Multi-modal comparison of molecular programs driving nurse cell death and clearance in Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis. by Shruthi Bandyadka, Diane P V Lebo, Albert A Mondragon, Sandy B Serizier, Julian Kwan, Jeanne S Peterson, Alexandra Y Chasse, Victoria K Jenkins, Anoush Calikyan, Anthony J Ortega, Joshua D Campbell, Andrew Emili, Kimberly McCall

“…To our knowledge, our study is the first of its kind to comprehensively characterize two distinct apoptotic and non-apoptotic cell death paradigms in the same multi-cellular system. …”
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C. McGinn. Why Is It Good to Be Alive? / trans. from Engl. R. L. Kochnev by R. L. Kochnev

“…It seems that the necessary grounds for such an attitude must be in the ontological structure of life itself. But an impartial analysis shows that the value of life is something external to life itself.…”
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Prevention or Promotion? Predicting Author's Regulatory Focus by Aswathy Velutharambath, Kai Sassenberg, Roman Klinger

“…From an NLP perspective, automatically detecting the regulatory focus of individuals from text provides valuable insights into the behavioral inclinations of the author, finding its applications in areas like marketing or health communication. …”
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Comparative effects of graphene oxide on the interfacial transition zone in silica fume-modified cement mortar at varying water-to-binder ratios by Sumin Im, Seongmin Cho, Junxing Liu, Peiqi Li, Dahyung Jin, Sungwon Sim, Seungmin Lim, Sungchul Bae

“…The interfacial transition zone (ITZ) is the most vulnerable and porous phase in concrete, corresponding to the interface between aggregates and the cement matrix. …”
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University of Florida Potato Variety Trials Spotlight: Marcy by Mario H. M. L. Andrade, Rodrick Z. Mwatuwa, Christian T. Christensen, Lincoln Zotarelli

“…After its release, ‘Marcy’ has been cultivated in several trials in Florida. …”
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The compactum and finite dimensionality in Banach algebras by Abdullah H. Al-Moajil

“…General properties of the compactum and its relation to the socle of A are discussed. Characterizations of finite dimensionality of a semi-simple Banach algebra are given in terms of the compactum and the socle of A.…”
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The biological functions of sphingolipids in plant pathogenic fungi. by Xue-Ming Zhu, Lin Li, Jian-Dong Bao, Jiao-Yu Wang, Asen Daskalov, Xiao-Hong Liu, Maurizio Del Poeta, Fu-Cheng Lin

“…In mammalian cells, they serve as vital components of the plasma membrane (PM) in maintaining its structure, tension, and fluidity. They also play a key role in a wide variety of biological processes, such as intracellular signal transduction, cell polarization, differentiation, and migration. …”
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La querelle des noms. Chaînes et strates ethnonymiques dans le Chaco boréal by Nicolas Richard

“…As a result, the Chaco – which 18th century Jesuits called the « American Babel » because of its unstable linguistic fragmentation – will become more intelligible.…”
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Graphene: A Rising Star on the Horizon of Materials Science by Ujjal Kumar Sur

“…In this paper, a brief overview on various aspects of graphene such as synthesis, functionalization, self-assembly, and some of its amazing properties along with its various applications ranging from sensors to energy storage devices had been illustrated.…”
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The Role of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Metastatic Prostate Cancer to the Skeleton by Emma Roberts, Davina A. F. Cossigny, Gerald M. Y. Quan

“…The importance of VEGF in the complex process of prostate cancer dissemination to the skeleton is discussed, including its role in the development of the bone premetastatic niche, metastatic tumour cell recognition of bone, and bone remodeling. …”
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Political Meanings, Identity Theory and the History of Ideas: Introducing the Issue by Daria B. Kazarinova, Aleksandr A. Shirinyants

