Life-Cycle Cost of Bridges – First Steps to a Holistic Approach by Václav Beran, Daniel Macek, Dana Měšťanová

“…However, approach for evaluating and comparing the cost effectiveness in practical design does not dominate in present-days as arbitration of different strategies and warrant for avoiding critical economic or functional situations. …”
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Physical, chemical, and sensory characteristics of pumpkin jam with porang flour addition by Nur Rahman, Wan Ezie Adila, Lukman Hakim Safian, Sukes Lindaningsih, Septi Ana Purnamasari, Risma Nurul Azizah, Agus Suyanto, Wikanastri Hersoelistyorini, Nurhidajah Nurhidajah, Yunan Kholifatuddin Sya'di, Diode Yonata

“…Diversifying processed pumpkin into jam is a functional food alternative with high nutritional value. …”
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Refined insights into Africa's plant-soil diversity interplay by Ndiye M. Kebonye, Pegah Khosravani, Zibanani Seletlo, Thomas Scholten

“…Taken together, our findings shed light on the fine-scale interplay between continental plant and soil diversity, providing critical knowledge for a detailed understanding of terrestrial ecosystem functioning to ensure targeted monitoring to support life. …”
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I engage in physical activity while operating a wheelchair.: a systematic review of stroke patients by Moch Yunus, Ronal Surya Aditya, Nurul Ihsan, Mohd Jamil, Arief Darmawan, Anita Sulistyorini, Nanang Tri Wahyudi, Fesya Khaifa Nurzahra, Abdullah Saleh Alruwaili, Daifallah M. Al Razeeni, Reem Iafi Almutairi

“…Wheelchair users employ many strategies to improve their functioning abilities.   Keyword: Sitting Position, Stroke, Wheelchairs, Delivery of Health Care   …”
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UPBD: Construction and Evaluation Methods of the Underwater Polarization Benchmark Dataset for Complex Scenarios by Haihong Jin, Shangle Yao, Hao Yao, Wenjie Zhang, Zhiguo Fan

“…To address this limitation, we propose the Underwater Polarization Benchmark Dataset (UPBD), which consists of three functionally distinct subsets designed to evaluate different aspects of underwater image restoration. …”
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Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on early life gut microbiome by Lin Zhang, Wenye Xu, Henry Y. H. Meng, Jessica Y. L. Ching, Yingzhi Liu, Shilan Wang, Shuai Yan, Ling Lin, Pui K. Cheong, Ka L. Ip, Ye Peng, Jie Zhu, Chun P. Cheung, Ting F. Leung, Agnes S. Y. Leung, Wing H. Tam, Tak Y. Leung, Paul K. S. Chan, Eugene B. Chang, David T. Rubin, Erika C. Claud, William K. K. Wu, Hein M. Tun, Francis K. L. Chan, Siew C. Ng

“…The two large pre- and during-COVID-19 mother-baby pairs cohorts in the Greater Bay Area of China provided the unique opportunity to assess the effect of increased hygiene standards on early gut microbiome maturation. …”
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FADD is a key regulator of lipid metabolism by Hongqin Zhuang, Xueshi Wang, Daolong Zha, Ziyi Gan, Fangfang Cai, Pan Du, Yunwen Yang, Bingya Yang, Xiangyu Zhang, Chun Yao, Yuqiang Zhou, Chizhou Jiang, Shengwen Guan, Xuerui Zhang, Jing Zhang, Wenhui Jiang, Qingang Hu, Zi‐Chun Hua

“…Abstract FADD, a classical apoptotic signaling adaptor, was recently reported to have non‐apoptotic functions. Here, we report the discovery that FADD regulates lipid metabolism. …”
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An Integrated Framework for Real-Time Sea-State Estimation of Stationary Marine Units Using Wave Buoy Analogy by Hamed Majidiyan, Hossein Enshaei, Damon Howe, Yiting Wang

“…The system’s performance was evaluated using data obtained from an experimental test on a semi-submersible platform, and the results demonstrate the promising functionality of the approach for a fully automated SSE system. …”
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Structure-Based Design of Small-Molecule Inhibitors of Human Interleukin-6 by Ankit Joshi, Zhousheng Xiao, Shreya Suman, Connor Cooper, Khanh Ha, James A. Carson, Leigh Darryl Quarles, Jeremy C. Smith, Madhulika Gupta

“…The top 20 scoring ligands from the in silico studies after post analysis were subjected to in vitro functional assays. Among these compounds, the ligand with the second-highest calculated binding affinity experimentally showed an ~84% inhibitory effect on IL6-induced STAT3 reporter activity at 10 μM concentration. …”
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Activin A Modulates CRIPTO-1/HNF4α+ Cells to Guide Cardiac Differentiation from Human Embryonic Stem Cells by Robin Duelen, Guillaume Gilbert, Abdulsamie Patel, Nathalie de Schaetzen, Liesbeth De Waele, Llewelyn Roderick, Karin R. Sipido, Catherine M. Verfaillie, Gunnar M. Buyse, Lieven Thorrez, Maurilio Sampaolesi

