Transdermal delivery of PeptiCRAd cancer vaccine using microneedle patches by Carmine D'Amico, Manlio Fusciello, Firas Hamdan, Federica D'Alessio, Paolo Bottega, Milda Saklauskaite, Salvatore Russo, Justin Cerioni, Khalil Elbadri, Marianna Kemell, Jouni Hirvonen, Vincenzo Cerullo, Hélder A. Santos

“…The combination of PeptiCRAd with MNs containing polyvinylpyrrolidone and sucrose was tested for the preservation of structure, induction of immune response, and tumor eradication. …”
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Antibacterial Additive for Polystyrene Based on Silver Nanoparticles Supported on Titanium Dioxide by Miguel A. Waldo-Mendoza, Lucía Martínez-Jothar, Socorro Oros-Ruiz, E. G. Villabona-Leal, Luis Manuel Céspedes-Covarrubias, Zoe V. Quiñones-Jurado, Eduardo Ortega, Elías Pérez

“…Rectangular pieces of polystyrene (PS) containing 100, 300, 500, and 700 ppm (wt.%) of the additive were made using an extrusion-injection molding process, and they were evaluated for their antibacterial properties against Escherichia coli using the Pour Plate method. …”
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Structural basis of human VANGL-PRICKLE interaction by Yanyi Song, Shuyi Jian, Junlin Teng, Pengli Zheng, Zhe Zhang

“…Furthermore, we reveal that PK1 can target VANGL-containing intracellular vesicles to the peripheral cell membrane. …”
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Protective effects of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) skin gelatin hydrolysates on osteoporosis rats induced by retinoic acid by Bingtong Liu, Liping Sun, Yongliang Zhuang

“…The amino acid sequences of 50 peptides in TSGH were identified, and most of these peptides were found to contain the -Gly-Pro-sequence. The osteoporosis (OP) rat model induced by retinoic acid was prepared, and the effects of different doses of TSGH on OP in vivo were evaluated. …”
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Stability of Ceftiofur Sodium and Cefquinome Sulphate in Intravenous Solutions by Agnieszka Dołhań, Anna Jelińska, Marcelina Bębenek

“…During the stability study, poly(vinylchloride) minibags were filled with a solution containing 5 mg of ceftiofur sodium or cefquinome sulphate and diluted to 0.2 mg/mL with suitable intravenous solution depending on the test conditions. …”
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Extracting and analyzing micronuclei from mouse two-cell embryos fertilized with freeze-dried spermatozoa by Ikue Shibasaki, Hinata Sugiyama, Yuko Kamada, Hiroaki Nagatomo, Daiyu Ito, Sayaka Wakayama, Masatoshi Ooga, Tsuyoshi Kasai, Takashi Kohda, Teruhiko Wakayama

“…DNA-sequencing results of each extracted micronucleus revealed that chromosomes in micronuclei were randomly selected, usually only one, and often contained a portion rather than the full length of the chromosome. …”
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Specific Anthocyanin Contents of Whole Blue Maize Second-Generation Snacks: An Evaluation Using Response Surface Methodology and Lime Cooking Extrusion by Anayansi Escalante-Aburto, Néstor Ponce-García, Benjamín Ramírez-Wong, Patricia Isabel Torres-Chávez, Juan de Dios Figueroa-Cárdenas, Roberto Gutiérrez-Dorado

“…Pigmented maize has been used to produce snacks with similar organoleptic characteristics to TN products and to obtain a product with additional functional benefits due to the anthocyanic compounds contained in those grains. However, during the process, anthocyanins are degraded, and several chemical modifications occur. …”
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Field evidence of flocculated sediments on a coastal algal reef by Zhi-Cheng Huang, Tian-Jian Hsu, Trung Nguyen Ly

“…The reduced effective density (or settling velocity) and low fractal dimension are typical of flocs containing lower-density saltwater and organic materials. …”
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Flexural Behaviour of Chicken Mesh Ferrocement Laminates with Partial Replacement of Fine Aggregate by Steel Slag by Sridhar Jayaprakash, Jegatheeswaran Dhanapal, Vivek Deivasigamani, Elias G

“…Bending tests were conducted on ferrocement laminates containing chicken mesh and steel slag. The fundamental goal of the examination was to investigate the effects of partial substitution of fine aggregate by steel slag in cement mortar combining chicken mesh of different volume fractions as reinforcement in thin ferrocement laminates. …”
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Effect of Graphite Nanosheets on Properties of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) by Larissa Stieven Montagna, Thaís Larissa do Amaral Montanheiro, João Paulo Barros Machado, Fábio Roberto Passador, Ana Paula Lemes, Mirabel Cerqueira Rezende

