Green synthesis of CuO nanoparticles from Cucurbita maxima leaf extract; a platinum free counter electrode for dye sensitized solar cells by Emma Panzi Mukhokosi, Stephen Tenywa, Nandipha L. Bothab, Shohreh Azizi, Mathapelo Pearl Seopela, Malik Maaza

“…Using a natural dye from of Cucurbita maxima as a photon absorber, a short circuit current density ( Jsc) of 4.2 µA/cm2, open circuit voltage (Voc) of 0.17 V, a maximum power (Pmax) of 0.18 mW/cm2, and a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 1.8 × 10?…”
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Design and Performance Analysis of ISFET Using Various Oxide Materials for Biosensing Applications by Sankararao Majji, Asisa Kumar Panigrahy, Depuru Shobha Rani, Muralidhar Nayak Bhukya, Chandra Sekhar Dash

“…The pH sensor's sensitivity and the suggested equipment can detect up to 30 fg/mL of blood cancer biomarkers. An important development in technology-driven healthcare is the emergence of DNA-based blood cancer detection utilizing ISFET sensors. …”
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Flotation Recovery Tests of Silver Minerals from a Cyanide Slag in Colombia by Shuibo CHEN, Qiankun WANG, Zhongmei SUN, Yuyun SU, Qihong XU

“…The grinding fineness was 80% passing 74 μm. However, the leaching rate of silver is about 40% with silver and copper grades of 17.6 g/t and 0.099% in leaching tailings， respectively. …”
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Peroxiredoxin 6 maintains mitochondrial homeostasis and promotes tumor progression through ROS/JNK/p38 MAPK signaling pathway in multiple myeloma by Dandan Gao, Yang Lv, Fei Hong, Dong Wu, Ting Wang, Gongzhizi Gao, Zujie Lin, Ruoyu Yang, Jinsong Hu, Aili He, Pengyu Zhang

“…Its high expression was inversely correlated with prognosis but positively correlated with the levels of β2-microglobulin (B2M), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and International Staging System (ISS) stage of MM patients. …”
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Hydrogen production by methane decomposition over Ni-doped activated carbons: effect of the activation method by Mahmoudi, Marwa, Dufour, Anthony, Bettahar, Mohammed El-Miloud, Medjahdi, Ghouti, Ouederni, Abdelmottaleb, Gadiou, Roger

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Assessment of Chinese urban land-use efficiency (SDG11.3.1) utilizing high-precision urban built-up area data by Hao Wang, Yafei Liu, Lianze Sun, Xiaogang Ning, Guangzhe Li

“…We developed an algorithm to generate accurate urban built-up area data products based on China’s Geographical Condition Monitoring data with a 2 m resolution. The study evaluates urban land-use efficiency in China from 2015 to 2020 across different geographical units using both the research product and data derived from other studies utilizing medium and low-resolution imagery. …”
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Optimization extraction process of Shenghua Decoction and evaluation of its analgesic effects by Zhonghui Pu, Lijuan Chen, Huaidan Liu, Jingzhu Deng, Li Li, Liang Xiong, Liuying Li

“…The optimized values of SHD extraction process variables were found to be 40 mL/g of liquid–solid ratio, 2 h of soaking time, 1.5 h of decocting time, 70 % of ethanol precipitation concentration. …”
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Profile of Children With Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Referred to a Hospital in Iran by Amin Ghanbari, Mohammadreza Pazoki, Bahar Allahverdi, Pejman Rohani, Parisa Rahmani

“…Results: The majority of children were male (74%), with a mean age of 118.04±42.01 months and a mean BMI of 26.37 kg/m2 (75.93% overweight). A significant proportion of participants had a family history of fatty liver disease (57.4%). …”
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股骨颈轴向控制髓内钉的研制及临床应用 by 潘滔, 汪宇, 李佛保, 彭新生

“…[结果]在300N的压力下,对照组、ACINFN钉组和A-P型Gamma钉组的压缩刚度分别为（1 568±366）、（1 167±92）和（224±66）N/mm,三组之间差异有统计学意义（F=85,P＜0.01）.扭角为5°时,对照组、ACINFN钉组和A-P型Gamma钉组的扭转刚度分别为（1.14±0.19）、（1.08±0.13）和（0.11±0.07）N·m/（5°）,三组之间差异有统计学意义（F=30.9,P＜0.01）.ACINFN钉术后达到解剖复位共65例（84.4%）,髋关节功能优良者共71例（92.2%）.术后并发症：异位骨化6例,（7.8%）,异物残留1例（1.3%）,无内固定断裂、颈螺钉穿出股骨头、髋内翻和继发性股骨骨折等严重并发症发生,ACINFN组明显优于A-P型Gamma钉组.…”
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Promising markers of CIMP+ colon tumors identified on the basis of TCGA data analysis by G. S. Krasnov, A. D. Beniaminov, R. A. Tychko, G. A. Puzanov, R. O. Novakovskiy, A. V. Kudryavtseva, A. A. Dmitriev

“…To verify the obtained data in independent sampling, first, the quantitative PCR was used to assess the relative mRNA level of the AMOTL1, ZNF43, ZNF134, and CHFR genes in 30 paired (tumor/histologically normal tissue) colon samples. …”
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VANKOMİSİN DİRENÇLİ ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS İZOLATLARI ÜZERİNDE KATYONİK STEROİD ANTİBİYOTİK CSA-44’ÜN ANTİMİKROBİYAL VE ANTİBİYOFİLM AKTİVİTESİNİN İNCELENMESİ... by Mine Hoşgör Limoncu, Süreyya Gül Yurtsever, Aybala Temel, İsmail Öztürk, Yamaç Tekintaş

