Challenges and Management Strategies for Mediterranean Cork Oak Forests: Impacts of Climate Change, Human Activities, and Invasive Species – A Review by Mesfin Boja, Kaouther Mechergui, Wahbi Jaouadi, Youssef Ammari

“… The Mediterranean cork oak (Quercus suber) forests, crucial for maintaining biodiversity and supporting local economies, are experiencing severe and multifaceted declines driven by an array of environmental and anthropogenic factors. …”
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Integrated Cox’s model for predicting survival time of glioblastoma multiforme by Zhibing Ai, Longti Li, Rui Fu, Jing-Min Lu, Jing-Dong He, Sen Li

“…Clinical information, messenger RNA expression, microRNA expression, and single-nucleotide polymorphism array data of patients with glioblastoma multiforme were retrieved from The Cancer Genome Atlas. …”
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Phytochemical screening, characterization, and in vitro anti-metastatic effects of the methanolic leaf extract of Momordica cardiospermoides in MDA-MB 321 cells by Mante Dolly Kgakishe, Marole Maria Maluleka, Kgomotso Welheminah Poopedi, Leseilane Mampuru, Bernice Monchusi-Khumalo, Vusi Gordon Mbazima

“…The methanolic extract was selectively cytotoxic towards MDA-MB-231 cells while the acetone extract was significantly cytotoxic in both cell lines. …”
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Breathing time: a longue-durée multidisciplinary study of respiratory illnesses and airborne diseases in Switzerland (16th–21st century CE) by Tobias Hofstetter, Aude Fauvel, Silke Grabherr, Negahnaz Moghaddam

“…They also underline the selective and versatile nature of the pressure exerted by respiratory diseases on specific socio-economic and demographic classes, whose composition has varied through time.This research was impeded by the uneven quality of the available sources. …”
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Inactivation of intergenic enhancers by EBNA3A initiates and maintains polycomb signatures across a chromatin domain encoding CXCL10 and CXCL9. by Marie L Harth-Hertle, Barbara A Scholz, Florian Erhard, Laura V Glaser, Lars Dölken, Ralf Zimmer, Bettina Kempkes

“…By comparing gene expression profiles of wt and EBNA3A negative EBV infected B cells, we have previously identified a broad array of cellular genes controlled by EBNA3A. We now find that genes repressed by EBNA3A in these cells are significantly enriched for the repressive histone mark H3K27me3, which is installed by Polycomb group (PcG) proteins. …”
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High variation in Eastern Whip-poor-will home-range size and shape limits the effectiveness of one-size-fits-all habitat protection methods by Alicia M Korpach, Valerie von Zuben, Kevin C Fraser, Christina M. Davy

“…We also tested how well potential buffers would protect the empirically measured home ranges by overlaying an array of variously sized buffers around simulated Whip-poor-will observations. …”
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Peptides derived from the SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding motif bind to ACE2 but do not block ACE2-mediated host cell entry or pro-inflammatory cytokine induction. by Amit Mahindra, Gonzalo Tejeda, Mario Rossi, Omar Janha, Imogen Herbert, Caroline Morris, Danielle C Morgan, Wendy Beattie, Augusto C Montezano, Brian Hudson, Andrew B Tobin, David Bhella, Rhian M Touyz, Andrew G Jamieson, George S Baillie, Connor M Blair

“…Observation of existing crystal structures of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain (SRBD)-ACE2 interface, combined with peptide array screening, allowed us to define a series of linear native RBM-derived peptides that were selected as potential antiviral decoy sequences with the aim of directly binding ACE2 and attenuating viral cell entry. …”
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Microbial degradation of flubendiamide in different types of soils at tropical region using lactic acid bacteria formulation by Arulkumar Gopal, Johnson Thangaraj Edward Yesuvadian Swamidason, Paramasivam Mariappan, Vinothkumar Bojan

“…The flubendiamide and its metabolite, desiodo flubendiamide residues were quantified using ultra high performance liquid chromatography coupled with a photodiode array detector (UHPLC-PDA). The limit of quantification for the analytical method was 0.05 µg/g. …”
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Prolactin rs1341239 T allele may have protective role against the brick tea type skeletal fluorosis. by Bing-Yun Li, Yan-Mei Yang, Yang Liu, Jing Sun, Yan Ye, Xiao-Na Liu, Hong-Xu Liu, Zhen-Qi Sun, Mang Li, Jing Cui, Dian-Jun Sun, Yan-Hui Gao