“…Special attention is paid to the issues of identity at both the individual and collective levels, the analysis of the mechanisms of its construction and its role in the context of globalization. …”
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In Vitro and In Silico Cytotoxic and Antibacterial Activities of a Diterpene from Cousinia alata Schrenk by Almira Zhanzhaxina, Yerlan Suleimen, Ahmed M. Metwaly, Ibrahim H. Eissa, Eslam B. Elkaeed, Raigul Suleimen, Margarita Ishmuratova, Kydyrmolla Akatan, Walter Luyten

“…The presence of the essential pharmacophoric features of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors in the structure of grindelic acid encouraged us to run a molecular docking study against the HDAC enzyme to understand its mechanism of action on a molecular level. Grindelic acid showed a binding mode of interaction similar to that of the cocrystallized ligand and exhibited good binding affinity against HDAC with the binding free energy of −18.70 kcal/mol. …”
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Global digital elevation model (GDEM) product generation by correcting ASTER GDEM elevation with ICESat-2 altimeter data by B. Li, B. Li, B. Li, B. Li, H. Xie, H. Xie, S. Liu, Z. Ye, Z. Hong, Q. Weng, Q. Weng, Q. Weng, Y. Sun, Q. Xu, X. Tong

“…ASTER GDEM has been in use for more than a decade, and many historical datasets and models are based on its elevation data. IC2-GDEM facilitates seamless integration with these historical datasets, which is essential for longitudinal studies examining long-term environmental change, land use dynamics, and climate impacts. …”
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Transmission grid stability with large interregional power flows by María Martínez-Barbeito, Damià Gomila, Pere Colet, Julian Fritzsch, Philippe Jacquod

“…When the system is pushed to its operational limit, for instance by large power imbalances such as those generated by high penetration of variable renewable energy sources, the network gets destabilized and loses synchrony. …”
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Challenges of Older Adults in India: A Qualitative Study of Institutional Care, Preferences and Government Initiatives by K Annapuranam

“…Moreover, the study acknowledges its shortcomings, such as a narrow focus on economically self-sufficient older adults and the exclusion of family perspectives, which might have offered a more comprehensive understanding of care choices. …”
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Structural Health Monitoring of Timber Using Electromechanical Impedance (EMI) Technique by Fang Han, Quanjing Zhang, Chengfeng Wang, Guangtao Lu, Jinwei Jiang

“…The results indicate that the damage index changes consistently with the change of damage location and size factors, and the proposed method using electromechanical impedance technique can efficiently estimate the damage and its severity.…”
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An Explicit Method for the Split Feasibility Problem with Self-Adaptive Step Sizes by Youli Yu

“…An explicit iterative method with self-adaptive step-sizes for solving the split feasibility problem is presented. …”
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Donor Small-Droplet Macrovesicular Steatosis Affects Liver Transplant Outcome in HCV-Negative Recipients by Flaminia Ferri, Quirino Lai, Antonio Molinaro, Edoardo Poli, Lucia Parlati, Barbara Lattanzi, Gianluca Mennini, Fabio Melandro, Francesco Pugliese, Federica Maldarelli, Alessandro Corsi, Mara Riminucci, Manuela Merli, Massimo Rossi, Stefano Ginanni Corradini

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Giant and flexible toroidal circular dichroism from planar chiral metasurface by Shijie Kang, Haitao Li, Jiayu Fan, Jiusi Yu, Boyang Qu, Peng Chen, Xiaoxiao Wu

“…Chirality, a fundamental concept describing an object cannot superpose with its mirror image, is crucial in optics and photonics and leads to various exotic phenomena, such as circular dichroism and optical activity. …”
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Psychological and pedagogical readiness of a guide to work with disabled people by O. V. Zaslavskaya, A. S. Malafiy

“…However, this tendency rises to the demand for pedagogical technologies and creation of pedagogical conditions for working with tourists, who need of additional attention and support.The aims of the present article are the following: to consider the activities of guides from the point of view of its pedagogical component; to assess the degree of psychological and pedagogical readiness of employees of excursion and tourism industry to serve people with disabilities and to be ready for successful, productive communication with them.Methodology and research methods. …”
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