Small Interfering RNA Targeted to ASPP2 Promotes Progression of Experimental Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy by Xiao-Li Chen, Yu-Jing Bai, Qin-Rui Hu, Shan-Shan Li, Lv-Zhen Huang, Xiao-Xin Li

“…EMT markers and related inflammatory and fibrosis cytokines were measured by western blot or flow cytometry. Additionally, PVR rat models were induced by intravitreal injection of ARPE-19 cells transfected with ASPP2-siRNA and evaluated accordingly. …”
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Synoptic and Mesoscale Atmospheric Patterns That Triggered the Natural Disasters in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in January 2020 by Thaís Aparecida Cortez Pinto, Enrique Vieira Mattos, Michelle Simões Reboita, Diego Oliveira de Souza, Paula S. S. Oda, Fabrina Bolzan Martins, Thiago Souza Biscaro, Glauber Willian de Souza Ferreira

“…These findings highlight the importance of monitoring atmospheric conditions in conjunction with soil moisture over an extended period to provide additional information for mitigating the impacts of natural disasters.…”
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A novel virtual inductor optimization methodology of virtual synchronous generators for enhanced power decoupling by Xin Zhang, Lijiao Gong, Yanjun Zhang, Xiaolei Ma, Lianshan Han, Santao Jiang, Weiji Zhou

“…Finally, a series of comparative experiments is conducted to demonstrate its superior dynamic, static performance and enhanced power decoupling characteristics. In addition, a 15 kW inverter laboratory prototype controlled by StarSim rapid control prototyping (RCP) is used to test the proposed methodology. …”
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Molecular structure influence of porous intrinsic polyimide nanofiber for high temperature flue gas filtration: Bisphenol AF, sulfone, ether bonds and hydroxyl groups by Xinming Wang, Yongqi Wang, Anning Sun, Yan Liu, Zhiyong Xiao, Ziyang Gao, Ke Ma, Zhizhi Hu, Wei Chen

“…After ODPA copolymerized modification, HFBAPP-6FDA-ODPA nanofiber membranes can reach a maximum of 95.42 %. In addition, the Tg and Td5 of all NFs reached 250 °C and 455 °C, indicating good thermal performance. …”
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The Effects of Vitamin D on Gentamicin-Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Experimental Rat Model by Ender Hur, Alev Garip, Asuman Camyar, Sibel Ilgun, Melih Ozisik, Sena Tuna, Murat Olukman, Zehra Narli Ozdemir, Eser Yildirim Sozmen, Sait Sen, Fehmi Akcicek, Soner Duman

“…Thirty nonuremic Wistar albino rats were divided into 3 groups: Control group, 1 mL saline intramuscular (im) daily; Genta group, gentamicin 100 mg/kg/day (im); Genta + vitamin D, gentamicin 100 mg/kg/day (im) in addition to 1α, 25 (OH)2D3 0.4 mcg/kg/day subcutaneously for 8 days. …”
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Well-Production Forecasting Using Machine Learning with Feature Selection and Automatic Hyperparameter Optimization by Ruibin Zhu, Ning Li, Yongqiang Duan, Gaofeng Li, Guohua Liu, Fengjiao Qu, Changjun Long, Xin Wang, Qinzhuo Liao, Gensheng Li

“…By calculating the gray correlation degrees, maximum mutual information, feature importance, and Shapley additive explanation (SHAP) values, an in-depth analysis of various dominant factors was conducted. …”
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Nuclear Factor-Kappa B Activity Regulates Brain Expression of P-Glycoprotein in the Kainic Acid-Induced Seizure Rats by Nian Yu, Qing Di, Hao Liu, Yong Hu, Ying Jiang, Yu-kui Yan, Yan-fang Zhang, Ying-dong Zhang

