The role of stem and progenitor cells in the regeneration of the pancreas and testes in metabolic disorders by A. V. Pakhomova, O. V. Pershina, V. A. Krupin, L. A. Ermolaeva, N. N. Ermakova, A. I. Kudryashova, A. M. Dygai, E. S. Pan, O. Yu. Rybalkina, E. G. Skurikhin

“…The aim of this research was to investigate the regenerative potential of stem and progenitor cells derived from the pancreas and testes in metabolic disorders.Materials and methods. The experiments were performing on C57Bl/6 mice. …”
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Tropical Rice Mapping Using Time-Series SAR Images and ESF-Seg Model in Hainan, China, from 2019 to 2023 by Yazhe Xie, Lu Xu, Hong Zhang, Mingyang Song, Ji Ge, Fan Wu

“…Meanwhile, with the FreqFusion-KAN (FreqK) module, the loss of information can be reduced through the multi-scale feature fusion strategy. The proposed method is evaluated in the Hainan Province of China, an important tropical arable zone with diverse crop resources and complicated croplands. …”
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Enhancing Black Soil Fertility and Microbial Community Structure via Microbial Agents to Reduce Chemical Fertilizer Dependency: A Strategy to Boost Maize Yield by Fenglin Zhang, Nan Wang, Chenyu Zhao, Luze Yang, Xingmin Zhao, Hongjun Gao, Fugui Zhang, Hongbin Wang, Ning Huang

“…This study provides a high-yield and sustainable fertilization method for maize and offers a theoretical basis for applying microbial agents in sustainable agriculture.…”
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Enhanced remediation of Pb(II)-Contaminated Fine-Grained soil using citric acid ex situ leaching coupled with electrochemical treatment by Xiaoliang Zhao, Shaohui Feng, Bandna Bharti, Fangwei Han, Zhao Lian, Zhaolin Shen, Jing Du, Yide Li, Hanliang Li

“…Morphological analysis of Pb(II) in soil samples post leaching and electrochemical remediation, conducted using the BCR sequential extraction method, revealed that the Pb(II) fractions removed in the regions near both the cathode and anode were predominantly in the exchangeable (F1) and reducible (F2) states, with a smaller proportion in the oxidizable (F3) state. …”
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Physical parameters influence the microbial quality of indoor air in research laboratories: A report from Malaysia by Kuilan Yogeswaran, Liyana Azmi, Subha Bhassu, Hafizah N. Isa, Muhamad Afiq Aziz

“…The study aims to examine the relationship between physical parameters and microbial pollutants in research laboratories' indoor air quality (IAQ) by quantifying and characterising the bacteria and fungi in the indoor environment of research laboratories using the settle plate method; whereby our Petri dishes containing media are exposed to the air for sample collection. …”
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Three-dimensional linkage analysis with digital PCR for genome integrity and identity of recombinant adeno-associated virus by Tam Duong, Michele Firmo, Chien-Ting Li, Bingnan Gu, Peng Wang

“…In this study, we focus on evaluating our 3D linkage mathematical model by performing DNA mixing experiments and a case study using multiple rAAV samples. …”
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Use me wisely: AI-driven assessment for LLM prompting skills development by Dimitri Ognibene, Gregor Donabauer, Emily Theophilou, Cansu Koyuturk, Mona Yavari, Sathya Bursic, Alessia Telari, Alessia Testa, Raffaele Boiano, Davide Taibi, Davinia Hernandez-Leo, Udo Kruschwitz and Martin Ruskov

“…However, LLM prompting shows strong dependence on the specific task and domain, reducing the usefulness of generic methods. We intend to investigate if LLM-based methods can support learning assessments using ad-hoc guidelines and an extremely limited number of annotated prompt samples. …”
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Dynamic time warping network analysis of posttraumatic stress symptoms in Japanese first responders by Florentine H. S. van der Does, Masato Kitano, Masanori Nagamine, Taku Saito, Nic J. A. van der Wee, Toshinori Chiba, Naoki Edo, Eric Vermetten, Erik J. Giltay

“…In previous research, we identified five distinct Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptom severity trajectories within a cohort of first responders from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), deployed following the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) of 2011: Resilient, Recovery, Incomplete Recovery, Late-Onset, and Chronic.Objective: The current study was aimed at investigating differences in symptom dynamics within the four non-resilient PTSD symptom severity trajectories using the innovative method of Dynamic Time Warping (DTW).Method: This study sample was selected from a cohort of 55 632 JGSDF personnel, who completed at least four yearly mental health surveys between 2013 and 2018, and experienced PTSD symptoms over the course of follow-up. …”
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Motor skills in the structure of motor readiness of karate athletes 9 years old (using the example of the «Yoko geri chudan» kick) by Svitlana Marchenko

