Effect of Topically Administered Chitosan-N-acetylcysteine on Corneal Wound Healing in a Rabbit Model by Corinna Fischak, Robert Klaus, René M. Werkmeister, Christine Hohenadl, Martin Prinz, Leopold Schmetterer, Gerhard Garhöfer

“…Ultra-high-resolution OCT is considered a noninvasive, dye-free alternative to conventional fluorescein staining in assessing corneal wound healing also in humans.…”
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Modeling dynamic changes in type 1 diabetes progression:Quantifying $\beta$-cell variation after the appearance ofislet-specific autoimmune responses by Patrick Nelson, Noah Smith, Stanca Ciupe, Weiping Zou, Gilbert S. Omenn, Massimo Pietropaolo

“…Because of the limited access to pancreatic tissue and pancreatic lymph nodes during the normoglycemic phase of the disease, little is known about the dynamics involved in the chain of events leading to the clinical onset of the disease in humans. In particular, during T1DM progression there is limited information about temporal fluctuations of immunologic abnormalities and their effect on pancreatic $\beta$-cell function and mass. …”
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Interleukin-4 (IL-4) enhances and soluble interleukin-4 receptor (sIL-4R) inhibits histamine release from peripheral blood basophils and mast cells in vitro and in vivo by B. Niggemann, T. Zuberbier, U. Herz, K. Enssle, U. Wahn, H. Renz

“…The aim of the study was to analyse the effect of interleukin-4 (IL-4) on allergen and anti-IgE mediated histamine release from basophils and human skin mast cells and to assess whether soluble recombinant interleukin-4 receptor (sIL4R) can inhibit these effects. …”
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Selenoprotein S Attenuates Tumor Necrosis Factor-α-Induced Dysfunction in Endothelial Cells by Siyuan Cui, Lili Men, Yu Li, Yingshuo Zhong, Shanshan Yu, Fang Li, Jianling Du

“…We first demonstrated that the upregulation of SelS enhances the levels of nitric oxide and endothelial nitric oxide synthase in tumor necrosis factor- (TNF-) α-treated human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). …”
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Early Diagnosis and Severity Assessment of Weligama Coconut Leaf Wilt Disease and Coconut Caterpillar Infestation Using Deep Learning-Based Image Processing Techniques by Samitha Vidhanaarachchi, Janaka L. Wijekoon, W. A. Shanaka P. Abeysiriwardhana, Malitha Wijesundara

“…Currently, both WCWLD and CCI are detected through on-field human observations, a process that is not only time-consuming but also limits the early detection of infections. …”
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An epigenetic memory at the CYP1A gene in cancer-resistant, pollution-adapted killifish by Samantha Carrothers, Rafael Trevisan, Nishad Jayasundara, Nicole Pelletier, Emma Weeks, Joel N. Meyer, Richard Di Giulio, Caren Weinhouse

“…Abstract Human exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) is a significant public health problem that will worsen with a warming climate and increased large-scale wildfires. …”
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Comparative Study of Ectopic Lymphoid Aggregates in Sheep and Murine Models of Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis by Udari Eshani Perera, Louise Organ, Simon G. Royce, Chrishan S. Samuel, Habtamu B. Derseh, Sasika N. V. Dewage, Emmanuel Koumoundouros, Andrew Stent, Kenneth J. Snibson

“…This study evaluated the histopathological and inflammatory components of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mouse and sheep models, in terms of their ability to translate to the human IPF. Merino sheep (n = 8) were bronchoscopically administered with two bleomycin infusions, two weeks apart, into a caudal lung segment, with a saline (control) administered into a caudal segment in the opposite lung. …”
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M-Sec promotes the accumulation of intracellular HTLV-1 Gag puncta and the incorporation of Env into viral particles. by Masateru Hiyoshi, Youssef M Eltalkhawy, Randa A Abdelnaser, Akira Ono, Kazuaki Monde, Yosuke Maeda, Reem M Mahmoud, Naofumi Takahashi, Yasuyoshi Hatayama, Akihide Ryo, Satoshi Nozuma, Hiroshi Takashima, Ryuji Kubota, Shinya Suzu

“…We have demonstrated that the cellular protein M-Sec promotes the transmission of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) in vitro and in vivo. …”
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Automatic Sleep Staging Method Using EEG Based on STFT and Residual Network by Ran Zhang, Rui Jiang, Haowei Hu, Ying Gao, Wei Xia, Boming Song

“…Accurate sleep stage classification is crucial for assessing sleep quality and diagnosing sleep disorders; however, traditional manual sleep staging methods are time-consuming and prone to human bias. This study introduces an enhanced method for automatic sleep staging that addresses the challenges of low training efficiency and reliance on extensive labeled datasets. …”
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LEAF-YOLO: Lightweight Edge-Real-Time Small Object Detection on Aerial Imagery by Van Quang Nghiem, Huy Hoang Nguyen, Minh Son Hoang

