Economic aspects of implementing environmentally friendly energy sources in the agro-industrial complex (focusing on European countries) by Zhanat Yerniyazova, Gabit Asrepov, Dinara Aiguzhinova, Gulmira Nurbayeva, Saltanat Zhanuzakova

“…This approach includes investment in new technologies, government subsidies, educational initiatives, and the establishment of cooperatives…”
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Carbon dioxide emissions, forest area, and economic growth of SAARC countries: Evidence from FMOLS approach by Yadav Mani Upadhyaya, Khom Raj Kharel, Omkar Poudel, Pramshu Nepal

“…This study aims to examine the relationship between CO2 emissions, forest area, and GDP in each South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) country. This study uses a panel dataset that spans South Asian countries from 1990 to 2020 for econometric analysis. …”
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Local structural–functional coupling with counterfactual explanations for epilepsy prediction by Jiashuang Huang, Shaolong Wei, Zhen Gao, Shu Jiang, Mingliang Wang, Liang Sun, Weiping Ding, Daoqiang Zhang

“…However, the existing research on SC–FC coupling focuses on global and regional scales, and few studies have investigated the impact of brain disorders on this relationship from the perspective of multi-brain region cooperation (i.e., local scale). Here, we propose the local SC–FC coupling pattern for brain disorders prediction. …”
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Development of a broad-spectrum epitope-based vaccine against Streptococcus pneumoniae. by Md Nahian, Muhammad Shahab, Md Rasel Khan, Shopnil Akash, Tanjina Akhtar Banu, Murshed Hasan Sarkar, Barna Goswami, Sanjana Fatema Chowdhury, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Ahmed Abu Rus'd, Shamima Begum, Ahashan Habib, Aftab Ali Shaikh, Jonas Ivan Nobre Oliveira, Shahina Akter

“…Two potential vaccine candidates, CbpA and PspA, were identified, and their B-cell, CTL, and HTL epitopes were predicted and connected with suitable linkers, adjivant and PADRE sequence. The vaccine construct was found to be antigenic, non-toxic, non-allergenic, and soluble. …”
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Arterial Hypertension and Interleukins: Potential Therapeutic Target or Future Diagnostic Marker? by Daniela Maria Tanase, Evelina Maria Gosav, Smaranda Radu, Anca Ouatu, Ciprian Rezus, Manuela Ciocoiu, Claudia Florida Costea, Mariana Floria

“…As such, conventional cardiovascular drugs (statins, calcium channels blockers, and ACEIs/ARBs) have shown additional anti-inflammatory effects that could be linked to their blood pressure lowering properties. …”
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Towards the Sustainable Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewater Using <i>Arthrospira platensis</i>: A Laboratory-Scale Approach in the Context of a Green Circular Economy by Lamprini Malletzidou, Eleni Kyratzopoulou, Nikoletta Kyzaki, Evangelos Nerantzis, Nikolaos A. Kazakis

“…In particular, Cu, Cd, Pb, and Zn removal of multi-MT cultures is elevated or relative to the respective removal of the mono-metal-treated (mono-MT) cultures, showing a synergistic or cooperative interaction between the metals, while the removal of Ni of multi-MT cultures decreased compared to Ni of mono-MT cultures, showing an antagonistic interaction to the other metals. …”
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Synthesis of Cu-BTC Metal-Organic Framework for CO2 Capture via Solvent-free Method: Effect of Metal Precursor and Molar Ratio by Pui San Ho, Kok Chung Chong, Soon Onn Lai, Sze Sin Lee, Woei Jye Lau, Shih-Yuan Lu, Boon Seng Ooi

“…For this enhanced method, Cu-BTC was synthesized in 3 hours by mechanically grinding the mixture of copper (Cu) metal precursor and BTC organic linker without using solvent. The as-synthesized Cu-BTC samples were analyzed using various characterization techniques to examine and confirm their properties. …”
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A case report of successful treatment of advanced thymic squamous cell carcinoma with poor performance status using multimodal therapy by Xianhua Xu, Xiang Yan, Yang Qin, Dan Kou, Qi Huang, Qiongcheng Chen, Yejin Li

“…The patient had an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status (PS) score of 4 and exhibited high PD-L1 expression. …”
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PB: A Message Transmission Method Based on Area Layer Division in UAV Networks by Lisong Wang, Feifei Zhu, Qing Zhou, Kui Li, Liang Liu

“…In this case, it is necessary to deliver messages quickly and efficiently to the ground station through mutual cooperation between UAVs. Many methods used in this case have problems such as unbalanced popularity (the ratio of the relayed message number to the total message number) of nodes, large proportion of ping-pong effect, and long delay. …”
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A bi-subpopulation coevolutionary immune algorithm for multi-objective combinatorial optimization in multi-UAV task allocation by Xi Chen, Yu Wan, Jingtao Qi, Zipeng Zhao, Yirun Ruan, Jun Tang

“…Abstract With the development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology towards multi-UAV and UAV swarm, multi-UAV cooperative task allocation has more and more influence on the success or failure of UAV missions. …”
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MO-GCN: A multi-omics graph convolutional network for discriminative analysis of schizophrenia by Haiyuan Wang, Runlin Peng, Yuanyuan Huang, Liqin Liang, Wei Wang, Baoyuan Zhu, Chenyang Gao, Minxin Guo, Jing Zhou, Hehua Li, Xiaobo Li, Yuping Ning, Fengchun Wu, Kai Wu

