Application and Evaluation of [Tc]-Labeled Peptide Nucleic Acid Targeting in Breast Cancer Imaging by Yaqun Jiang MD, Yongkang Gai PhD, Yu Long MD, Qingyao Liu PhD, Chunbao Liu MD, PhD, Yongxue Zhang MD, Xiaoli Lan MD, PhD

“…Both antisense PNA (anti-PNA, fully complementary bound to human mature miR-155 , referred to as “anti-PNA-155”) and mismatched PNA (referred to as “mis-PNA”) single strands containing 23-mer were synthesized. The relative expression of miR-155 in MCF-7 cells and tumors was higher than that in MDA-MB-231 cells and tumors. …”
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Vaginal Microbiota Diversity of Patients with Embryonic Miscarriage by Using 16S rDNA High-Throughput Sequencing by Linfen Xu, Lingna Huang, Chengying Lian, Huili Xue, Yanfang Lu, Xiujuan Chen, Yong Xia

“…Crude examination of the vagina isolates showed that compared with the control group, 80% of the embryonic miscarriage group contained a significantly lower number of Lactobacillus, the major healthy microbe in the vagina. …”
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Temperature and Pressure Dependence of the Effective Thermal Conductivity of Geomaterials: Numerical Investigation by the Immersed Interface Method by Duc Phi Do, Dashnor Hoxha

“…This method is particularly efficient at solving the diffusion problem in domains containing inner boundaries in the form of perfect or imperfect interfaces between constituents. …”
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Design of a CPW-Fed Band-Notched UWB Antenna Using a Feeder-Embedded Slotline Resonator by Amin M. Abbosh

“…One of the developed antennas does not contain a resonator, whereas the other contains a slotline resonator. …”
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Learning under label noise through few-shot human-in-the-loop refinement by Aaqib Saeed, Dimitris Spathis, Jungwoo Oh, Edward Choi, Ali Etemad

“…Unlike modalities like video where the videos themselves can be effectively used to label objects or events, wearable data do not contain obvious cues about the physical manifestation of the users and usually require rich metadata. …”
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Mathematical Model and Solution for Fingering Phenomenon in Double Phase Flow through Homogeneous Porous Media by Piyush R. Mistry, Vikas H. Pradhan, Khyati R. Desai

“…Fingering phenomenon is a physical phenomenon which occurs when a fluid contained in a porous medium is displaced by another of lesser viscosity which frequently occurred in problems of petroleum technology. …”
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MSC-Derived Extracellular Vesicle-Delivered L-PGDS Inhibit Gastric Cancer Progression by Suppressing Cancer Cell Stemness and STAT3 Phosphorylation by Benshuai You, Can Jin, Jiaxin Zhang, Min Xu, Wenrong Xu, Zixuan Sun, Hui Qian

“…Compared with the PBS and EVs containing empty vector (EVs-Vector) group, more apoptotic cells and higher L-PGDS expression were detected in tumor tissue of the EVs-L-PGDS treatment group. …”
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The complete chloroplast genome sequences of monotypic genus Pseudogalium, and comparative analyses with its relative genera by Wei Yu, Xiao-Juan Li, Zhen Lv, Li-E Yang, De-Li Peng

“…Abstract Background Pseudogalium is a new monotypic genus with two subspecies in China and one in Japan, which holds a distinctive phylogenetic position and ecological significance within the tribe Rubieae. Chloroplast genomes contain abundant information for resolving phylogenetic relationships. …”
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Diverse single-stranded nucleic acid binding proteins enable both stable protection and rapid exchange required for biological function by Michael Morse, Ben A. Cashen, Ioulia Rouzina, Mark C. Williams

“…These results are consistent with a general model in which protein oligomers containing multiple binding interfaces switch conformations to adjust protein:NA stoichiometry. …”
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Adsorption of Alcohols from Multicomponent Solutions onto Silica Gel by J. Goworek

“…In n -heptane solutions the multilayer surface structure is formed and the surface phase contains the alcohol only. For benzene and ternary (alcohol + benzene + n -heptane) solutions a mixed surface phase is observed whose composition is determined by competition of liquid components for silica surface as well as its tendency to complex. …”
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In Vitro Activity of Geldanamycin Derivatives against Schistosoma japonicum and Brugia malayi by David Wenkert, Bernadette Ramirez, Yuehai Shen, Michael A. Kron