“…These findings are relevant for improving our understanding on human heart development, and the proposed protocol could be further explored to obtain cardiomyocytes with functional phenotypes, similar to those observed in adult cardiac myocytes.…”
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Exercise Attenuates Skeletal Muscle Atrophy in Senescent SAMP8 Mice: Metabolic Insights from NMR-Based Metabolomics by Wenfang Wu, Linglin Zhang, Yifen Chen, Caihua Huang, Longhe Yang, Donghai Lin

“…This study used the SAMP8 model to evaluate the effects of exercise on muscle atrophy and associated metabolic changes. …”
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Infusion of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Attenuates Experimental Severe Acute Pancreatitis in Rats by Hang Zhao, Zhiying He, Dandan Huang, Jun Gao, Yanfang Gong, Hongyu Wu, Aifang Xu, Xiangjun Meng, Zhaoshen Li

“…Bone marrow (BM) mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been demonstrated to have plasticity of transdifferentiation and to have immunomodulatory functions. In the present study, we assessed the roles of MSCs in SAP and the therapeutic effects of MSC on SAP after transplantation. …”
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Research Progress on the Digestibility Resistance of Starch-Lipid Complexes: The Influence Factor and Formation Mechanism by Wenhua MA, Fan YANG, Xiaojie QIAN, Binghua SUN, Sen MA

“…In the future, the preparation parameters for the starch-lipid complexes still need to be further optimized, and more depth about the interaction mechanism between starch-lipid complexes and other food nutritional components also need to be deeply explored. Meanwhile, the effect of these complexes on physiological indicators such as blood glucose and blood lipid during the process of digestion and absorption should be investigated, to improve its functionality in the food system and enhance this stability during the processing.…”
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Study on the peak shaving operation of cascade hydropower stations based on the plant-wide optimal curve by Fengshuo Liu, Kui Huang, Xuanyu Shi, Longqing Zhao, Yangxin Yu, Xueshan Ai, Xiang Fu

“…A case study on the Hongshui River demonstrates the practicality and effectiveness of the proposed method. The computation time is reduced by over 98% in typical scenarios, and the proposed algorithm maintains convergence even when the traditional method fails. …”
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Alleviation of diabetic nephropathy by zinc oxide nanoparticles in streptozotocin‐induced type 1 diabetes in rats by Ghada Alomari, Bahaa Al‐Trad, Salehhuddin Hamdan, Alaa A. A. Aljabali, Mazhar Salim Al Zoubi, Khalid Al‐Batanyeh, Janti Qar, Gregory J. Eaton, Almuthanna K. Alkaraki, Walhan Alshaer, Saja Haifawi, Khairunadwa Jemon, Dinesh Kumar Chellappan, Kamal Dua, Murtaza M. Tambuwala

“…Abstract This study examines the effect of nanoparticles with zinc oxides (ZnONPs) on diabetic nephropathy, which is the primary cause of mortality for diabetic patients with end‐stage renal disease. …”
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Inverse Analysis of Thermal Parameters of Arch Dam Concrete Based on Walrus Optimization Algorithm by Youle Wang, Zhengjian Miao, Rui Song, Junchi Zhou, Yuheng Pan, Feng Wang

“…To verify the accuracy of the inversion parameters, twelve classical test functions are used to compare the three algorithms to evaluate their fitness. …”
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Research on intelligent identification of microscopic substances in shale scanning electron microscope images based on deep learning theory by Ruigang Zhang, Xiangru Chen, Xin Tang, Qiuqi Chen, Sen Guo, Cheng Liu, Zhengchao Guo, Yuerong Zhou, Xiaoyi Zhou

“…The maximum values of Precision, Recall, mAP50 and mAP50-95 reached 0.94442, 0.91695, 0.9579 and 0.71547, respectively. The functions of the optimized Yolov8 model were integrated with SEM technology. …”
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The PRMT6/PARP1/CRL4B Complex Regulates the Circadian Clock and Promotes Breast Tumorigenesis by Tianshu Yang, Wei Huang, Tianyu Ma, Xin Yin, Jingyao Zhang, Miaomiao Huo, Ting Hu, Tianyang Gao, Wei Liu, Die Zhang, Hefen Yu, Xu Teng, Min Zhang, Hao Qin, Yunkai Yang, Baowen Yuan, Yan Wang

“…Abstract Circadian rhythms, as physiological systems with self‐regulatory functions in living organisms, are controlled by core clock genes and are involved in tumor development. …”
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Structure-tailored superlattice Bi7Ti4NbO21: Coupling octahedral tilting and rotation induced high ferroelectric polarization for efficient piezo-photocatalytic CO2 reduction by Jingren Ni, Rufang Zhao, Chendi Shi, Yuanyuan Ji, Aize Hao, Aiting Xie, Hongjian Yu, Siew Kheng Boong, Hiang Kwee Lee, Chuanqiang Zhou, Jie Han

“…Herein, we introduce the intergrowth ferroelectrics Bi7Ti4NbO21 thin-layer nanosheets for piezo-photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicate that interlayer lattice mismatch leads to increased tilting and rotation angle of Ti/NbO6 octahedra on perovskite-like layers, serving as the main reason for increased polarization. …”
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Simultaneous EEG-fNIRS Data Classification Through Selective Channel Representation and Spectrogram Imaging by Chayut Bunterngchit, Jiaxing Wang, Zeng-Guang Hou

“…The integration of electroencephalography (EEG) and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) can facilitate the advancement of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). …”
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