Microplastic-enhanced chromium toxicity in Scenedesmus obliquus: Synergistic effects on algal growth and biochemical responses by Luoxin Li, Jiani Yu, Yonghua Ma, Hui Tan, Fengxia Tan, Yi Chai, Hui Zhang

“…Transcriptomic analysis illuminated the complex regulatory mechanisms, indicating that toxicity primarily modulates metabolic pathways essential for photosynthesis, oxidative phosphorylation, the TCA cycle, and ribosome function in Scenedesmus obliquus. …”
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An Integrated Image Encryption Scheme Based on Elliptic Curve by Ijaz Khalid, Tariq Shah, Sayed M. Eldin, Dawood Shah, Muhammad Asif, Imran Saddique

“…In the encryption algorithm, the confusion module is achieved by affine power affine transformation. …”
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Insights into excitonic behavior in single-atom covalent organic frameworks for efficient photo-Fenton-like pollutant degradation by Chao Zhu, Mingzheng Yang, Bo Jiang, Lun Lu, Qile Fang, Yong Zheng, Shuang Song, Baoliang Chen, Yi Shen

“…This work provides insights into modulating excitonic behavior in single-atom catalysts via linker engineering for EOCs degradation.…”
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Engagement of the Mannose Receptor by Tumoral Mucins Activates an Immune Suppressive Phenotype in Human Tumor-Associated Macrophages by P. Allavena, M. Chieppa, G. Bianchi, G. Solinas, M. Fabbri, G. Laskarin, A. Mantovani

“…Tumor-Associated Macrophages (TAMs) are abundantly present in the stroma of solid tumors and modulate several important biological processes, such as neoangiogenesis, cancer cell proliferation and invasion, and suppression of adaptive immune responses. …”
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Blockade of Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway Aggravated Silica-Induced Lung Inflammation through Tregs Regulation on Th Immune Responses by Wujing Dai, Fangwei Liu, Chao Li, Yiping Lu, Xiaowei Lu, Sitong Du, Ying Chen, Dong Weng, Jie Chen

“…Recent studies showed that Wnt/β-catenin pathway could modulate the function and the differentiation of CD4+ T cells. …”
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SerpensGate-YOLOv8: an enhanced YOLOv8 model for accurate plant disease detection by Yongzheng Miao, Yongzheng Miao, Wei Meng, Wei Meng, Xiaoyu Zhou, Xiaoyu Zhou

“…Key enhancements include the incorporation of Dynamic Snake Convolution (DySnakeConv) into the C2F module, which improves the detection of intricate features in complex structures, and the integration of the SPPELAN module, combining Spatial Pyramid Pooling (SPP) and Efficient Local Aggregation Network (ELAN) for superior feature extraction and fusion. …”
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A Spatial-Temporal Self-Attention Network (STSAN) for Location Prediction by Shuang Wang, AnLiang Li, Shuai Xie, WenZhu Li, BoWei Wang, Shuai Yao, Muhammad Asif

“…In STSAN, we design a trajectory attention module to learn users’ dynamic trajectory representation, which includes three modules: location attention, which captures the location sequential transitions with self-attention; spatial attention, which captures user’s preference for geographic location; and temporal attention, which captures the user temporal activity preference. …”
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Detection of cervical cell based on multi-scale spatial information by Gang Li, Xinyu Fan, Chuanyun Xu, Pengfei Lv, Ru Wang, Zihan Ruan, Zheng Zhou, Yang Zhang

“…Secondly, the Channel Attention Enhanced Module (CAE) is introduced to achieve channel-level weighted processing, dynamically optimizing each output feature using channel weights to focus on critical features. …”
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Dual-Granularity Feature Alignment for Change Detection in Remote Sensing Images by Feng Zhou, Xinyu Zhang, Hui Shuai, Renlong Hang, Shanshan Zhu, Tianyu Geng

“…Then, a spatial alignment module is introduced to use the estimated transformation field to accomplish bitemporal feature registration. …”
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Cross-Line Fusion of Ground Penetrating Radar for Full-Space Localization of External Defects in Drainage Pipelines by Yuanjin Fang, Feng Yang, Xu Qiao, Maoxuan Xu, Liang Fang, Jialin Liu, Fanruo Li

