KANDiff: Kolmogorov–Arnold Network and Diffusion Model-Based Network for Hyperspectral and Multispectral Image Fusion by Wei Li, Lu Li, Man Peng, Ran Tao

“…It helps the model understand the complex relationships between the modalities by replacing the fixed activation function in the traditional MLP with a learnable activation function. …”
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Dose-dependent therapeutic effects of gum acacia on kidney and metabolic dysfunction in adenine-induced chronic kidney disease in rats: involvement of antioxidant pathways by Hadeer Badry, Nadia M. El-Beih, Aya M. Hussein, Hanaa F. Abd El-Kareem, Wael M. El-Sayed

“…Results AD treatment led to significant reductions in body weight, increased relative kidney weight, and disrupted kidney and liver function markers, including elevated urea, creatinine, ALT, GGT, and glucose levels. …”
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Iron–Immune Crosstalk at the Maternal–Fetal Interface: Emerging Mechanisms in the Pathogenesis of Preeclampsia by Jieyan Zhong, Ruhe Jiang, Nan Liu, Qingqing Cai, Qi Cao, Yan Du, Hongbo Zhao

“…We outline their origin, distribution, and polarization in pregnancy, and emphasize their aberrant phenotype and function in PE. The bidirectional crosstalk between iron and macrophages is also dissected: iron shapes macrophage polarization and function, while macrophages reciprocally modulate iron homeostasis. …”
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Involvement of hypoxia-inducible factor1-alpha in the protective effect of rivaroxaban against testicular ischemia-reperfusion in rats by Marwan Abdel Baset, Sally A. El Awdan, Marwa S. Khattab, Salma A. El-Marasy

“…The higher dose significantly improved hormonal function (486.8% increase in testosterone), reduced oxidative stress (51.8% reduction in MDA), modulated apoptotic markers (68.3% decrease in BAX, 159.1% increase in BCL2), and normalized angiogenic factors (71.8% reduction in HIF-1). …”
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The Effect of Low-Level Laser Therapy on the Expression of 3β-HSD and StAR Genes in the Ovaries of NMRI Mice by Mehdi Aghamardi, Mitra Barzroodipour, Nastaran Azarbarz, Mohammadreza Bayatiani, Mohammad Bayat

“…Low-level laser therapy (LLLT), by modulating cellular activity and increasing the expression of genes involved in steroidogenesis, has the potential to improve ovarian function. …”
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Dynamics of quality of life of head and neck cancer patients after treatment. Clinical significance by A. V. Karpenko, R. R. Sibgatullin, A. A. Boyko, M. G. Kostova, O. M. Nikolayeva, E. M. Trunin

“…Changes in general health, emotional function, pain, insomnia, pain in the head and neck, taste and smell disorders, mouth opening, sticky saliva, dry mouth, painkillers and weight gain were found to have some clinical relevance. …”
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A Lightweight Network for UAV Multi-Scale Feature Fusion-Based Object Detection by Sheng Deng, Yaping Wan

“…Furthermore, the Focal-EIoU loss function supersedes the traditional CIoU loss function to address challenges related to the regression of small targets. …”
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Acute Hypobaric and Hypoxic Preconditioning Reduces Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Rats by Hirofumi Terada, Naoyuki Hirata, Yasuaki Sawashita, Sho Ohno, Yusuke Yoshikawa, Michiaki Yamakage

“…After each exposure, 30 min of myocardial ischemia was followed by 60 min of reperfusion. Cardiac function and infarct size were determined after reperfusion. …”
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Sexual Dysfunction with Antidepressants: A Clinical Review by Shorouq Motwani, Anita Hukumchand, Sagar Karia, Sushma Sonavane, Avinash Desousa

“…This happens because sex steroids and the various neurotransmitters modulate both sexual function and mood. The mechanism by which psychotropic medications affect the sexual cycle is through the interaction between medications and the various above-mentioned neurotransmitters. …”
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Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 1 Signaling Targets Proteins Critical for Endosome/Lysosome Sorting and Trafficking in Osteoclasts by Weirong Xing, Yian Chen, Anakha Udayakumar, Haibo Zhao, Subburaman Mohan

“…Our results indicate that LRRK1 signaling regulates osteoclast function via modulating VPS35 and CFL1 phosphorylation critical for endosome/lysosome trafficking and dynamic cytoskeleton arrangement in osteoclasts.…”
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Regulation of Neuroimmune Microenvironment by PLA/GO/Anti-TNF-α Composite to Enhance Neurological Repair After Spinal Cord Injury by Liu Y, Liu J, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Peng Z, Li P, Li M, Xue B, Wang Y

