(State) empathy: how context matters by Katrin Heyers, Katrin Heyers, Robin Schrödter, Lena Sophie Pfeifer, Sebastian Ocklenburg, Sebastian Ocklenburg, Sebastian Ocklenburg, Onur Güntürkün, Ursula Stockhorst

“…Taken together, this review provides a roadmap for enhancing the efficacy of future empathy studies by: (1) outlining the current theoretical and methodological considerations for disentangling trait and state empathy; (2) organizing existing empathy measurement tools to aid researchers in selecting appropriate tools for future studies; (3) describing the interplay between bottom-up processes and top-down control mechanisms for state and trait empathy; and (4) reviewing factors that increase or decrease state empathy to prevent their potential interference and enable a more accurate assessment of empathy.…”
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Evaluating the toxicity of sea-dumped conventional and chemical munition degradation products to fish and human cells using a combination of cell viability assays by João Barbosa, Colin R. Janssen, Marijke Neyts, Koen Parmentier, Frédéric Laduron, Kris Geukens, Philippe François, Jana Asselman

“…The study also reveals inter-species and inter-organ variability in toxicity mechanisms, identifying potential adverse outcome pathways such as AOP 220. …”
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Mesh Migration into the Neobladder and Ileum with Complicated Fistula Formation following Incisional Hernia Repair by Masatsugu Kuroiwa, Masato Kitazawa, Yusuke Miyagawa, Futoshi Muranaka, Shigeo Tokumaru, Satoshi Nakamura, Makoto Koyama, Yuta Yamamoto, Nao Hondo, Takehito Ehara, Satoru Miyazaki, Hirokazu Tanaka, Yuji Soejima

“…However, its postoperative complications reportedly include mesh infection, adhesions, and fistula formation in other organs. Here, we report an extremely rare case of mesh migration into the neobladder and ileum with entero-neobladder and neobladder-cutaneous fistulas. …”
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Small-Scale Farmers’ Uptake of Eco-Friendly Vegetable Production Practices in Enugu State, Nigeria. by Ikenna Charles Ukwuaba, Chiziterem Benita Nze, Ridwan Mukaila, Sunday Ifeanyi Ukwuaba, Chukwuma Otum Ume, Emmanuel Ejiofor Omeje, Ogochukwu Gabriella Onah, Chris Nnamdi Onyekwe, Onyebuchi Jonathan Umeh

“…Results show that standard eco-friendly practices adopted by vegetable farmers included minimum/no tillage (87.0%), intercropping (64.0%), reduction of chemical inputs (64.0%), agroforestry (46%), and organic farming (33%). Most (71%) farmers were medium-level adopters of eco-friendly practices. …”
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In vivo interspecies dissemination of IncM2-type blaNDM-1 carrying plasmid by Mor N. Lurie-Weinberger, Darya Bychenko-Banyas, Meirav Mor, Sivan Laviad-Shitrit, Ella Kaplan, Nadya Rakovitsky, Alona Keren-Paz, Chaim Ben-Zvi, Yehuda Carmeli

“…In the hospital setting, resistant organisms are prevalent and selective antibiotic pressure is high, providing a supportive platform for interspecies dissemination of resistance. …”
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Grand Challenges at the Interface of Engineering and Medicine by Shankar Subramaniam, Metin Akay, Mark A. Anastasio, Vasudev Bailey, David Boas, Paolo Bonato, Ashutosh Chilkoti, Jennifer R. Cochran, Vicki Colvin, Tejal A. Desai, James S. Duncan, Frederick H. Epstein, Stephanie Fraley, Cecilia Giachelli, K. Jane Grande-Allen, Jordan Green, X. Edward Guo, Isaac B. Hilton, Jay D. Humphrey, Chris R Johnson, George Karniadakis, Michael R. King, Robert F. Kirsch, Sanjay Kumar, Cato T. Laurencin, Song Li, Richard L. Lieber, Nigel Lovell, Prashant Mali, Susan S. Margulies, David F. Meaney, Brenda Ogle, Bernhard Palsson, Nicholas A. Peppas, Eric J. Perreault, Rick Rabbitt, Lori A. Setton, Lonnie D. Shea, Sanjeev G. Shroff, Kirk Shung, Andreas S. Tolias, Marjolein C.H. van der Meulen, Shyni Varghese, Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, John A. White, Raimond Winslow, Jianyi Zhang, Kun Zhang, Charles Zukoski, Michael I. Miller