“…The system incorporates MEMS-IMU, encoder modules, and ultrasonic ranging modules to control the GPR antenna for axial and circumferential scanning. …”
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Cryo-EM structure of the calcium-sensing receptor complexed with the kokumi substance γ-glutamyl-valyl-glycine by Hiroki Yamaguchi, Seiji Kitajima, Hiroshi Suzuki, Shota Suzuki, Kouki Nishikawa, Akiko Kamegawa, Yoshinori Fujiyoshi, Kazutoshi Takahashi, Uno Tagami, Yutaka Maruyama, Motonaka Kuroda, Masayuki Sugiki

“…This study focuses on the taste modifier γ-glutamyl-valyl-glycine (γ-EVG), a potent kokumi substance that enhances taste and koku perception by modulating the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR). We used cryo-electron microscopy to determine the structure of the CaSR/γ-EVG complex at a resolution of 3.55 Å. …”
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Assessing the effectiveness of using electronic distance learning methods and the relationship with the results of the Bennett and Unified State Exam tests by Maksim S. Ivanov, Lyudmila V. Vinogradova, Vera A. Patrina, Oksana V. Makarova

“…The results of the study show that there is a correlation between the use of electronic distance modules and the success of students on the Bennett test and the Unified State Exam in physics. …”
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An Efficient Retinal Fluid Segmentation Network Based on Large Receptive Field Context Capture for Optical Coherence Tomography Images by Hang Qi, Weijiang Wang, Hua Dang, Yueyang Chen, Minli Jia, Xiaohua Wang

“…LKMU-Lite integrates a Decoupled Large Kernel Attention (DLKA) module that captures both local patterns and long-range dependencies, thereby enhancing feature representation. …”
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An algorithm for cardiac disease detection based on the magnetic resonance imaging by Heng Li, Qingni Yuan, Yi Wang, Pengju Qu, Chunhui Jiang, Hu Kuang

“…Firstly, the standard Spatial Pyramid Pooling Fast module is replaced with a Multi-Channel Spatial Pyramid Pooling module. …”
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Application of information technologies in teaching of mathematics in Vilnius College in higher education by Jovita Saldauskienė, Vytautas Virkutis

“…There were made the following conclusions: Mathematics teaching module in college in higher education is expedient to use emphasizing on practically applied subject. …”
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Electrophysiological approaches to informing therapeutic interventions with deep brain stimulation by Atefeh Asadi, Alex I. Wiesman, Christoph Wiest, Sylvain Baillet, Huiling Tan, Muthuraman Muthuraman

“…Abstract Neuromodulation therapy comprises a range of non-destructive and adjustable methods for modulating neural activity using electrical stimulations, chemical agents, or mechanical interventions. …”
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Long Noncoding RNAs-Related Diseases, Cancers, and Drugs by Jen-Yang Tang, Jin-Ching Lee, Yung-Ting Chang, Ming-Feng Hou, Hurng-Wern Huang, Chih-Chuang Liaw, Hsueh-Wei Chang

“…Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) function is described in terms of related gene expressions, diseases, and cancers as well as their polymorphisms. Potential modulators of lncRNA function, including clinical drugs, natural products, and derivatives, are discussed, and bioinformatic resources are summarized. …”
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Development and assessment of an intestinal tri-cellular model to investigate the pro/anti-inflammatory potential of digested foods by Marina Ramal-Sanchez, Chiara Bravo-Trippetta, Veronica D’Antonio, Elena Corvaglia, Angela A. M. Kämpfer, Roel P. F. Schins, Mauro Serafini, Donato Angelino

“…IntroductionImmunonutrition, defined as the potential of foods, nutrients and dietary patterns to modulate the immune system activity, has been proposed as a strategy to enhance the immune response in both metabolic and immune-mediated diseases. …”
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RESULTS OF THE SHORT COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MATHEMATICAL MODELS OF INFLUENCE OF THE IONOSPHERE OF THE EARTH ON ULTRA BROADBAND SIGNALS X-RANGE by M. M. Kasperovich, V. A. Kondratyonok

“…For range portrait formation at usage ultrabroadband linearly frequency-modulated signal in radar it is necessary to consider all distortions of an electromagnetic wave on a radio route. …”
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MECHANISM OF THE CONDITIONS FOR INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES FAVORED by G. Matveev

“…As a result of a comparison of actual and normative values of the thresholds in terms of establishing a mechanism of diagnosing module for innovation, the organization draws conclusions about the weakest aspects of the creation of conditions for innovation on the basis of the economic security of the organization's performance, followed by recommendations for the improvement of conditions for the implementation of its innovation organization.…”
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