Kaolin application improved growth performances, essential oil percentage, and phenolic compound of Thymus vulgaris L. under drought stress by Elaheh Faghihi, Fateme Aghamir, Meisam Mohammadi, Ghasem Eghlima

“…Notably, kaolin also facilitated faster restauration of physiological functions during stress recovery. In summary, kaolin foliar sprays alleviated the negative effects of water stress in T. vulgaris performance by modulating distinct physiological and biochemical responses. …”
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Revolutionizing Holy-Basil Cultivation With AI-Enabled Hydroponics System by G. Lakshmi Priya, Chanthini Baskar, Sanket Sandeep Deshmane, C. Adithya, Souranil Das

“…The system utilizes the functionality of Azure IoT Hub, Azure Container, and Azure DataBricks, where we employ a logistic regression model on sensor data to classify the upcoming seasonal parameters such as nutrient dispensation, water stream, and light for optimal plant growth. …”
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Effect of Water Content and Cementation on the Shear Characteristics of Remolded Fault Gouge by Weimin Wang, Hejuan Liu, Haizeng Pan, Shengnan Ban

“…The model accurately predicts cohesion and internal friction angle as functions of water content and cementation degree, achieving strong agreement with experimental results (<i>R</i>² = 0.8309 for training and <i>R</i>² = 0.8172 for testing). …”
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Research progress and strategy of FGF21 for skin wound healing by Shisheng Lin, Lu Tang, Nuo Xu

“…Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 (FGF21), a pivotal member of the fibroblast growth factor family, exhibits multifaceted biological functions, including the modulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines and metabolic regulation. …”
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Evaluation of Apelin, Elabela, and Certain Biomarkers in Patients with Metabolic Disease Associated with Obesity by Layla Imad Ali, Shaimaa Imad Ali, Fayhaa M. Khaleel, Wasan Saher Hassan, Kawther Adeeb Hussein, Great Iruoghene Edo

“… Background: A novel peptide known as Elabela was recently discovered; it functions similarly to apelin and acts through apelin receptors. …”
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Variable Structure Depth Controller for Energy Savings in an Underwater Device: Proof of Stability by João Bravo Pinto, João Falcão Carneiro, Fernando Gomes de Almeida, Nuno A. Cruz

“…In contrast to the conventional approach used in controller stability proofs for switched systems—which typically relies on the existence of multiple Lyapunov functions—the method developed in this paper adopts a different strategy. …”
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Epimedium-Derived Exosome-Loaded GelMA Hydrogel Enhances MC3T3-E1 Osteogenesis via PI3K/Akt Pathway by Weijian Hu, Xin Xie, Jiabin Xu

“…This study presents a GelMA hydrogel functionalized with plant-derived exosomes, which synergistically provides osteoinductive stimuli and structural support. …”
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Evaluation of Carboxymethyl Chitosan–Genipin Hydrogels as Reservoir Systems for Suramin Delivery in Epithelial Tissues by David Encinas-Basurto, Victor H. Ruiz, Rick G. Schnellmann, Heidi M. Mansour

“…Notably, the 1% crosslinked formulation also demonstrated enhanced transmembrane flux (>140 μg/cm²/h after six hours), suggesting that lower crosslinking density favors both diffusional mobility and depot functionality. In contrast, free suramin solution displayed limited tissue interaction and minimal permeation, highlighting the role of the hydrogel matrix in regulating local bioavailability. …”
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Mapping and Spatial Analysis of the Development of the Administrative Borders of Stavropol Region in 1785–2021 by Igor Yurievich Katorgin, Alexander Nikolaevich Roman

“…For the processing and analysis of spatial data, the functionality of the GIS package Mapinfo Professional and the Vertical Mapper module were used. …”
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Comparative Analysis of On-Chip FPGA Memory Architectures for Viterbi Decoder Implementation in DVB Systems by Asmaa Mosbeh, Ali Younis, Hassan Mostafa, Khalil Yousef

“…Functionality of the proposed VD architecture for signal to noise ratio (SNR) of 0 dB at additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel and vector length of 3,264 bits is verified. …”
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Innovative Guardrails for Generative AI: Designing an Intelligent Filter for Safe and Responsible LLM Deployment by Olga Shvetsova, Danila Katalshov, Sang-Kon Lee

“…The Agreement Validation Interface (AVI) functions as a modular Application Programming Interface (API) Gateway positioned between user applications and LLMs. …”
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Identification of biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease and COVID-19 by bioinformatics combining single-cell data analysis and machine learning algorithms. by Juntu Li, Linfeng Tao, Yanyou Zhou, Yue Zhu, Chao Li, Yiyuan Pan, Ping Yao, Xuefeng Qian, Jun Liu

