Identification of Dicrocoelium dendriticum isolated from small ruminants of east Azerbaijan province using ITS2 and Nad1 gene markers by Abbas Imani Baran, Salar Alidoost, Ahmad Nematollahi, Masoomeh Firouzamandi, Behzad Ghorbanzadeh

“…Similarly, all nucleotide sequences were compared with some sequences deposited in the NCBI, based on BLAST function. Finally, to determine the phylogenetic status of D. dicrocoelium isolates, a phylogenetic tree relevant to each gene marker was constructed using the Neighbor-Joining method in MEGA7.0 software to investigate the similarities and differences between isolates from different geographical regions around the world and our D. dendriticum samples. …”
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Bioaugmentation of Industrial Wastewater and Formation of Bacterial–CaCO₃ Coupled System for Self-Healing Cement by Olja Šovljanski, Vesna Bulatović, Tiana Milović, Jovana Grahovac, Tamara Erceg, Miroslav Dramićanin, Ana Tomić

“…The layered encapsulation strategy ensured bacterial viability and a controlled activation mechanism, offering a scalable and sustainable solution for infrastructure resilience. This dual-function approach addresses critical environmental and construction challenges by linking efficient wastewater treatment with innovative self-healing material development, contributing to global sustainability and circular economy goals.…”
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Exploration of the Mountainous Urban Rail Transit Resilience Under Extreme Rainfalls: A Case Study in Chongqing, China by Chenhui Liu, Xue Su, Zhichun Wu, Yingjun Zhang, Cuizhu Zhou, Xiangguo Wu, Yong Huang

“…By introducing the metro ridership and topological shortest distances, a network service efficiency function is developed, and the importance of nodes is quantified using service efficiency index and topological importance index. …”
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An Efficient Process for the Management of the Deterioration and Conservation of Architectural Heritage: The HBIM Project of the Duomo of Molfetta (Italy) by Enrique Nieto-Julián, Silvana Bruno, Juan Moyano

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Systematic evaluation and meta-analysis of the efficacy of Jingjin acupuncture therapy in the treatment of peripheral facial palsy by Xingyu Kang, Ying Huang, Xueyan Lv, Xiaofang Liu, Siyu Chen, Le Ma, Shuai Shi

“…Jingjin acupuncture therapy was also superior to conventional acupuncture therapy in terms of Facial Disability Index-Physical (FDIP) scores, Facial Disability Index-Social (FDIS) scores, facial nerve function scores, and Portmann scores on the Facial Disability Index Scale in patients with peripheral facial paralysis.ConclusionJingjin acupuncture therapy is effective in treating peripheral facial paralysis and has better overall efficacy than conventional therapy. …”
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The Potential Mechanism of Curcumin in Treating Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Based on Integrated Bioinformatic Analysis by Wu Siyuan, Lv Xiaozhi, Wu Jialin, Haigang Wei, Shiwei Liu, Chen Zou, Jing Song, Li Xia, Ai Yilong

“…The cluster one-step network construction function of the WGCNA algorithm recognized a soft-thresholding power of 6, and 9083 genes were acquired. 2591 OSCC-related genes were obtained by overlapping the GSE23558-identified genes and the OSCC-related genes from disease target bases. …”
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Effects of Simulated Nitrogen Deposition on the Physiological and Growth Characteristics of Seedlings of Two Typical Subtropical Tree Species by Zhenya Yang, Benzhi Zhou

“…Amid global environmental change, the intensification of nitrogen (N) deposition exerts critical impacts on the growth of forest vegetation and the structure and function of ecosystems in subtropical China. However, the physiological and growth response mechanisms of subtropical tree species remain poorly understood. …”
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POSTMODERN IRONY AND LAUGH: SPECIFIC FEATURES AND SCIENTIFIC RECEPTION by Iryna V. Kropyvko

“…Postmodern irony is presented as the textual function like the one that relates to various conventional lines that are in the space of the literary text and intertextual connections. …”
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Neighborhood social environment and mental health of older adults in China: the mediating role of subjective well-being and the moderating role of green space by Taizhi Lin, Qianhui Wang, Zixuan Tan, Wen Zuo, Rong Wu

“…The living space of older adults is limited due to the decline of their activity function. Neighborhood environment, especially the neighborhood social environment, has become an important factor affecting the mental health of older adults. …”
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Developing engineered muscle tissues utilizing standard cell culture plates and mesenchymal stem cell-conditioned medium by Yihao Wen, Jia Tian, Juan Li, Xiangming Na, Ziyi Yu, Weiqing Zhou

“…The construction of engineered muscle tissues that resemble the function and microstructure of human muscles holds significant promise for various applications, including disease modeling, regenerative medicine, and biological machines. …”
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Evaluating the impacts of physical soil and water conservation measures implemented by community mobilization in Shebel Berenta district of northern Ethiopia by Tigist Asmare Belste, Kebede Wolka

