Acute Glomerulonephritis in a Child with Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection: A Case Report by Giovanna Vitaliti, Raffaele Falsaperla, Leandra Giunta, Giuseppina Spataro, Venerando Rapisarda, Mario Velardita, Giuseppe Nunnari, Piero Pavone

“…Herein we report a case of a 3-year-old child who developed an acute glomerulonephritis that was chronologically, clinically, and biologically related to a previous Chlamydia pneumoniae infection. …”
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Design, synthesis and molecular docking of novel triazole derivatives as potential CoV helicase inhibitors by Zaher Nashwa Hafez, Mostafa Mohammed Ismail, Altaher Abdullah Yousef

“…SAR studies were performed. Biological results revealed that the most potent compounds were 4-(cyclopent-1-en-3-ylamino)-5-(2-(4-iodophenyl)hydrazinyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thiol (16) and 4-(cyclopent-1-en-3-ylamino)-5-[2-(4-chlorophenyl)hydrazinyl]-4H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thiol (12). …”
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The transcriptomic footprint of Mytella strigata: de novo transcriptome assembly of a major invasive species by V. G. Vysakh, Sandhya Sukumaran, Wilson Sebastian, A. Gopalakrishnan

“…Gene Ontology and pathway analyses identified transcripts associated with key biological processes, including those associated with cell signalling, metabolism, stress responses, cancer pathways, and immune regulation. …”
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A Predictable Aesthetic Rehabilitation of Deciduous Anterior Teeth in Early Childhood Caries by Priyanka Agarwal, Rashmi Nayak, Ghayathri Elangovan

“…However, we have to choose the technique that best suits our patient, not only biologically but also aesthetically, psychologically, functionally, and financially. …”
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Antibody Mediated Transduction of Therapeutic Proteins into Living Cells by James E. Hansen, Richard H. Weisbart, Robert N. Nishimura

“…A novel protein transduction domain developed as the single chain fragment (Fv) of a murine anti-DNA autoantibody, mAb 3E10, has recently been developed and used to deliver biologically active proteins to living cells in vitro. …”
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NFIB-Mediated lncRNA PVT1 Aggravates Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Progression via the miR-1301-3p/MBNL1 Axis by Tian Tang, Feng Zeng

“…Novel therapeutic targets for LSCC are urgently needed. lncRNAs exert important roles in various biological progressions, including LSCC. Here, we aimed to investigate the function of lncRNA PVT1 in LSCC progression and its underlying molecular mechanisms. …”
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Urban Lead: Modeling Its Distribution and Effects on Children by Zhixiong Chen, Yi Ding, Andrew Getz, Bernard Lipat

“…We then determine the health consequences for the average child using the bioaccessibility of lead from soil to children, the bioavailability of ingested lead to the circulatory system, and the biological half-life of lead isotopes in the blood. …”
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Functional Ginger Extracts from Supercritical Fluid Carbon Dioxide Extraction via In Vitro and In Vivo Assays: Antioxidation, Antimicroorganism, and Mice Xenografts Models by Chih-Chen Lee, Li-Yu Chiou, Jheng-Yang Wang, Sin-You Chou, John Chi-Wei Lan, Tsi-Shu Huang, Kuo-Chuan Huang, Hui-Min Wang

“…Supercritical fluid carbon dioxide extraction technology was developed to gain the active components from a Taiwan native plant, Zingiber officinale (ginger). We studied the biological effects of ginger extracts via multiple assays and demonstrated the biofunctions in each platform. …”
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Preparation and Efficacy of Microemulsion Carvacrol-Based Fruit and Vegetable Cleaner and Its Application on Cherry Tomatoes by Yanshuo Wang, Dianjun Sun, Yinghan Zhang, Yichong Zhou, Ruyi Jin, Xiaoli Peng, Jian Li

“…Carvacrol, a natural plant compound with antibacterial, antioxidant, and various biological activities, serves as the basis for developing a micro-emulsion fruit and vegetable cleaner. …”
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The importance of modern information technology for making business decisions by Nikolić Miloš, Vesić Tamara, Gavrilović Milan

“…It should be borne in mind that information, as a set of data, is always related to some system and processes, which implies that it can be any kind of system, from a technical device, through an organizational system, to a biological system. Therefore, the automation of information processing, as an IT object, is a general term and applies to all areas of human activity. …”
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Resistance to the Beneficial Metabolic Effects and Hepatic Antioxidant Defense Actions of Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 Treatment in Growth Hormone-Overexpressing Transgenic Mice by Ravneet K. Boparai, Oge Arum, Johanna G. Miquet, Michal M. Masternak, Andrzej Bartke, Romesh K. Khardori