“…However, the GNS acted as nucleation agent for crystallization; that is, in the second heating the samples containing GNS showed two melting peaks. The addition the GNS did not change the thermal stability of the PHBV.…”
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Gear Fault Diagnosis in Variable Speed Condition Based on Multiscale Chirplet Path Pursuit and Linear Canonical Transform by Xu Shuiqing, Zhang Ke, Chai Yi, He Yigang, Feng Li

“…Because the vibration signals acquired from the gear in the variable speed condition often contain more useful fault information, the analysis of the gear vibration signals during the variable speed condition has been a hot research topic. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activities of Chitosan and Carboxymethyl Chitosan Schiff-Base/Silver Nanoparticles by Ahmed M. Khalil, Reham A. Abdel-Monem, Osama M. Darwesh, Ahmed I. Hashim, Afaf A. Nada, Samira T. Rabie

“…The in situ reactions of CS and/or CMCS with some pyrazole aldehyde derivatives in acidic media containing silver nitrate to yield silver nanoparticles loaded onto CS and CMCS/Schiff-bases were carried out. …”
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Mechanical Properties of Membranes of Poly(L-co-DL-lactic acid) with Poly(caprolactone triol) and Study In Vivo by Marcia Adriana Tomaz Duarte, Adriana Cristina Motta, Eliana Aparecida de Rezende Duek

“…Histological analysis indicated that, although PCL-T-containing membranes caused a more prominent inflammatory reaction in the initial time intervals, by 60 days after implantation, the material was surrounded by dense, organized collagen with almost no inflammatory infiltrate.…”
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Geopolymer with brick and concrete demolition constructions waste by C. Parra, I. Miñano, M. Calabuig, F. Benito, J. M. Mateo, E. Carrión, C. Ruiz

“…Sustainable concretes were developed, such as geoconcrete with 0% clinker and 50% recycled aggregate, along with blends containing varying CDW percentages for structural applications. …”
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A novel approach for automated rhinoceros beetle control in oil palm replanting: pineapple peel-derived pheromone trap by Lailatul Munawaroh, Shabri Putra Wirman, Neneng Fitrya, Romi Fadli Syahputra, Novia Gesriantuti

“…Attractant pheromones, derived from pineapples, contain volatile compounds that attract insects. This research aims to develop an automated rhinoceros beetle trap equipped with an automatic pheromone spray system utilizing natural peel pineapple extract. …”
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Structural and Oxidative Properties of Manganese Incorporated Mesostructure Silica for Methane Oxidation by Rihem Dardouri, Anis Gannouni, Mongia Saïd Zina

“…Manganese catalysts containing templated mesostructured porous silica were prepared using different methods of preparation, namely, the direct hydrothermal (DHT), solid-state ion exchange (SSI), template ion exchange (TIE), and impregnation (Imp) methods. …”
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Pexophagy: The Selective Degradation of Peroxisomes by Andreas Till, Ronak Lakhani, Sarah F. Burnett, Suresh Subramani

“…Despite the existence of great diversity among different species, cell types, and under different environmental conditions, peroxisomes contain enzymes involved in β-oxidation of fatty acids and the generation, as well as detoxification, of hydrogen peroxide. …”
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Zip and weak zip algebras in a congruence-modular variety by George Georgescu

“…Starting from some ideas contained in their papers, we define and study the zip and weak zip algebras in a semidegenerate congruence-modular variety $\mathcal{V}$. …”
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Effect of different drying methods on the amino acids, α-dicarbonyls and volatile compounds of rape bee pollen by Yanxiang Bi, Jiabao Ni, Xiaofeng Xue, Zidan Zhou, Wenli Tian, Valérie Orsat, Sha Yan, Wenjun Peng, Xiaoming Fang

“…Aldehydes were the dominant volatiles of RBP and SD samples contained more new volatile substances (especially aldehydes) than the other four drying methods. …”
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JONASSONITE FROM THE BELOGORSKOE IRON DEPOSIT (SIKHOTE-ALIN) by E.V. Perevoznikova, V.T. Kazachenko, P.P. Safronov

“…Jonassonite is intergrown with anhedral calcite aggregates in andradite and forms grains with sections (~5 × 7 µm) close to ellipsoid shape. The mineral contains up to 2.29 wt. % Te, which most likely isomorphically substitutes S. …”
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