Nanogels Containing Foeniculum vulgare Mill. and Mentha piperita L. Essential Oils: Mosquitoes’ Repellent Activity and Antibacterial Effect by Alireza Sanei-Dehkordi, Abbas Abdollahi, Mojdeh Safari, Farnaz Karami, Ghazal Ghaznavi, Mahmoud Osanloo

“…Foeniculum vulgare Mill. and Mentha piperita L. are two common medicinally important plants with a wide range of biological activities such as insecticide and antibacterial effects. …”
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Mutations to transcription factor MAX allosterically increase DNA selectivity by altering folding and binding pathways by Renee Hastings, Arjun K. Aditham, Nicole DelRosso, Peter H. Suzuki, Polly M. Fordyce

“…Abstract Understanding how proteins discriminate between preferred and non-preferred ligands (‘selectivity’) is essential for predicting biological function and a central goal of protein engineering efforts, yet the biophysical mechanisms underpinning selectivity remain poorly understood. …”
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Ultramodern natural and synthetic polymer hydrogel scaffolds for articular cartilage repair and regeneration by Chun-Sheng Li, Yan Xu, Juan Li, Shu-Hao Qin, Shao-Wen Huang, Xue-Mei Chen, Yi Luo, Cheng-Tao Gao, Jian-Hui Xiao

“…Cellular scaffolds, which are among three key elements of tissue engineering, play significant roles in the repair of damaged articular cartilage by regulating cellular responses and promoting cartilage tissue regeneration. Biological macromolecules are commonly used as scaffold materials owing to their unique properties. …”
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Intralesional Spesolimab: A Novel and Effective Approach for Palmoplantar Pustulosis Treatment – A Case Report by Wang SN, Lu YZ, Zhao Y, Cao W, Zhang RL

“…Currently, interleukin-36 receptor (IL-36R)-targeted biologics are emerging as promising treatments for PPP. …”
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Manipulating the cGAS-STING Axis: advancing innovative strategies for osteosarcoma therapeutics by BingBing Li, Cheng Zhang, XiaoJuan Xu, QiQin Shen, ShuNan Luo, JunFeng Hu

“…The cGAS-STING pathway was closely associated with the malignant biological behaviors of OS cells, suggesting that targeting this pathway could be a promising therapeutic strategy. …”
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Posttranslational Modifications and the Immunogenicity of Biotherapeutics by Roy Jefferis

“…These processes are species and cell specific and challenge the biopharmaceutical industry when developing a production platform for the generation of recombinant biologic therapeutics. Proteins and glycoproteins are also subject to chemical modifications (CMs) both in vivo and in vitro. …”
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Revisiting Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus capucinus) and the Ancient Maya by Mary Baker

“…Originally refuted by Baker (1992), this paper reevaluates the evidence from both papers, taking an ethnoprimatological, four‑field approach and integrating content from cultural, biological, linguistic and archaeological anthropology to discuss evidence that capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus) were also found within the Maya region in ancient times. …”
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Effects of Pooling Samples on the Performance of Classification Algorithms: A Comparative Study by Kanthida Kusonmano, Michael Netzer, Christian Baumgartner, Matthias Dehmer, Klaus R. Liedl, Armin Graber

“…A pooling design can be used as a powerful strategy to compensate for limited amounts of samples or high biological variation. In this paper, we perform a comparative study to model and quantify the effects of virtual pooling on the performance of the widely applied classifiers, support vector machines (SVMs), random forest (RF), k-nearest neighbors (k-NN), penalized logistic regression (PLR), and prediction analysis for microarrays (PAMs). …”
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Design and validation of ultra-compact metamaterial-based biosensor for non-invasive cervical cancer diagnosis in terahertz regime. by Musa N Hamza, Mohammad Tariqul Islam, Sunil Lavadiya, Iftikhar Ud Din, Bruno Sanches, Slawomir Koziel, Md Shabiul Islam

“…It enables characterization of biological tissues and discrimination between healthy and malignant ones. …”
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Secretion of One Adipokine Nampt/Visfatin Suppresses the Inflammatory Stress-Induced NF-κB Activity and Affects Nampt-Dependent Cell Viability in Huh-7 Cells by Yi-Ching Lin, Hui-Chung Wu, Chen-Chung Liao, Yi-Chih Chou, Shwu-Fen Pan, Chi-Ming Chiu

