Escin Chemosensitizes Human Pancreatic Cancer Cells and Inhibits the Nuclear Factor-kappaB Signaling Pathway by A. Rimmon, A. Vexler, L. Berkovich, G. Earon, I. Ron, S. Lev-Ari

“…Escin decreased pancreatic cancer cell survival, induced apoptosis, and downregulated NF-κB signaling pathway. Moreover, Escin sensitized pancreatic cancer cells to chemotherapy. …”
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Fractional Factorial Design and Desirability Function-Based Approach in Spice Paprika Processing Technology to Improve Extractable Colour Stability by Arnold Koncsek, Lajos Szokol, Vivien Krizsa, Hussein G. Daood, Lajos Helyes, Antal Véha, Balázs Szabó P.

“…The colour stability was very sensitive to the milling and drying intensity, while proper setup of other processing steps compensated the adverse effect of drying and milling parameters. …”
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A Digital Twin Framework to Improve Urban Sustainability and Resiliency: The Case Study of Venice by Lorenzo Villani, Luca Gugliermetti, Maria Antonia Barucco, Federico Cinquepalmi

“…As several scientific studies have shown, DTs can be developed for infrastructure and city management, facing the challenges of global changes. DTs are based on sensor-distributed networks and can support urban management and propose intervention strategies based on future forecasts. …”
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A Modified TODIM Based on Compromise Distance for MAGDM with q-Rung Orthopair Trapezoidal Fuzzy Numbers by Benting Wan, Juelin Huang, Xiaolu Zhang

“…Finally, a case study on health management of hypertensive patients is conducted to demonstrate the feasibility of the modified TODIM group decision-making method, and the developed method is further verified by comparison analysis with the existing methods and sensitive analysis of different parameters.…”
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The development of a story recall test for distinguishing between Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment in Thai cohort by Natinee Na Chiangmai, Peera Wongupparaj, Pattrawadee Makmee, Claudio Mulatti, Remo Job

“…It successfully classified participants with cognitive impairment (MCI and AD together) with an accuracy of 0.87, a sensitivity of 83.3%, and a specificity of 77.1%. Thus, delayed recall in the TSR has the potential to detect cognitive deficits in Thai older adults, especially when combined with other neuropsychological measures. …”
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Transformative Service Research and the role of service robots: a bibliometric analysis by Priscila Pasti Barbosa, Felipe Facco Mendes Ferreira, Larissa Cayla Cesário, Glauco Henrique de Souza Mendes

“…The analysis of several use cases of service robots in elderly care is carried out in the article to highlight the importance of using this service in cases of great importance, such as in cases of dementia. Cultural sensitivity and personalization of robots emerged as essential factors for increasing user acceptance and scalability, particularly in diverse healthcare environments. …”
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Analysis of Air Pollution Migration during COVID-19 Lockdown in Krakow, Poland by Mateusz Zaręba, Tomasz Danek

“…It allowed for observation of air pollutions from solid fuel heating with minimum traffic-generated pollution background. The Airly© low-cost sensors (LCS) network was used for this study.…”
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The development of a task to study advice taking across nations and its application in a China-Germany comparison by Thomas Schultze, Zhijun Chen

“…Laboratory research on advice taking has revealed several robust phenomena, such as sensitivity to advice quality or a tendency to underutilize advice. …”
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An Experiment and Detection Scheme for Cavity-Based Light Cold Dark Matter Particle Searches by Masroor H. S. Bukhari, Zahoor H. Shah

“…The TD-amplifier combination is suggested as a sensitive and simple technique to facilitate resonance detection within the cavity while maintaining excellent noise performance, whereas our proposed Halbach magnet array could serve as a low-noise and permanent solution replacing the conventional electromagnets scheme. …”
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Determination of aflatoxin existence in mixed feed, wheat flour and bulgur samples by Halis Oğuz, Ferhan Nizamlıoğlu, İffet Dinç, Kamil Üney, Hasan Aydın

“…Continuous surveillance program may be warranted to monitor regularly the occurrence of AF in sensitive foods and foodstuffs which consumed by human.…”
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A Reliable Method for Identification of Antibiotics by Terahertz Spectroscopy and SVM by Jin Guo, Hu Deng, Quancheng Liu, Linyu Chen, Zhonggang Xiong, Liping Shang

