Functions of BCL-XL at the Interface between Cell Death and Metabolism by Judith Michels, Oliver Kepp, Laura Senovilla, Delphine Lissa, Maria Castedo, Guido Kroemer, Lorenzo Galluzzi

“…In particular, BCL-XL has been shown to modulate a number of pathophysiological processes, including—but not limited to—mitochondrial ATP synthesis, protein acetylation, autophagy and mitosis. In this short review article, we will discuss the functions of BCL-XL at the interface between cell death and metabolism.…”
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Autoantibodies Targeting AT1 Receptor from Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Upregulate Proinflammatory Cytokines Expression in Endothelial Cells Involving NF-κB Pathway by Weijuan Li, Zhi Li, Yaoqi Chen, Songhai Li, Yuanyuan Lv, Wenping Zhou, Mengyang Liao, Feng Zhu, Zihua Zhou, Xiang Cheng, Qiutang Zeng, Yuhua Liao, Yumiao Wei

“…These improvements could be inhibited by specific AT1 receptor blocker valsartan, NF-κB blocker pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC), and specific short peptides from the second extracellular loop of AT1 receptor. …”
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The Mediterranean Sea and the Impact of Its Geographical Space and Cosmology upon Shakespeare’s Characters in Pericles by Neslihan Ekmekçioğlu

“…The natural elements lead the casket in which Thaisa is buried to the shore of Ephesus. Thaisa can be thought as the treasure of the deep. …”
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Preserved egg white alleviates DSS-induced colitis in mice through the reduction of oxidative stress, modulation of infl ammatory cytokines, NF-κB, MAPK and gut microbiota composit... by Lingyu Li, Ning Qiu, Yaqi Meng, Chenyan Wang, Yoshinori Mine, Russell Keast, Vincent Guyonnet

“…PEW also enhanced the production of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) and modulated gut microbiota composition in mice with DSS-induced colitis, including increasing the relative abundance of beneficial bacteria Lachnospiraceae, Ruminococcaceae and Muribaculaceae, and reducing the relative abundance of harmful bacteria Proteobacteria. …”
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The Current Role of Endourologic Management of Renal Transplantation Complications by Brian D. Duty, Michael J. Conlin, Eugene F. Fuchs, John M. Barry

“…Excellent outcomes have been reported following transurethral resection of the prostate shortly after transplantation for patients with urinary retention. …”
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Pitavastatin-attenuated cardiac dysfunction in mice with dilated cardiomyopathy via regulation of myocardial calcium handling proteins by Hu Wei, Jiang Wen-Bing

“…After 8 weeks treatment, mice with dilated cardiomyopathy developed serious cardiac dysfunction characterized by significantly enhanced left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVIDd), decreased left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) as well as left ventricular short axis fractional shortening (LVFS), accompanied with enlarged cardiomyocytes, and increased plasma levels of N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and plasma angiotensin II (AngII) concentration. …”
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A High-Fat Diet Causes Impairment in Hippocampal Memory and Sex-Dependent Alterations in Peripheral Metabolism by Erica L. Underwood, Lucien T. Thompson

“…Impaired memory can have significant cognitive consequences, over the short-term and over the lifespan. A significant need exists for comparative research into sex-dependent differences underlying obesity and metabolic syndromes relating systemic, cognitive, and neural plasticity mechanisms.…”
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Drug Repositioning for Gynecologic Tumors: A New Therapeutic Strategy for Cancer by Kouji Banno, Miho Iida, Megumi Yanokura, Haruko Irie, Kenta Masuda, Yusuke Kobayashi, Eiichiro Tominaga, Daisuke Aoki

“…Such drug discovery can be performed at low cost and in the short term based on the results of previous clinical trials. …”
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Comparison of Different Molecular Weights of Intra-Articular Hyaluronic Acid Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Level I Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis by Filippo Migliorini, Nicola Maffulli, Cornelis Hindriks Nijboer, Gaetano Pappalardo, Mario Pasurka, Marcel Betsch, Joshua Kubach

“…LMW HA was the intervention associated with the lowest decrease in VAS, falling short of the control group. <b>Conclusions:</b> The main findings of the present Bayesian network meta-analysis, with a current level I of evidence, suggests that the UHMW and HMW HA has a beneficial effect on pain at 6 months post intervention in patients with knee osteoarthritis.…”
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Hardware Efficient Speech Enhancement With Noise Aware Multi-Target Deep Learning by Salinna Abdullah, Majid Zamani, Andreas Demosthenous

