Morphological Characterization of Emerging Cercariae among Lymnaeid Snails from Barangay Cawongan, Padre Garcia, Batangas, Philippines by Gregorio L. Martin I, Esperanza C. Cabrera

“…Each snail was acclimatized for 24 hours in a 50-ml capacity container before being exposed to strong artificial light. …”
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Determination of Number of Infected Cells and Concentration of Viral Particles in Plasma during HIV-1 Infections Using Shehu Transformation by M. Higazy, Sudhanshu Aggarwal, Y. S. Hamed

“…The mathematical model of HIV-1 infections contains a system of two simultaneous ordinary linear differential equations with initial conditions. …”
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Identification and functional characterization of the RPP13 gene family in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) for disease resistance by Baoqi Yuan, Chuang Li, Qingfeng Wang, Qi Yao, Xiaowei Guo, Yuhang Zhang, Zhongwei Wang

“…Gene structure analysis revealed that most members contain the typical CC-NBS-LRR domains, with exon numbers ranging from 1 to 6. …”
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DWSD: Dense waste segmentation datasetMendeley Data by Asfak Ali, Suvojit Acharjee, Md. Manarul Sk., Salman Z. Alharthi, Sheli Sinha Chaudhuri, Adnan Akhunzada

“…The dataset includes 14 waste categories: plastic containers, plastic bottles, thermocol, metal bottles, plastic cardboard, glass, thermocol plates, plastic, paper, plastic cups, paper cups, aluminum foil, cloth, and nylon. …”
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Different Types of Resistant Starch Elicit Different Glucose Reponses in Humans by Mark D. Haub, Kelcie L. Hubach, Enas K. Al-tamimi, Sammy Ornelas, Paul A. Seib

“…Eleven healthy subjects consumed solutions containing 30 g of either dextrose (DEX), resistant starch type 2 (RS2), or cross-linked resistant wheat starch type 4 (RS4XL) on three separate occasions, which were assigned randomly. …”
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Adsorptive Applications of Montmorillonite Clay for the Removal of Ag(I) and Cu(II) from Aqueous Medium by Naser M. Alandis, Waffa Mekhamer, Omar Aldayel, Jameel A. A. Hefne, Manawwer Alam

“…The present work aims to investigate the ability of Saudi clay containing montmorillonite to remove Ag(I) and Cu(II) ions from aqueous solutions for waste water purification. …”
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Expert perspectives on incorporating justice considerations into integrated assessment modelling by Sean Low, Elina Brutschin, Chad M. Baum, Benjamin K. Sovacool

“…By relying on 39 interviews with a multidisciplinary group of experts, we map three shapes of change containing multiple avenues for incorporating justice considerations into IAM tools and scenarios: to improve representation within IAMs (Shape 1), to couple to new models and expand points of access to disciplines and users (Shape 2), and to refine the role of IAMs within a wider array of practices (Shape 3). …”
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Wild pea (<i>Pisum sativum</i>Pisum sativum L. subsp. <i>elatius</i> (Bieb.) Aschers. et Graebn. s.l.) at the periphery of its range: Zagros Mountains by O. E. Kosterin, V. S. Bogdanova, A. V. Mglinets

“…These peas appeared to belong to the evolutionary lineage B, recognised by us earlier in P sativum as opposed to the so-called lineage AC. They contain a unique non-conservative substitution in subtype 5 of histone H1 and turned to be most related to some wild pea accessions originating from southern and south-eastern Turkey and Golan Heights. …”
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Ensuring representative sample volume predictions in microplastic monitoring by Richard K. Cross, Sarah L. Roberts, Monika D. Jürgens, Andrew C. Johnson, Craig W. Davis, Todd Gouin

“…To examine this issue, a previously compiled database containing 1603 marine observations and 208 freshwater observations of microplastic concentrations from across the globe between 1971 and 2020 was analysed. …”
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Influence of Storage Conditions on the Stability of Vitamin D3 and Kinetic Study of the Vitamin Degradation in Fortified Canola Oil during the Storage by Mina Zareie, Azam Abbasi, Shiva Faghih

“…Vitamin D3 in the samples with a lower concentration of the vitamin which was stored in the refrigerator showed the highest retention (91%) after 70 days of storage, and the samples with higher initial concentration packed in transparent containers which were stored at room temperature (RT) showed the greatest loss (55.6%). …”
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Optimization of chemical transfection in airway epithelial cell lines by Tony J. F. Guo, Wan Yi Liang, Gurpreet K. Singhera, Jasmine Memar Vaghri, Janice M. Leung, Del R. Dorscheid

