Modulatory action of Bryonia alba on the immune system in cyclophosphamide induced immunosuppression in BALB/c mice. by Vara Prasad Saka, Godlaveti Vijay Narasimha Kumar, Abanti Goswami, Bharat Kumar Reddy Sanapalli, Pankaj Gupta, Digvijay Verma, Subhash Kaushik

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Effects of ZnO nanoparticles concentration on the morphology and textural properties of ZnO/NiFe2O4 nanocomposite by Jimoh Oladejo Tijani, Augustine Innalegwu Daniel, Sarah Udenyi Onogwu, Ambali Saka Abdulkareem, Usman Ahmed Aminu, Marshall Keyster, Ashwil Klein

“…X-ray diffraction (XRD) data show no extra diffraction peaks belonging to other phases except wurtzite. …”
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Comparison of Efficiencies of Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument, Neurothesiometer, and Electromyography for Diagnosis of Diabetic Neuropathy by Turkan Mete, Yusuf Aydin, Mustafa Saka, Halise Cinar Yavuz, Sule Bilen, Yavuz Yalcin, Berna Arli, Dilek Berker, Serdar Guler

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Exploring RNA modifications in infectious non-coding circular RNAs by Pavel Vopalensky, Anton Škríba, Michela Chiumenti, Lucia Ďuričeková, Anna Šimonová, Ondřej Lukšan, Francesco di Serio, Beatriz Navarro, Hana Cahova

“…Viroids, small circular non-coding RNAs, act as infectious pathogens in higher plants, demonstrating high stability despite consisting solely of naked RNA. Their dependence of replication on host machinery poses the question of whether RNA modifications play a role in viroid biology. …”
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Prevalence and access to care for cardiovascular risk factors in older people in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional survey by Justine Davies, Rachel Nugent, Ioannis Bakolis, Haja Wurie, Maria Lisa Odland, Miles Witham, Rashid Ansumana, Tahir Bockarie, Joseph Lamin

“…We describe the prevalence of the following risk factors: diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, overweight or obesity, smoking and having at least one of these risk factors. Cascades of care were constructed for diabetes and hypertension using % of the population with the disease who had previously been tested (‘screened’), knew of their condition (‘diagnosed’), were on treatment (‘treated’) or were controlled to target (‘controlled’). …”
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The assembly factor Reh1 is released from the ribosome during its initial round of translation by Sharmishtha Musalgaonkar, James N. Yelland, Ruta Chitale, Shilpa Rao, Hakan Ozadam, David W. Taylor, Can Cenik, Arlen W. Johnson

“…We propose that Reh1 is displaced by the elongating peptide chain, making it the last assembly factor released from the nascent 60S subunit during its initial round of translation.…”
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Modeling and forecasting of egg production in india using time series models by Abdullah Mohammad Ghazi Al Khatib, Harun Yonar, Mostafa Abotaleb, Pradeep Mishra, Aynur Yonar, Kadir Karakaya, Amr Badr, Vinti Dhaka

“…<b>Aim:</b> Eating habits have changed in India and this change has also affected protein consumption habits. …”
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Prenatal Stress due to a Natural Disaster Predicts Adiposity in Childhood: The Iowa Flood Study by Kelsey N. Dancause, David P. Laplante, Kimberly J. Hart, Michael W. O’Hara, Guillaume Elgbeili, Alain Brunet, Suzanne King

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Functional resting state connectivity is differentially associated with IL-6 and TNF-α in depression and in healthy controls by Christian N. Schmitz, Gebhard Sammer, Elena Neumann, Carlo Blecker, Gerhard Gründer, Hana Adolphi, Eva Kathrin Lamadé, Bruno Pedraz-Petrozzi

“…Abstract Inflammatory processes have been implicated in the pathophysiology of depression. …”
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Development of Bifunctional Three-Dimensional Cysts from Chemically Induced Liver Progenitors by Yu Huang, Yusuke Sakai, Takanobu Hara, Takeshi Katsuda, Takahiro Ochiya, Tomohiko Adachi, Masaaki Hidaka, Wei-Li Gu, Susumu Eguchi

“…Chemically induced liver progenitors (CLiPs) have promising applications in liver regenerative medicine. …”
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Evidence of genetic determination of annual movement strategies in medium-sized raptors by Ivan Literák, Claudia Maria Kyseláková, Marek Dostál, Caka Karlsson, Jan Škrábal, Mykola Skyrpan, Ervín Hrtan, Lászlo Haraszthy, Rainer Raab

