Engineered hybrid cell membrane nanosystems for treating cardiovascular diseases by He Lu, Yaohui Jiang, Rui Luo, Dexing Zhou, Feihu Zheng, Liran Shi, He Zhang, Yong Wang, Xiaodong Xu, Renfang Zou, Yujing Zhou, Shuai Ren, Xiaocheng Wang, Haiqiang Sang

“…A significant benefit associated with this technology lies in its capacity to retain the functional and intrinsic properties of the source cells. …”
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A Reconfigurable Multiport Converter for Integrated PV/EV/Battery Systems by Omair Khan, Branislav Hredzak, John E. Fletcher

“…Similarly, the primary bridge can act to transfer power across the transformer or function as a synchronous switch. Our contributions to this area include developing a unified power electronic interface for integration of multiple energy sources, reconfigurability of the circuit into controllable power conversion topologies and sharing key components for increased utilization. …”
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Synchronizing livestock metabolism with feeding schedules: Advancing sustainable animal husbandry practices by Moyosore Joseph Adegbeye, Yeni Widiawati, Babatunde Oluwafemi Adetuyi, Tatan Kostaman, Eko Handiwirawan, Adeola Ojugbele, Mona M.M.Y. Elghandour, Maximilian Lackner, Ravikanth Reddy Poonooru, Abdelfattah Z.M. Salem

“…Circadian rhythms, orchestrated by the master clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) and peripheral clocks in metabolic tissues, regulate diverse physiological processes in livestock, including metabolism, nutrient absorption, and energy utilization. These biological rhythms align internal functions with external factors. …”
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Cucumber Leaf Segmentation Based on Bilayer Convolutional Network by Tingting Qian, Yangxin Liu, Shenglian Lu, Linyi Li, Xiuguo Zheng, Qingqing Ju, Yiyang Li, Chun Xie, Guo Li

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mbctools: A User-Friendly Metabarcoding and Cross-Platform Pipeline for Analyzing Multiple Amplicon Sequencing Data across a Large Diversity of Organisms by Barnabé, Christian, Sempéré, Guilhem, Manzanilla, Vincent, Millan, Joel Moo, Amblard-Rambert, Antoine, Waleckx, Etienne

“…In our workflow, VSEARCH is utilized for processing fastq files derived from amplicon-based Next-Generation Sequencing data. …”
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Generation of effective and specific human TCRs against tumor/testis antigen NY-ESO-1 in mice with humanized T cell recognition system by Xiaojing Tina Chen, Xiaojing Tina Chen, Matthias Leisegang, Matthias Leisegang, Ioannis Gavvovidis, Ioannis Gavvovidis, Seth M. Pollack, Felix K. M. Lorenz, Ton N. Schumacher, Ton N. Schumacher, Oliver Daumke, Thomas Blankenstein

“…One of the murine-derived human TCRs, TCR-ESO, exhibited higher functional avidity compared to human-derived NY-ESO-1157-165 specific TCRs. …”
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Water use strategies and water conservation in Picea schrenkiana forests in the Kashi River Basin, China by Yinxia Li, Yuhui Yang, Mao Ye, Ying Li, Bin Zou

“…New hydrological insights: The results showed that (1) in spring 2024, Picea schrenkiana mainly utilized 0–60 cm of soil water; the utilization rate of each layer was 20.5 %, 21.0 %, and 20.6 %, respectively; in summer 2024, 0–40 cm of soil water was utilized, with the utilization rate of each layer reaching 25.1 % and 21.1 %, respectively; and in autumn 2024, 0–20 cm of soil water was utilized and the rate rose to 29.6 %. (2) The evaporation loss of soil water was lower than that of river water during the same period. …”
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Building sustainable ecosystems through community education by Richard Hennery,  Ochen Mayaini, Isabelle Voorspuy

“…Many of the current generation of pastoralists believe that the degraded rangelands in their landscape are normal, not realizing that the rangelands should be covered with grass that would retain moisture, sequester carbon, secure water sources, and support biodiversity, if properly utilized and the livestock carrying capacity were reduced to the ideal balance. …”
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Campylobacter jejuni resistance to human milk involves the acyl carrier protein AcpP by Bibi Zhou, Jolene M. Garber, James Butcher, Artur Muszynski, Rebekah L. Casey, Steven Huynh, Stephanie Archer-hartmann, Sara Porfírio, Ashley M. Rogers, Parastoo Azadi, Craig T. Parker, Kenneth K. S. Ng, Kelly M. Hines, Alain Stintzi, Christine M. Szymanski

“…Transcriptional profiling found human milk exposure induces genes associated with ribosomal function, iron acquisition, and amino acid utilization in C. jejuni strains 81–176 and 11168. …”
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Development and Analysis of a Non-Resonant Wide-Band Tri-Axial Electromagnetic Energy Harvester by Hamid Khan, Farid Ullah Khan

