Peptides: Emerging Candidates for the Prevention and Treatment of Skin Senescence: A Review by Andrada Pintea, Andrei Manea, Cezara Pintea, Robert-Alexandru Vlad, Magdalena Bîrsan, Paula Antonoaea, Emöke Margit Rédai, Adriana Ciurba

“…Increasing peptide bioavailability and stability for enhanced delivery to the desired site of action and visible effects have become central points for the latest research due to their promising features. …”
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Rolling Bearing Fault Diagnosis Based on Domain Adaptation and Preferred Feature Selection under Variable Working Conditions by Xiao Yu, Wei Chen, Chuanlong Wu, Enjie Ding, Yuanyuan Tian, Haiwei Zuo, Fei Dong

“…In real industrial scenarios, with the use of conventional machine learning techniques, data-driven diagnosis models have a limitation that it is difficult to achieve the desirable fault diagnosis performance, and the reason is that the training and testing datasets are assumed to have the same feature distributions. …”
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Improvements in pig agriculture through gene editing by Kristin M. Whitworth, Jonathan A. Green, Bethany K. Redel, Rodney D. Geisert, Kiho Lee, Bhanu P. Telugu, Kevin D. Wells, Randall S. Prather

“…The current breeding paradigm however has limitations, chief among them is the requirement for the beneficial trait to exist within the population. Desirable alleles in geographically isolated breeds, or breeds selected for a different conformation and commercial application, and more importantly animals from different genera or species cannot be introgressed into the population via selective breeding. …”
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Shadi Park Renovation with Social Development Emphasis: A Case Study Halabja City, Iraq by Mihraban Othman Mustafa, Masoumeh Faraji, Zaniar Jamal Salih, Muhammed Saeed Rasheed

“…Depreciation of materials, park equipment, destruction of vegetation and lifestyle changes over time have changed the needs and desires of the people and caused the old parks do not meet the needs of citizens. …”
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Microwave-assisted synthesis and swelling behavior of poly lactic acid (PLA) grafted Cordia dichotoma gum-based hydrogels by Jyoti Sinha, Abubakar Hamisu Mijinyawa, Faisal Islam Chowdhury, Muhd Zu Azhan Yahya, Pramod Kumar Singh, Geeta Durga

“…Therefore, tailoring their structure to achieve desired swelling properties is crucial. In this study, a biodegradable gum (CDG) was extracted from Cordia dichotoma fruits using ethanol, and its corresponding grafted copolymer aka CDG-g-PLA was synthesized for the first time by graft copolymerization of poly (lactic acid) (PLA) onto the backbone of CDG by exposure to microwave irradiation. …”
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Quaternion-Based Fast SMC–PD Cross-Domain Tracking Control for Coaxial Hybrid Aerial–Underwater Vehicle Under Oceanic Disturbances by Mingqing Lu, Wei Yang, Fei Liao, Shichong Wu, Yumin Su, Wenhua Wu

“…With reference to the idea of enhanced robustness in active disturbance rejection control (ADRC), a feedforward proportion derivation (PD) controller based on DO enhancement is used to track the desired quaternion. A variable parameter adaptive algorithm based on the learning rate is introduced in the cascaded SMC-PD controller. …”
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Is your medical device “easy to use”? Supplemental oxygen patients’ experiences and tradeoffs around portable oxygen concentrators and tanks by Marc Egeth, Naomi Cherne, Nichole Breeland, Samantha Sye, Jennifer Soosaar, Frederic Seifer, Stanislav Glezer

“…Since a perfectly lightweight and long-lasting device cannot exist, the field seeks to optimize device options to suit the needs, desires, and lives of patients. The research described in this paper aims to understand through semi-structured interviews the experiences and interests of oxygen patients with respect to travel, mobility, and use of oxygen tanks and portable and stationary oxygen concentrators. …”
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Physicochemical and Morphological Properties of Extruded Adlay (Coix lachryma-jobi L) Flour by Gaopeng Zhang, Yangyue Ding, Chunlei Ni, Qingfeng Ban, Li Xu, Liandong Guo, Jianjun Cheng

“…In conclusion, the extrusion can alter adlay characteristics, but it is necessary to choose appropriate conditions to attain the desired properties.…”
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Studies on Development of Polymeric Materials Using Gamma Irradiation for Contact and Intraocular Lenses by Pranshu Chhabra, Ruchi Gupta, Gunjan Suri, Mukti Tyagi, Geetha Seshadri, S. Sabharwal, U. K. Niyogi, R. K. Khandal

“…Selection of suitable monomers that can be converted into optical materials of desired characteristics is the most essential step. …”
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Chemical test and cellular bioactivities and flavor enhancer properties of mung bean protein via glycation reaction by Srisukpachin Nuttakarn, Tabtimmai Lueacha, Sedtananun Saranya, Laohakunjit Natta, Sonklin Chanikan

