Applying microbial biostimulants and drought-tolerant genotypes to enhance barley growth and yield under drought stress by Mohamed Ferioun, Mohamed Ferioun, Ilham Zouitane, Said Bouhraoua, Yasmine Elouattassi, Douae Belahcen, Abdellatif Errabbani, Said Louahlia, Riyaz Sayyed, Naïma El Ghachtouli

“…Barley, a staple crop consumed and cultivated globally, is particularly susceptible to the detrimental effects of drought stress, leading to reduced yield production. Water scarcity adversely affects multiple aspects of barley growth, including seed germination, biomass production, shoot and root characteristics, water and osmotic status, photosynthesis, and induces oxidative stress, resulting in considerable losses in grain yield and its components. …”
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IL-1β-Induced Matrix Metalloprotease-1 Promotes Mesenchymal Stem Cell Migration via PAR1 and G-Protein-Coupled Signaling Pathway by Ming-Siou Chen, Cheng-Yu Lin, Yun-Hsuan Chiu, Chie-Pein Chen, Pei-Jiun Tsai, Hwai-Shi Wang

“…MMP-1 siRNA transfected MSCs, and MSC pretreatment with IL-1β inhibitor interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1RA), MMP tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 (TIMP1), tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 2 (TIMP2), MMP-1 inhibitor GM6001, and protease-activated receptor 1 (PAR1) inhibitor SCH79797 confirms that PAR1 protein signaling pathway leads to IL-1β-induced cell migration. In conclusion, IL-1β promotes the secretion of MMP-1, which then activates the PAR1 and G-protein-coupled signal pathways to promote mesenchymal stem cell migration.…”
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Targeting cryptic allosteric sites of G protein-coupled receptors as a novel strategy for biased drug discovery by Xin Qiao, Xiaolong Li, Mingyang Zhang, Ning Liu, Yanmei Wu, Shaoyong Lu, Ting Chen

“…Targeting more variable allosteric sites, which are spatially different from the highly conserved orthosteric sites, represents a novel approach in biased GPCR drug discovery, leading to innovative strategies for targeting GPCRs. …”
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Comparison of Coupled and Uncoupled Modeling of Floating Wind Farms with Shared Anchors by Katherine Coughlan, Ericka Lozon, Matthew Hall, Bruce Martin, Sanjay Arwade

“…The inclusion of wakes in FAST.Farm also reduces the net load on the shared anchor due to the velocity deficit, leading to larger differences between OpenFAST and FAST.Farm (up to 3% difference in mean loads) for load cases with operational turbines.…”
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Ultrastructure of Placenta of Gravidas with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus by Qian Meng, Li Shao, Xiucui Luo, Yingping Mu, Wen Xu, Chao Gao, Li Gao, Jiayin Liu, Yugui Cui

“…Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) leads to an abnormal placental environment which may cause some structural alterations of placenta and affect placental development and function. …”
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Bibliometric analysis of trends in dental management of the children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) by Kanwalpreet Kaur, Ravinder S. Saini, Syed Altafuddin Quadri, Gustavo Vicentis Oliveira Fernandes, Anna Avetisyan, Seyed Ali Mosaddad, Artak Heboyan

“…This study also revealed that most articles involved multinational collaborations, highlighting the global scope of dental research. The United States leads in terms of research output and citations, followed by India and China. …”
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Study on the effects of fissure geometric characteristics on the mechanical behavior and failure mechanism of granite under uniaxial compression test by Zhaolong Sang, Donghui Ma, Yaoyao Meng, Qian Yin, Xiaowei Liu, Zhimin Sun, Wei Wang

“…The crack path and failure mode are significantly affected by the change of fissure angle and spacing, while the increase of fissure length and width leads to more rapid failure and lower peak mechanical response. …”
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Semantic Image Synthesis via Class-Adaptive Cross-Attention by Tomaso Fontanini, Claudio Ferrari, Giuseppe Lisanti, Massimo Bertozzi, Andrea Prati

“…Thus, they tend to overlook global image statistics, ultimately leading to unconvincing local style editing and causing global inconsistencies such as color or illumination distribution shifts. …”
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Asynchronous Realization of Algebraic Integer-Based 2D DCT Using Achronix Speedster SPD60 FPGA by Nilanka Rajapaksha, Amila Edirisuriya, Arjuna Madanayake, Renato J. Cintra, Dennis Onen, Ihab Amer, Vassil S. Dimitrov

“…AI DCT is implemented and tested on asynchronous quasi delay-insensitive logic, using Achronix SPD60 field programmable gate array (FPGA), which leads to lower complexity, higher speed of operation, and insensitivity to process-voltage-temperature variations. …”
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C9ORF72 poly-PR induces TDP-43 nuclear condensation via NEAT1 and is modulated by HSP70 activity by Diksha Agnihotri, Chi-Chang Lee, Po-Chao Lu, Ruei-Yu He, Yung-An Huang, Hung-Chih Kuo, Joseph Jen-Tse Huang

