Biallelic SLC13A1 loss-of-function variants result in impaired sulfate transport and skeletal phenotypes, including short stature, scoliosis, and skeletal dysplasia by Christina G. Tise, Katie Ashton, Lachlan de Hayr, Kun-Di Lee, Omkar L. Patkar, Emma Krzesinski, Jennifer A. Bassetti, Erin M. Carter, Cathleen Raggio, Andreas Zankl, Anas M. Khanshour, Kristhen N. Atala, Jonathan J. Rios, Carol A. Wise, Ying Zhu, Futao Zhang, Tony Roscioli, Michael Buckley, Robert J. Harvey, Paul A. Dawson

“…Purpose: Sulfate is vital for many physiological processes, including the structural and functional maintenance of macromolecules and formation of sulfur-containing compounds essential for cartilage and bone development. …”
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Establishment of a Novel Model for Anticancer Drug Resistance in Three-Dimensional Primary Culture of Tumor Microenvironment by Tatsuya Usui, Masashi Sakurai, Shuhei Enjoji, Hideyoshi Kawasaki, Koji Umata, Takashi Ohama, Nobuyuki Fujiwara, Ryotaro Yabe, Shunya Tsuji, Hideyuki Yamawaki, Shoichi Hazama, Hiroko Takenouchi, Masao Nakajima, Ryouichi Tsunedomi, Nobuaki Suzuki, Hiroaki Nagano, Koichi Sato

“…Both organoids were successfully generated and showed cystic structures containing an epithelial layer and surrounding mesenchymal stromal cells. …”
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Effect of Organic Material Type and Proportion on the Physical and Mechanical Properties of Vegetation-Concrete by Daxiang Liu, Baohua Zhang, Yueshu Yang, Wennian Xu, Yu Ding, Zhenyao Xia

“…The experimental results show that the porosity of samples containing corn distillers’ grain is clearly higher than those of the other samples types, while situation of the mechanical properties is the opposite. …”
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Unraveling the degradation mechanism of multiple pyrethroid insecticides by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its environmental bioremediation potential by Hui Liu, Wen-Juan Chen, Zeling Xu, Shao-Fang Chen, Haoran Song, Yaohua Huang, Kalpana Bhatt, Sandhya Mishra, Mohamed A. Ghorab, Lian-Hui Zhang, Shaohua Chen

“…A new esterase gene (estA) containing conserved motif (GDSL) and catalytic triad (Ser38, Asp310 and His313) was cloned from strain PAO1. …”
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Differences in pyrolysis behavior and volatiles of tar-rich coal with various origins by Qingmin Shi, Xinyue Zhao, Shuangming Wang, Hongchao Zhao, Ruijun Ji, Chunhao Li, Bingyang Kou, Jun Zhao

“…The reason for S-1 had more bonds with lower energies, accounting for 76 % of the total fragmented bonds, which was 10 % higher than others. Moreover, S-1 contained more highly reactive molecular structures and exhibited higher thermal decomposition. …”
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Oilfield Water and Favorable Petroleum Exploration Targets for the Triassic Baikouquan Formation in the Slope of Mahu Depression, Junggar Basin by Huifei Tao, Yongqiang Qu, Tao Wu, Bingbing Liu

“…The strata of zone I are generally buried shallow and influenced by leaching from atmospheric precipitation. This area contains normal edge and bottom water and has normal formation pressure coefficients (average 1.12); (2) zone II: CaCl2 type water with mainly compaction diagenesis, porosity usually less than 7% and high formation pressure coefficients (average 1.41); (3) zone III: NaHCO3 + CaCl2 type oilfield water with mainly feldspar dissolution diagenesis, porosity usually greater than 9% and high formation pressure coefficients (average 1.53); and (4) zone IV: CaCl2 type water, mainly compacted diagenesis with a few intergranular and feldspar dissolved pores, and high formation pressure coefficients (average 1.58). …”
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Integrated Bioinformatic Analysis Identifies Networks and Promising Biomarkers for Hepatitis B Virus-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Yun Ji, Yue Yin, Weizhen Zhang

“…Here, three microarray datasets, totally containing 170 tumoral samples and 181 adjacent normal tissues from the liver of patients suffering from HBV-related HCC assembled from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database, were subjected to integrated analysis of differentially expressed genes (DEGs). …”
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UPLC-MS metabolite profiling and antioxidant activity of Sanghuangporus sanghuang extract by Weike Wang, Na Lu, Cheng Jiang, Guanping Chen

