Functional Properties of Human-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Spheroids: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review by Sarah Ezquerra, Amparo Zuleta, Rodrigo Arancibia, José Estay, Francisco Aulestia, Flavio Carrion

“…For instance, research exhibited reduced inflammation, faster wound healing, and closure, functional recovery and tissue repair due to immunomodulatory effects, better MSC engraftment in damaged tissue, higher MSC survival and less apoptosis at the injury. …”
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Evaluating novel approaches for estimating awake and sleep blood pressure: design of the Better BP Study – a randomised, crossover trial by Paul Muntner, Ligong Chen, Daichi Shimbo, Joseph E Schwartz, Maria Cepeda, Demetria Hubbard, Suzanne Oparil, Byron C Jaeger, Shakia T Hardy, Julia Medina

“…The aims of the Better BP Study are to (1) test if unattended office BP is closer to awake BP on ABPM compared with attended office BP, (2) assess if sleep BP assessed by home BP monitoring (HBPM) agrees with sleep BP from a full night of ABPM and (3) compare the strengths of associations of unattended versus attended office BP, unattended office BP versus awake BP on ABPM and sleep BP on HBPM versus ABPM with markers of end-organ damage.Methods and analysis We are recruiting 630 adults not taking antihypertensive medication in Birmingham, Alabama, and New York, New York. …”
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Investigation of the Flow Field Characteristics of Aortic Bileaflet Mechanical Heart Valves with Different Leaflet Shapes Using PIV by Y. Qiang, T. C. Duan, M. Z. Zhang, L. Qi, L. J. Wei

“…Results indicate that the curved leaflets reduced the impact on the aortic sinus, mitigating endothelial cell damage caused by high velocity. The curved leaflet design also increased the effective flow area, preventing blood stagnation and reducing local concentrations of coagulation factors, thus lowering the risk of thrombus formation. …”
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Intense Pulsed Light Therapy with Optimal Pulse Technology as an Adjunct Therapy for Moderate to Severe Blepharitis-Associated Keratoconjunctivitis by Fang Ruan, Yunxiao Zang, Ruti Sella, Hongshuang Lu, Shang Li, Ke Yang, Tao Jin, Natalie A. Afshari, Zhiqiang Pan, Ying Jie

“…Safety outcome measures included visual acuity, intraocular pressure, eye structure damage, and facial skin appearance at each visit. …”
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Ruellia tuberosa L. Extract Improves Histopathology and Lowers Malondialdehyde Levels and TNF Alpha Expression in the Kidney of Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats by Anna Roosdiana, Fajar Shodiq Permata, Riera Indah Fitriani, Khairul Umam, Anna Safitri

“…The treatments induced repairment in the glomerular and renal tubular damages in the kidney tissues. To conclude, these results emphasize potentially health valuable properties of hydroethanolic root extracts of R. tuberosa L. in rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes.…”
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Management of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug-Induced Gastroduodenal Disease by Acid Suppression by R Lad, D Armstrong

“…In the long run, the role of omeprazole will have to be evaluated with respect to its cost effectiveness compared with other strategies and with respect to the development of less damaging NSAIDs.…”
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Migratory Fish Bone in the Thyroid Gland: Case Report and Literature Review by EnHao Wu, Lei Huang, Ya Zhou, Xun Zhu

“…Fish bones have a risk of damaging the mucosa when lodged in the upper digestive tract. …”
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A Cross-Shaped Slotted Patch Sensor Antenna for Ice and Frost Detection by Rula Alrawashdeh

“…Thus, it can serve as a strong candidate for detecting natural disasters like frost damage. Furthermore, the findings in this paper offer valuable insights into how the presence and structure of slots influence the sensitivity response of patch antennas, supporting ongoing research in this field.…”
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Experimental Study on Frost-Heaving Force Development of Tibetan Clay Subjected to One-Directional Freezing in an Open System by Pengfei He, Meng Xiong, Yanhu Mu, Jianhua Dong, Xinlei Na

“…Frost heave of soils involves complex coupled interactions among moisture, heat, and stress, which can cause serious damage to cold regions engineering. In this paper, a series of one-directional freezing experiments were implemented for the Tibetan clay with rigid restraint in an open system. …”
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Ginsenoside Rg1 Regulates SIRT1 to Ameliorate Sepsis-Induced Lung Inflammation and Injury via Inhibiting Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Inflammation by Qian-Lu Wang, Lei Yang, Yue Peng, Min Gao, Ming-Shi Yang, Wei Xing, Xian-Zhong Xiao

“…Ginsenoside Rg1 treatment remarkably suppressed apoptosis rate of LPS-induced A549 cells, relieved mouse lung tissue damage, and elevated survival rate. Rg1 treatment also rescued cells from LPS-induced intracellular ROS. …”
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Association of Myeloid Cells of Triggering Receptor-1 with Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in BALB/c Mice with Sepsis by Gaosheng Zhou, Lijun Ye, Liang Zhang, Liangqing Zhang, Yuanli Zhang, Liehua Deng, Huaguo Yao

