Proteolysis at a specific extracellular residue implicates integral membrane CLAG3 in malaria parasite nutrient channels. by Wang Nguitragool, Kempaiah Rayavara, Sanjay A Desai

“…Here, we used proteases to examine the channel's composition and function. While proteases with distinct specificities all cleaved within an extracellular domain of CLAG3, they produced differing degrees of transport inhibition. …”
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Control of Nonlinear Systems with Input Delays and Disturbances Using State and Disturbance Sub-Predictors by Ba Huy Nguyen, The Dong Dang, Igor B. Furtat, Anh Quan Dao, Pavel A. Gushchin

“…Sufficient conditions for the stability of the closed-loop system with a given maximum delay are derived using the Lyapunov–Krasovskii method and formulated as linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). …”
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Analysis of the mitochondrial genome of Neuroctenus hainanensis and the phylogenetic position of Aradoidea by Yanrui Li, Liangpeng Ji, Xiaoshuan Bai

“…Secondary structure analysis of tRNA genes revealed that trnS1 lacks the DHU arm, forming a simple loop structure, while other tRNAs exhibit complete cloverleaf structures. …”
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SMC translocation is unaffected by an excess of nucleoid associated proteins in vivo by Zhongqing Ren, Lindsey E. Way, Xindan Wang

“…NAPs are highly abundant DNA-binding proteins that can bend, wrap, bridge, and compact DNA, while SMC complexes load onto the chromosome, translocate on the DNA, and extrude DNA loops. …”
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Guide Robot Based on Image Processing and Path Planning by Chen-Hsien Yang, Jih-Gau Juang

“…While guide dogs remain the primary aid for visually impaired individuals, robotic guides continue to be an important area of research. …”
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THE METHODOLOGY FOR MEASURING FINANCIAL CONTAGION: THE CASE STUDY OF BANK DEFAULT RISK SIMULATION by V. E. Rasskazov

“…The author examines the methodology while applied for simulating bank default risk. Basic approaches to measure financial contagion in time and structural perspectives have been suggested. …”
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Phase-Shift Control for Enhancing Misalignment Tolerance in UCA-Based OAM-MIMO Systems by Norifumi Kamiya, Masahiro Kawai, Eisaku Sasaki

“…To mitigate this issue, we propose a novel closed-loop OAM system featuring adaptive phase-shift control for transmission signals. …”
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Finite-temperature bubble nucleation with shifting scale hierarchies by Maciej Kierkla, Philipp Schicho, Bogumiła Świeżewska, Tuomas V. I. Tenkanen, Jorinde van de Vis

“…By directly computing these contributions using the fluctuation determinant, we capture these effects while also accounting for the dominant contribution at two-loop. …”
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Traffic noise feedback in agent-based Integrated Land-Use/Transport Models by Nico Kuehnel, Dominik Ziemke, Rolf Moeckel

“…Road traffic is a common source of negative environmental externalities such as noise and air pollution. While existing transport models are capable of accurately representing environmental stressors of road traffic, this is less true for integrated land-use/transport models. …”
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A Critique on the Book Capitalism's Achilles Heel: Dirty Money and How to Renew the Free-Market System by Mohammad Javad Nourahmadi

“…Raymond Baker introduces a three-loop interconnected chain of interactions, including lawlessness, inequality, and the philosophy of utilitarianism, as the Achilles' heel of capitalism which has provided the ground for the vulnerability of this system, especially in the twentieth century. …”
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Mixed Time/Event-Triggered Model Predictive Tracking Control for Networked Mobile Robots by Huixin Liu, Yonghua Lai, Hongsong Lian, Guobin Wang, Dongsheng Zheng

“…The feasibility of the auxiliary OP is evaluated, and the mean square stability of the closed-loop system is investigated. The research results are expected to save network resources while ensuring the performance of networked mobile robots and provide strong support for practical applications of networked mobile robots.…”
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From data silos to insights: the PRINCE multi-agent knowledge engine for preclinical drug development by Carlos Henrique Vieira-Vieira, Sarang Sanjay Kulkarni, Adam Zalewski, Jobst Löffler, Jonas Münch, Annika Kreuchwig

