Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized with Extracts of Leaves of Raphanus sativus L, Beta vulgaris L, and Ocimum basilicum and Its Application in Seed Disinfection by Cristina Garcidueñas-Piña, Carolina Tirado-Fuentes, Julio Ruiz-Pérez, Roberto Carlos Valerio-García, José Francisco Morales-Domínguez

“…All AgNPs showed antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli and Klebsiella oxytoca which are bacteria of clinical interest, and against Agrobacterium tumefaciens, a bacterium used in the genetic transformation of plants.…”
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Heterologous Ectoine Production in Escherichia coli: Optimization Using Response Surface Methodology by I Putu Parwata, Deana Wahyuningrum, Sony Suhandono, Rukman Hertadi

“…The ectoine gene cluster from the halophilic bacterium was isolated and inserted into an expression plasmid of pET30(a) and subsequently transformed into E. coli BL21 (DE3). Production of ectoine from the recombinant E. coli was investigated and then maximized by optimizing the level of nutrients in the medium, as well as the bioprocess conditions using response surface methodology. …”
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Hemoglobin I from Lucina pectinata on Collagen Scaffold: A Prospective Hydrogen Sulfide Scavenger by Jennifer Vargas Santiago, Anibal Quintana Cheeseborough, Juan López-Garriga

“…UV-Vis diffuse reflectance measurements, transformed using the Kubelka-Munk function (K-M function), show a linear correlation (R2=0.9987 and 0.9916) of rHbI-H2O and rHbI-H2S within concentrations from 1 μM to 35 μM for derivatives. …”
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A Long Shadow of World War II: Development of the National Security Concept in the United States by V. A. Veselov

“…In recent years, the history of World War II has transformed into a battlefield in its own right in the ‘war of memory’. …”
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Plant-Derived Compounds in Hemp Seeds (<i>Cannabis sativa</i> L.): Extraction, Identification and Bioactivity—A Review by Virginia Tanase Apetroaei, Daniela Ionela Istrati, Camelia Vizireanu

“…Therefore, the present article reviews the scientific literature on traditional and modern extraction methods for obtaining active substances that meet food safety standards, enabling the transformation of conventional foods into functional foods that provide additional health benefits and promote a balanced and sustainable diet. …”
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Association of urinary metabolites of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with urinary incontinence in adults: A cross-sectional study by ChunXiang Bao, Jie Luo, ShuYing Miao

“…The participants had a median age of 45.9 years, and 48.7 % of individuals were female. Most ln-transformed PAHs were positively and linearly related to the prevalence of SUI and any UI in women (P < 0.05). …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetic Fe3O4/Zeolite NaA Nanocomposite for the Adsorption Removal of Methylene Blue Potential in Wastewater Treatment by Ngoc Bich Thi Tran, Ngoc Bich Duong, Ngoc Long Le

“…The as-synthesized Fe3O4/ZA nanocomposite was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), MicroRaman analysis, Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy, X-ray fluorescence (XRF), N2 adsorption isotherms (BET), and UV-VIS analysis. …”
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Golgin Subfamily A Member 5 Is Essential for Production of Extracellular Matrix Proteins during TGF-β1-Induced Periodontal Ligament-Fibroblastic Differentiation by Hyun-Jin Kim, Seong-Min Kim, Min-Jeong Choi, Young-Joo Jang

“…Human periodontal ligament stem cells (hPDLSCs) can be differentiated into periodontal ligament- (PDL-) fibroblastic progenitors by treatment with low concentrations of transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1). Although much is known about the profibrotic effects of TGF-β1, the molecular mechanisms mediating the activation of fibroblasts in periodontal ligament-fibroblastic differentiation are not well known. …”
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Subjectivity Formation of a Technical University Master’s Student: A New Challenge for Engineering Education by L. K. Geykhman, V. S. Kabanov

“…An important condition for the digital transformation of education is the subjectivity of students and teachers. …”
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Improving the Performance and Biodegradability of Biocomposites Made from Banana Sap and Banana Fibres by Vimla Paul, Sudhakar Muniyasamy, Krishnan Kanny, Orebotse Joseph Botlhoko, Ponnurengam Malliappan Sivakumar

“…We used thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy for the physicochemical characterisation of BSMF before and after composting and measured carbon dioxide evolved during the biodegradation to calculate biodegradability. …”
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Phytochemical composition, phytotoxicity, and ADME modeling of Artemisia absinthium L.: implications for food safety and pharmaceutical applications by Asmae Hbika, Ayoub Farihi, Mohammed Benali, Fatima-Zahrae Ed-darraz, Abdelhamid Bouyanzer, Mohammed F. Hawwal, Ramzi A. Mothana, Elkhadir Gharibi

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A novel cyber threat intelligence platform for evaluating the risk associated with smart agriculture by Navod Neranjan Thilakarathne, Muhammad Saifullah Abu Bakar, Pg Emeroylariffion Abas, Hayati Yassin

