Social and Environmental Responsibility in Academic Education by Artênio José Ísper Garbin, Adrielle Mendes de Paula Gomes, Maria Perez de Souza, Renato Moreira Arcieri, Tânia Adas Saliba Rovida, Cléa Adas Saliba Garbin

“…Health professionals should be concerned with the waste generated by their activities, and develop specific abilities and skills since graduation, requiring the same conscious positioning and willingness to collaborate in finding solutions. …”
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Follicular Helper CD4+ T Cells in Human Neuroautoimmune Diseases and Their Animal Models by Xueli Fan, Chenhong Lin, Jinming Han, Xinmei Jiang, Jie Zhu, Tao Jin

“…Follicular helper CD4+ T (TFH) cells play a fundamental role in humoral immunity deriving from their ability to provide help for germinal center (GC) formation, B cell differentiation into plasma cells and memory cells, and antibody production in secondary lymphoid tissues. …”
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Review on thermal efficiency augment of flat plate collector equipped with mono and hybrid nanofluids and with inserts by L.S. Sundar, Sergio M.O. Tavares, Antonio M.B. Pereira, Antonio C.M. Sousa

“…Water-based mono nanofluids containing Al2O3, CuO, MWCNTs, TiO2, SiO2, and ZnO, along with hybrid nanofluids such as SiC-MWCNT/ethylene glycol, MgO-MWCNT/water, CuO-MWCNT/water, and Al2O3-TiO2/water, were analyzed for their ability to enhance the thermal efficiency. The study comprehensively examines the Nusselt number, friction factor, and thermal efficiency of FPCs operating with these nanofluids, both with and without inserts in the absorber tubes. …”
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Scanning microwave impedance microscopy and its applications: A review by Diego Tami, Douglas A. A. Ohlberg, Cássio Gonçalves do Rego, Gilberto Medeiros-Ribeiro, Jhonattan C. Ramirez

“…This review highlights sMIM’s wide-ranging applications, from material science and semiconductor diagnostics to biological systems, showcasing its ability to perform non-destructive, high-resolution imaging down to the single-digit nanometer scale. …”
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Relationship between in ovo feeding and eggshell temperature of breeder eggs during incubation by Maxwell Ansong Okai, Maxwell Ansong Okai, Francis Kruenti, Jacob Alhassan Hamidu, Kokou Tona, Lin Hai

“…However, several studies have also reported negative effects of the technique on the temperature of the eggshell indicating its significant effect on embryonic development, eggs’ hatching ability, and the quality and growth of chicks. The application of eggshell cooling procedures and external devices to mitigate the increase in eggshell temperature during in ovo feeding has been explored. …”
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Inhibition of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress by 4-Phenyl Butyric Acid Presents Therapeutic Effects on Periodontitis: Experimental Studies In Vitro and in Rats by Yang Feng, Rong Zhang, Yi-rong Wang, Fei Chen, Qiang Luo, Chuan Cai, Yang Jiao, Peng Xue

“…Moreover, 4-PBA treatment restored the impaired osteogenic differentiation ability of PDLSCs, as demonstrated by the upregulated expression levels of Runx2 and OCN as well as the enhanced Alizarin red staining. …”
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Untargeted metabolomic and proteomic analysis implicates SIRT2 as a novel therapeutic target for diabetic nephropathy by Ruijing Zhang, Runze Chang, Heng Wang, Jinshan Chen, Chuanlong Lu, Keyi Fan, Yuhang Zhang, Lizheng Li, Sheng Yan, Honglin Dong

“…VEGFA plays a vital role in these two signaling pathways. The ability of SIRT2 to regulate VEGFA expression has been demonstrated. …”
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Population Genomics Reveals Elevated Inbreeding and Accumulation of Deleterious Mutations in White Raccoon Dogs by Yinping Tian, Yu Lin, Yue Ma, Jiayi Li, Sunil Kumar Sahu, Jiale Fan, Chen Lin, Zhiang Li, Minhui Shi, Fengping He, Lianduo Bai, Yuan Fu, Zhangwen Deng, Huabing Guo, Haimeng Li, Qiye Li, Yanchun Xu, Tianming Lan, Zhijun Hou, Yanling Xia, Shuhui Yang

“…White raccoon dogs are among the most popular breeds of farmed raccoon dogs, but white raccoon dogs are more susceptible to disease and have a lower reproductive ability. However, the accumulation of deleterious mutations in this white breed is largely unknown. …”
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Rheological Properties of Dysphagia Food Purees Prepared according to IDDSI Framework by Zheng Wan, Yan Wang, Xiaodong Shi, Wen Hu, Yihan Zhao, Xinying Liu, Jiuming Yan, Yishu Lyu, Yu Xue, Linhua Zhou, Guoyuan Qiu, Xile Jiang

