Bioactive Compounds and Microbial Quality of Stored Fermented Red Beetroots and Red Beetroot Juice by Agata Czyżowska, Kinga Siemianowska, Monika Śniadowska, Agnieszka Nowak

“…Enterobacteriaceae were not detected in fermented grated beetroots and investigated juices throughout storage time. …”
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A Framework for Promoting Passive Breast Cancer Monitoring: Deep Learning as an Interpretation Tool for Breast Thermograms by Mohamad Firouzmand, Keivan Majidzadeh, Maryam Jafari, Shahpar Haghighat, Rezvan Esmaeili, Leila Moradi, Nima Misaghi, Mahsa Ensafi, Fatemeh Batmanghelich, Mohammadreza Keyvanpour, Seyed Vahab Shojaedini

“…Introduction: Several types of cancer can be detected early through thermography, which uses thermal profiles to image tissues in recent years, thermography has gained increasing attention due to its non-invasive and radiation-free nature. …”
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A manganese phthalocyanine histidine composite-modified carbon paste electrode as a biomimetic sensor for bisphenol A determination by Amadou Soukairatou Moustapha, Corneille Bakouan, Abdoulkadri Ayouba Mahamane, Boubié Guel

“…Square wave voltammetry (SWV), applied as a sensitive analytical method for BPA determination, led to a good linear correlation between BPA concentration and peak current in the range from 2.10−8 mol.L−1 to 5.10−5 mol.L−1 and a detection limit of 4.63 nM (S/N = 3). The relative standard deviation was 4.10 % (n = 10). …”
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The Role of Dectin-1-Mediated M1 Macrophage Polarization in Cerebral Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Chen Zongyun, Lin Bixia, Ding Fadian, Hong Xiaoping, Chen Hongbin, Deng Yu, Liu Qicai, Ye Xiaoyi, Zeng Kai

“…The brain tissue was analyzed by flow cytometry to detect the M1 macrophage levels. Results. The correlation analysis of dectin-1 and infarct areas showed that there was an obviously positive correlation in between them (R = 0.9603). …”
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Evaluation of allergenic protein profiles in three Chinese high-oleic acid peanut cultivars using NanoLC-Orbitrap mass spectrometry by Xinke Yang, Haochen Bai, Lijun Yin, Jin Wang, Wentong Xue, Xin Jia

“…Through the peptide-filtering pipeline, three novel peptide markers, IVQIEAKPNTLVLPK, SSNPDIYNPQAGSLR and AQSENYEYLAFK surrogate to Ara h 1, Ara h 3 with high abundance, good MS response and highly reliability were identified, which can be used as candidate peptide markers for the detection of peanut allergens in different food matrices.…”
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An LJDRNN-based efficient energy intensity prediction in carbon fiber composite material manufacturing process by Rangaswamy Nikhil, Karthikeyan A G, Prabhu Loganathan, Tabrej Khan, Tamer A Sebaey

“…Primarily, the material values and processes are detected. Next, for the determined values, pre-processing is done; in addition, the components are extracted from the input values. …”
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Automated quantification of axonal and myelin changes in contusion, dislocation, and distraction spinal cord injuries: Insights into targeted remyelination and axonal regeneration by Xuan Li, Yuan He, Fangyao Chen, Xin Tong, Yunlong Fan, Yuzhe Langzhou, Jie Liu, Kinon Chen

“…Custom MATLAB scripts identified axons and myelin through brightness-based object detection and shape analysis, followed by an iterative dilation process to differentiate myelinated from unmyelinated axons. …”
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Knockdown of Fibromodulin Inhibits Proliferation and Migration of RPE Cell via the VEGFR2-AKT Pathway by He Hu, Shanshan Li, Jianqiao Li, Chao Huang, Fang Zhou, Li Zhao, Wenzhen Yu, Xiao Qin

“…Downregulation of VEGF, VEGFR2, and phosphorylated AKT (p-AKT) were detected in transfected RPEs. Conclusion. Depletion of FMOD selectively downregulated the expression of VEGF and VEGFR2 and inhibited the signaling pathway of AKT phosphorylation, which consequently inhibited the proliferation and migration of RPE Cell.…”
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Genomic characterization of noroviruses from an outbreak associated with oysters by Annika Flint, Jennifer Harlow, Madison McLeod, Madeleine Blondin-Brosseau, Kelly Weedmark, Neda Nasheri

“…Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) could play a critical role in understanding and controlling norovirus outbreaks as it allows for source attribution, tracking transmission pathways, and detecting recurrent or linked outbreaks. Here, we described how the data obtained by WGS were employed for understanding transmission patterns and norovirus epidemiology.…”
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Immune Dysfunction in Rett Syndrome Patients Revealed by High Levels of Serum Anti-N(Glc) IgM Antibody Fraction by Anna Maria Papini, Francesca Nuti, Feliciana Real-Fernandez, Giada Rossi, Caterina Tiberi, Giuseppina Sabatino, Shashank Pandey, Silvia Leoncini, Cinzia Signorini, Alessandra Pecorelli, Roberto Guerranti, Solange Lavielle, Lucia Ciccoli, Paolo Rovero, Claudio De Felice, Joussef Hayek

