Characteristic Fe and Cu Compounds in Particulate Matter from Subway Premises in Japan and their Potential Biological Effects by Takuma Okamoto, Ayumi Iwata, Hiroko Yamanaka, Kako Ogane, Tatsuhiro Mori, Akiko Honda, Hirohisa Takano, Tomoaki Okuda

“…The potential biological effects of these chemical states on humans were also investigated in vitro by assessing cell damage and its pathways in cells after exposure to several compounds. …”
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3D-Printed Anthropomorphic Phantom Framework for Spectral Photon-Counting CT: A Breast Phantom Application by Kyriaki Katsikari, Nadine Francis, Nabil Maalej, Charalampos Pitsalidis, Aamir Younis Raja

“…Anthropomorphic phantoms are critical in computed tomography (CT) imaging, simulating human anatomy for image quality and dosimetry evaluation. …”
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Designing a Model of Effective Factors on Creative Cultural Industries in Iran by Abbas Ghaedamini Harouni, Mehrdad Sadeghi Deh Cheshmeh, Sadegh Sadeghi Deh Cheshmeh, Narjes Mohsenifar

“…These factors were ranked, and the criteria' importance from the first to the third were structural and human capital, required infrastructure, and government support.Originality/Value: By generating new needs, creative cultural industries can produce new cultural consumers and increase cultural accumulation, which requires promoting cultural capital in society by intensifying cultural uses. …”
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Effects of meteorological factors on the retention of particulate matter in lawn grass blades by Junrui Wang, Weihan Kong, Haimei Li, Xiaodan Sun, Yingkun Sun, Yu Liu

“…Plant leaves can reduce the concentration of atmospheric particulate matter (PM) by absorbing it in the air, and this mitigates the deleterious human health effects of PM. However, the ability of plant leaves to retain dust is limited and varies continually due to various meteorological factors such as rainfall, extreme wind speed, and PM10 concentrations. …”
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The role of Akkermansia muciniphila in maintaining health: a bibliometric study by Fangfang Gao, Canyu Cheng, Canyu Cheng, Runwei Li, Zongcun Chen, Zongcun Chen, Ke Tang, Guankui Du, Guankui Du, Guankui Du

“…The most cited articles deepened the understanding of the bacterium’s impact on human health, spanning from basic research to translational medicine. …”
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Screening of the Dichloromethane: Methanolic Extract of Centella asiatica for Antibacterial Activities against Salmonella typhi, Escherichia coli, Shigella sonnei, Bacillus subtili... by Berick Moturi Sieberi, George Isanda Omwenga, Rachael Kitondo Wambua, Judith Chemutai Samoei, Mathew Piero Ngugi

“…They included preliminary screening of dichloromethane: methanolic extract of Centella asiatica against human pathogenic bacteria including Salmonella typhi ATCC 19430, Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Shigella sonnei ATCC 25931, Bacillus subtilis ATCC 21332, and Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923 using agar disc diffusion, broth microdilution method, and time-kill kinetics with tetracycline as a positive control. …”
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RNAI-MEDIATED SILENCING OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 1 IN EPIDERMAL KERATINOCYTES INFLUENCES THE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF INTERLEUKIN 17A by J. A. Mogulevtseva, A. V. Mezentsev, S. A. Bruskin

“…The aim of this study was to explore how MMP1 silencing might influence the biological effects of IL-17A on migration and proliferation of human epidermal keratinocytes and the expression of genes involved in their division and differentiation. …”
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Effect of epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) on cognitive functioning and the expression of APP and BDNF in the hippocampus of rats with streptozotocin -induced Alzheimer-like disea... by Farnaz Ghayour Babaei, Ehsan Saburi, Fatemeh Forouzanfar, Mohadese Asgari, Zakieh Keshavarzi, Vahid Hajali

“…These findings could provide a beneficial insight for developing novel, safe, and efficient natural compounds for preventing or alleviation AD symptoms in humans.…”
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Characterization of a chemically induced osteoarthritis model in zebrafish by Gongyi Xiao, Jin Qin, Huiping Yang, Qizhi Song, Ruobin Zhang, Junlan Huang, Yuexi Mou, Wen Liu, Xianding Sun, Mao Nie

“…Consequently, this offers a fresh avenue for investigating the pathogenesis, prevention, and potential therapeutic approaches for human OA.…”
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Isolation, identification and characteristics of Aeromonas sobria from diseased rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) by Li-Ping Liu, Li-Ping Liu, Ying-Dong Fang, Peng-Tian Kang, Xiang-Yun Gao, Guo-Wei Zhang, Jing Pan, Jia Lu, Ji-Xing Liu, Wang-Dong Zhang

“…Aeromonas sobria is an opportunistic pathogen that can infect humans, animals and aquatic species, which is widely distributed in different aquatic environments and products. …”
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mtSTAT3 suppresses rheumatoid arthritis by regulating Th17 and synovial fibroblast inflammatory cell death with IL-17-mediated autophagy dysfunction by Seon-Yeong Lee, Jeonghyeon Moon, A Ram Lee, Young-Mee Moon, Jeong Won Choi, Chae Rim Lee, Su Been Jeon, Hee Su Sohn, Jeehee Youn, Dongyun Shin, Sung-Hwan Park, Mi-La Cho