“…Nampt/visfatin acts in both intracellular and extracellular compartments to regulate multiple biological roles, including NAD metabolism, cancer, inflammation, and senescence. …”
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Global language geography and language history: challenges and opportunities [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 3 approved with reservations] by Matthias Urban

“…This new perspective is also able to address the striking correlation between linguistic and biological diversity that suggest that the processes that created and maintain both are, on some level, qualitatively similar.…”
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Matrix metalloproteinase-3 is a potent prognostic factor associated with cell proliferation and migration in prostate cancer by Ai Sato, Kiyoshi Takagi, Mio Yamaguchi-Tanaka, Jotaro Okushima, Yuto Yamazaki, Akihiro Ito, Takashi Suzuki

“…However, the clinical and biological significance of MMP3 has not been well elucidated.We therefore immunolocalized MMP3 in prostate cancer tissues (n = 117) and demonstrated that MMP3 immunoreactivity was correlated with aggressive phenotype of prostate cancer, including higher proliferation/invasion ability, and shorter disease-free survival. …”
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Edaphic Diversity, Polychemical Soil Status of the Prinevskaya Lowland and Prospects for Soils Use by Ekaterina Yu. Chebykina, Timur I. Nizamutdinov, Evgeny V. Abakumov, Natalia V. Dinkelaker

“…Studies were carried out using morphological descriptions and analyses of chemical, physical, and biological properties. The most vulnerable land use are forest and agricultural and fallow zones, where active accumulation of priority toxicants of anthropogenic origin can occur. …”
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A Case of Chemotherapy-Refractory “THRLBCL like Transformation of NLPHL” Successfully Treated with Lenalidomide by Mamatha Siricilla, Lydia Irwin, Andres Ferber

“…Despite having a phenotypic resemblance, they have distinct biologic behavior and clinical course. NLPHL typically has an indolent course, and THRLBCL has an aggressive course. …”
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Desulfurization Capabilities of Indigenous Bacteria Isolates for Enhanced Sulfur Removal by Emmanuela Kwao-Boateng, Kwabena Danquah, Emmanuel Ankudey, Lawrence Darkwah, Derrick Boateng

“…Biocatalytic desulfurization methods potentially promote energy savings due to the mild temperature, and low-pressure operating conditions involved. Furthermore, the biological process results in a negligible level of undesirable products and emissions without lowering the calorific value of the fuel. …”
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Scorpion Venom and the Inflammatory Response by Vera L. Petricevich

“…Scorpion venoms consist of a complex of several toxins that exhibit a wide range of biological properties and actions, as well as chemical compositions, toxicity, and pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic characteristics. …”
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Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Treatment of Spinal Arthrodesis: From Preclinical Research to Clinical Scenario by F. Salamanna, M. Sartori, G. Barbanti Brodano, C. Griffoni, L. Martini, S. Boriani, M. Fini

“…The review has yielded promising evidence supporting the use of MSCs as a cell-based therapy in spinal fusion procedures, thus representing a suitable biological approach able to reduce the high cost of osteoinductive factors as well as the high dose needed to induce bone formation. …”
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Sounds of the northern Andes: the calls of a diverse and endangered frog community (Amphibia, Anura) from Ecuador by Diego Batallas, Rafael Márquez, Juan M. Guayasamin

“…The emission of calls is one of the most distinctive and important reproductive traits in anurans. Given the biological significance of vocalizations, this trait is also useful for identification proposes and is key in recognizing cryptic diversity. …”
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Application of Multilevel Models to Morphometric Data. Part 2. Correlations by O. Tsybrovskyy, A. Berghold

“…., within‐tumor) correlations seem to be of major interest. Beside their biological importance, these correlation coefficients (CC) are compulsory when dimensionality reduction is required. …”
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Arystotelesowsko-tomistyczny obraz świata w ujęciu Piotra Lenartowicza SJ a naukowy obraz świata. Aspekty metanaukowe by Piotr Duchliński

“…Celem artykułu jest rekonstrukcja obrazu świata, który w swoich analizach filozoficznych zakładał krakowski jezuita – filozof i biolog – Piotr Lenartowicz SJ. Rekonstrukcja pokazała, że autor przyjmował arystotelesowsko-tomistyczny obraz świata, w którym naczelną rolę odgrywała kategoria substancji, której heurystyczna rola ujawnia się, w sposób szczególny, w opisie i wyjaśnieniu dynamiki życia biologicznego. …”
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