RETRACTED ARTICLE: Combined treatment of glibenclamide and CoCl2 decreases MMP9 expression and inhibits growth in highly metastatic breast cancer by Zhe Rong, Li Li, Fei Fei, Lailong Luo, Yang Qu

“…Some fresh tissues without necrosis were stored at −80°C for mRNA detection and the other tumor tissue was fixed with 10% formalin for H&E and immunohistochemical staining. …”
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Predicting Exposure to Dust Particles Using Spirometric Index and Perception Studies among Farmers in Selected Farm Settlements in Ogun State, Nigeria by Funmilola Felicia Oyebanji, Godson Rowland E. E. Ana, Yahaya Mijinyawa, Olusola Olabisi Ogunseye

“…The highest concentrations of the total suspended particles (TSP; 29.89 ± 23.52 µg m−3) and PM10 (18.45 ± 16.97 µg m−3) were observed during the wet season, whereas that of the PM2.5 (18.45 ± 11.72 µg m−3) was observed during the dry season. …”
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Characterization of Residential Woodsmoke PM2.5 in the Adirondacks of New York by George Allen, Lisa Rector

“…One location that was adjacent to a residence with a wood stove, which was 40 meters from the monitoring site, experienced repeated episodes of elevated PM2.5 concentrations, with a maximum 3-hour average of 150 µg m−3, a maximum 24-hour rolling average of 64 µg m−3, and a maximum midnight-to-midnight average of 46 µg m−3. …”
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COMPOSITION AND BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY AGAINST BENEFICIAL AND PATHOGENIC BACTERIA OF OREGANO ESSENTIAL OILS FROM FOUR CHEMOTYPES OF Origanum AND Lippia GENUS by L. Betancourt, V. Phandanauvong, R. Patiño, C. Ariza-Nieto, G. Afanador-Téllez

“…Un valor similar de concentración mínima bactericida contra Salmonella enteritidis (0.098 mg/mL) fue observada para carvacrol, OH y LO. La más baja actividad bactericida contra las bacterias benéficas Lactobacillusacidophilusy Bifidobacterium breve fue observada para OM (6.25 mg/mL) y LO (50 mg/mL), respectivamente. …”
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Drug-Induced Liver Injuries (Clinical Guidelines for Physicians) by Vladimir T. Ivashkin, Andrey Yu. Baranovsky, Karina L. Raikhelson, Lyudmila K. Palgova, Marina V. Maevskaya, Elina A. Kondrashina, Natalya V. Marchenko, Tatyana P. Nekrasova, Igor G. Nikitin

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The design of paper-based electroanalytical microfluidic device coupled with post-synthesized molecularly imprinted polymers (rGO/Au@Ag2S/PANI/polyacrylamide) for the detection of... by Mina Adampourezare, Karim Asadpour-Zeynali, Miguel de la Guardia, Jafar Ezzati Nazhad Dolatabadi

“…Using these techniques, streptomycin was determined in the linear range of 1pM to 1 μM with a limit of detection of 0.9 × 10−12 M (Ip (μA) = -2.075x + 31.575, R2= 0.9983). …”
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Microbial diversity and metabolomics analysis of colon contents exposed to cadmium and polystyrene microplastics by Dechun Chen, Liyu Pan, Xuan Ran, Junyu Huang, Xiaohua Teng, Falong Yang, Haifeng Liu

“…In order to explore the damage mechanism of cadmium and cadmium combined microplastic on the colon of mice, 60 mice were divided into three groups: The control group (0.2 mL of saline), cadmium group (Cd group, 0.2 mL of 4.8 mg/kg/d CdCl2) and mixed group (Mix group, 0.2 mL of mixed solution containing 4.8 mg/kg/d CdCl2 and 10.0 mg/d MPs) were fed for 42 d. …”
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Power and data simultaneous transmission using double-clad fibers towards 6G by Letícia Carneiro de Souza, Felipe Batista Faro Pinto, Tomas Powell Villena Andrade, Arismar Cerqueira Sodré Junior

“…For the first time, we demonstrate the simultaneous transmission of a broadband 26-GHz 5G New Radio (NR) signal in conjunction with 20 W of optical power through a 250-m DCF link. Such achievement represents a 150% reach enhancement, compared to the current commercial-available femtocells from the fourth and fifth generations of mobile communications networks (4G and 5G), which use Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) interfaces that typically provide 1 Gbps throughput limited to 100 m reach. …”
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Do the Street Sweeping and Washing Work for Reducing the Near-ground Levels of Fine Particulate Matter and Related Pollutants? by Sheng-Lun Lin, Yunzhou Deng, Ming-Yeng Lin, Shih-Wei Huang

“…The PM2.5 mass, UFP number, BC, and PAH concentrations before the street sweeping is 155 µg m−3, 1.2 × 104 # cm−3, BC 3633 ng m−3, and 36 ng m−3. …”
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Influence of sowing amount and substrate thickness on the quality of sandy ecological grass blankets by ZOU Jiatong, YU Weijie, ZHANG Zheng, FENG Zhidao, ZHANG Changlin