“…Brick tea water fluoride intake (IF) and urinary fluoride (UF) were tested by an F-ion selective electrode method. A Sequenom MassARRAY system was used to determine PRL gene polymorphisms.…”
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Stabilization of Contour Milling on CNC Machines by Yuri Petrakov, Artur Myhovych

“…Moreover, control was realized when changing the feed rate to discretize the resulting array with a specified percentage of the change step. …”
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Dual-Layer Energy Management Strategy for a Hybrid Energy Storage System to Enhance PHEV Performance by Haobin Jiang, Yang Zhao, Shidian Ma

“…The results demonstrate that the designed supercapacitor array effectively mitigates the high-current discharge of the PHEV battery, and the proposed dual-layer energy management strategy is capable of reducing the overall fuel consumption of the vehicle.…”
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Genomic Data Support the Revision of Provenance Regions Delimitation for Scots Pine by Martyna Lasek, Julia Zaborowska, Bartosz Łabiszak, Daniel J. Chmura, Witold Wachowiak

“…By examining maternally inherited mitochondrial markers, nuclear microsatellite loci, and thousands of SNP markers from a genotyping array, we evaluated the genetic structure between and within them. …”
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Multi-Band Analog Radio-over-Fiber Mobile Fronthaul System for Indoor Positioning, Beamforming, and Wireless Access by Hang Yang, Wei Tian, Jianhua Li, Yang Chen

“…Target positioning is achieved by radiating electromagnetic waves indoors through four omnidirectional antennas in conjunction with a pre-trained neural network, while high-speed wireless communication is realized through a phased array antenna (PAA) comprising four antenna elements. …”
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Mechanisms of action and therapeutic potential of PCSK9-regulating drugs by Chenrui Qi, Daming Fan, Lei Wang, Lubo Guo, Huihui Jiang, Lu Wang

“…They mainly exert their effects by controlling PCSK9 gene transcription, influencing mRNA translation, and blocking the interaction between PCSK9 and LDL-R.Conclusions PCSK9-regulating drugs hold great promise for treating a diverse array of diseases. Future research should focus on optimizing their application in personalized therapies that target multiple pathways.…”
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Speech Enhancement Control Design Algorithm for Dual-Microphone Systems Using β-NMF in a Complex Environment by Dong-xia Wang, Mao-song Jiang, Fang-lin Niu, Yu-dong Cao, Cheng-xu Zhou

“…Single-microphone speech enhancement algorithms by using nonnegative matrix factorization can only utilize the temporal and spectral diversity of the received signal, making the performance of the noise suppression degrade rapidly in a complex environment. Microphone arrays have spatial selection and high signal gain, so it applies to the adverse noise conditions. …”
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Feasibility and optimal sizing analysis of hybrid PV/Wind powered seawater desalination system: A case study of four ports, Egypt by Ibrahim Elsayed, Hamdy Kanaan, Mohammed Mehanna

“…Secondly, the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) is implemented to select the optimal system considering ten performance criteria. …”
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Design and Simulation of an Optimized Reliable Microgrid System for Kabale University Using Solar and Battery Storage. by Aturinde, Alban

“…MATLAB/Simulink was used for modeling and simulation, incorporating key components like PV arrays, boost converters, inverters, batteries, and control systems. …”
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Integrated Approach to Aerodynamic Optimization of Darrieus Wind Turbine Based on the Taguchi Method and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) by Nurdaulet Kalassov, Zhandos Baizhuma, Rustem Manatbayev, Ainakul Yershina, Muhtar Isataev, Aiida Kalassova, Zhanibek Seidulla, Birzhan Bektibay, Bakyt Amir

“…The aim of the study was to increase the aerodynamic efficiency of the turbine by selecting optimal values of the rotor diameter and blade chord length. …”
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Multi-user hybrid precoding design based on QR decomposition and beam gain alignment by ZHANG Tingting, CAO Haiyan, LI Bin, JI Yangrui, LING Haikun, XU Fangmin

“…Millimeterwave massive MIMO systems based on lens antenna arrays can effectively reduce the number of required RF chains without loss of performance. …”
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A Novel Chiral Molecularly Imprinted Electrochemical Sensor Based on β-CD Functionalized Graphene Quantum Dots for Enantioselective Detection of D-Carnitine by Feng Yang, Xin Qi, Yan Chen, Kai Tang, Mengyang Fang, Yanwei Song, Jiufen Liu, Lianming Zhang

“…In this study, β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) functionalized graphene quantum dots (GQDs) was employed to augment the array of chiral recognition sites, thereby enhancing the affinity of GQDs/β-CD composite for imprinting molecules and realizing heightened chiral selectivity. …”
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