Passive biometric electronic lock via UHF RFID by Xiang ZOU, Jinsong HAN, Yuhang QU, Jian XIAO, Xian XU

“…A biometric lock design method was proposed based on the internal features of human body, namely PBLock.It used the backscattered RF signals to collect the impedance characteristics of human fingertips through the contact between human fingers and tags.The advantage of such authentication method is that the human impedance was not easy to be stolen, and it was fully integrated with the hardware characteristics of the device (RFID tags), which greatly increased the difficulty for the attacker to copy and clone.To ensure the availability and efficiency of the system, an optimization authentication mechanism was proposed by cutting tag antenna, which effectively improved the impedance sensitivity.Moreover, the feasibility of passive drive was discussed by using the electromagnetic energy advantage of RFID system.Through a large number of experimental evaluations, the authentication accuracy of PBLock can reach 96%, and the average time cost of a single authentication is 1.4 seconds.Some attack models were presented based on practical environment.The results show that PBLock can effectively prevent counterfeiting attack, impersonation attack and replay attack, which provides an opportunity for the secure application of new biometric electronic locks.…”
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Polypoid Carcinoma of the Oropharynx with Stromal Ossifying Myofibroblastic Proliferation: A Case Report and Literature Review by Marcello Filotico, Alessandro D’Amuri

“…Immunohistochemistry documented positivity for cytokeratins, epithelial membrane antigen, and P63 in the globoid elements beneath the necrotic rim; strong and diffuse expression of vimentin, smooth muscle actin, and CD99 and BCL2 in the spindle elements; and complete negativity for cytokeratin 5/6, high molecular weight cytokeratin (clone 34βE12), S100, muscle-specific actin, desmin, CD117, and anaplastic lymphoma kinase. …”
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Protection against SHIV-KB9 Infection by Combining rDNA and rFPV Vaccines Based on HIV Multiepitope and p24 Protein in Chinese Rhesus Macaques by Chang Li, Zhenwei Shen, Xiao Li, Jieying Bai, Lin Zeng, Mingyao Tian, Ying Jin Song, Ming Ye, Shouwen Du, Dayong Ren, Cunxia Liu, Na Zhu, Dandan Sun, Yi Li, Ningyi Jin

“…The animals were challenged intramuscularly with pathogenic molecularly cloned SHIV-KB9. Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of vaccines were investigated by measuring IFN-γ levels, monitoring HIV-specific binding antibodies, examining viral load, and analyzing CD4/CD8 ratio. …”
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Monoclonal antibody development and antigenic epitope identification of chicken pro-IL-1β by Mengmeng Xu, Mengmeng Huang, Guodong WANG, Jingzhe HAN, Xinxin NIU, Jinze HAN, Hangbo YU, Yulong ZHANG, Runhang LIU, Ziwen WU, Hongyu Cui, Yanping Zhang, Suyan Wang, Yongzhen Liu, Yuntong Chen, Yulu Duan, Liuan Li, Yulong Gao, Xiaole Qi

“…However, commercially available antibodies against chicken inflammatory factors are lacking, which prohibits an in-depth exploration of the mechanism of chicken inflammation. This study cloned and expressed chicken pro-IL-1β, and developed a hybridoma cell line 1E12 capable of stably secreting chicken pro-IL-1β monoclonal antibody (mAb). …”
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MSSA: multi-stage semantic-aware neural network for binary code similarity detection by Bangrui Wan, Jianjun Zhou, Ying Wang, Feng Chen, Ying Qian

“…Binary code similarity detection (BCSD) aims to identify whether a pair of binary code snippets is similar, which is widely used for tasks such as malware analysis, patch analysis, and clone detection. Current state-of-the-art approaches are based on Transformer, which require substantial computation resources. …”
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An Adult Patient with Systemic Mastocytosis and B-Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia by Theodoros Iliakis, Niki Rougkala, Panagiotis T. Diamantopoulos, Vasiliki Papadopoulou, Fani Kalala, Konstantinos Zervakis, Nefeli Giannakopoulou, Polixeni Chatzinikolaou, Georgia Levidou, Eleftheria Lakiotaki, Penelope Korkolopoulou, Efstratios Patsouris, Eleni Variami, Nora-Athina Viniou