“…Besides, mAbTREM-1 aggravated LPS-induced myocardial damage was observed. Conclusions. Our results suggest that TREM-1 is significantly associated with LPS-induced left ventricular systolic dysfunction in BALB/c mice.…”
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Numerical Investigation of Hydraulic Fracture Propagation Morphology in the Conglomerate Reservoir by Zehao Xu, Xiangjun Liu, Lixi Liang

“…Based on the global pore-pressure cohesive zone element (GPPCZ) model method, a two-dimensional (2D) fracture propagation model with flow-stress-damage (FSD) coupling was established to investigate HF nucleation, propagation, and coalescence in conglomerate reservoirs. …”
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Multiple low-dose radiation ameliorates type-2 diabetes mellitus via gut microbiota modulation to activate TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB pathway by Lijing Qin, Rongrong Liu, Zhen Jia, Weiqiang Xu, Li Wang, Hongyuan Tian, Xinru Lian, Wen Li, Yali Qi, Huan He, Zhicheng Wang

“…The changes of blood glucose levels, body weight, and the damage of pancreas were measured. In addition, 16 S rDNA amplicon sequencing was used to detect gut microbiota alteration. …”
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Colonic Oxidative and Mitochondrial Function in Parkinson’s Disease and Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder by C. Morén, Í. González-Casacuberta, J. Navarro-Otano, D. Juárez-Flores, D. Vilas, G. Garrabou, J. C. Milisenda, C. Pont-Sunyer, M. Catalán-García, M. Guitart-Mampel, E. Tobías, F. Cardellach, F. Valldeoriola, A. Iranzo, E. Tolosa

“…Citrate synthase (CS) and complex I (CI) were analyzed spectrophotometrically. Oxidative damage was assessed either by lipid peroxidation, through malondialdehyde and hydroxyalkenal content by spectrophotometry, or through antioxidant enzyme levels of superoxide dismutase-2 (SOD2), glutathione peroxidase-1 (Gpx1), and catalase (CAT) by western blot. …”
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Strategies for Activities to be Conducted in the First 72 Hours After a Disaster: Türkiye by Feyza Betül Yurtlu, Başak Öztürk, Emel Güven, Tamer Eren

“…Resolving situations such as rapid rescue and first aid, ensuring communication infrastructure, meeting emergency needs, damage assessment and evaluation, ensuring community safety, and establishing a coordination center are vital within the first 72 hours after a disaster. …”
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Ningxiang pig-derived Lactobacillus reuteri improves the gut health of weaned piglets by regulating intestinal barrier function and cytokine profiles by Qian Xie, Mei Yang, Qing Duanmu, Meng Kang, Jing Wang, Bi E Tan

“…Abstract Weaning stress in piglets can induce intestinal damage, resulting in impaired growth performance. …”
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Immune status improvement in piglets through the use of interferon-containing products during specific prevention of porcine pleuropneumonia by A. G. Shakhov, L. Yu. Sashnina, V. A. Prokulevich, Yu. Yu. Vladimirova, M. I. Adodina

“…Specific prevention is one of the most effective methods for the control of infectious diseases causing considerable economic damage to commercial pig farms, among which is porcine pleuropneumonia. …”
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Die Synergie von Künstlicher Intelligenz und digitalem Lernen im Fremdsprachenerwerb by Sandra Niedermeier, Claudia Müller-Kreiner

“…Das Bewusstsein für die Bedeutung dieser Synergie soll geschärft und damit ein Beitrag zur Weiterentwicklung der Forschung im Bereich des Fremdsprachenerwerbs durch technologiegestütztes Lernen geleistet werden. …”
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Permeability Enhancement of Coal Seam by Lower Protective Layer Mining for Gas Outburst Prevention by Aiping He, Hua Fu, Bingjie Huo, Chaojun Fan

“…Based on the three-zone-shaped dynamic evolution of the permeability of the overlying protective layer during the lower protective layer mining, the theories of seepage mechanics and damage mechanics were applied to introduce the permeability enhancement coefficient of equivalent layer spacing. …”
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DualTransAttNet: A Hybrid Model with a Dual Attention Mechanism for Corn Seed Classification by Fei Pan, Dawei He, Pengjun Xiang, Mengdie Hu, Daizhuang Yang, Fang Huang, Changmeng Peng

“…Existing classification algorithms often suffer from limitations such as reliance on single information sources, constrained feature extraction capabilities, time consumption, low accuracy, and the potential to cause irreversible damage to seeds. To address these challenges, this paper proposes a fast and non-destructive classification method for corn seeds, named DualTransAttNet, based on multi-source image information and hybrid feature extraction. …”
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