Experimental and Modeling Study of Collagen Scaffolds with the Effects of Crosslinking and Fiber Alignment by Bin Xu, Ming-Jay Chow, Yanhang Zhang

“…Therefore understanding and being able to control the structural-functional integrity of collagen scaffolds becomes crucial. …”
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The meiotic nuclear lamina regulates chromosome dynamics and promotes efficient homologous recombination in the mouse. by Jana Link, Daniel Jahn, Johannes Schmitt, Eva Göb, Johannes Baar, Sagrario Ortega, Ricardo Benavente, Manfred Alsheimer

“…Extensive research on this topic has provided novel important clues about nuclear lamina function. These studies have contributed to the knowledge that the lamina constitutes a complex multifunctional platform combining both structural and regulatory functions. …”
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Thwarting endogenous stress: BRCA protects against aldehyde toxicity by Arnab Ray Chaudhuri, André Nussenzweig

“…Abstract Homologous recombination (HR) and the Fanconi Anemia (FA) pathways constitute essential repair pathways for DNA damage, which includes DNA double‐stranded breaks (DSB) and inter‐strand cross‐links (ICL), respectively. …”
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Enzyme Catalysis for Sustainable Value Creation Using Renewable Biobased Resources by Roland Wohlgemuth

“…The useful properties of enzymes as nature’s preferred catalysts, such as their high selectivity, diversity, and adaptability, enable their optimal function, whether in single or multiple reactions. …”
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Control of Oocyte Reawakening by Kit. by Hatice Duygu Saatcioglu, Ileana Cuevas, Diego H Castrillon

“…To confirm this result, we engineered a novel loss-of-function allele, KitL. Kit inactivation within oocytes also led to premature ovarian failure, albeit via a contrasting phenotype. …”
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New prospects in the treatment of diabetes mellitus by Minara Shamkhalovna Shamkhalova, Natalya Petrovna Trubitsyna, Marina Vladimirovna Shestakova

“…Cardiovascular complications, a major cause for disability and morbidity in diabetes mellitus (DM), constitute the greatest threat of the diabetes epidemic. …”
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Le multipartisme marocain entre les contraintes d’un « pluralisme contrôlé » et les dilemmes d’un « pluripartisme autoritaire » by Jean-Claude Santucci

“…Actually, and in spite of their constitutionally recognized function as organizations and citizens’ repre­sentatives, parties formed out of the national movement were undermined and marginalized by the monarchy which promoted a multi-party system to help maintain and consolidate its own leadership. …”
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Virtual electrodes around anatomical structures and their roles in defibrillation. by Adam Connolly, Edward Vigmond, Martin Bishop

“…The relative magnitudes of these two effects explain the swapping of the virtual electrode polarity observed, as a function of the vessel radius, and aid in the understanding of the virtual electrode patterns predicted by numerical bidomain modelling. …”
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Quantum many-body thermal machines enabled by atom-atom correlations by Raymon S. Watson, Karen V. Kheruntsyan

“…Particle-particle correlations, characterized by Glauber's second-order correlation function, play an important role in the understanding of various phenomena in radio and optical astronomy, quantum and atom optics, particle physics, condensed matter physics, and quantum many-body theory. …”
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Between Promise and Peril: Observations on Moral Panic, Popular Culture, and Religion by Lee-Shae Salma Scharnick-Udemans

“…It suggests that the agenda-setting function of media, especially its imperative to encourage public concern over matters that may or may not constitute threats to social order, can be more critically understood through the framework that the concept of moral panic provides. …”
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The diaphanous gene of Drosophila interacts antagonistically with multiple wing hairs and plays a key role in wing hair morphogenesis. by Qiuheng Lu, Paul N Adler

“…We report here that the formin encoding diaphanous (dia) gene plays a key role in hair morphogenesis. Both loss of function mutations and the expression of a constitutively active Dia led to cells forming both morphologically abnormal hairs and multiple hairs. …”
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“Locality – Adaptation” Research of Hydropower Resettlement Communities in the Jinsha River Basin: A Case Study of Ludila Hydropower Station by Fang WANG, Zhuoqi LI, Haoyi XU, Jiaqi YAN

“…Among them, Taoyuan Longwang Temple fully retains the original worship function (retention rate is 100%) and forms a functional complement with the new water supply system of Dalongtan Reservoir (replacing the function of 90% of the inundated irrigation area). …”
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Shifted Bernstein Polynomial-Based Dynamic Analysis for Variable Fractional Order Nonlinear Viscoelastic Bar by Zhongze Li, Lixing Ma, Yiming Chen, Jingguo Qu, Yuhuan Cui, Lei Wang

“…Shifted Bernstein polynomials serve as basis functions for approximating the bar’s displacement function, and the variable fractional derivative operator matrix is developed. …”
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Eurocities as “Collaboration Laboratories”: Innovation and Policy Development within the European Union by Carla Valadas

“…The evolving political and social space constituting the EU has increasingly impacted member states’ domestic policies and polities, while also regulating the daily lives of individuals. …”
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Earthquake Design of Reinforced Concrete Buildings Using NSGA-II by Herian A. Leyva, Edén Bojórquez, Juan Bojórquez, Alfredo Reyes-Salazar, José H. Castorena, Eduardo Fernández, Manuel A. Barraza

“…For this purpose, genetic algorithms (GAs) are used through the technique NSGA-II (Nondominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm), thus a multiobjective procedure with two objective functions is established. The first objective function is the control of maximum interstory drift which is the most common parameter used in seismic design codes, while the second is to minimize the cost of the structure. …”
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The role of prostanoids in regulatory T cells and their implications in inflammatory diseases and cancers by Somsak Prasongtanakij, Kitipong Soontrapa, Dean Thumkeo

“…To date, a large number of molecules have been identified as key regulators of Treg differentiation and function. Among these molecules are prostanoids, which are multifaceted lipid mediators. …”
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Radiation-Induced Brain Injury: Mechanistic Insights and the Promise of Gut–Brain Axis Therapies by Mengting Li, Fan Tong, Bian Wu, Xiaorong Dong

“…Adverse effects may encompass focal cerebral necrosis, cognitive function compromise, cerebrovascular pathology, spinal cord injury, and detriment to the neural fibers constituting the brachial plexus. …”
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Anti-atherosclerotic effects of natural compounds targeting lipid metabolism and inflammation: Focus on PPARs, LXRs, and PCSK9 by Marcella Palumbo, Martina Ugolotti, Francesca Zimetti, Maria Pia Adorni

“…These beneficial outcomes are certainly related to the crucial function of these targets in maintaining cholesterol homeostasis and regulating systemic inflammation. …”
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Couple Stress Effects on Peristaltic Transport of Peristaltic Flow of Carreau Fluid in an Inclined Asymmetric Channel with Porous Medium by Hamza Rashid Dana, Liqaa Z. Hummady

“…Closed form dynamical plus stream function formulas efficiency are pressure was created increase per wave length has been estimated numerically on the channel walls. …”
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Modulation of Network Oscillatory Activity and GABAergic Synaptic Transmission by CB1 Cannabinoid Receptors in the Rat Medial Entorhinal Cortex by Nicola H. Morgan, Ian M. Stanford, Gavin L. Woodhall

“…These data indicate that cannabinoid-mediated effects on inhibitory synaptic activity may be constitutively active in vitro, and that modulation of CB1R activation using inverse agonists unmasks complex effects of CBR function on network activity.…”
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