“…GO enrichment analysis revealed that these genes mainly affect inflammation, cytokines, immune-related functions, and signaling pathways related to metal ions. …”
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Vitamin D enhances migration but decreases gene expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and tumor necrosis factor-α in Wharton’s jelly mesenchymal stem cells by Vitriyanna Mutiara Yuhendri, Nurfi Pratiwi, Ariza Julia Paulina, Ismawati Ismawati, Nicko Pisceski Kusika Saputra, Arfianti Arfianti

“… Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have gained significant interest for their potential application in repairing damaged tissues through immunomodulatory functions. Vitamin D has been shown to regulate both the innate and adaptive immune systems. …”
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YOLORM: An Advanced Key Point Detection Method for Accurate and Efficient Rotameter Reading in Low Flow Environments by Huang Yong, Xia Xing, Xiao Shengwang

“…Several innovations were introduced to the YOLOv8n framework: (1) An ALKBlock-based C2f module incorporating DACov structure to enhance spatial perception; (2) An EffQA-FPN feature pyramid network inspired by QARepVGG to mitigate precision loss during quantization and reparameterization; (3) A DynamicHead attention mechanism with multi dimensional perception capabilities; and (4) EIoU and Adaptive Wing Loss functions to optimize bounding box and key point regression. …”
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An untargeted metabolomic analysis of acute AFB1 treatment in liver, breast, and lung cells. by Heidi H Cao, Sabrina Molina, Susan Sumner, Blake R Rushing

“…Pathway analysis was then used to understand broader biochemical functions affected by AFB1 treatment in each cell type. …”
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The effect of positive and negative mood induction on working, autobiographical, and semantic memory in people with maladaptive perfectionism by Fatemeh Ghaedi, Azam Davoodi, Ghasem Naziri, Siamak Samani

“…Background: One of the important cognitive functions is memory. Memory is the process by which information is encoded, stored, and recalled later. …”
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Nanoconfinement Engineering of Covalent Organic Frameworks in Polyamide Membranes for High‐Perselectivity Li+/Mg2+ Separation by Shuzhen Zhao, Liheng Dai, Zhaohuan Mai, Bowen Li, Pengfei Zhang, Mengxiao Zhang, Atsushi Matsuoka, Kecheng Guan, Ryosuke Takagi, Hideto Matsuyama

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B cell c-Maf signaling promotes tumor progression in animal models of pancreatic cancer and melanoma by Hong Li, Shu Li, Jun Yan, Yongling Ning, Hongying Hao, Qian Zhong, Chuanlin Ding, Xiaoling Hu, Kelly M McMasters

“…Additionally, tumor-specific antibodies (Abs) also exhibit antitumor and protumor functions dependent on the Ab isotype. Transcription factor c-Maf has been suggested to contribute to the regulation of IL-10 in Breg, but the role of B cell c-Maf signaling in antitumor immunity and regulating Ab responses remains unknown.Methods Conditional B cell c-Maf knockout (KO) and control mice were used to establish a KPC pancreatic cancer model and B16.F10 melanoma model. …”
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Harnessing conversion bridge strategy by organic semiconductor in polymer matrix memristors for high‐performance multi‐modal neuromorphic signal processing by Weijia Dong, Xuan Ji, Chuanbin An, Chenhui Xu, Xuwen Zhang, Bin Zhao, Yuqian Liu, Shiyu Wang, Xi Yu, Xinjun Liu, Yang Han, Yanhou Geng

“…Our work paves the way for high‐yield organic memristors with mechanical flexibility, advancing efficient multi‐mode neuromorphic computing within a unified memristor system integrating volatile and non‐volatile functionalities.…”
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Epigenetic modifications in bladder cancer: crosstalk between DNA methylation and miRNAs by Wei Li, Wei Li, Wei Li, Peiyue Luo, Peiyue Luo, Peiyue Luo, Qi Chen, Qi Chen, Qi Chen, Le Cheng, Le Cheng, Le Cheng, Lifeng Gan, Lifeng Gan, Lifeng Gan, Fangtao Zhang, Fangtao Zhang, Fangtao Zhang, Haidong Zhong, Haidong Zhong, Haidong Zhong, Liying Zheng, Biao Qian, Biao Qian

“…Research has demonstrated that DNA methylation not only directly influences the expression of miRNA genes but also indirectly affects the maturation and functionality of miRNAs by modulating the methylation status of miRNA promoter regions. …”
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