A new yeast strain for valorisation of vinasse, a rum distillery waste product by Brigita Simonaviciene, Ayokunle Araoyinbo, Juwayria Ali, Jamie McGowan, David A. Fitzpatrick, Gary Jones, Celia Ferreira, Andrew R. Pitt, Corinne M. Spickett, Vincent Postis, Carine de Marcos Lousa

“…Despite several potential solutions having been suggested, an effective and environmentally safe use for vinasse has yet to be found. …”
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RNA-mediated inhibition of mitochondrial SHMT2 impairs cancer cell proliferation by Francesca Romana Liberati, Sharon Spizzichino, Sara Di Russo, Giulia Elizabeth Borsatti, Agnese Riva, Maria Chiara Magnifico, Amani Bouzidi, Giorgio Giardina, Marzia Arese, Chiara Scribani Rossi, Dalila Boi, Giovanna Boumis, Federica Di Fonzo, Giulia Guarguaglini, Roberto Contestabile, Angela Tramonti, Alberto Macone, Alessandro Paiardini, Serena Rinaldo, Alessio Paone, Francesca Cutruzzolà

“…Recent advances highlight RNA’s ability to directly regulate enzyme activity through riboregulation. …”
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Functional nanocrystal as effective contrast agents for dual-mode imaging: Live-cell sonoluminescence and contrast-enhanced echography by V. Vighetto, E. Pascucci, N.M. Percivalle, A. Troia, K.M. Meiburger, M.R.P. van den Broek, T. Segers, V. Cauda

“…These ZnO-Lip show an unprecedented ability to assist cavitation, which is reflected in enhanced sonoluminescent light emission with respect to the pristine nanocrystals or the pure water. …”
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Harmonisation of quantitative assessment between different generation of PET/CT: Biograph mCT and Biograph Vision by A. V. Petryakova, L. A. Chipiga, G. A. Andreev, E. A. Gromova, G. V. Kataeva, K. V. Kovalev, S. S. Onischenko, E. V. Bezumova

“…NEMA IEC Body phantom filled with 18F solution was scanned in Listmode in two bed positions with overlap in the sphere area during five minutes per bed position. …”
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PretoxTM: a text mining system for extracting treatment-related findings from preclinical toxicology reports by Javier Corvi, Nicolás Díaz-Roussel, José M. Fernández, Francesco Ronzano, Emilio Centeno, Pablo Accuosto, Celine Ibrahim, Shoji Asakura, Frank Bringezu, Mirjam Fröhlicher, Annika Kreuchwig, Yoko Nogami, Jeong Rih, Raul Rodriguez-Esteban, Nicolas Sajot, Joerg Wichard, Heng-Yi Michael Wu, Philip Drew, Thomas Steger-Hartmann, Alfonso Valencia, Laura I. Furlong, Salvador Capella-Gutierrez

“…Text mining technologies have the ability to automatically extract, analyse and aggregate such information, providing valuable new insights into the drug discovery and development process. …”
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Enhancing Diabetic Foot Ulcer Classification Through Fine-Tuned Multilevel CNN by Elineide Silva Dos Santos, Rodrigo de Melo Souza Veras, Francisco Das Chagas Torres Dos Santos, Marcia Ito, Andrea Gomes Campos Bianchi, Kelson Romulo Teixeira Aires, Joao Manuel R. S. Tavares

“…Based on a five-fold cross-validation, the proposed approach obtained 95.91%, 93.28%, and 95.1% of accuracy, Kappa, and F1-score metrics, respectively, confirming its superiority compared to the current solutions for the same number of image classes. Furthermore, a cross-dataset validation method was employed to evaluate the model’s generalization ability. …”
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Acoustofluidic pick-and-place operation for label-free spatial assembly of cellular spheroid by Qiu Yin, Keke Chen, Chenyang Zhou, Yimeng Su, Xianglin Yu, Shiwei Feng, Xiaolin Wang, Zhichao Ma, Wenming Zhang

“…We exploit these mechanisms to successfully transfer cellular spheroids into hydrogel solutions, enabling them to be precisely patterned and fused into assembloids of predefined shapes. …”
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Self-organizing expert communities in educational projects by Gennadiy P. Vinogradov, Vladimir N. Kuznetsov

“…According to the principle of institutional autonomy, solution of these problems is the responsibility of universities. …”
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The impact of curcumin supplementation on inflammatory processes and recovery in athletes by Dominika Rosińska-Lewandoska, Dominika Lewandowska, Maria Morawska, Kinga Jarosz, Anna Wolff, Klaudia Kożuchowska, Szymon Gruszka, Marcelina Szewczyk, Dawid Pilarz, Julia Ufnal

“…Analysis of the Literature  Curcumin's efficacy in reducing inflammation is linked to its ability to inhibit nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) and suppress pro-inflammatory cytokines like TNF-α and IL-6. …”
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A novel in vitro repellent bioassay to evaluate the effect of wood vinegar against louse Haematopinus tuberculatus by Antonio Bosco, Giovanni Jesu, Alessandro Nappa, Emanuele Bambacaro, Giuseppe Martone, Serena Montagnaro, Francesco Vinale, Gabriele Panarello, Giuseppina Iacomino, Giuliano Bonanomi, Filip Strbac, Lavinia Ciuca, Laura Rinaldi, Giuseppe Cringoli

