Analysis of Nanostructures and Wettability of Marine Shale in Southern China, Based on Different Fractal Models by Yang Wang, Baoyuan Zhong, Yunsheng Zhang, Yanming Zhu, Meng Wang

“…The wetting behavior of shale oil and gas on shale surfaces is determined by the interplay of organic matter (OM), mineral composition, and the intricate pore network structure of the shale. …”
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Enhanced Production and Characterization of a Solvent Stable Amylase from Solvent Tolerant Bacillus tequilensis RG-01: Thermostable and Surfactant Resistant by Soni Tiwari, Neha Shukla, Pooja Mishra, Rajeeva Gaur

“…This isolate (Bacillus tequilensis RG-01) may be useful in several industrial applications owing to its thermotolerant and organic solvents and surfactants resistance characteristics.…”
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Quasi-vertically asymmetric channels of graphene oxide membrane for ultrafast ion sieving by Changdao Han, Jie Jiang, Liuhua Mu, Wenhui Zhao, Junfan Liu, Jian Lan, Shouyuan Hu, Huan Yang, Shan Gao, Feng Zhou, Junlang Chen, Yan Fan, Xiangmei Duan, Pei Li, Liang Chen

“…Abstract The high performance of two-dimensional (2D) channel membranes is generally achieved by preparing ultrathin or forming short channels with less tortuous transport through self-assembly of small flakes, demonstrating potential for highly efficient water desalination and purification, gas and ion separation, and organic solvent waste treatment. Here, we report the construction of vertical channels in graphene oxide (GO) membrane based on a substrate template with asymmetric pores. …”
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Stromal Derived Factor-1/CXCR4 Axis Involved in Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Recruitment to Injured Liver by Kuai Xiao Ling, Li Peng, Zhang Jian Feng, Cao Wei, Yuan Wei Yan, Shao Nan, Guan Cheng Qi, Wang Zhi Wei

“…Stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) participates in BMSCs homing and migration into injury organs. We try to investigate the role of SDF-1 signaling in BMSCs migration towards injured liver. …”
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Cost-effective whole-cell biosynthesis of ursodeoxycholic acid using engineered Escherichia coli with a multienzyme cascade by Xue Zhang, Xue Zhang, Jiagang Xin, Mengyu Liu, Mengyu Liu, Yue Zhang, Yue Zhang, Haoni Luan, Haoni Luan, Wei Feng, Wei Feng, Fei Wang, Fei Wang, Wei Xu, Wei Xu, Peng Song, Peng Song

“…This study systematically optimized the reaction parameters, including temperature, pH, and the addition of organic solvents and surfactants, for the whole-cell catalytic synthesis of UDCA by UCA23, and at the 2 L level, a UDCA conversion rate of 99% was achieved with 100 mM CDCA in 2 h, which is the highest level of conversion of a high-concentration CDCA substrate reported to date.…”
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Recurrence of a t(8;21)-Positive Acute Myeloid Leukemia in the Form of a Granulocytic Sarcoma Involving Cranial Bones: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge by Ambra Di Veroli, Alessandro Micarelli, Mariagiovanna Cefalo, Eleonora Ceresoli, Daniela Nasso, Laura Cicconi, Simone Mauramati, Fabrizio Ottaviani, Adriano Venditti, Sergio Amadori

“…GS presentation is extremely variable depending on organs involved; in general, cranial bones and sinus are very rarely affected sites. …”
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Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Neisseria gonorrhoeae among Suspected Patients Attending Private Clinics in Jimma, Ethiopia by Addisu Sahile, Lule Teshager, Minale Fekadie, Mulatu Gashaw

“…All of the identified organisms were susceptible to ceftriaxone and had high resistance to penicillin (80.6%) and tetracycline (54.8%). …”
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A link between phenotypic robustness and life expectancy in Drosophila melanogaster by L. P. Zakharenko, D. V. Petrovskii, I. G. Dranov, S. A. Fedorova, N. S. Yudin, A. V. Pindyurin, Y. M.  Moshkin

“…Considering lifespan as phenotype, which integrates all functions of an organism, we showed that its phenotypic robustness correlates positively with life expectancy. …”
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Insecticide chlorfenapyr confers induced toxicity in human cells through mitochondria-dependent pathways of apoptosis by Longfei Wang, Zheng Qu, Yifan Xu, Guangqing Yu, Xiangyang Liu, Meizi Wang, Shiheng An, Xinming Yin, Risong Na, Youwu Hao

“…Pesticides are always used in the environment, the unexpected effects of pesticides on the environment and non-target organisms need to be continuously studied. Insecticide chlorfenapyr (Chl) is widely used in agriculture and also recommended for public health use (e.g., providing protection from malaria). …”
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Will the Increasing of Anthropogenic Pressures Reduce the Biopotential Value of Sponges? by Hedi Indra Januar, Asri Pratitis, Aditya Bramandito

