The Relevance and Potential Role of Orbital Fat in Inflammatory Orbital Diseases: Implications for Diagnosis and Treatment by Prince Dadson, Peter Ngum, Luis Eduardo Juarez-Orozco, Michael Ntodie, Piotr Loba

“…Abstract The orbit is an important structure within the skull that houses the eye, optic nerve, and extraocular muscles. …”
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WDR36 Regulates Trophectoderm Differentiation During Human Preimplantation Embryonic Development Through Glycolytic Metabolism by Shiyu An, Shuyue Hou, Feifei Xu, Huanyu Yan, Wenyi Zhang, Jinfeng Xiang, Haoran Chen, Hanwen Zhang, Lingling Dong, Xiaobin Sun, Ran Huo, Yun Chen, Xi Wang, Yang Yang

“…The human pluripotent stem cell‐derived blastocyst‐like structure, termed a blastoid, offers an alternative means to study human development in a dish. …”
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Correlation of Macular Focal Electroretinogram with Ellipsoid Zone Extension in Stargardt Disease by Edoardo Abed, Giorgio Placidi, Luigi Calandriello, Marco Piccardi, Francesca Campagna, Matteo Bertelli, Angelo Maria Minnella, Maria Cristina Savastano, Benedetto Falsini

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between cone photoreceptor function and structure in STGD1. Macular function was assessed by visual acuity measurement and focal electroretinogram (FERG) recording while spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) imaging was performed to evaluate the integrity of photoreceptors. …”
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Centrifuge Tests on Vertical Bearing Capacity of Jacket Pile Foundation in Clay Seabed Under Different Grouting Effects by SONG Junlin, LIU Bo, TANG Liheng, LIAO Chencong

“…Jacket foundations are often used as the main support structure for offshore wind turbines in waters with a depth of 40—60 meters. …”
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Research on Key Factors Influencing Surface Subsidence of Paste Backfilling Mining in Thick Coal Seam of Deep Mine by Meng Zhang, Hui He, Xin Jin, Yonglong Qu, Hongjun Guo

“…The main conclusions are as follows: through the construction of the fuzzy extension model of surface subsidence in paste backfilling mining, five types of surface subsidence are obtained, including overburden structure, roof subsidence before backfilling, nonbackfilling account, the strength of filling body, and backfilling technology. …”
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Pyrolysis of sawdust in a horizontal tube furnace: Effects of temperature and heating rate on product composition by Selva Kumar Vitiyaa, Lee Zhi Hua, Tan Kok Tat, Sim Jia Huey

“…The biochar also displays porous structure, with increased adsorption capacity. Since the pyrolysis of sawdust could produce phenolic compounds, it appears to be a potential feedstock for biomass pyrolysis.…”
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Medical and Psychological Risk Factors for Incident Hypertension in Type 1 Diabetic African-Americans by Monique S. Roy, Malvin N. Janal, Alec Roy

“…At both baseline and followup blood pressure was measured twice in both sitting and standing positions using a standard protocol. Patients had a structured clinical interview, ocular examination, retinal photographs, and blood and urine assays and completed the Hostility and Direction of Hostility Questionnaire (HDHQ) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). …”
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Development and Application of Urban Landslide Vulnerability Assessment Methodology Reflecting Social and Economic Variables by Yoonkyung Park, Ananta Man Singh Pradhan, Ungtae Kim, Yun-Tae Kim, Sangdan Kim

“…This study considered two popular building structure types, reinforced-concrete frame and nonreinforced-concrete frame, to assess the physical vulnerability. …”
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Ant Colony Optimization Analysis on Overall Stability of High Arch Dam Basis of Field Monitoring by Peng Lin, Xiaoli Liu, Hong-Xin Chen, Jinxie Kim

“…The comparison results show that the proposal model can effectively solve for feedback multiple parameters of dam concrete and rock material and basically satisfy assessment requirements for geotechnical structural engineering discipline.…”
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Retiming dynamics of harmonically mode-locked laser solitons in a self-driven optomechanical lattice by Xiaocong Wang, Benhai Wang, Wenbin He, Xintong Zhang, Qi Huang, Zhiyuan Huang, Xin Jiang, Meng Pang, Philip. St. J. Russell

“…We characterize the self-driven optomechanical lattice, which is distributed along the PCF and provides the structure that supports harmonic mode-locking, using a homodyne setup. …”
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The anti-oxidation related bioactive materials for intervertebral disc degeneration regeneration and repair by Yingjie Mai, Siying Wu, Penghui Zhang, Ningning Chen, Jun Wu, Fuxin Wei

