Functions of Circular RNAs in Regulating Adipogenesis of Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Fanglin Wang, Xiang Li, Zhiyuan Li, Shoushuai Wang, Jun Fan

“…In the current review, characteristics and functions of circRNAs in stem cell differentiation will be discussed. …”
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New Functional Possibilities of Fire Detectors for Residential and Industrial Rooms by V. O. Kitikov, E. V. Ternov, A. V. Danilenko, N. I. Mukhurov, S. V. Denisyuk

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Multilayer Strategies Incorporating Natural Bactericide for Titanium Surface Functionalization by Carolina Cruz Ferreira, Ingrid Zavarize Evangelista Vieira, Carla Sérgio Barboza, Andrés Vercik, Luci Cristina de Oliveira Vercik, Daniela Sachs, Neide Aparecida Mariano

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Recent Advances on the Analysis and Biological Functions of Cinnamaldehyde and Its Derivatives by Roghayeh Karimirad, Baskaran Stephen Inbaraj, Bing-Huei Chen

“…Although cinnamon has been traditionally used as a spice and herbal remedy, many studies investigating the most dominant functional compound, CA, and its biological activities have been reported in recent years. …”
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Functionalization of nanoceria a dual approach to anticancer and antifungal applications by Salama A. Yaseen, Faizaa A. Saif, Prabhakar B. Undre

“…Notably, cerium oxide also serves as an effective radioprotectant, offering selective protection to normal cells over tumor cells. The present embodiment provides functionalized cerium oxide nanoflakes with a plurality of amino acids. …”
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Towards Computer-Supported Functional Modelling in Engineering Design Education by Tomislav Martinec, Filip Valjak, Nikola Horvat, Nenad Bojčetić

“…Also, it has been hypothesised that the software tool’s lack of flexibility and dynamism in presenting the predefined function vocabulary, when compared to the traditional printouts, might result in earlier fixation and the selection of less appropriate functions. …”
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The role of renal and liver function in clinical ctDNA testing. by Jens Bo Koudahl Conrad, Tenna Vesterman Henriksen, Jesper Berg Nors, Mads Heilskov Rasmussen, Mai-Britt Worm Ørntoft, Nis Hallundbæk Schlesinger, Per Vadgaard Andersen, Kåre Andersson Gotschalck, Claus Lindbjerg Andersen, Claus Lindbjerg Andersen

“…The present study investigates if cfDNA level, ctDNA level and ctDNA detection is affected in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients with clinical biomarkers indicative of low renal and liver function. …”
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Multi-functional integrated technical support platform of aircraft maintenance by I. G. Kirpichev, D. V. Petrov, Yu. M. Сhinyuchin

“…The developed integrated platform realized in this air enterprise and providing information support on the allocated main functional modules is presented: the module "Safety Management System"; the module "Quality System"; the module "Certification" on the allocated objects of certification. …”
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Podcasting in Serbia: Podcasters’ Perspectives on Emerging Roles, Practices, and Functions by Simona Žikić, Čedomir Markov

“…The data were obtained through focus groups with 16 independent and mainstream media-affiliated podcasters, exploring their perspectives on podcasting’s distinctiveness, functions, affordances, and obstacles. Participants noted the ability of podcasts to provide in-depth analysis of often neglected topics due to their flexible, informal presentation style, as opposed to the perceived routinization, rigidity, and superficiality of traditional media. …”
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Incorporating Family Function into Chronic Pain Disability: The Role of Catastrophizing by Fatemeh Akbari, Mohsen Dehghani, Ali Khatibi, Tine Vervoort

“…Objectives. The aim of the present study is to examine family context in relationship to pain catastrophizing, fear of movement, and depression and its role in understanding CP disability. …”
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An In-Depth Investigation of the Riemann Zeta Function Using Infinite Numbers by Emmanuel Thalassinakis

“…Furthermore, a new numerical method is presented for calculating the non-trivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function, which lie on the critical line. …”
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The importance of sustainability reporting in the function of improving corporate social responsibility by Dmitrović Veljko, Čavlin Miroslav, Jakovljević Nemanja

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Functional and Antimicrobial Properties of Propolis from Different Areas of Romania by Gianluca Albanese, Alexandru Ioan Giurgiu, Otilia Bobiș, Adriana Cristina Urcan, Sara Botezan, Victorița Bonta, Tudor Nicolas Ternar, Claudia Pașca, Massimo Iorizzo, Antonio De Cristofaro, Emilio Caprio, Daniel Severus Dezmirean

“…The objective of the present study was to assess the chemical composition and antibacterial characteristics of five hydroalcoholic propolis extracts sourced from diverse geographic regions within Romania. …”
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Enhancing the Biological Functionality of Hydrogels Using Self-Assembling Peptides by Woo Hyun Kwon, Kyoung Choi, Sang Jun Park, GeumByeol Park, Cho Young Park, Yoo Han Seo, Chun-Ho Kim, Jun Shik Choi

“…Hydrogels are ECM-mimicking three-dimensional (3D) networks that are widely used in biomedical applications; however, conventional natural and synthetic polymer-based hydrogels present limitations such as poor mechanical strength, limited bioactivity, and low reproducibility. …”
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Functionality of sugars and sugar replacers in model frozen dessert systems by Qi Wang, Guido Sala, Elke Scholten

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Extracellular vesicles: Function, resilience, biomarker, bioengineering, and clinical implications by Der-Shan Sun, Hsin-Hou Chang

“…This review provides a comprehensive overview of EVs, focusing on their role as biomarkers in disease diagnosis, their functional significance in physiological and pathological processes, and the potential of bioengineering for therapeutic applications. …”
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Annotating protein functions via fusing multiple biological modalities by Wenjian Ma, Xiangpeng Bi, Huasen Jiang, Zhiqiang Wei, Shugang Zhang

“…Evaluation results on seven benchmark datasets show that the proposed method not only considerably outperforms state-of-the-art performance, but also demonstrates great robustness and generalizability across species. Besides, we also present biological insights into the associations between those modalities and protein functions. …”
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On the Synergy of Optimizers and Activation Functions: A CNN Benchmarking Study by Khuraman Aziz Sayın, Necla Kırcalı Gürsoy, Türkay Yolcu, Arif Gürsoy

“…To explore the interaction between optimization strategies and activation functions, we systematically evaluate all combinations of these optimizers with four activation functions—ReLU, LeakyReLU, Tanh, and GELU—across three benchmark image classification datasets: CIFAR-10, Fashion-MNIST (F-MNIST), and Labeled Faces in the Wild (LFW). …”
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Cartilage destruction in rheumatoid arthritis, its association with functional impairments by Natalia Vladimirovna Chichasova

“…Prediction of destructive processes in RA plays an important role as the irreversibility of functional changes in RA directly correlates with the degree of joint injury. …”
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Corrigendum to Fast AES-Based Universal Hash Functions and MACs by Augustin Bariant, Jules Baudrin, Gaëtan Leurent, Clara Pernot, Léo Perrin, Thomas Peyrin

“… In ToSC 2024(2), Bariant et al. proposed a new framework for designing efficient AES-based Universal Hash Functions (UHFs) and Message Authentification Codes (MACs). …”
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