Mutagenicity and Acute Oral Toxicity Test for Herbal Poultry Feed Supplements by Boddapati Srinivasa Rao, C. V. Chandrasekaran, H. S. Srikanth, Murugan Sasikumar, R. Edwin Jothie, Begum Haseena, Bethapudi Bharathi, Ramasamy Selvam, D’Souza Prashanth

“…The present study was designed to investigate five poultry feed supplements (PFS), EGMAX® (to revitalize ovarian activity), FEED-X™ (feed efficiency enhancer), KOLIN PLUS™ (natural replacer of synthetic choline chloride), PHYTOCEE® (natural defence enhancer), and STODI® (to prevent and control loose droppings), for their possible mutagenicity and toxicity. …”
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Targeting Nrf2/KEAP1 signaling pathway using bioactive compounds to combat mastitis by Muhammad Zahoor Khan, Liangliang Li, Yandong Zhan, Huang Binjiang, Xiaotong Liu, Xiyan Kou, Adnan Khan, Abdul Qadeer, Qudrat Ullah, Khalid J. Alzahrani, Tongtong Wang, Changfa Wang, Muhammad Zahoor

“…The Nrf2/KEAP1 signaling pathway plays a critical role in regulating antioxidant responses and cellular defense mechanisms. When activated by bioactive compound treatment, Nrf2 translocates to the nucleus and induces the expression of its target genes to exert antioxidant responses. …”
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Experimental study and numerical analysis on mechanical behavior of GFRP-concrete composite beam by Yonghui Huang, Chenxi Shao, Shaofeng Huang, Airong Liu

“…Comparative results demonstrate that the finite element model can precisely simulate the damage modes and load-deflection responses of composite beams. Finally, formulas for predicting the flexural and shear loading-capacity of composite beams are presented, and it exhibits an excellent agreement to the experimental results.…”
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Free DNA in Cystic Fibrosis Airway Fluids Correlates with Airflow Obstruction by Veronica Marcos, Zhe Zhou-Suckow, Ali Önder Yildirim, Alexander Bohla, Andreas Hector, Ljubomir Vitkov, Wolf Dietrich Krautgartner, Walter Stoiber, Matthias Griese, Oliver Eickelberg, Marcus A. Mall, Dominik Hartl

“…NETs have been described to act in a beneficial way for innate host defense by bactericidal, fungicidal, and virucidal actions. …”
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MAIT cells protect against sterile lung injury by Xiawei Zhang, Shuailin Li, Wojciech Lason, Maria Greco, Paul Klenerman, Timothy S.C. Hinks

“…Thus, MAIT cells enhance defense against sterile lung injury by fostering cDC1-driven anti-fibrotic pathways.…”
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Centralization and Reduced Financial Resources: A Worrying Picture for Hungarian Municipalities by Judit Siket

“…The analysis demonstrates that the Constitutional Court did not or only partially defended the legal interests of local self-governments. …”
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A Pilot Study on Structural Responses of Normal Concrete-UHPC Composite Bridge Decks w/wo Rebars through an Experimental-Numerical Approach by Siqi Yuan, Zhao Liu, Teng Tong, Chung C. Fu

“…Their effects on the composite decks’ failure patterns and load-deflection curves were quantitatively analyzed. Besides, digital image correlation (DIC) technique was adopted to adequately capture their damage evolutions. …”
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Natural Frequncies of Coupled Blade-Bending and Shaft-Torsional Vibrations by B.O. Al-Bedoor

“…The system-coupled model is developed using the Lagrangian approach in conjunction with the assumed modes method to discretize the blade bending deflection. The model accounts for the blade stagger (setting) angle, the system rotating speed and its induced stiffening effect. …”
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Marine Diterpenoids as Potential Anti-Inflammatory Agents by Yisett González, Daniel Torres-Mendoza, Gillian E. Jones, Patricia L. Fernandez

“…The search for agents inhibiting inflammation is a great challenge as the inflammatory response plays an important role in the defense of the host to infections. Marine invertebrates are exceptional sources of new natural products, and among those diterpenoids secondary metabolites exhibit notable anti-inflammatory properties. …”
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Engineering extracellular vesicles for ROS scavenging and tissue regeneration by Ahmed Abdal Dayem, Ellie Yan, Minjae Do, Yoojung Kim, Yeongseo Lee, Ssang-Goo Cho, Deok-Ho Kim