“…However, conventional antibiotic identification methods have a low sensitivity and a long detection time. Here, we propose an identification method that combines terahertz (THz) spectroscopy and chemometric technology. …”
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Determinants of delayed speech development in African immigrant children in Germany: A scoping review by Jude Tsafack Zefack, Favour Alo Adoche, Fuanyi Awatboh, Brenda Mbouamba Yankam, Cynthia-Edith Ara-Nabangi Ndive, Esua Alphonsius Fotindong

“…Early diagnosis and culturally sensitive interventions are crucial for better outcomes. …”
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Study on Deformation Evolution Characteristics of Reverse-Dip Rock Slope under the Influence of Rainfall by Jiabing Zhang, Liangfu Xie, Xuejun Liu, Yongjun Qin, Liming Wu

“…As the rainfall increased to the maximum, the toppling deformation reached the peak, and vertical displacement was more sensitive to the rainfall than horizontal displacement. …”
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En Balance: The Contribution of Physical Activity to the Efficacy of Spanish Diabetes Education of Hispanic Americans with Type 2 Diabetes by Dequina A. Nicholas, Lorena M. Salto, Kristen Lavelle, Joy Wilson, W. Lawrence Beeson, Anthony Firek, William H. R. Langridge, Zaida Cordero-MacIntyre, Marino De Leon

“…En Balance, a culturally sensitive diabetes education program, improves glycemic control in Hispanics with type 2 diabetes. …”
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Data-Driven Technology in Event-Based Vision by Ruolin Sun, Dianxi Shi, Yongjun Zhang, Ruihao Li, Ruoxiang Li

“…Thanks to the preponderance of deep learning techniques and the compatibility between bio-inspired spiking neural networks and event-based sensors, data-driven approaches have become a hot spot, which along with the dedicated hardware and datasets constitute an emerging field named event-based data-driven technology. …”
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Advances in chromosomal microarray analysis: Transforming neurology and neurosurgery by Wireko Andrew Awuah, Muhammad Hamza Shah, Vivek Sanker, Krishitha Meenu Mannan, Sruthi Ranganathan, Princess Afia Nkrumah-Boateng, Mabel Frimpong, Kwadwo Darko, Joecelyn Kirani Tan, Toufik Abdul-Rahman, Oday Atallah

“…Offering unparalleled sensitivity, CMA detects submicroscopic chromosomal imbalances, enabling the examination of DNA for copy number variations, deletions, duplications, and other structural differences. …”
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Dynamic Modeling and Adaptive Robust Synchronous Control of Parallel Robotic Manipulator for Industrial Application by Haiqiang Zhang, Hairong Fang, Qi Zou, Dan Zhang

“…., sliding mode control, high gain control, and high frequency control) are developed, by incorporating the camera sensor technique into adaptive robust synchronous control architecture. …”
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Self-sovereign management scheme of personal health record with personal data store and decentralized identifier by Tong Min Kim, Taehoon Ko, Byoung Woo Hwang, Hyung Goo Paek, Wan Yeon Lee

“…The system demonstrated the ability to manage PHRs securely, empower users with control over their healthcare data, facilitate seamless and secure data transfer between patients and medical entities, and prevent exposure of sensitive information. This approach advances decentralized PHR management, supporting improved healthcare outcomes and patient experiences in the digital era.…”
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CRISPR-Cas9-mediated editing of ZmPL1 gene improves tolerance to drought stress in maize by Chunlai Wang, Yangyang Zhou, Yimeng Wang, Peng Jiao, Siyan Liu, Shuyang Guan, Yiyong Ma

“…In order to verify the role of ZmPL1 in drought stress, we overexpressed ZmPL1 in yeast and found that the expression of ZmPL1 could significantly increase the drought sensitivity of yeast. Next, ZmPL1 transgenic plants were obtained by infecting maize callus using Agrobacterium-mediated method. …”
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Acquisition and maintenance of disgust reactions in an OCD analogue sample: Efficiency of extinction strategies through a counter-conditioning procedure. by Caroline Novara, Cindy Lebrun, Alexandra Macgregor, Bruno Vivet, Pierre Thérouanne, Delphine Capdevielle, Stephane Raffard

“…For both expectancy and disgust, reduction was lower in the HCC group than in the LCC group. Disgust sensitivity was highly correlated with both acquisition and maintenance of the response acquired, while US expectation was predicted by anxiety.…”
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