Heterologous Expression and Functional Analysis of <i>Exiguobacterium</i> Algin Lyase Gene by <i>Pichia pastoris</i> by Hanwen Wu, Kai Hou, Yutong Jiang, Mingjian Luan, Yuxia Sun, Xi He, Xiangzhong Zhao

“…The activity of the recombinant enzyme in 5 L high-density fermentation reached 1306 U/mg protein, 3.9 times that of the original <i>Exiguobacterium</i> strain. …”
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Role of Oxidative Stress in the Senescence Pattern of Auditory Cells in Age-Related Hearing Loss by Luz del Mar Rivas-Chacón, Sofía Martínez-Rodríguez, Raquel Madrid-García, Joaquín Yanes-Díaz, Juan Ignacio Riestra-Ayora, Ricardo Sanz-Fernández, Carolina Sánchez-Rodríguez

“…The auditory cells were exposed to H₂O₂ at different concentrations and times. The results obtained show different responses of the hearing cells concerning cell growth, β-galactosidase activity, morphological changes, mitochondrial activation, levels of oxidative stress, and other markers of cell damage (Forkhead box O3a, FoxO3a, and 8-oxoguanine, 8-oxoG). …”
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Chokeberry juice affects membrane lipid status and cellular antioxidant enzymes in healthy women with aerobic training activity by Nevena Vidović, Ana Pantović, Vuk Stevanović, Ivana Šarac, Kristina Robal, Stevan Stevanović, Maria Glibetic

“…Participants were randomly assigned into the training group performing aerobic training three times per week; the chokeberry-training group followed the same training regime and additionally consumed 100 ml of chokeberry juice per day and the control group neither trained nor consumed the juice. …”
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D1S-Neuro Program: Frequency and Risk Factors for the Development of Diabetic Neuropathy in Pediatric Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, a Single Center Study by Marco Piccoli, Joaquin Gutierrez de Rubalcava Doblas, Patrizia Furlan, Silvia Cocchio, Alessandro Zamberlan, Gloria Panzeri, Vincenzo Baldo, Carlo Moretti

“…The analysis also highlighted that an average HbA1c level over 5 years greater than 8.5% increases the risk of DPN by 10 times. <b>Conclusions:</b> This article confirms that diabetic neuropathy begins to develop even in pediatric patients, that various nerve conduction systems may be affected, and that poorer glycometabolic control is associated with an increased risk of developing DN. …”
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Mass resection as a candidate treatment for uterine PEComas of uncertain malignant potential: a case report and literature review by Haijuan Shi, Yan Yin, Shoujun Liang, Chuanzhong Liu, Yibao Huang, Bingfeng Lu, Liying Zhang

“…The 13 patients were aged 9–75 years, with tumour sizes ranging from 1 to 21 cm, and follow-up times ranging from 2 to 71 months. The most common signs and symptoms included abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) and abdominal pain. …”
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Evaluation of cellular and physiological alterations of cells from Mytilus galloprovincialis exposed to benzisothiazolinone by Federica Impellitteri, Kristian Riolo, Giorgia Zicarelli, Miriam Porretti, Cristiana Roberta Multisanti, Giuseppe Piccione, Alessia Giannetto, Caterina Faggio

“…Two different concentrations (B1: 0.03 µg/L; B2: 0.3 µg/L) were tested at two different times of exposure (T1: 1 h; T2: 3 h) to evaluate the viability of cells, the phagocytic activity (haemocytes), the regulation volume decrease (RVD on DG cells) capability. …”
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Effect of Compression Loading on Human Nucleus Pulposus-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Hang Liang, Sheng Chen, Donghua Huang, Xiangyu Deng, Kaige Ma, Zengwu Shao

