Novel plant extract-chitosan nanocomposite (SCE/ChNPs) biosensor for trace level arsenic sensing in water samples using quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring by Miad Ali Siddiq

“…The SCE/ChNPs were characterized using AFM, SEM, TEM, DLS, and zeta potential measurements, revealing a mean particle size of 37.0 ± 2.0 nm, spherical morphology, and a stable colloidal system with −28.3 mV surface charge. The QCM-D-based biosensor demonstrated exceptional performance with a detection limit of 0.05 ppb, significantly below the WHO guideline for arsenic in drinking water. …”
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Vertigo as the First Sign of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: A Case Report and Literature Review by Rubén Martín-Hernández, Diego Hernando Macías-Rodríguez, Víctor Martín-Sánchez, Cristina Cordero-Civantos, Santiago Santa Cruz-Ruiz, Ángel Batuecas-Caletrio

“…A peripheral blood cytogenetic analysis is performed due to a high suspicion of leukemia, and the results show BCR/ABL fusion gene with a cut point in the M-BCR region, which confirms the diagnosis of chronic myeloid leukemia. …”
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Effects of Apatinib on the “Stemness” of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Cells In Vivo and Its Related Mechanisms by Bin Yang, Yan Wang, Zhuoying Chen, Yi-Ming Feng, Liang-Liang Shi

“…Tumor tissues were harvested after 2 weeks, and mRNA was extracted to detect changes in stemness-related genes (CD133, EPCAM, CD13, CD90, ALDH1, CD44, CD45, SOX2, NANOG, and OCT4) and Wnt/β-catenin, Hedgehog, and Hippo signal pathways. …”
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Breast Cancer Metastasis to the Stomach That Was Diagnosed after Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection by Masahide Kita, Masashi Furukawa, Masaya Iwamuro, Keisuke Hori, Yoshiro Kawahara, Naruto Taira, Tomohiro Nogami, Tadahiko Shien, Takehiro Tanaka, Hiroyoshi Doihara, Hiroyuki Okada

“…A 52-year-old woman presented with stage IIB primary breast cancer (cT2N1M0), which was treated using neoadjuvant chemotherapy (epirubicin, cyclophosphamide, and paclitaxel). …”
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Osthole regulates N6‐methyladenosine‐modified TGM2 to inhibit the progression of rheumatoid arthritis and associated interstitial lung disease by Xian Lin, Jian Chen, Cheng Tao, Lianxiang Luo, Juan He, Qingwen Wang

“…Furthermore, OS restrained the proliferation and polarization of M2 macrophages to inhibit the aggregation of lung interstitial CD11b+ macrophages, and the effectiveness and non‐toxicity of OS in suppressing RA and RA‐ILD progression were verified in vivo. …”
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Obesity Is Not Associated with Impaired Immune Response to Influenza Vaccination in HIV-Infected Persons by Charitha Gowda, Noah McKittrick, Deborah Kim, Rosemarie A. Kappes, Vincent Lo Re, Pablo Tebas

“…Overall, 48 (27%) participants were obese (body mass index ≥ 30 kg/m2). Seroconversion rates were comparable between obese and nonobese subjects for all three vaccine strains. …”
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Intervención desde Trabajo Social a una familia con integrante con discapacidad perteneciente a las Fuerzas Militares de Colombia by Sandra Milena Arcos Zambrano, Ana María Cortes Quiñones, Luisa Dayana López Portilla

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Environmental friendly carrier material for nifedipine as hypertension drug by E. Budianto, S.H. Astuti

“…Particle Size of microcapsule ranges at 0.5 μM.…”
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Autonomous Quadcopter Image Processing for Simulated Search and Rescue Flights by Budi Hartono, Muhammad Rizki Zuhri, Citra Asti Rosalia, Nofrijal Fauzan

“…The results show successful marker detection at a flying altitude of up to 3 meters above the ground and reaching a top speed of 3 m/s at a flying altitude of 2 meters.…”
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Health and Economic Impact Estimation of Ambient Air Particulate Matter (PM) Pollution in Addis Ababa Using BenMAP-CE Model by Mulugeta Getachew, Andualem Mekonnen, Desta Fitsum

“…The study evaluated the impact of decreasing the annual average PM 2.5 concentration in 2019 (32.8 µg/m 3 ) to different international and national air quality standards, including World health Organization’s guidelines and the Ethiopian National Ambient Air Quality standard (NAAQS). …”
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Development of a high-order global dynamical core using the discontinuous Galerkin method for an atmospheric large-eddy simulation (LES) and proposal of test cases: SCALE-DG v0.8.0 by Y. Kawai, H. Tomita, H. Tomita

“…<p>Focusing on the future global atmospheric simulations with a grid spacing of O(10–100 m), we developed a global nonhydrostatic atmospheric dynamical core with high-order accuracy by applying a discontinuous Galerkin method (DGM) for horizontal and vertical discretization. …”
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Postprocessing Study for the Controllable Structures of Ceramic Green Parts Realized by a Flexible Binder Jetting Printing (BJP) Solution by Shu Cao, Fangxia Xie, Xueming He, Chaofeng Zhang, Meiping Wu