“…Changing the transfection mixture-containing medium at 6-hour post-transfection did not improve transfection efficiency or viability. …”
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New Insights into Aspirin’s Anticancer Activity: The Predominant Role of Its Iron-Chelating Antioxidant Metabolites by George J. Kontoghiorghes

“…The mechanisms of cancer risk reduction in LTLDA users is likely due to the ACM’s targeting of iron involved in free radical damage, iron-containing toxins, iron proteins, and associated metabolic pathways such as ferroptosis. …”
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Caladium Cultivars ‘Cosmic Delight’, ‘Fiesta’ and ‘Hearts Desire’ by Zhanao Deng

“… Caladiums are commonly grown in containers, hanging baskets or planted directly in the landscape as accent and border plants. …”
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Optimization of Medium Composition and Fluidized Bed Drying Conditions for Efficient Production of Dry Yeast by Hyun-Jin Kang, Hwan Hee Yu, Chang-Won Cho, Young Kyung Rhee, Tae-Wan Kim, Young-Wook Chin

“…A dry cell weight of 36 g/L was achieved during 24 h of batch fermentation in a 30-L bioreactor containing this medium. Analysis of protective agents against fluidized bed drying revealed Span 80 as the strongest protective agent for <i>S. cerevisiae</i> ReY4-7. …”
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SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE STUDY OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE HUMAN TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN AND THE TATA ELEMENT OF THE NOS2A GENE PROMOTER by I. A. Drachkova, S. V. Shekhovtsov, S. E. Peltek, P. M. Ponomarenko, T. V. Arshinova, M. P. Ponomarenko, T. I. Merkulova, L. K. Savinkova, N. A. Kolchanov

“…Experiments utilizing the SPR method and classical EMSA have shown that ТВР immobilization on the microchip dextran surface does not alter its affinity to TATA-containing oligonucleotides.…”
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Vitamin D supplementation during intensive care unit stay is associated with improved outcomes in critically Ill patients with sepsis: a cohort study by Caifeng Li, Ke Zhao, Qian Ren, Lin Chen, Ying Zhang, Guolin Wang, Keliang Xie

“…However, whether vitamin D supplementation would improve their prognosis remains uncertain.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective cohort study using data from MIMIC-IV database, a publicly available database containing clinical information on patients admitted to the ICU at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) from 2008 to 2019. …”
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RANKING FACTORS FOR SUPPLIER SELECTION WITH APPLICATION OF THE FTOPSIS METHOD by Adis Puška, Sead Šadić, Admir I. Beganović

“…Experts were assigned a survey questionnaire containing 39 factors for supplier selection to which they gave their opinion on which of these factors is important for establishing new cooperation or establishing partnerships with suppliers. …”
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CIVILIZATIONAL AND HISTORICAL ANTHROPOLOGY ASPECTS OF THE «GREEK MIRACLE» by Spartak Sh. Aytov

“…Methodology of the work contains such cognitive approaches as systematic and structural ones, source study and post-positivist concepts, the theory of local civilizations. …”
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Saponin content in medicinal plants in response to application of organic and inorganic fertilizers: a meta-analysis by Junyan Lv, Junyan Lv, Shouzan Liu, Shouzan Liu, Chunli Hu, Lan Ding, Hongzhen Wang, Hongzhen Wang, Xin Li, Feng Yang, Feng Yang, Qiong Shen, Qiong Shen, Hongbin Zhang, Hongbin Zhang, Guobiao Ma, Guobiao Ma, Shaobo Zhang, Yan Bai, Yan Bai

“…However, systematic investigations on the influence of various fertilizers on the concentration of active compounds in saponin-containing medicinal plants remain insufficient. In this study, 966 experimental outcomes from 29 papers were analyzed via meta-analysis to examine the effects of organic fertilizers, inorganic fertilizers, and their combined application on the levels of different saponin monomers in medicinal plants. …”
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INCREASING VALUE-BASED COMPANY POTENTIAL: THE GROUNDS OF A FULL-SCALE ASSESSMENT by Romans Dyakons, Vsevolods Karajevs, Rostislavs Kopitovs

“…The novelty of the study lies in the development of a comprehensive document containing instructions for experts on implementing measures aimed at improving performance by eliminating the shortcomings of the original version of the real control system. …”
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