“…Furthermore, PDTC pre-treatment significantly decreased P-gp expression along with NF-κB activation in the hippocampus CA3 area and amygdala complex of rats compared with the EP group, implying that NF-κB activation involved in the seizure susceptibility and seizure induced brain P-gp over-expression. Additionally, DEX pre-treatment only decreased P-gp expression level without inhibition of NF-κB activation, suggesting NF-κB independent pathway may also participate in regulating seizure induced P-gp over-expression.…”
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Direct-supply chilled-water radiant-floor cooling system coupled with an earth‒air heat exchanger system: A case study in a building by Jiaming Yang, Huiqing Cao, Zhenwei Wang, Yue Liu, Wei Song, Jiankai Dong

“…The changes in the indoor air temperature and humidity and in the soil temperature when the two systems were operated independently were quantitatively analyzed. Additionally, the effects of the coupled DS-RFC/EAHE system on the indoor environment were evaluated for three air-supply inlet locations. …”
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G Protein-Coupled Estrogen Receptor-Selective Ligands Modulate Endometrial Tumor Growth by Whitney K. Petrie, Megan K. Dennis, Chelin Hu, Donghai Dai, Jeffrey B. Arterburn, Harriet O. Smith, Helen J. Hathaway, Eric R. Prossnitz

“…GPER/GPR30 is a 7-transmembrane spanning G protein-coupled receptor that has been identified as the third estrogen receptor, in addition to ERα and ERβ. High GPER expression is predictive of poor survival in endometrial and ovarian cancer, but despite this, the estrogen-mediated signaling pathways and specific estrogen receptors involved in endometrial cancer remain unclear. …”
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Evaluation of Telenomus remus (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) as a biocontrol agent of Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) based on two-sex life table and functional response... by Zhen Shen, Li-Hui Liu, Lian-Sheng Zang, Tie-Jun Deng, Zhen-Bao Luo, Jun-Yi Gao, Liang-De Tang

“…Results T. remus can lay 186.90 eggs/female in the lifetime, adult preoviposition period was 0 days, total preoviposition period was 10.03 days, and the ratio of female and male offspring was 0.495 and 0.421, respectively. In addition, most females emerged from 24 h-old eggs, whereas most males emerged from 48 h-old eggs. …”
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SURVEILLANCE OF PARASITIC DISEASES IN BULGARIA by Rumen Harizanov, Violeta Yakimova, Mihaela Videnova, Ognyan Mikov, Aleksandra Ivanova, Eleonora Kaneva, Raina Borisova, Nina Tsvetkova, Iskra Rainova, Zornitca Traykova

“… The incidence and number of cases of several parasitic diseases subject to mandatory reporting and registration under the Ministry of Health (MoH) 2005 Regulation 21 increased after the end of the global pandemic of COVID-19 in 2023. In addition, parasitic infections imported from endemic tropical regions are recorded annually in the country. …”
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Conserved Nuclear Localization Signal in NS2 Protein of Bombyx Mori Bidensovirus: A Potential Invertebrate ssDNA Virus Trait by Qian Yu, Jiaxin Yan, Ying Chen, Jinfeng Zhang, Qi Tang, Feifei Zhu, Lindan Sun, Shangshang Ma, Xiaoyong Liu, Keping Chen, Qin Yao

“…To investigate its structure and function, we employed phylogenetic analysis, subcellular localization, mutational analysis, and a dual-luciferase reporter system to characterize the nuclear localization signal (NLS) within NS2 and its effect on viral promoter activity. Additionally, co-immunoprecipitation and mass spectrometry were utilized to identify host proteins interacting with NS2. …”
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Assessing and predicting Bojiang lake area and LULC changes from 2000 to 2045 by Muhammad Naeem, Yongqiang Zhang, Xiaoqiang Tian, Ping Miao, Congcong Li, Zhenwu Xu, Longhao Wang, Faisal Mumtaz, Zixuan Tang, Shaoyang He

