Preliminary application of a cervical vertebra segmentation method based on Transformer and diffusion model for lateral cephalometric radiographs in orthodontic clinical practice by LIU Yang, WU Mengyi, HU Yao, QI Kun, WANG Yubin, ZHAO Yue, SONG Jinlin

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Genetic Improvement of rice Grain size Using the CRISPR/Cas9 System by Tao Zhang, Zhengwei Wang, Qiaoquan Liu, Dongsheng Zhao

“…The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9) gene editing system is a convenient tool for modifying genes. The use of the CRISPR/Cas9 tool for the genetic improvement of grain size-related genes is worth exploring. …”
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Adsorption of Pb(II) by a polyvinylidene fluoride membrane bearing chelating poly(amino phosphonic acid) and poly(amino carboxylic acid) groups by Xiuli Wang, Pei Liu, Fushun Liu, Xuechun Wang, Min Ji, Laizhou Song

“…The adsorption behaviors of the fabricated chelating membrane toward Pb(II) were studied by the series of static and continuous adsorption experiments. …”
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THE EFFECT OF ADDING 25-HYDROXYCHOLECALCIFEROL TO THE DIET ON SOME BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF JAPANESE QUAIL by M. S. Dawod, M. A. Al-Bayar

“…The experimental results showed that there was a significant increase (0.05≥P) in the total protein concentration for treatment T2 when adding 50 mg/kg feed of vitamin D3 compared to the control group for the two periods, as well as a significant increase (0.05≥P) for the concentration of cholesterol compared with the control group for treatment T2 when Add 50 mg/kg of vitamin D3 to the feed for the two periods. …”
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GATA4 binding to the Sox9 enhancer mXYSRa/Enh13 is critical for testis differentiation in mouse by Yuya Ogawa, Iku Tsuchiya, Shogo Yanai, Takashi Baba, Ken-Ichirou Morohashi, Takehiko Sasaki, Junko Sasaki, Miho Terao, Atsumi Tsuji-Hosokawa, Shuji Takada

“…In vitro luciferase assay showed that GATA4 promotes the enhancer activity and the substitution of the sequence reduces the effect. Taken together, the functional sequence in mXYSRa/Enh13 is essential for testis differentiation and requires GATA4 binding.…”
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The meaning of the concept of “crime prevention in the customs sphere” by R. A. Cherkasskyi

“…According to the narrow understanding of crime prevention in the customs sphere, there is a set of preventive and educational measures, tools and methods used by specially authorized entities to minimize the action and complete “removal” of determinants of crime in the state, as well as building collective social awareness about the special negative nature of such determinants and intolerance to them. …”
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EFFECTS OF LIME, VERMICOMPOST, AND BLENDED FERTILIZER ON MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.) POSTHARVEST SELECTED SOIL CHEMICAL PROPERTIES IN ASSOSA DISTRICT, NORTH WESTERN ETHIOPIA by Abdisa Abebe, Markku Yli-Halla, Lemma Wogi, Abdissa Bekele

“…The study showed that integrated application of 5 t ha-1 vermicompost with lime increased the pH from 5.27 to 6.03, organic carbon, and total nitrogen from 1.56% and 0.15% to 2.95% and 0.22%, respectively. …”
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Investigating assumptions in motivational interviewing among general practitioners: a qualitative study by Paul Aujoulat, Amélie Manac’h, Catherine Le Reste, Delphine Le Goff, Jean Yves Le Reste, Marie Barais

“…MI was seen as a patient-centered tool fostering behavioural change, with reported benefits in cancer screening, chronic disease management, and vaccination. …”
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Molecular Identification and Antimicrobial Potential of Streptomyces Species from Nepalese Soil by Karan Khadayat, Dawa Dindu Sherpa, Krishna Prakash Malla, Sunil Shrestha, Nabin Rana, Bishnu P. Marasini, Santosh Khanal, Binod Rayamajhee, Bibek Raj Bhattarai, Niranjan Parajuli

“…Streptomyces species were isolated on ISP4 media, and characterization was performed according to morphological similarity and 16S rRNA sequence similarity using bioinformatic tools. Ethyl acetate extracts of Streptomyces species were prepared, and the antimicrobial activity was carried out using agar well diffusion technique. …”
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THE ANALYSIS OF INTERINCISAL AND VERTICAL ANGLES ON CONVEX FACIAL PROFILE ACCORDING TO STEINER (STUDY OF JAVANESE ORTHODONTIC PATIENTS IN BANYUMAS REGENCY) by Nur Aisyah Dewi Kusuma, Fani Tuti Handayani, Ryana Budi Purnama, Ali Taqwim, Jatu Rachel Keshena

“…A purposive sampling technique was used to obtain lateral cephalograms totaling 33 based on inclusion and exclusion criteria from three locations. …”
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Un exemple de rayonnement universitaire occidental en Europe centrale et orientale : étude de cas sur les enseignants français embauchés à l’université roumaine de Cluj après 1919... by Ana-Maria Stan