“…This study highlighted S. sanghuang was a beneficial source of phenolics and flavonoids. It contains potential natural antioxidant that could be used as a lead contender in the development of antioxidant medicines for the treatment of a wide range of oxidative stress-related illnesses.…”
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Optimizing Extractability, Phytochemistry, Acute Toxicity, and Hemostatic Action of Corn Silk Liquid Extract by Zead Helmi Abudayeh, Uliana Karpiuk, Viktoriia Kyslychenko, Qais Abualassal, Loay Khaled Hassouneh, Sami Qadus, Ahmad Talhouni

“…The qualitative composition of the main groups of BAS was determined by conventional chemical reactions. This extract contained free reduced sugars, glycosides (bound reduced sugars), phenols, tannins, flavonoids, saponins, and hydroxycinnamic acids. …”
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Overview of animal infectious disease situation in the Republic of Dagestan in 2023 by M. M. Mikailov, N. R. Budulov, Sh. A. Gunashev, E. A. Yanikova

“…Plans for the prevention of highly dangerous and other contagious diseases of animals and birds were fully implemented.…”
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Probable Relationship between COVID-19, Pollutants and Meteorology: A Case Study at Santiago, Chile by Giovanni A. Salini, Patricio R. Pacheco, Eduardo Mera, María C. Parodi

“…Abstract We present here a study about the possible spread of covid-19 pandemic between human’s beings through aerosols contained in urban air polluted by respirable particulate matter and tropospheric ozone, as well as the incidence of local meteorology in an area with orographic basin characteristics and in a certain period of time. …”
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Integration of mathematical and experimental modeling for sustainable phycobiliprotein production via fed-batch cultures by Jefferson E. Contreras-Ropero, Janet B. García-Martínez, Andrés F. Barajas-Solano

“…A mathematical model of periodic fed-batch feeding was subsequently established, applying mass conservation principles and evaluating the accuracy of the Monod, Contois, Moser, and Tessier models. The results indicate that phycocyanin production is highly dependent on phosphorus and nitrogen concentrations, with optimal conversion observed at specific levels of these elements (0.832 for phosphorus and 0.805 for nitrogen in terms of C-PC and biomass, respectively). …”
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The impact of dietary fiber on colorectal cancer patients based on machine learning by Xinwei Ji, Lixin Wang, Pengbo Luan, Jingru Liang, Weicai Cheng

“…The control group received standard nutritional intervention, while the observation group received enteral nutritional support containing dietary fiber. Both groups were subjected to intervention and continuously observed until the 14th postoperative day. …”
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A randomised controlled trial to compare the occurrence of postoperative nausea and vomiting in early versus conventional feeding in children undergoing daycare surgery under gener... by Ranju Singh, H Santoshkumar Huligeri, Pooja Singh

“…Group EF received carbohydrate-containing oral fluids when the child demanded feed in the postoperative period. …”
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Categorizing and Determining of BI-RAD Breast Cancer Score by Using Deep Learning Techniques by Azhar Kassem Flayeh, Ali Douik

“…Breast cancer is more common in underdeveloped countries due to low health awareness and limited early detection methods. …”
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Compressive Strength and Microstructure Properties of Alkali-Activated Systems with Blast Furnace Slag, Desulfurization Slag, and Gypsum by Bong-Suk Cho, Kyung-Mo Koo, Se-Jin Choi

“…DS is produced in a Kambara reactor process of molten iron produced in a steel production process. DS contains CaO, SiO2, Fe2O3, and SO3 and is composed of Ca(OH)2 and 2CaO·SiO2 as main compounds. …”
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Feasibility and Effectiveness of Telephone-Based Telephysiotherapy for Treatment of Pain in Low-Resource Setting: A Retrospective Pre-Post Design by Shambhu P. Adhikari, Pragya Shrestha, Rubee Dev

“…Based on pretraining assessment finding, evidence-based individualized physiotherapy was prescribed. Pamphlets containing pictures of the prescribed exercises and instructions in the Nepali language were distributed. …”
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Systematic Characterization of the Chemical Components of Canna edulis Ker-Gawl Based on UHPLC Q-Exactive Orbitrap MS Technology by Liqiao Lv, Chi Zhang, Jiahui Wu, Dachuan Zhang, Fangyuan Zhao, Lv Bu Aga, Nan Wang, Junling Li, Leimengyuan Tang, Baosheng Zhao, Chunguo Wang, Xueyong Wang

“…A total of 54 chemical constituents were identified from the methanol extract of the rhizome, including 36 organic acids (with six phenolic acids), three phenols, one sugar (and its derivatives), one coumarin, one triterpenoid, ten N-containing organic compounds (including seven amino acids), and two other compounds. …”
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Biophilic Quality Matrix: A tool to evaluate the biophilic quality of a building during early design stage by Niranjika Wijesooriya, Arianna Brambilla, Lina Markauskaite

“…Further, this matrix contains criteria that is commonly applicable biophilic design allowing to be used in industry for real projects both during design stage and after completion with systematic validation.…”
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