“…The themes presented in this paper include: 1) accumedicine through creation of avatars of cells, tissues, organs and whole human; 2) development of smart and responsive devices for human function augmentation; 3) exocortical technologies to understand brain function and treat neuropathologies; 4) the development of approaches to harness the human immune system for health and wellness; and 5) new strategies to engineer genomes and cells.…”
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Tannins for food preservation and human health: A review of current knowledge by Yesim Ozogul, Yilmaz Ucar, Eskindir Endalew Tadesse, Nikheel Rathod, Piotr Kulawik, Monica Trif, Tuba Esatbeyoglu, Fatih Ozogul

“…Tannins are a type of organic compound commonly found in various plant-based foods and beverages. …”
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Monitoring of Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Bacteria Isolated from Poultry Farms from 2014 to 2018 by Engy Ahmed Hamed, May Fathy Abdelaty, Hend Karam Sorour, Heba Roshdy, Mona Aly Abdelhalim AbdelRahman, Ola Magdy, Waleed Abdelfatah. Ibrahim, Ahmed Sayed, Hytham Mohamed, Mohammed Iraqi Youssef, Wafaa Mohamed Hassan, Heba Badr

“…A total of 657 different samples from internal organs (liver, heart, lung, and yolk) and paper-lining chick boxes were collected from native chicken farms which were submitted to the Reference Laboratory for Veterinary Quality Control on Poultry Production in the period from 2014 to 2018 for the detection of Salmonella, Escherichia coli (E. coli), and Staphylococcus. …”
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Evaluation and Immunolocalization of BMP4 and FGF8 in Odontogenic Cyst and Tumors by Neeti Swarup, Meghanand T. Nayak, Zoya Chowdhary, Monica Mehendiratta, Shikha Khatana, Su Jung Choi, Chandarani Sagolsem

“…The present research work investigated the expression of BMP4 and FGF8 in odontogenic tumors (OT) and cyst as well as developing tooth germs to elucidate their roles. Dental organs of various odontogenic stages and 30 OTs including solid multicystic ameloblastomas (SMA, 10 cases), ameloblastic fibroma (AF, 10 cases), odontogenic myxoma (OM, 10 cases), and odontogenic cysts: odontogenic keratocyst (OKC, 10 cases) were evaluated in both epithelial and mesenchymal components for the expression of BMP4 and FGF8 using immunohistochemistry. …”
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Elevating photovoltaic efficiency: Cobalt doping approaches with sustainable transition metal cations in lead halide perovskite solar cells by M.I. Khan, Saddam Hussain, M. Atif, J.E. Leal-Perez, B.A. García-Grajeda, J.M. Mendivil-Escalante

“…We have attempted to contribute our work to the perovskites that are still under development in the organic–inorganic world for solar cell technology. …”
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The effect of cannabis-derived terpenes on alveolar macrophage function by Patrick M. Greiss, Patrick M. Greiss, Patrick M. Greiss, Jacquelyn D. Rich, Jacquelyn D. Rich, Jacquelyn D. Rich, Geoffrey A. McKay, Dao Nguyen, Dao Nguyen, Dao Nguyen, Dao Nguyen, Mark G. Lefsrud, David H. Eidelman, David H. Eidelman, David H. Eidelman, Carolyn J. Baglole, Carolyn J. Baglole, Carolyn J. Baglole, Carolyn J. Baglole, Carolyn J. Baglole

“…Terpenes are a broad class of organic compounds that give cannabis and other plants its aroma. …”
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Edaphic factors mediate the response of nitrogen cycling and related enzymatic activities and functional genes to heavy metals: A review by Tracy Opande, Mengru Kong, Di Feng, YuHong Wen, Nathan Okoth, Ali Mohd Yatoo, Fatma Mohamed Ameen Khalil, Ahmed S. Elrys, Lei Meng, Jinbo Zhang