“…The following research methods were used: study and analysis of scientific and methodological literature, pedagogical observation, timing of educational tasks, pedagogical experiment, methods of mathematical statistics. …”
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SVDDD: SAR Vehicle Target Detection Dataset Augmentation Based on Diffusion Model by Keao Wang, Zongxu Pan, Zixiao Wen

“…However, the effectiveness of deep learning methods is largely influenced by the quantity and diversity of samples in the dataset. …”
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Urea application to improve the efficiency of hydrochloric acid treatments of carbonate reservoirs by Roman A. Vaganov, Vladimir A. Zhigarev, Svetlana S. Kositsyna, Daniil D. Chernykh

“…The authors carried out the experiments on measuring the filtration-capacitive properties of core samples. …”
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ADHESION OF BIOCOMPATIBLE TiNb COATING by Tomas Kolegar, Martin Matousek, Monika Vilemova, Vladimir Stary

“…Several materials such as titanium CP grade 2, titanium alloys Ti6Al4V and stainless steel AISI 316L were measured. Testing samples were made in the shape of small discs. Those samples were coated with a TiNb layer by using the PVD method (magnetron sputtering). …”
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Sealing - Treatment Repair Technology of Cast Magnesium Alloy Shell Parts by NAN Jian, DAI Xue - ting

“…For this, in this work, the cast magnesium alloy with the same material as the generator was used to make the sample. The self - made sealant and method of brushing coating were used to seal the hole. …”
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Relationship between expression of CEP55 in colorectal cancer tissues and clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis by Chen Weili, Shi Libin, Wang Yan, Zu Zhe, Gao Wenxia, Liu Yao, Wang Jianqiao, Yu Qian

“…[Objectives] To investigate the expression of centrosome associated protein 55 (CEP55) in colorectal cancer tissues and its relationship with clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis. [Methods] One hundred and twenty-six patients who were diagnosed with colorectal cancer and underwent surgical treatment in Tangshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine from August 2017 to August 2020 were recruited. …”
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Teknologi Text To Speech Menggunakan Amazon Polly Untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Membaca Pada Anak Dengan Gejala Disleksia by Karlina Diah Fatmawati, Imam Tahyudin

“…The research used two methods: literature review, and experiments with pre-test and post-test to assess the effect of technology on reading ability. …”
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Tripartite Motif-Containing 1 Influences the Prognosis of Cervical Cancer by Ge Zhang, Huan Chen, Yin Tao

“…Molecular validation experiments confirmed concurrent upregulation of TRIM11 at both the transcriptional (quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR (qRT-PCR), p < 0.05) and proteomic (Western blot, p < 0.05) levels in CC tissues compared to paired adjacent normal samples. …”
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ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF WATER-ETHANOLIC EXTRACTIONS FROM QUERCUS ROBUR L. LEAVES AND BUDS by N. A. Ryabov, V. M. Ryzhov, V. A. Kurkin, S. D. Kolpakova, A. V. Zhestkov, A. V. Lyamin

“…Quercus robur L. is a promising plant object, medicinal plant raw materials of which can be used for the development of new antimicrobial drugs.The aim of the study is screening of the antimicrobial activity of water-ethanolic extractions from Quercus robur L leaves and buds.Materials and methods. The determination of the minimum inhibitory concentration was carried out by the method of double serial dilutions in Mueller-Hinton nutrient broth (Bio-Rad, USA). …”
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The Impact of Health Promotion Using Leaflet Media on Mothers&rsquo; Knowledge of the Early Stimulation of Toddlers&rsquo; Development and Growth by Shalahuddin I, Salsabila S, Rukmasari EA, Rosidin U, Eriyani T, Pebrianti S, Maulana I

“…Toddler-age toddlers face a variety of growth and development issues as a result of their mother’s lack of information about stimulating their development.Objective: The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of health education using leaflet media on mothers’ knowledge of early stimulation for toddler-age kids from Gunung Tua village, Subang Regency.Methods: This study’s research design is a quasi-experiment using a one-group pretest-posttest approach. …”
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Analysis of plant species enabling to infect with Alternaria alternata in pear orchards by ZHANG Shengping, CHENG Ying, ZHAO Shihang, ZHAO Jiaqiang, GAO Qi, WANG Jin, XU Guoliang

“…Simultaniously, A. alternata from these diseased plant hosts has the pathogenicity on pear leaves. [Methods] The pathogen A. alternata stored at -4 ℃, was activated and cultivated using PDA agar medium at (26±1) ℃ for 4 days. …”
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Statistical Difference Representation-Based Transformer for Heterogeneous Change Detection by Xinhui Cao, Minggang Dong, Xingping Liu, Jiaming Gong, Hanhong Zheng

“…Moreover, a Statistical Difference representation Transformer (SDFormer) is proposed to lower the influence of modality difference between bitemporal heterogeneous imagery and better extract relevant change information. Extensive experiments have been carried out to fully investigate the influences of inner manual parameters and compare them with state-of-the-art methods in several public heterogeneous change detection data sets. …”
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