Cathelicidins: Opportunities and Challenges in Skin Therapeutics and Clinical Translation by Lenka Dzurová, Edita Holásková, Hana Pospíšilová, Gabriela Schneider Rauber, Jitka Frébortová

“…Cathelicidins of different origins have shown potential in treating various skin conditions, including melanoma, acne, and diabetic foot ulcers. …”
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Random Mutagenesis of the Aspergillus oryzae Genome Results in Fungal Antibacterial Activity by Cory A. Leonard, Stacy D. Brown, J. Russell Hayman

“…Natural products of microbial origin are the source of most currently available antibiotics. …”
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The Target Recovery Strategy for Preventing Avalanche Breakdown on Interdependent Community Networks by Kai Gong, Yu Huang, Xiao-long Chen, Qing Li, Ming Tang

“…The self-awareness recovery model repairs and reactivates the original pair of failed nodes that belong to mutual boundary of networks during cascading failures. …”
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Research on Grid Scroll Chaotic Extended Sequence Algorithm and Its Circuit Implementation for F-OFDM System by Yingjie Ma, Ya Li, Geng Zhao, Ping Zeng, Yatao Yang

“…The proposed random phase sequence vectors can meet the needs of 5G mass connections. The original input signals are divided into real part and imaginary part, which are, respectively, dot produced with the proposed grid multiscroll chaotic maps. …”
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Chaos-Based Engineering Applications with a 6D Memristive Multistable Hyperchaotic System and a 2D SF-SIMM Hyperchaotic Map by Fei Yu, Shuai Qian, Xi Chen, Yuanyuan Huang, Shuo Cai, Jie Jin, Sichun Du

“…The algorithm uses the diffusion-scrambling-diffusion encryption scheme to realize the conversion from the original plaintext image to the ciphertext image. Finally, we analyze the security of the proposed PRNG and image encryption mechanism, respectively. …”
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Engaging Patients with Headache in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA): ACTIvated Veterans Engagement Group (ACTIVE) to Improve Delivery of Patient-Centered Headache Services by Olivia M. Datre BA, Sean A. Baird MA, Hayley M. Lindsey BA, Roberta E. Goldman PhD, Jason J. Sico MD, Teresa M. Damush PhD

“…In 2018, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) established the original 19 Headache Centers of Excellence (HCoE) program, and an evaluation center. …”
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New Heuristic Local Search Method for University Course Timetabling by Mohammad Sadegh Shiri, Mostafa Khorramizadeh, Vahid Ahmadi

“…While the fitness function of the first phase is based on the violation of hard constraints, the fitness function of the second phase is based on the penalty of the feasible solution.Findings: The numerical results indicate that the required computing time increases with the size of instances, and the algorithm tends to converge towards the optimal solution after a few minutes.Originality/Value: The presented algorithm enables us to deal with extensive university course timetabling problems in practice. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Research on Seismic Performance of Earthquake-Damaged RC Frame Strengthened with CFRP Sheets by Lai Wang, Wei Xuan, Ying Zhang, Shuping Cong, Feng Liu, Qiumei Gao, Haitao Chen

“…Both the results confirm that the method of exterior bonding CFRP sheets on the damaged RC frame has restored the seismic performance such as bearing capacity, stiffness, and ductility to its original undamaged level, and some of the seismic performance of the damaged RC frame strengthened with CFRP sheets is even better than the undamaged one, which proves that the method has significant effect in strengthening postearthquake-damaged RC frames.…”
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MADS-box encoding gene Tunicate1 positively controls maize yield by increasing leaf number above the ear by Yan Li, Jian Wang, Shuyang Zhong, Qiang Huo, Qun Wang, Yunlu Shi, Hangqin Liu, Jiacheng Liu, Yang Song, Xiaojian Fang, Zhongwei Lin

“…A distal upstream 5-base pair (bp) insertion of Tu1 originating from a popcorn landrace enhances its transcription, coregulates its plastochron activators and repressors, and increases the number of leaves above the ear. …”
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PTLD Burkitt Lymphoma in a Patient with Remote Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis by A. Stravodimou, A. Cairoli, T. Rausch, R. Du Pasquier, P. Michel

“…The majority of PTLD is of B-cell origin, and 90% are associated with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). …”
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A Case Study of Offshore Advection of Boundary Layer Rolls over a Stably Stratified Sea Surface by Nina Svensson, Erik Sahlée, Hans Bergström, Erik Nilsson, Merete Badger, Anna Rutgersson

