Hematopoietic stem cell discovery: unveiling the historical and future perspective of colony-forming units assay by Nur Afizah Yusoff, Zariyantey Abd Hamid, Siti Balkis Budin, Izatus Shima Taib

“…Since then, HSCs have been studied and utilized in medical therapies and research for over several decades. …”
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Simulation Analysis of Water Resource Scheduling in Nansu River Based on Coupled Water Quality-Quantity Model by HOU Xiang-dong, ZHAO Xiang-ling

“…Conducting research on water quality and quantity in rivers that flow through urban areas and serve functions such as water supply and irrigation, and implementing rational scheduling, is of significance for ensuring a healthy aquatic ecosystem and enhancing the well-being of local residents. …”
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Seamless Integration of Grid-Forming and Grid-Following Capabilities in a Single VSI Within a Unified Hybrid Control Framework Under Islanded Conditions by Iman Lorzadeh, Omid Lorzadeh, Dimitar V. Bozalakov, Luc Dupre, Lieven Vandevelde

“…To achieve seamless integration of grid-forming (GFM) and grid-following (GFL) capabilities in a single voltage-source inverter (VSI) under islanded conditions, this study introduces a unified hybrid control (UHC) scheme with minimal control parameters and measurement sensors. …”
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Resveratrol from grape pomace: Mitigation of lead-induced oxidative stress-related renal toxicity: In silico and In vivo studies by Mohamed Seif, Hanan Y. Aati, Bin Wei, Mohamed A. Tantawy, Mohamed Sayed, Ziyu Guo, Sherien M. Bakry, Mahmoud Emam

“…Utilizing industrial agricultural waste is a beneficial approach that can reduce the negative environmental impact of agro-waste and valorize its potential for use in the food, health, and agricultural sectors. …”
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Dessabank, Lembaga Keuangan Masa Pemerintah Hindia Belanda di Pedesaan Buleleng-Bali, Awal Abad XX by Ida Ayu Wirasmini Sidemen

“…The Dessabank in Banjar Buleleng utilized local administrative personnel and The Dutch East Indies government expected the Dessabank will function well and meet the needs of the village community. …”
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The State of the Art Electricity Load and Price Forecasting for the Modern Wholesale Electricity Market by Vasileios Laitsos, Georgios Vontzos, Paschalis Paraschoudis, Eleftherios Tsampasis, Dimitrios Bargiotas, Lefteri H. Tsoukalas

“…The high penetration of renewable energy sources and the formation of competitive prices for utilities play a critical role in the wider economic development. …”
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Assessing Causality Between Plasma Brain‐Derived Neurotrophic Factor With Major Depression Disorder: A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study by Ming Chen, Hao‐Zhang Huang, Yi‐Hui Liu, Qiang Li, Lin‐Yan Fu, Cai‐Lan Hou

“…In a subsequent phase, we analyzed MDD data from FinnGen (N = 448,069) with plasma BDNF data from three additional GWAS sources: UK Biobank (N = 33,924), deCODE (N = 35,353), and INTERVAL (N = 3301). …”
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Understanding Hip Pain Through Social Media: An Initial Overview of an International Web-Based Survey by John M. Gaddis, BS, Erika Shults, MS, Bretton Laboret, BS, Ryan Bialaszewski, BS, Katerina Wells, MD, MPH, Charles South, PhD, Joel E. Wells, MD, MPH

“…Conclusions: This study demonstrates the feasibility of utilizing social media for a comprehensive web-based survey to gather patient-reported outcomes from individuals with various sources of hip pain internationally.…”
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Above-mJ optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier at 3 μm for laser-driven coherent soft x-ray generation beyond the water window by Pritha Dey, Lutz Ehrentraut, Johannes Tümmler, Matthias Schnürer, Stefan Eisebitt

“…This technology has paved the path toward tabletop coherent soft x-ray (SXR) sources in recent years. Commercial availability of high-power Yb:YAG lasers as the pump lasers has enabled OPCPA to generate high-energy femtosecond mid-IR pulses at a high repetition rate. …”
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Carbon footprint of coffee production: the case study of Indian Robusta coffee by Sandra P. Iglesias, Paraskevi Karka, John A. Posada, Ralph E.F. Lindeboom, Machteld van den Broek, Girigan Gopi, Manju Mathew, TD John, Vipin Champatan, P.V. Aravind

“…Calculating the carbon footprint (CF) in coffee processing is crucial for identifying and mitigating key sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Utilizing the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology, the current study quantifies the CF associated with Robusta dry coffee processing by collecting primary data through interviews with coffee producers and visits to coffee processing units, roasting, and grinding facilities in Wayanad, India. …”
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A rat model of cirrhosis with well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma induced by thioacetamide by Zhiping Hu, Zhiping Hu, Takeshi Kurihara, Takeshi Kurihara, Yiyue Sun, Yiyue Sun, Zeliha Cetin, Zeliha Cetin, Rodrigo M. Florentino, Rodrigo M. Florentino, Rodrigo M. Florentino, Lanuza A. P. Faccioli, Lanuza A. P. Faccioli, Lanuza A. P. Faccioli, Zhenghao Liu, Zhenghao Liu, Bo Yang, Bo Yang, Alina Ostrowska, Alina Ostrowska, Alina Ostrowska, Joseph D. Locker, Joseph D. Locker, Alejandro Soto-Gutierrez, Alejandro Soto-Gutierrez, Alejandro Soto-Gutierrez, Evan R. Delgado, Evan R. Delgado