“…Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) modulates a diverse range of biological functions, including glucose and lipid metabolism, adaptive starvation response, and energy homeostasis, but with limited mechanistic insight. …”
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Evaluating eating patterns and health status of undergraduate students majoring in human nutrition, Lahore, Pakistan: a cross-sectional study by Saad Afzal, Ayesha Iftikhar, Mateen Ahmad, Zeeshan Ashraf, Waseem Khalid, Shinawar Waseem Ali, Maryam Illyas, Fareed Afzal, Muhammad Zubair Khalid, Tawfiq Alsulami, Emery Lenge Mukonzo

“…Refined carbohydrates dominated meals, and protein sources were generally of low biological value. There was a strong association between socio-economic status and nutritional status (p < 0.005). …”
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Culture and Use of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Phase I and II Clinical Trials by Bourin Philippe, Sensebé Luc, Planat-Bénard Valérie, Roncalli Jérôme, Bura-Rivière Alessandra, Casteilla Louis

“…Through the release of cytokines, growth factors and biologically active molecules, MSCs exert important paracrine effects during tissue repair and inflammation. …”
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Investigation on mussel periostracum, a viscoelastic-to-poro-gel graded material, as an interface between soft tissue and rigid materials by Hyungbin Kim, Heejin Lim, Sangsik Kim, Jun Mo Koo, Chanoong Lim, Hojung Kwak, Dongyeop X. Oh, Dong Soo Hwang

“…The inner part of the periostracum, which emerges from biological tissues, functions as a natural interface between tissue and inorganic materials. …”
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Lipid Antigens: Revealing the Hidden Players in Adaptive Immune Responses by Tamana Eskandari, Yasamin Eivazzadeh, Fatemeh Khaleghinia, Fatemeh Kashi, Valentyn Oksenych, Dariush Haghmorad

“…In the years to come, continued research efforts are needed to uncover its underlying biological mechanisms and to exploit the full potential of therapies directed against lipid antigens.…”
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Potential common targets of music therapy intervention in neuropsychiatric disorders: the prefrontal cortex-hippocampus -amygdala circuit (a review) by Yuqin Dan, Ying Xiong, Danghan Xu, Yuqi Wang, Meng Yin, Pengwei Sun, Yi Ding, Ziyun Feng, Peng Sun, Weili Xia, Gongchang Yu, Gongchang Yu, Li Li, Li Li

“…The aim is to give new ideas for future research into the biological mechanisms of music therapy intervention in neuropsychiatric disorders.…”
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Cattle Fencing BMP Can Reduce Phosphorus Loads from Florida Ranches by Sanjay Shukla, Wendy D. Graham, Alan Hodges, James M. Knowles

“…Knowles, and published by the UF Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, May 2014. AE501/AE501: Cattle Fencing BMP Can Reduce Phosphorus Loads from Florida Ranches (ufl.edu) …”
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Gender Dysphoria and Its Non-Surgical and Surgical Treatments by Danyon Anderson, Himasa Wijetunge, Peyton Moore, Daniel Provenzano, Nathan Li, Jamal Hasoon, Omar Viswanath, Alan D. Kaye, Ivan Urits

“…Gender dysphoria is defined by severe or persistent distress associated with an incongruence between one's gender identity and biological sex. It is estimated that 1.4 million Americans and 25 million people worldwide identify as transgender and that 0.6% of Americans experience gender dysphoria. …”
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Multimodal Adaptive Identity-Recognition Algorithm Fused with Gait Perception by Changjie Wang, Zhihua Li, Benjamin Sarpong

“…First, in combination with the collected gait information of individuals from triaxial accelerometers on smartphones, the collected information is preprocessed, and multimodal fusion is used with the existing standard datasets to yield a multimodal synthetic dataset; then, with the multimodal characteristics of the collected biological gait information, a Convolutional Neural Network based Gait Recognition (CNN-GR) model and the related scheme for the multimodal features are developed; at last, regarding the proposed CNN-GR model and scheme, a unimodal gait feature identity single-gait feature identification algorithm and a multimodal gait feature fusion identity multimodal gait information algorithm are proposed. …”
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Analysis of Bismuth (III) Iodide and Dendrimers in Drug Applications by Shahid Amin, M. A. Rehman, Amir Naseem, Jihad Younis, Syed Sheraz Asghar

“…A topological index (TI) is a mathematical function that assigns a numerical value to a (molecular) graph and predicts many physical, chemical, biological, thermodynamical, and structural features of that network. …”
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