Lipoprotein Signal Peptide as Adjuvants: Leveraging Lipobox-Driven TLR2 Activation in Modern Vaccine Design by Muhammad Umar, Haroon Afzal, Asad Murtaza, Li-Ting Cheng

“…Moreover, the use of SP-containing lipobox motifs, as adjuvants to lipidate heterologous proteins, has expanded the potential of vaccines targeting a broad range of pathogens. …”
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A Real-Time Timetable Rescheduling Method for Metro System Energy Optimization under Dwell-Time Disturbances by Guang Yang, Junjie Wang, Feng Zhang, Shiwen Zhang, Cheng Gong

“…The decision system for proposing solutions, which contains multiple DNN cells with same structures, is trained by GA results. …”
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Xanthophore Distribution of Nemo (Amphiprion ocellaris) Skin Based on various Concentrations of Carotenoid Sources by Rini Pratiwi, Muhammad Yusri Karim, Dody Dh Trijuno

“…Highlight Research • Nemo contains three types of pigment cells, namely melanophores, xanthophores, and iridophores…”
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Spectroscopic Confirmation of a Massive Protocluster with Two Substructures at z ≃ 3.1 by Michael J. Nicandro Rosenthal, Amy J. Barger, Lennox L. Cowie, Logan H. Jones, Stephen J. McKay, Anthony J. Taylor

“…The z = 3.14 substructure contains a core of four bright dusty star-forming galaxies with ΣSFR = 2700 ± 700 M _⊙ yr ^−1 in a volume of only 280 cMpc ^3 .…”
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Glycogen Storage Disease Type IX due to a Novel Mutation in PHKA2 Gene by Hamza Hassan Khan, Lauren Parr, Allison Jay, Saleem Raza, Hernando Lyons, Sanjay Kumar

“…Biopsy of the right vastus lateralis muscle showed focal swollen glycogen containing mitochondria. For the developmental delay, a chromosomal microrarray was ordered. …”
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Feasibility and Efficiency of Human Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Culture with Allogeneic Platelet Lysate-Supplementation for Cell Therapy against Stroke by Chengbo Tan, Hideo Shichinohe, Zifeng Wang, Shuji Hamauchi, Takeo Abumiya, Naoki Nakayama, Ken Kazumata, Tsuneo Ito, Kohsuke Kudo, Shigeru Takamoto, Kiyohiro Houkin

“…ELISA analysis showed that PL contained adequate growth factors and a particle of platelet surface antigens. …”
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Open-ended microwave oven with E-field uniformity by Jeong-Hun Park, Jee-Won Kim, Moon-Que Lee

“…The open-ended oven contains three dielectrics and an air-filled section, being physically open at one end but electrically shielded due to the evanescent mode in the air-filled section. …”
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Identification and Characterization of TEX101 in Bovine Epididymal Spermatozoa by Subir K. Nagdas, Eric L. McLean, Leeá P. Richardson, Samir Raychoudhury

“…The native TEX101 polypeptide contains ~17 kDa N-linked oligosaccharides and the polypeptide is anchored to sperm membrane via a glycosylphosphatidylinositol lipid linkage. …”
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Study on the performance and mechanism of aging asphalt with organic–inorganic composite rejuvenator by Benan Shu, Guodong Zeng, Leifeng Li, Maocong Zhu, Yunlong Ma

“…The decreased peak intensity of –CH2– and increased peak intensity of C–O and –OH mean that the aged asphalt molecular chains are effectively broken down, and the unsaturated and oxygen-containing functional groups are significantly increased.…”
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Characterization of HIV-1 Infection and Innate Sensing in Different Types of Primary Human Monocyte-Derived Macrophages by Elisabeth A. Diget, Kaja Zuwala, Randi K. Berg, Rune R. Laursen, Stine Søby, Lars Østergaard, Jesper Melchjorsen, Trine H. Mogensen

“…We found that elevated and persistent HIV-1 pWT/BaL replication could be obtained only in MDMs grown in RPMI containing macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF). …”
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‘Ship-in-a-Bottle’ Integration of pH-Sensitive 3D Proteinaceous Meshes into Microfluidic Channels by Daniela Serien, Koji Sugioka, Aiko Narazaki

