The influence of exogenous recombinant HSP 70 on the alteration of membrane stiffness in hippocampal neurons following the modeling of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic injury in mice Auth... by Vladimir M. Pokrovsky, Alexey V. Deikin, T Zhang, Nikolai A. Verlov, Andrey L. Konevega, Mikhail V. Korokin

“…Introduction: The use of atomic force microscopy (AFM) to investigate membrane stiffness in neurons provides valuable insights into cellular mechanisms and their alterations in response to various pathophysiological conditions. …”
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Endo 180 participates in collagen remodeling of the periodontal ligament during orthodontic tooth movement by Liyuan Chen, Danqing He, Zixin Li, Shengjie Cui, Min Yu, Zimo Zhao, Yuetong Chen, Jiayi Song, Nan Jiang, Huajie Yu, Yan Liu

“…The collagen remodeling within the PDL was assessed using atomic force microscope (AFM), Hematoxylin-Eosin (HE) staining and Masson staining. …”
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«Green-Ligand» in Metallodrugs Design—Cu(II) Complex with Phytic Acid: Synthetic Approach, EPR-Spectroscopy, and Antimycobacterial Activity by Kseniya A. Koshenskova, Natalia V. Makarenko, Fedor M. Dolgushin, Dmitriy S. Yambulatov, Olga B. Bekker, Matvey V. Fedin, Sergei A. Dementev, Olesya A. Krumkacheva, Igor L. Eremenko, Irina A. Lutsenko

“…The phytate <b>1</b> is completely deprotonated; six phosphate⁻ fragments (with atoms P1–P6) are characterized by different spatial arrangements relative to the cyclohexane ring (1a5e conformation), which determines two different types of coordination to the complexing agents—P1 and P3, P4, and P6 have monodentate, while P2 and P5 are bidentately bound to Cu²⁺ cations. …”
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Study on the correlation between microstructural evolution and hydrogen storage properties in hyper-eutectic Mg-xNi (x = 15, 20, 25) alloys by So Jin Jung, Seok Su Sohn, Da Hye Lee, Won-Seok Ko, Tae Jun Ha, Ryun-Ho Kwak, Byeong-Chan Suh, Young Min Kim, Hyung-Ki Park

“…The Mg phase exhibited a 100% Mg composition, while the Mg2Ni phase showed an atomic ratio of Mg to Ni of 2:1, closely matching the theoretical stoichiometric ratio. …”
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Coordination Chemistry of Mixed-Donor Pyridine-Containing Macrocyclic Ligands: From Optical to Redox Chemosensors for Heavy Metal Ions by Alessandra Garau, Alexander J. Blake, Maria Carla Aragoni, Massimiliano Arca, Claudia Caltagirone, Francesco Demartin, Vito Lippolis, Giacomo Picci, Enrico Podda

“…In order to further explore the coordination chemistry of <b>L1</b>, and comparatively, that of its structural analogue 2,11-dithia-5,8-diaza-2,6-pyridinophane (<b>L2</b>), featuring two secondary nitrogen atoms in the macrocyclic unit, the crystal structures of the new synthesised complexes [Pb(<b>L1</b>)(ClO₄)₂]·½CH₃CN, [Cu(<b>L2</b>)](ClO₄)₂·CH₃CN and [Cd(<b>L2</b>)(NO₃)]NO₃ were determined by X-ray diffraction analysis. …”
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Organotin(IV) trifluoromethanesulfonate chemistry: isolation and characterization of novel 1,10-phenanthroline-based derivatives by Cattey, Hélène, Plasseraud, Laurent

“…The reactivity of the hydroxo di-n-butyltin trifluoromethanesulfonato dimer complex [n-Bu2Sn(µ-OH)(H2O)(CF3SO3)]2 (1) toward 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) has been investigated, leading to the formation of two novel di-n-butyltin(IV) trifluoromethanesulfonate complexes [n-Bu2Sn(µ-OH)(phen)]2[CF3SO3]2 (5) and [n-Bu2Sn(phen)2][CF3SO3]2 (6), in which the tin atoms are bis-chelated by one and two bidentate phen ligands, respectively. …”
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Harbor water pollution by heavy metal concentrations in sediments by L. Sulistyowati, Y. Yolanda, N. Andareswari

