Host factor PLAC8 is required for pancreas infection by SARS-CoV-2 by Lesly Ibargüen-González, Sandra Heller, Darío López-García, Hanna Dietenberger, Thomas FE Barth, Patricia Gallego, Israel Fernández-Cadenas, Sayoa Alzate-Piñol, Catalina Crespí, Julieth A. Mena-Guerrero, Eugenia Cisneros-Barroso, Alejandro P. Ugalde, Gabriel Bretones, Charlotte Steenblock, Alexander Kleger, Marta L. DeDiego, Carles Barceló

“…Functional experiments demonstrate the requirement of PLAC8 in SARS-CoV-2 pancreatic productive infection by pseudovirus and full SARS-CoV-2 infectious virus inoculum from Wuhan-1 and BA.1 strains. Finally, we observe an overlap between PLAC8 and SARS-CoV-2 immunoreactivities in the pancreas of deceased patients. …”
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Exploring the physiological and biochemical mechanisms underlying growth rate variability in Hong Kong oyster (Crassostrea hongkongensis) by Na Hu, Wenhong Li, Pingping He, Pinyuan Wei, Ke Bai, Junliang Guan, Li Zhang, Yongxian Chen, Wei Li, Yusi Zheng, Qingsong He, Longcheng Liu, Xingzhi Zhang, Jinxia Peng

“…Both digestive enzyme activities (including pepsin, 32.00 U/mg prot), as well as pyruvate kinase and succinate dehydrogenase activities (1.30 nmol/min/mg prot and 7.61 U/mg prot), peaked in the SL group. …”
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One year of treating patients with open fractures of the lower extremity in a new military trauma center in Korea: a case series by Ji Wool Ko, Giho Moon, Jin Geun Kwon, Kyoung Eun Kim, Hankaram Jeon, Kyungwon Lee

“…No cases with serious blood loss or coagulopathies were found, but most cases had a significant elevation of creatinine kinase. Two patients underwent vascular reconstruction, whereas four patients received flap surgery. …”
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Tell me y: anticipation of sex discrepancies in cell-free DNA testing due to maternal genetic abnormalities: a case report by Nuria Balaguer, Emilia Mateu-Brull, Jose Antonio Martínez-Conejero, Ana Cervero, Roser Navarro, Jorge Jiménez-Almazán, Miguel Milán

“…The genomic coordinates of these bins overlapped with the amelogenin (AMELY) and protein kinase Y-linked (PRKY) genes, respectively. Amplification of these regions in the DNA isolated from the white blood cells fraction confirmed the presence of Y-chromosome insertions in the maternal genome. …”
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Médecines créoles guyanaise et haïtienne face au Covid-19 by Marc-Alexandre Tareau, Guillaume Odonne

“…The respiratory symptoms are also perceived as qualifying, mobilizing many species traditionally used to treat these pathologies. Finally, to a lesser extent, and especially among the most religious, Covid-19 is a « devil's disease », mainly because of the global disruption it has caused. …”
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Impact of bariatric surgery on liver fibrosis indices among type 2 diabetes patients in a national cohort by Arsalan Seyedi, Soghra Rabizadeh, Sahar Karimpour Reyhan, Sara Hobaby, Samira Amin Afshari, Mostafa Shomalzadeh, Seyed Ali Nabipoorashrafi, Nasrin Asgari Soran, Amirhossein Yadegar, Fatemeh Mohammadi, Fatemeh Moosaei, Elahe Saffari, Sajedeh Riazi, Fatemeh Sarv, Manouchehr Nakhjavani, Abdolreza Pazouki, Alireza Esteghamati

“…In addition, the NAFLD fibrosis score (NFS) demonstrated a substantial decline from − 0.32 ± 1.32 pre-operation to -0.86 ± 1.15 at the two-year mark (P-trend < 0.001). Finally, the AST to platelet ratio index (APRI) decreased from 0.27 ± 0.20 pre-operation to 0.23 ± 0.12 at the 12-month follow-up. …”
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Research on CSI feedback and precoding in FDD cell-free massive MIMO systems by ZHANG Dekun, BAI Baoming