“…The abnormal accumulation of autophagosomes and the expression of inflammatory cell death factors were also decreased in these mice. In mouse and human immune cells, ZnSO4, an inducer of mitochondrial STAT3, decreases the production of reactive oxygen species, the IL-17 concentration, and differentiation into Th17 cells. …”
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Application of simulation of needle puncture with banana model in the teaching of straight buttonhole technique (香蕉模拟穿刺模型在直行式扣眼穿刺教学中的应用) by ZHENG Juanlian (郑娟莲), LIANG Yanping (梁艳萍), GAO Lei (高蕾), ZHENG Yueying (郑月英), ZHANG Yu (张毓)

“…Methods The banana model was used to replace the buttonhole of human arteriovenous fistula, 16G steel needle was used for escharectomy and 16G blunt needle was used for puncture. …”
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Seroprevalence and Potential Risk Factors of Toxocariasis among General Population in Southwest Iran: Implications on the One Health Approach by Masoud Foroutan, Aida Vafae Eslahi, Shahrzad Soltani, Naser Kamyari, Ehsan Moradi-Joo, Jean-Francois Magnaval, Milad Badri

“…Further comprehensive studies with a focus on humans and animals should be designed in different areas of the Province. …”
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Computational Study of the Phytochemical Constituents from Uncaria tomentosa Stem Bark against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Spike Protein by Oscar Herrera-Calderon, Abdulrahman M. Saleh, Andres F. Yepes-Perez, Nada H. Aljarba, Saad Alkahtani, Gaber El-Saber Batiha, Renan Dilton Hañari-Quispe, Haydee Chavez, Josefa Bertha Pari-Olarte, Eddie Loyola-Gonzales, José Santiago Almeida-Galindo, José Francisco Kong-Chirinos, Taoufiq Benali

“…On the other hand, medicinal plants have been used as alternatives therapies to ameliorate some signs and symptoms in COVID-19, and in our previous work, the cat’s claw (Uncaria tomentosa) stem bark has been studied in vitro and showed antiviral activity on SARS-CoV-2 as well as in silico studies on the 3CLpro protein and as disruptor between the ACE-2 human receptor and the spike protein. The aim in this computational study was to determine the main phytochemical constituents from U. tomentosa stem bark against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron spike protein based on molecular modeling. …”
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Photocatalytic Degradation of Trifluralin in Aqueous Solutions by UV/S2O82− and UV/ZnO Processes: A Comparison of Removal Efficiency and Cost Estimation by Fatemeh Sadeghi, Abdolmajid Fadaei, Fazel Mohammadi-Moghadam, Sara Hemati, Gashtasb Mardani

“…Trifluralin is one of the most widely used herbicides, being accounted as the cause of cancer in human. In the present research, the UV/S2O82− and ZnO/UV processes’ efficiency in the removal of trifluralin was investigated. …”
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Impact of sleep quality on academic achievements of undergraduate medical students: a cross-sectional study from Saudi Arabia by Arwa Khaled, Dalia Almaghaslah, Ayesha Siddiqua, Geetha Kandasamy, Khalid Orayj

“…Abstract Background Sleep is an active process that affects human health and quality of life. Sleep is essential for learning and memory consolidation. …”
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The effectiveness of rural community health workers in improving health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review by Neema Kaseje, Meghna Ranganathan, Monica Magadi, Kevin Oria, Andy Haines

“…There is a need to focus on rural CHWs and rural health systems as they have limited material and human resources rendering them more vulnerable than urban health systems to severe disruptions during pandemics. …”
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Dynamic simulation of landscape ecological risk in Gansu’s farming-pastoral ecotone based on topographic gradients by Le Yang, Jixuan Yan, Guang Li, Weiwei Ma, Tao Li, Pengcheng Gao, Qiang Li, Xiangdong Yao, Jie Li, Wenning Wang

“…The area of high-risk zones has steadily decreased by approximately 50% since 2010, primarily in regions with low topographic gradients and high human activity. In other areas, high-risk levels are directly proportional to the topographic gradient, showing a high degree of spatial clustering. …”
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Neurostructural correlates of harm action/outcome aversion: The role of empathy by Shu Su, Ling-Xiang Xia

“…Harm aversion is essential for normal human functioning; however, the neuroanatomical mechanisms underlying harm aversion remain unclear. …”
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Community-Partnered Training in Trauma-Informed Primary Care for Patients Experiencing Reentry From Incarceration: A Pilot Training Study by Lauren E. Szkodny, Mahlet A. Yared, Shoshana H. Bardach, Joseph Lascaze, Randy Stevens, Anna M. Adachi-Mejia, Milan F. Satcher

“…Methods: A multidisciplinary team including community members with lived experience engaged in a multiphase human-centered design process that incorporated interviews, discussions, and a participatory process to design and evaluate a single-session interactive pilot training targeting providers’ attitudes toward formerly incarcerated patients and confidence to deliver TIC. …”
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