“…The pharmaceutical industry faces pressure to improve the drug development process while reducing costs in an evolving regulatory landscape. …”
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A Statistical Analysis of the Relationship Between Meme Stocks and Social Media by Seungju Lee, Yunyoung Lee, Jaewook Lee, Hoki Kim

“…Our results reveal a strong correlation between trading volume and social media engagement, with Granger causality confirming a feedback loop between market fluctuations and online discussions. …”
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The conserved wobble uridine tRNA thiolase Ctu1 is required for angiogenesis and embryonic development. by Yangziwei Yu, Chuqiao Wang, Yan Wang, Heng Shi, Huiyuan Hu, Yibin Du, Zhaoli Zhou

“…CTU2 serves as a scaffold protein, while CTU1 catalyzes the 2-thiolation at the 34th wobble uridine of the anticodon loop. tRNAGlnUUG, tRNAGluUUC, and tRNALysUUU are the tRNA substrates that are modified with a thiol group at the C2 positions (s2) by CTU1, and also with a methoxycarbonylmethyl group at the C5 positions (mcm5) by Elongator and ALKBH8. mcm5s2U34 modification of the three tRNAs, and their modifying enzymes are involved in human disease and development. …”
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Masks-to-Skeleton: Multi-View Mask-Based Tree Skeleton Extraction with 3D Gaussian Splatting by Xinpeng Liu, Kanyu Xu, Risa Shinoda, Hiroaki Santo, Fumio Okura

“…In our method, a skeleton is modeled as a graph whose nodes store positions and radii while its adjacency matrix encodes branch connectivity. …”
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Flexible Liquid-Cooled Electromagnetic Gripper for Grasping Heavy Objects by Mauricio Rodriguez Calvo, Toshihiro Nishimura, Tetsuyou Watanabe

“…The LEA-DAs are cooled by a closed-loop oil system, which allows the gripper to maintain high power output while ensuring safe operating temperatures for an electromagnetic drive. …”
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Event-triggered synchronization anti-disturbance control method for ship replenishment by Xin HU, Qingtao GONG, Guibing ZHU, Guojie HAN, Yuan WANG

“…The controller can achieve synchronous navigation between supply and supplied ships while ensuring the global uniform ultimate boundedness of all closed-loop control signals.ConclusionThe simulation results validate the effectiveness of the proposed event-triggered disturbance estimation and compensation control method.…”
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A Generalized Limit Equilibrium-Based Platform Incorporating Simplified Bishop, Janbu and Morgenstern–Price Methods for Soil Slope Stability Problems by Aman Alok, Avijit Burman, Pijush Samui, Mosbeh R. Kaloop, Mohamed Eldessouki

“…Method for obtaining λ along with FS have been developed and elaborated in details here. While calculating FS (MP method), evaluation of Ei is a must which is dependent upon the values of normal force at the base of each slice (Ni) and FS, which itself is dependent upon the value of Ei, making it a loop of interdependent variables. …”
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Analyzing Dispersion Characteristics of Fine Particulate Matter in High-Density Urban Areas: A Study Using CFD Simulation and Machine Learning by Daeun Lee, Caryl Anne M. Barquilla, Jeongwoo Lee

“…Findings show that road-specific mitigation strategies must be tailored. In loop-road networks, centrally elevated buildings enhance ventilation, while in grid-road networks, taller perimeter buildings shield inner blocks from arterial emissions. …”
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Exploring the integration of medical and preventive chronic disease health management in the context of big data by Yueyang Wang, Yueyang Wang, Ruigang Deng, Xinyu Geng

“…The analysis reveals significant regional disparities in implementation efficacy, with developed eastern regions demonstrating advanced closed—loop management via unified platforms, while western rural areas struggle with manual workflows and data fragmentation. …”
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