficient and environmentally friendly solvents was proposed and experimentally verified. The guidance for solvent selection comes from computed solubility via COSMO-RS approach. Furthermore, solute-solvent affinities computed using advanced quantum chemistry level were used as a rationale for observed solvents ranking. The screening protocol pointed out that 4-formylomorpholine (4FM) is an attractive...
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Colored Tattoo Ink Screening Method with Optical Tissue Phantoms and Raman Spectroscopy
PublikacjaDue to the increasing popularity of tattoos among the general population, to ensure their safety and quality, there is a need to develop reliable and rapid methods for the analysis of the composition of tattoo inks, both in the ink itself and in already existing tattoos. This paper presents the possibility of using Raman spectroscopy to examine tattoo inks in biological materials. We have developed optical tissue phantoms mimicking...
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A screening of select toxic and essential elements and persistent organic pollutants in the fur of Svalbard reindeer
PublikacjaReindeers play an important role in the polar ecosystem, being long-lived sole vegetarians feeding on local vegetation. They can be used as a valuable bioindicator, helping us to understand contaminants’ impact on the polar terrestrial ecosystem. Still, scarce data exist from research in which polar herbivores (especially those from the European parts of the Arctic) were a major study subject for trace elements and persistent organic...
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Retrospective assessment of Lung-RADS® performance in the Silesian Lung Cancer Screening Pilot Study
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Screening stability, thermochemistry, and chemical kinetics of 3-hydroxybutanoic acid as a bifunctional biodiesel additive
PublikacjaThe thermo-kinetic aspects of 3-hydroxybutyric acid (3-HBA) pyrolysis in the gas phase were investigated using density functional theory (DFT), specifically the M06-2X theoretical level in conjunction with the cc-pVTZ basis set. The obtained data were compared with benchmark CBS-QB3 results. The degradation mechanism was divided into 16 pathways, comprising 6 complex fissions and 10 barrierless reactions. Energy profiles were calculated...
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Screening of predicted synergistic multi-target therapies in glioblastoma identifies new treatment strategies
PublikacjaAbstract Background IDH-wildtype glioblastoma (GBM) is a highly malignant primary brain tumor with a median survival of 15 months after standard of care, which highlights the need for improved therapy. Personalized combination therapy has shown to be successful in many other tumor types and could be beneficial for GBM patients. Methods We performed the largest drug combination screen to date in GBM, using a high-throughput effort...
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Test Your Memory (TYM) as a screening instrument in clinical practice – the Polish validation study
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Integration of protein tethering in a rapid and label-free SERS screening platform for drugs of abuse
PublikacjaSurface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has emerged as a promising technique for the rapid and ultrasensitive detection of molecular species such as drugs of abuse in biofluids. Yet, it remains a significant challenge to create a viable screening tool for multiple drug classes, owing to the lack of affinity of certain species for the SERS substrate and to the matrix interference in complex media. Here we report a protein tethering...
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Using Convolutional Neural Networks for Corneal Arcus Detection Towards Familial Hypercholesterolemia Screening
PublikacjaFamilial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a highly undiagnosed disease. Among FH patients, the onset of premature coronary artery disease is 13 times higher than in the general population. Early diagnosis and treatment is essential to prevent cardiovascular diseases and their complications, and to prolong life. One of the clinical criteria of FH is the occurrence of a corneal arcus (CA) among patients, especially those under 45 years...
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A multi‑criteria approach to investigate spatial distribution,sources, and the potential toxicological effect of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediments of urban retention tanks
PublikacjaBottom sediments deposited in retention tanks (RTs) located on two urban streams (Oliwski and Strzyza) in the central part of Gdansk (Poland) were analysed for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons’ (PAHs) content. PAHs were extracted from samples with methylene chloride, then the extracts were subjected to clean-up applying the solid phase extraction (SPE) method. Quantitative and qualitative determination of 16 PAHs was performed...
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Studies on the orientation effect of crystallites and its application to cocrystal screening of selected pharmacologically active compounds
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