Analysis of diabetes mellitus screening method based on electrical properties of cells using dielectric method by Faisal Muhammad, Juswono Unggul Pundjung, Santoso Didik Rahadi, Widodo Chomsin Sulistya

“…Mice that had experienced hyperglycemia had their dielectric constant measured using electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and changes in cell morphology were observed using a binocular microscope. The results showed that the dielectric constant value of the control group was 35000, the pre-diabetes group (P1 and P2) was 35000 to 20000, while the acute diabetes mellitus group (P3, P4, and P5) was below 20000. …”
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Imaging the Ultrastructure of Isolated Peptidoglycan Sacculi from Rod-Shaped <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> J99 Cells by Atomic Force Microscopy by Daniel Amiteye, Jandirk Sendker, Fabian Herrmann

“…Despite years of research conducted on peptidoglycan’s chemical composition, the microscopic elucidation of its nanoscopic architecture still needs to be addressed more thoroughly to advance knowledge on bacterial physiology. …”
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Preparation, characterisation, and in vitro cancer‐suppression function of RNA nanoparticles carrying miR‐301b‐3p Inhibitor by Junjie Zhao, Niu Niu, Fan Yang, Haitao Liu, Weibo Qi

“…Cell internalisation, toxicity, proliferation, migration, invasion, and apoptosis were assayed by confocal laser scanning microscope, CCK8, colony formation assay, Transwell, western blot, and flow cytometry. …”
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Impact of various additives and their combinations on the consolidation characteristics of clayey soil by Soheila Shojamoghadam, Arash Rajaee, Saeed Abrishami

“…Furthermore, to evaluate the characteristics of materials, tests such as Atterberg limits, soil grain size distribution, X-ray fluorescence (XRF), scanning electron microscope (SEM), particle size analysis (PSA), and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) have been performed on the selected materials. …”
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Particle Flow Analysis of Macroscopic and Mesoscopic Failure Process of Salt Rock under High Temperature and Triaxial Stress by Haoran Li, Ziheng Wang, Dekang Li, Yajun Zhang

“…This research is important for exploring the macroscopic and microscopic mechanics evolution of salt rock and provides a reference for determining the long-term mechanical strength of salt rock.…”
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The non-nutritive sweetener rebaudioside a enhances phage infectivity by Luigi Marongiu, Ewa Brzozowska, Jan Brykała, Markus Burkard, Herbert Schmidt, Bożena Szermer-Olearnik, Sascha Venturelli

“…We employed docking analysis and a panel of in vitro confirmatory tests (microscale thermophoresis, RedStarch™ depolymerization, adsorption, and lysis rates). …”
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Organic pollutant oxidation on manganese oxides in soils – the role of calcite indicated by geoelectrical and chemical analyses by S. S. Altzitser, Y. G. Mishael, N. Schwartz

“…Our innovative approach combines noninvasive electrical measurements, crystallographic and microscopic analyses, and chemical profiling to comprehensively understand soil–pollutant interactions. …”
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PRV-1b and PRV-3a infection is associated with the same clinical disease in coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) farmed in Chile: unraveling the pathogenesis of the orthoreoviral car... by Marco Rozas-Serri, Ricardo Ildefonso, Andrea Peña, Victoria Jaramillo, Rodolfo Correa, Soraya Barrientos, Ariel Muñoz, Lucerina Maldonado, Estefanía Peñaloza

“…The results demonstrated that PRV-1b and PRV-3a are independently associated with the same clinical and pathological presentation in farmed coho salmon. Microscopic pathology of the disease associated with PRV-1b and PRV-3a was primarily characterized by degenerative and inflammatory findings in the heart and liver. …”
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Mitochondrial ATP-Sensitive K+ Channel Opening Increased the Airway Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation by Activating the PI3K/AKT Signaling Pathway in a Rat Model of Asthma by Min Gao, Qinran Sun, Qingfa Liu

“…The ASMCs were isolated and identified by phase-contrast microscopic images and immunohistochemical staining for α-smooth muscle actin. …”
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Marginal Discrepancy of Cast Copings to Abutments with Three Different Luting Agents by José Rosas, Frank Mayta-Tovalino, Maria Eugenia Guerrero, Pedro Luis Tinedo-López, Claudia Delgado, Vanessa Z. Ccahuana-Vasquez

“…MD was evaluated using a stereoscopic microscope (Leica EZ4 W, Leica Microsystems, Germany) with an increase of ×100. …”
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In Vitro Characterization of Multilamellar Fibers with Uniaxially Oriented Electrospun Type I Collagen Scaffolds by Alireza Hooshmand-Ardakani, Tahereh Talaei-Khozani, Mehdi Sadat-Shojai, Soghra Bahmanpour, Nehleh Zarei-fard