“…A number of various interspecies hybridisations have been reported in birds. The traits of parents are expressed in hybrids in typical ways which are either intermediate, combined or heterotic. …”
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Fabrication of Axial and Radial Heterostructures for Semiconductor Nanowires by Using Selective-Area Metal-Organic Vapor-Phase Epitaxy by K. Hiruma, K. Tomioka, P. Mohan, L. Yang, J. Noborisaka, B. Hua, A. Hayashida, S. Fujisawa, S. Hara, J. Motohisa, T. Fukui

“…GaAs/AlGaAs, InP/InAs/InP, and GaAs/GaAsP core-shell structures have been found to be effective for the radial heterostructures to increase photoluminescence intensity and have enabled laser emissions from a single GaAs/GaAsP nanowire waveguide. …”
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An assessment of burden associated with problem joints in children and adults with moderate or severe haemophilia A: analysis of the CHESS-Paediatrics and CHESS II cross-sectional... by Paul McLaughlin, Hortensia De la Corte-Rodriguez, Tom Burke, Francis Nissen, Martynas Aizenas, Katya Moreno, Jamie O’Hara

“…As diagnosing and managing joint morbidity is critical, the aim of this study was to analyse the holistic burden of problem joints in people with moderate or severe haemophilia A (HA). Data from the ‘Cost of Haemophilia in Europe: a Socioeconomic Survey’ (CHESS) cross-sectional studies were used. …”
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Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Aquagenic Pruritus among Medical and Pharmacy Students in Lomé (Togo) by Julienne Noude Teclessou, Koussake Kombate, Abla Sefako Akakpo, Abas Mouhari-Toure, Julie Zoua, Panawe Kassang, Bayaki Saka, Palokinam Pitche

“…In our study, 129/591 medical students had AP, giving a prevalence of AP to 21.8%. The average age of students with AP was 23.9 years, and the M/F sex ratio was 1.5. …”
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Corrigendum: A long-awaited taxogenomic investigation of the family Halomonadaceae by Rafael R. de la Haba, David R. Arahal, Cristina Sánchez-Porro, Maria Chuvochina, Stijn Wittouck, Philip Hugenholtz, Antonio Ventosa

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Role of antioxidants in skin aging and the molecular mechanism of ROS: A comprehensive review by Narmin Hama amin Hussen, Sakar Karem Abdulla, Naza Mohammed Ali, Van Abdulqader Ahmed, Aso Hameed Hasan, Eman Erfan Qadir

“…The use of topical antioxidants have been shown to shield the skin from harmful free radicals generated intrinsically by regular cellular metabolism or as a result of UV light exposure. …”
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Effects of Propofol versus Sevoflurane on Postoperative Pain and Neuroendocrine Stress Response in Oocyte Pickup Patients by Yavuz Orak, Fatma İnanç Tolun, Murat Bakacak, Aslı Yaylalı, Hakan Kıran, Hafize Öksüz, Adem Doğaner, Işıl Yağmur, Ahmet Altun

“…The hormone levels were again measured in the follicular fluid and blood postoperatively. Result. Demographic data were similar. The preoperative serum aldosterone levels were significantly higher in group P (p=0.001). …”
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Thermoelectric Characterization of Electronic Properties of GaMnAs Nanowires by Phillip M. Wu, Waldomiro Paschoal, Sandeep Kumar, Christian Borschel, Carsten Ronning, Carlo M. Canali, Lars Samuelson, Håkan Pettersson, Heiner Linke

“…The required heavy doping can be expected to have a significant impact on the nanowires' electron transport properties. …”
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Biological Evaluation of Garcinia kola Heckel by Abdulrahman Mahmoud Dogara, Saber W. Hamad, Harmand A. Hama, Sarwan W. Bradosty, Soran Kayfi, Sawsan S. Al-Rawi, Abubakar Abdullahi Lema

“…However, the safety and efficacy of G. kola have not been wholly assessed in humans, and further well-designed clinical trials are needed to corroborate preclinical findings. …”
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High tolerance of the superconducting current to large grain boundary angles in potassium-doped BaFe2As2 by Takafumi Hatano, Dongyi Qin, Kazumasa Iida, Hongye Gao, Zimeng Guo, Hikaru Saito, Satoshi Hata, Yusuke Shimada, Michio Naito, Akiyasu Yamamoto

“…Abstract Superconducting magnets based on high-temperature superconductors (HTSs) have become critical components in cutting-edge technologies such as advanced medical applications. …”
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