Hydroxyurea blunts mitochondrial energy metabolism and osteoblast and osteoclast differentiation exacerbating trabecular bone loss in sickle cell mice by Ashish Kumar Tripathi, Sadaf Dabeer, