Improving the charge transport of perovskite nanocrystal light-emitting-diodes through Benzylammonium ligand exchange by Minsik Gong, Dong Gyu Lee, Gwang Yong Shin, Yun Seop Shin, Donghwan Yun, Yunhye Jeong, Sang Wook Park, Chan Beom Park, Yung Jin Yoon, Sung Yong Bae, Yun-Hi Kim, Jin Young Kim, Tae Kyung Lee, Gi-Hwan Kim

“…Additionally, aromatic ring-containing ligands improve conductivity of the film due to their conjugated structure. …”
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Evaluation of twin-arginine translocation substrate proteins as potential antigen candidates for serodiagnosis of brucellosis by Yao Wu, Yao Wu, Xin Yan, Mingjun Sun, Xiaohan Guo, Jiaqi Li, Xiangxiang Sun, Xiangxiang Sun, Mengda Liu, Mengda Liu, Haobo Zhang, Haobo Zhang, Wenlong Nan, Weixing Shao, Fangkun Wang, Xiaoxu Fan, Xiaoxu Fan, Shufang Sun

“…Three Tat substrate proteins—L,D-transpeptidase ErfK (A0577), linear amide C-N hydrolase YxeI (A1479), and thioesterase domain-containing protein EntF (B0249)—contribute significantly to Brucella virulence. …”
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QTL mapping and candidate gene analysis of element accumulation in rice grains via genome-wide association study and population genetic analysis by Min Li, Mengxue Gao, Jinmei Huang, Shaojuan Jin, Yamei Lv, Lin Wang, Tao Huang, Fengcai Wu, Zhijian Xu, Yinghua Pan, Zhixia Liu, Chaopu Zhang, Yuntao Liang, Lijun Meng, Jianlong Xu

“…Moreover, at least 14 QTLs/regions were identified in the same regions, containing 12 cloned genes reported to be associated with element accumulation or tolerance-related traits, while the remaining 85 were new QTLs. …”
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Neuroprotective effects of quercetin on hippocampal CA1 neurons following middle cerebral artery ischemia‒reperfusion in male rats: a behavioral, biochemical, and histological stud... by Mehran Mahyar, Erfan Ghadirzadeh, Pedram Nezhadnaderi, Zahrasadat Moayedi, Parniyan Maboud, Arvin Ebrahimi, Ali Siahposht-Khachaki, Narges Karimi

“…Materials and methods Fifty-six male Albino Wistar rats were divided into seven groups (intact, sham, stroke, vehicle, and three quercetin-treated groups receiving 5, 10, and 20 mg/kg, respectively), each containing 8 rats. Various assessments, including brain water content, the rotarod test, the Bederson neurological score, the Morris water maze (MWM) test, the shuttle box test, histopathological evaluations, and measurements of interleukin-10 (IL-10) and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) levels, were conducted across the groups. …”
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Physico-chemical characterization of natural nano calcium extracted from different fish bones in catfish (Clarias gariepinus) and snakehead fish (Channa striata) by Sri Fatmawati, Siti Mualimatul Istiqomah, Nur Hasanah, Maria Elfiana Ina Kewa Helan, Mardi Santoso, Zjahra Vianita Nugraheni, Nurul Jadid, Annis Catur Adi, Heni Rachmawati

“…The nutritional analysis indicated that catfish FBP contained more ash, lipids, calcium, and phosphorus, while snakehead FBP was richer in protein (53.25 ± 0.94 %). …”
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Non3 is an essential Drosophila gene required for proper nucleolus assembly by E. N. Andreyeva, A. A. Ogienko, A. A. Yushkova, J. V. Popova, G. A. Pavlova, E. N. Kozhevnikova, A. V. Ivankin, M. Gatti, A. V. Pindyurin

“…Here, we report the characterization of the Drosophila Non3 (Novel nucleolar protein 3) gene, which encodes a protein homologous to the human Brix domain-containing Rpf2 that has been shown to control ribosomal RNA (rRNA) processing. …”
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Pentavalent Antimonials Combined with Other Therapeutic Alternatives for the Treatment of Cutaneous and Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Systematic Review by Taisa Rocha Navasconi Berbert, Tatiane França Perles de Mello, Priscila Wolf Nassif, Camila Alves Mota, Aline Verzignassi Silveira, Giovana Chiqueto Duarte, Izabel Galhardo Demarchi, Sandra Mara Alessi Aristides, Maria Valdrinez Campana Lonardoni, Jorge Juarez Vieira Teixeira, Thaís Gomes Verziganassi Silveira

