ANGPTL3 overcomes sorafenib resistance via suppression of SNAI1 and CPT1A in liver cancer by Yang-Hsiang Lin, Cheng-Yi Chen, Hsiang-Cheng Chi, Meng-Han Wu, Ming-Wei Lai, Chau-Ting Yeh

“…Functionally, ectopic expression of ANGPTL3 re-sensitized sorafenib-resistant cells, enhancing the sorafenib-induced reduction in cell viability and migration by suppressing zinc finger protein SNAI1 (SNAI1) expression and the protein stability of carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase 1, liver isoform (CPT1A). …”
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Association between life’s essential 8 and bone mineral density among adults aged 20–59 years by Yuyu Cui, Zhening Xu, Zhaoshu Cui, Yuanyuan Guo, Peiwei Wu, Xiaoyan Zhou

“…In females, thoracic spine BMD appeared particularly sensitive to changes in LE8 scores. This study identifies a positive linear relationship between LE8 scores and BMD. …”
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The Importance of the Maxillary and Mandibular Incisors in Predicting the Canines and Premolars Crown Widths by Mohammed Rafid A. Al-Khannaq, Mohammed Nahidh, Dunia Ahmed Al-Dulaimy

“…The crown widths of the mandibular and maxillary incisors, canines, and premolars were assessed at the maximum mesiodistal dimension on the dental casts using a digital electronic caliper with 0.01 mm sensitivity. The correlation between combined mesiodistal crown widths of the mandibular and the maxillary incisors and combined mesiodistal crown widths of mandibular and maxillary premolars and canines has been determined using Pearson’s coefficient correlation test for each arch and gender. …”
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Three-dimensional diffractive acoustic tomography by Luca Menozzi, Tri Vu, Aidan J. Canning, Harshal Rawtani, Carlos Taboada, Marie Elise Abi Antoun, Chenshuo Ma, Jesse Delia, Van Tu Nguyen, Soon-Woo Cho, Jianing Chen, Theresa Charity, Yirui Xu, Phuong Tran, Jun Xia, Gregory M. Palmer, Tuan Vo-Dinh, Liping Feng, Junjie Yao

“…Without jeopardizing its accessibility by general users, 3D-DAT has achieved simultaneous 3D photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging with optimal imaging performance in deep tissues, providing near-isotropic resolutions, high imaging speed, and a large field-of-view, as well as enhanced quantitative accuracy and detection sensitivity. Moreover, powered by the fast focal line volumetric reconstruction, 3D-DAT has achieved 50-fold faster reconstruction times than traditional photoacoustic imaging reconstruction. …”
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Illness perception in patients with dental caries: A co-relational study in Odisha by Hemamalini Rath, Abhijit Panda, Shilpa Mahapatra

“…Results: Toothache, visible hole, tooth sensitivity, pain during taking hot and cold food were perceived to be associated with dental caries. …”
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Projected Changes in Precipitation Extremes over Shaanxi Province, China, in the 21st Century by Ling Li, Ziniu Xiao, Shuxiang Luo, Aili Yang

“…Thus, the primary objective of this study is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the changing characteristics of the precipitation extremes in the 21st century over Shaanxi Province, a climate-sensitive and environmentally fragile area located in the east of northwestern China, based on a consecutive simulation of the 21st century conducted by the regional climate model RegCM4 forced by the global climate model HadGEM2-ES at high resolution under middle emission scenario of the Representative Concentration Pathway 4.5 (RCP4.5). …”
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Exosomes Derived from SW480-Resistant Colon Cancer Cells Are Promote Angiogenesis via BMP-2/Smad5 Signaling Pathway by Song Yang, Lei Yao, Xiaolong Wang, Hao Sun, Chaogang Du, Chengpeng Song, Jingyu Fu, Yongjun Wu, Hongwu Huang, Chuansi Wang, Yongsen Wang, Yixiang Xie

“…Exosomes were extracted from SW480-sensitive or SW480-resistant colon cancer cells (SW480/oxaliplatin). …”
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General Data Protection Regulation Compliance and Privacy Protection in Wearable Health Devices: Challenges and Solutions by Mazlum Özçağdavul

“…However, the vast amounts of sensitive data collected by these devices pose significant privacy risks, particularly in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). …”
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Strategies of physiological, morpho-anatomical and biochemical adaptation in seedlings of native species exposed to mining waste by Belén Heredia, Pablo Diaz Recio, Brian Jonathan Young, Pablo Pacheco, Franco Barcelo Zungre, Silvina Hruby, Maria Andreína Acevedo, María Inés Mercado, Gonzalo Roqueiro

