Enter the Matrix: Fibroblast-immune cell interactions shape extracellular matrix deposition in health and disease. [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations... by Anthony Altieri, Grace V. Visser, Matthew B. Buechler

“…As examples of fibroblast-derived ECM proteins, we examine Collagen Triple Helix Repeat Containing 1 (CTHRC1) and Transforming Growth Factor-β-inducible protein (TGFBI), also known as BIGH3. …”
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Unveiling the Mechanisms for Decreased Glutathione in Individuals with HIV Infection by Devin Morris, Carlos Guerra, Clare Donohue, Hyoung Oh, Melissa Khurasany, Vishwanath Venketaraman

“…In addition, we observed increased levels of free radicals, interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-17 (IL-17) and transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) in plasma samples derived from HIV+ individuals compared to healthy subjects. …”
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Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Chemometrics for the Routine Detection of Bilberry Extract Adulteration and Quantitative Determination of the Anthocyanins by Claudio Gardana, Antonio Scialpi, Christian Fachechi, Paolo Simonetti

“…Therefore, a Fourier transform near-infrared (FT-NIR) spectroscopic method was validated based on principal component scores for the prediction of bilberry extract adulteration and partial least squares regression model for total anthocyanin evaluation. …”
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Development of Bright Fluorescent Poly(1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone-co-acrylonitrile) and Its Polysalts with HCl and HNO3: Materials for Solid State Electrical Applications by Samiran Upadhyaya, Rajumani Sarma, Abdul Barik, Neelotpal Sen Sarma

“…The synthesized polymers and their polysalts were characterized using Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy, UV-visible, Cyclic Voltammetry, Thermogravimetric analysis, Differential Scanning Calorimetric, X-ray diffraction, and spectrofluorometric techniques. …”
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Modeling of Corrosion Rate and Resistivity of Steel Reinforcement of Calcium Aluminate Cement Mortar by Cristina Argiz, Miguel Ángel Sanjuán, Pedro Castro Borges, Emiliano Álvarez

“…Thereby, chloride ions, among other steel corrosion promoters, can enter the concrete more easily leading to an increase of the reinforcement corrosion process. When such a transformation of phases is completed, a characteristic value regarding both corrosion intensity (Icorr) and resistivity (related to the ohmic drop of the cementitious material) is reached, which depends mainly on the mix proportions of the material and the curing procedure. …”
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Microbial Fermentation in Food: Impact on Functional Properties and Nutritional Enhancement—A Review of Recent Developments by Shailesh S. Sawant, Hye-Young Park, Eun-Young Sim, Hong-Sik Kim, Hye-Sun Choi

“…Emphasizing both traditional fermentation practices and modern biotechnological innovations, this review highlights how beneficial microorganisms transform raw food substrates into products with superior nutrient bioavailability and functional benefits. …”
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The active layer soils of Greenlandic permafrost areas can function as important sinks for volatile organic compounds by Yi Jiao, Magnus Kramshøj, Cleo L. Davie-Martin, Bo Elberling, Riikka Rinnan

“…Recent studies have highlighted that a fraction of this carbon can be transformed to atmospheric volatile organic compounds, which can affect the atmospheric oxidizing capacity and contribute to the formation of secondary organic aerosols. …”
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TOXICITY TEST OF LIME PEEL EXTRACT (Citrus aurantifolia) USING THE BRINE SHRIMP LETHALITY TEST (BSLT) METHOD FOR DETECTION OF ANTI CANCER ACTIVITY by Indah Khairunnisa, Endang Linirin Widiastuti, Nuning Nurcahyani

“…The research methods used were phytochemical test, FTIR (Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy) analysis, and BSLT test. …”
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Characterization of ZnO Nanoparticles Pineapple Skin Extract (Ananas comosus L.) as Photocatalytic Activity by Lydia Rohmawati, Lytha Lailia, Nugrahani Putri, Munasir Nasir, Darminto Darminto

“…Synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles using green synthesis method from pineapple peel extract, whose results were characterized by XRD (Xray Diffraction), FTIR (Fourier Transform Infra-red), FESEM (Field Emission-Scanning Electron Microscopy), TEM (Transmission Electron Microscopy), Raman spectroscopy, photoluminescence, and a photocatalytic activity assay. …”
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Restoration of tropical dry forest: an analysis of constraints and successes across a highly threatened biome by Natalia Mesa-Sierra, Marinés de la Peña-Domene, Julio Campo, Christian P. Giardina

“…The tropical dry forest (TDF) biome has undergone a diversity of severe disturbances, with resulting transformations and continued pressures making this biome type one of the Earth’s most threatened. …”
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Mathematical model and stability of SWCNT- and MWCNT-based nanofluid flow with thermal and chemically reactive effects inside a porous vertical cone by Haihua Xu, Fuad A. Awwad, Emad A. A. Ismail, Waris Khan

