Inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus α-Hemolysin Production Using Nanocurcumin Capped Au@ZnO Nanocomposite by Majid S. Jabir, Taha M. Rashid, Uday M. Nayef, Salim Albukhaty, Faizah A. AlMalki, Jawaher Albaqami, Amal A. AlYamani, Zainab J. Taqi, Ghassan M. Sulaiman

“…Nanoparticles of gold with zinc oxide (Au@ZnO NPs) were prepared by laser ablation and then capped with curcumin nanoparticles (Cur-Au@ZnO NPs). …”
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Solvent-Free MgO-Functionalized Mesoporous Catalysts for Jatropha Oil Transesterification by Anamagreth Andrew, Jamidu Katima, Keat Teong Lee, James Epiphan Gabriel Mdoe

“…A convenient solvent-free technique was employed in the functionalization of Micelle-Templated Silica using Cashew Nut Shell Liquid (MTS-CNSL) as a template and magnesium nitrate as a precursor salt. Magnesium oxide species was highly dispersed in MTS-CNSL by manually grinding the precursor salt and the as-synthesized mesoporous silica followed by calcination. …”
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Acute decompensated right heart failure potentially triggered by multiple factors including pulmonary vasodilator removal during plasma exchange: a case report by Takayuki Toki, Kazuyuki Mizunoya, Misa Itabashi, Naoki Nishikawa, Koji Hoshino, Hitoshi Saito, Yuji Morimoto

“…Echocardiography revealed right ventricular dilation, suggesting increased PVR. Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) was administered, rapidly improving hyperlactatemia and oxygenation. …”
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Subetta Treatment Increases Adiponectin Secretion by Mature Human Adipocytes In Vitro by Jim Nicoll, Evgeniy A. Gorbunov, Sergey A. Tarasov, Oleg I. Epstein

“…To investigate the mechanism of action in peripheral tissues of novel complex drug containing release-active dilutions of antibodies to the beta subunit of the insulin receptor and antibodies to endothelial nitric oxide synthase (Subetta), which has shown efficacy in animal models of diabetes. …”
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Protective effects of blueberry anthocyanin extracts on hippocampal neuron damage induced by extremely low-frequency electromagnetic field by Xiyun Sun, Zihan Xu, Yuehua Wang, Ning Liu

“…These results demonstrated that blueberry anthocyanin extracts suppress hippocampal neuron injury caused by ELF-EMF by inhibiting cell membrane damage and oxidative stress pathways, and suggested that blueberry anthocyanin treatment potentially prevents hippocampal neuron injury.…”
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Engineering amphiphilic alkenyl lipids for self-assembly in functional hybrid nanostructures by Raúl Gimeno-Ferrero, Victoria Valdivia, Inmaculada Fernández, María Luisa García-Martín, Manuel Pernia Leal

“…We investigated the self-assembly behavior of two families of amphiphiles derived from alkenyl lipids with one or two double bonds, leading to distinct hybrid supramolecular structures facilitated by the incorporation of hydrophobic iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) as templates. The presence of double bonds in the lipid tail and the morphology of the amphiphile influence the arrangement on the hydrophobic NPs. …”
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The analysis of carrier transport mechanism at the interface of BZOPET-GR Schottky contact by Jianhua Zhang, Yapeng Li, Jiqiang Jia, Zhaoyu Luo

“…Through the hydrothermal technique, we successfully deposited boron (B)-doped zinc oxide nanorods (ZnO NRs) onto a polyethylene terephthalate (PET)/graphene (GR) flexible substrate, creating a B-ZnO/PET/GR Schottky contact. …”
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A high speed processor for elliptic curve cryptography over NIST prime field by Xianghong Hu, Xueming Li, Xin Zheng, Yuan Liu, Xiaoming Xiong

“…On a 55 nm complementary metal oxide semiconductor application specific integrated circuit platform, the processor costs 463k gates and requires 0.028 ms for one SM. …”
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Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3β Promotes Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction by Inducing the M1 Polarization and Migration of Microglia by Jingjin Li, Chonglong Shi, Zhengnian Ding, Wenjie Jin

“…Prophylactic administration of lithium chloride (2 mM/kg) can inhibit the expression of proinflammatory mediators in the hippocampus, reduce the hippocampal expression of NF-κB, and increase both the downregulation of M1 microglial-related genes (inducible nitric oxide synthase and CD86) and upregulation of M2 microglial-related genes (IL-10 and CD206), to alleviate the cognitive impairment caused by orthopedic surgery. …”
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Dynamic Modeling of Stress-Induced Defect Expansion in VCSELs by Yuqi Zhang, Xun Li, Jia Zhao

“…Many failures of semiconductor-based oxide confined vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) are closely related to the generation and expansion of defects in the device structure. …”
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Study of the Protection of Aluminum Alloy Surfaces by a Graphene-Modified Fluorocarbon Anticorrosive Coating by Peng Wang, Dayong Cai

