Publications by authors named "H P Simonsen"

In this longitudinal study, we compare the age of reaching early developmental milestones in bilingual and monolingual children and between the bilinguals' two languages. We present data from 302 Polish bilinguals (living outside of Poland with various majority languages) and 302 Polish monolinguals, aged = 12.78 months on study entry (range: 024 months), matched on sex, age at study entry, duration of parental reporting, and parental education.

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The liverwort Frullania tamarisci (L.) Dumort produces large amounts of terpenoids, among others the sesquiterpene alcohol tamariscol. Tamariscol has an earthy woody fragrance, and the use in perfurmes and production of it was patented in 1984.

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Phenibut is an anxiolytic agent that was originally used as a treatment for anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and insomnia. It is a gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) mimetic, which stimulates GABA receptors in the brain. This increases the inhibitory effects of GABA leading to a greater chance of a sedative response and risk for abuse.

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Background: Stopping nucleos(t)ide analogue (NA) therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) may trigger a beneficial immune response leading to HBsAg loss, but clinical trials on re-start strategies are lacking.

Aim: To assess whether it is beneficial to undergo a prolonged flare after NA cessation.

Methods: One-hundred-and-twenty-seven patients with HBeAg negative, non-cirrhotic CHB with at least 24 months of viral suppression on NA therapy were included.

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Article Synopsis
  • Traditional Chinese medicine has long utilized Peucedanum praeruptorum Dunn, which contains important active compounds called coumarins, with praeruptorin being a key component.
  • Researchers assembled a high-quality telomere-to-telomere (T2T) genome for P. praeruptorum, showing significant genome completeness and revealing two whole-genome duplication events.
  • The study identified the expression patterns of genes involved in the biosynthesis of coumarins, which can aid in developing strategies for enhancing the production of these medicinal compounds.
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