“…In the SCI model, PLA+GO+Ab treatment enhanced motor function recovery, reduced spinal cord damage, and promoted axonal regeneration and oligodendrocyte maturation. …”
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Research on Buckwheat Weed Recognition in Multispectral UAV Images Based on MSU-Net by Jinlong Wu, Xin Wu, Ronghui Miao

“…The neuron death caused by the original ReLU activation function may lead to misidentification, so it was replaced by the Swish function to improve the adaptability to complex inputs. …”
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Translational research from bioinformatics to animal studies: Exploring gene expression and muscle health in COPD through selenium nanoparticles and exercise by Mahdi Bakhshi, Abdolali Bnaeifar, Sajjad Arshadi, Behzad Bazgir

“…Recent studies highlight the role of molecular pathways, such as oxidative stress response and mitochondrial function, in COPD. This study explores the role of the PGC-1α gene, a key regulator of mitochondrial biogenesis and energy metabolism, using a rat model and bioinformatics analysis of human lung tissue samples. …”
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An Investigation of Infrared Small Target Detection by Using the SPT–YOLO Technique by Yongjun Qi, Shaohua Yang, Zhengzheng Jia, Yuanmeng Song, Jie Zhu, Xin Liu, Hongxing Zheng

“…Finally, the cross-entropy loss function in the original network model is replaced by an adaptive threshold focal loss function, forcing the model to allocate more attention to target features. …”
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Rhein alleviates hepatic steatosis in NAFLD mice by activating the AMPK/ACC/SREBP1 pathway to enhance lipid metabolism by Weiwei Dai, Qishu Hou, Jifeng Ye

“…Serum lipid profiles, liver function biomarkers, and inflammatory cytokine levels were measured. …”
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MIR22HG Aggravates Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation and Reoxygenation-Induced Cardiomyocyte Injury through the miR-9-3p/SH2B3 Axis by Yi Ge, Lishi Liu, Liang Luo, Yu Fang, Tong Ni

“…Experiments including CCK-8, flow cytometry, TUNEL, HE staining, RT-qPCR, western blotting, and luciferase reporter assays were performed to explore the function and potential mechanism of MIR22HG in MIRI in vitro and in vivo. …”
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Clinical Potential of Misshapen/NIKs-Related Kinase (MINK) 1—A Many-Sided Element of Cell Physiology and Pathology by Anna Kot, Dominika Koszewska, Błażej Ochman, Elżbieta Świętochowska

“…Moreover, MINK1 plays an important role in the nervous system and the cardiovascular system development and function. The modulation of MINK1 activity could influence the course of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease. …”
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Detection of underground personnel safety helmet wearing based on improved YOLOv8n by WANG Qi, XIA Lufei, CHEN Tianming, HAN Hongyin, WANG Liang

“…The CIoU loss function was replaced with the WIoU loss function to improve the model's localization capability for detection targets. …”
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Coordination of Neutrophil and Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand in Inflammatory Diseases by Xue H, Xie R, Wang Z, Fan W, Wei Y, Zhang L, Zhao D, Song Z

“…Hanyu Xue,1,* Ran Xie,2,* Zhiwei Wang,3,* Wenqian Fan,4 Yinxiang Wei,5 Lijie Zhang,5 Dan Zhao,5 Zhiming Song6,7 1The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University, School of Medicine, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, People’s Republic of China; 2School of Medical Technology, Shangqiu Medical College, Shangqiu, 476000, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University, Kaifeng, 475000, People’s Republic of China; 4School of Medicine, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, People’s Republic of China; 5Joint National Laboratory for Antibody Drug Engineering, the First Affiliated Hospital, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, People’s Republic of China; 6Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, People’s Republic of China; 7Kaifeng Key Laboratory for Modulation and Rehabilitation of Cardiac Function, The First Affiliated Hospital, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Dan Zhao, Joint National Laboratory for Antibody Drug Engineering, the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University, Kaifeng, People’s Republic of China, Email zhaodan2022@henu.edu.cn Zhiming Song, Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, People’s Republic of China, Email songzhim@vip.henu.edu.cnAbstract: As the most abundant innate immune cells, neutrophils play a key role in host’s anti-infective activity and tissue damage/repair process of sterile inflammation. …”
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Histone deacetylases: the critical enzymes for microglial activation involved in neuropathic pain by Yi Ding

“…Furthermore, emerging evidence has shown that the expression and/or activities of different histone deacetylases (HDACs) can modulate microglial function and neuropathic pain. …”
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