Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Road-Deposited Sediments and Correlation Distribution of DOM and Heavy Metals in Beijing, China by Donghai Yuan, Pengmiao Li, Chenling Yan, Jinggang Wang, Xiaochen Bai, Yuhang Wei, Chen Wang, Yingying Kou

Get full text

DistB-Condo: Distributed Blockchain-Based IoT-SDN Model for Smart Condominium by Anichur Rahman, Md. Jahidul Islam, Ziaur Rahman, Md. Mahfuz Reza, Adnan Anwar, M. A. Parvez Mahmud, Mostofa Kamal Nasir, Rafidah Md. Noor

“…Condominium network refers to intra-organization networks, where smart buildings or apartments are connected and share resources over the network. Secured communication platform or channel has been highlighted as a key requirement for a reliable condominium which can be ensured by the utilization of the advanced techniques and platforms like Software-Defined Network (SDN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Blockchain (BC). …”
Get full text

Unraveling the mitochondrial genome of the medicinal Chinese motherwort (Leonurus japonicus, Lamiaceae): structural dynamics, organelle-to-nuclear gene transfer, and evolutionary i... by Xinyu Bai, Xinyu Bai, Tingting Zhu, Huiru Chen, Xiaoqun Wang, Jing Liu, Yuqing Feng, Yuqing Feng, Yanbo Huang, Joongku Lee, Goro Kokubugata, Zhechen Qi, Xiaoling Yan

“…Extensive RNA editing underscores post-transcriptional regulation in mitochondrial function. These findings enrich genomic resources for Leonurus, support phylogenetic and evolutionary studies in Lamiaceae, and lay groundwork for molecular breeding and conservation strategies targeting mitochondrial traits. …”
Get full text

Hybrid closed-loop systems for managing blood glucose levels in type 1 diabetes: a systematic review and economic modelling by Asra Asgharzadeh, Mubarak Patel, Martin Connock, Sara Damery, Iman Ghosh, Mary Jordan, Karoline Freeman, Anna Brown, Rachel Court, Sharin Baldwin, Fatai Ogunlayi, Chris Stinton, Ewen Cummins, Lena Al-Khudairy

“…Treatment with insulin is aimed at replicating the function of the pancreas to manage hyperglycaemia and avoid hypoglycaemia. …”
Get full text

A Systematic Search for Candidate Supermassive Black Hole Binaries Using Periodic Mid-infrared Light Curves of Active Galactic Nuclei by Di Luo, Ning Jiang, Xin Liu

“…Analyzing a parent sample of 48,932 objects selected from about half a million AGNs, we have identified 28 candidate periodic AGNs with periods ranging from 1268 to 2437 days (in the observer frame), by fitting their WISE light curves with sinusoidal functions. However, our mock simulation of the parent sample indicates that stochastic variability can actually produce a similar number of periodic sources, underscoring the difficulty in robustly identifying real periodic signals with WISE light curves, given their current sampling. …”
Get full text

A Fully Printable Strain Sensor Enabling Highly‐Sensitive Wireless Near‐Field Interrogation by Hassan A. Mahmoud, Hussein Nesser, Tarek M. Mostafa, Shehab Ahmed, G. Lubineau

“…Abstract Wireless, passive, and flexible strain sensors can transform structural health monitoring across various applications by eliminating the need for wired connections and active power sources. Such sensors offer the dual benefits of operational simplicity and high‐function adaptability. …”
Get full text

Engineered hybrid cell membrane nanosystems for treating cardiovascular diseases by He Lu, Yaohui Jiang, Rui Luo, Dexing Zhou, Feihu Zheng, Liran Shi, He Zhang, Yong Wang, Xiaodong Xu, Renfang Zou, Yujing Zhou, Shuai Ren, Xiaocheng Wang, Haiqiang Sang

“…A significant benefit associated with this technology lies in its capacity to retain the functional and intrinsic properties of the source cells. …”
Get full text

QTL analysis for plant height and fine mapping of two environmentally stable QTLs with major effects in soybean by Yu TIAN, Lei YANG, Hong-feng LU, Bo ZHANG, Yan-fei LI, Chen LIU, Tian-li GE, Yu-lin LIU, Jia-nan HAN, Ying-hui LI, Li-juan QIU

Get full text

Optimisation of Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction Conditions Using Response Surface Methodology and Identification of Thymoquinone from Black Cumin (Nigella sativa L.) Seed Extract§ by Nita Kaushik, Aradhita Barmanray

“…The presence of thymoquinone was further confirmed by the functional groups detected in FTIR analysis. Under the specified extraction conditions, total phenolic content (TPC, expressed as gallic acid equivalents), yield (in %) and DPPH radical scavenging activity increased by approx. 271.03 mg/g, and 4.5 and 83.06 %, respectively. …”
Get full text

Investigation of high fecundity genes by nanopore sequencing in sheep (Ovis aries) pituitary by Xue Xiao, Zhibin Ji, Tong Wang, Dejie Zhu, Zhonghui Li, Xinming Xu, Fen Li

