Genome-Wide Association Study and Haplotype Analysis Jointly Identify New Candidate Genes for Alkaline Tolerance at Seedling Stage in Rice by Ratan Kumar Ganapati, Kai Chen, Xiuqin Zhao, Tianqing Zheng, Fan Zhang, Laiyuan Zhai, Jianlong Xu

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Oxidative Stress Markers and C-Reactive Protein Are Related to Severity of Heart Failure in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy by Celina Wojciechowska, Ewa Romuk, Andrzej Tomasik, Bronisława Skrzep-Poloczek, Ewa Nowalany-Kozielska, Ewa Birkner, Wojciech Jacheć

“…Increased MnSOD activity indicates the mitochondrial source of ROS in patients with advanced heart failure.…”
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Enhancing Medium-Chain Fatty Acid Delivery Through Bigel Technology by Manuela Machado, Eduardo M. Costa, Sara Silva, Sérgio C. Sousa, Ana Maria Gomes, Manuela Pintado

“…This study presents the development and characterization of medium-chain fatty acid (MCFA)-loaded bigels, using coconut oil as the MCFA source. The bigels exhibited high oil binding capacity, ranging from 87% to 98%, effectively retaining MCFAs within the matrix, with lauric acid (C12) being the main component detected within the bigels at 178.32 ± 0.10 mg/g. …”
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Joint Survey Processing. III. Compact Oddballs in the COSMOS Field—Little Red Dots and Transients by Yu-Heng Lin, Andreas L. Faisst, Ranga-Ram Chary, Anton M. Koekemoer, Joseph Masiero, Daniel Masters, Vihang Mehta, Harry I. Teplitz, Gregory L. Walth, John R. Weaver

“…We present the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) G800L grism spectroscopy observation of the faint active galactic nuclei (AGN) candidates in the Cosmic Evolution Survey field at redshift of 6 selected by the point-source morphology and the photometry drop-off at 8000 Å. …”
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Plasmonic optical fiber biosensors for ultra-low detection of respiratory syncytial virus via point-of-care tests by Federica Passeggio, Luigi Zeni, Massimiliano Galdiero, Francesco Arcadio, Carla Zannella, Anna De Filippis, Chiara Marzano, Ines Tavoletta, Fabiana Napolitano, Rosalba Pitruzzella, Giuseppe Portella, Nunzio Cennamo

“…This protein was selected because it is the most conserved surface protein between the two RSV subtypes, RSV A and RSV B. …”
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Research note: Harnessing the potential of chicken blastodermal cells as a new frontier in poultry science and biotechnology – Establishment of embryonic stem cells and their diffe... by Małgorzata Duda, Patrycja Maciak, Grzegorz Tylko, Kamil Wartalski, Monika Trzcińska, Marek Romek, Marcin Samiec

“…These findings highlight the potential of B-ESCs as a valuable source for propagating SC-LCs, with implications for regenerative medicine and neural/glial tissue engineering applications. …”
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Targeted proteomics for absolute quantification of glucose transporter 1 in mammalian brain cells using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry by Yash Mehta, Dhavalkumar Patel, Iqra Pervaiz, Ulrich Bickel, Abraham Jacob Al-Ahmad

“…Glucose represents a major source of energy for mammalian brains. Its uptake is tributary to a functional glucose transporter (GLUT1) expression at the blood-brain barrier (BBB). …”
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Molecular characterization of heavy metal-tolerant bacteria and their potential for bioremediation and plant growth promotion by Saira Abbas, Saira Abbas, Sobia Zulfiqar, Muhammad Arshad, Nauman Khalid, Nauman Khalid, Amjad Hussain, Amjad Hussain, Iftikhar Ahmed

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Clinical and economic effectiveness of Schroth therapy in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: insights from a machine learning- and active learning-based real-world study by Erdal Ayvaz, Merve Uca, Ednan Ayvaz, Zafer Yıldız

