Fenofibrate Protects Cardiomyocytes from Hypoxia/Reperfusion- and High Glucose-Induced Detrimental Effects by Fabiola Cortes-Lopez, Alicia Sanchez-Mendoza, David Centurion, Luz G. Cervantes-Perez, Vicente Castrejon-Tellez, Leonardo del Valle-Mondragon, Elizabeth Soria-Castro, Victoria Ramirez, Araceli Sanchez-Lopez, Gustavo Pastelin-Hernandez, Wylly Ramses Garcia-Niño, Maria Sanchez-Aguilar, Luz Ibarra-Lara

“…Cardiomyocyte cultures were divided into four main groups: (1) control (CT), (2) HG (25 mM), (3) H/R, and (4) HG+H/R. …”
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Macroscopic and microscopic characteristics of nanosilica sol-based composite grout in sealing fractured argillaceous rock: A comparative study with silica sol and cement slurry by Zhe Xiang, Nong Zhang, Dongjiang Pan, Zhengzheng Xie, Peng Wang, Dongxu Liang

“…The pore volume of the cementitious body is mainly provided by large pores <100 ms, and the composite grout has a good sealing effect on the matrix system of the argillaceous rock. (3) There is a dense transition area at the grout-rock interface, formed by the accumulation of nano-materials such as aluminate cement hydration-formed aluminate gel and silica sol. …”
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Integrative analysis of metabolite and transcriptome reveals the biosynthetic pathway and candidate genes for iridoid glycoside biosynthesis in Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora (Pen... by Ke Rao, Ke Rao, Siyu Liu, Siyu Liu, Xiaohui Tang, Guofu Jia, Shaohua Yang, Chaoxiang Ren, Chaoxiang Ren, Jin Pei, Jin Pei

“…Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora (Pennell) D.Y.Hong (N. scrophulariiflora) is an important wild medicinal plant that belongs to the Plantaginaceae family. Its main active ingredients, picroside I (P-I) and picroside II (P-II), possess anti-inflammatory, anticancer, and antibacterial properties. …”
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Identification of heterogeneous constitutive model of laser additive manufactured materials based on nano-indentation test and orthogonal metal cutting by Meng Liu, Guohe Li, Shanshan Zhao, Feng Wang, Lei Li, Yujun Cai, Chunzheng Duan

“…The maximum prediction errors for main cutting force and feeding force are 10.87% and 12.71%, highlighting the precision of the developed Johnson-Cook constitutive model. …”
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Source Apportionment and Analysis of Potentially Toxic Element Sources in Agricultural Soils Based on the Positive Matrix Factorization and Geo-Detector Models by Xu Liu, Zhongfang Yang, Bo Li, Zhiliang Wu, Lei Wang, Tao Yu, Cheng Li, Zexin He, Minghui Xie, Chenning Deng, Huading Shi

“…The geological background contributed the most. The main factors affecting the spatial distribution of potentially toxic elements included agricultural activities, industrial discharge, and river irrigation. …”
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An approach to predict and inhibit Amyloid Beta dimerization pattern in Alzheimer’s disease by Sreekanya Roy, Sima Biswas, Anirban Nandy, Dipanjan Guha, Rakhi Dasgupta, Angshuman Bagchi, Parames Chandra Sil

“…Appearances of Amyloid plaques are the significant clinical hallmarks of this disease. AD is mainly present in two genetically distinct forms; sporadic and familial AD. …”
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Pathologically altered articular cartilage attracts intense chondrocyte invasion into the extracellular matrix: in vitro pilot study by Victoria A. Shestakova, Ilya D. Klabukov, Ilya V. Kolobaev, Longfeng Rao, Dmitry A. Atiakshin, Michael A. Ignatyuk, Mikhail E. Krasheninnikov, Bagavdin G. Ahmedov, Sergey A. Ivanov, Peter V. Shegay, Andrey D. Kaprin, Denis S. Baranovskii