“…Given the lack of alternative solutions, the aim of this study was to evaluate the repellent effect of a low impact by-product, the wood vinegar (WV), against H. tuberculatus using a new in vitro bioassay test. …”
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Chitosan as a basis of stimuli-sensitive systems: a systematic review (review) by V. S. Pyzhov, V. S. Ganykin, D. M. Vlasova, Ya. D. Petukhova, A. I. Khodenok, E. O. Bakhrushina

“…Over the years of research, its biocompatibility, mucoadhesiveness and gel-forming abilities in aqueous solutions at pH in the range up to 6–7 have been proven. …”
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INNOVATIVE METHODS OF TEACHING HISTORY AT MODERN UNIVERSITIES by A. Yu. Suslov, M. V. Salimgareev, Sh. S. Khammatov

“…It is stated that History university course is designed not only to give the students strong subject knowledge, but also to create axiological orientations and abilities on the basis of the analysis of historical collisions, objective and subjective factors of society development. …”
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Targeted discovery of gut microbiome-remodeling compounds for the treatment of systemic inflammatory response syndrome by Luyao Liu, Lin Ma, Huan Liu, Fan Zhao, Pu Li, Junhua Zhang, Xin Lü, Xin Zhao, Yanglei Yi

“…These compounds exhibited varying abilities to induce a microbial structure that closely resembles that of the healthy control group. …”
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An Intranet of Things approach for adaptable control of behavioral and navigation-based experiments by John C Bowler, George Zakka, Hyun Choong Yong, Wenke Li, Bovey Rao, Zhenrui Liao, James B Priestley, Attila Losonczy

“…We present an overview of the electronic components and GUI application that make up behaviorMate as well as mechanical designs for compatible experimental rigs to provide the reader with the ability to set up their own system. A wide variety of paradigms are supported, including goal-oriented learning, random foraging, and context switching. …”
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Improved Accessibility of Extracellular Vesicle Surface Molecules Upon Partial Removal of the Protein Corona by High Ionic Strength by András I. Försönits, Eszter Á. Tóth, Sára Jezsoviczky, Tünde Bárkai, Delaram Khamari, Alicia Galinsoga, Panna Királyhidi, Ágnes Kittel, Júlia Fazakas, Dorina Lenzinger, Hargita Hegyesi, Xabier Osteikoetxea, Tamás Visnovitz, Krisztina Pálóczi, Szilvia Bősze, Edit I. Buzás

“…The co‐localisation rate of plasma proteins and lEVs decreased significantly upon high‐salt washing with NaCl, LiCl and KCl solutions, suggesting a considerable removal of the corona components. …”
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Self-Aligning Finger Exoskeleton for the Mobilization of the Metacarpophalangeal Joint by Emanuele Peperoni, Stefano Laszlo Capitani, Tommaso Fiumalbi, Eugenio Capotorti, Andrea Baldoni, Filippo Dell'Agnello, Ilaria Creatini, Elisa Taglione, Nicola Vitiello, Emilio Trigili, Simona Crea

“…Different kinematic chain solutions have been proposed in the state of the art, with different trade-offs between characteristics of kinematic compatibility, adaptability to different anthropometries, and the ability to compute relevant clinical information. …”
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Genome Sequence Resource of Bacillus mojavensis KRS009, a Rhizospheric Microorganism with Biocontrol Potential by Fu-Hua Zhao, Yue Li, Hong-Yue Qi, He Zhu, Ran Li, Jie-Yin Chen, Xiao-Feng Dai, Dan Wang, Dongfei Han, Xiao-Jun Zhang

“…To provide further insight into its biocontrol mechanisms and ability to improve plant salt tolerance, the high quality complete genome of KRS009 was sequenced by PacBio platform and assembled using PacBio-HiFiReads. …”
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Middle School Students' Approaches to Optimization: Insights into Mathematical Modeling and Real-World Problem Solving by İlayda Mengi, İleyda Arslan, Rüveyda Karaman Dündar

“…Optimization involves finding the best solution under specific constraints or maximizing/minimizing an objective function, a concept closely related to mathematical modeling. …”
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Estimation of physico-chemical properties of soil using machine learning by Patience Chizoba Mba, Opegbemi Matthias Busoye, John Temitope Ajayi, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Senorpe Asem-Hiablie, Rammohan Mallipeddi, Tusan Park, Daniel Dooyum Uyeh

“…The models were assessed on their ability to predict soil properties while minimizing error rates. …”
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NOX2/NLRP3-Inflammasome-Dependent Microglia Activation Promotes As(III)-Induced Learning and Memory Impairments in Developmental Rats by Linlin Zhang, Yuyao Xiao, Dan Wang, Xuerong Han, Ruoqi Zhou, Huiying Zhang, Kexin Zhu, Junyao Wu, Xiance Sun, Shuangyue Li

“…Inorganic arsenic [As(III) and As(V)] is a pervasive environmental contaminant in groundwater systems, early-life exposure to which is associated with an impaired cognitive ability and an increased risk of neurobehavioral disorders. …”
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