Effect of Fusion to the LTB Carrier Protein on Coronavirus Spike Protein Vaccine Candidates Produced in Maize by Erin Egelkrout, Magdalena Maj, Rodrigo Manjarin, Gina Fake, Muneaki Watanabe, Jenna Williams, Nate Blanchard, John Walker, Celine Hayden, John Howard

“…Despite the availability of commercial vaccines for both viruses, there is still a high occurrence of infections and a great need for enhanced efficacy and lower costs. …”
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Anise and Fennel Essential Oils and Their Combination as Natural and Safe Housefly Repellents by Hataichanok Passara, Sirawut Sittichok, Cheepchanok Puwanard, Jirisuda Sinthusiri, Tanapoom Moungthipmalai, Kouhei Murata, Mayura Soonwera

“…Thus, the fennel + anise EO combination has great potential to be developed as a safe, natural repellent for managing housefly populations.…”
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Oxidation Degradation of Rhodamine B in Aqueous by UV/S2O8 2− Treatment System by Xiaoyang Chen, Zhiyong Xue, Yanlai Yao, Weiping Wang, Fengxiang Zhu, Chunlai Hong

“…Initial pH of solution had great effect on the RhB degradation rate during UV/S2O8 2− system. …”
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Therapeutic Adherence in Patients with Arterial Hypertension by Liens Hernández Quintero, Diana Amelia Crespo Fernández, Liliet Trujillo Cruz, Liliana María Hernández Quintero, Marcia Azcuy Pérez

“…Lack of adherence to treatment is one of this disease great problems. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to determine the level of therapeutic adherence in patients with arterial hypertension in office 22 belonging to the Turcios Lima Comunitary Polyclinic of the Pinar del Río municipality. …”
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Bearing Fault Diagnosis Using a Support Vector Machine Optimized by an Improved Ant Lion Optimizer by Dalian Yang, Jingjing Miao, Fanyu Zhang, Jie Tao, Guangbin Wang, Yiping Shen

“…Support vector machines can be used to diagnose bearing faults; however, the recognition ability of the model is greatly affected by the kernel function and its parameters. …”
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A Tensor-Based Go Decomposition Method for Hyperspectral Anomaly Detection by Meiping Song, Xiao Zhang, Lan Li, Hongju Cao, Haimo Bao

“…The low-rank and sparse matrix decomposition (LRaSMD) technique has shown great potential in HAD tasks. However, some LRaSMD models need to convert the hyperspectral data into a two-dimensional matrix. …”
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Advances of wearable silicone rubber-based triboelectric nanogenerators: from manufacturing to application by Dianlong Shen, Taili Du, Fangyang Dong, Hu Cai, Aziz Noor, Xiannan Du, Yongjiu Zou, Chengkuo Lee, Minyi Xu

“…However, achieving a sustainable power supply for wearable bioelectronic devices is still a great challenge. Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) provide an efficient solution by converting irregular, low-frequency bioenergy from the human body into electrical energy. …”
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First evidence of the effectiveness of a field application of RNAi technology in reducing infestation of the mite Varroa destructor in the western honey bee (Apis mellifera) by Francesca Bortolin, Emanuele Rigato, Sergio Perandin, Anna Granato, Laura Zulian, Caterina Millino, Beniamina Pacchioni, Franco Mutinelli, Giuseppe Fusco

“…As a sustainable alternative, RNA interference (RNAi) technology has shown great potential for honey bee pest control in laboratory assays, but evidence of effectiveness in the field has been lacking. …”
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Expression of H2S in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Correlation Analysis with Inflammatory Markers IL-6 and TNF-α by Yucui Teng, Shuxia Xuan, Ming Jiang, Li Tian, Jinjing Tian, Qian Chang

“…This study shows that downregulation of H2S participates in the pathogenesis of GDM and is of great significance in understanding the difference of H2S between normal and GDM pregnant women and newborns. …”
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Evaluation of the genetic diversity and population structure of 5 pheasant breeds in Shanghai by Lina Qi, Xianyu Li, Jingle Jiang, Wengang Zhang, Xuelin Lu, Hongyan Yuan, Weijian Zhang

“…Thus, effective breeding and conservation plans should be conducted to retain the genetic distinctiveness for White pheasant. Our data is of great significance for promoting the conservation and development of pheasant genetic resources.…”
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A novel data augmentation tool for enhancing machine learning classification: A new application of the higher order dynamic mode decomposition for improved cardiac disease identifi... by Nourelhouda Groun, María Villalba-Orero, Lucía Casado-Martín, Enrique Lara-Pezzi, Eusebio Valero, Jesús Garicano-Mena, Soledad Le Clainche