“…Heavy metal concentrations were analyzed in the laboratory using the atomic absorption spectrometer method to assess the essential heavy metal copper and non-essential heavy metal lead, cadmium, and mercury. …”
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Effects of Physical-Agent Pain Relief Modalities for Fibromyalgia Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Yuichiro Honda, Junya Sakamoto, Yohei Hamaue, Hideki Kataoka, Yasutaka Kondo, Ryo Sasabe, Kyo Goto, Takuya Fukushima, Satoshi Oga, Ryo Sasaki, Natsumi Tanaka, Jiro Nakano, Minoru Okita

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Health Risk of Ingested Heavy Metals in Fluidized Canned Milks: Are We Drinking Heavy Metals? by Victor Eshu Okpashi

“…The heavy metals were screened using an atomic absorption spectrophotometer. All milk samples contained eight heavy metals: iron (Fe), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), arsenic (As), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), manganese (Mn), and nickel (Ni). …”
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Calibration of ionization chamber in megavoltage x-ray field of medical linear accelerator by Pham Hong-Lam, Hoang Thanh-Phi-Hung, Sunjun Jin, Bui Duy-Linh, Nguyen Tuan-Khai, Bui Van-Loat, Le Tuan-Anh, Nguyen Huu-Quyet, Pham Duc-Khue, Phan Viet-Cuong, Phan Tien-Dung, Pham Quang-Trung, Tran Hoai-Nam, Le Ngoc-Thiem

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Source distribution, ecological risks, and controlling factors of heavy metals in river sediments: Receptor model-based study in a transboundary river basin by Abu Reza Md Towfiqul Islam, Abu Hena Md Fazla Rabbi, Amit Hasan Anik, Rahat Khan, Md Abdullah Al Masud, Grara Nedjoud, Abubakr M. Idris, Md Naimur Rahman, Venkatramanan Senapathi

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Green synthesis of nano-copper oxide using Sargassum sp. functionalized in cellulose acetate membrane for dye adsorption by U. Yanuhar, H. Suryanto, M. Amin, J.S. Binoj, I. Casuarina

“…The copper metal obtained through green synthesis exhibits a spherical morphology and possesses an average crystallite size of approximately 19.5 nanometers. It has a percentage atomic weight of 60.6 percent. Introducing nano-copper oxide by 2.0 weight percent into bacterial cellulose acetate membrane reduces the crystalline index from 88.6 percent to 85.7 percent. …”
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Deciphering the role of flutamide, fluorouracil, and furomollugin based ionic liquids in potent anticancer agents: Quantum chemical, medicinal, molecular docking and MD simulation... by Danish Ali, Muhammad Arif Ali, Muhammad Sarfraz, Afifa Yousuf, Rasham Zulfiqar, Abdul Rauf, Hong-Liang Xu, Muhammad Arshad

“…Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation reinforced the docking results by utilizing root mean square deviation (RMSD) values of [FT1]+ varies from 0.147387 to 0.539310 Å and [FM2]+ lies between 0.138098 Å and 0.583763 Å and root means square fluctuation (RMSF) values for [FT1]+ was 0.069428–0.298235Å and [FM2]+ 0.070097–0.364413Å provides insight into stability and the time-dependent atomic deviations. In addition, Ramachandran plots indicate that >90 % of residues occupy the favored regions supporting the protein structure stability. …”
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Comparison of plasma start-up with high Z and low Z first wall in WEST by C. Guillemaut, K. Afonin, G. Bodner, J. Bucalossi, Y. Corre, P. Devynck, A. Diallo, M. Diez, N. Fedorczak, A. Gallo, B. Guillermin, V. Lapleigne, R. Lunsford, P. Maget, J. Morales, Ph. Moreau, the WEST Team, the EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation Team