“…Results We seeded healthy and inflamed cartilage with nasal chondrocytes and found that the cells actively invade mainly pathologically altered cartilage. The results of biochemical quantitative analysis showed that the amount of DNA significantly increased by day 7 and decreased by day 14, while the quantitative values of GAGs had the opposite trend. …”
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Potential and costs required for methane removal to compete with BECCS as a mitigation option by Yann Gaucher, Katsumasa Tanaka, Daniel J A Johansson, Olivier Boucher, Philippe Ciais

“…MR is technologically very challenging and potentially very expensive, so the main question is at which cost per ton of methane removed is MR more cost effective than CDR. …”
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Azospirillum brasilense and organomineral fertilizer co-inoculated with Bradyrhizobium japonicumon oxidative stress in soybean by Fernanda Barros, Reginaldo de Camargo, Regina Maria Lana, Miguel Henrique Franco, Mayara Cristiana Stanger, Vanderley José Pereira, Ernane Lemes

“…Plant protection to stresses happened mainly by reductions in the superoxide dismutase activity, lipid peroxidation, and hydrogen peroxide concentration. …”
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A Comparative Study of the Effect of Including Full-Fat <i>Tenebrio molitor</i> for Replacing Conventional Ingredients in Practical Diets for <i>Dicentrarchus labrax</i> Juveniles by Sara Flores-Moreno, Francisco Javier Alarcón-López, Antonio J. Coronel-Domínguez, Eugenia Zuasti, Ismael Hachero-Cruzado

“…However, its low n-3 PUFA (EPA and DHA) content represents one of its main limitations. This study evaluated the effects of replacing fishmeal and plant-derived ingredients (plant proteins and soybean oil) with full-fat TM meal on the growth performance and lipid composition of tissues in juvenile European seabass (<i>Dicentrarchus labrax</i>). …”
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Community acceptance of services and effectiveness of health camps in high-risk areas of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, 2021 by Fayaz Hussain Abbasi, Jaishri Mehraj, Azeem Khowaja, Irshad Ali Sodhar, Shoukat Ali Chandio, Shumaila Rasool, Shumaila Rasool, Asif Ali Zardari, Imtiaz Hussain, Altaf Bosan, Erin M. Stuckey, Ahmed Ali Shaikh, Ahmed Ali Shaikh

“…All health camps provided basic health services, maternal and child health services, and routine immunization.ResultsIn June 877, August 367, and October 383 respondents participated in the survey. The main services availed include consultation with a doctor (64% in June, 79% in August, 78% in October), followed by childhood vaccination (58% in June, 55% in August, 69% in October), and nutrition support (34% in June, 17% in August, 17% in October). …”
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Dynamic 19F-MRI of pulmonary ventilation in lung transplant recipients with and without chronic lung allograft dysfunction by Mary A. Neal, PhD, Saskia Bos, MD, PhD, Charlotte W. Holland, MRCP, Kieren G. Hollingsworth, Gerard Meachery, FRCP, Arun Nair, MD, FRCP, James L. Lordan, FRCP, Andrew J. Fisher, FRCP, PhD, Peter E. Thelwall, PhD

“…Background: By the time chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD), with its main phenotypes bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) and restrictive allograft syndrome (RAS), is diagnosed by pulmonary function testing, irreversible damage to the lung allograft may already have occurred. …”
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Fabry cardiomyopathy: Gb3‐induced auto‐reactive panmyocarditis requiring heart transplantation by Andrea Frustaci, Maurizio Scarpa, Rosalia Maria da Riol, Chiara Agrati, Nicoletta Finato, Romina Verardo, Claudia Grande, Cristina Chimenti, Concetta Di Nora, Matteo Antonio Russo, Ugolini Livi