“…Also, scanning electron microscope images of electrospun fibers showed 3D multilamellar scaffold with the goodness of 96.5% ± 0.8 in each aligned uniaxially oriented fiber layer. …”
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Bacterial and Parasitic Assessment from Fingernails in Debre Markos, Northwest Ethiopia by Abeba Mengist, Yibeltal Aschale, Alemayehu Reta

“…Subjects’ finger nail specimens of both hands were examined microscopically for intestinal parasites. For bacterial isolation, samples were cultured and bacterial species were identified following standard laboratory procedures. …”
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Comparison of chicoric acid, and its metabolites caffeic acid and caftaric acid: In vitro protection of biological macromolecules and inflammatory responses in BV2 microglial cells by Qian Liu, Fan Liu, Liling Zhang, Yajie Niu, Zhigang Liu, Xuebo Liu

“…CA could be partly metabolized into caffeic acid (CFA) and caftaric acid (CTA) on cytochrome P450s in rat liver microsomes. To compare the protective effects of CA and its metabolites on biomolecules and inflammatory responses, oxidative damage induced by free radicals in vitro and microglial inflammation triggered by lipopolysaccharide in BV2 cells were constructed. …”
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Advancing the Taxonomy of the Diatom <i>Pseudo-nitzschia</i> Through an Integrative Study Conducted in the Central and Southeastern Adriatic Sea by Tina Bonačić, Jasna Arapov, Ivana Bušelić, Ivana Lepen Pleić, Blanka Milić Roje, Tina Tomašević, Mia Bužančić, Marija Mladinić, Silvia Casabianca, Antonella Penna, Sanda Skejić, Živana Ninčević Gladan

“…Morphological analyses were performed using a scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM/STEM), while molecular analyses were conducted, targeting the ITS1-5.8S-ITS2, LSU, and <i>rbc</i>L regions, to confirm species identity. …”
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Susceptibility of Sardinella lemuru to emerging marine microplastic pollution by J.D.H. Palermo, K.L. Labrador, J.D. Follante, A.B. Agmata, M.J.R. Pante, R.N. Rollon, L.T. David

“…The stomach contents of 600 sardines were examined visually under a microscope, stained with Rose Bengal, and tested with hot needle technique to identify ingested microplastics. …”
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Effect of a chemically-modified-curcumin on dental resin biodegradation by Qi Dai, Hsi-Ming Lee, Austin Giordano, Fu-Pen Chiang, Stephen G. Walker, Rafael Delgado-Ruiz, Francis Johnson, Lorne M. Golub, Ying Gu

“…The pre- and post-incubation surface roughness were evaluated by either laser diffraction pattern and/or a 3D laser scanning microscope. Esterase enzyme inhibition assays were performed with the same test groups and activities were determined spectrophotometrically.ResultsAmong all experimental groups, CMC 2.24 significantly reduced surface roughness of dental composite (p &lt; 0.01) and adhesive (p &lt; 0.01) materials compared to bacteria-only group. …”
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Intestinal oxygen utilisation and cellular adaptation during intestinal ischaemia–reperfusion injury by Paraschos Archontakis‐Barakakis, Theodoros Mavridis, David‐Dimitris Chlorogiannis, Georgios Barakakis, Eleni Laou, Daniel I. Sessler, George Gkiokas, Athanasios Chalkias

“…Ischaemic injury provokes a common constellation of microscopic and macroscopic changes that, together with the paradoxical exacerbation of cellular dysfunction and death following restoration of blood flow, are collectively known as ischaemia–reperfusion injury (IRI). …”
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Multiphoton imaging-based quantifiable collagen signatures for predicting outcomes in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by Xiwen Chen, Jikui Miao, Xingxin Huang, Xiahui Han, Liqin Zheng, Jianxin Chen, Linying Chen, Lianhuang Li

“…Additionally, we also extracted 142 microscopic TACS (M-TACS) from second-harmonic generation (SHG) images and constructed a new robust biomarker, M-TACS-score, using the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression analysis. …”
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Exoscope-assisted spine surgery: Current applications and future directions–A short review by Tomas Ferreira, Sakshi Roy, Joecelyn Kirani Tan, Wireko Andrew Awuah, Vallabh Shet, Favour Tope Adebusoye, Adrenito Nicolas, Toufik Abdul-Rahman

“…Over the years, spine surgery has seen advancements such as minimally invasive techniques with operative microscopes and robotic surgeries. These techniques, however, demand better visualisation during the procedure. …”
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VEGFR-2 Expression in Glioblastoma Multiforme Depends on Inflammatory Tumor Microenvironment by Jana Jaal, Marju Kase, Ave Minajeva, Mikk Saretok, Aidi Adamson, Jelizaveta Junninen, Tõnis Metsaots, Tõnu Jõgi, Madis Joonsalu, Markus Vardja, Toomas Asser

“…After immunohistochemistry, the tissue expression of ICAM-1 (optical density), the number of VEGFR-2 positive (VEGFR-2+) blood vessels (per microscopic field), and the endothelial staining intensity of VEGFR-2 (score 0–3) were determined. …”
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