“…Production of bioactive compounds from marine benthic organisms is suggested to relate ecologically with environment. …”
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Assessing Customer Needs Using a Hybrid Technique Including QFD and DEMATEL in Fuzzy Conditions (Case Study: Service Company RAZI Industrial Town: Industrial Town Corporation Isfah... by Seyed Mohammad Reza Davoodi, Mohammad Ebrahim Khatami

“…On the other hand, organizations that seek to meet customer expectations and needs are forced to use the tools and systems that they have. …”
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IgG4-Related Sclerosing Disease Causing Spinal Cord Compression: The First Reported Case in Literature by Nooraldin Merza, Ahmed Taha, John Lung, Anthony W. Benderman, Stephen E. Wright

“…It can also affect the gallbladder, salivary glands, and lacrimal glands causing respective organ-specific complications. In our report, we describe an IgG4-RD case that affected the spinal cord. …”
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Unveiling Microbiota Profiles in Saliva and Pancreatic Tissues of Patients with Pancreatic Cancer by Alper Uguz, Can Muftuoglu, Ufuk Mert, Tufan Gumus, Deniz Ece, Milad Asadi, Ozlem Ulusan Bagci, Ayse Caner

“…The pancreas, previously considered a sterile organ, has recently been shown to harbor its own microbiota that may influence tumor biology and patient outcomes. …”
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Multilocus Sequence Typing for Interpreting Blood Isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis by Prannda Sharma, Ashley E. Satorius, Marika R. Raff, Adriana Rivera, Duane W. Newton, John G. Younger

“…Our data mirror previous studies examining the presence or absence of pathogenic genes in that the overlap between truly significant organisms and contaminants appears to prevent the use of MLST in the clarification of blood cultures recovering S. epidermidis.…”
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Photocatalytic Degradation of Aniline Using TiO2 Nanoparticles in a Vertical Circulating Photocatalytic Reactor by F. Shahrezaei, Y. Mansouri, A. A. L. Zinatizadeh, A. Akhbari

“…The results of the experiments indicated that it can therefore be potentially applied for the treatment of wastewater contaminated by different organic pollutants.…”
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Low Grade Islet but Marked Exocrine Pancreas Inflammation in an Adult with Autoimmune Pre-Diabetes by Hiroshi Nomoto, Tatyana Gurlo, Madeline Rosenberger, Mark D. Girgis, Sarah Dry, Peter C. Butler

“…We obtained pancreas from an individual with pre-T1D obtained at surgery and addressed the question, what is the relative inflammation in the exocrine and endocrine pancreas in pre-T1D in the absence of the potential confounding changes at autopsy or in brain dead organ donors. Pancreas was removed surgically from a 36 year woman for benign neuroendocrine tumors (NET). …”
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Decoding VExUS: a practical guide for excelling in point-of-care ultrasound assessment of venous congestion by Taweevat Assavapokee, Philippe Rola, Nicha Assavapokee, Abhilash Koratala

“…Abstract Venous congestion, often associated with elevated right atrial pressure presents a clinical challenge due to its varied manifestations and potential organ damage. Recognizing the manifestations of venous congestion through bedside physical examination or laboratory tests can be challenging. …”
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Greenhouse Gases Emissions from Wastewater Treatment Plants: Minimization, Treatment, and Prevention by J. L. Campos, D. Valenzuela-Heredia, A. Pedrouso, A. Val del Río, M. Belmonte, A. Mosquera-Corral

“…In this study, three possible ways to reduce these emissions are discussed and analyzed: (1) minimization through the change of operational conditions, (2) treatment of the gaseous streams, and (3) prevention by applying new configurations and processes to remove both organic matter and pollutants. In current WWTPs, to modify the operational conditions of existing units reveals itself as possibly the most economical way to decrease N2O and CO2 emissions without deterioration of effluent quality. …”
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Improving Survival in Decompensated Cirrhosis by Amar Nath Mukerji, Vishal Patel, Ashokkumar Jain

“…Mortality in cirrhosis is consequent of decompensation, only treatment being timely liver transplantation. Organ allocation is prioritized for the sickest patients based on Model for End Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score. …”
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The “Trojan Horse” Approach to Tumor Immunotherapy: Targeting the Tumor Microenvironment by Delia Nelson, Scott Fisher, Bruce Robinson

“…Numerous studies have demonstrated that intratumoural therapy has the capacity to minimizing local suppression, inducing sufficient “dangerous” tumor cell death to cross-prime strong immune responses, and rending tumor blood vessels amenable to immune cell traffic to induce effector cell changes in secondary lymphoid organs. However, the key to its success is the design of a sound rational approach based on evidence. …”
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