Ageing well in the urban environment: meeting the health and social needs of older Adults - study protocol for a prospective, longitudinal mixed-methods study by Marie Bolster, Abhijit Visaria, David Matchar, Denis Gerstorf, Tillman Schmitz, Benjamin Labohm, Raphael Kohl, Dagmar Haase, Paul Gellert, Angelique Chan, Wolfram J. Herrmann

“…Additionally, three functional tests (cognitive functioning, hand grip strength, and walking speed) are carried out with participants. …”
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User Communities — Drivers for Open Innovation by Gunnar Prause, Thomas Thurner

“…Users best judge what will lead to commercial success, and they have long been recognized as a valuable source of knowledge to harvest for future innovation. …”
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An efficient strategy for small-scale screening and production of archaeal membrane transport proteins in Escherichia coli. by Pikyee Ma, Filipa Varela, Malgorzata Magoch, Ana Rita Silva, Ana Lúcia Rosário, José Brito, Tânia Filipa Oliveira, Przemyslaw Nogly, Miguel Pessanha, Meike Stelter, Arnulf Kletzin, Peter J F Henderson, Margarida Archer

“…Despite their importance, structural and functional characterisation of membrane proteins still remains a challenge, partially due to the difficulties in recombinant expression and purification. …”
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Marketing Research of Supply and Demand in the Regional Energy Market by M. A. Alinazarova

“…The ways of solving marketing research for the further successful functioning of the energy company in the interests of society and the social well-being of the population are proposed.Purpose of the study. …”
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The Construction of Immunoliposomes (Review) by M. V. Dmitrieva, I. V. Yarosh, E. V. Sanarova, A. V. Lantsova, O. L. Orlova

“…Due to the discovery of antibodies (Ab) targeting molecule with high specificity to the ligand, the "magic bullet" concept has been successfully implemented with various immunoconjugated drugs. …”
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Ureteral duplication anomalies: two years’ experience in a single center by Ahmed Oshiba, Samar Oshiba, Mostafa Kotb, Mohamed Abouheba

“…Our chosen bottom-to-top approach proved successful in recruiting functional upper-moiety nephrons. …”
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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

“…A MIPWT solid phase microextraction (SPME) probe specifically tailored for BA was fabricated, by employing dummy template molecules/functional monomers in the imprinting coating modification. …”
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A Study on the Influence Mechanisms of Neighborhood Vitality and the Characteristics of Spatial and Temporal Differentiation in the Urban Fringe Areas of Wuhan City by Yan Long, Siyu Hu, Zhengyuan Lu, Lianghao Cheng, Cairui Zhen, Jingmei Shao, Yuqiao Zheng, Xuehui Zhou, Jin Li, Yudi Lin, Shu Zhang, Yue Wang, Tianyue Luo, Haijuan Zhao, Xuejun Liu

“…This paper quantifies the neighborhood vitality of the fringe areas by the short-stay visitors in the fringe areas and selects the 5D elements of the built environment and social media data from multiple sources to construct the indicator system assessing the neighborhood vitality of the urban fringe areas. …”
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Regeneration of Two-Walled Infrabony Periodontal Defects in Swine After Buccal Fat Pad-Derived Dedifferentiated Fat Cell Autologous Transplantation by Daisuke Akita, Naoki Tsukimura, Tomohiko Kazama, Rie Takahashi, Yoshiki Taniguchi, Jin Inoue, Ayana Suzuki, Nodoka Tanabe, Keisuke Seki, Yoshinori Arai, Masatake Asano, Shuichi Sato, Yoshiyuki Hagiwara, Koichiro Kano, Masaki Honda, Taro Matsumoto

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Agarwood leaf ethanol extract provides neuroprotective properties and promotes cholinergic differentiation of HT22 hippocampal neurons by Kishoree K. Kumaree, James M. Brimson, Kanika Verma, Siriporn Chuchawankul, Tewin Tencomnao, Anchalee Prasansuklab

“…Abstract Neurodegenerative diseases, characterized by the loss or damage of neurons, represent a growing global health concern. Plants are a rich source of naturally occurring compounds with immense therapeutic potential. …”
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Recent Advances in Understanding the Keys Factors Influencing Pressurized Liquid Extraction of Secondary Metabolites: A Comprehensive Review by Pauline Donn, Sepidar Seyyedi-Mansour, Franklin Chamorro, Paula Garcia-Oliveira, Javier Echave, Ana Perez-Vazquez, Paula Barciela, Lucia Cassani, Miguel Angel Prieto