“…In the setting of SM-AHNMD, eradicating the nonmast cell malignant clone greatly affects prognosis. We report a case of an adult patient with SM associated with B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL). …”
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Analysis of cyt0kine gene expression in stimulated T cells of small children by semi-quantitative PCR by H. Koning, M. R. M. Baert, R. de Groot, H. J. Neijens, H. F. J. Savelkoul

“…This procedure includes multiple sampling of PCR products to determine the linear phase of the PCR; inter-experiment correction using a helper T-cell clone, expressing both IL-4 and IFN-γ; interpatient correction by comparing the expression of a housekeeping gene (HPRT); and finally the development of specific software to analyse densitometric data obtained by scanning photographs of agarose gels, separating PCR products. …”
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Decitabine-Induced Changes in Human Myelodysplastic Syndrome Cell Line SKM-1 Are Mediated by FOXO3A Activation by Wen Zeng, Hanjun Dai, Ming Yan, Xiaojun Cai, Hong Luo, Min Ke, Zeming Liu

“…The epigenetic silencing of tumor suppressor genes in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) can potentially confer a growth advantage to individual cellular clones. Currently, the recommended treatment for patients with high-risk MDS is the methylation agent decitabine (DAC), a drug that can induce the reexpression of silenced tumor suppressor genes. …”
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Frequency of Drug Resistance Gene Amplification in Clinical Leishmania Strains by C. Mary, F. Faraut, M. Deniau, J. Dereure, K. Aoun, S. Ranque, R. Piarroux

“…For P-glycoproteins P and dihydrofolate reductase genes, level of amplification was comparable to the level observed after in vitro selection of resistant clones. Gene amplification is therefore a common phenomenon in wild strains concurring to Leishmania genomic plasticity. …”
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The Class III Peroxidase gene TaPRX-2A controls grain number per spike in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by Dongtian Zang, Wenjia You, Yangyang Wu, Pengyue Wang, Zhiyu Wang, Qingyun Yang, Shatong Chi, Peisen Su, Peisen Su

“…However, to the best of our knowledge, the effects of PRXs on agronomic traits including grain number per spike (GNS), spikelet number per spike (SNS) and spike length (SL) are also largely unknown. In our study, we cloned a wheat PRX gene TaPRX-2A and identified its function in controlling GNS by generating transgenic overexpression lines. …”
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Intratumor heterogeneity of EGFR expression mediates targeted therapy resistance and formation of drug tolerant microenvironment by Bassel Alsaed, Linh Lin, Jieun Son, Jiaqi Li, Johannes Smolander, Timothy Lopez, Pinar Ö. Eser, Atsuko Ogino, Chiara Ambrogio, Yoonji Eum, Tran Thai, Haiyun Wang, Eva Sutinen, Hilma Mutanen, Hanna Duàn, Nina Bobik, Kristian Borenius, William W. Feng, Behnam Nabet, Satu Mustjoki, Sanna Laaksonen, Benjamin K. Eschle, Michael J. Poitras, David Barbie, Ilkka Ilonen, Prafulla Gokhale, Pasi A. Jänne, Heidi M. Haikala

“…This study identifies clones of EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung tumors expressing low levels of both wild-type and mutant EGFR protein. …”
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Influence of Vinasse Application in the Structure and Composition of the Bacterial Community of the Soil under Sugarcane Cultivation by Wellington Pine Omori, André Ferreira de Camargo, Karla Cristina Stropa Goulart, Eliana Gertrudes de Macedo Lemos, Jackson Antônio Marcondes de Souza