“…Moreover, the harvester is utilized with various other home appliances, including washing machine, kitchen blender, and domestic water pump. …”
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Optimizing energy and load management in island microgrids for enhancing resilience against resource interruptions by Majid Hosseina, Mahmoud Samiei Moghaddam, Amir Hassannia

“…In this paper, we propose a novel resilience-oriented energy and load management framework for island microgrids, integrating a multi-objective optimization function that explicitly minimizes load curtailment, energy losses, voltage deviations, emissions, and energy procurement costs while maximizing the utilization of renewable energy sources. …”
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Atmospheric Turbulence-Controlled Cryptosystems by Ivan B. Djordjevic

“…The proposed encryption scheme employs the traditional scheme to utilize the atmospheric turbulence as the common source of randomness only in the initialization stage to determine the common parameters to be used in the proposed encryption scheme. …”
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A semi-analytical model for flow regime diagnosis in multi-fractured horizontal wells within deep coalbed methane reservoirs by Chang-qing Liu, Zhao-biao Yang, He-qing Chen, Guo-xiao Zhou, Yu-hui Liang, Jun-yu Gu, Yu-qiang Wang, Cun-lei Li, Ben-ju Lu, Shuai-long Feng, Jia-nan Wang

“…In this study, a “dual-porosity and dual-phase” model, which incorporates free and adsorptive gas, coal quality and excess adsorption, has been proposed to better understand gas flow dynamics during extraction from deep coal seams with multi-fractured horizontal wells. Utilizing Laplace transformation and the Gaver-Stehfest numerical inversion method, combined with boundary elements and point-source functions, a semi-analytical solution is derived. …”
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Construction and Overall Protection of Ecological and Marine Cultural Composite Landscape Network in Quanzhou, Fujian by Dongfang LU, Yaru ZHENG, Tianteng HAN, Shunhe CHEN

“…An evaluation indicator system for the coupling degree of ecological and cultural functions is constructed, and the entropy weight method is used to calculate index weights and the coupling coordination degree. …”
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The cryoprotective effect of Litopenaeus vannamei head-derived peptides and its ice-binding mechanism by Julieth Joram Majura, Xiujuan Chen, Zhongqin Chen, Mingtang Tan, Guoping Zhu, Jialong Gao, Haisheng Lin, Wenhong Cao

“…Although discarded as waste, shrimp heads are a potential source of antifreeze peptides, which can be used as cryoprotectants in the food industry. …”
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A 3D-Printed Plate Handler for Automated Handling of Well Plates on the Opentrons OT-2 by Robert Bolt, David Shorthouse, Michael Cook

“…Technically, it advances the state-of-the-art by providing a cost-effective, adaptable solution for labware handling, a feature often limited to more expensive robotic platforms but which can be crucial to expand capability through motion of plates into auxiliary devices or components of the robot, or stacking of plates to increase capacity of the instrument. The design utilizes open-source CAD software to create a custom mechanical structure, fabricated through replicable PLA 3D printing. …”
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A study on neutrosophic $$\mathscr {T}_{\textrm{1k}}$$ -semantic segmentation for iris image recognition with Gaussian and Poisson noises by Vinoth Dhatchinamoorthy, Ezhilmaran Devarasan, Asima Razzaque, Saima Noor

“…The $$\mathscr {T}_{1k}$$ segmentation method pertains to type 1, encompassing truth and falsity membership functions. In this method, multiclass segmentation is possible based on the image intensity values of the neutrosophic membership functions. …”
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CAMELS-IND: hydrometeorological time series and catchment attributes for 228 catchments in Peninsular India by N. K. Mangukiya, K. B. Kumar, P. Dey, S. Sharma, V. Bejagam, P. P. Mujumdar, P. P. Mujumdar, A. Sharma, A. Sharma

“…Peninsular India covers 15 interstate river basins defined by the Central Water Commission (CWC), where river flow and water level datasets are available for several gauge stations through the open-source India Water Resources Information System (India-WRIS). …”
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Ambient noise levels of seismic stations located in urban agglomerations in central Inner Mongolia, China. by Wenchao Bao, Quan An, Ye Guo, Lujun Wang, Jianxin Gao

“…Three stations are affected by two noise sources, and three stations are affected by one noise source. …”
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The Impact of Tin Mining Activities and Its Integration in Science Learning by Tisrin Maulina Dewi, Margareta Rahayuningsih, Aditya Marianti, Fitria Meilina

“…Efforts need to be made to utilize these former tin mine pits properly so that they can function properly and they can benefit the community. …”
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