Effect of 3-hydrazinylquinoxaline-2-thiol hydrogel on skin wound healing process in diabetic rats by Jehan Barakat Alamre, Huda Alkreathy, Ahmed S. Ali, Abdelbagi Alfadil, Sahar S. Alghamdi

“…The present work showed that 3-hydrazinylquinoxaline-2-thiol holds great potential for the treatment of diabetic wounds.…”
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NLRP12/C1qA positive feedback in tumor-associated macrophages regulates immunosuppression through LILRB4/NF-κB pathway in lung adenocarcinoma by Jiaxin Yin, Yuxiao Song, Yang Fu, Jun Wang, Zhimin Zhang, Shasha Ruan, Gaoli Liu, Bicheng Zhang

“…Abstract The anti-tumor immune response is greatly hindered by the protumor polarization of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs). …”
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Commercially Supplied Amine-Modified siRNAs May Require Ultrafiltration prior to Conjugation with Amine-Reactive Compounds by Shannen Lau, Bim Graham, Ben J. Boyd, Colin W. Pouton, Paul J. White

“…After ultrafiltration, a greatly reduced amount of SMCC could be used to affect conjugation, without significant reduction in yield. …”
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Excellent Silicon Surface Passivation Achieved by Industrial Inductively Coupled Plasma Deposited Hydrogenated Intrinsic Amorphous Silicon Suboxide by Jia Ge, Muzhi Tang, Johnson Wong, Zhenhao Zhang, Torsten Dippell, Manfred Doerr, Oliver Hohn, Marco Huber, Peter Wohlfart, Armin G. Aberle, Thomas Mueller

“…The observed slow depletion of hydrogen with increasing temperature greatly enhances its process window as well. The effective lifetime of symmetrically passivated samples under the optimal condition exceeds 4.7 ms on planar n-type Czochralski silicon wafers with a resistivity of 1 Ωcm, which is equivalent to an effective surface recombination velocity of less than 1.7 cms−1 and an implied open-circuit voltage (Voc) of 741 mV. …”
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Self-Assembled Multilayer Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Thin Film Transistors and Doping Regulation by Xiangxiang Gao, Zhenhua Lin, Jincheng Zhang, Yue Hao, Jingjing Chang

“…The molecular doping holds great promise for the future realization of large-area, low-power logic circuits and high-performance electronics.…”
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The anomalously thundery month of June 1925 in southwest Spain: description and synoptic analysis by F. J. Acero, M. Antón, A. J. P. Aparicio, A. J. P. Aparicio, N. Bravo-Paredes, V. M. S. Carrasco, M. C. Gallego, J. A. García, M. Núñez, I. Tovar, J. Vaquero-Martínez, J. M. Vaquero

“…<p>In a routine search for meteorological events with a great impact on society in the Extremadura region (southwest interior of the Iberian Peninsula) using newspapers, the month of June 1925 was detected as exceptional due to the large number of thunderstorms associated with significant losses of human lives and material resources. …”
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Effect of Spent Button Mushroom Substrate on Yield and Quality of Baby Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) by Forbes B. Muchena, Charity Pisa, Moses Mutetwa, Chido Govera, Wonder Ngezimana

“…Disposal of spent mushroom substrate (SMS) generated after mushroom cultivation is a subject of great concern. Unplanned disposal causes land, water, and air pollution together with the nuisance in the surroundings. …”
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DNA-mediated self-assembly oxidative damage amplifier combined with copper and MTH1 inhibitor for cancer therapy by Cui Ren, Zhiyong Shi, Xiaowen Zhang, Xueer Yu, Yang Gao, Zhi Qi, Yu Chen, Yong Wang

“…Chemo-dynamic therapy (CDT) has a great potential in tumor extirpation. It entails producing hypertoxic reactive oxygen species (ROS) that damage the DNA of tumor cells and other biomacromolecules. …”
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Persistent Sepsis-Induced Hypotension without Hyperlactatemia: A Distinct Clinical and Physiological Profile within the Spectrum of Septic Shock by Glenn Hernandez, Alejandro Bruhn, Ricardo Castro, Cesar Pedreros, Maximiliano Rovegno, Eduardo Kattan, Enrique Veas, Andrea Fuentealba, Tomas Regueira, Carolina Ruiz, Can Ince

“…Maintenance of normal lactate levels during septic shock is of great clinical and physiological interest. Our aim was to describe the clinical, hemodynamic, perfusion, and microcirculatory profiles associated to the absence of hyperlactatemia during septic shock resuscitation. …”
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LCA and exergy-economic evaluation of a biogas-to-fuels system using CO2 hydrogenation and exhaust gas recycling by Hamed Ghiasirad, Farinaz Ebrahimian, Towhid Gholizadeh, Ali Mohammadi, Siamak Mirmasoumi, Rahim Khoshbakhti Saray, Anna Skorek-Osikowska