“…These findings may inform evidence-based strategies for integrating personalized, data-driven approaches into conservative scoliosis treatment protocols and optimizing musculoskeletal healthcare resource allocation.…”
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Supramolecular nanocrystalline membranes with well-aligned subnanochannels for enhanced reverse osmosis desalination by Gang Lu, Wentao Shang, Xinyao Ma, Hengyue Xu, Hubao A, Jiawei Sun, Xiaolu Li, Mingyi Jia, Shuang Lu, Jun Wu, Xi Chen, Shensheng Chen, Jun Fan, Alicia Kyoungjin An

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Evaluating the impact of hyperparameters on the performance of 1D CNN model for nutritional profiling of underutilized crops using NIRS data by Simardeep Kaur, Naseeb Singh, Amit Kumar, Philanim W S, Veerendra Kumar Verma, Amit Kumar Patil, Rakesh Bhardwaj, Amritbir Riar

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Time Series Remote Sensing Image Classification with a Data-Driven Active Deep Learning Approach by Gaoliang Xie, Peng Liu, Zugang Chen, Lajiao Chen, Yan Ma, Lingjun Zhao

“…Then, we define a new loss function with the aim of improving the deep model’s performance. …”
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Chronic polystyrene microplastics exposure-induced changes in thick-shell mussel (Mytilus coruscus) metaorganism: A holistic perspective by Xing-Lu Chen, Lin-Jun Wu, Li-Li Miao, Lei Li, Long-Mei Qiu, Hui-Qiang Zhu, Xi-Rui Si, Hong-Fei Li, Qiao-Ling Zhao, Peng-Zhi Qi, Ting-Ting Hou

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Sustainability assessment of pectin extraction from Citrus paradisi peel to support the encapsulation of lactic acid bacteria by Natalia A. Di Clemente, Enzo La Cava, Sonia Sgroppo, Andrea Gomez-Zavaglia, Esteban Gerbino

“…The main impact categories were climate change, human toxicity with carcinogenic effects and depletion of water resources contributing to deionized water and electricity consumption. …”
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The ANFIS-RSM based multi-objective optimization and modelling of ultrasound-assisted extraction of polyphenols from jamun fruit (Syzygium cumini) by Mohammad Ganje, Somayyeh Gharibi, Fatemeh Nejatpour, Maryam Deilamipour, Kimia Goshadehrou, Sahra Saberyan, Gholamreza Abdi

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Investigation of Critical Genes and Quantitative Trait Loci Related to Economic Traits in Broiler Chicken Genome Using Protein-Protein Interaction Network by Sadegh Taheri, Saeed Zerehdaran, Ali Javadmanesh

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Morphofunctional characteristics of leaves and fruits in Maloideae (Rosaceae): a. Microstructure of surface tissues by T. Kh. Kumachova, A. S. Voronkov, A. V. Babosha, A. S. Ryabchenko

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Mitigating malicious denial of wallet attack using attribute reduction with deep learning approach for serverless computing on next generation applications by Amal K. Alkhalifa, Mohammed Aljebreen, Rakan Alanazi, Nazir Ahmad, Sultan Alahmari, Othman Alrusaini, Ali Alqazzaz, Hassan Alkhiri

“…Abstract Denial of Wallet (DoW) attacks are one kind of cyberattack whose goal is to develop and expand the financial sources of a group by causing extreme costs in their serverless computing or cloud environments. …”
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‘You can sleep hungry just to buy the medicine’: Applying a patient-centred model of cumulative complexity to explore how patients manage the lifelong workload of hypertension care... by Ruth Willis, Daniel Mbuthia, Mary Gichagua, Jacinta Nzinga, Carl May, Peter Mugo, Adrianna Murphy

“…Four inter-related domains of patient capacity influenced patients' ability to do this work: individual financial resources; physical functioning; social support and religious faith. …”
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Full-Length Transcriptome Sequencing and hsp Gene Family Analysis Provide New Insights into the Stress Response Mechanisms of <i>Mystus guttatus</i> by Lang Qin, Xueling Zhang, Yusen Li, Jun Shi, Yu Li, Yaoquan Han, Hui Luo, Dapeng Wang, Yong Lin, Hua Ye

“…After phylogenetic analysis and selective stress analysis, it was discovered that the <i>hsp</i> family has suffered purifying selection and gene loss, potentially contributing to a decrease in the stress resilience and population of <i>M. guttatus.…”
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