Revolutionizing oral care: Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-Regulating biomaterials for combating infection and inflammation by Wei Zhao, Yu Zhang, Jing Chen, Danrong Hu

“…This review begins by highlighting the state-of-the-art of ROS-regulating biomaterials, which are designed to generate, scavenge, or modulate ROS in a bidirectional manner. We then delve into the latest innovations in these biomaterials and their applications in treating a range of oral diseases, including dental caries, endodontic and periapical conditions, periodontitis, peri-implantitis, and oral candidiasis. …”
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MSGU-Net: a lightweight multi-scale ghost U-Net for image segmentation by Hua Cheng, Yang Zhang, Huangxin Xu, Huangxin Xu, Dingliang Li, Zejian Zhong, Yinchuan Zhao, Zhuo Yan

“…The pyramid structure (SPP-Inception) module and ghost module are seamlessly integrated in a lightweight manner. Equipped with an efficient local attention (ELA) mechanism and an attention gate mechanism, they are designed to accurately identify the region of interest (ROI). …”
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Exploration and Coordination of Complementary Multirobot Teams in a Hunter-and-Gatherer Scenario by Mehdi Dadvar, Saeed Moazami, Harley R. Myler, Hassan Zargarzadeh

“…This paper proposes a multirobot exploration algorithm for hunters based on innovative notions of “expected information gain” to minimize the collective cost of task accomplishments in a distributed manner. Besides, we present a coordination solution between hunters and gatherers by integrating the novel notion of profit margins into the concept of expected information gain. …”
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Gamma delta T cells in acute myeloid leukemia: biology and emerging therapeutic strategies by Venkata Lokesh Battula, Abhishek Maiti, Adishwar Rao, Akriti Agrawal, Gautam Borthakur

“…These cells represent a minor population of T lymphocytes with intrinsic abilities to recognize antigens in a major histocompatibility complex-independent manner and functionally straddle the innate and adaptive immunity interface. …”
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Development of Macroscopic Cell-Based Logistic Lane Change Prediction Model by Christina Ng, Susilawati Susilawati, Md Abdus Samad Kamal, Irene Mei Leng Chew

“…Second, the binary logistic lane change is integrated into CTM by refining CTM formulations on how the vehicles in the cell are moving from one cell to another in a longitudinal manner and how cell occupancy is updated after lane change occurrences. …”
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Identification of Bioactive Compounds and Analysis of Inhibitory Potential of the Digestive Enzymes from Syzygium sp. Extracts by Tuanny Cavatão de Freitas, Ronaldo Junio de Oliveira, Ricardo José de Mendonça, Pamela Aparecida Candido, Luciana Lopes Silva Pereira, Karina Ferrazzoli Devienne, Ana Carolina da Silva, Chrystian Araújo Pereira

“…Molecular docking predicted that luteolin binds at the α-amylase catalytic site in a similar manner as acarbose, the carbohydrate inhibitor from the enzyme crystallographic structure. …”
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Using UAV-Based Systems to Monitor Air Pollution in Areas with Poor Accessibility by Oscar Alvear, Nicola Roberto Zema, Enrico Natalizio, Carlos T. Calafate

“…This way, accurate maps can be constructed in a faster manner when compared to other strategies. The PdUC scheme is compared against various standard mobility models through simulation, showing that it achieves better performance. …”
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Optimization of Energy Consumption in Voice Assistants Through AI-Enabled Cache Implementation: Development and Evaluation of a Metric by Alber Oswaldo Montoya Benitez, Álvaro Suárez Sarmiento, Elsa María Macías López, Jorge Herrera-Ramirez

“…Voice assistants (VAs), as part of IoT-based systems, facilitate task execution in a simple and automated manner, from entertainment to critical activities. …”
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Tumor necrosis factor, interleukin-1 and interleukin-8 mediate the nociceptive activity of the supernatant of LPS-stimulated macrophages by S. M. Thomazzi, R. A. Ribeiro, D. I. Campos, F. Q. Cunha, S. H. Ferreira

“…The MNF-induced nociception was inhibited in a dose-related manner by pretreatment of the animals with indomethacin, paracetamol or dexamethasone. …”
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TGF-β1 Induces the Dual Regulation of Hepatic Progenitor Cells with Both Anti- and Proliver Fibrosis by Ai-Ting Yang, Dou-Dou Hu, Ping Wang, Min Cong, Tian-Hui Liu, Dong Zhang, Ya-Meng Sun, Wen-Shan Zhao, Ji-Dong Jia, Hong You

“…Inhibition of SERPINE1 reversed the deactivation response in a dose-dependent manner.…”
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ERF114/115/109 are essential for jasmonate-repressed non-canonical JAZ8 activity in JA signaling by Jiaxuan Sui, Qianlan Yin, Yiying Chen, Min Sun, Xianzheng Yuan, Zhaojun Ding, Xiangpei Kong