“…Secondly, a dynamic CSI coherent measurement scheme was designed based on large-scale fading characteristics and CSI pilot port capacity constraints, and a statistical CSI feedback scheme for co-located space clusters was developed, significantly reducing feedback overhead. Finally, during the CSI measurement phase, large-scale slowly varying interference elimination precoding was designed using the statistical covariance matrix between cluster users. …”
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Exosomes from LPS-Stimulated hDPSCs Activated the Angiogenic Potential of HUVECs In Vitro by Xiangyu Huang, Wei Qiu, Yuhua Pan, Jianjia Li, Zhao Chen, Kaiying Zhang, Yifei Luo, Buling Wu, Wenan Xu

“…The mRNA expression levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and kinase-insert domain-containing receptor (KDR) in the LPS-EXO group were significantly higher than those in the N-EXO group. …”
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Alkaloid Profile, Anticholinesterase and Antioxidant Activities, and Sexual Propagation in <i>Hieronymiella peruviana</i> (Amaryllidaceae) by Olimpia Llalla-Cordova, Javier E. Ortiz, Luciana R. Tallini, Laura Torras-Claveria, Jaume Bastida, Lorena Celina Luna, Gabriela E. Feresin

“…Seed germination was most effective at 20 °C and 25 °C. Finally, 60 days after germination, the survival rate of <i>H. peruviana</i> seedlings was 48.33%. …”
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The artificial intelligence-based agricultural field irrigation warning system using GA-BP neural network under smart agriculture. by Xiying Wang

“…Moreover, it is suitable for the irrigation flow prediction task with complex environmental factors in smart agriculture. Finally, comparative experiments compare the prediction accuracy of BPNN and EGA-BPNN using single and dual water level flow prediction models respectively. …”
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Use of iStent as a Standalone Operation in Patients with Open-Angle Glaucoma by Yu-Yen Chen, Yun-Ju Lai, Yung-Feng Yen, Li-Ying Huang

“…Furthermore, the success rate (the proportion of IOP ≤18 mmHg and IOP reduction ≥20% at end point) and the complication rate were also summarized. Finally, a subgroup analysis was done based on the iStent generation (first and second), follow-up duration (≤6, 6–18, 18–36, and >36 months), and iStent number (one, two, and three). …”
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Impact of glycolysis inhibitor (2-DG) and oxidation and phosphorylation uncoupler (2,4-DNP) on brain metabolites by O. B. Shevelev, M. P. Moshkin

“…Deviations in brain metabolism are the result of longterm pathological processes, which finally are manifested as symptoms of Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s diseases or multiple sclerosis and other neuropathologies, as for example diabetic neuropathy. …”
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Antitumor Effect of Demethylzeylasteral (T-96) on Triple-Negative Breast Cancer via LSD1-Mediate Epigenetic Mechanisms by Zhengjie Shen, Yongjuan Gu, Ruiyang Jiang, Heya Qian, Siyuan Li, Lixian Xu, Wenzhe Gu, Yun Zuo

“…And the molecular docking predicted T-96 processed affinity toward LSD1 through hydrogen bonding. Finally, T-96 was evaluated in a murine xenograft model of SUM-1315 cells. …”
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Integrated assessment of carbon dioxide removal portfolios: land, energy, and economic trade-offs for climate policy by Solene Chiquier, Angelo Gurgel, Jennifer Morris, Yen-Heng Henry Chen, Sergey Paltsev

“…Moreover, we highlight the importance of nature-based removals, especially in Brazil, Latin America, and Africa, where potentials for avoided deforestation are the greatest, emphasizing their substantial benefits, not only for carbon sequestration, but also for preserving planetary well-being and human health. Finally, this study reveals that incentivizing timely and large-scale CDR deployment by policy and financial incentives could reduce the risk of deterring climate change mitigation, notably by minimizing carbon prices.…”
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Ethnic Architectural Heritage Identification Using Low-Altitude UAV Remote Sensing and Improved Deep Learning Algorithms by Ting Luo, Xiaoqiong Sun, Weiquan Zhao, Wei Li, Linjiang Yin, Dongdong Xie