“…Biyofilme olan etkinlik ayrıca taramalı elektron mikroskobuyla (SEM) görüntülendi.CSA-44’ün MİK değerleri 2-4 µg/mL aralığında saptandı. MİK dozları uygulandığında CSA-44’ün bakteri biyofilmlerini izolata bağlı olarak %50’ye varan oranlarda inhibe ettiği belirlendi. …”
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The influence of body mass index on efficacy and outcomes of percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic surgery (PTES) for the treatment of lumbar degenerative diseases: a retrospectiv... by Chenyang Zhuang, Yun Xu, Hong Lin, Yutong Gu

“…There was no significant difference in X-ray projection (times), operation time (mins), blood loss (mL) and length of stay (days) between two groups (7/5–11 vs. 5/5–10, 58.17 ± 9.20 vs. 53.65 ± 10.06, 6.41 ± 1.43 vs. 5.50 ± 2.45, 3.17 ± 1.44 vs. 2.96 ± 0.53, P > 0.05). …”
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Epidemiological and molecular characterization of investigation of Mycoplasma gallisepticum of goose origin in Guangdong (China) by Nan Zhang, Yixin Jia, Weihuo Li, Yangshuo Li, Jingyi Liang, Zhaofeng Yao, Sheng Yuan, Hong Yang, Huanzhong Ding, Yuanyuan Zhou

“…The mgc2 gene typing results revealed that the clinical strain of MG in goose was of the H∼M type, distinct from the reference strain of MG in chickens (A∼G type). …”
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Molecular Mechanism of Germinated Foxtail Millet Bioactive Peptides in Attenuating Copper-induced Oxidative Damage in Caenorhabditis elegans by Huiqi ZHANG, Xiao CHEN, Xueling JIN, Jingjing LI, Juanli YUAN, Jinyan GAO, Hongbing CHEN, Yong WU

“…Results: GRBPs obviously improved the survival rate and mobility of C. elegans after copper treatment, and a concentration of 1 mg/mL of GRBPs extremely significantly reduced the levels of MDA (P<0.0001), increased the activities of CAT and SOD, and regulated the expression of specific genes (such as upregulation of ctl-1, ctl-2, and downregulation of sod-1, sod-2). …”
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FeO–alumina catalyst for reforming waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) pyrolyzed products: synthesis, characterization, and performance evaluation by Audu, Ephraim Akuaden, Ade-Ajayi, Adebola Femi, Osigbesan, Aisha Ayoola, Gano, Zaharaddeen Sani, Barminas, Jeffrey Tsware

“…Scanning electron microscopy analysis of catalysts revealed particle sizes of 1.42–7.63, 1.37–10.75, and 2.66–6.34 μm for alumina, 3% FeO/Al, and 5% FeO/Al, respectively. …”
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Preparation and ablation behavior of solid solution ceramic Ta0·2Zr0·8C–SiC matrix-modified C/C composites under high heat flux by Yuanming Zhou, Zhenxiao Tang, Ruizhi Liu, Zhe Zhou, Maozhong Yi, Ke Peng

“…During the ablation test under an oxyacetylene flame with high heat flux, the ablation resistance of C/C–Ta0.2Zr0·8C–SiC improved with prolonged ablation time, reaching mass and linear ablation rates of 0.67 mg/s and 0.18 μm/s after 120 s of ablation. Compared to the C/C–ZrC–SiC and C/C–TaC–SiC, the mass ablation rate of the composite was reduced by 49.24% and 68.70%, and the linear ablation rate was reduced by 97.22% and 97.71%, respectively. …”
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SARS-CoV2 pneumonia patients admitted to the ICU: Analysis according to clinical and biological parameters and the extent of lung parenchymal lesions on chest CT scan, a monocentri... by Abed Al Hadi Krisht, Kévin Grapin, Romain Chauvot de Beauchene, Benjamin Bonnet, Lucie Cassagnes, Bertrand Evrard, Mireille Adda, Bertrand Souweine, Claire Dupuis

“…<h4>Measurements</h4>Several clinical characteristics and laboratory features were collected on admission including plasma interleukin-6, HLA-DR monocytic-expression rate (mHLA-DR), and the extent of lung parenchymal lesions. …”
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Enhancing Health Equity and Patient Engagement in Diabetes Care: Technology-Aided Continuous Glucose Monitoring Pilot Implementation Project by Madhur Thakur, Eric W Maurer, Kim Ngan Tran, Anthony Tholkes, Sripriya Rajamani, Roli Dwivedi

“…Their clinical characteristics included an average BMI of 29.91 kg/m2 and a mean baseline HbA1c level of 9.73%. Results indicate that the CGM program reduced HbA1c levels significantly from baseline to first follow-up (P<.001) and second follow-up (P<.001), but no significant difference between the first and second follow-up (P=.94). …”
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High-entropy alloys: Electrochemical Nanoarchitectonics toward high-performance Water splitting by Christian Iffelsberger, Katarina A. Novčić, Eva Kolíbalová, Frank-Michael Matysik, Martin Pumera

“…Upon an electric arch by applying voltage drop of about 2 MV/m with high current densities and using ultra-thin Pt wire in glass, whose movement, in the aqueous solution containing the salt of the elements to be incorporated to the HEAs, is controlled by the scanning electrochemical microscope (SECM), the HEAs, consisting of doped silica nanobeads are produced. …”
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Microstructure and tribological properties of WC-12Ni/Cu composite coating prepared by laser cladding on 45 steel surface by Fulong Zhang, Junquan Zhang, Lu Ping, Zhang Wentao, Shuangyu Liu, Huang Chuanjin, Zhang Qiushi, Bo Cui, Wang Binhua

“…Both the 20 wt% and 25 wt% WC-12Ni composite coatings demonstrated good wear resistance, with wear rates of 4.4 × 10 ^−4 mg/ N·m.…”
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