Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Ferula assafoetida Oleo-Gum-Resin (Asafoetida) against TNF-α-Stimulated Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVECs) by Leila Mobasheri, Mohsen Khorashadizadeh, Hossein Safarpour, Maryam Mohammadi, Gholamreza Anani Sarab, Vahid Reza Askari

“…Taken together, the results indicated that EEA prevented ROS generation, triggered by TNF-α, and inhibited the expression of VCAM-1 and ICAM-1, leading to reduced PBMC adhesion. These findings suggest that EEA can probably have anti-inflammatory properties.…”
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Hydrolysis of fish waste using fruit wastes of Ananas comosus and Carica papaya for the formulation of liquid fertilizers by RHAA Ranasinghe, BTSDP Kannagara, RMCS Ratnayake

“…Conclusion Hydrolysis of fish waste using the fruit wastes of A. comosus and C. papaya could be effectively used as an organic fertilizer for the growth of B. alba that leads towards sustainable waste management.…”
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Impact of nanoparticles (B4C-Al2O3) on mechanical, wear, fracture behavior and machining properties of formwork grade Al7075 composites by T. B. Prakash, M. Gangadharappa, Santhosh Somashekar, M. Ravikumar

“…Outcomes show that, increasing the wt. % of nano-Al2O3/B4C leads to higher machining force and surface roughness (Ra) of MMCs. …”
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Gardenoside attenuates Staphylococcus aureus-induced mastitis by inhibiting inflammation and ferroptosis through Nrf2/SLC7A11/GPX4 signaling pathway by Guoqing Sui, Wei Jiang, Lianyue Guan

“…However, the overuse of antibiotics leads to bacterial resistance and antibiotic residues. …”
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Flood hazard monitoring and modeling systems for improving climate risk management using machine learning and geospatial models in the Hennops River catchment, Centurion, South Afr... by Paidamwoyo Mhangara, Eskinder Gidey, Matilda Mbazo

“…Abstract Climate change has adversely affected precipitation patterns, leading to increased flooding. However, in most African countries, conventional methods of flood hazard monitoring have hindered risk-reduction measures due to operational challenges, technological constraints, and data gaps. …”
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Neutrality or Involvement? World War II and Evolution of Foreign Policy Concepts of the Nordic Countries by E. V. Korunova

“…However, this project had not been implemented, because it faced both cool reactions from the leaders of Norway and Denmark and suspicion from the leading powers. According to the author, the fundamental reason for the failure of that project was that Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland sought support and protection from different, opposing great powers. …”
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Identification of novel RIPK4 variants in a Chinese patient with Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC) by Yi-Lei Lu, Meng-wei Liu, Jie-Yuan Jin, Ding Pan

“…Abstract Background Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC) is a congenital disorder characterized by multiple joint involvement, primarily affecting limb mobility and leading to various tissue contractures. Variations in the RIPK4 gene may impact connective tissues, thereby resulting in a spectrum of malformations. …”
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Transition towards circular economy: Exploiting open innovation for circular product development by Juan I. Dorrego-Viera, Andrea Urbinati, Valentina Lazzarotti

“…In addition, among the open innovation practices, the inbound ones, such as sourcing external knowledge and ideas, support companies to overcome these technical challenges, by leading to more innovative and higher-quality products, enhanced reputation, collaboration, and cost reduction. …”
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Association of functional variants in miRNA genes with the risk of coronary heart disease by Taqweem Ul Haq, Muhammad Riaz Khan, Sajjad Ali, Tariq Aziz, Thamer H. Albekairi, Aftab Ali Shah

“…Abstract Background Cardiovascular diseases, especially coronary heart disease (CHD), are currently the leading cause of mortality and morbidity. Environmental and genetic factors contribute to the pathophysiology of CHD. …”
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Our experience of treatment of purulent arthritis in lower extremities after burn injury by B.M. Shakirov, D.Sh. Karabaev, S.X. Zoxidova, Sh. Ziyadullaev