“…The significant difference in IgM titers between RTT patients and healthy subjects in the CSF114(Glc) assay (P=0.001) suggests that this procedure specifically detects a fraction of IgM antibodies likely to be relevant for the RTT disease. …”
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Sodium Lactate Accelerates M2 Macrophage Polarization and Improves Cardiac Function after Myocardial Infarction in Mice by Jialiang Zhang, Fangyang Huang, Li Chen, Guoyong Li, Wenhua Lei, Jiahao Zhao, Yanbiao Liao, Yijian Li, Changming Li, Mao Chen

“…Macrophage phenotype was detected via qPCR, flow cytometry, and immunofluorescence. …”
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MicroRNA-32-5p promotes the proliferation and metastasis of gastric cancer cells by Chao Sun, Lai-gang Huang, Bing Leng, Yanting Guo, Chen Chen, Ruijie Lv, Yan Dong, Tian-tian Gao, De-qing Sun

“…Clonal formation, MTT, caspase-3 activity, sperm DNA fragmentation, flow cytometry assay, cell adhesion, transwell assays were performed to detect the functions of miR-32-5p or anti-miR-32-5p on the growth and metastasis of GC cells. …”
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Betaxanthin Profiling in Beta vulgaris Leaves and Gymnocalycium mihanovichii Grafted Cacti: A Comprehensive Study by Aneta Spórna-Kucab, Anna Tekieli, Magdalena Knapek, Marta Zużałek, Sławomir Wybraniec

“…Betaxanthins were not detected in the green cactus. Histidine-Bx was the prevailing betaxanthin compound in the majority of cultivars. …”
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Application of Infrared Spectroscopy for Functional Compounds Evaluation in Olive Oil: A Current Snapshot by Sarfaraz Ahmed Mahesar, Massimo Lucarini, Alessandra Durazzo, Antonello Santini, Anja I. Lampe, Johannes Kiefer

“…Currently, spectroscopic techniques combined with chemometric data analysis represent one of the most promising detection methods in the food sector. They offer rapid, versatile, and inexpensive data collection and analyses. …”
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The Quantitative Analysis of bFGF and VEGF by ELISA in Human Meningiomas by Yves Denizot, Rafael De Armas, François Caire, Jean Jacques Moreau, Isabelle Pommepuy, Véronique Truffinet, François Labrousse

“…In contrast to VEGF, no difference in the concentrations of bFGF was detected. VEGF levels did not correlate with meningioma grade (1.47±0.23 pg/μg versus 2.29±0.58 pg/μg for 32 and 16 grade I and II, resp), vascularisation (1.53±0.41 pg/μg versus 1.96±0.28 pg/μg for 24 low and 24 high vascularisated tumours, resp), and brain invasion (2.32±0.59 pg/μg versus 1.46±0.27 pg/μg for 7 and 41 patients with and without invasion, resp). …”
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Effect of Allium cepa L. on Lipopolysaccharide-Stimulated Osteoclast Precursor Cell Viability, Count, and Morphology Using 4′,6-Diamidino-2-phenylindole-Staining by Tatiane Oliveira, Camila A. Figueiredo, Carlos Brito, Alexander Stavroullakis, Anuradha Prakki, Eudes Da Silva Velozo, Getulio Nogueira-Filho

“…Resazurin reduction and total protein content assays were used to detect cell viability. AcE did not affect cell viability. …”
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A Review of Artificial Intelligence Methods for Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis of Rolling Element Bearings for Induction Motor by Omar AlShorman, Muhammad Irfan, Nordin Saad, D. Zhen, Noman Haider, Adam Glowacz, Ahmad AlShorman

“…The fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) along with condition monitoring (CM) and of rotating machinery (RM) have critical importance for early diagnosis to prevent severe damage of infrastructure in industrial environments. …”
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Hydrological drivers of flooding in Niamey (Niger): the role of the Sirba River by Idi Souley Tangam, Roland Yonaba, Boubacar Ibrahim, Mahaman Moustapha Adamou, Harouna Karambiri

“…Daily annual maximum discharge (AMAX) data from 1990 to 2022 timeseries are used as inputs to various statistical analyses, including trend analyses, change point detection, concordance analysis and flood dependency assessment. …”
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miRNA-375 a Sensor of Glucotoxicity Is Altered in the Serum of Children with Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes by Lucien Marchand, Audrey Jalabert, Emmanuelle Meugnier, Kathleen Van den Hende, Nicole Fabien, Marc Nicolino, Anne-Marie Madec, Charles Thivolet, Sophie Rome

“…The abundance of miR-375, among the 410 miRNAs detected in human islets, mirrored its well-established role in rodent islet biology. …”
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Glut3 overexpression improves environmental glucose uptake and antitumor efficacy of CAR-T cells in solid tumors by Hui Wang, Yi Zhang, Feng Li, Shasha Liu, Shumin Wang, Wenhao Hu, Yue Liang, Chunyi Shen, Yuyu Zhao

“…However, the impact of glucose restriction remains unknown in CAR-T cell therapy.Methods Glucose transporters were detected and overexpressed in CAR-T cells. The impacts of glucose restriction on CAR-T cells were checked in vitro and in vivo.Results Glucose restriction significantly decreased CAR-T cell activation, effector function, and expansion. …”
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