Comparison of glycosylated fibronectin versus soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase/placental growth factor ratio testing for the assessment of pre-eclampsia: protocol for a multicentre diagnostic test accuracy study by Marcus Green, Chao Wang, Sarah Fisher, Amarnath Bhide, Ramesh Ganapathy, Basky Thilaganathan, Nouran Elbarbary

“…This study aimed to test the hypothesis that the sensitivity of the GlyFn test is not inferior to that of the current gold standard of soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase (sFlt)/PlGF-based laboratory testing for pre-eclampsia.Methods and analysis This is a multicentre prospective study. …”
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Interleukin-4 (IL-4) enhances and soluble interleukin-4 receptor (sIL-4R) inhibits histamine release from peripheral blood basophils and mast cells in vitro and in vivo by B. Niggemann, T. Zuberbier, U. Herz, K. Enssle, U. Wahn, H. Renz

“…The aim of the study was to analyse the effect of interleukin-4 (IL-4) on allergen and anti-IgE mediated histamine release from basophils and human skin mast cells and to assess whether soluble recombinant interleukin-4 receptor (sIL4R) can inhibit these effects. …”
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Serum level of soluble interleukin‐2 receptor is positively correlated with metabolic tumor volume on 18F‐FDG PET/CT in newly diagnosed patients with diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma by Hajime Senjo, Minoru Kanaya, Koh Izumiyama, Koichiro Minauchi, Kenji Hirata, Akio Mori, Makoto Saito, Masanori Tanaka, Hiroaki Iijima, Eriko Tsukamoto, Kazuo Itoh, Shuichi Ota, Masanobu Morioka, Daigo Hashimoto, Takanori Teshima, North Japan Hematology Study Group (NJHSG)

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Estimation of the Compressive Strength of Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) by a Machine Learning Technique Coupling with Novel Optimization Algorithms by Ling Chen, Wengang Jiang

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Challenges and strategies in the soluble expression of CTA1-(S14P5)4-DD and CTA1-(S21P2)4-DD fusion proteins as candidates for COVID-19 intranasal vaccines. by Simson Tarigan, Gita Sekarmila, Apas, Sumarningsih, Ronald Tarigan, Riyandini Putri, Damai Ria Setyawati

“…However, contrary to these predictions, the constructs exhibited limited solubility. Lowering the cultivation temperature from 37°C to 18°C did not improve solubility. …”
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The limited immunomodulatory effects of escharectomy on the kinetics of endotoxin, cytokines, and adhesion molecules in major burns by Tae-Hyung Han, Soo-Yeon Lee, Jung-Eun Kwon, In-Suk Kwak, Kwang-Min Kim

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Synthetic Approaches Toward Phosphorus-Containing BODIPY and Squaraine Dyes: Enhancing Versatility of Small-Molecule Fluorophores by Jeanne M. Favret, Sergei V. Dzyuba

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Distinct phenotypes in the preeclamptic-like mouse model induced by adenovirus carrying sFlt1 and recombinant sFlt1 protein by Yingying Wei, Haojun Tian, Xuancheng Wei, Ai Zhang, Mengtian Wei, Ruixue Wang, Lu Zhang, Ping Qiao, Kai Wang

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Crecimiento, rendimiento y calidad de chile habanero bajo condiciones de malla sombra de colores by Ana María Castillo González, Eduardo Ortiz Mendoza, Luis Alonso Valdez Aguilar, Edilberto Avitia García, María del Rosario García Mateos, Ma. Carmen Ybarra Moncada

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Investigating the Formation of Trace Metal Contamination in Insulating Oil: From Electrical Erosion and Chemical Corrosion Perspectives by Feng Wang, Huimin Zhang, Haocheng Wang, Dilixiati Hayireding, Canguan Gao, Guoliang Zhang, Kaibin Liang, Heng Yi, Zeping Huang, Changhao Hu

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Chemical composition and in vitro digestibility of annual ryegrass varieties grown in greenhouse conditions by M. Alende, A.C. Fluck, G. Volpi-Lagreca, J.G. Andrae

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Assessment of Triploid Watermelon Cultivars Grown in Georgia for Yield and Quality Parameters by Manisha Kumari, Angelos Deltsidis, Xuelin Luo, Camille McAvoy, Theodore McAvoy

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Timing of nitrogen fertilization and shading affect the transition of nitrogen metabolism in senescing leaves of ripening wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by Hideki Araki, Hirotaka Ueno, Keisuke Mizuta, Tadashi Takahashi, Masaru Shibata, Jun’ichi Mano

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Morphological features of rye grain with low pentosan content by V. D. Kobylyansky, O. V. Solodukhina, I. M. Nikonorova

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Relation of Follicular Fluid Soluble Receptor for Advanced Glycation End-Products Concentration and Anti Mullerian Hormone in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Non-PCOS Women Referring to In Vitro Fertilization Center: Case-Control Study by Neda Emami, Ashraf Moini, Samira Vesali

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Thermodynamic modeling of calcium sulfate hemihydrate formed from seawater and concentrated brine at elevated temperature by Ali Al-Hamzah, Caillan J. Fellows, Christopher M. Fellows

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Modulation of Th1/Th2 Immune Responses by Killed Propionibacterium acnes and Its Soluble Polysaccharide Fraction in a Type I Hypersensitivity Murine Model: Induction of Different Activation Status of Antigen-Presenting Cells by Carla Cristina Squaiella-Baptistão, Daniela Teixeira, Juliana Sekeres Mussalem, Mayari Eika Ishimura, Ieda Maria Longo-Maugéri

“…We previously demonstrated that heat-killed P. acnes or its soluble polysaccharide (PS), extracted from the bacterium cell wall, suppressed or potentiated the Th2 response to ovalbumin (OVA) in an immediate hypersensitivity model, depending on the treatment protocol. …”
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Research progress of ion exchange selective electrodialysis by HUANG Hanwen, FENG Ling, TIAN Binghui

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Dissolution, Solubility, and Stability of the Basic Ferric Sulfate-Arsenates [Fe(SO4)x(AsO4)y(OH)z·nH2O] at 25–45°C and pH 2–10 by Zongqiang Zhu, Hongqu Yang, Jie Liu, Yinian Zhu, Shen Tang, Lihao Zhang, Xingxing Wang

“…Based on the dissolution experiment at 25°C and pH 2, the solubility products (Ksp) for the basic ferric sulfate-arsenate [Fe(SO4)0.27(AsO4)0.73 (OH)0.27·0.26H2O], which are equal to the ion activity products (logˍIAP) at equilibrium, were calculated to be -23.04 ± 0.01 with the resulting Gibbs free energies of formation (ΔGfo) of −914.06 ± 0.03 kJ/mol.…”
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Engineering aortic valves via transdifferentiating fibroblasts into valvular endothelial cells without using viruses or iPS cells by Peng Tang, Fuxiang Wei, Weihua Qiao, Xing Chen, Chenyang Ji, Wanzhi Yang, Xinyu Zhang, Sihan Chen, Yanyan Wu, Mingxing Jiang, Chenyu Ma, Weiqiang Shen, Qi Dong, Hong Cao, Minghui Xie, Ziwen Cai, Li Xu, Jiawei Shi, Nianguo Dong, Junwei Chen, Ning Wang

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