“…Abstract:: Intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) is a prevalent chronic spinal condition characterized by the deterioration of the intervertebral discs (IVD), leading to structural damage and associated pain. This degenerative process is closely linked to oxidative stress injury, which plays a pivotal role in its onset and progression. …”
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Ophiocordyceps gracilis and its comparison with related species by Aifeire Abuduaini, Yuan-Bing Wang, Hui-Ying Zhou, Rui-Ping Kang, Ming-Liang Ding, Yu Jiang, Fei-Ya Suo, Luo-Dong Huang

“…This study is the first to investigate the molecular evolution, phylogenetic pattern, and genetic structure characteristics of mitogenome in O. gracilis. …”
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An Unenclosed Quasi-Static Cavity Resonator-Based Ubiquitous 3-D Wireless Power Transfer System Supporting Simultaneous Through-Wall Wireless Communications by Qiaoli Zhang, Lingao Fan, Fangcheng Ren, Zhen Yue, Deshuang Zhao, Shuai Ding, Bingzhong Wang

“…This unenclosed QSCR has a simple structure, which benefits the wireless charging for portable/wearable electronics and smart appliances in the office and home environment. …”
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A broadly neutralizing antibody against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-variants BA.1, BA.2, BA.2.12.1, BA.4, and BA.5 by Zhe Chen, Leilei Feng, Lei Wang, Li Zhang, Binyang Zheng, Hua Fu, Fengdi Li, Ligai Liu, Qi Lv, Ran Deng, YanLi Xu, Yongfeng Hu, Jianhua Zheng, Chuan Qin, Linlin Bao, Xiangxi Wang, Qi Jin

“…We demonstrated the mAb’s effectiveness in inhibiting Omicron replication both in vitro and in vivo. Structural analysis using cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) revealed that CR9 binds to an epitope formed by RBD residues, providing a molecular understanding of its neutralization mechanism. …”
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Characterizing Software Stability via Change Propagation Simulation by Weifeng Pan, Haibo Jiang, Hua Ming, Chunlai Chai, Bi Chen, Hao Li

“…First, we propose a class coupling network (CCN) to model software structure at the class level. Then, we analyze the change propagation process in the CCN by using a simulation way, and by doing so, we develop a novel metric, SS (software stability), to measure software stability. …”
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Bionic Inner-Tapered Energy Absorption Tube Featuring Progressively Enhanced Fold Deformation Mode by Shuang Zhang, Zhengzhi Mu, Wenda Song, Zhiyan Zhang, Hexuan Yu, Binjie Zhang, Zhiwu Han, Luquan Ren

“…Finally, the bionic square array (BSA) and bionic hexagon array (BHA) are fabricated by taking BITT as the basic structural unit, which significantly improves the main energy absorption performance indicators under axial load.…”
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A model to understand risk behavior: Interoception awareness and motivational systems in the binge watching. by Giuseppe Forte, Francesca Favieri, Francesca Agostini, Maria Casagrande, Renata Tambelli

“…On a sample of 741 young adults, a structural equation model considered the association between the interoceptive indices (MAIA questionnaire), inhibition/activation systems (BIS/BAS questionnaire) of the motivational theory, and BW pattern (BWAQ questionnaire). …”
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Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Cartilage Regeneration of TMJ Osteoarthritis by Dixin Cui, Hongyu Li, Xin Xu, Ling Ye, Xuedong Zhou, Liwei Zheng, Yachuan Zhou

“…Due to the limited self-healing capacity in condylar cartilage, traditional clinical treatments have limited symptom-modifying and structure-modifying effects to restore impaired cartilage as well as other TMJ tissues. …”
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Genome-wide identification and analysis of the NF-Y transcription factor family reveal its potential roles in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) by Zhen Tian, Luyao Xue, Jincun Fu, Wenting Song, Baojian Wang, Jinhao Sun, Xiujiang Yue, Fanrui Cheng, Jingjing Mao, Jiangtao Chao, Dawei Wang, Shaopeng Li

“…To better understand the genome-wide NF-Y domain-containing proteins, the protein physicochemical properties, chromosomal localization, synteny, phylogenetic relationships, genomic structure, promoter cis-elements, and protein interaction network of NtNF-Ys in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) were systematically analyzed. …”
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Preparation of Ginsenoside Rg3 and Protection against H2O2-Induced Oxidative Stress in Human Neuroblastoma SK-N-SH Cells by Gang Li, Xiao-xiao Zhang, Lin Lin, Xiao-ning Liu, Cheng-jun Ma, Ji Li, Chi-bo Wang

“…The aim of this study is to evaluate the protection of ginsenoside Rg3 against oxidative stress in human neuroblastoma SK-N-SH cells. 20(R)-ginsenoside Rg3 (20(R)-Rg3) and 20(S)-ginsenoside Rg3 (20(S)-Rg3) were prepared by the method of chemical degradation and column chromatography, and the structure of the two compounds was characterized by 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR spectroscopy. …”
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