“…These results show the great potential of using the HODMD algorithm as a data augmentation technique.…”
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Age-Related Changes in Nucleus Pulposus Mesenchymal Stem Cells: An In Vitro Study in Rats by Yachao Zhao, Zhiwei Jia, Shanshan Huang, Yaohong Wu, Longgang Liu, Linghan Lin, Deli Wang, Qing He, Dike Ruan

“…Recently, MSCs have been identified in the nucleus pulposus, which offers great potential for intervertebral disc (IVD) repair. …”
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Mechanical Properties of SiO2-Coated Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Mortar Composites with Different Fiber Lengths and Fiber Volume Fractions by Gwang-Hee Heo, Jong-Gun Park, Ki-Chang Song, Jong-Ho Park, Hyung-Min Jun

“…The experimental results show that the flow values of the carbon fiber mortar were greatly disadvantageous in terms of fluidity due to the nonhydrophilicity of fibers and fiber balls, and the unit weight decreased significantly as the fiber volume fractions increased. …”
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Visuals versus textual scales: Optimizing reliability and user experience in observational assessment of parent-child interaction by Mirte L. Forrer, Carlo Schuengel, Mirjam Oosterman

“…Objective: Assessment of parent-child interaction by practitioners is of great importance but hindered by a lack of instruments that withstand the constraints daily practice places on usage. …”
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A Novel Secretory Vesicle from Deer Antlerogenic Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Conditioned Media (DaMSC-CM) Promotes Tissue Regeneration by Minkoo Seo, Jin-Chul Kim, Hyung-Ki Kim, Eun wook Choi, Suyeong Jeong, Ki Chang Nam, Mihue Jang

“…Multipotent stem cells have the capacity to generate terminally differentiated cell types of each lineage; thus, they have great therapeutic potential for a wide variety of diseases. …”
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Frequency Spectrum-Based Optimal Texture Window Size Selection for High Spatial Resolution Remote Sensing Image Analysis by Min Cao, Dongping Ming, Lu Xu, Ju Fang, Lin Liu, Xiao Ling, Weizhi Ma

“…Texture features based on gray level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM) are widely used in image spatial analysis where the spatial scale is especially of great significance. Based on the Fourier frequency-spectral analysis, this paper proposes an optimal scale selection method for GLCM. …”
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Dicobalt orthosilicate-graphitic carbon nitride nanocomposites as promising visible-light nanocatalysts for removal of water-soluble organic dyes by Masoud Hosseini, Mojgan Ghanbari, Makarim A. Mahdi, Mohammed H. Almaamori, Zainab Abbas Abd Alhassan, Masoud Salavati-Niasari

“…The combination of CSO and CN as composites shows great potential for efficient photocatalytic dye degradation applications. …”
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Assessment of the applied potential of sludge-derived hydrochar in terms of process parameters and product properties by Zhang, Chuang, Wang, Bingyu, Wang, Jixiang, Rong, Shaopeng,  Xie, Huifang, Qu, Hongxia, Feng, Yanfang

“…If the sludge contains a great deal of organic matter and is used as a fuel to generate energy, it can be subjected to a milder hydrothermal intensity like 180–220 °C for 1–2 h. …”
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Influence of Frying Methods on Quality Characteristics and Volatile Flavor Compounds of Giant Salamander (Andrias davidianus) Meatballs by Wengang Jin, Jinjin Pei, Xiaohua Chen, Jingzhang Geng, Dejing Chen, Ruichang Gao

“…Principal component analysis showed that the GC-IMS spectra of volatile flavor compounds before and after deep fat frying and hot air frying varied greatly, and the cumulative contribution rate of the two principal components reached 86.1%, indicating that the GC-IMS technology might be used to distinguish giant salamander meatballs before and after frying, or with different frying methods. …”
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Influence of Stress Sensitivity on Water-Gas Flow in Carbonate Rocks by Shuaishi Fu, Lianjin Zhang, Yingwen Li, Xuemei Lan, Roohollah Askari, Junjie Wang, Wen Wen, Xinze Li, Shaobin Cai, Ke Wang, Jie Liu, Yushu Wang, Yongfei Yang

“…Due to their strong heterogeneity, it is of great significance to study core seepage capacity and gas-water two-phase flow of reservoirs with various pore structures under different stresses for productivity prediction, gas reservoir development, and reservoir protection. …”
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