“…In this context, the use of hydrogen in the synthesis of biomethanol is essential to the chemical industry and has great promise as a sustainable fuel for global transportation. …”
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Spatial Variability of Heavy Metals in Soils and Sediments of “La Zacatecana” Lagoon, Mexico by Sergio A. Covarrubias, Juan Armando Flores de la Torre, María Maldonado Vega, Francisco Javier Avelar González, Juan José Peña Cabriales

“…Anthropogenic activities have greatly increased heavy metal pollution worldwide. …”
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Point and Interval Predictions for Tanjiahe Landslide Displacement in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China by Yankun Wang, Huiming Tang, Tao Wen, Junwei Ma, Zongxing Zou, Chengren Xiong

“…Accurate landslide displacement prediction has great practical significance for mitigating geohazards. …”
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Differences of active substances in different fruit phenotypes of Lycium ruthenicum Murr. by SHI Cui, KONG Dongsheng, WU Yao, BAO Jingwei

“…[Conclusion] The fruits of L. ruthenicum have great potential for selection, and the content of active substances can be judged by phenotypic characteristics. …”
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Depression after Stroke and Risk of Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Francesco Bartoli, Nicoletta Lillia, Annamaria Lax, Cristina Crocamo, Vittorio Mantero, Giuseppe Carrà, Elio Agostoni, Massimo Clerici

“…Depression after stroke may have great burden on the likelihood of functional recovery and long-term outcomes. …”
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Brittleness evaluation of main coal seams in Permian Taiyuan-Shanxi formations, Baode block, Ordos Basin: based on a convolutional neural network method by Qingfeng ZHANG, Ziling LI, Jikun ZHANG, Shuai HAO, Xiaoguang SUN, Yanjie SHANG, Yun ZUO

“…However, the productivity varies greatly among wells, mainly attributed to the strong heterogeneity caused by regional differences in reservoir brittleness. …”
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Imaging Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Ga-Citrate PET: First Clinical Experience by Carina Mari Aparici MD, Spencer C. Behr MD, Youngho Seo PhD, R. Kate Kelley MD, Carlos Corvera MD, Kenneth T. Gao, Rahul Aggarwal MD, Michael J. Evans PhD

“…Nuclear imaging tools that can detect molecular subsets of tumors could greatly improve diagnosis and management of HCC. To this end, we conducted a patient study to determine whether HCC can be resolved using 68 Ga-citrate positron emission tomography (PET). …”
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Exploration of the mechanism of fermented turmeric preventing glucolipid metabolic disorder: Insights into signaling of microbiota-SCFAs-brown adipose tissue axis in mice by Xingliang Xiang, Yukun Liu, Zhaoxiang Zeng, Xueyan Zhao, Qingxin Shi, Xing Huang, Haijun Yang, Chengwu Song, Shunqing Xu, Shuna Jin

“…Our study demonstrated the great potential of FT for prevention and treatment of GMD, and provided a basis for its further application and development.…”
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Application of Artificial Intelligence Models for Evapotranspiration Prediction along the Southern Coast of Turkey by Mohammed Majeed Hameed, Mohamed Khalid AlOmar, Siti Fatin Mohd Razali, Mohammed Abd Kareem Khalaf, Wajdi Jaber Baniya, Ahmad Sharafati, Mohammed Abdulhakim AlSaadi

“…Reference evapotranspiration ETo  is one of the most significant factors in the hydrological cycle since it has a great influence on water resource planning and management, agriculture and irrigation management, and other processes in the hydrological sector. …”
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Effects of Different Water Seasons on the Residual Characteristics and Ecological Risk of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Sediments from Changdang Lake, China by Javid Hussain, Zhenhua Zhao, Yong Pang, Liling Xia, Ittehad Hussain, Xin Jiang

“…Source characterization studies based on the analysis of diagnostic ratio (triangular plot method) suggested that the PAHs in sediments from Changdang Lake were mainly from the mixed combustion source of biomass and petroleum, and the origins of PAHs in different sampling sites have a great deal of temporal and spatial variability during different water seasons. …”
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Influence of PPA on the Short-Term Antiaging Performance of Asphalt by Lining Gao, Nana Cai, Xiaohong Fu, Rui He, Honggang Zhang, Jiayin Zhou, Dongliang Kuang, Shaowen Liu

“…The low price of PPA is conducive to the development of modified asphalt with high performance and excellent economy, suggesting its great application prospects. At present, there is little research on the role of PPA in delaying the aging process of PPA-modified asphalt, and a consensus has not yet been reached. …”
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