Crystallite size and phase purity in Pb1-xSrxTiO3 ferroelectric perovskites for biomedical applications via controlled sintering by Rahmat Doni Widodo, Samsudin Anis, Deni Fajar Fitriyana, Maykel Manawan, Joni Sah, Aji Santiko, Rizalman Bin Mamat, Abdulfatah Abdu Yusuf, Muhammad Imam Ammarullah

“…Lead strontium titanate (Pb1-xSrx)TiO3 (PST) is a ferroelectric perovskite material with tunable properties, including Curie temperature, spontaneous polarization, and high dielectric permittivity, making it promising for advanced biomedical applications, such as biosensors, bioimaging, and light-activated therapeutics. This study investigates the effect of varying sintering temperatures on the crystallite size and phase purity of PST, aiming to optimize its performance for biomedical devices. …”
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Risk Factors for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in a Large Population of Women Living in Spain: Implications for Preventative Strategies by Ana M. Ramos-Leví, Natalia Pérez-Ferre, M. Dolores Fernández, Laura del Valle, Elena Bordiu, Ana Rosa Bedia, Miguel A. Herraiz, M. José Torrejón, Alfonso L. Calle-Pascual

“…After logistic regression model, biscuits and pastries intake <4 times/week, red and processed meats intake <6 servings/week, sugared drinks <4 servings/week, light walking >30 minutes/day, and 30 minutes/day of sports at least 2 days/week, compared with opposite consumption, was associated with less GDM risk. …”
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Modifications in aroma characteristics of ‘Merlot’ dry red wines aged in American, French and Slovakian oak barrels with different toasting degrees by Haocheng Lu, Binhao Cheng, Yibin Lan, Changqing Duan, Fei He

“…The concentrations of guaiacol, syringol, trans-isoeugenol, furfural alcohol, vanilla, cis-whisky lactone enabled the medium toasting barrels to be distinguished from the light toasting ones. The compounds originating from the barrels could be used to distinguish the types of different barrels, but the other general grape-derived and fermentation-derived volatiles could not. …”
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Disk in the Circumstellar Envelope of Carbon Mira V Cygni by Boris S. Safonov, Sergey G. Zheltoukhov, Andrey M. Tatarnikov, Ivan A. Strakhov, Victor I. Shenavrin

“…The dust envelope responsible for the infrared excess was also resolved in scattered polarized light at angular scales of 50–80 mas using differential speckle polarimetry. …”
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Single-cell sequencing reveals cell heterogeneity and aberrantly activated pathways associated with microvascular invasion in hepatocellular carcinoma by Jianwei Cui, Fanyi Zeng, Ming Tang, Ming Tang, Shiwu Yin, Shiwu Yin

“…Additionally, MARCKSL1 is linked to tumour resistance to multiple anticancer drugs.DiscussionThis study sheds light on the molecular characteristics and functional heterogeneity of MVI-associated malignant cell subpopulations. …”
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Du produit d’échange à l’objet symbole : de nouvelles données sur les demi-produits de type currency-bar du Val de Saône et de l’Arc jurassien by Marion Berranger, Philippe Dillmann, Philippe Fluzin, Enrique Vega, Stéphanie Leroy, Michel Aubert, Emmanuelle Delqué-Količ

“…The results lead to a radical revision of previous interpretations, which were solely based on discovery contexts, and shed new light on their chrono-cultural context, which turns out to be much older than previously thought. …”
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A gamma-ray spectrometer based on MAPD-3NM-2 and LaBr3(ce) and LSO scintillators for hydrogen detection on planetary surfaces by F. Ahmadov, A. Sadigov, Yu. Yu. Bacherikov, O. Okhrimenko, K. Isayev, M. Holik, T. Slavicek, F. Mamedov, G. Ahmadov, A. Mammadli, R. Akbarov, J. Nagiyev, D. Berikov, S. Nuruyev, Z. Sadygov, Yu. Shitov, S. I. Lyubchyk, S. B. Lyubchyk

“…The lower energy resolution compared to the LSO is due to the higher light output of LaBr3(Ce). The obtained results experimentally demonstrate that it is possible to obtain information about the presence of hydrogen in the target using both detectors.…”
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Classic and Novel Sex Hormone Binding Globulin Effects on the Cardiovascular System in Men by Carla Basualto-Alarcón, Paola Llanos, Gerardo García-Rivas, Mayarling Francisca Troncoso, Daniel Lagos, Genaro Barrientos, Manuel Estrada

“…Therefore, the description of local expression of cardiac SHBG and its circulating levels may shed new light to explain physiological and adverse cardiometabolic roles of androgens in different tissues. …”
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Vernolactone Promotes Apoptosis and Autophagy in Human Teratocarcinomal (NTERA-2) Cancer Stem-Like Cells by Nuwanka K. Abeysinghe, Ira Thabrew, Sameera R. Samarakoon, Meran K. Ediriweera, Kamani H. Tennekoon, Varuni P. C. Pathiranage, Anuka S. Mendis

“…Effects of vernolactone on apoptosis were investigated by phase contrast light microscopic and fluorescence microscopic analysis, caspase 3/7 expression, and real-time PCR of apoptosis-associated genes p53 and Survivin. …”
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Histologic and Endoscopic Similarity between Nodular Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia and Gastric Hyperplastic Polyps Potentially Causing Treatment Delays by Pujitha Kudaravalli, Sheikh A. Saleem, Rachana Mandru, Sekou Rawlins