“…The majority of farmers (60%) repaired constructed bunds and related SWC measures to sustain its function, while considerable farmers were not motivated in repairing the broken bunds, mentioning complaints about cultivable space taken by bunds, shortage of labor, and lack of awareness on the benefit of physical SWC. …”
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CircBAZ1B stimulates myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury (MI/RI) by modulating miR-1252-5p/ATF3-mediated ferroptosis by Ruili Wei, Tianxiao Yang, Weihong Li, Xiqian Wang

“…Here, we focused on the biological function and regulatory mechanism of circBAZ1B, a circRNA derived from the bromodomain adjacent to the zinc finger domain 1B (BAZ1B) gene, in MI/RI progression. …”
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Continuance Intention to Use AI Chatbots in Libraries: Mediation Based on Emotional Experience by Haiting MA, Chuansheng CHENG

“…The applying of AI chatbots in library scenarios is an important lever for the future construction of learning ecosystems in universities. …”
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RETRACTED: Mir-124 Attenuates STAT3-Mediated TH17 Differentiation in Colitis-Driven Colon Cancer by Shiyong Lin, Qianwen Liu, Jing Wen, Kunhao Bai, Yandong Guo, Jing Wang

“…The binding of STAT3 to the promoter region of IL-17 gene was analyzed by Chip assay. miR-124 binding to the 3′UTR of STAT3 gene was detected by reported plasmid construction and luciferase assay. Furthermore, DSS-induced colitis mice model and T cell transfer model were used to confirm the function of miR-124 in vivo. …”
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Stem cells in regenerative medicine: Unlocking therapeutic potential through stem cell therapy, 3D bioprinting, gene editing, and drug discovery by Idris Zubairu Sadiq, Fatima Sadiq Abubakar, Babangida Sanusi Katsayal, Bashiru Ibrahim, Auwal Adamu, Mohammed Aliyu Usman, Mukhtar Aliyu, Mukhtar Adeiza Suleiman, Aliyu Muhammad

“…Recent breakthroughs have shown that combining SCs with cutting-edge technologies like 3D bioprinting and 3D culture systems can revolutionize tissue engineering and organ regeneration. 3D bioprinting allows precise construction of complex tissue structures, bringing us closer to recreating functional organs for transplantation. …”
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Peer effects of health behaviors and the moderating role of Internet use among middle-aged and older adults: a nationally representative cross-sectional survey in China by Yanyin Cui, Hongrui Bao, Fang Xia, Liya Zhang, Jie Ren

“…Attention should be paid to the health-enabling function of the Internet, encouraging middle-aged and older adult people to use the Internet actively, moderately, and diversely, and making full use of the advantages of short videos for online health education.…”
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Identification of prognostic biomarker of non-small cell lung cancer based on mitochondrial permeability transition-driven necrosis-related genes and determination of anti-tumor ef... by Zhifei Ma, Wen Chen, Aiping Zhang, Xiaokang Shen, Lin Zheng

“…Moreover, the biological function of ARL14 in NSLCL was verified in vitro. Results Thirty-five differential MPTDN-related genes were identified, and two molecular clusters were obtained. …”
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Development and investigation of parallel model of bee colony algorithms for cryptanalysis problem solving by Yury O Chernyshev, Alexander S Sergeev, Alexander N Ryazanov, Evgeny O. Dubrov

“…It should be noted (and it was observed in the previous works) that the distinctive feature of applying the bioinspired meth-ods of cryptanalysis is the applicability of the encryption-decryption algorithm as a criterion function for the evaluation of the key ac-ceptability defined by the bioinspired method operations. …”
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Prognostic significance of the logistic regression model for assessing the risk of recurrence in patients with prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy by S. A. Reva, A. V. Arnautov, O. A. Klitsenko, S. B. Petrov

“…By means of logistic regression, a model for assessing the risk of recurrence for patients with prostate cancer was built, which included 7 indicators, one of which was measured by quantity (time between biopsy and start of treatment) and six categorical ones (ISUP grade group, cT, cN+, positive surgical margin, PSA level after surgery, pN+). The construction of a logistic regression model consisted in obtaining a characteristic of the logistic function Ψ for the standard equation y = exp(ψ) / (1 + exp(ψ)).Results. …”
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Thick-walled spherical shell problem by A. M. Artemov, E. S. Baranovskii, A. A. Verlin, E. V. Syomka

“…To estimate the stresses in the region of the elastic state of a spherical shell, an equivalent stress is introduced, which is similar to the selected plasticity function. The construction of the stress vector hodograph is used as a method for verification of the stress state.Results. …”
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