“…Then, cells were cultured in the compression apparatus at 1.0 MPa for different times (0 h, 24 h, 36 h, and 48 h). The viability-, differentiation-, and differentiation-related genes (Runx2, APP, and Col2) and colony formation-, migration-, and stem cell-related proteins (Sox2 and Oct4) were evaluated. …”
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A comparative analysis of COVID-19 seroprevalence rates, observed infection rates, and infection-related mortality by Eric W. Ford, Kunal N. Patel, Holly Ann Baus, Shannon Valenti, Jennifer A. Croker, Robert P. Kimberly, Steven E. Reis, Matthew J. Memoli

“…Correlations were calculated and their statistical relevance assessed.ResultsFindings indicate that COVID-19 is approximately 2.7 times more prevalent than what CDC infection data suggest. …”
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Barriers to and facilitators of access to mental health services among pregnant adolescents and young mothers in Belize by Olusola Oladeji, Joanna Lai, Natalia R. Velazquez, Mohammed I. Bammai, Ghanshyam Kandel, Andria Spyridou, Natalia L. Beer, Angella E. Baitwabusa, Juliet Simmons, Fidel L. Cuellar, Iveth Quintanilla, Jeffan Augustine

“…The second theme was health systems and highlighted a lack of trust and confidence in health care providers, as well as limited access to mental health services due to insufficient human resources, long waiting times, and transportation costs. The third theme was stigma about teenage pregnancy and mental health issues. …”
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Effects of fascial manipulation, vibration exercise, motor imagery, or neuro‐muscular electrical stimulation on the coagulation system: A pilot study by Gerhard Cvirn, Anna Hawliczek, Axel Schlagenhauf, Bianca Brix, Karin Schmid Zalaudek, Sebastian Schwaminger, Margret Paar, Willibald Wonisch, Thomas Wagner, Ziva Arko, Nandu Goswami

“…For example, TEM‐derived coagulation times were significantly shortened (209 ± 34 vs. 187 ± 41 s, p = 0.0098) and CAT‐derived thrombin peaks were significantly higher (235 ± 88 vs. 268 ± 82 nM, p = 0.0020) in post compared with preexercise samples. …”
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Chemical and Sensory Evaluation of Blackberry (<i>Rubus</i> sp.) Juice Concentrated by Reverse Osmosis and Osmotic Evaporation by Juliana Vilar, Flavia Monteiro, Luiz Corrêa-Filho, Flávia Gomes, Renata Tonon, Daniela Freitas-Sá, Suely Freitas, Lourdes Cabral

“…The concentration of anthocyanins and the antioxidant capacity of the osmotic evaporation-concentrated juice increased 6.2 and 7.7 times, respectively, compared to the initial juice. …”
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Advancing Wildlife Protection: Mask R-CNN for Rail Track Identification and Unwanted Object Detection by Istiak Mahmud, Md. Mohsin Kabir, Jungpil Shin, Chayan Mistry, Yoichi Tomioka, M. F. Mridha

“…A railway traffic dataset with an input size of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$512\times512$ </tex-math></inline-formula> pixels was used to test the proposed methodology, which came up with results with a mean average precision of 0.9375 and a frame rate of 30 frames per second. …”
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ISCOM-type matrix from beta-escin and glycyrrhizin saponins by V. Petkov, S. Tsibranska, I. Manoylov, L. Kechidzhieva, K. Ilieva, S. Bradyanova, N. Ralchev, N. Mihaylova, N. Denkov, A. Tchorbanov, S. Tcholakova

“…The saponin particles formed after cholesterol post-addition (E3-M2) are stable and 100 % of the cells remain viable even after 10-times dilution of the initial particle suspension. …”
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Maternal singing and speech have beneficial effects on preterm infant’s general movements at term equivalent age and at 3 months: an RCT by Manuela Filippa, Gianluca Filippa, Elisa Della Casa, Alberto Berardi, Odoardo Picciolini, Sara Chiara Meloni, Clara Lunardi, Alessandra Cecchi, Alessandra Sansavini, Luigi Corvaglia, Luigi Corvaglia, Didier Grandjean, EVC Group, Fabrizio Ferrari