“…Sixteen articles were selected and the pentavalent antimonials were administered in combination with pentoxifylline, granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor, imiquimod, intralesional sodium stibogluconate, ketoconazole, silver-containing polyester dressing, lyophilized LEISH-F1 protein, cryotherapy, topical honey, and omeprazole. …”
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Influence of Meteorological Conditions and Fire Hotspots on PM0.1 in Northern Thailand during Strong Haze Episodes and Carbonaceous Aerosol Characterization by Chaiyoth Sresawasd, Thaneeya Chetiyanukornkul, Phuchiwan Suriyawong, Surajit Tekasakul, Masami Furuuchi, Mitsuhiko Hata, Rachane Malinee, Perapong Tekasakul, Racha Dejchanchaiwong

“…Abstract Northern Thailand has long been severely affected by haze from biomass burning containing fine and ultrafine aerosols in the dry period. …”
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Effects of scrap rubber waste on the mechanical performance of mortar made of crushed sand and sediment by Adda Hadj Mostefa, Benamar Balegh, Hamid Sellaf, Mohamed Elamine Dahamni

“…Results: The results indicated that replacing sediment with crushed sand improved the strength properties of mortar, particularly due to better particle packing. The mortar containing 65 wt% sediments and 35 wt% crushed sand showed properties similar to the reference mortar. …”
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Influence of prenatal hexachlorobenzene, PCB and selenium levels on growth trajectories in the first year of life: Findings from the NEHO birth cohort by Ilaria Cosentini, Silvia Ruggieri, Paolo Colombo, Fabrizio Bianchi, Liliana Cori, Melania Casella, Elisa Eleonora Tavormina, Fabio Cibella, Gaspare Drago

“…This issue is of particular concern in industrially contaminated areas, where environmental matrices contain mixtures of pollutants. This study aimed to evaluate the associations between cord serum concentrations of organochlorine pollutants (hexachlorobenzene-HCB and polychlorinated biphenyls-PCBs) and essential elements (EEs), and weight growth trajectories during the first year of life. …”
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Effect of trans-cinnamaldehyde and peracetic acid alone or in combination on multidrug-resistant Salmonella Heidelberg on broiler drumsticks under scalding alone or with chilling a... by C. Peichel, D.V.T. Nair, S. Manjankattil, K.M. Reed, R.B. Cox, A.M. Donoghue, A. Kollanoor Johny

“…They were immersed in treatment water containing 0.5 % TC, 1 % TC, 0.05 % PAA, 0.5 % TC + 0.05 % PAA, and 1 % TC + 0.05 % PAA at 54 °C for 2 min. …”
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Concentrations, composition profiles, and in vitro–in silico-based mixture risk assessment of bisphenol A and its analogs in plant-based foods by Chun-Hui Chiu, Shih-Han Sun, Yun-Jia Yao, Yi Chuang, Yu-Tsung Lee, Yi-Jun Lin

“…In total, 7 BPs were detected, and most samples (85.9 %) contained detectable concentrations. Total concentrations of the 7 BPs (∑7BP) ranged from 0.06 ± 0.11 ng/g to 26.60 ± 72.18 ng/g, with BPA being the most predominant (63 % of the mean ∑7BP concentrations), followed by bisphenol S (19 %) and 4,4-bisphenol F (13 %). …”
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Characterization of the Droplet Population Generated by Centrifugal Atomization Nozzles of UAV Sprayers by Fábio Henrique Rojo Baio, Job Teixeira de Oliveira, Marcos Eduardo Miranda Alves, Larissa Pereira Ribeiro Teodoro, Fernando França da Cunha, Paulo Eduardo Teodoro

“…The experimental design was implemented in a completely randomized scheme, containing variations in the nozzles (hydraulic nozzle and centrifugal atomization nozzle) and application rate (AR) (5, 10, and 15 L ha⁻¹ in the test with the hydraulic nozzle; and 9.2, 12.8, and 15.6 L ha⁻¹ in the test with the centrifugal nozzle), with five replicates per treatment. …”
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Identification of compounds against atherosclerosis induced by ox-LDL based on cell extraction/UPLC–MS/MS from mulberry twigs and their mechanistic analysis by Zhihui Jin, Wei Xiang, Xiaowen Shi, Fenglin Jiang, Yanan Jia, Yuansong Zhang, Lingshu Zeng, Xianzhi Huang, Li Xu