“…Radicle elongation was the most sensitive variable to high metal(loid) concentrations, except for L. cuneifolia that hypocotyl elongation was the most affected parameter. …”
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Resource allocation for multi-cell full-duplex wireless powered communication networks by Muhammad Shahid Iqbal, Yalcin Sadi, Syed Adil Abbas Kazmi, Sinem Coleri

“…Practical WPCNs cover a broad region and have a significant number of sensors, requiring multi-cell deployment. We investigate the minimum length scheduling problem for a multi-cell full-duplex WPCNs to find the optimal power and schedule by considering the simultaneous transmission, maximum transmit power and energy causality constraints for the users. …”
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Structural, Optical, and Mechanical Properties of Polyvinylpyrrolidone/Graphene Oxide Microfibers for Optoelectrical Applications by Shahab Kharazmi

“…These nanocomposite fibers are promising for using optics, electricity, optoelectronics, and many other industrial applications such as optical sensor and wearable optoelectronic applications.…”
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Study on the Adsorption Characteristics of Mo-Doped Graphene on the Decomposition Products of SF6 Substitute Gas Based on First-Principle Calculations by Can Ding, Xing Hu, Lu Feng

“…Mo-doped graphene can be used as a detection device for SO2F2 gas resistance sensors.…”
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Present-day breeding of legumes and groat crops in Russia by V. I. Zotikov, S. D. Vilyunov

“…They are less temperature-sensitive than other domestic or foreign varieties. …”
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Molecular detection of <i>Streptococcus agalactiae</i> in pregnant women and percentage of vertical transmission to their neonates in Babylon province by Ali D. Marhash, Zainab N. Nabat, Nawras A. Abbas

“…Positive isolates were 100% susceptible to antibiotics such as ceftriaxone, penicillin, and vancomycin, 93% were sensitive to chloramphenicol, 83% to erythromycin, and only 13% to tetracycline. …”
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Digital transformation project risks assessment using hybrid picture fuzzy distance measure-based additive ratio assessment method by Pratibha Rani, Arunodaya Raj Mishra, Adel Fahad Alrasheedi, Dragan Pamucar, Dragan Marinkovic

“…To exhibit the feasibility of the introduced framework, a case study of a DT projects assessment problem is discussed in the context of picture fuzzy sets. A sensitivity study is also discussed over different values of the strategy coefficient, which confirms the strength of the proposed model. …”
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Evolution and importance of Molecular Microbiology in the Laboratory of the Provincial Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology by María de Lourdes Sánchez Alvarez, Rafael Abreu Duarte, Edenis García Alvarez, Adrian Fernández García, Ermis Alexander González Martínez, Maidelys Mendoza Acosta

“…Introduction: the need to have rapid, sensitive and specific laboratory techniques for the detection of pathogens that are difficult to diagnose led to the creation of the Molecular Biology Laboratory at the Provincial Center of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology of Villa Clara. …”
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Major heavy metals and human gut microbiota composition: a systematic review with nutritional approach by Mahsa Rezazadegan, Bita Forootani, Yeganeh Hoveyda, Niloufar Rezazadegan, Reza Amani

“…Abstract Background The human gut microbiota has a critical role in several aspects of host homeostasis, such as immune development, metabolism, nutrition, and defense against pathogens during life. It can be sensitive to xenobiotics including drugs, diet, or even environmental pollutants, especially heavy metals (HMs). …”
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Development of a Duplex PCR-NALFIA Assay for the Simultaneous Detection of <i>Macrophomina phaseolina</i> and <i>Verticillium dahliae</i> Causal Agents of Crown and Root Rot of Str... by Viola Papini, Angelo Meloni, Susanna Pecchia

“…The amplicons were used for both agarose gel electrophoresis (AGE) and NALFIA assays and demonstrated the greater sensitivity of the NALFIA assay (10 pg) for simultaneous detection of the two pathogens.…”
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Development of a Wine Yeast Strain Capable of Malolactic Fermentation and Reducing the Ethyl Carbamate Content in Wine by Egor A. Vasyagin, Valery N. Urakov, Maksim Yu. Shalamitskiy, Sofia N. Cherviak, Elena V. Ivanova, Valentina I. Zagoruyko, Alexey V. Beletsky, Andrey L. Rakitin, Eugenia S. Mardanova, Vitaly V. Kushnirov, Nikolai V. Ravin, Andrey V. Mardanov

“…MLF is usually performed by lactic acid bacteria, which, however, are sensitive to the conditions of alcoholic fermentation. …”
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CPLD-Based Displacement Measurement System for Nanoscale Grating Ruler by Jiyuan Sun, Chunlin Tian

“…As a kind of precision sensor, nanoscale grating ruler has important application in displacement measurement system. …”
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