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New insights on fission of 235U induced by high energy neutrons from a new measurement at n_TOF by A. Manna, E. Pirovano, P. Console Camprini, L. Cosentino, M. Dietz, Q. Ducasse, P. Finocchiaro, C. Le Naour, D. Mancusi, C. Massimi, A. Mengoni, R. Nolte, D. Radeck, L. Tassan-Got, N. Terranova, G. Vannini, A. Ventura, O. Aberle, V. Alcayne, S. Amaducci, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, V. Babiano-Suarez, M. Bacak, M. Barbagallo, S. Bennett, E. Berthoumieux, J. Billowes, D. Bosnar, A. Brown, M. Busso, M. Caamaño, L. Caballero-Ontanaya, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano-Ott, A. Casanovas, D.M. Castelluccio, F. Cerutti, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortés, M.A. Cortés-Giraldo, S. Cristallo, L.A. Damone, P.J. Davies, M. Diakaki, C. Domingo-Pardo, R. Dressler, E. Dupont, I. Durán, Z. Eleme, B. Fernández-Domínguez, A. Ferrari, V. Furman, K. Göbel, R. Garg, A. Gawlik-Ramięga, S. Gilardoni, I.F. Gonçalves, E. González-Romero, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, H. Harada, S. Heinitz, J. Heyse, D.G. Jenkins, A. Junghans, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, A. Kimura, I. Knapová, M. Kokkoris, Y. Kopatch, M. Krtička, D. Kurtulgil, I. Ladarescu, C. Lederer-Woods, H. Leeb, J. Lerendegui-Marco, S.J. Lonsdale, D. Macina, T. Martínez, A. Masi, P. Mastinu, M. Mastromarco, E.A. Maugeri, A. Mazzone, E. Mendoza, V. Michalopoulou, P.M. Milazzo, F. Mingrone, J. Moreno-Soto, A. Musumarra, A. Negret, F. Ogállar, A. Oprea, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, J. Perkowski, C. Petrone, L. Piersanti, I. Porras, J. Praena, J.M. Quesada, D. Ramos-Doval, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, D. Rochman, C. Rubbia, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, A. Saxena, P. Schillebeeckx, D. Schumann, A. Sekhar, A.G. Smith, N.V. Sosnin, P. Sprung, A. Stamatopoulos, G. Tagliente, J.L. Tain, A. Tarifeño-Saldivia, Th. Thomas, P. Torres-Sánchez, A. Tsinganis, J. Ulrich, S. Urlass, S. Valenta, V. Variale, P. Vaz, D. Vescovi, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, A. Wallner, P.J. Woods, T. Wright, P. Žugec

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In Situ Phytoremediation of Mine Tailings with High Concentrations of Cadmium and Lead Using <i>Dodonaea viscosa</i> (Sapindaceae) by Luis Fernando Acosta-Núñez, Patricia Mussali-Galante, María Luisa Castrejón-Godínez, Alexis Rodríguez-Solís, Joel Daniel Castañeda-Espinoza, Efraín Tovar-Sánchez

“…The concentration of Cd and Pb was measured through atomic absorption spectrophotometry in the roots and leaves of plants. …”
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HA198 mutations in H9N2 avian influenza: molecular dynamics insights into receptor binding by Rui Zhu, Rui Zhu, Rui Zhu, Jie Wu, Ruiying Chen, Mo Zhou, Mo Zhou, Mo Zhou, Shinuo Cao, Shinuo Cao, Shinuo Cao, Zhi Wu, Zhi Wu, Zhi Wu, Ligang Wang, Lei Zhang, Shanyuan Zhu, Shanyuan Zhu, Shanyuan Zhu

“…Additionally, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were performed to further dissect the atomic-level interactions between HA and sialic acids (SA).ResultsThe results demonstrated that HA mutations significantly altered the receptor-binding properties of the virus. …”
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Atmospheric oxidation of 1,3-butadiene: influence of seed aerosol acidity and relative humidity on SOA composition and the production of air toxic compounds by M. Jaoui, K. Nestorowicz, K. Nestorowicz, K. J. Rudzinski, M. Lewandowski, T. E. Kleindienst, J. Torres, E. Bulska, W. Danikiewicz, R. Szmigielski

“…Although the terms “acidified” and “non-acidified” are true for the solutions from which the seeds were atomized, there are far more fundamental differences between the phase states in which species partition to or from (aqueous/solid), which considerably affects their partitioning and formation mechanisms. …”
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Bridging animal models and humans: neuroimaging as intermediate phenotypes linking genetic or stress factors to anhedonia by Huiling Guo, Yao Xiao, Shuai Dong, Jingyu Yang, Pengfei Zhao, Tongtong Zhao, Aoling Cai, Lili Tang, Juan Liu, Hui Wang, Ruifang Hua, Rongxun Liu, Yange Wei, Dandan Sun, Zhongchun Liu, Mingrui Xia, Yong He, Yankun Wu, Tianmei Si, Fay Y. Womer, Fuqiang Xu, Yanqing Tang, Jie Wang, Weixiong Zhang, Xizhe Zhang, Fei Wang

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Evaluation of the Chemical Properties and Absorption Capacity of Different Manganese Sources using Everted Gut Sacs Technique and Their Effects on the Performance and Immune Respon... by Farogh Kargar, Hasan Kermanshahi, Ali Javadmanesh, Reza Majidzadeh Heravi

“…After making up to volume with mili-Q water, they were read by an atomic absorption device at a wavelength of 520 to 560 nm (AOAC, 1995; Williams, 1972). …”
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