Cortistatin-14 Exerts Neuroprotective Effect Against Microglial Activation, Blood-brain Barrier Disruption, and Cognitive Impairment in Sepsis-associated Encephalopathy by Qiang Wen, Qian Ding, Jinchao Wang, Yanhua Yin, Shangchen Xu, Yuanrong Ju, Hongsheng Ji, Bin Liu

“…Transmission electron microscopy was used to observe the microstructure of the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Evans Blue staining was used to examine the integrity of the BBB. …”
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A review of the application of CIELAB colour systems for the development of gold and silver nano-enabled colorimetric assays for the detection of chromium by Sindisiwe Fortunate Shange, Phumlane Selby Mdluli, Nirmala Deenadayalu

“…This interaction results in a shift in colour from red to blue for gold nanoparticles and from yellow to brown for silver nanoparticles from well-spaced to aggregated ones.The purpose of this review is to give a thorough overview on the applications of the CIEAB colour systems that have been established for the gold nanoparticles and silver nanoparticles-based chromium detection. …”
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Color Removal of Textile Wastewater Using Electrochemical Batch Recirculation Tubular Upflow Cell by Ammar A. Beddai, Basma Abdulhadi Badday, Atheer M. Al-Yaqoobi, Mohanad Kadhim Mejbel, Zainab S. Al Hachim, Mustafa K. A. Mohammed

“…In this regard, a new electrochemical system has been developed for the treatment of simulated dye solutions of permanent methylene blue dye by an electrochemical cyclic ring reactor. …”
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Investigation of Suit Ability of Red Onion Juice as PH Indicator in Acid-Base Experiments. by Tumuheirwe, Promise

“…Red onions were cut into small pieces, ground to remove the juice, and boiled in 1000cm' of distilled water, filtrated to obtain the red onion juice which was colored purple which changed the blue litmus paper to red and was used as pH indicator for both qualitative and quantitative experiments. …”
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Flow Cytometry of the Side Population: Tips & Tricks by Irene Sales-Pardo, Ariadna Avendaño, Vanessa Martinez-Muñoz, Marta García-Escarp, Raquel Celis, Phil Whittle, Jordi Barquinero, Joan Carles Domingo, Pedro Marin, Jordi Petriz

“…Although UV laser alignment is very important to resolve the dim tail that outlines the SP, the problem with Ho342 excitation is not the Hoechst Blue emission, but rather the Hoechst Red's (because of the weak emission). …”
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Bionic nanovesicles sequentially treat flaps with different durations of ischemia by thrombolysis and prevention of ischemia-reperfusion injury by Linzhong Yang, Yuanchen Liu, Cheng Tao, Zichen Cao, Shilin Guo, Zheng Wei, Yanyi Wang, Tao Liu, Lin Chen, Ke Xiong, Xingyu Luo, Jianchuan Ran, Wei Han

“…Specifically, we have successfully constructed a clinical-grade bionic vesicle, UK-PBNZ@PM, a system that cleverly incorporates drug components that have been widely used in clinical applications, thereby demonstrating a high degree of clinical translational potential. Prussian blue nano-enzymes (PBNZ) are the core component and demonstrate remarkable efficacy against ischemia-reperfusion injury due to their excellent biocompatibility, robust reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging capacity and anti-inflammatory properties. …”
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In Situ g-C3N4@Zno Nanocomposite: One-Pot Hydrothermal Synthesis and Photocatalytic Performance under Visible Light Irradiation by Lan Anh Luu Thi, Mateus Manuel Neto, Thang Pham Van, Trung Nguyen Ngoc, Tuyet Mai Nguyen Thi, Xuan Sang Nguyen, Cong Tu Nguyen

“…The photocatalyst activity of g-C3N4@ZnO nanocomposites was evaluated via methylene blue degradation experiment under visible light irradiation. …”
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<i>Vibrio vulnificus</i>—A Review with a Special Focus on Sepsis by Marcello Candelli, Marta Sacco Fernandez, Cristina Triunfo, Andrea Piccioni, Veronica Ojetti, Francesco Franceschi, Giulia Pignataro

“…Alternative therapeutic approaches under investigation include natural compounds such as resveratrol and the application of antimicrobial blue light. For necrotizing infections, prompt and aggressive surgical intervention remains essential to improving patient outcomes. …”
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RespiroDynamics: A Multifaceted Dataset for Enhanced Lung Health Assessment Using Deep Learning by Ahmed Sharshar, Muhammad Sharshar, Hosam Elhady, Ahmed Aboeitta, Youssef Nafea, Yasser Ashraf, Mohammad Yaqub, Mohsen Guizani

“…This dataset incorporates various data types, including Red-Green-Blue (RGB) and Thermal videos, Heart Rate (HR), ECG readings and metadata, all synchronized with observed respiratory activities. …”
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Valproic Acid Enhances Venetoclax Efficacy in Targeting Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Renshi Kawakatsu, Kenjiro Tadagaki, Kenta Yamasaki, Yasumichi Kuwahara, Tatsushi Yoshida

“…Cell viability was assessed using the trypan blue dye exclusion assay, while cell cycle progression was analyzed by flow cytometry. …”
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Electrochemical sensor doped with core-shell structured molecularly imprinted polymer proposed for therapeutic drug monitoring of trazodone hydrochloride by Amr M. Mahmoud, Nariman A. El-Ragehy, Maha A. Hegazy, Samia A. Tawfik, Ghada A. Sedik