“…Dispersion-treated reduced graphene oxide (rGO) was used to modify the epoxy resin and fluorocarbon resin. …”
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Enhanced Photoactivity of Fe + N Codoped Anatase-Rutile Nanowire Film under Visible Light Irradiation by Kewei Li, Haiying Wang, Chunxu Pan, Jianhong Wei, Rui Xiong, Jing Shi

“…The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements show that nitrogen and iron atoms are incorporated into the titania oxide lattice, and the UV-visible absorption spectra show that the codoping of iron and nitrogen atoms could extend the absorption to visible light region. …”
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Influence of Ag2O Nanoparticles on the Ammonia Gas Sensing Properties of CNT/P3HT Composite Films by Haydar Abdulmeer Abbas, Wissem Cheikhrouhou-Koubaa

“…Moreover, the addition of silver oxide further increased the sensitivity. These results suggest that the CNT/P3HT@Ag2O film sensor is highly sensitive to ammonia gas and can be a promising sensor for the detection of ammonia gas. …”
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Neuroprotective Potentials Of Extracts From Moringa Oleifera And Musa Sapientum Against Cadmium Chloride-Induced Neurotoxicity In Rats Cerebri by Adelaja Akinlolu

“…In rats, Cd-exposure resulted in increases of nitric oxide and lipid peroxidation levels in the hippocampus. …”
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Spatiotemporal Pattern of Neuroinflammation After Impact-Acceleration Closed Head Injury in the Rat by Servan Rooker, Sebastian Jander, Jos Van Reempts, Guido Stoll, Philippe G. Jorens, Marcel Borgers, Jan Verlooy

“…We analyzed the spatiotemporal expression pattern of the proinflammatory key molecules: interleukin-1β, interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-α, and inducible nitric oxide synthase in a rat closed head injury (CHI) paradigm. 51 rats were used for RT-PCR analysis after CHI, and 18 for immunocytochemistry. …”
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Simulation and analysis of ZnO/SWCNT solar cell using the SCAPS-1D program by Najim Abdelhafid, Laassouli Abdelmounaim, Moulaoui Lhouceine, Bajjou Omar, Rahmani Khalid

“…The exceptional optical and electrical properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube (SWCNT) material present significant potential for solar cells, especially when used with zinc oxide (ZnO) as a buffer layer. This study examines the electrical characteristics and performance metrics of ZnO/SWCNT solar cells using the SCAPS-1D software. …”
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Exploring microbial players for metagenomic profiling of carbon cycling bacteria in sundarban mangrove soils by Basanta Kumar Das, Ayushman Gadnayak, Hirak Jyoti Chakraborty, Smruti Priyambada Pradhan, Subhashree Subhasmita Raut, Sanjoy Kumar Das

“…Functional and taxonomical analysis identified genes involved in carbon regulation, including Triacylglycerol lipase, NarG, DsrB, DNA-binding transcriptional dual regulator CRP, Vanillate O-demethylase oxygenase, succinate-CoA ligase, Tetrahydrofolate ligase, Carboxylase, Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, Glycine hydroxymethyltransferase, MAG: urease, Endosymbiont of Oligobrachia haakonmosbiensis, Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase, Aconitate hydratase AcnA, and nitrous oxide reductase, suggesting the metabolic versatility of these microbial communities for carbon cycling. …”
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The Influence of Prefermentation Skin Contact, Stabulation, and Skin Fermentation on the Aromatic Behaviour and Phenolic Compounds of Important Austrian White Wine Cultivars by Christian Philipp, Phillip Eder, Sezer Sari, Karin Korntheuer, Reinhard Eder

“…For Pinot Blanc and Traminer, prefermentation skin contact yielded the best results: for Traminer, it produced the highest content of monoterpenes (especially z-rose oxide), and for Pinot Blanc, it produced the highest content of ethyl esters. …”
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Investigation of thermal conductivity of Prosopis juliflora / Acacia leucophloea / Acacia nilotica fibers / ceramic fillers / epoxy composites by Cholapancheri Krishnaswamy Hemalatha, Gopalan Venkatachalam, Mohan Bhuvaneshwari

“…The novelty of this study lies in influencing the underutilised biobased fibres like Acacia leucophloea (AL), Prosopis juliflora (PJ) and Acacia nilotica (AN) with varying fibre quantities, and ceramic filler hexagonal Boron Nitride (h-BN), Aluminium Oxide (Al2O3) and Silicon Carbide (SiC) to estimate the thermal conductivity of epoxy composites. …”
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Phytochemical Screening, Antioxidant, and Antimicrobial Activities of Seven Underinvestigated Medicinal Plants against Microbial Pathogens by Borel Ndezo Bisso, Roland Njikang Epie Nkwelle, Roland Tchuenguem Tchuenteu, Jean Paul Dzoyem

“…The antioxidant activity of plant extracts was determined using 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), hydroxyl (OH), and nitric oxide (NO) radical scavenging assays. The antimicrobial activity of the plant extracts was determined by the broth microdilution method. …”
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