“…This TAA-induced cirrhosis and mixed HCC rat model successfully replicates the clinical progression of human HCC, particularly in terms of liver function impairment and early-stage liver cancer characteristics. …”
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Genome-scale metabolic modelling of human gut microbes to inform rational community design by Juan Pablo Molina Ortiz, Dale David McClure, Andrew Holmes, Scott Alan Rice, Mark Norman Read, Erin Rose Shanahan

“…Our study inferred the capability of AGORA strains to consume carbohydrates of varying structural complexities – including DRCs – and to produce metabolites amenable to cross-feeding, such as SCFAs. The resulting functional database indicated that DRC-degrading abilities are rare among gut microbes, suggesting that the presence or absence of specific taxa can determine the success of DRC-based interventions. …”
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Total Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) and Antioxidant Activity of Goat's Milk Yoghurt with The Addition Of Red Bran During Refrigeration Storage by Indah Puspadyah Jangnga, Ajeng Erika Prihastuti Haskito, Citra Sari, Sruti Listra Adrenalin

“…Background: Goat milk yogurt is a functional food made from processed food of animal origin with the help of LAB fermentation, which is healthy for the body. …”
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Whole-genome sequencing and genomic analysis of four Akkermansia strains newly isolated from human feces by Wenjing Lu, Biqing Zha, Jie Lyu, Chenxi LingHu, Jing Chen, Sisi Deng, Xiangling Zhang, Liang Li, Guoqing Wang

“…These bacteria colonize the mucus layer of the gastrointestinal tract and utilize mucin as their sole source of carbon and nitrogen. …”
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A valuable predictive model for optimizing the timing of oocyte retrieval: a retrospective analysis of oocyte retrieval time in 49,961 oocyte pickup (OPU) cycles by Yuting Huang, Zhe Kuang, Xi Shen, Yunhan Nie, Yuqi Zeng, Yali Liu, Li Wang

“…The data from Group 1 was randomly divided into training and validation sets using the "sample" function in R software. The training set data was utilized to develop a predictive model for oocyte retrieval time based on former identified determinants using the "lm" function in R software. …”
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Extracorporeal life support for severe cardiogenic shock induced by diltiazem intoxication by Srdanović Ilija, Kovačević Mila, Stefanović Maja, Petrović Milovan, Čanković Milenko, Velicki Lazar

“…During the next 36 h, an adequate end-organ perfusion was achieved with complete reversal of multiorgan failure. After the successful restoration of all major organ functions, the patient was successfully decannulated and discharged from the hospital after 10 days in a good condition. …”
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Ancestral sequence reconstruction as a tool for structural analysis of modular polyketide synthases by Taichi Chisuga, Shota Takinami, Zengwei Liao, Masayuki Karasawa, Naruhiko Adachi, Masato Kawasaki, Toshio Moriya, Toshiya Senda, Tohru Terada, Fumitaka Kudo, Tadashi Eguchi, Shogo Nakano, Sohei Ito, Akimasa Miyanaga

“…After confirming that KSQAncAT chimeric didomain retains similar enzymatic function to the native KSQAT didomain, we successfully determine a high-resolution crystal structure of the KSQAncAT chimeric didomain and cryo-EM structures of the KSQ–ACP complex. …”
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Assisted Egg White Biogenic Synthesis for Elaboration of ZnO Nanoparticles by Elena Andreea Vijan, Ecaterina Magdalena Modan, Sorin Georgian Moga, Denis Aurelian Negrea, Adriana-Gabriela Schiopu, Mihai Oproescu, Daniela Istrate

“…The synthesis process utilized egg white from different sources (commercially raised hens, home-raised hens, and ducks) and varying zinc nitrate concentrations (1M and 2M) to evaluate their influence on nanoparticle morphology and size. …”
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AIpollen: An Analytic Website for Pollen Identification Through Convolutional Neural Networks by Xingchen Yu, Jiawen Zhao, Zhenxiu Xu, Junrong Wei, Qi Wang, Feng Shen, Xiaozeng Yang, Zhonglong Guo

“…For the optimization algorithm, we opted for the Adam optimizer and utilized the cross-entropy loss function. Additionally, we implemented ELU activation function, data augmentation, learning rate decay, and early stopping strategies to enhance the training efficiency and generalization capability of the model. …”
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Defect Generation and Evolution in Irradiated Epitaxial Films and Heterostructures of Fe3O4 and Cr2O3 by Tiffany C. Kaspar, Maciej O. Liedke, Kayla H. Yano, Jijo Christudasjustus, Hyosim Kim, Yongqiang Wang, Mark E. Bowden, George E. Sterbinsky, Maik Butterling, Eric Hirschmann, Andreas Wagner, Daniel K. Schreiber

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