“…Case studies using the WRF model and in situ aircraft observations indicate that the streaks originate from boundary layer rolls generated over the convective air above Swedish mainland, also supported by visual satellite images showing the typical signature cloud streets. …”
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Uprising in Tashkent in October 1917 according to memoirs of S. V. Sazanov by E. A. Vorobyeva

“…Sazanov, being a peasant-otkhodnik (peasant-worker) by origin and occupation, has preserved the peculiarities of the peasant mentality. …”
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Cyclic surfaces accompanying non-ruled quadrics of rotation by K. L. Panchuk, T. M. Myasoedova, E. V. Lyubchinov

“…In the examples of shaping, the original rectilinear axis of a non-linear quadric of revolution and its generating line, a second-order curve, are functionally interchanged: the secondorder curve becomes the rotation axis, and the rectilinear axis becomes the generatrix. …”
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Transient Voltage Information Entropy Difference Unit Protection Based on Fault Condition Attribute Fusion by Zhenwei Guo, Ruiqiang Zhao, Zebo Huang, Yongyan Jiang, Haojie Li, Yingcai Deng

“…The algorithm solved 38.9% of the original cross-data, 36.1% of the false actions, and 6.1% of the rejected actions. …”
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Becoming Resilient: Promoting the Mental Health and Well-Being of Immigrant Women in a Canadian Context by Judith A. MacDonnell, Mahdieh Dastjerdi, Nimo Bokore, Nazilla Khanlou

“…Four focus groups were completed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with 35 racialized immigrant women who represented diverse countries of origin: 25 were from Africa; others were equally represented from South Asia (5), Asia (5), and Central or South America and the Caribbean (5). …”
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Evaluating Factors Affecting the Satisfaction of War Tourists in Iran to Make Sustainable Decisions about the Parameters Influencing the Quality of Travel Using the Quality Functio... by Mohammad Mahdi Mohtadi, Seyedeh Najmeh Motavallizadeh

“…The involvement of most other institutions and organizations and the use of their subtleties were also identified as the most critical qualitative factors influencing the research.Originality/Value: The issue of quality management in tourism still needs more scientific attention. …”
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The Diagnosis and Treatment of Multiple Factitious Oral Ulcers in a 6-Year-Old Boy by Priscilla Santana Pinto Gonçalves, Daniela Alejandra Cusicanqui Mendez, Paulo Sérgio da Silva Santos, José Humberto Damante, Daniela Rios, Thiago Cruvinel

“…Factitious ulcers are characterized by self-inflicted lesions with multifactorial origin. These lesions are frequently found in head, neck, and hands. …”
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Hydrogeochemical Characteristics and Genesis of the Chazi Geothermal Field Area in Tibet by Mingzhong Song, Xujuan Lang, Zhennan Zhong, Fengxin Kang, Dawa Nan, Haoting Li, Haowen Yu, Shaoyun Liu, Sihang Han, Zhao Liu

“…Combined with the fracture structure and magmatic activity characteristics of the southwest Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the source, storage, cover, and general situation of the area were preliminarily summarised, and the conceptual model of geothermal origin was established. The results can provide a scientific theoretical basis for the mechanism of high-temperature geothermal systems and subsequent drilling and resource development.…”
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The effectiveness of different bio preparations on the seed and market quality of organic produced soybean by Dimitrijević Snežana, Filipović Vladimir, Buntić Aneta, Milić Marija, Ugrenović Vladan, Popović Vera, Perić Vesna

“…For that purpose, mixtures of microbiological strains (Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus simplex, Bacillus amiloliquefaciens, Bacillus pumilus, Bacillus megatherium, Bradyrhizobium japonicum and Azotobacter chroococum) were used, with the addition of liquid fertilizers of plant origin enriched with K, Ca and Mg. The use of microbiological strains in the cultivation of organic soybeans has a significant effect on increasing the content of proteins and vegetable oils in soybeans, as well as on the values of morphological parameters and yield in the crop of organically produced soybeans. …”
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Correlation between Chest CT Severity Scores and the Clinical Parameters of Adult Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia by Ghufran Aref Saeed, Waqar Gaba, Asad Shah, Abeer Ahmed Al Helali, Emadullah Raidullah, Ameirah Bader Al Ali, Mohammed Elghazali, Deena Yousef Ahmed, Shaikha Ghanam Al Kaabi, Safaa Almazrouei

“…All patients underwent two consecutive RT-PCR tests and had a noncontrast HRCT scan done at presentation. From the original cohort of 1062 patients, 160 patients were excluded leaving a total number of 902 patients. …”
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