“…Abstract Background Mulberry twigs, a traditional Chinese medicinal and agricultural byproduct, contain bioactive compounds with anti-atherosclerotic potential. …”
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Contaminant-degrading bacteria are super carriers of antibiotic resistance genes in municipal landfills: A metagenomics-based study by Fang-Zhou Gao, Wei-Li Jia, Bing Li, Min Zhang, Liang-Ying He, Hong Bai, You-Sheng Liu, Guang-Guo Ying

“…Results showed that the antibiotic resistome in landfills contained 1,403 ARG subtypes, with the total abundance over the levels in natural environments and reaching the levels in human feces and sewage. …”
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Designing multi-epitope vaccines against Echinococcus granulosus: an in-silico study using immuno-informatics by Jadoon Khan, Asma Sadiq, May M. Alrashed, Nosheen Basharat, Syed Nadeem Ul Hassan Mohani, Tawaf Ali Shah, Kotb A. Attia, Aamer Ali Shah, Hayat Khan, Ijaz Ali, Arif Ahmed Mohammed

“…A multi-epitope vaccine construct of 483 amino acid sequences was designed. It contains B-cell, Helper T Lymphocyte (HTL), and Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte (CTL) epitopes as well as the appropriate adjuvant and linker molecules. …”
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Chaetoceros muelleri sulfated polysaccharides: chain conformation, physical characteristics, and morphology by Valeria Miranda-Arizmendi, Jorge Marquez-Escalante, Agustin Rascon-Chu, Karla Martínez-Robinson, Francisco Brown-Bojorquez, Elizabeth Carvajal-Millan

“…The negative charge in the molecules is related to the sulfate groups contained. The CMSP surface was coarse and craggy, according to scanning electron microscopy (SEM). …”
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Dynamical Hybrid System for Optimizing and Controlling Efficacy of Plant-Based Protein in Aquafeeds by Serge Dossou, Mahmoud A. O. Dawood, Amr I. Zaineldin, Ibrahim A. Abouelsaad, Kumbukani Mzengereza, Ronick S. Shadrack, Yukun Zhang, Mohamed El-Sharnouby, Hamada A. Ahmed, Mohammed F. El Basuini

“…Fishmeal (FM), raw rapeseed meal (RM), and a fermented meal with yeast (RM-Yeast) and fungi (Aspergillus oryzae RM-Koji) were used as test ingredients for the determination of apparent digestibility coefficients (ADCs) of dry matter, crude protein, crude lipid, energy, and essential amino acids (EAA) for olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus, 7 ± 0.02 g) using diets containing 0.5% Cr2O3 as an inert indicator. Among all ingredients tested, FM had the maximum ADC of dry matter (P<0.05), protein (P<0.05), lipid (P>0.05), and energy (P>0.05). …”
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The progress in the field of clinical staging for mental disorders within the last decade: an updated systematic review by Sharon L. Clarke, Sharon L. Clarke, Nicole Soons, Arjan C. Videler, Arjan C. Videler, Sebastiaan P. J. van Alphen, Sebastiaan P. J. van Alphen, Henricus Van, Linda Dil, Laurens Pappijn, Sven Corbeij, Beau Broekhof, Beau Broekhof, Andrew M. Chanen, Andrew M. Chanen, Joost Hutsebaut, Joost Hutsebaut

“…Included papers: a) contained a complete or partial staging model, or b) focused upon clinical features that might be associated with stages, or c) focused upon treatment research associated with specific stages.ResultsSeventy-one publications met the inclusion criteria. …”
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Simultaneous Determination of 13 Constituents of Radix Polygoni Multiflori in Rat Plasma and Its Application in a Pharmacokinetic Study by Wenhao Cheng, Yinghui Li, Wei Yang, Siyang Wu, Mengmeng Wei, Yang Gao, Chen Kang, Shuofeng Zhang, Yingfei Li

“…Chromatographic separation was performed using a waters HSS C18 column with a gradient elution using water and acetonitrile both containing 0.025% formic acid within a run time of 9 min. …”
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