A conspectus of constitutional challenges associated with the dismissal of employees for social media-related misconduct in the South African workplace by Howard Chitimira, Kefilwe Lekopanye

“…Similarly, any employers’ draconian rules prohibiting or monitoring the use of social-media in the workplace could infringe upon their employees’ rights to freedom of expression, privacy, dignity and freedom of association. …”
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The Role of Plant DNA Methylation in Development, Stress Response, and Crop Breeding by Shuai Qiao, Wei Song, Wentao Hu, Fang Wang, Anzhong Liao, Wenfang Tan, Songtao Yang

“…We explore how these elements function within the broader epigenetic framework, focusing on their contributions to silencing transposable elements, modulating gene expression, and shaping chromatin architecture. The review also examines the significance of DNA methylation in plant development, particularly its role in adapting to biotic and abiotic stresses. …”
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Phenotyping the males of mouse and rat strains with genetically defined behavioral disturbances in a model of sexual activation by M. A. Tikhonova, T. G. Amstislavskaya

“…The main gene for a high predisposition to catalepsy was shown to be associated with the expression of sexual motivation, but not with the hormonal component of sexual arousal (increase in plasma testosterone levels following exposure to a receptive female). …”
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Determination of mutagenicity of chemical compounds, physical factors and environmental pollutants by the Drosophila melanogaster wing somatic mutation and recombination test by L. P. Zakharenko, I. K. Zakharov

“…There are modifications to SMART, based on elevated cytochrome P450 expression, allowing more reliable extrapolation of the test results to mammals. …”
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Presentació by Antonia Cabanilles Sanchis, Ferran Carbó Aguilar, Evelio Miñano Martínez

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Construction of a Cuprotosis-Related Gene-Based Model to Improve the Prognostic Evaluation of Patients with Gastric Cancer by Chunyan Han, Kai Zhang, XinKai Mo

“…The clinical and RNA expression of patients with GC were downloaded from TCGA database. …”
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Immunological Approaches and Different Strategies for Vaccine Development Against SARS-COV-2 by Muhammed Babakir-Mina

“…Moreover, there are different strategies that used by researchers and pharmacological companies to develop vaccines including attenuated or killed viruses, RNA of a spike protein, and vector expressing a particular protein of the virus. The common antibodies have detected to work against SARS-COV-2 in sera of infected or recovered patients are immunoglobin G ( IgG) and immunoglobin M (IgM). …”
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Feature selection in single-cell RNA sequencing data: a comprehensive evaluation by Petros Paplomatas, Konstantinos Lazaros, Georgios N. Dimitrakopoulos, Aristidis Vrahatis

“…Unlike bulk RNA sequencing, scRNA-seq allows for examining gene expression at the individual cell level, revealing cellular heterogeneity and identifying rare cell types. …”
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Inversion of the Main Trends of Digitalization in the Educational Space by D. P. Kozolupenko

“…The appearance of a diffuse identity reinforced by the tendency to glocalization in the socio-political sphere and the transition to a transmedia narrative in the cultural and entertainment sphere, in the digital space of education is transformed into the possibility of self-actualization, self-expression, turning the modern educational space into a mythopoetic “world of all kinds” and anthropological singularity.…”
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Unlocking the Potential of German Smart Cities: Strategy Analysis through Online Content Examination by Matthias SCHMUCK

“…The findings of this study reveal the diversity and richness of German smart city approaches, but also a varying degree of sophistication and transparency of strategic initiatives. As an expression of Germany's federal structure, the cities focus on different aspects, such as mobility, energy efficiency or data-driven administration. …”
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Ligand-Based Pharmacophore Modeling and Virtual Screening of RAD9 Inhibitors by Nirmal K. Prasad, Vishnupriya Kanakaveti, Siddhartha Eadlapalli, Ramakrishna Vadde, Angamba Potshangbam Meetei, Vaibhav Vindal

