Advancing Tissue Engineering Through a Portable Perfusion and Incubation System by Angie Zhu, Emmett Reid, Tilak Jain, Amatullah Mir, Usmaan Siddiqi, Olivia Dunne, Narutoshi Hibino

“…Weighing < 10 lbs, the system can maintain continuous flow in a standard incubation environment (37 °C, 5% CO₂), effectively functioning as a portable perfusion and tissue culturing system. …”
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Optimizing urban energy flows: Integrative vehicle-to-building strategies and renewable energy management by Jian Hern Yeoh, Kai-Yun Lo, I-Yun Lisa Hsieh

“…The optimization tasks are handled using the Sequential Least Squares Programming (SLSQP) algorithm, which is well-suited for managing quadratic objective functions, nonlinear constraints, and bounded variables. …”
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Environmental impacts of floating solar panels on freshwater systems and their techno-ecological synergies by Sofia M G Rocha, Alona Armstrong, Stephen J Thackeray, Rebecca R Hernandez, Andrew M Folkard

“…Here, we bring novel insight by combining an established theoretical approach—techno-ecological synergies (TES)—with robust understanding of water body functioning, to direct sustainable FPV deployments. …”
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The influence of nano-additives on the technical properties of drilling mud for drilling and well reconstruction by A.Y. Abusal Yousef, Irina A. Chetvertneva, Rustem A. Ismakov, Artur R. Yakhin, Marianna E. Loginova

“…One of the most significant technological elements that greatly influences the efficiency of the process is the drilling fluid (DF). It performs many functions, including cooling and lubrication of rock-cutting and special tools, bottomhole cleaning from drilled rock, maintaining well wall stability and many others. …”
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Amplifying organizational performance from business intelligence: Business analytics implementation in the retail industry by Emmanuel P. Paulino

“…FINDINGS: BA capabilities have a significant positive effect on the level of BI. BI has a significant positive effect on organizational performance. …”
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Inflammation-Induced Klotho Deficiency: A Possible Key Driver of Chronic Kidney Disease Progression by Liang Y, Zhang Q, Qian JR, Li SS, Liu QF

“…The Klotho protein, which is predominantly found in the kidneys, is known for its protective functions, including anti-inflammatory, anti-aging, antioxidant, and anti-fibrotic effects. …”
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Growth, Biochemical Characteristics, Flesh Quality, and Gut Microbiota of the Pacific White Shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) Fed a Defatted Superworm (Zophobas atratus) Larvae Meal by Hongxing Lin, Xiaolong Liang, Fenglu Han, Xiaolong Luo, Erchao Li

“…This study evaluated the effects of defatted superworm (Zophobas atratus) larvae meal (DBWLM) as an alternative protein ingredient for juvenile Pacific white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei). …”
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Spring–neap tidal cycles modulate the strength of the carbon source at the estuary–coast interface by V. A. Macovei, L. C. V. Rewrie, R. Röttgers, Y. G. Voynova

“…Surprisingly, while the two example outer estuaries in this study differ with respect to the timing of the variability, the metabolic state progression, and the observed phytoplankton species distribution, an increase in the strength of the potential carbon source to the atmosphere occurs at both outer estuaries on roughly 14 d cycles, suggesting that this is an underlying characteristic essential for the correct estimation of carbon budgets in tidally driven estuaries and the nearby coastal regions. Understanding the functioning of estuarine systems and quantifying their effect on coastal seas should improve our current biogeochemical models and, therefore, future carbon exchange and budget predictability.…”
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Focusing on scRNA-seq-Derived T Cell-Associated Genes to Identify Prognostic Signature and Immune Microenvironment Status in Low-Grade Glioma by Jiayu Wen, Qiaoyi Huang, Jiuxiu Yao, Wei Wei, Zehui Li, Huiqin Zhang, Surui Chang, Hui Pei, Yu Cao, Hao Li

“…To study the different functions of T cells in LGG, we mapped the single-cell RNA sequencing results of 10 LGG samples to obtain T cell marker genes. …”
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Impact of Freezing and Freeze Drying on <i>Lactobacillus rhamnosus</i> GG Survival: Mechanisms of Cell Damage and the Role of Pre-Freezing Conditions and Cryoprotectants by Junyan Wang, Peng Wu, Sushil Dhital, Aibing Yu, Xiao Dong Chen