“…Furthermore, the transcription of ERF114/115/109 is induced by JA in an MYC2-dependent manner, thus forming a positive feedback loop in JA signaling. …”
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Chimeric Japanese Encephalitis Virus SA14/SA14-14-2 Was Virulence Attenuated and Protected the Challenge of Wild-Type Strain SA14 by Rong Huang, Shengling Leng, Yalan Feng, Liping Tang, Lei Yuan, Jian Yang

“…The results showed that the recovered chimeric virus was highly attenuated in mice, and a single immunization elicited strong protective immunity in a dose-dependent manner. This study increases our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of neurovirulence attenuation and immunogenicity of JEV.…”
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Investigating the Structural Relationships of the Tendency to Addiction to Mobile Phone-Based Social Networks in Students, Based on Early Maladaptive Schemas Mediated by Alexithymi... by Pouria Moghimy, Forough Esrafilian, Hojjatollah Farahani

“…Based on research findings, variable of maladaptive schemas was able to predict the tendency to addiction to social networks in a positive and significant manner. However, there was no significant relationship between Alexithymia and the propensity to develop an addiction to social media. …”
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Ingestion of melamine cleaning sponges-derived microplastic fibers affects the survival and reproduction of Daphnia magna by Huimin Li, Wenwen Song, Songfeng Wang, Yanhua Wang, Yunfeng Ma, Yu Su, Rong Ji

“…Although the lethality of melamine MPFs to neonates was not observed upon a short-term exposure (24 h), such effect was detected when the animals were exposed for a longer period (21 d) and showed a concentration-dependent manner. The MPFs tended to aggregate in the gut of D. magna, leading to a slow elimination compared to polystyrene microspheres. …”
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Climate and soil factors drive the functional and phylogenetic assembly of Qinghai-Tibetan grassland communities via multiple paths by Xiaomei Kang, Yanjun Liu, Xinyang Wu, Lijie Duan, Jiachang Jiang, Aoran Zhang, Wei Qi

“…Despite their significance, the manner in which these structures change along environmental gradients has not been explored extensively. …”
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Game-Theoretic Camera Selection Using Inference Tree Method for a Wireless Visual Sensor Network by Yeong-Jae Choi, Go-Wun Jeong, Yong-Ho Seo, Hyun S. Yang

“…Those challenges can be addressed by reducing the amount of data transmission among the sensors and by activating, in a timely manner, only a desirable camera subset for given targets. …”
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Protective Effects of Celastrol on Diabetic Liver Injury via TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB Signaling Pathway in Type 2 Diabetic Rats by Li-ping Han, Chun-jun Li, Bei Sun, Yun Xie, Yue Guan, Ze-jun Ma, Li-ming Chen

“…The expressions of TLR4, MyD88, NF-κB, and downstream inflammatory factors IL-1β and TNFα in the hepatic tissue of treated rats were downregulated in a dose-dependent manner. We firstly found that celastrol treatment could delay the progression of diabetic liver disease in type 2 diabetic rats via inhibition of TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB signaling cascade pathways and its downstream inflammatory effectors.…”
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Methylglyoxal Impairs Insulin Secretion of Pancreatic β-Cells through Increased Production of ROS and Mitochondrial Dysfunction Mediated by Upregulation of UCP2 and MAPKs by Jinshuang Bo, Shiya Xie, Yi Guo, Chunli Zhang, Yanming Guan, Chunmei Li, Jianxin Lu, Qing H. Meng

“…Our study demonstrates that MG impaired insulin secretion by MIN6 or ISN-1 cells in a dose-dependent manner. It increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and apoptosis rate in MIN6 or ISN-1 cells and inhibited mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) and ATP production. …”
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Protective Effect of Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Secretome against Hepatocyte Apoptosis Induced by Liver Ischemia-Reperfusion with Partial Hepatectomy Injury by Zhihui Jiao, Yajun Ma, Yue Wang, Tao Liu, Qianzhen Zhang, Xiaoning Liu, Chenxi Piao, Boyang Liu, Hongbin Wang

“…Our findings indicate that ADSCs exert therapeutic effects in a paracrine manner through their secretome, which can be a viable alternative to cell-based regenerative therapies.…”
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Detection to false data for smart grid by Jian Zheng, Shumiao Ren, Jingyue Zhang, Yu Kui, Jingyi Li, Qin Jiang, Shiyan Wang

“…The boundaries learned from conformal regions are independent of data distribution and the information of operation status in smart grids. This evaluation manner of data consistency and that of boundary learning are equally applicable to the identification and separation of those false data injected into other real-time systems.…”
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