“…Human RAD9 is a key cell-cycle checkpoint protein that participates in DNA repair, activation of multiple cell cycle phase checkpoints, and apoptosis. Aberrant RAD9 expression has been linked to breast, lung, thyroid, skin, and prostate tumorigenesis. …”
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Crotoxin Isolated from Crotalus durissus terrificus Venom Modulates the Functional Activity of Dendritic Cells via Formyl Peptide Receptors by A. P. Freitas, B. C. Favoretto, P. B. Clissa, S. C. Sampaio, E. L. Faquim-Mauro

“…Furthermore, CTX and CB inhibited the expression of costimulatory and MHC-II molecules, secretion of proinflammatory cytokines and NF-κBp65 and p38/ERK1/2-MAPK signaling pathways by LPS-incubated DCs. …”
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Characterization of the Escherichia coli Antifungal Protein PPEBL21 by V. Yadav, R. Mandhan, M. Kumar, J. Gupta, G. L. Sharma

“…Results revealed that PPEBL21 inhibited completely the expression of a 16 kDa protein in A. fumigatus. The 16 kDa protein of A. fumigatus targeted by PPEBL21 was identified as a hypothetical protein by peptide mass fingerprinting. …”
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Mechanisms of Chronic State of Inflammation as Mediators That Link Obese Adipose Tissue and Metabolic Syndrome by Eduardo Fuentes, Francisco Fuentes, Gemma Vilahur, Lina Badimon, Iván Palomo

“…Meanwhile, the chronic inflammation in adipose tissue is regulated by a series of transcription factors, mainly PPARs and C/EBPs, that in conjunction regulate the expression of hundreds of proteins that participate in the metabolism and storage of lipids and, as such, the secretion by adipocytes. …”
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Preparation and Evaluation of Gelatin-Chitosan-Nanobioglass 3D Porous Scaffold for Bone Tissue Engineering by Kanchan Maji, Sudip Dasgupta, Krishna Pramanik, Akalabya Bissoyi

“…GCB 30 scaffold was shown to be noncytotoxic and supported mesenchymal stem cell attachment, proliferation, and differentiation as indicated by MTT assay and RUNX-2 expression. Higher cellular activity was observed in GCB 30 scaffold as compared to GCB 0 scaffold suggesting the fact that 58S bioglass nanoparticles addition into the scaffold promoted better cell adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation. …”
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Human Endogenous Retroviruses and Their Putative Role in Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease, Inflammation, and Senescence by Patrycja Kozubek, Julia Kuźniar, Magdalena Czaja, Hanna Sitka, Urszula Kochman, Jerzy Leszek

“…They have been shown to affect carcinogenesis by modifying the expression of host genes through their functions as enhancers and promoters. …”
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Mitochondrial genome of Cordyceps blackwelliae: organization, transcription, and evolutionary insights into Cordyceps by Yong-Jie Zhang, Xiang-Ping Fan, Jia-Ni Li, Shu Zhang

“…RNA-Seq analysis revealed differential expression of mitochondrial genes and supported annotations resulting from in silico analysis. …”
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Analyzing the potential of neuronal pentraxin 2 as a biomarker in neurological disorders: A literature review by Ubaid Ansari, Jimmy Wen, Burhaan Syed, Dawnica Nadora, Romteen Sedighi, Denise Nadora, Vincent Chen, Forshing Lui

“…Additionally, altered NP2 expression is observed in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, thus suggesting its involvement in synaptic dysfunction and neurotransmitter imbalance. …”
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Hydroxyapatite Chitosan Gradient Pore Scaffold Activates Oxidative Phosphorylation Pathway to Induce Bone Formation by Zeliang Zhang, Wei Shang, Lisong Lin

“…In vitro experiments indicated that the scaffolds had good biocompatibility, promoted the expression of osteogenesis-related genes and proteins, and activated the oxidative phosphorylation pathway to promote bone regeneration. …”
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Benchmarking cell type annotation methods for 10x Xenium spatial transcriptomics data by Jinming Cheng, Xinyi Jin, Gordon K. Smyth, Yunshun Chen

“…Abstract Background Imaging-based spatial transcriptomics technologies allow us to explore spatial gene expression profiles at the cellular level. Cell type annotation of imaging-based spatial data is challenging due to the small gene panel, but it is a crucial step for downstream analyses. …”
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