Pharmacological Characterization of 5-HT1A Autoreceptor-Coupled GIRK Channels in Rat Dorsal Raphe 5-HT Neurons. by Alberto Montalbano, Renato Corradetti, Boris Mlinar

“…We sought for a pharmacological tool for assessing the functional role of GIRK channels in 5-HT neurons by characterizing the effects of drugs known to block GIRK channels in the submicromolar range of concentrations. …”
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Vision guides the twilight search for oviposition sites of the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus. by Si Yu Zhao, Hong Kai Liu, Zhen Sheng Xie, Yi Ming Wu, Pei Lin Wu, Tong Liu, Wen Qiang Yang, Jing Wu, JunYu Fu, Chun Mei Wang, Anthony A James, Xiao-Guang Chen

“…<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>We blindfolded adult female compound eyes and observed the effects of a lack of vision on the ability to discriminate and utilize preferred oviposition sites. …”
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Unlocking the antioxidant and antibacterial potential of exopolysaccharides produced by endophytic fungi (Aspergillus fumigatus and Preussia isabellae) isolated from Tanzania’s man... by Bhoke Marwa Nyaisaba, Rose Justus Masalu, Hawa Myovela, Cyprian Beda Mpinda

“…Fourier transform infrared spectra revealed varying degrees of functional groups associated with polysaccharides, thereby verifying the presence of EPS. …”
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Combined Multi-Agent and Centralized Resource Allocation in Cloud Radio Access Networks by Rehenuma Tasnim Rodoshi, Rezoan Ahmed Nazib, Chanjun Chun, Wooyeol Choi

“…In C-RAN, base station functionalities are separated into baseband units (BBUs) and remote radio heads (RRHs), with BBUs centralized and virtualized via cloud computing. …”
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187 A collaborative scholar retreat model to create dialogue among training programs by Shaweta Singla, Jessica Petrie, Gail Thomas, Stephen Wilson, David Rabago, Marie Boltz, Lauren Van Scoy

“…The program included presentations on CTSI resources and Team Science on How to Become a Better Team Member in cross-disciplinary and cross-functional groups. The KL2 Scholars presented motivational talks on their career and professional development journeys. …”
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CALCULATION AND DESIGN OF CELLULAR CARRYING LAYERS OF AIRFIELD RUNWAY PAVEMENTS by G. M. Murtazaliev, M. M. Batdalov, A. I. Akayev, A. I. Bulgakov, M. M. Payzulaev

“…The need to ensure the reliable functioning of expensive airfield structures poses great challenges for surveyors, designers, builders and operators of these structures. …”
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A Two-Stream Deep Learning Framework for Robust Coral Reef Health Classification: Insights and Interpretability by Arslan Abdul Ghaffar, Gyu Sang Choi

“…Coral reefs, vital ecosystems for marine life and coastal communities, are facing grave threats from climate change and human activities, including pollution. To effectively conserve these ecosystems, monitoring and categorizing coral health into three states: Need to see healthy, Dead Coral and Bleached Coral. …”
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Goal adjustment processes as coping responses to a blocked goal: the sample case of ostracism by Farina Rühs, Farina Rühs, Werner Greve, Cathleen Kappes

“…Taken together, the study contributes to a conceptual and functional clarification of GD processes and, at the same time, offers a fruitful new perspective on coping with ostracism.…”
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A Landscape Genetics Approach Reveals Species‐Specific Connectivity Patterns for Stream Insects in Fragmented Habitats by Vanessa deAraujo Barbosa, S. Elizabeth Graham, Ian D. Hogg, Brian J. Smith, Angela McGaughran

“…We conducted a landscape genetic study using mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and genome‐wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers to assess the functional connectivity of stream insects in a fragmented pasture‐dominated landscape. …”
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Nitrogen and phosphorus Co-doped ZnO-CdO nanocomposite with boosted photocatalytic degradation of crystal violet by Gebru Neda, Abi M. Taddesse, Isabel Diaz, Ahmed M. Mohammed, Álvaro Mayoral, Jemal M. Yassin

