Comparative Microstructural Evaluation of Wood in Three Dominant Ziziphus Species of Desert Ecosystem (Cholistan), Pakistan by Muhammad Bilal, Zaheer-ud-din Khan, Sohaib Muhammad, Uzma Hanif, Khalid Hussain, Muhammad Tayyab, Andleeb Anwar Sardar, Hassan Nawaz, Muhammad Jawad Tariq Khan, null Mahrukh, Aneela Rasool, Summiya Faisal, Muhammad Zahid

“…Simple perforation plates and diffuse, confluent, and vasicentric types of axial parenchyma were present in all the selected species. The fibers were thin-walled and nonseptate. One-way ANOVA followed by the Tukey test was conducted to observe different anatomical variations within selected species. …”
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Ln-MOF in production of durable antimicrobial and UV-Protective fluorescent cotton fabric for potential application in military textiles by Hossam E. Emam, Reda M. Abdelhameed, Osama M. Darwesh, Hanan B. Ahmed

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Obtaining multi-component chrome plated coatings for press tooling equipment by Borys Sereda, Andrii Udod

“…The formulation of these materials incorporated carbonized fibers sourced from PAN (polyacrylonitrile), granite flour, and aluminosilicate microspheres, enhancing their properties. …”
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Pediatric Sleep Quality and Parental Stress in Neuromuscular Disorders: Descriptive Analytical Study by Sajjad Khaksar, Mehdi Jafari-Oori, Forogh Sarhangi, Malihe Sadat Moayed

“… Abstract BackgroundNeuromuscular disorders (NMDs) constitute a heterogeneous group of disorders that affect motor neurons, neuromuscular junctions, and muscle fibers, resulting in symptoms such as muscle weakness, fatigue, and reduced mobility. …”
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Effects of Antifreeze Proteins on the Quality of Frozen Pork by LIAO Hongmei, WANG Shanglong, ZHANG Baoxue, DING Yinyin, LIU Mingguang, XIONG Guoyuan

“…Scanning electron microscopy showed that in the presence of 0.2 mg/mL AFP, the arrangement of muscle fibers was orderly, appearing more compact and denser. …”
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Experimental Characterization of C–C Composite Destruction Under Impact of High Thermal Flux in Atmosphere and Hypersonic Airflow by Ryan Bencivengo, Alin Ilie Stoica, Sergey B. Leonov, Richard Gulotty

“…During high-speed flow conditions, rapid chemical oxidation and the mechanical destruction of weakened C-fibers likely cause the accelerated degradation of C–C composite material. …”
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Numerical nonlinear analysis of RC beams with un-strengthened and CFRP-strengthened opening drilled under service loads within shear zones by Magdy Khalaf, Louay Aboul-Nour, Mahmoud Khater, Marwa Ibrahim

“…The RC beams are analyzed under two concentrated loads till failure before and after applying the proposed opening strengthening technique by means of the Carbon Fibers Reinforced Polymer sheets (CFRP). The main aim of this research is simulating the real practice situation conditions where the RC beam is subjected to the service loads, supported temporary by means of hydraulic jacks, the opening is drilled and then the strengthening is performed after which the jacking supports are released. …”
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Drug delivery systems for oral cancer treatment: A patent perspective by Mohamed Hassan Dehghan, Abrar Abdul Malik Siddiqui

“…Patents encompass siRNA, antibodies, immune checkpoint inhibitors, antimicrobial peptides, natural products like curcumin, nanoparticle drug carriers, and bioadhesive electrospun fibers loaded with drugs. Major routes of administration covered are oral, parenteral, mucoadhesive patch, rectal, topical, etc. …”
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Antagonistic functions of CTL1 and SUH1 mediate cell wall assembly in Arabidopsis by Nguyen Thi Thuy, Hyun‐Jung Kim, Suk‐Whan Hong

“…The SUH1 promoter fused with the GUS reporter gene exhibited GUS activity in interfascicular fibers and xylem in stems; meanwhile, the ctl1hot2‐1 mutation significantly increased this activity. …”
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Quality of Cattle Meat and Its Compositional Constituents by Umer Seid Geletu, Munera Ahmednur Usmael, Yesihak Yusuf Mummed, Abdulmuen Mohammed Ibrahim

“…A number of structural features of meat as connective tissue, muscle fibers, and tendon that attaches the muscle to the bone are visible in joint meat examined through naked eyes. …”
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Technological Evolution of Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges in Peru: History, Challenges, and Opportunities by Carlos Cacciuttolo, Esteban Muñoz, Andrés Sotil