“…Additionally, we explore strategies to enhance EV therapeutic activity, including functionalization and incorporation of antioxidant defense proteins. Understanding these molecular mechanisms is crucial for optimizing EV-based regenerative therapies. …”
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Influence of Freeze-Thaw Cycles on Mechanical Response of Levee Pavement by Shuan Guo, Zheng Lu, Guokun Liu, Baoli Zhuang, Yongfeng Fan, Zuen Zheng

“…The results show that the number of freeze-thaw cycles has the most significant impact on the mechanical response of pavement, the stress and strain of the structural layers vary in different ranges, and the pavement deflection increases by 5 times after 7 freeze-thaw cycles. …”
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Study of the Electrical Characteristics, Shock-Wave Pressure Characteristics, and Attenuation Law Based on Pulse Discharge in Water by Dong Yan, Decun Bian, Jinchang Zhao, Shaoqing Niu

“…Study of the pressure characteristics and attenuation law of these waves is highly significant to industrial production and national defense construction. In this research, the shock-wave pressures at several sites were measured by experiment under different conditions of hydrostatic pressure, discharge energy, and propagation distance. …”
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PROBLEMS OF POSTGRADUATE TRAINING ORGANIZATION ON THE BASIS OF THE FEDERAL STATE EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS OF THE THIRD LEVEL OF HIGHER EDUCATION by Vasiliy S. Senashenko

“…The author proposes to divide the doctoral training programs into two stages: the first includes the educational component and master's thesis preparation, and the second stage includes the research component and preparation and defense of doctoral thesis. Organization of doctoral training in new conditions requires the extension of a list of graduates' activities. …”
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Synthesis and Numerical Analysis of Compliant Devices: A Topology Optimization Approach for Mechanisms and Robotic Systems by S. Premanand, G. Arunkumar, Venkatesa Prabhu Sundramurthy

“…Then, the geometry is topology optimized to analyze stress, safety factor, output deflection, and mass reduction. Also this research work focuses more on topology optimization, design synthesis, and objective function comparison in different materials. …”
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Influence of flexoelectricity on coupled electromechanical response of 2D MXene/graphene-based hybrid piezocomposites by Kishor Balasaheb Shingare, Rohan B. Ambade, Nilesh Rajaram Chodankar, Mandar Rokhade, Amal Al Ghaferi, Andreas Schiffer, Kin Liao

“…This implies that MGHPC plates can be tailored for precise resonance frequencies and static deflection within nanoelectromechanical systems. This can be achieved by manipulating parameters such as boundary conditions and geometric attributes, including plate thickness/aspect ratio and graphene/MXene nano-reinforcements volume fractions.…”
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Glucose Sensor Design Based on Monte Carlo Simulation by Gang Xue, Ruiping Zhang, Yihao Chen, Wei Xu, Changxing Zhang

“…Altering the density of fluorescent molecules, varying the thickness of tissue layers, and adjusting the angle of incidence deflection, the study investigates the influence of these parameter changes on the optimal position of reflected light at the bottom. …”
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Portraying the Geography of US Airspace with 3-Dimensional GIS-Based Analysis and Visualization by Thi Hong Diep Dao, David G. Havlick

“…The United States identifies, monitors, and defends a vast network of controlled airspaces surrounding its own and allied territories. …”
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease as a Cause of Cognitive Decline and Seizures in the Elderly: Diagnostic Pointers and Strategy for Investigation by R. Williams, F. Cresswell, M. McClure, R. Lane

“…Establishing an underlying aetiology is dementia is important not only for prognostic reasons but in order to detect potentially reversible causes. In cases of an atypical dementing illness our proposed investigations may assist in confirming or excluding underlying Creutzfeltd-Jakob disease.…”
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Research on Integrated Guidance and Control of Distributed Cooperation of Multi-Interceptor with State Coupling by Xiang Liu, Xiaogeng Liang

“…Secondly, the cooperative control strategy of the multi-interceptor is designed with the “leader-follower” distributed network mode to obtain the speed in the three directions of the interceptor in air and transform them to the general flight speed, trajectory inclination angle, and trajectory deflection instruction by using the transformational relation of kinematics. …”
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Contribution of Lung Macrophages to the Inflammatory Responses Induced by Exposure to Air Pollutants by Kunihiko Hiraiwa, Stephan F. van Eeden

“…The inhalation of toxic environmental particles and gases impacts the innate and adaptive defense systems of the lung. Lung macrophages play a critically important role in the recognition and processing of any inhaled foreign material such as pathogens or particulate matter. …”
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