“…Projections for 2024–2045 suggest further hydrological changes, with the lake area expected to increase by 42.67 %, reaching 12.17 km2 by 2045. Additionally, vegetation cover is expected to rise by 1.97 %, while barren land will decrease by 3.10 %. …”
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Induced hepatocyte-like cells derived from adipose-derived stem cells alleviates liver injury in mice infected with Echinococcus Multilocularis by Hui Liu, Xiaojuan Bi, Ning Yang, Xue Zhang, Bingbing Fang, Nuerbaiti Kusuman, Wenmei Ma, Jing Li, Jin Chu, Li Sun, Liang Li, Guodong Lü, Renyong Lin

“…Following transplantation, iHEPs were observed surrounding the metacestode lesions in the liver parenchyma of E. multilocularis-infected mice. iHEPs transplantation effectively restored liver function and improved liver injury in the infected mice. Additionally, we observed significant activation of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in the livers of infected mice transplanted with iHEPs. …”
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A Comprehensive Analysis of Moist Versus Non‐Moist Dressings for Split‐Thickness Skin Graft Donor Sites: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis by Chun‐Yee Ho, Hsuan‐Yu Chou, Szu‐Han Wang, Ching‐Yu Lan, Victor Bong‐Hang Shyu, Chih‐Hao Chen, Chia‐Hsuan Tsai

“…Hydrocolloid dressings were particularly effective in accelerating wound healing. Additionally, moist dressings were associated with lower pain levels during dressing removal and had comparable rates of adverse events. …”
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Improved differential protection for two-terminal weak feed AC system considering negative sequence control coordination strategy by Junjie Hou, Qiangqiang Gao, Yanfang Fan, Guobing Song, Xiaofang Wu, Wentao Yang, Runbin Cao, Faxi Peng

“…Simulation results show that the proposed protection scheme can resist higher fault impedance(300 Ω) and noise interference(25 dB). In addition, the proposed differential protection scheme is suitable for the protection requirements of the two terminal weak feed AC systems in different scenarios and has higher sensitivity.…”
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Heme Oxygenase Induction Suppresses Hepatic Hepcidin and Rescues Ferroportin and Ferritin Expression in Obese Mice by Nitin Puri, Yevgeniy Arefiev, Robert Chao, David Sacerdoti, Hibba Chaudry, Alexandra Nichols, Krithika Srikanthan, Athar Nawab, Dana Sharma, Vishal Hari Lakhani, Rebecca Klug, Komal Sodhi, Stephen J. Peterson

“…However, this effect is accompanied by a significant decline in ferritin expression. Additionally, there are reduced insulin receptor phosphorylation and attenuation of metabolic regulators pAMPK, pAKT, and pLKB1. …”
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New digital drilling process monitoring: Instrumentation, validation and calibration by Yanpeng Sun, Zuyu Chen, Fangcai Xu, Yufei Zhao, Ruilang Cao, Dong Li

“…Most importantly, this new instrument is proven to be successful in improving the detection of structural discontinuities with thicknesses >1 mm. In addition, by measuring the electric current of the driving motor, the torque applied to the bit is conveniently and accurately converted. …”
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Targeted gut microbiome therapy: Applications and prospects of probiotics, fecal microbiota transplantation and natural products in the management of type 2 diabetes by Luqi Qin, Bei Fan, Yixia Zhou, Jiahuan Zheng, Rao Diao, Fengzhong Wang, Jiameng Liu

“…This review systematically summarizes the relationship between gut microbiota and T2DM, and explores the mechanisms through which gut microorganisms may alleviate T2DM. Additionally, it evaluates the potential of probiotics, fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT)/virome transplantation (FVT), and natural products in modulating gut microbiota to treat T2DM. …”
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The Long-Term Outcome Comparison of Different Time-Delayed Kallikrein Treatments in a Mouse Cerebral Ischemic Model by Yaohui Ni, Kefu Cai, Yujie Hu, Chuan-hui Wang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Hua Huang, Xing Su, Jin-hua Gu

“…Three therapeutic regimens all protected against neurological dysfunction, but kallikrein treatment starting at 8 h after MCAO had the best efficacy. Additionally, kallikrein treatment at 8 h after MCAO significantly enhanced cell proliferation including neural stem cell and induced differentiation of neural stem cell into mature neuron. …”
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