“…Z9/45 treatment (substrate thickness of 9 cm and sowing rate of 45 g/m2) yielded the highest plant density, aboveground biomass, and root biomass. …”
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Engineering a promiscuous prenyltransferase for selective biosynthesis of an undescribed bioactive cannabinoid analog by Qin Yan, Yue-Gui Chen, Xiao-Wen Yang, An Wang, Xiao-Ping He, Xue Tang, Hong Hu, Kai Guo, Zong-Hua Xiao, Yan Liu, Sheng-Hong Li

“…Compound 4 demonstrates the highest anti-neuroinflammatory and antibacterial activities, with IC50 values of 3.06 µM for TNF-α and 4.31 µM for IL-6, alongside EC50 values ranging from 0.87 to 3.16 µM against three Gram-positive bacteria. …”
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Characterization of Seasonal Difference of HULIS-C Sources from Water Soluble PM2.5 in Seoul, Korea: Probing Secondary Processes by Hyung-Min Lee, Se Pyo Lee, Yugen Li, Jian Zhen Yu, Jin Young Kim, Yong Pyo Kim, Ji Yi Lee

“…The HULIS-C in Seoul had an annual average of 2.0 µg m−3, and displayed a seasonality of highest abundance in the winter (2.7 ± 1.3 µg m−3) and the lowest in the summer (1.7 ± 0.8 µg m−3). …”
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Highly conductive graphene@phosphotungstic acid nanocomposite for sensitive electrochemical detection of acetaminophen based on analysis induction strategy in foods by Ruiyu He, Jingjie Zhang, Shixin Li, Yuzhen Yang, Yaru Xu, Zhixiang Xu, Yufeng Sun

“…Under the optimal conditions, a good linear relationship with AP concentration ranging from 1 μM to 100 μM and a lower limit of detection (0.305 μM) were obtained. …”
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Access to Diagnostics and Treatment for People With Metastatic EGFR-Positive NSCLC: Lessons From Project PRIORITY by Jill Feldman, MA, Ivy Elkins, MBA, Zofia Piotrowska, MD, Bellinda L. King-Kallimanis, PhD, Tendai Chihuri, MD, Carly Johnson, BS, Alecia Clary, PhD, Teri Kennedy, MA, Upal Basu Roy, PhD, MPH

“…Introduction: The treatment landscape for people diagnosed with EGFR-mutated (EGFR-m) NSCLC has rapidly evolved, yet there remains limited self-reported information about the lived experience. …”
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Pollution Characterization, Meteorological Effects, and Sources of Carbon Aerosols in PM2.5 in Urban Xiangtan during Winter by Lizhi He, Zhenghui Xiao, Cheng Xie, Yangfei Ou, Sisi Wang

“…The average winter concentrations of OC and EC were 10.75 ± 5.75 µg m–3 and 1.92 ± 0.77 µg m‒3, respectively, which accounted for 16.5% and 3.5% of the total PM2.5, respectively. …”
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Investigation on inherent angle ventilation control of residential kitchen range hoods by Zhilin Guo, Huixing Li, Guohui Feng, Kailiang Huang, Tengfei Yu

“…This achieved the standard limit requirement of 50 µg/m3, thus meeting the indoor air quality requirements.…”
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Early Serum Heme Oxygenase-1, Soluble Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1, and B-Cell Lymphoma/Leukemia-2 Levels and Unfavorable Obstetric Outcomes by Havva Sutcu, G. Fusun Varol, Cihan Inan, Isil Uzun, N.Cenk Sayin

“…As soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 predicted preeclampsia at a value of 11.905 ng/mL, the cutoff values for the heme oxygenase-1 to predict preeclampsia, spontaneous preterm birth, and fetal macrosomia were 0.372 ng/mL, 0.354 ng/mL and 0.494 ng/ml, respectively. …”
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Technologically-Treated Polyclonal Affinity-Purified Antibodies to the Tumor Necrosis Factor-α, Brain Specific S-100 Protein and Histamine in Treatment of Functional Dyspepsia: Res... by Yu. O. Shulpekova, I. V. Maev, V. B. Grinevich, I. B. Khlynov, Yu. G. Shvarts, V. T. Ivashkin

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Molecular assessment of NMDAR subunits and neuronal apoptosis in the trigeminal ganglion in a model of male migraine-induced rats following Moringa oleifera alcoholic extract admin... by Ahmad Vafaeian, Ali Vafaei, Mohammad Reza Parvizi, Mohsen Chamanara, Mojgan Mehriardestani, Yasaman Hosseini

“…This study aims to assess the efficacy and precise mechanisms of M. oleifera for the treatment of migraine, for which evidence is limited. …”
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Escherichia coli in the T11-12 Thoracic Vertebrae: A Case Report by Weng D, Zhou H, Huang G, Cao Q, Wang H, Cao Z, Xie Q

“…It underscores the value of mNGS in identifying rare infections and emphasizes the role of TDM in optimizing antibiotic therapy, providing a reference for future cases of rare and critical infections with fever of unknown origin.Keywords: pyogenic thoracic spondylitis, metagenomic next-generation sequencing, mNGS, therapeutic drug monitoring, TDM, antibiotic therapy, fever of unknown origin…”
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