“…Therefore, this study systematically evaluates the effects of freeze-thawing and freeze-drying processes on the survival and metabolic activity of LGG. …”
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The Mystery of Certain <i>Lactobacillus acidophilus</i> Strains in the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Symptoms of COVID-19: A Review by Belén Bertola, Amparo Cotolí-Crespo, Nadia San Onofre, Jose M. Soriano

“…This review systematically analyzed studies assessing the effects of <i>L. acidophilus</i> in COVID-19 patients with gastrointestinal symptoms. …”
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Land cover, more than monthly fire weather, drives fire-size distribution in Southern Québec forests: Implications for fire risk management. by Jean Marchal, Steve G Cumming, Eliot J B McIntire

“…We modelled fire size distributions in southern Québec as functions of fire weather and land cover, thus explicitly integrating some of the biotic interactions and feedbacks in a forest-wildfire system. …”
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“Redefining success in failed distal femur fracture fixations: The augmented nail plate construct (NPC) approach” by Nadir Shah, Niranjan Sunil Ghag, Akshay Punekar, Mohammad Sohiel

“…With a high union rate and favorable functional outcomes, NPC effectively mitigates the limitations of standalone nailing or plating. …”
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The relationship between peer relationships and learning engagement in Tibetan primary students: investigating the role of basic psychological needs and psychological capital as me... by Hui Du, Xin Xu, Cheng Cheng

“…The study also indicated that BPN and PC functioned as mediators in the connection between peer relationships and learning engagement. …”
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Tree monoculture plantations decrease plant diversity in the Italian Prealps by Vanessa Manuzi, Simone Balestra, Pietro Gatti, Gianalberto Losapio

“…On the other hand, these actions can also have counteractive effects on ecological systems by negatively affecting biodiversity. …”
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Chinese ethnic dance therapy: cultural anthropology and health science perspectives on Tujia ethnic dances by Qi Mao, Wolfgang Mastnak, Ruiyuan Guan

“…Since dance therapy became a multifaceted discipline in the middle of the 20th century, increasing evidence of beneficial effects has advocated the use of dance therapy in a broad spectrum of clinical and public health areas such as psychiatry, oncology, neurology, cardiology and geriatrics. …”
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Characteristics of the Autonomic Nervous System State in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with the Different Activity Degree According to the Indices of Heart Rate Variab... by Abrahamovych U.

“…Vegetative disorders are a term that unites varieties of origin and manifestations of the violation of vegetative functions of the organism, which are caused by the disorders of their neurogenic regulation. …”
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HOW IMPORTANT EDUCATION IS? AN EXPLORATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE DROPOUT PHENOMENON IN EASTERN EUROPE by Piera CASCIOLI, Emiliano COLANTONIO, Daniel BADULESCU

“…Improving the quality of the education system is therefore crucial (this is also confirmed by the variance decomposition analysis), even if it may not be enough: from the impulse response functions analysis, indeed, a shock exerted on the government expenditure on R&D in higher education produces positive effects on the (declining) dropout rate, but only for a short period. …”
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Divergence in physical, chemical, and biological soil properties caused by different long-term bare fallow management and natural succession by Steffen Schlüter, Mengqi Wu, Maxime Phalempin, Lena Philipp, Evgenia Blagodatskaya, Thomas Reitz, Carsten Simon, Oliver Lechtenfeld, Hans-Jörg Vogel, Martin Schädler, Ines Merbach

“…The absence of plants has profound effects on many ecosystem functions of soil. Long-term bare fallow trials are valuable tools for studying the dynamics in soil carbon decline and associated soil degradation. …”
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Integration of single-cell transcriptomics and bulk transcriptomics to explore prognostic and immunotherapeutic characteristics of nucleotide metabolism in lung adenocarcinoma by Kai Zhang, Kai Zhang, Luyao Wang, Huili Chen, Lili Deng, Mengling Hu, Ziqiang Wang, Yiluo Xie, Chaoqun Lian, Xiaojing Wang, Xiaojing Wang, Jing Zhang

“…In addition, patients of different subtypes showed significant differences in genomic mutation and functional enrichment and exhibited different anti-tumor immune profiles. …”
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