Nuclear-Targeting Delivery of CRISPRa System for Upregulation of β-Defensin against Virus Infection by Dexamethasone and Phenylalanine Dual-Modified Dendrimer by Mingxiang Zuo, Xiaoxia Li, Shuang Liu, Bin Chen, Du Cheng

“…The titer of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) in the cells treated with dCas9-sgRNA targeting β-defensin was reduced by about 100-fold compared to that of cells treated with dCas9-scramble sgRNA (dCas9-scr sgRNA). …”
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PICEA ABIES: GERMINATION AND DEVELPOMENT OF SEEDLINGS IN DIFFERENT SUBSTRATE TYPES AND TREATMENTS by Cornel Negrușier, Orsolya Borsai, Steluța-Maria Sîngeorzan, Ervin Kremer, Alexandru Colișar, Vasile Ceuca

“…The results highlighted significant differences depending on the type of substrate and treatment, providing valuable information about the optimal conditions for germination and growth of the seedlings. …”
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Spatial and Temporal Confinement of the Ionospheric Responses During the St. Patrick's Day Storm of March 2015 by Sk Samin Kader, N. Dashora, K. Niranjan

“…A daytime sustained and confined electron density depletion between about 100°E and 170°E is observed on 18 March which is being discussed in detail for the first time. …”
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The importance of SC UN Resolution 1325 for improving the state of human security by Janković Brankica, Bošković Milica

“…At this Article, such recommendations are provided, based on previously shown data and descriptive explanations about improvements and gaps at our country.…”
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Quantum algorithms for enhanced educational technologies by Basil Hanafi, Mohammad Ali, Devyaani Singh

“…In this respect, the paper advances theoretical and practical knowledge about what quantum computing could potentially do to reshape education. …”
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Mimosa diplotricha (Fabaceae) Recruits Native Pollinators, But Does it Matter? by I.N. Egbon, O.P. Nzie, J. Rotimi

“…Thirteen insect taxa were encountered from a total of 1548 individuals in three Orders, albeit of low diversity in which the majority of floral visitors (or pollinators) were hymenopterans: the main being Chalicodoma species, followed by Xylocopa species, X. senior, and Apis mellifera. …”
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Soft cluster-rectangle method for eliciting criteria weights in multi-criteria decision-making by Shervin Zakeri, Dimitri Konstantas, Prasenjit Chatterjee, Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas

“…These challenges increase the uncertainty regarding the derived weights, raising concerns about the reliability of such approaches. This paper introduces a novel MCDM method called Soft Clusters-Rectangles (SCR) to overcome such limitations. …”
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Do education, urbanization, and green growth promote life expectancy? by Haojun Zhang, Yunqiu Zhan, Keqiu Chen

“…Therefore, this study examines the impact of EDU, URB and GG on LEF in China from 1990 to 2022.MethodsThis study utilizes the unit root, cointegration test, and Auto Regressive distributed lag (ARDL) model, and for robustness analysis, we use the Fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS) and Dynamic ordinary least squares (FMOLS) methods.ResultsThe results show that education, urbanization and green growth have a positive and significant effect on life expectancy, while C02 emissions negatively affect life expectancy.DiscussionThese findings suggest that more resources should be allocated to public education systems to ensure access to quality education from early childhood through higher education and integrate comprehensive health education into school curricula to raise awareness about healthy lifestyles, nutrition, and disease prevention. …”
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Patrimonialisation du biome de las Caatinga : imaginaires paysagers en changement dans le semi-aride brésilien by Caio Augusto Amorim Maciel

“…Then, at the turn of the century, a number of social movements set forth through the debates about climate change, desertification and sustainable development, have led the Brazilian society to an impressive change on this kind of misrepresentation. …”
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Academic Writing for Publication Purposes and Machine Translation: Is the Symbiosis Possible? by O. L. Dobrynina

“…For articles written in Russian, an abstract in English is the only means of informing the world scientific community about the authors’ research results. However, the quality of abstracts written in Russian and then translated into English does not always meet the criteria for readability and comply with the accepted academic and publication conventions. …”
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Incidence Of Acute Kidney Injury In Mild, Moderate And Severe Cases Of Coronavirus Disease by Mahvesh Mahmud, Ashok Kumar, Khurram Baqai

“…Adult patients with AKI or acute-on-chronic kidney disease (ACKD) were included in a retrospective study. …”
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The Role of Higher Education in the Formation of a Healthy Lifestyle: Results of Sociological Research by A. N. Pokida, N. V. Zybunovskaya, I. A. Gazieva

“…According to the survey, people with higher education assess their health better, care more about it, express greater awareness of the factors that determine human health, interest in a healthy lifestyle, which is manifested in more active behavioral practices aimed at maintaining and strengthening own health.…”
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Financing innovative economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa: the role of mobile payment systems by T. F. Alhassan, A. J. Kouadio

“…However, the continuous development of electronic payment systems, especially mobile payment in sub-Saharan Africa has brought about a rise in volume of cashless transactions, thereby reducing the use of cash for payment. …”
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French and English Phonologies in Contact: The Case of Montreal English by Julie Rouaud

“…Therefore, there is reason to wonder about a potential influence of French on varieties of Canadian English that are in contact with French, from a lexical as well as a phonological point of view. …”
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PHILOSOPHICAL-CULTURAL CONCEPTION OF TELEVISION AS A VISUAL PRACTICES OF XX-XXI CENTURY by A. M. Tormakhova

“…Purpose of the article is to analyze the philosophical and cultural ideas about television, which is a leading visual practice of XX century. …”
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‘A new sense of my former self’ – transforming the self through vocational rehabilitation for people with acquired brain injury by Pia Kold, Hanne Peoples, Hanne Kaae Kristensen, Jesper Larsen Maersk

“…From an occupational perspective, little is known about how vocational rehabilitation can support people through transforming their sense of self.Aim This study aims to explore how vocational rehabilitation may influence the relationship between sense of self and occupational engagement for persons with ABI. …”
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Glocalization of Yoruba Omoluwabi Ideology by Ademola O. Dasylva

“…The paper concludes that the Omoluwabi ideology is capable of fostering genuine development, and that its relevance to worldviews, core universal values, and principles naturally compels an acknowl­edgment of its profundity, as well as ensures the possibility of its assuming a pedestal of universal philosophical and ideological mediation in an apparently troubled world, albeit not without some soft challenges.  …”
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Dasatinib and FLAG-IDA Is an Effective Therapy for Initial Myeloid Blast Crisis but Involves a High Risk of Opportunistic Infections by Jorge Labrador, Gerardo J. Hermida, Rodolfo Alvarez, Victor Anso, Pilar de Vicente, Mercedes Goñi, Tomas Jose Gonzalez-Lopez

“…However, there are no published studies or case reports supporting the use of dasatinib as first line treatment for initial myeloid BC, and very little is known about infectious complications associated with this drug. …”
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Infrastructure in the field of customs services: categorical and conceptual apparatus’ structural model and analysis by A. A. Lisitsa

“…Conclusions have beendrawn about the directions of improving the infrastructure in the field of customs services based on a service-oriented approach.…”
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Computer data examination: the essence and procedural order by A. V. Kovalenko

“…The computer data examination is defined as a public investigative (detective) action carried out by the prosecution with the use of electronic computing equipment by means of direct perception of audio-visual expression of computer data in order to obtain information about facts relevant to criminal proceedings.…”
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