“…Second, to address the lack of edge pixel features in the sample images and reduce repeated labeling of the same sample, the ethnic architecture in entire remote sensing images is labeled on the Arcgis platform, and the sliding window method is used to cut the image data and the corresponding label file with a 10% overlap rate. Finally, an attention mechanism SE module is introduced to improve the DeepLabV3+ network model structure and achieve superior ethnic building recognition results. …”
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The mechanical test as a supplemental decision support tool for the safe removal of an Ilizarov circular external fixator by Yulin Xu, Jialin Liu, Jinghong Yang, Tao Zhang, Zhong Li, Yanshi Liu

“…In group I, 4 of the 38 patients suffered refracture (the refracture rate was 10.5%) after fixator removal, and bone union was finally achieved with further intervention by intramedullary nail. …”
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Implications of circular economy practices for firms in the integrated waste sector by Daniel Agyapong, Gloria K. Q. Agyapong, Daniel Ofori, Osman Light, Stephanie Efua Frimpong

“…Furthermore, waste recovery improved the performance of waste management companies in terms of performance, specifically economic performance (β = 0.333, t = 3.183, p = 0.001), environmental performance (β = 0.583, t = 4.641, p = 0.000), social performance (β = 0.402, t = 3.157, p = 0.000), and corporate governance performance (β = 0.250, t = 2. 024, p = 0.048) indices.DiscussionFinally, circular economy practices have a substantial impact on firms’ financial stability and investment readiness. …”
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Computational and In silico study of novel fungicides against combating root rot, gray mold, fusarium wilt, and cereal rust. by Mollah Naimuzzaman, Md Mahabub Hasan, Ajoy Kumer, Abu Yousuf Hossin, Mohammad Harun-Ur-Rashid, Swapan Kumar Roy, Abu Noman Faruq Ahmmed, Jamal Uddin

“…However, MD was performed to check the validation and calculation the docking procedure and stability of the protein ligand docked complex accounting of RMSD, RMSF, SASA, Radius of gyration (Rg), Protein secondary structure elements (SSE), Ramachandran plot which confirm that the stability of docked complex is so high, and number of calculating the hydrogen bonds is more than good enough, as a result it is concluded the docking procedure is valid. Finally, Difenoconazole (L03) has been considered as the most promising antifungal drug evaluated from the studies.…”
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Prediction Method for Overconsolidation Ratio of Marine SoftSoil Based on the Piezocone Penetration Tests by Yanbin Fu, Sizhan Zhang, Guiyang Lv, Kaihang Han

“…Then, two prediction methods for OCR considering the roughness and penetration rate of the cone are proposed by combining the ultimate expansion pressures of the probe penetrating the approximate closed solution of cavity expansion in the modified Cambridge model, which is suitable for predicting the OCR of marine soft clay. Finally, to verify the reliability of the two proposed prediction methods, comparisons with the in situ CPTU tests of marine soft clay in two coastal areas and two existing prediction methods are made. …”
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A conserved fungal Knr4/Smi1 protein is crucial for maintaining cell wall stress tolerance and host plant pathogenesis. by Erika Kroll, Carlos Bayon, Jason Rudd, Victoria J Armer, Anjana Magaji-Umashankar, Ryan Ames, Martin Urban, Neil A Brown, Kim Hammond-Kosack

“…Further studies confirmed the observed phenotypes are partially due to the involvement of FgKnr4 in regulating the fungal cell wall integrity pathway by modulating the phosphorylation of the MAP-kinase MGV1. Orthologues of the FgKnr4 gene are widespread across the fungal kingdom but are absent in other Eukaryotes, suggesting the protein has potential as a promising intervention target. …”
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