“…GAVE can be classified endoscopically as punctate, striped, nodular, or polypoidal form. The light microscopic findings considered specific to GAVE are vascular hyperplasia, mucosal vascular ectasia, intravascular fibrin thrombi, and fibromuscular hyperplasia. …”
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A data driven approach for soft tissue biomarker identification linked to Chiari-like malformation and syringomyelia by Jake Cumber, Jake Cumber, Emma Scales-Theobald, Emma Scales-Theobald, Clare Rusbridge, Clare Rusbridge, Clare Rusbridge, Kevin Wells, Kevin Wells

“…Overall, these findings shed light on the distinct morphologies related to CM-P and SM, offering the potential for more accurate and objective diagnoses in affected dogs using MRI. …”
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Determination of Benzalkonium Chloride in a Disinfectant by UV Spectrophotometry and Gas and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography: Validation, Comparison of Characteristics, and... by Mariia Smolinska, Roman Ostapiv, Mariia Yurkevych, Liubov Poliuzhyn, Olha Korobova, Ihor Kotsiumbas, Hryhorii Tesliar

“…UV-spectrophotometric determination was based on measuring the amount of light absorption of aqueous solutions of benzalkonium chloride at 268 nm. …”
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Laser treated super hydrophobic glass for solar PV self cleaning application: a SWOT-TWOS-based analysis by Rahool Rai, Mahadzir Ishak, Sudhakar Kumarasamy, Aiman Bin Mohd Halil, M M Quazi

“…This analysis assesses the advantages, such as improved light diffusion and reduced glare, along with the disadvantages, including decreased transparency and potential glass damage. …”
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Study of Highly Stable Nitrogen-Doped a-InGaSnO Thin-Film Transistors by Wenyang Zhang, Li Lu, Chenfei Li, Weijie Jiang, Wenzhao Wang, Xingqiang Liu, Ablat Abliz, Da Wan

“…In particular, the positive/negative bias stress threshold shift of N-doped a-IGTO TFTs is substantially reduced in both dark and light environment. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis (XPS) and low frequency noise (LFN) are employed to study the mechanism of N-doping in a-IGTO TFTs. …”
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Intrinsically anisotropic 1D NbTe4 for self-powered polarization-sensitive photodetection by Huahu Luo, Fafa Wu, Chaowei He, Wanfu Shen, Chunguang Hu, Weina Zhao, Peng Yu, Guowei Yang

“…One-dimensional (1D) materials with intrinsic anisotropy, capable of directly sensing polarized light, are promising for such photodetectors. NbTe4, a quasi-1D transition metal tetra-chalcogenide, offers significant benefits for polarization-sensitive photodetection due to its structural anisotropy. …”
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Water remediation and antibacterial characteristics of CdO, graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide blended CdO nanoparticles – A comparative study by N. Manjula, A.R. Balu, N. Arunkumar, S. Chitra Devi, M. Sriramraj, V. Rajamani, A. Vinith

“…The photodegradation effectiveness of CO, GCO and rCO against methyl orange (MO) dye under visible light was 80.9, 86.6 and 95 ​% after 90 ​min. Bacterial growth inhibition quality of CO increased with GO/rGO blending and they show better resistance against B. subtilis (gram ​+ ​ve) than E. coli (gram –ve) bacteria. …”
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Accelerated and precise skin cancer detection through an enhanced machine learning pipeline for improved diagnostic accuracy by SM Masfequier Rahman Swapno, S.M. Nuruzzaman Nobel, P.K. Meena, V.P. Meena, Jitendra Bahadur, Abhishek Appaji

“…This study proposes a machine learning (ML)-based framework for accurate and automated skin cancer detection, integrating EfficientNetV2L for advanced feature extraction and LightGBM (LGBM) for gradient boosting. The ensemble model effectively classifies benign and malignant skin lesions, leveraging EfficientNetV2L's feature extraction capabilities and LGBM's computational efficiency. …”
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Phytochemical screening and neuro-pharmacological activity of Mimosa pudica flowers: Integrating in vitro, in silico and in vivo approaches by Fahmida Alam, Rashedul Alam, A.T.M. Yusuf, Joya Datta Ripa, Raktim Das Nithin, Sourav Barua, Mohammed Fazlul Kabir, Seong-Tshool Hong, Hea-Jong Chung

“…These tests included the open field test, light-dark box test, elevated plus maze test, tail suspension test, forced swim test, Y-maze test, hole cross test, and social interaction test. …”
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Structural, Optical, and Electrical Characterization of β-Ga2O3 Thin Films Grown by Plasma-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy Suitable for UV Sensing by Abraham Arias, Nicola Nedev, Susmita Ghose, Juan Salvador Rojas-Ramirez, David Mateos, Mario Curiel Alvarez, Oscar Pérez, Mariel Suárez, Benjamin Valdez-Salas, Ravi Droopad

“…Top metal contacts were deposited by thermal evaporation for I-V characterization, which has been carried out in dark, as well as under visible and UV light illumination. The optical and electrical measurements showed that the grown thin films of β-Ga2O3 are excellent candidates for deep-ultraviolet detection and sensing.…”
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Gnidia glauca- and Plumbago zeylanica-Mediated Synthesis of Novel Copper Nanoparticles as Promising Antidiabetic Agents by Dhiraj A. Jamdade, Dishantsingh Rajpali, Komal A. Joshi, Rohini Kitture, Anuja S. Kulkarni, Vaishali S. Shinde, Jayesh Bellare, Kaushik R. Babiya, Sougata Ghosh

“…Aqueous extracts of flower, leaf, and stem of G. glauca and leaves of P. zeylanica were prepared which could effectively reduce Cu2+ ions to CuNPs within 5 h at 100°C which were further characterized using UV-visible spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, X-ray diffraction, and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. …”
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