“…In comparison, high-density specimens performing poor infiltration obtained limited density increment after final sintering, but better mechanical properties and surface strengthening were realized, exhibiting final densities, flexural strength, comprehensive strength, surface roughness Ra, and Vickers hardness of 70.1%, 63.22 MPa, 450.18 MPa, 9.73 μm, and 4.58 GPa, respectively. In summary, this study is helpful to provide the technical reference for custom AM ceramic green parts and the postprocessing optimization.…”
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Copper strontium phosphate glasses with high antimicrobial efficacy by Roman Golovchak, Bohdan Mahlovanyi, Yaroslav Shpotyuk, Malgorzata Kus-Liskiewicz, Julia Kozianska, Renata Zadrag-Tecza, Grzegorz Zagula, Malgorzata Trzyna-Sowa, Andriy Kovalskiy, Agnieszka Gala-Bladzinska, Jozef Cebulski

“…The glass powders demonstrate strong antibacterial efficacy with a concentration of only a few mg/mL, sufficient to eradicate the entire bacterial colonies within 24 h. …”
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Corrosion Inhibition Mechanism of Mild Steel by Amylose-Acetate/Carboxymethyl Chitosan Composites in Acidic Media by Maria Erna, Herdini Herdini, Dedi Futra

“…Sulfate acid (H2SO4) of 0.25 M also helped in decreasing the corrosion rate from 2664.4 to 1041.67 mdd (60.9%) while also in increasing corrosion inhibition from 56.94 to 68.31%. …”
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Atrakcyjność obszarów zielonych w dzielnicy Wola dla potrzeb wypoczynku by Anna Strumińska-Doktór, Dobromiła Doktór

“…Obok funkcji przyrodniczej (biologicznej, klimatycznej i hydrologicznej) pełnią – istotne z punktu widzenia społecznego, w tym wychowawczego – funkcje pozaprzyrodnicze, m.in. rekreacyjną, wypoczynkową i estetyczną. Dzielnica Wola, mając na względzie znaczącą rolę jaką, spełnia zieleń, uwzględnia zadania inwestycyjne związane z terenami zielonymi w planowaniu wieloletnim, na bieżąco dokonuje się modernizacji parków, powstają nowe miejsca rekreacyjne i place zabaw, co podkreśla funkcję wypoczynkową tych trenów, ale także walory edukacyjne ze względu na swoją ogromną wagę historyczną.…”
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Simultaneous Determination of Five Chromones of Radix Saposhnikoviae Extract in Rat Plasma by UPLC-MS/MS: Application to a Comparative Pharmacokinetic Study in Normal and Febrile R... by Li Meng, Hui Gao, Bin Chen, Peng-peng Liu, Guo-shun Shan, Fan Zhang, Tian-zhu Jia

“…The Waters Acquity UPLC BEH C18 (50 mm × 2.1 mm, 1.7 μm) was used as the chromatographic column, 0.1% formic acid water and 0.1% formic acid acetonitrile comprised the mobile phases, and all samples were determined under positive ion mode. …”
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Quality Assessment of Soaps Produced from Palm Bunch Ash-Derived Alkali and Coconut Oil by HO Ogunsuyi, CA Akinnawo

“…The lathering ability was found to be 5.00ml for black soap and 15.00ml and 10.00mL for the other soaps. The improved soap produced with purified palm bunch ash-derived alkali was comparatively of a better quality than its conventional black soap counterpart considering some physico-chemical properties such as matter insoluble in water, matter insoluble in ethanol, unsaponified neutral fat and lathering characteristics of the soaps. …”
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Characterization of Halorubrum sfaxense sp. nov., a New Halophilic Archaeon Isolated from the Solar Saltern of Sfax in Tunisia by Hana Trigui, Salma Masmoudi, Céline Brochier-Armanet, Sami Maalej, Sam Dukan

“…The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 65.1 mol% (T(m)). Strain ETD6 grew in 15–35% (w/v) NaCl. The temperature and pH ranges for growth were 20–55°C and 6–9, respectively. …”
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Mechanical response of elevated bridge piles to adjacent deep excavation by Ping Zhao, Youqiang Qiu, Zhanqi Wang, Panpan Guo

“…The maximum bending moment is 1,140.8 kN·m. The maximum and minimum shear forces are 1,206 kN and -2,282 kN, respectively. …”
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Lactiplantibacillus plantarum improves the growth performance and meat quality of broilers by regulating the cecal microbiota and metabolites by Yu Liu, Zhisheng Wang, Wenshuo Xi, Junmeng Yuan, Kai Zhang, Huawei Liu, Jinshan Zhao, Yang Wang

“…In this study, a total of 360 broilers were assigned to 4 treatments (10 broilers per cage): control (Con), low dose of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum HW1 (Lp_L), medium dose of Lp (Lp_M) and high dose of Lp (Lp_H) for a 42-day experimental period. …”
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