“…Abstract The rapid proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has brought about a profound transformation in our daily lives and work environments. …”
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Alternative Design Procedure for RC-Braced Long Columns Based on New Moment Magnifiers Matrix by Mohamed Farouk, Majed Alzara, A. Ehab, A. M. Yosri

“…That is through an equation based on transforming the original long column in second-order analysis to an equivalent isolated column. …”
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The application of multidisciplinary team combined flipped classroom teaching model in oral general course for clinical undergraduates by Xue-Jing Lin, Jie Zhou, Qing Yuan, Yu-Lei Dong, Wen-Xuan Xia, Diwas Sunchuri, Zhu-Ling Guo

“…Based on the concept of MDT, this study combined the theory and practice of flipped classroom teaching method to evaluate the teaching effect, so as to provide a basis and reference for the thinking transformation of medical students to clinicians. Methods The participants of the study were 760 clinical undergraduates in OGC training in Hainan Medical University from 2021 to 2023. …”
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The European Union’s Policies Towards Iraq (2014–2020) by L. D. Oganisyan

“…The paper consists of three sections: the first one outlines the evolution of the EU strategic priorities in Iraq during 2014–2019, the second covers the major assistance programmes implemented by the European Union, both bilaterally and multilaterally, in Iraq; the third examines the EU reaction to the rising tensions in Iraq at the turn of 2019–2020.The author concludes that the EU’s growing interest in Iraq in recent years stems not only from concerns about transformation of this country into a source of cross-border challenges and threats, but also from the conviction of the EU officials that Iraq might potentially become the cornerstone of a new regional security architecture. …”
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Preparation of N-TiO2 Using a Microwave/Sol-Gel Method and Its Photocatalytic Activity for Bisphenol A under Visible-Light and Sunlight Irradiation by Chung-Hsin Wu, Chao-Yin Kuo, Chin-Jung Lin, Peng-Ke Chiu

“…The characteristics of the prepared photocatalysts were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV-Vis spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). …”
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Encapsulation of bioactive compounds from Sargassum ilicifolium: Influence of wall material type and loading content on the physicochemical and structural properties of micropartic... by Seyed Saeed Sekhavatizadeh, Mohammad Ganje, Seyedeh Sedigheh Hashemi, Mohammad Reza Mozafarian

“…X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) confirmed the entrapment of the SIE in the beads. …”
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Multiscale Method for Seismic Response of Near-Source Sites by Shutao Li, Jingbo Liu, Zhou Yang, Xin Bao, Fei Wang, Xiaofeng Wang, Mohsen Saleh Asheghabadi

“…Then, using the method of seismic wave input based on artificial boundary substructures, the free-field motion of the wave is transformed into the equivalent seismic load, which is the seismic wave input data for the small-scale region of interest. …”
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Survey on the development of mimic defense in cyberspace:from mimic concept to “mimic+” ecology by Hailong MA, Liang WANG, Tao HU, Yiming JIANG, Yanze QU

“…Build upon the dynamic-heterogeneous-redundant architecture for multi-body execution, multi-mode ruling and multi-dimension reconstruction, cyberspace mimic defense (CMD) uses uncertain system to deal with the uncertain threat to cyberspace ubiquity.The evolution of CMD over the past 8 years were reviewed systematically from the vertical, horizontal, current, developing and future perspectives.From the vertical perspective, the development process of CMD from concept to theory and practice was summarized.From the horizontal view, it elaborated the core structure DHR (dynamical heterogeneous redundancy) of CMD, the principles based on CMD’s three major theorems, safety gains and performance costs.A comparison was conducted between CMD and five other active defense technologies, namely intrusion tolerance, moving target defense, zero trust architecture, trusted computing and computer immunology.From the current perspective, it reviewed the implementation elements, performance, system architecture, heterogeneous strategies, scheduling strategies, voting strategies and other common technology patterns and characteristics of 11 types of main existing mimic products including mimicry router, mimicry processor, mimicry DNS server and mimicry cloud platform.From the developing perspective, it explored the “mimic+” AICDS (Mimic + AI/IoT/Cloud/Data/SDN) symbiotic ecology with respect to 5 types of new technologies, namely artificial intelligence, Internet of things, cloud computing, big data and software-defined network, and proposed the corresponding technology junctions and cross research value.From the future perspective, it looked into the future mimicry baseline 2.0 product ecology, “mimic +5G/6G”, “mimic + edge computing”,“mimic + cloud” and “mimic + blockchain” application scenarios.Besides, 4 types of challenges faced by CMD in the future were analyzed and summarized, including escape space of multi-mode decision attack, mutual restriction of heterogeneous and synchronous, difficult balance between security and function, and limited transformation space of existing endogenous security components.…”
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TGF-β1 inhibitor enhances the therapeutic effect of microwave ablation on hepatocellular carcinoma by Shufang Xiang, Juan Li, Mei Zhang

“…However, MWA alone is of limited use and has a high recurrence rate. Transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) is recognized as a potential therapeutic target for HCC patients. …”
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