“…Geldanamycin (GA) is a benzoquinone-containing ansamycin that inhibits heat shock protein 90. …”
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Valorization of Water-Based Drill Cuttings through the Bio-Carbonation Approach by Guowang Tang, Feng Huang, Guihe Wang, Zhengyang Song, Cangqin Jia, Peizhi Yu, Yongshuai Sun

“…This study proposed a novel bio-carbonation method to recycle water-based drill cutting (WDC) to prepare samples, which contains reactive magnesia (MgO) cement (RMC), ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS), and fly ash (FA), with the adoption of microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP). …”
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Effectiveness of acid-tolerant antagonist-based biofungicide in the control of basal stem rot disease caused by ganoderma in oil palm seedlings on peat soil by Supriyanto, Sulistyowati Henny, Arifin Nur, Ruliyansyah Agus, Haris Ramadahan Tris

“…These results indicate that bio fungicides in powder formula containing acid-tolerant antagonists have the potential to be used as biological control agents for oil palm basal stem rot disease caused by Ganoderma in peatlands.…”
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ROS-Induced Oxidative Damage and Mitochondrial Dysfunction Mediated by Inhibition of SIRT3 in Cultured Cochlear Cells by Lingjun Zhang, Zhengde Du, Lu He, Wenqi Liang, Ke Liu, Shusheng Gong

“…We cultured dissected organs of Corti in medium containing different concentrations (0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, and 1.25 mM) of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and established a four-concentration model of 0, 0.5, 0.75, and 1 mM to study different degrees of damage. …”
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High-Frequency Power Reflects Dual Intentions of Time and Movement for Active Brain–Computer Interface by Jiayuan Meng, Xiaoyu Li, Simiao Li, Xinan Fan, Minpeng Xu, Dong Ming

“…A time-movement synchronization experiment was designed, which contained the intentions of both time (500 ms vs. 1000 ms) and movement (left vs. right). …”
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The effect of temperature on the physiological condition and growth performance of freshwater eel elver Anguilla bicolor bicolor McClelland, 1844 by Latifa Fekri, Ridwan Affandi, Muhammad Fajar Rahardjo, Tatag Budiardi, Charles Parningotan Haratua Simanjuntak, Tezza Fauzan, Indrayani Indrayani

“…Fish were fed with 1 mm pellet containing 45% of protein. The feeding level was 7 % of fish biomass and the feeding frequency was two times a day. …”
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Isolation of MDCK cells with low expression of mdr1 gene and their use in membrane permeability screening by BOKULIĆ ANA, PADOVAN JASNA, STUPIN-POLANČEC DARIJA, MILIĆ ASTRID

“…The Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cell line is frequently used for permeability screening in drug discovery. It contains endogenous transporters, most prominently canine multidrug resistance P-glycoprotein (Mdr1), which can interfere with studies of P-glycoprotein substrate assessment and permeability measurements. …”
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Earthworm (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae) intraspecific genetic variation and polyploidy by S. V. Shekhovtsov, Ye. A. Derzhinsky, E. V. Golovanova

“…In some cases, a single species may exhibit significant morphological variation, contain several races of different ploidy, and harbor multiple genetic lineages that display significant divergence in both nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. …”
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Optimizing AI models to predict esophageal squamous cell carcinoma risk by incorporating small datasets of soft palate images by Kotaro Waki, Katsuya Nagaoka, Keishi Okubo, Masato Kiyama, Ryosuke Gushima, Kento Ohno, Munenori Honda, Akira Yamasaki, Kenshi Matsuno, Yoki Furuta, Hideaki Miyamoto, Hideaki Naoe, Motoki Amagasaki, Yasuhito Tanaka

“…In addition, when tested with a small number of images containing soft palate data, the model showed high precision: the best AUC model had 0.91 (sensitivity 0.86, specificity 0.79). …”
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Elicitation Study Based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour that analyses the intention to Adopt Electronic Commerce in the Elderly by Nadia Soto-Hernández, Elizabeth E. Grandón, Patricio Ramírez-Correa

“…The measures determined are the basis for the proposal of a novel instrument that contains 66 items personalised to this age group. The findings of new variables obtained from the elicitation process highlight the importance of considering ad-hoc measurement scales in the development of public policies to promote the use of electronic commerce in older people. …”
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