Human parietal epithelial cells as Trojan horses in albumin overload by Giovanna Priante, Monica Ceol, Lisa Gianesello, Claudia Maria Radu, Rachele Mantese, Lucia Federica Stefanelli, Martina Cacciapuoti, Francesca K. Martino, Lorenzo Arcangelo Calò, Franca Anglani, Federico Nalesso, Dorella Del Prete

“…We hypothesized that PECs can transport albumin via receptor-mediated endocytosis and that albumin overload may affect the state of PECs. Conditionally immortalized human PECs (hPECs) were incubated with different albumin concentrations at different times. …”
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Optimal Timing and Treatment Modalities of Arytenoid Dislocation and Subluxation: A Meta-Analysis by Andrea Frosolini, Valeria Caragli, Giulio Badin, Leonardo Franz, Patrizia Bartolotta, Andrea Lovato, Luca Vedovelli, Elisabetta Genovese, Cosimo de Filippis, Gino Marioni

“…<i>Background and Objective</i>: Arytenoid dislocation (AD) and subluxation (AS) impact vocal fold mobility, potentially affecting the quality of life. Their management, including the timing and modality of treatment, remains a subject of research. …”
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Container Relocation and Retrieval Tradeoffs Minimizing Schedule Deviations and Relocations by Robert Klar, Anders Andersson, Anna Fredriksson, Vangelis Angelakis

“…Our results indicate that the number of schedule deviations can be reduced without significantly affecting the number of relocations compared to solutions that consider only the latter. …”
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Effect of Laminaria japonica Powder on Physicochemical Properties, Rheological Properties and Protein Structure of Silver Carp Surimi Gel by Fengchao ZHOU, Wenting JIANG, Han TIAN, Wei LUO, Xiaolan ZHANG, Jiazhen WANG, Jie LIANG, Leiwen XIANG, Shaoyun WANG, Xixi CAI, Qiming WU, Honglai LIN

“…In conclusion, the appropriate amount of LJP added (6%~8%) can improve the quality of the surimi gel by affecting the gel characteristics, gel chemical forces and MP secondary structure.…”
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Gonadal aspects, testosterone and estradiol profiles of the Lebranche mullet Mugil liza subjected to different temperatures during the larviculture phase by Marco Shizuo Owatari, Vanessa Martins da Rocha, Cleize Sales da Silva, Marina Cesconeto dos Santos, Mariana Rangel Pilotto, Fabiola Santiago Pedrotti, Caio Magnotti, Maurício Laterça Martins, Vinicius Ronzani Cerqueira

“…Furthermore, temperature directly affected larval growth. In summary, the results provide evidence that temperature may play a crucial role in sex determination in M. liza. …”
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Screening of Efficient Antifreeze Agents to Prevent Low-Temperature Stress in Vines by Yali Zhang, Mengyao Han, Langjie Wu, Haoyu Wang, Yanying Liang, Xianhang Wang, Zhumei Xi

“…However, important spring temperature fluctuations and frequent frost events in some production areas severely affect grape growth and yield. Therefore, enhancing the cold resistance of grapevines is of considerable importance for production. …”
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Unmet needs in the management of migraine in Greece from the perspective of medical experts: a Delphi consensus by Georgia Kourlaba, Michail Vikelis, Theodoros Karapanayiotides, Argyro Solakidi, Dimitrios Trafalis, Katerina Lioliou, Panagiotis Andriopoulos, Aspasia Panagiotou, Dimos-Dimitrios Mitsikostas

“…IntroductionMigraine is a chronic, debilitating neurological disorder affecting billions worldwide. While not life-threatening, migraine patients experience significant unmet needs in diagnosis and management. …”
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Improving Media Literacy Among Higher Education Students Through Vitagenic Information by Darmonjon Maxmudova, Egambergan Khudoynazarov, Meruert Pazilova, Khairulla Alyaminov, Gulbahar Abilova, Zamira Sherimbetova, Sherzod Korabayev

“…Surveys were conducted with 200 university students to evaluate their existing media literacy levels and to determine how vitagenic experiences affect their critical thinking abilities. Additionally, focus groups were organized to collect detailed insights into how students utilize their vitagenic knowledge when consuming media. …”
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Profile of Egyptian pediatrics with COVID-19: insights from healthcare providers in Egypt by Salma ZEl Houchi, Hanaa I. Rady, Iman Iskander, Tamer Abdel Hamid, Salma Abdelrehim Seddik, Amira Aly Hegazy, Ahmed Taha Aboushady, Mohamed Eissa, Sherine Khamis Hussein, Dina Hanoura, Miriam Magdy Aziz, Remon Magdy, Heba Ahmed ElAwady, Esraa A. Elmazzahy

“…While initially thought to affect adults predominantly, it became clear that children and adolescents were also susceptible to the virus's effects. …”
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart failure in real life: the tip of the iceberg in the sea of comorbidities. A prospective observational study by Ombretta Para, Marco Vanetti, Chiara Dibonaventura, Davide Salerno, Lorenzo Caruso, Christian Carleo, Asim Raza, Carlo Nozzoli, Antonio Spanevello