“…Furthermore, LEAF-YOLO attains 23% AP.50 on the TinyPerson dataset, outperforming models with ≥ 20 million parameters, making it suitable for UAV-based human detection.…”
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Ex vivo detection of recreational consumed nitrous oxide in exhaled breath by Dinesh Durán Jiménez, Frederick Vinckenbosch, Joris Busink, Jerro van Zijl, Hendrik J. F. Helmerhorst, Desirée van Tuin, Albert Dahan, Johannes Gerardus Ramaekers, Marcel J. van der Schans, Floris J. Bikker

“…This study focused on ex vivo detection of $$\hbox {N}_{2}$$ O in exhaled breath and examining its persistence in the human body. Firstly, a low-cost portable infrared based detector was selected and validated to detect $$\hbox {N}_{2}$$ O in air. …”
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A Facile Electrode Modification Approach Based on Metal-Free Carbonaceous Carbon Black/Carbon Nanofibers for Electrochemical Sensing of Bisphenol A in Food by Jin Wang, Zhen Yang, Shuanghuan Gu, Mingfei Pan, Longhua Xu

“…Bisphenol A (BPA) is a typical environmental estrogen that is distributed worldwide and has the potential to pose a hazard to the ecological environment and human health. The development of an efficient and sensitive sensing strategy for the monitoring of BPA residues is of paramount importance. …”
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Harmonizing multisite neonatal diffusion-weighted brain MRI data for developmental neuroscience by Alexandra F. Bonthrone, Manuel Blesa Cábez, A. David Edwards, Jo V. Hajnal, Serena J. Counsell, James P. Boardman

“…Our aim was to investigate the utility of ComBat, an empirical Bayes tool for multisite harmonization, in removing site effects from white matter (WM) dMRI measures in healthy infants born at 37 gestational weeks+ 0 days-42 weeks+ 6 days from the Theirworld Edinburgh Birth Cohort (n = 86) and Developing Human Connectome Project (n = 287). Skeletonized fractional anisotropy (FA), mean, axial and radial diffusivity (MD, AD, RD) maps were harmonized. …”
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Compact wearable microstrip antenna design using hybrid quasi-Newton and Taguchi optimization by Archana Tiwari, Aleefia A. Khurshid, Kanhaiya Sharma

“…The biosafe wearable antenna demonstrated compliant specific absorption rate (SAR) (1.2 W/kg), robust mechanical performance (up to 40° bending), and underwent human body effect investigation. Comparison of computed and measured antenna parameters confirms solution accuracy. …”
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Economic vs. ecological benefit for organic food: the role of perceived values in online consumer reviews by Hong Huo, Hong Huo, Junru Yao, Junru Yao, Qiutong Li, Qiutong Li, Rong Wu, Rong Wu, Chen Wang, Chen Wang, Dingyao Yu, Dingyao Yu

“…IntroductionWith the growing awareness of sustainable development, organic food has been favored by consumers due to its advantages in both human health and environmental sustainability. However, the economic and ecological values of organic food have been two factors that consumers weigh. …”
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Dynamic distribution and accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Pueraria lobata during growth based on field experiment by Qing-xiang Jiang, Zhi-xin Wang, Xiang Zhou, Qiu-Fang Cao, Si-qi Hu, Jiang-nan Luo, Wen-wen Deng, Hui Li

“…The regulation investigation of the uptake, distribution, and accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the crop growing is essential for human health risk assessments. As an important crop with Chinese medicine homologous food function, Pueraria lobata (P. lobata) was selected as the model crop with rhizome as the products to explore the absorption, and distribution of PAHs under the natural field environment for the first time. …”
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La Seguridad en la Producción de Alimentos en la Granja - Resumen de Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas by Federico G. Caro, Renée M. Goodrich-Schneider, Keith R. Schneider, Douglas L. Archer

“…Archer, and published by the UF Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, May 2013. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fs230 …”
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Voz territorial, despojo y resistencia a la expansión del extractivismo carbonífero en el sur de La Guajira by María Cecilia Roa-García, Alejandro Quecedo del Val, Nils Lagrève, Ana Manuela Amaya Morales

“…Such regimes suppress individuality expressed through voice, imposing homogenization, obscurity, and impoverishment on human experience. Extractivism systematically ignores territorial voices, enforcing its dominance by silencing them. …”
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Effects of exogenous selenium application on quality characteristics, selenium speciation, and in vitro bioaccessibility of rice pancakes by Feiran An, Kun Zhuang, Lingling Shangguan, Lan Yao, Jun Dai

“…Selenium is an essential trace element for human health. To date, a hotspot of functional foods is strengthening the content of organic Se in food using biological Se enrichment. …”
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A Review on The Impact of Thermal Stress on Fish Biochemistry by Manoj Kumar Pati, Mohammad Aftabuddin, Prasun Roychowdhury

“…Fish are an important resource for humans, providing food, economic support, and ecological services. …”
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