“…Additionally, three different approaches namely; Analytical EcoScale, Analytical GREEnness metric approach and finally, the most recent one; Red-Green-Blue model were applied to evaluate the greenness and whiteness profile of the developed method.…”
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Biosynthesis, characterization of Ag2O nanoparticles for enhancement of antioxidant and photo degradation activities by Tola Jabessa Masho, Meseret Melaku Ayane, Geremew Nigatu Endale, Shemelis Hailu Adula, Yadeta Dugasa Negasa, Bedasa Wagari Likasa, Tahir Safayo Mudda, Gemechisa Kebede Negari, Hika Chernet Amante, Sena Megersa Jida

“…Metal oxide nanoparticles have a significant photo catalytic performance under visible light source confirmed that study supported Ag2O spherical structure, which exhibits enhanced photo catalytic activity and anti-oxidant activities as well as the size of the Ag2O nanoparticles was between 16 nm and 21 nm from the XRD(Scherrer equation),SEM &amp; TEM) imaje software and Photo catalytic activity of Ag2O NPs were assessed against methylene blue (MB) dye degradation under natural sunlight illumination for 60 min. …”
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Determination of the melanin and anthocyanin content in barley grains by digital image analysis using machine learning methods by E. G. Komyshev, M. A. Genaev, I. D. Busov, M. V. Kozhekin, N. V. Artemenko, A.  Y. Glagoleva, V. S. Koval, D. A. Afonnikov

“…The dark color of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) grain can be attributed to the synthesis and accumulation of two groups of pigments. Blue and purple grain color is associated with the biosynthesis of anthocyanins. …”
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Global and Local Infall in the ASHES Sample (GLASHES). I. Pilot Study in G337.541 by Kaho Morii, Patricio Sanhueza, Timea Csengeri, Fumitaka Nakamura, Sylvain Bontemps, Guido Garay, Qizhou Zhang

“…Using dense gas tracers such as N _2 H ^+ ( J  = 1–0) and HNC ( J  = 3–2), we find signs of infall from the position–velocity diagram and more directly from the blue asymmetry profile in addition to the clump-scale velocity gradient. …”
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The proposed protein and carbohydrate ingredients and the acceptance of moist feed by newly hatched Bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) by Natthawut Chanlek, Jirapan Satjarak, Yuzuru Ikeda, Nutt Nuntapong, Karun Thongprajukaew

“…Suitable protein ingredients included the meat of blue swimming crab, catfish, emperor fish, Indian anchovy, Indian mackerel, Nile tilapia, Pacific white shrimp, striped catfish, trash fish and yellow-stripe scad. …”
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Hydrological insights: Comparative analysis of gridded potential evapotranspiration products for hydrological simulations and drought assessment by Mohammed Abdallah, Ke Zhang, Sudhir Kumar Singh, Mukhtar Jibril Abdi, Ayman M. Elameen, Almutaz A.A. Mohammed, Hussam Eldin Elzain

“…Study region: This study focuses on three hydroclimatic river basins in Africa: Upper Blue Nile Basin (UBNB), Oubangui River Basin (OURB), and Upper Zambezi River Basin (UZRB). …”
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Highly Adsorption-Photocatalytic Tablet-Shaped Graphite Oxide-TiO2 Composites for Handling Organic Dye Pollutants by Dwiprayogo Wibowo, Faizal Mustapa, Albi Fabian, Eza Fitaloka, Dedi Ardiansyah, Aryani Adami, Anwar Said, Jamal Mukaddas, Abriansyah Abriansyah

“…The mass composition has been evaluated to compare the high degradation performance of the composite mass variation in degrading organic dyes, namely methyl orange (MO) and methylene blue (MB). We discovered the 1:2 mass variation of G/TiO2 resulted in an improvement in the adsorption-photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes. …”
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Occurrence and Assessment of Human Exposure to Microplastic Particles in Bottled Water From Southwest, Nigeria by Oluwatosin Shokunbi, Ebunoluwa Akinbile, David Jegede, Oluwawapelumi Oyedele, Olutayo Shokunbi

“…Fibers (82%) were the most detected shape of MPs, followed by fragments (18%), with transparent and blue being the two colors observed. Particle sizes ranged from 0.2 to 2.5 mm. …”
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Liquid-based cytological diagnosis of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors using hyperspectral imaging and deep learning by Taojing Ran, Wei Huang, Xianzheng Qin, Xingran Xie, Yingjiao Deng, Yundi Pan, Yao Zhang, Ling Zhang, Lili Gao, Minmin Zhang, Dong Wang, Yan Wang, Qingli Li, Chunhua Zhou, Duowu Zou

“…CNN model was trained to distinguish among different cell types based on spectral and spatial differences compared with conventional “red, green, and blue (RGB)” images. For cell classification, the CNN system identified hyperspectral images containing PanNETs and benign cells with areas under the curve (AUCs) of 0.9981 and 0.9815 in datasets from two different time points, respectively, showing superior performance compared to the conventional RGB group, with corresponding AUCs of 0.9716 and 0.9550. …”
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miR-223 promotes cartilage differentiation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells and protects against osteoarthritis by suppressing NLRP-3 expression by Nan Min, Jie Ma, Lei Shi, Lin Wang, Chi Liu, Yaonan Zhang, Qingyun Xue

“…Material and methods Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) were isolated from rats and cultured in chondrogenic medium to stimulate the differentiation of chondrocytes. Alcian blue staining was performed to determine the chondrogenic differentiation and expression of miR-223 in the BMSCs. …”
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