“…High-performance biochips can be fabricated using the ‘ship-in-a-bottle’ integration technique, in which functional microcomponents or biomimetic structures are embedded inside closed microchannels using fs-LDW. Solutions containing protein biomacromolecules as a precursor can be used to fabricate microstructures that retain their native protein functions. …”
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A Novel Improved Threshold Adaptive Forgetting Variable Step Size Blind Separation Model for Weak Signal Detection by Tianyi Yu, Houming Wang, Shunming Li, Jiantao Lu, Siqi Gong, Yanfeng Wang, Guangrong Teng

“…In ILWT, a threshold function containing an adjustment factor is proposed to reduce the constant deviation so as to ensure a high signal-to-noise ratio and low distortion after denoising. …”
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A double dissociation between semantic and spatial cognition in visual to default network pathways by Tirso RJ Gonzalez Alam, Katya Krieger-Redwood, Dominika Varga, Zhiyao Gao, Aidan J Horner, Tom Hartley, Michel Thiebaut de Schotten, Magdalena Sliwinska, David Pitcher, Daniel S Margulies, Jonathan Smallwood, Elizabeth Jefferies

“…When semantic and spatial context information could be integrated (in buildings containing objects from a single category), regions at the intersection of these pathways responded, suggesting that parallel processing streams interact at multiple levels of the cortical hierarchy to produce coherent memory-guided cognition.…”
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Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma Metastatic to the Kidney: Report of a Case with Cytohistologic Correlation by Vikas Nath, Mithra Baliga, Jack Lewin, Frederico Souza, Israh Akhtar

“…CT-guided core biopsy was performed, and imprints and histologic sections of the biopsy showed cells resembling thyroid follicular cells with a background containing colloid. Immunohistochemistry revealed positivity for thyroglobulin and thyroid transcription factor 1, consistent with metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC). …”
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Efficient guided inpainting of larger hole missing images based on hierarchical decoding network by Xiucheng Dong, Yaling Ju, Dangcheng Zhang, Bing Hou, Jinqing He

“…Abstract When dealing with images containing large hole-missing regions, deep learning-based image inpainting algorithms often face challenges such as local structural distortions and blurriness. …”
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Production of an Extract with β-1,4-Xylanase Activity by <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> f. sp. <i>melonis</i> on a Sonicated Brewer’s Spent Grain Substrate by Irma A. Arreola-Cruz, Rosalba Troncoso-Rojas, Francisco Vásquez-Lara, Nina G. Heredia-Sandoval, Alma R. Islas-Rubio

“…<i>melonis</i> with β-1,4-xylanase activity after fermentation on a Brewers’ spent grain (BSG)-containing substrate. We prepared the BSG substrate, with or without sonication, for the submerged fermentation of <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> previously isolated from local soil and preserved at 4 °C. …”
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Effects of Kalsis, A Dietary Supplement, on Bone Metabolism in the Ovariectomized Rats by Mercedes Montero, Manuel Díaz-Curiel, David Guede, Jose Ramón Caeiro, Marta Martín-Fernández, Mercedes Rubert, Daisy Navarro, Concepción de la Piedra

“…We studied the ability of Kalsis, a food supplement that contains selenium, citric acid, and vitamin E, to prevent the effects of ovariectomy on bone loss. …”
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Addition of Industrial Hemp (<i>Cannabis sativa</i> L.) Dry Inflorescence in Beer Production by Kristina Habschied, Stela Jokić, Krunoslav Aladić, Ivana Šplajt, Vinko Krstanović, Krešimir Mastanjević

“…The incorporation of industrial hemp in beer brewing has further popularized this age-old beverage. In several countries, the cultivation of industrial hemp containing a maximum of 0.2% THC (Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol) has been legalized, leading to a growing recognition of the plant’s potential and its derived products. …”
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Effect of Post-Processing on the Microstructure of WE43 Magnesium Alloy Fabricated by Laser Powder Directed Energy Deposition by Leila Sorkhi, Nathan J. Madden, Grant A. Crawford

“…Moreover, as-deposited specimens contained Nd-rich grain boundary precipitates which dissolved during post-processing. …”
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Development of an Aerial Manipulation System Using Onboard Cameras and a Multi-Fingered Robotic Hand with Proximity Sensors by Ryuki Sato, Etienne Marco Badard, Chaves Silva Romulo, Tadashi Wada, Aiguo Ming

“…In this paper, an aerial manipulation system consisting of a UAV, two onboard cameras, and a multi-fingered robotic hand with proximity sensors is developed. To achieve self-contained autonomous navigation to a targeted object, onboard tracking and depth cameras are used to detect the targeted object and to control the UAV to reach the target object, even in a Global Positioning System-denied environment. …”
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