Propranolol: A Promising Therapeutic Avenue for Classic Kaposi Sarcoma by Rasha Mahmoud Genedy, Marwa Owais, Naglaa Mohamed El Sayed

“… Introduction: Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a low grade angio-proliferative tumor of endothelial origin. Human herpes virus 8 (HHV8) plays a major role in the pathogenesis of KS. …”
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Ozone oxidative preconditioning: a protection against cellular damage by free radicals by O. S. León, S. Menéndez, N. Merino, R. Castillo, S. Sam, L. Pérez, E. Cruz, V. Bocci

“…There is some anecdotal evidence that oxygen-ozone therapy may be beneficial in some human diseases . However so far only a few biochemical and pharmacodynamic mechanisms have been elucidated. …”
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Design of a Cost-Effective Ultrasound Force Sensor and Force Control System for Robotic Extra-Body Ultrasound Imaging by Yixuan Zheng, Hongyuan Ning, Eason Rangarajan, Aban Merali, Adam Geale, Lukas Lindenroth, Zhouyang Xu, Weizhao Wang, Philipp Kruse, Steven Morris, Liang Ye, Xinyi Fu, Kawal Rhode, Richard James Housden

“…Robot-assisted ultrasound may provide a solution by delivering more consistent, precise, and faster scans, potentially reducing human error and healthcare costs. Effective force control is crucial in robotic ultrasound scanning to ensure consistent image quality and patient safety. …”
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Designing the Interventions to Mitigate the Barriers of Coordination in Handling Food Security: Insight from Central Java Province by Aries Susanty, Novie Susanto, Hanifa Denny, Yulianto Prabowo, Regine A. S. Permadi, Ayu Fauziyah

“…The result of the ISM method also indicated three “very significant” barriers: inadequate human resources, the limited capability of the regional government, and lack of communication and high specialization in multisector collaboration. …”
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Effect of Maternal Administration of Edible Bird’s Nest on the Learning and Memory Abilities of Suckling Offspring in Mice by Yong Xie, Hongliang Zeng, Zhiji Huang, Hui Xu, Qunyan Fan, Yi Zhang, Baodong Zheng

“…Although human brains continue developing throughout the underage developmental stages, the infancy period is considered the most important one for the whole life. …”
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Comparative evaluation of four exome enrichment solutions in 2024: Agilent, Roche, Vazyme and Nanodigmbio by Vera Belova, Iuliia Vasiliadis, Zhanna Repinskaia, Alina Samitova, Anna Shmitko, Natalya Ponikarovskaya, Oleg Suchalko, Valery Cheranev, Shatalov Peter, Shegai Peter, Kaprin Andrey, Denis Rebrikov, Dmitriy Korostin

“…This study compares available to date four exome enrichment kits: Agilent SureSelect Human All Exon v8, Roche KAPA HyperExome, Vazyme VAHTS Target Capture Core Exome Panel, and Nanodigmbio NEXome Plus Panel v1. …”
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Microbial Characteristics and Functions in Coffee Fermentation: A Review by Xiaojing Shen, Qi Wang, Hongsheng Wang, Guoqing Fang, Ying Li, Jilai Zhang, Kunyi Liu

“…It is also beneficial for human health because of its rich active compounds, such as caffeine, chlorogenic acids, trigonelline, tryptophan alkaloids, diterpenes, melanoidins, etc. …”
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AI-Driven Meat Food Drying Time Prediction for Resource Optimization and Production Planning in Smart Manufacturing by Rajnish Rakholia, Andres L. Suarez-Cetrulo, Manokamna Singh, Ricardo Simon Carbajo

“…Conventional approaches for estimating drying times often depend on empirical rules or manual observations, which can be time-consuming, subjective, and susceptible to human error. Therefore, implementing an automation solution by developing a predictive model for drying times in meat manufacturing is essential for optimizing the production lifecycle. …”
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Administration of Iodine-125 Seeds Promotes Apoptosis in Cholangiocarcinoma through the PI3K/Akt Pathway by Junqing Lin, Leye Yan, Xiaolong Wang, Zhengzhong Wu, Kun Ke, Xin Lin, Ning Huang, Weizhu Yang

“…We aimed to examine the effects of 125I seeds on the gene expression of Bcl-2, Bax, and PI3K/Akt pathway components in cholangiocarcinoma cells. Methods. In vitro, human cholangiocarcinoma RBE cells were treated with 125I seeds (0.39 mCi or 0.85 mCi) for 72 h, 120 h, and 168 h. …”
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Exploring Customary Law: Perspectives of Hazairin and Cornelis Van Vollenhoven and its Relevance to the Future of Islamic Law in Indonesia by Ilham Tohari, Siti Rohmah, Ahmad Qiram As-Suvi