“…Although it is known that these diseases often coexist, the specific characteristics of the affected patients and the prognostic implications are not yet well understood. …”
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Evaluation of chicken liver meal as fish meal alternative in large yellow croaker Larimichthys crocea diet: Effects of growth performance, antioxidant capacity, intestinal health a... by Jianchun Shao, Yujie Wang, Liwen Wu, Qingyin Zheng, Wenbo Zhu, Zhengbang Chen, Dianguang Zhang

“…Results indicated that substituting 50 % of the dietary FM with CLM did not significantly affect growth performance and feed utilization. Analysis of intestinal structure revealed a considerable decrease in villus width (VW) and villus height (VH) in CLM75 and CLM100 groups. …”
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Experimental study and theoretical analysis on the flexural behaviors of UHPC-strengthened NC overlay in bridge deck by Haibo Jiang, Gongyong Mei, Ruyu Shen, Jie Xiao, Shaowei Deng, Shufeng Zhang

“…However, the improvement of cracking resistance and load-bearing capacity was not so significantly affected by the connecting rebars at the interface. …”
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The use of Specim IQ, a hyperspectral camera, for plant analysis by V. V. Alt, T. A. Gurova, O. V. Elkin, D. N. Klimenko, L. V. Maximov, I. A. Pestunov, O. A. Dubrovskaya, M. A. Genaev, T. V. Erst, K. A. Genaev, E. G. Komyshev, V. K. Khlestkin, D. А. Afonnikov

“…The paper presents the experience of using Specim IQ, a mobile hyperspectral camera, to study common root rot (the pathogen is the fungus Bipolaris sorokiniana Shoem.) affecting the seedlings of four wheat varieties and to analyze the pulp of potato tubers of 82 lines and varieties. …”
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Evaluating ChatGPT-4's performance on oral and maxillofacial queries: Chain of Thought and standard method by Kaiyuan Ji, Zhihan Wu, Jing Han, Guangtao Zhai, Guangtao Zhai, Jiannan Liu

“…ObjectivesOral and maxillofacial diseases affect approximately 3.5 billion people worldwide. …”
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Quality improvement of plant-based white chocolate enriched with encapsulated blueberry juice by Rossi Indiarto, Natallina Wiranto Putri, Fetriyuna Fetriyuna, Edy Subroto, Arif Nanda Irawan, Dimas Rahadian Aji Muhammad, Mohd Nizam Lani

“…The results indicated that substituting SPI and AM significantly affected the physicochemical and sensory characteristics, except for springiness, cohesiveness, and aroma. …”
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Deformation and Failure Mechanism of Surrounding Rock in Mining-Influenced Roadway and the Control Technology by Jicheng Feng, Shuaifeng Yin, Zhiheng Cheng, Jianjun Shi, Haoyu Shi, Haitao Xu, Shuying Guo

“…By analyzing the morphologic evolution law of the surrounding rock plastic zone in the mining roadway, the key factors affecting the morphologic change of the plastic zone are obtained, that is, the magnitude and direction of principal stress. …”
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The production process of chepa shutki: A traditional Bangladeshi fermented fish product by Jasmin Ara Farhana, Sijmen E. Schoustra, Ferdous Ahamed, Bas Zwaan, Oscar van Mastrigt

“…This information is crucial for further studies to understand how processing variations affect product properties and to develop a standard processing method to produce consistently high quality chepa shutki with good preservation properties.…”
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Patients with neurological or psychiatric complications of COVID-19 have worse long-term functional outcomes: COVID-CNS—A multicentre case–control study by Rajish S. K. Shil, Adam Seed, Nkongho Egbe Franklyn, Brendan F. Sargent, Greta K. Wood, Yun Huang, Katherine C. Dodd, James B. Lilleker, Thomas A. Pollak, Sylviane Defres, Thomas M. Jenkins, Nicholas W. S. Davies, David A. Cousins, Michael S. Zandi, Thomas A. Jackson, Laura A. Benjamin, Ava Easton, Tom Solomon, John R. Bradley, Patrick F. Chinnery, Craig J. Smith, Timothy R. Nicholson, Alan Carson, Rhys H. Thomas, Mark Alexander Ellul, Nicholas W. Wood, Gerome Breen, Benedict Daniel Michael, the COVID-CNS Study Group

“…Abstract It is established that patients hospitalised with COVID-19 often have ongoing morbidity affecting activity of daily living (ADL), employment, and mental health. …”
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Grem1 inhibits osteogenic differentiation of MBMSCs in OVX rats through BMP/Smad1/5 signaling pathway by Shan-shan Yang, Min LinHu, Xiao-hua Hu, Si-si Jiang, Wen-yue Hu, Xiao-hong Yang

“…Objective: This study aims to explore how Grem1 regulates the differentiation and signaling activity of mandibular bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MBMSCs), affecting their osteogenic differentiation capacity and participating in the pathophysiological mechanism of postmenopausal mandibular osteoporosis. …”
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High-Throughput Analysis of the T Cell Receptor Beta Chain Repertoire in PBMCs from Chronic Hepatitis B Patients with HBeAg Seroconversion by Yachao Qu, Yong Huang, Di Liu, Yinuo Huang, Zhiyi Zhang, Zhiqiang Mi, Xiaoping An, Yigang Tong, Jun Lu

“…T lymphocytes are the most important immune cells that affect both the development and treatment of hepatitis B. …”
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