“…Under prolonged poly-PR stress, HSP70 delocalizes from TDP-43 NCs, leading to the oligomerization of TDP-43 within these condensates. …”
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Multiscale Thermal Hydraulic Study under the Inadvertent Safety Injection System Operation Scenario of Typical Pressurized Water Reactor by Mingjun Wang, Qiaolin Zuo, Hao Yu, Wenxi Tian, G. H. Su, Suizheng Qiu

“…It implies the formation of great temperature gradient on the inlet nozzles and RPV wall, leading to the localized stresses and propagation of possible flaws that appeared in the material. …”
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Multi-feature enhancement based on sparse networks for single-stage 3D object detection by Zunwang Ke, Chenyu Lin, Tao Zhang, Tingting Jia, Minghua Du, Gang Wang, Yugui Zhang

“…Analysis of the results leads to the conclusion that our solutions provide accurate and robust detection results. …”
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Michigan tobacco cessation champions: A rapid qualitative analysis by Devin C. Tomlinson, Chelsea Wilkins, Natalie Bayrakdarian, Frank Dolecki Jr., Erin E. Bonar, Anne Fernandez, Golfo Tzilos Wernette, Lara N. Coughlin

“…Background: Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. …”
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Detecting glacial lake water quality indicators from RGB surveillance images via deep learning by Zijian Lu, Xueyan Zhu, Jinfeng Li, Mingyue Li, Jie Wang, Wenqiang Wang, Yili Zheng, Qianggong Zhang

“…Global warming has accelerated glacier retreat, subsequently leading to the formation of glacial lakes in high-altitude mountainous regions. …”
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The IVIG treatment response in autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes type 2 with anti-GAD65 antibody-associated stiff person syndrome: a case report and literature review by Yulong Yang, Hailin Jiang, Wenming Yang, Wenming Yang, Wenming Yang, Han Wang, Han Wang, Meixia Wang, Meixia Wang, Xiang Li, Peng Huang, Shuzhen Fang, Wenjie Hao, Yue Yang, Furong Zhao, Wei He

“…Most practicing neurologists encounter only one or two cases of APS-2 combined with anti-GAD65 antibody-associated SPS in their careers, resulting in underdiagnosis and undertreatment, leading to severe disability and suffering. This case report describes a young male who initially exhibited hair loss, vitiligo, and previously unreported eosinophilia. …”
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Purine-rich element binding protein alpha: a DNA/RNA binding protein with multiple roles in cancers by Shiyi Yu, Chengyang Jiang, Yawen Yang, Fei Cheng, Fangchen Liu, Chang Liu, Xue Gong

“…Therefore, dysregulation of DNA/RNA binding proteins such as purine-rich element binding protein alpha (PURα) disrupts signaling transduction and often leads to human diseases including cancer. PURα was initially recognized as a tumor suppressor in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and prostate cancer (PC). …”
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Prevalence of Precancerous Conditions and Gastric Cancer Based upon the National Cancer Screening Program in Korea for 7 Years, Single Center Experience by Ji Hyuk Kang, Yun Jeong Lim, Jung Hyun Kang, Jae Nam Yang, Seung Min Shin, Jae Hyeuk Choi, Jin Ho Lee

“…Gastric cancer is the second most prevalent cancer and the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Korea. The National Cancer Screening Program (NCSP) has implemented esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) biennially for all Koreans starting in their 40s. …”
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Inhibition of high glucose-induced cardiac fibroblast activation: an effective treatment for diabetic cardiomyopathy using Chinese herbal medicine by Bin Wan, Jing Hu, Yue Luo, Yutong Han, Yaowen Zhang, Qinchuan Huang, Yulin Leng, Chunguang Xie, Chunguang Xie

“…MF, as one of the pathological features of DCM at the end stage, is the key factor of poor prognosis leading to ventricular wall stiffness and heart failure, which affects the clinical process and outcome of patients. …”
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Antibacterial properties of substituted phenethylamine-based β-lactam derivatives in oral infections by Merve Yildirim, Elif Aksakal, Taha Yasin Bayram, Eda Irmak, Harun Gun, Bunyamin Ozgeris, Arzu Gormez

“…These bacteria act as opportunistic pathogens, potentially leading to serious diseases. Moreover, antibiotic resistance is developing in these pathogenic bacteria, limiting treatment options. β-lactam antibiotics are particularly important due to their broad spectrum and selective toxicity. …”
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Structural Design and Testing of a Corn Header for Soybean–Corn Intercropping by Zhipeng Cao, Qiqiang Li, Linfeng Chen, Yang Zhou, Junshan Nie, Qi Chen, Yuanfeng Xiao, Shaohao Zhou, Lihua Zhang

“…By analyzing the corn stalks and the growth conditions of the corn, efforts were made to reduce the loss rate of kernels during harvesting, leading to a structural design of the header frame tailored for the strip intercropping mode. …”
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