“…Analysis of 16S rRNA gene clone sequences from four soil types showed that the soil planted with sugarcane and fertilized with vinasse has a high diversity of bacteria compared to other biomes, where Acidobacteria were the second most abundant phylum. …”
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Expression and Localization of an Hsp70 Protein in the Microsporidian Encephalitozoon cuniculi by Carrie E. Jolly, Cory A. Leonard, J. Russell Hayman

“…DNA encoding the C1 hsp70 was amplified, cloned and used to heterologously express the C1 Hsp70 protein, and specific antiserum was generated. …”
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Results of propagation of Fagus silvatica L. plants in vitro by Mykola Lisovyi, Andrii Ivaniuk

“…., namely: features of decontamination of plant material, initiation of growth and rhizogenesis of explants and adaptation of clones to in vivo conditions. The influence of the concentration and duration of treatment with chemical sterilant agents on the yield of aseptic explants of the species under study is characterized. …”
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Expression of Four Methionine Sulfoxide Reductases in Staphylococcus aureus by Kuldeep Singh, Vineet K. Singh

“…To determine the expression pattern of msr genes, three independent reporter strains were constructed where msr promoter was cloned in front of a promoterless lacZ and the resulting construct was integrated in the chromosome. …”
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Expression Profiles of 12 Late Embryogenesis Abundant Protein Genes from Tamarix hispida in Response to Abiotic Stress by Caiqiu Gao, Yali Liu, Chao Wang, Kaimin Zhang, Yucheng Wang

“…Twelve embryogenesis abundant protein (LEA) genes (named ThLEA-1 to -12) were cloned from Tamarix hispida. The expression profiles of these genes in response to NaCl, PEG, and abscisic acid (ABA) in roots, stems, and leaves of T. hispida were assessed using real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). …”
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The BnaBPs gene regulates flowering time and leaf angle in Brassica napus by Jiang Yu, Yi‐Xuan Xue, Rehman Sarwar, Shi‐Hao Wei, Rui Geng, Yan‐Feng Zhang, Jian‐Xin Mu, Xiao‐Li Tan

“…However, the precise regulatory mechanism remains unclear. We cloned two homologous BP genes, BnaBPA03 and BnaBPC03, from B. napus Xiaoyun. …”
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The Role of Protein Modifications of T-Bet in Cytokine Production and Differentiation of T Helper Cells by Sera Oh, Eun Sook Hwang

“…T-Bet (T-box protein expressed in T cells, also called as TBX21) was originally cloned as a key transcription factor involved in the commitment of T helper (Th) cells to the Th1 lineage. …”
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Conjugation of LasR Quorum-Sensing Inhibitors with Ciprofloxacin Decreases the Antibiotic Tolerance of P. aeruginosa Clinical Strains by Daria Bortolotti, Claudio Trapella, Alessandra Bragonzi, Paolo Marchetti, Vinicio Zanirato, Andrea Alogna, Valentina Gentili, Carlo Cervellati, Giuseppe Valacchi, Mariangela Sicolo, Giulia Turrin, Anna Fantinati, Dario Di Luca, Roberta Rizzo

“…We identified, for the first time, a QSi conjugated with ciprofloxacin (ET37), that is able to reduce the formation of biofilm and the onset of tolerant clones in P. aeruginosa clinical strains. This compound could have a wide application in clinical setting. …”
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Improved 11α-hydroxycanrenone production by modification of cytochrome P450 monooxygenase gene in Aspergillus ochraceus by Li Qianqian, Shi Li, Liu Yingying, Guan Shimin, Zhang Shuo, Cai Baoguo, Rong Shaofeng

“…To improve the efficiency of 11α-hydroxycanrenone production, the CYP monooxygenase-coding gene of MF018 was predicted and cloned based on whole-genome sequencing results. A recombinant A. ochraceus strain MF010 with the high expression of CYP monooxygenase was then obtained through homologous recombination. …”
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