“…., phenolic compounds) from botanical sources, with implications spanning across pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and functional foods. …”
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An 1800 MHz Electromagnetic Field Affects Hormone Levels, Sperm Quality, and Behavior in Laboratory Rats (<i>Rattus norvegicus</i>) by Krzysztof Pawlak, Bartosz Bojarski, Wojciech Jagusiak, Tomasz Wojnar, Zenon Nieckarz, Zbigniew Arent, Magdalena Ludwiczak, Malwina Lasko

“…In addition to natural electromagnetic fields (EMFs), so-called artificial electromagnetic fields exist in the biosphere, with mobile communications being one of their main sources. This study aimed to determine the impact of EMF at a frequency of 1800 MHz on the concentrations of selected hormones, sperm motility, viability, morphology and behaviors in laboratory rats. …”
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Controllable surface carrier type of metal oxide nanocrystals for multifunctional photocatalysis by Han Li, Yingchun Ding, Kaiyi Luo, Qiuping Zhang, Huan Yuan, Shuyan Xu, Ming Xu

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Pulmonary Artery Banding in a Cat with Atrioventricular Canal Defect Type A with Concurrent Muscular Septal Defect by Olga Szaluś-Jordanow, Krzysztof Zdeb, Wojciech Mądry, Michał Buczyński, Anna Świerk, Zofia Nowek, Agata Moroz-Fik, Michał Czopowicz

“…Conclusions: PAB proved effective as a palliative intervention for managing an incomplete AVC in this feline patient. The successful outcome suggests that PAB may offer significant long-term benefits and improved survival in selected cases of incomplete AVCs in cats.…”
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Recent advances and challenges in solid sorbents for CO2 capture by Hamid Zentou, Bosirul Hoque, Mahmoud A. Abdalla, Ahmed F. Saber, Omar Y. Abdelaziz, Mansur Aliyu, Abdullah M. Alkhedhair, Abdullah J. Alabduly, Mahmoud M. Abdelnaby

“…This review offers an extensive assessment of recent progress in solid sorbent technology, outlining the enhancement of material characteristics, functionalization methods, and synthesis processes that improve CO₂ capture efficiency. …”
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Intelligent Ultrasonic Aspirator Controlled by Fiber-Optic Neoplasm Sensor Detecting 5-Aminolevulinic Acid-Derived Porphyrin Fluorescence by Yoshinaga Kajimoto, Hidefumi Ota, Masahiro Kameda, Naosuke Nonoguchi, Motomasa Furuse, Shinji Kawabata, Toshihiko Kuroiwa, Toshihiro Takami, Masahiko Wanibuchi

“…The system was successfully applied in a surgical case of recurrent glioblastoma, selectively removing tumor tissue while preserving surrounding brain tissue. …”
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Sex-Dependent Changes in Risk-Taking Predisposition of Rats Following Space Radiation Exposure by Elliot Smits, Faith E. Reid, Ella N. Tamgue, Paola Alvarado Arriaga, Charles Nguyen, Richard A. Britten

“…Astronauts on these ambitious missions will have to successfully complete complex tasks, which will frequently involve rapid and effective decision making under unfamiliar or high-pressure conditions. …”
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Recent advances in carbon-based catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation toward circular economy by Hao Wen, Haiquan Liao, Xueyuan Pan, Kang Sun, Jianchun Jiang, Yanlin Liao, Xiangzhou Yuan, Hao Sun

“…The carbon-based catalysts with certain functionalization treatments have superior properties for achieving excellent CO2 hydrogenation. …”
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Acetone gas sensor based on chitosan-metal-organic framework mixed matrix membranes for diabetes diagnosis by Lamia A. Siddig, Ashraf Ali, Shaikha S. Al Neyadi, Yaser E. Greish, Stefan Wuttke, Saleh T. Mahmoud

“…In this study, we successfully fabricated a novel composite sensor comprising chitosan, a linear polysaccharide, combined with a metal-organic framework (UiO-66-NH2 MOF) and the ionic liquid glycerol. …”
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Elemental numerical descriptions to enhance classification and regression model performance for high-entropy alloys by Yan Zhang, Cheng Wen, Pengfei Dang, Xue Jiang, Dezhen Xue, Yanjing Su

“…Our experimental validation demonstrates that our classification model, utilizing these new elemental numerical descriptions, successfully predicted the phases of 8 out of 9 randomly selected alloys, outperforming the same model based on traditional empirical features, which correctly predicted 4 out of 9. …”
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