“…Using the appropriate transformation, the PDEs are converted to ordinary differential equations and then solved via RK4 in MATLAB. …”
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Reputation-Based Leader Selection Consensus Algorithm with Rewards for Blockchain Technology by Munir Hussain, Amjad Mehmood, Muhammad Altaf Khan, Rabia Khan, Jaime Lloret

“…It has the potential to transform many sectors completely. The core component of blockchain networks is the consensus algorithm because its efficiency, security, and scalability depend on it. …”
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A Planar Acoustic Field Reconstruction Method Based on Fast Wave Superposition Spectrum and Sparse Sampling by Yang Zhang, Yu-Jiang Wang, Yu Xiang, Zi-Yu Shi, Shao-Jie Fan, Jing Lu

“…The proposed method offers two main advantages compared with the traditional compressive equivalent source method: (1) the unknown source intensity vector is expanded into a bidirectional Fourier series, thereby transforming an unknown source intensity vector into a sparse Fourier coefficient vector, which has better sparsity; (2) the proposed method constructs a random sampling matrix, which is expanded into a sparse sampling matrix by random distribution, thereby improving the reconstruction accuracy of planar near-field acoustic field compared with the traditional random position sampling method reducing correlation in the transfer matrix.…”
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TRACtion: A collaborative, community-researcher agenda-setting approach by Adam Millard-Ball, Juan Matute, Monisha Reginald, Carolyn Pugh, Chase Engelhardt, tamika l butler

“…This paper describes a collaborative, community-based research development process in Southern California, named TRACtion – Transformative Research and Collaboration. TRACtion draws from community-based participatory research (CPBR) methods used in medicine and environmental research, but it applies these methods to the collaborative development of social problems and research questions in transportation, rather than the development or execution of a single research project. …”
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Rapid Fluid Velocity Field Prediction in Microfluidic Mixers via Nine Grid Network Model by Qian Li, Yuwei Chen, Taotao Sun, Junchao Wang

“…The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence is transforming the computer-aided design of microfluidic chips. …”
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Biosimilars in Focus: Evaluating Their Role Compared to Adalimumab in Clinical Practice by Dorota Waz, Michał Mazur, Jakub Szarłowicz, Zofia Goliszek, Karolina Łucja Sobek, Wiktoria Tabin-Barczak, Aldona Sokołowska, Klaudia Fikas, Kamil Chwaliszewski, Sebastian Samuła

“…Conclusion: Biosimilars are transformative in addressing the cost barrier of biologic therapies, maintaining therapeutic equivalence to adalimumab while expanding access globally. …”
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Comparison of the Heat Transfer Efficiency of Selected Counterflow Air-to-Air Heat Exchangers Under Unbalanced Flow Conditions by Kazimierz Kaminski, Pawel Znaczko, Ewa Kardas-Cinal, Norbert Chamier-Gliszczynski, Krzysztof Koscielny, Krzysztof Cur

“…The results of the study show that even small differences in the thermal efficiency of different heat exchangers under balanced airflow conditions transform into significant differences under unbalanced conditions. …”
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Characterizing Climatic Socio‐Environmental Tipping Points in Coastal Communities: A Conceptual Framework for Research and Practice by J. E. Shortridge, A. Bukvic, M. Mitchell, J. Goldstein, T. Allen

“…Abstract The concept of climate tipping points in socio‐environmental systems is increasingly being used to describe nonlinear climate change impacts and encourage social transformations in response to climate change. However, the processes that lead to these tipping points and their impacts are highly complex and deeply uncertain. …”
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Integrating Forward Modeling and Deep Learning for Precise Detection of Geological Anomalies in Coal Seams Using the Radio Imaging Method by Shun Yang, Yanqing Wu, Yinan Zhao, Mingwei Liu, Peng Lu, Zhifang Liu

“…Additionally, we compared the performance of four UNet architectures, with the Transformer UNet achieving the best results: the average ratio of FGA decreased by 37.37%, and the mean intersection over union (IoU) and average F1 score increased by 24.26% and 23.78%, respectively, confirming the feasibility of our approach.…”
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Moments of axial-vector GPD from lattice QCD: quark helicity, orbital angular momentum, and spin-orbit correlation by Shohini Bhattacharya, Krzysztof Cichy, Martha Constantinou, Xiang Gao, Andreas Metz, Joshua Miller, Swagato Mukherjee, Peter Petreczky, Fernanda Steffens, Yong Zhao

“…Additionally, we perform a Fourier transform over the momentum transfer, which allows us to explore the spin structure in the impact-parameter space.…”
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