Get full text

Pulmonary complications in children and adolescents after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation by A. S. Frolova, A. G. Volkova, O. V. Paina, P. V. Kozhokar, K. A. Ekushov, Zh. Z. Rakhmanova, L. A. Cvetkova, E. D. Dobrovolskaya, B. I. Smirnov, E. A. Kulagin, T. A. Bykova, E. V. Semenova, L. S. Zubarovskaya

“…However to date, the effect of HSCT on functional and morphological pulmonary changes in recipients remains insufficiently studied.The objective of current study was to evaluate risk factors affecting long-term survival in children and adolescents after allo-HSCT.Methods and materials. …”
Get full text

The amino acid composition of Polygonum hydropiper L. and Polygonum persicaria L. herbs of Ukrainian flora by I. A. Lukina, O. V. Mazulin, H. P. Smoilovska, H. V. Mazulin, I. N. Shevchenko

“…Plant amino acids play an important role in the functioning of various systems and organs of the human body and are characterized by distinct pharmacological properties, as well as contribute to more rapid absorption and potentiate the effect of other biologically active compounds present in plants. …”
Get full text

Comparative Study of Fish Diversity in Wanquan River Based on Environmental Technology and Traditional Fishing Gear Survey Methods by Jun LEI, Yuanyuan SU, Lianzheng YIN, Ruohan ZENG, Ping LI, Yongqiang QIN, Xingwei CAI, Xiaoping DIAO

“…The rapid economic development of the Wanquan River basin has seriously affected the ecological function of fish in the basin owing to human activities such as dam dredging and highways. …”
Get full text

Canada goose fecal microbiota correlate with geography more than host‐associated factors by Joshua C. Gil, Heather R. Skeen, Celeste Cuellar, Sarah M. Hird

“…This work also suggests that there is a minimum geographic distance, likely associated with sufficient variation in habitat, climate, and local food sources, that must be reached before significant differences in the microbiota between two populations can be detected.…”
Get full text

Strain Monitoring of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Tower Using Fiber Bragg Gratings by Bastien Van Esbeen, Valentin Manto, Damien Kinet, Corentin Guyot, Christophe Caucheteur

“…First, FBG strain sensors were glued vertically along the tower to investigate the sensors behavior as a function of their height. The maximum signal-to-noise ratio is obtained when FBGs are placed at the tower base. …”
Get full text

Rapid and sensitive determination of bongkrekic acid with molecularly imprinted polymer-coated wooden-tip electrospray ionization mass spectrometry by Chunfei Zhong, Xinyan Li, Fan Zhang, Ning Liu, Jiewei Deng, Yunyun Yang, Tiangang Luan

Get full text

A SPectroscopic Survey of Biased Halos in the Reionization Era (ASPIRE): Spectroscopically Complete Census of Obscured Cosmic Star Formation Rate Density at z = 4–6 by Fengwu Sun, Feige Wang, Jinyi Yang, Jaclyn B. Champagne, Roberto Decarli, Xiaohui Fan, Eduardo Bañados, Zheng Cai, Luis Colina, Eiichi Egami, Joseph F. Hennawi, Xiangyu Jin, Hyunsung D. Jun, Yana Khusanova, Mingyu Li, Zihao Li, Xiaojing Lin, Weizhe Liu, Romain A. Meyer, Maria A. Pudoka, George H. Rieke, Yue Shen, Wei Leong Tee, Bram Venemans, Fabian Walter, Yunjing Wu, Huanian Zhang, Siwei Zou

“…We identify eight DSFGs in seven fields at z = 4–6 through the detection of H α or [O  iii ] λ 5008 lines, including fainter lines such as H β , [O  iii ] λ 4960, [N  ii ] λ 6585, and [S  ii ] λλ 6718,6733 for six sources. …”
Get full text

Overcoming Stagnation in Metaheuristic Algorithms with MsMA’s Adaptive Meta-Level Partitioning by Matej Črepinšek, Marjan Mernik, Miloš Beković, Matej Pintarič, Matej Moravec, Miha Ravber

“…This study introduces <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>M</mi><mi>s</mi><mi>M</mi><mi>A</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, a novel meta-level strategy that externally monitors MAs to detect stagnation and adaptively partitions computational resources. …”
Get full text

Genome-wide identification and expression pattern analysis of NAC family in Taxus yunnanensis and the TyuNAC30 role in paclitaxel production by Jiangtao Fan, Yong Wang, Mengke Dou, Qiuhong Hu, Qing Li, Shengmei Gan, Mingwei Jing, Gang Wang, Xiong Huang

“…Yeast one-hybrid and related assays revealed that TyuNAC30 functions as a negative regulator of TyuDBTNBT, a key enzyme gene in the paclitaxel biosynthetic pathway. …”
Get full text

Genomic Analysis of Two Histamine-Producing Strains Isolated from Yellowfin Tuna by Yazhe Wang, Di Wang, Shengjun Chen, Gang Yu, Zhenhua Ma, Ya Wei, Chunsheng Li, Yueqi Wang, Chaoming Shen, Yongqiang Zhao

Get full text