“…Summary: This research analyzes an important part of the French university presence abroad in the first half of the XXth century, namely the assistance brought to the scientific and institutional development of the Central European universities after the retracement of the borders and the political changes which took place in this area at the end of the First World War. …”
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A comparative study of replicative properties of antitumor recombinant vaccinia viruses on human glioblastoma cell culture U87 and monkey kidney cell culture CV-1 by R. A. Maksyutov, I. V. Kolosova, T. V. Tregubchak, I. A. Razumov, S. N. Shchelkunov

“…In the world of today, virotherapy is one of the rapidly developing areas in the treatment of cancer, and its advantage is selective destruction of cancer cells with minimizing the destructive effect on normal cells of the body. …”
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Minorités linguistiques autochtones des Alpes italiennes  by Ernst Steinicke, Judith Walder, Roland Löffler, Michael Beismann

“…Even though with Law No. 482 a first important step was taken to preserve the linguistic minorities, their progressive decline by territorial and numerical criteria cannot be denied. Today, besides unfavorable bio-demographic factors and “diffuse ethnicity,” other causes are current demographic processes. …”
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Regards d’acteurs et d’actrices scolaires quant à l’engagement en faveur d’une culture d’équité dans des écoles secondaires québécoises by Corina Borri-Anadon, Geneviève Audet, Eve Lemaire

“…These findings call for a discussion on the importance of systemic and concerted initiatives towards achieving equity.…”
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“Wairon and Waimansusu”: War Boat and Trade Boat of The Biak People in Papua-Indonesia by Rumbekwan Albert, Sulistiyono Singgih Tri, Rochwulaningsih Yety, Susilowati Endang, Ali Ismail, Masruroh Noor Naelil

“…Using a historical and ethnographic approach, this article reconstructs the manufacturing technology, cruising ability and carrying capacity of both types of boats in the context of voyaging, trading and hunting. Today, the manufacture of Wairon and Waimansusu is increasingly rare, despite their high cultural value and great potential to support the development of marine tourism in Cenderawasih Bay, Papua-Indonesia.…”
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Investigating the Impact of Anthropogenic and Natural Sources of Pollution on Quality of Water in Upper Indus Basin (UIB) by Using Multivariate Statistical Analysis by Mansoor A. Baluch, Hashim Nisar Hashmi

“…The parameters used for assessing the water quality were pH, dissolved oxygen (DO), oxygen reducing potential (ORP), electrical conductivity (EC), total dissolved solids (TDS), salinity (%), and concentration of arsenic (As) and lead (Pb), respectively. …”
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Fabrication of Hybrid Diamond and Transparent Conducting Metal Oxide Electrode for Spectroelectrochemistry by Jingping Hu, James Hodge, Arthur J. Boff, John S. Foord

“…As a second route, a diamond membrane in silicon frame was prepared by selective chemical etching, and a diamond optically transparent electrode (OTE) was constructed by assembling the diamond membrane on the top of an ITO-coated substrate. The resulting device exhibits a high optical transparency and quasireversible electrochemical kinetics, which are competitive to other diamond OTEs reported previously. …”
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Versatile nitrate-respiring heterotrophs are previously concealed contributors to sulfur cycle by Bo Shao, Yuan-Guo Xie, Long Zhang, Yang Ruan, Bin Liang, Ruochen Zhang, Xijun Xu, Wei Wang, Zhengda Lin, Xuanyuan Pei, Xueting Wang, Lei Zhao, Xu Zhou, Xiaohui Wu, Defeng Xing, Aijie Wang, Duu-Jong Lee, Nanqi Ren, Donald E. Canfield, Brian P. Hedlund, Zheng-Shuang Hua, Chuan Chen

“…However, their inability to oxidize sulfide renders them vulnerable to this toxic molecule, which inhibits the key enzymatic reaction responsible for reducing nitrous oxide (N2O), thereby raising greenhouse gas emissions. …”
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Complete Sequence and Characterization of Mitochondrial and Chloroplast Genome of <i>Navicula incerta</i> CACC 0356 by Zhaokai Wang, Xiaoyu Wei

“…Our annotation identified four genes that are partially situated in the homologous regions between the mitogenome and chloroplast genome, totaling 372 bp, which represents 0.61% of the entire mitogenome. …”
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Genetic Analysis of in Korean Patients Associated with Atrioventricular Conduction Block by Hyoung Seob Park, Yoon Nyun Kim, Young Soo Lee, Byung Chun Jung, Sang Hee Lee, Dong Gu Shin, Yongkeun Cho, Myung Hwan Bae, Sang Mi Han, Myung Hoon Lee

“…In the present study, a total of 7 genetic variations were detected in 113 AVB patients. …”
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