“…The as synthesized composites were characterized using PXRD, XPS, TGA, SEM, Cs-corrected (S) TEM, EDS, FT-IR, AAS and UV-vis spectrophotometer. Effect of biogenic doping on the band structures of the binary heterojunction was also studied using Density Functional Theory (DFT). …”
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Targeting Trichloroethylene-Induced Renal Endothelial Cell Injuries: A Role of Poly I:C in Amplification of HMGB1 Acetylation by Feng Wang, Yiting Hong, Jihong Gao, Ruixuan Cheng, Muyue Chen, Dandan Zang, Jiaxiang Zhang, Qixing Zhu

“…Our results demonstrated that pretreatment with poly I:C worsened TCE-caused histological damage and functional impairment of mice kidneys. Notably, renal EC injury was identified as a key contributor to kidney damage, with poly I:C pretreatment amplifying these effects in the context of TCE sensitization. …”
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Psycholinguistics of Organizational Phenomena: A Case of the Managerial Culture Study by Віталій Шимко

“…Psycholinguistic tools can be effectively used in an organizational phenomena study. …”
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EnGCI: enhancing GPCR-compound interaction prediction via large molecular models and KAN network by Weihao Liu, Xiaoli Li, Bo Hang, Pu Wang

“…Large molecular models, due to their ability to capture detailed structural and functional information, have shown promise in enhancing the predictive accuracy of downstream tasks. …”
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A curious case: caddisfly cases built from brick and sewage overflow microplastics by Auke Florian Hiemstra, Isabel van der Velden, Bram Koese, Ralf C.M. Verdonschot, Barbara Gravendeel, Menno Schilthuizen

“…This will, besides many other effects, impact caddisfly case construction in an even more dramatic way than is the case today. …”
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The Application of the Activated Carbon from Cordia africana Leaves for Adsorption of Chromium (III) from an Aqueous Solution by Estifanos Kassahun, Jemal Fito, Solomon Tibebu, Thabo T. I. Nkambule, Talebachew Tadesse, Takele Sime, Helmut Kloos

“…A batch adsorption study was conducted to determine the effect of contact time, adsorbent dose, initial chromium concentration, and mixing speed on Cr (III) removal. …”
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Improving the Quality of Reshaped EoL Components by Means of Accurate Metamodels and Evolutionary Algorithms by Antonio Piccininni, Angela Cusanno, Gianfranco Palumbo, Giuseppe Ingarao, Livan Fratini

“…Data were then fitted by accurate Response Surfaces trained by means of interpolant Radial Basis Functions and anisotropic Kriging algorithms, subsequently used to carry out a virtual optimization managed by multi-objective evolutionary algorithms (MOGA-II and NSGA-II). …”
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Impact of foliar application of nano micronutrient fertilizers and titanium dioxide nanoparticles on the growth and yield components of barley under supplemental irrigation by Mohsen JANMOHAMMADI, Tahereh AMANZADEH, Naser SABAGHNIA, Shahryar DASHTI

“…However, plant response to nanoparticles significantly depend on concentration and time of application as well as size, shape, and surface functionalization of the particles.…”
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Machine learning-driven identification of exosome- related biomarkers in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma by Yaodong He, Yun Li, Jiaqi Tang, Yan Wang, Zhenyan Zhao, Rong Liu, Zihui Yang, Huan Li, Jianhua Wei

“…Furthermore, we thoroughly investigated the biological roles of these genes in HNSCC and their prospective treatment implications via functional enrichment analysis, immune microenvironment assessment, and molecular docking confirmation.ResultsThe study indicated that 10 pivotal exosome-related genes identified by the machine learning method had considerable differential expression in HNSCC. …”
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Water Body Extraction Methods for SAR Images Fusing Sentinel-1 Dual-Polarized Water Index and Random Forest by Min Zhai, Huayu Shen, Qihang Cao, Xuanhao Ding, Mingzhen Xin

“…Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology has the characteristics of all-day and all-weather functionality; accordingly, it is not affected by rainy weather, overcoming the limitations of optical remote sensing, and it provides irreplaceable technical support for efficient water body extraction. …”
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Spatiotemporal evolution of scouring and silting in Made Island port channel (2015–2023) by Qiang Wang, Guanghui Wang, Hongwei Jiang, Hailong Song, Dianguang Ma, Yu Duan

“…By conducting a quantitative analysis of water depth variations and scouring and silting phenomena across different years, this paper investigates the effects of water flow, topographic changes, and human dredging activities on the topographic evolution of the port area. …”
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