“…When processing NOISEX-92 noises, the system achieved an average short-time objective intelligibility (STOI) and perceptual evaluation of speech quality (PESQ) scores of 0.81 and 1.62, respectively, outperforming SE algorithms trained with only a single learning target. …”
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Research on a Surface Roughness Measurement Under ResNet-Based Roughness Classification and Light-Section With Seam-Driven Image Stitching (RCLS) by Huashen Guan, Qiushen Cai, Xiaobin Li, Guofu Sun

“…With the development of optics, light section method has become a feasible measurement for surface roughness, while the short sampling length is negative to the accuracy. …”
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Extracellular matrix re-normalization to improve cold tumor penetration by oncolytic viruses by Geofrey F. Soko, Geofrey F. Soko, Benson K. Kosgei, Stephene S. Meena, Stephene S. Meena, Ying Jing Ng, Huihui Liang, Bing Zhang, Qingjun Liu, Tielong Xu, Xinju Hou, Xinju Hou, Ray P. S. Han

“…Despite the potential of OVs for handling cold tumors, clinical outcomes have fallen short of expectations. To better understand the obstacles faced by oncolytic virus immunotherapy (OVI), we would like to revisit the OV issue. …”
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Weimar Migrations: Katherine Anne Porter in Berlin by Joseph Kuhn

“…In the 1920s and the 1930s the Texas author Katherine Anne Porter lived out the life of a modernist expatriate, restlessly moving from one country to another, but it was a short trip to Weimar Berlin between September 1931 and January 1932 that had the strongest influence on her fiction. …”
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The impact of self-reported burnout and work-related quality of life on nurses' intention to leave the profession during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study by Susan McGrory, John Mallett, Justin MacLochlainn, Jill Manthorpe, Jermaine Ravalier, Heike Schroder, Denise Currie, Patricia Nicholl, Rachel Naylor, Paula McFadden

“…These findings highlighted that significant numbers of nurses considered leaving their profession during and shortly after the pandemic and the need for interventions to improve nurses' wellbeing and reduce burnout to improve their retention.…”
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Physical Model versus Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Model: A Comparative Study on Modeling Car-Following Behavior at Signalized Intersections by Lan Yang, Shan Fang, Guoyuan Wu, He Sheng, Zhigang Xu, Mengxiao Zhang, Xiangmo Zhao

“…In this study, two novel Artificial Neural Network (ANN) CF models, the Convolutional Neural Network—Long Short-term Memory (CNN-LSTM) and the Convolution-LSTM (Conv-LSTM)—are first applied to predict CF behaviors at signalized intersections. …”
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Multi-modal feature fusion with multi-head self-attention for epileptic EEG signals by Ning Huang, Zhengtao Xi, Yingying Jiao, Yudong Zhang, Zhuqing Jiao, Xiaona Li

“…First, the time domain features were extracted by kernel principal component analysis, the frequency domain features were extracted by short-time Fourier extracted transform, and the nonlinear dynamic features were extracted by calculating sample entropy. …”
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LDPC-cat codes for low-overhead quantum computing in 2D by Diego Ruiz, Jérémie Guillaud, Anthony Leverrier, Mazyar Mirrahimi, Christophe Vuillot

“…First, the hardware implementation of the code can be realised with short-range qubit interactions in 2D and low-weight stabilizers, under constraints similar to those of the popular surface code architecture. …”
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South Africa’s Non-Aligned Stance on the Russia-Ukraine War: Implications on South Africa’s Economic Trade Relations by Thoriso Ntlailane, Costa Hofisi

“…The study findings show that the non-alignment stance of South Africa had minimal and short-term implications for the country. However, the position of non-alignment by the South African government has been perceived to be controversial and supporting the actions of Russia in the war. …”
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Dynamics of Photoinduced Charge Carrier and Photothermal Effect in Pulse-Illuminated Narrow Gap and Moderate Doped Semiconductors by Slobodanka Galovic, Katarina Djordjevic, Milica Dragas, Dejan Milicevic, Edin Suljovrujic

“…Using the calculated distribution and inverse Laplace transform, the dynamics of recombination photoinduced heat sources at the surfaces of semiconducting samples were studied for pulse optical excitations of very short and very long durations. It was shown that the photoexcited charge carriers affect semiconductor heating depending on the pulse duration, velocity of surface recombination, lifetime of charge carriers, and their diffusion coefficient.…”
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RETRACTED: Application of VMD–SSA–BiLSTM algorithm to smart grid financial market time series forecasting and sustainable innovation management by Chengran Yin, Guangming Wang, Jiacheng Liao

“…The resulting singular value spectrum matrices serve as input to a bidirectional long short-term memory (BiLSTM) neural network, which learns the feature representation and prediction model of the smart grid financial market through forward propagation and backpropagation.Results: The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm effectively predicts the smart grid financial market's time series, achieving high prediction accuracy and stability. …”
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