“…Recent reports attribute to immune‐mediated inflammation a main role in promoting disease progression and resistance to ERT. …”
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Abundant geographical divergence of Clostridioides difficile infection in China: a prospective multicenter cross-sectional study by Lulu Bai, Telong Xu, Wenzhu Zhang, Yajun Jiang, Wenpeng Gu, Wei Zhao, Yang Luan, Yanfeng Xiong, Nianli Zou, Yalin Zhang, Ming Luo, Jinxing Lu, Bike Zhang, Yuan Wu

“…No isolate from clade 2 were found, and clade 1 was still the main clade for these clinical isolates. Interestingly, clade 4, especially ST37, previously known as the characteristic type of China, showed a strong geographical divergence. …”
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Intestinal schistosomiasis in remote areas of Southwest Ethiopia, a target region for large-scale mass drug administration by Yared Nigusu, Teshome Bekana, Eshetu Chilo, Sisay Teferi, Dereje Oljira Donacho, Dereje Gemeda, Tefera Darge, Abeza Mitiku, Abdi Geda Gedefa, Tadesse Sime, Wubishet Gezimu, Oda Gizaw, Gemechu Tadila, Miressa Bekana, Berhanu Erko

“…Strategies to end the disease as a public health threat, mainly in remote and endemic areas, should consider novel integrated strategies targeting the life cycle of schistosomes besides the large-scale mass drug administration.…”
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Comparative Study of the Competitive Adsorption of Mg, Ca and Sr Ions onto Resins by Xiaolei Gao, Yaoqiang Hu, Tan Guo, Xiushen Ye, Quan Li, Min Guo, Haining Liu, Zhijian Wu

“…Existing studies on the adsorption of alkaline earth metal ions have mainly focused on the adsorption of one alkaline earth metal ion. …”
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2-Brain Regulation for Improved Neuroprotection during Early Development (2-BRAINED): a translational hyperscanning research project by Lucia Billeci, Valentina Riva, Elena Capelli, Serena Grumi, Miriam Paola Pili, Maddalena Cassa, Eleonora Siri, Elisa Roberti, Renato Borgatti, Renato Borgatti, Livio Provenzi, Livio Provenzi

“…IntroductionVery preterm (VPT) birth is a major risk condition for child development and parental wellbeing, mainly due to multiple sources of stress (e.g., separation and pain exposure) during the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) stay. …”
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Verbal fluency and semantic association deficits in children with in birth nonprogressive neuromuscular diseases by Maria Koriakina, Maria Koriakina, Olga E. Agranovich, Ioannis Ntoumanis, Maxim Ulanov, Isak B. Blank, Anna Shestakova, Evgeny Blagovechtchenski

“…We compared levels of verbal fluency, action/verbal naming, and the development of semantic associations between the two groups.ResultsThe findings revealed that children with motor impairments exhibited significantly lower performance in tasks measuring verbal fluency and semantic association compared to the control group. Mainly, MD children produced fewer words during verbal fluency tasks and demonstrated reduced semantic associations. …”
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A survey of the commercial traits and antioxidant status of goat milk in Mediterranean pastoral farms by Manuel Delgado-Pertiñez, Juan M. Mancilla-Leytón, Eduardo Morales-Jerrett, Sara Muñoz-Vallés, Verónica Cruz, Yolanda Mena

“…Milk samples were collected from sixteen Payoya farms under grazing-based management systems classified into three clusters (Low-productivity grazing farms, More instensive grazing farms, High-productivity grazing farms). Main results: No significant differences were found between clusters in the milk quality. …”
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Analysis of the Propagation Characteristics of Meteorological Drought to Hydrological Drought and Their Joint Effects on Low-Flow Drought Variability in the Oum Er Rbia Watershed,... by Ismaguil Hanadé Houmma, Abdessamad Hadri, Abdelghani Boudhar, Ismail Karaoui, Sabir Oussaoui, El Mahdi El Khalki, Abdelghani Chehbouni, Christophe Kinnard

“…The various analyses revealed that the relationship between hydrological and meteorological drought is mainly a function of the time scale considered, the choice of indices to describe each type of drought and the season considered. …”
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