“…In contrast, Van Vollenhoven argues that customary law does not need to consider religion because all humans have equal rights before God, thus rejecting or eliminating customs or traditions is considered undignified. …”
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Complex and severe infection in a 67-year-old liver transplant recipient due to Cunninghamella elegans, Bordetella bronchiseptica, and Pneumocystis jirovecii by Muyun Wei, Kangyi Gu, Juanxiu Qin, Xinhua Lu, Junqi Feng, Shaowei Mao, Min Li, Zhilan Li, Changsheng Wang

“…B. bronchiseptica, P. jirovecii, Aspergillus fumigatus, and human alphaherpesvirus 1 (HSV1) were detected by clinical metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) of his bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BLAF). …”
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Phenolic Compounds from Apples: Reviewing their Occurrence, Absorption, Bioavailability, Processing, and Antioxidant Activity – a Review by Małgorzata Starowicz, Bohdan Achrem–Achremowicz, Mariusz K. Piskuła, Henryk Zieliński

“…This review summarises the research on phenolic compounds in apples in relation to their geographical origin, cultivars, technological processes, and human health effects due to their antioxidant activity and bioavailability. …”
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On-grid Photovoltaic Power System for Governmental Office Electrification by Ali Nasser Hussain, zuhair sameen shuker, Majid Khudair Abbas Al-Tamimi, Mimouna Abid

“…The potential solar energy has a capacity to meet all energy requirements for human survival on planet earth. Some applications such as a thermoelectric generator, electric power generation with the assistance of solar panels and water applications are required to reduce the demand for electricity generated by conventional power plants. …”
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C-BERT: A Mongolian reverse dictionary based on fused lexical semantic clustering and BERT by Amuguleng Wang, Yilagui Qi, Dahu Baiyila

“…Compared to the seven baseline models, C-BERT demonstrates superior performance, particularly when evaluated on datasets with human-generated descriptions, where its synonym accuracy@10/100 reaches 16.5% and 71%, respectively. …”
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High-resolution observation per 1.5 h revealed prominent time-dependent daily contamination variations of p-phenylenediamine (PPD) antioxidants and their quinone derivatives PPDQs... by Zifang Peng, Shijiao Hou, Qingyun He, Fangcheng Su, Lishun Ren, Congcong Pei, Dan Yin, Yanhao Zhang, Yanjie Huang, Shusheng Zhang, Zongwei Cai

“…Current study builds the relationship between pollution status of such novel pollutants and human activities, and possibly guides people in central China to take precautions to protect themselves from environmental toxicants at special daily time.…”
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Exploring brain perfusion in dogs with meningoencephalitis of unknown origin: A promising role for arterial spin labeling imaging by Léa Arti, Kirsten Gnirs, Stella Papageorgiou, Yannick Ruel, Albert Agoulon, Nathalie Boddaert, Hugues Gaillot

“…Preferential lesion localization in ON and brainstem resembled findings in the central nervous system of human patients with inflammatory demyelinating diseases. …”
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Protein Ubiquitylation in Pancreatic Cancer by Thomas Bonacci, Julie Roignot, Philippe Soubeyran

“…Whereas it has been known for more than 3 decades now, ubiquitylation is a post-translational modification of protein that only recently emerged as a major regulator of many biological functions, dependent and independent on the proteasome, whose failure is involved in many human diseases, including cancer. Indeed, despite its role in promoting protein degradation through the proteasome, ubiquitylation is now known to regulate diverse cellular processes, such as membrane protein endocytosis and intracellular trafficking, assembly of protein complexes, gene transcription, and activation or inactivation of enzymes. …”
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Syngeneic natural killer cell therapy activates dendritic and T cells in metastatic lungs and effectively treats low-burden metastases by Shih-Wen Huang, Yein-Gei Lai, Hao-Ting Liao, Chin-Ling Chang, Ruo-Yu Ma, Yung-Hsiang Chen, Yae-Huei Liou, Zhen-Qi Wu, Yu-Chen Wu, Ko-Jiunn Liu, Yen-Tsung Huang, Jen-Lung Yang, Ming-Shen Dai, Nan-Shih Liao

“…The inverse correlation between NK activity and metastasis incidence supports a critical role for NK cells in human metastatic surveillance. However, autologous NK cell therapy has shown limited benefit in treating patients with metastatic solid tumors. …”
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Proteome-Wide Identification and Comparison of Drug Pockets for Discovering New Drug Indications and Side Effects by Renxin Zhang, Zhiyuan Chen, Shuhan Li, Haohao Lv, Jinjun Li, Naixue Yang, Shaoxing Dai

“…This study evaluated the druggability of the entire human proteome using Fpocket. We identified 15,043 druggable pockets in 20,255 predicted protein structures, significantly expanding the estimated druggable proteome from 3000 to over 11,000 proteins. …”
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Prevalence and Knowledge about Genital and other Warts among Students in Sulaimani Polytechnic University: A cross-sectional study by Burhan Karadaghy, Niaz Mustafa Kamal, Nasih Othman

“…Genital warts and other warts are an epidermal manifestation attributed to the epidermotropic human papillomavirus (HPV) some of which have been linked directly to an increased neoplastic risk in men and women. …”
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