“…The methodology of machine learning with multi-omics data has been widely adopted in the discriminative analyses of schizophrenia, but most of these studies ignored the cooperative interactions and topological attributes of multi-omics networks. …”
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Optoelectric coordinated modulation of resistive switching behavior in perovskite based synaptic device by Yucheng Wang, Ruixi Huang, Wenyi Zhang, Dingyun Guo, Jiawei Zheng, Hexin Wang, Fobao Huang, Zhuoya Wang, He Guan

“…The recognition accuracies of 89.8% / 88.1% (electric synapse) are enhanced to 92.4% / 92.2% after the introduction of optoelectronic cooperative stimulation on the 8 × 8 and 28 × 28 modified national institute of standards and technology (MNIST) handwritten digit datasets. …”
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Location Information-Based Routing Protocol for Energy Harvesting Cognitive Radio Wireless Sensor Network by Mohamad-Rida Mortada, Abbass Nasser, Alaaeddine Ramadan, Koffi-Clement Yao, Ali Mansour

“…Additionally, LIBRO&#x2019;s unique feature of minimizing nodes&#x2019; cooperation during routing offers advantages for protecting Primary Users (PUs) against interference caused by secondary transmissions. …”
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Association of a Common Variant at 10q26 and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Aggressiveness in Han Chinese Descent by Xin Gu, Tao Huang, Ding Xu, Liujian Duan, Yang Jiao, Jian Kang, S. Lilly Zheng, Jianfeng Xu, Jielin Sun, Jun Qi

“…All BPH patients were treated with α-adrenergic blockers and 5α-reductase inhibitors for at least 9 months. …”
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Evidence that a STAT3 Mutation Causing Hyper IgE Syndrome Leads to Repression of Transcriptional Activity by Sameer Bahal, Maha E. Houssen, Ania Manson, Lorena Lorenzo, Mark A. Russell, Noel G. Morgan, Fariba Tahami, Sofia Grigoriadou

“…Genetic analysis identified a missense mutation, N567D, in a conserved region of the linker domain of STAT3. Functional studies in HEK293 cells reveal that this mutation potently inhibits STAT3 activity when compared to the wildtype protein. …”
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Simultaneous Determination of Thidiazuron and Forchlorfenuron in Orange by Solid Phase Extraction with Molecularly Imprinted Membrane Followed by High Performance Liquid Chromatogr... by SHI Yu, WANG Jian, DOU Rui, QI Yingchun, DONG Xiao, NIU Zhirui, REN Jingyu, HUANG Hua, ZHAO Yixue

“…In this study, molecularly imprinted membrane (MIM) was prepared using polydopamine (PDA)-modified polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane as the base membrane, thidiazuron (TDZ) as the template, methacrylic acid (MAA) as the functional monomer, and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) as the cross-linker. This adsorption material was applied to the highly selective simultaneous extraction of TDZ and its structural analogue forchlorfenuron (CPPU) from orange. …”
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HMGB1 Acts in Synergy with Lipopolysaccharide in Activating Rheumatoid Synovial Fibroblasts via p38 MAPK and NF-κB Signaling Pathways by Zheng-Wen He, Yang-Hua Qin, Zhi-Wei Wang, Yan Chen, Qian Shen, Sheng-Ming Dai

“…HMGB1-LPS synergistically upregulated TLR4 and receptor for advanced glycation endproducts (RAGE) expression on the surface of SF. Both blockers of TLR4 and RAGE significantly inhibited the synergistic effects of HMGB1-LPS on the production of IL-6 and MMPs, but blocking antibodies to TLR2 failed. …”
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Comparing and Correlating Outcomes between Open and Percutaneous Access in Endovascular Aneurysm Repair in Aortic Aneurysms Using a Retrospective Cohort Study Design by Peter DeVito, Ali Kimyaghalam, Sameh Shoukry, Robert DeVito, John Williams, Eashaa Kumar, Eugene Vitvitsky

“…Our analysis suggests decreased mortality rates associated with EVAR as compared to the Open-Cutdown method using Northside Medical Center’s Study and the OVER Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study (p=0.0053). Conclusion. Percutaneous access for EVAR is safe and effective when compared to Open-Cutdown access for aortic aneurysm patients. …”
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The biogenesis, regulation and functions of transitive siRNA in plants by Tan Huijun, Liu Yuelin, Guo Hongwei

“…In Arabidopsis thaliana, two RDRs participate in the generation of transitive siRNAs, acting cooperatively with various siRNA generation-related factors, such as the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) and aberrant RNAs. …”
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Centrosome amplification and aneuploidy driven by the HIV-1-induced Vpr•VprBP•Plk4 complex in CD4+ T cells by Jung-Eun Park, Tae-Sung Kim, Yan Zeng, Melissa Mikolaj, Jong Il Ahn, Muhammad S. Alam, Christina M. Monnie, Victoria Shi, Ming Zhou, Tae-Wook Chun, Frank Maldarelli, Kedar Narayan, Jinwoo Ahn, Jonathan D. Ashwell, Klaus Strebel, Kyung S. Lee

“…Mechanistically, Vpr forms a cooperative ternary complex with an E3 ligase subunit, VprBP, and polo-like kinase 4 (Plk4). …”
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