“…Thus, Peru historically developed a road network and bridges during the Inca Empire in the Tawantinsuyu region, building a cobblestone road network and suspension bridges with rope cables made of plant fibers from vegetation called Coya-Ichu. This is how bridges in Peru have evolved to meet contemporary vehicular demands and provide structural stability and functionality throughout their useful life. …”
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Histologic and histochemical studies on the palpebra tertia of holstein and brown swiss cows by Murat Boydak

“…Varying degrees of pigmentation was observed over the free margin, palpebra I and bulbar aspects ol the PT in cows Elastic.reticular and collagen fibers were observed under Ihe epithelium and deeper parts of the lamina propria,Plasma cells were lound in groups in the connective (issue of the free margin,palpebral and bulbar aspects.and intralobular and interlobular interstitium of the GPTS and GPTP, Myoepithelial cells were found to be located in the corpus glandulae and walls ol the ducts systems of both GPTS and GPTP.…”
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Simultaneous determination of 11 kinds of siloxanes in drinking water and source water using solid-phase microextraction combined with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry by Sijie Liu, Jie Ma, Su Jiang

“…The extraction efficiency of four commercially available SPME fibers was evaluated. The results showed that divinylbenzene/polydimethyl-siloxane or divinylbenzene/Carboxen/polydimethylsiloxane was the best coating for the extraction of siloxane.ResultsThis method provided good linearity (r > 0.9946) and precision (RSD% <8.0%) with the minimum detection mass concentration ranging from 0.008 to 0.025 μg/L under the optimized extraction and GC-MS/MS analysis conditions. …”
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Hypermethylation of Hif3a and Ifltd1 is associated with atrial remodeling in pressure-overload murine model by Keiko Abe, Tetsuo Sasano, Yurie Soejima, Haruhisa Fukayama, Shigeru Maeda, Tetsushi Furukawa

“…After 14 days, the TAC-operated mice showed a significant increase in the atrium/body weight ratio and deposition of collagen fibers in the atria. A comprehensive analysis using RNA-sequencing (RNA-Seq) and methyl-CpG-binding domain sequencing (MBD-Seq) in the left atrial tissue identified Hif3a and Ifltd1 as showing increased DNA methylation in their promoter regions and decreased RNA expression. …”
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A peripheral subepithelial network for chemotactile processing in the predatory sea slug Pleurobranchaea californica. by Tigran Norekian, Yichen Liu, Ekaterina D Gribkova, Jilai Cui, Rhanor Gillette

“…Anti-tubulin and phalloidin staining showed connections to branching nervelets and muscle fibers for contraction and expansion of papillae. …”
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Placenta Creta: A Spectrum of Lesions Associated with Shallow Placental Implantation by Jerzy Stanek

“…On placental histology, placenta creta (PC) ranges from clinical placenta percreta through placenta increta and accreta (clinical and occult) to myometrial fibers with intervening decidua. This retrospective study aimed to investigate the clinicopathologic correlations of these lesions. …”
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Optimizing UHPC Layers to Improve Punching Shear Performance in Concrete Slabs by Ahmed A. Hassoon, Rafea F. Hassan, Husam H. Hussein

“…UHPC has a higher tensile strength than NSC and, when appropriately reinforced with steel fibers, exhibits strain hardening after initial cracking. …”
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Modulatory Action by the Serotonergic System: Behavior and Neurophysiology in Drosophila melanogaster by Zana R. Majeed, Esraa Abdeljaber, Robin Soveland, Kristin Cornwell, Aubrey Bankemper, Felicitas Koch, Robin L. Cooper

“…In addition, the activity of 5-HT neurons was enhanced by expressing and activating TrpA1 channels or channelrhodopsin-2 while recording the evoked excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) in muscle fibers. 5-HT2 receptor activation mediates a modulatory role in a sensory-motor circuit, and the activation of 5-HT neurons can suppress the neural circuit activity, while fluoxetine can significantly decrease the sensory-motor activity.…”
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Bioimpedance as an alternative tool for subjective, visual scoring of a prevalent ham quality defect by Abie Sisay Mebre, Suliga Paweł, Egelandsdal Bjørg, Münch Daniel

“…PSE-like meat is linked to a common pork defect and can be caused by rapid post-mortem damage of muscle fibers. This damage can again be linked to various factors, such as a low ultimate pH or a higher slaughter weight. …”
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Optimization of Alkaline Solution-Pure Water Combined Rehydration Process for Dried Cuttlefish and Its Texture Properties before and after Rehydrating by Junhao GU, Mingyu YIN, Xichang WANG

“…The rehydration treatment reduced the hardness, gumminess and chewiness of dried cuttlefish while the springiness increased significantly (P<0.05), and resulted in structural folding of myofibrillar protein, and enlarged the gaps between muscle fibers. Conclusion: This study clarifies the optimal rehydration parameters of dried cuttlefish and improves its textural properties to provide theoretical reference for the high-quality processing and utilization of dried cuttlefish.…”
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