“…The optimal production process of MRPs was determined by response surface methodology (RSM) under the desirability criteria. The optimal ratio of MPI:Glu and time for generating high teriyaki odor, savory, DPPH inhibition, ABTS inhibition with low nut odor and bitterness were identified. …”
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Fertility and Symptom Relief following Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Myomectomy by Michael C. Pitter, Serene S. Srouji, Antonio R. Gargiulo, Leslie Kardos, Usha Seshadri-Kreaden, Helen B. Hubert, Glenn A. Weitzman

“…Factors positively correlated with achieving pregnancy included desiring pregnancy, prior pregnancy, greater time since surgery, and Caucasian race. …”
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Autonomous inverse encoding guides 4D nanoprinting for highly programmable shape morphing by Shuaiqi Ren, Zhiang Zhang, Ruokun He, Jiahao Fan, Guangming Wang, Hesheng Wang, Bing Han, Yong-Lai Zhang, Zhuo-Chen Ma

“…Highly programmable shape morphing of 4D-printed micro/nanostructures is urgently desired for applications in robotics and intelligent systems. …”
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Microstructural characteristics, electrical conductivity and mechanical properties of Cu matrix composites reinforced with dual-phase borides by Bo Li, Yimin Gao, Cong Li, Zhen Cao, Xingjuan Yao, Da Wu, Pucun Bai, Zhong Chen

“…Therefore, the Cu matrix composites with dual-phase borides achieved desirable comprehensive performance in terms of electrical, mechanical, and tribological properties.…”
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Immunogenicity of RSV F DNA Vaccine in BALB/c Mice by Erdal Eroglu, Ankur Singh, Swapnil Bawage, Pooja M. Tiwari, Komal Vig, Shreekumar R. Pillai, Vida A. Dennis, Shree R. Singh

“…Our data evidently showed that the RSV F DNA vaccine activated the Th1 biased immune response and led to the production of neutralizing antibodies, which is the desired immune response required for protection from RSV infections.…”
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Effects of thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.) addition on the volatile compounds of mutton broth during boiling by Shasha Qi, Ping Zhan, Honglei Tian, Peng Wang, Xueping Ma, Kaixuan Li

“…Correlation analysis of odor-active compounds, FFAs, and sensory attributes through partial least squares regression (PLSR) indicated the important volatiles and FFAs remarkably contributed to the mutton broth samples, and further confirmed that the 0.30% of thyme may be a desirable addition amount for the sensory characteristics of mutton broth.…”
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GB18-06, a nanobody targeting GDF15, effectively alleviates weight loss and restores physical function in cachexia models by Yu Huang, Jinyong Wang, Xiling Wei, Hui Zhang, Wei Shang, Xiangling Zhang, Lanjiao Zhai, Xi Chen, Huiming Li, Suofu Qin

“…Furthermore, GB18–06 exhibited desirable pharmacokinetic properties and an excellent developability profile. …”
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Genome-wide association scan and candidate gene analysis for seed coat color in sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) by Mohammed Elsafy, Wafa Badawi, Ahmed Ibrahim, Elamin Hafiz Baillo, Prabin Bajgain, Tilal Sayed Abdelhalim, Mahbubjon Rahmatov

“…These findings provide valuable insights for breeding programs to enhance desirable seed coat color traits in sesame.…”
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Contrast-Based 3D/2D Registration of the Left Atrium: Fast versus Consistent by Matthias Hoffmann, Christopher Kowalewski, Andreas Maier, Klaus Kurzidim, Norbert Strobel, Joachim Hornegger

“…An automatic registration method that works also for small amounts of CA is desired. We propose two similarity measures: The first focuses on edges of the patient anatomy. …”
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GK-1 Improves the Immune Response Induced by Bone Marrow Dendritic Cells Loaded with MAGE-AX in Mice with Melanoma by Gabriela Piñón-Zárate, Miguel Ángel Herrera-Enríquez, Beatriz Hernández-Téllez, Katia Jarquín-Yáñez, Andrés Eliú Castell-Rodríguez

“…Immunostimulants that could drive a desired immune response are necessary to be found in order to generate a long lasting tumor immune response. …”
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The Causes of Variation Orders and Their Effects on Cost and Time of Projects in Sulaimani Governorate by Karukh Hassan M.karim, Noori Ali, Basira Majeed

“…The results showed that in Sulaimani governorate the most effective causes of variation orders are owner's financial problems, preparing typical design for different districts, errors and omission in design, desired profitability of contractor and lack of adequate or appropriate site before design stage to construct of project. …”
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