“…Background: The burn wound is directly affected by the general condition of the patient and also has a direct impact on the same leading to conditions pathology of the musculoskeletal system. …”
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Role of brain tissue oxygenation (PbtO2) in the management of subarachnoid haemorrhage: a scoping review protocol by Mauro Oddo, Fabio Silvio Taccone, Marco Fiore, Jacques Creteur, Elisa Bogossian

“…Introduction In patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH), the initial brain oedema and increased blood volume can cause an increase in intracranial pressure (ICP) leading to impaired cerebral perfusion and tissue hypoxia. …”
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Reasons for Delay in Seeking Care for Tuberculosis, Republic of Armenia, 2006–2007 by Dana Schneider, Scott J. N. McNabb, Marina Safaryan, Vladimir Davidyants, Ludmila Niazyan, Sona Orbelyan

“…Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. …”
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The effect of cervical length on procedure time and VAS pain score in office hysteroscopy by Cenk Soysal, Onur Ince, Yasemin Taşçı

“…Cervical length was a significant predictor of VAS pain scores (β = 0.167, p < 0.001), with each millimeter increase leading to a 0.167-unit rise. While univariate analysis showed a negative association between age and VAS scores (β = -0.299, p = 0.035), this was not significant in the multivariate model (p = 0.586). …”
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Investigating Relationships between Balance Confidence and Balance Ability in Older Adults by Lara A. Thompson, Mehdi Badache, Joao Augusto Renno Brusamolin, Marzieh Savadkoohi, Jelani Guise, Gabriel Velluto de Paiva, Pius Suh, Pablo Sanchez Guerrero, Devdas Shetty

“…In addition, seven participants with a higher risk of imbalance leading to falls (survivors of stroke) were also trained. …”
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Synergy of Environmental Education Programs at The Bodogol Nature Conservation Education Center, Complementing The Independent Curriculum at Junior High Schools by Hapriza Aprilia, Rinekso Soekmadi, Hadi Susilo Arifin

“…The research problem is that PPKAB’s programs are not fully integrated, leading to suboptimal use and stagnant development. …”
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Expression Levels of IL-17A, IL-17F, IL-17RA, and IL-17RC in Prostate Cancer with Taking into Account the Histological Grade according to Gleason Scale in Comparison to Benign Pros... by Marlena Janiczek, Łukasz Szylberg, Paulina Antosik, Anna Kasperska, Andrzej Marszałek

“…Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most commonly diagnosed malignant tumor and the fifth leading cause of cancer death in men in the world. …”
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Mining label-free consistency regularization for noisy facial expression recognition by Yumei Tan, Haiying Xia, Shuxiang Song

“…However, these approaches primarily depend on labels, leading to confirmation bias issues and performance degradation. …”
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Novel Node Centrality-Based Efficient Empirical Robustness Assessment for Directed Network by Xiaolong Deng, Hao Ding, Yong Chen, Cai Chen, Tiejun Lv

“…To the best knowledge of us, our research has drawn some new light on the leading edge of robustness on the directed social network.…”
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Analysis of the Relationship between the Density and Lane-Changing Behavior of Circular Multilane Urban Expressway in Mixed Traffic by Han Xie, Juanxiu Zhu, Huawei Duan

“…The analysis of the experimental results found the following: (1) The increase in penetration of autonomous vehicles leads to a certain degree of downward trend in density, the rate of changing into the lanes, and the rate of changing out lanes. (2) Different lanes have different effects on the penetration of autonomous vehicles. …”
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DualCFGL: dual-channel fusion global and local features for sequential recommendation by Shuxu Chen, Yuanyuan Liu, Chao Che, Ziqi Wei, Zhaoqian Zhong

“…However, existing methods have limitations in observing local preferences, which leads to an incomplete consideration of the local preferences. …”
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