“…The increasing prevalence of dysphagia in aging populations poses a significant risk of malnutrition due to compromised ingestion abilities. This is particularly a problem in non-tube-fed patients. …”
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An Efficient Protocol for Deriving Liver Stem Cells from Neonatal Mice: Validating Its Differentiation Potential by Sugapriya Dhanasekaran, Devilakshmi Sithambaram, Kavitha Govarthanan, Bijesh Kumar Biswal, Rama S. Verma

“…To identify the stem cells which have the ability to differentiate into hepatocytes, we used neonatal liver as source. …”
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A Quality Control Method Based on an Improved Random Forest Algorithm for Surface Air Temperature Observations by Xiaoling Ye, Xing Yang, Xiong Xiong, Yunpei Shen, Man Hao, Rong Gu

“…The ARF method incorporates the optimization ability of the artificial fish swarm algorithm and the random forest regression function to provide quality control for multiple surface air temperature stations. …”
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Increased Nuclear Transporter KPNA2 Contributes to Tumor Immune Evasion by Enhancing PD-L1 Expression in PDAC by Kai-Xia Zhou, Shan Huang, Li-Peng Hu, Xue-Li Zhang, Wei-Ting Qin, Yan-Li Zhang, Lin-Li Yao, Yanqiu Yu, Yao-Qi Zhou, Lei Zhu, Jianguang Ji, Zhi-Gang Zhang

“…Although KPNA2 knockdown failed to impair the vitality and migration ability of PDAC cells in vitro, the in vivo tumor growth was significantly impeded and the expression of immune checkpoint ligand PD-L1 was reduced by silencing KPNA2. …”
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Rapid Identification and Quality Evaluation of Medicinal Centipedes in China Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Integrated with Support Vector Machine Algorithm by Sihe Kang, Haiying Deng, Long Chen, Xiaoxuan Zeng, Yimei Liu, Keli Chen

“…After spectra were pretreated and parameters were optimized, the performance, rationality, and prediction ability of the models were validated and evaluated with RMSECV, RMSEP, RMSEE, R2, and RPD. …”
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UAV Collision Avoidance in Unknown Scenarios with Causal Representation Disentanglement by Zhun Fan, Zihao Xia, Che Lin, Gaofei Han, Wenji Li, Dongliang Wang, Yindong Chen, Zhifeng Hao, Ruichu Cai, Jiafan Zhuang

“…Present techniques generally depend on predefined augmentation or regularization methods intended to direct the model toward identifying causal and domain-invariant components, thereby enhancing the model’s ability to generalize. However, these manually crafted approaches are intrinsically constrained in their coverage and do not consider the entire spectrum of possible scenarios, resulting in less effective performance in new environments. …”
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Leptospira and Inflammation by C. F. Gonçalves-de-Albuquerque, P. Burth, A. R. Silva, M. Younes-Ibrahim, H. C. Castro-Faria-Neto, M. V. Castro-Faria

“…Many molecules contribute to the ability of Leptospira to adhere, invade, and colonize. …”
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Chemical Characteristics and Physical Properties of Functional Snacks Enriched with Powdered Tomato by Wójtowicz Agnieszka, Zalewska-Korona Marta, Jabłońska-Ryś Ewa, Skalicka-Woźniak Krystyna, Oniszczuk Anna

“…The total lycopene and phenolic content, the scavenging ability and the ferric reducing antioxidant power were determined along with the content of neochlorogenic, chlorogenic, p-coumaric acids and rutin. …”
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Enhancement of state response capability and famine mitigation: a comparative analysis of two drought events in northern China during the Ming dynasty by F. Tian, F. Tian, Y. Su, Y. Su, X. Chen, X. Chen, L. Tao, L. Tao

“…Shandong, Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei demonstrated strong defensive capabilities and effective state emergency responses, while Shanxi had weaker defensive abilities, making it more vulnerable to famine. The defensive capabilities in Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Ningxia showed significant improvement.…”
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Advances in the Development and Application of Human Organoids: Techniques, Applications, and Future Perspectives by Zhangcheng Zhu, Yiwen Cheng, Xia Liu, Wenwen Ding, Jiaming Liu, Zongxin Ling, Lingbin Wu

“…These microstructures are invaluable for biomedical research due to their ability to closely mimic the complexity of native tissues while retaining human genetic material. …”
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SMART E-HEALTH: THE BENEFITS OF ENHANCING THE AWARENESS AND BEHAVIOR OF SOLUTIONIST TECHNOLOGY USE by Żywiołek Justyna, Muhammad Irfan, Zahid Yousaf, Radosław Wolniak, Gilberto Santos

“…Knowledge is a key factor for promoting trust in smart e-health, and its level and flow are directly tied to trust and the ability to employ a variety of technologies. The study confirms the idea that an increase in knowledge raises the amount of trust in alternative solutions. …”
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Unfixed Bias Iterator: A New Iterative Format by Zeqing Zhang, Xue Wang, Jiamin Shen, Man Zhang, Sen Yang, Fanchang Yang, Wei Zhao, Jia Wang

“…Finally, experimental results show that our iterator has a convergence speed far beyond that of other iterators and exhibits strong generalization ability.…”
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