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of maternal singing and speaking in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) on preterm infants’ GMs at term equivalent age and at 3 months.MethodsIn this multi-center randomized clinical trial, 56 stable preterm infants (25–32 weeks) were randomized to either an intervention group – in which mothers were asked to speak and sing to their infants for 20 min, 3 times per week, for 2 weeks – or to a control group. …”
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Ternary Toward Binary: Circuit-Level Implementation of Ternary Logic Using Depletion-Mode and Conventional MOSFETs by Hyundong Lee, Seonghoon Kim, Jongbeom Kim, Jaehoon Jeong, Jeonggyu Yang, Taigon Song

“…Our balanced ternary full adder (BTFA) is <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$9.70\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula> better energy efficiency than the latestcarbon nanotube field-effect transistor (CNTFET) based BTFA. …”
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Targeting EGFR-binding protein SLC7A11 enhancing antitumor immunity of T cells via inducing MHC-I antigen presentation in nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Haihua Wang, Songqing Fan, Yuting Zhan, Yue Xu, Yao Du, Jiadi Luo, Hongjing Zang, Shuping Peng, Weiyuan Wang

“…The NPC patients exhibiting high EGFR and low MHC-I expression, combined with a scarcity of CD8+ T cells (EGFRhighMHC-IlowCD8few phenotype), experienced considerably shorter overall survival times compared to other situations. What is more, our study demonstrated that sorafenib had the capability to enhance the MHC-I antigen presentation process, thereby facilitating T cell-mediated killing of NPC cells via targeting SLC7A11. …”
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A sedimentological oxymoron: highly evolved glauconite of earliest diagenetic origin by Tribovillard, Nicolas, Bout-Roumazeilles, Viviane, Guillot, François, Baudin, François, Deconinck, Jean-François, Abraham, Romain, Ventalon, Sandra

“…Yet, the chemical composition of grains (Fe and K) typifies glauconite as highly evolved, meaning that its formation must have lasted over times, according to conventional views. Consequently, our results challenge these conventional views and confirm that glauconite can form in relatively shallow environments (which has been already brought to light previously) and it is concluded that early diagenetic glauconite can be markedly enriched in both K and Fe, which is an unprecedented result.…”
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High-Resolution Mapping of Concentrated Solar Power Site Suitability in Gharda&#x00EF;a, Algeria: A GIS-Based Fuzzy Logic and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis by Abdelfetah Belaid, Mawloud Guermoui, Abdelkader Riche, Toufik Arrif, Hamdani Maamar, Cherier Mohamed Kamel, Abdelaziz Rabehi, Mohamad Mahmoud Al Rahhal

“…This study assesses the feasibility of establishing CSP plants in Gharda&#x00EF;a, a city in southern Algeria, using high-resolution <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$30\times 30$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-meter Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data. …”
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Assessment of the Distributed Ledger Technology for Energy Sector Industrial and Operational Applications Using the MITRE ATT&#x0026;CK&#x00AE; ICS Matrix by Annabelle Lee, Sri Nikhil Gupta Gourisetti, David Jonathan Sebastian-Cardenas, Kent Lambert, Vicente Navarro, Marco Pasetti, Umit Cali, Kateryna Isirova, Ramesh Reddi, Puica Nitu, Md. Touhiduzzaman, Michael Mylrea, Philip Huff, Farrokh Rahimi, Shammya Shananda Saha

“…In recent times, Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) has gained significant attention for its potential application in the energy sector. …”
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Effects of long-term adapted physical training on functional capacity and quality of life in older adults with Parkinson's disease by Oussama Gaied Chortane, Elmoetez Magtouf, Wael Maktouf, Sabri Gaied Chortane

“…For the measurement of physical capacities, the following tests were administered: the Fullerton Advanced Balance Scale (FAB), Timed Up and Go (TUG), and the 30-second chair lift test (TLC30). …”
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