“…Environmental factors like soil organic carbon, soil texture, water content, temperature, soil pH, N fertilization, and redox status play significant roles in modulating the response of soil N cycling to HM contamination. …”
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Establishment of a bat lung organoid culture model for studying bat-derived infectious diseases by Mohamed Elbadawy, Nagisa Saito, Yuki Kato, Kimika Hayashi, Amira Abugomaa, Mio Kobayashi, Toshinori Yoshida, Makoto Shibutani, Masahiro Kaneda, Hideyuki Yamawaki, Kazuaki Sasaki, Tatsuya Usui, Tsutomu Omatsu

“…Organoid culture can recapitulate organ structure, functions, and diseases. The respiratory tract is one of the primary routes of viral infection, and the establishment of bat lung organoids (BLO) is necessary to study the viral susceptibility in bats. …”
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Opioid System and Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition by Marzena Łazarczyk, Dominik Skiba, Michel-Edwar Mickael, Kinga Jaskuła, Agata Nawrocka, Piotr Religa, Mariusz Sacharczuk

“…Transiently lasting EMT is desirable during wound healing, but in cancer, or vital organ fibrogenesis, EMT appears to be an obstacle to overcome, forcing to adjust treatment strategies that would reduce the risk for worsening of the disease outcome and patient prognosis. …”
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Nephronectin Is Required for Vascularization in Zebrafish and Sufficient to Promote Mammalian Vessel‐Like Structures in Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering by Chinmoy Patra, Amey Rayrikar, Ganesh Wagh, Florian Kleefeldt, Kaveh Roshanbinfar, Florian Cop, Iva Nikolic, Mirko H. H. Schmidt, Amparo Acker‐Palmer, Süleyman Ergün, Felix B. Engel

“…Background Organs and tissues need to be vascularized during development. …”
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Effect of hydrophobic corrosion inhibitor on the cement hydration and leaching resistance of shotcrete by Wei Wang, Junsong Chen, Shuang Zhao, Luping Zeng, Jingshun Cai, Song Mu, Jinxiang Hong, Min Qiao

“…In the alkaline environment of cement hydration, the hydrolysis products of organic carboxylic acid esters in hydrophobic corrosion inhibitor reacted with calcium ions in hydration products system to generate nano calcium carboxylate particles, which blocking the micro- and nano-scale pores to enhance the compactness and hydrophobicity of shotcrete matrix. …”
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Pangenome mining of the Streptomyces genus redefines species’ biosynthetic potential by Omkar S. Mohite, Tue S. Jørgensen, Thomas J. Booth, Pep Charusanti, Patrick V. Phaneuf, Tilmann Weber, Bernhard O. Palsson

“…Several thousand complete or nearly complete Streptomyces genome sequences are now available, affording the opportunity to deeply investigate the biosynthetic potential within these organisms and to advance natural product discovery initiatives. …”
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The abundance of microplastics in coral reef ecosystems in the waters of Krueng Raya, Aceh Besar by Ulfah Maria, Juliani Rika, Agustina Sri, Purnawan Syahrul, Malayana Intan, Muliari, Miswari Nur, Yusrizal, Irfannur

“…Microplastics have the potential to disrupt the balance of marine ecosystems due to their non-degradable and toxic nature to organisms. This study aims to analyze the abundance and types of microplastics in sediment from coral reef ecosystems at three locations in Krueng Raya waters (Inong Bale, Ahmad Rhang Manyang, and Lhok Mee) and evaluate the correlation between microplastic abundance and live coral conditions. …”
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The Reduction of Metal Artifacts using Band Pass Median Filter on Head Ct Scan by Nimas Rokhmatik Dayyana, Pramono, Khusnul Ain, Amilia Kartikasari, Riky Tri Yunardi

“…The file of metal artifacts can cover the organ that will be evaluated, and it can be inferred with the pixel value (CT number) assessment of the tissue around the metal. …”
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The daily production of Soviet women during the Great Patriotic War (on the example of Ishim Shoe Factory No. 4) by A. A. Frolova

“…The women not only over fulfilled the plan for sewing shoes, but also fully met the production needs of the enterprise: they prepared peat and firewood organized vegetable gardens and stored vegetables for the factory canteen. …”
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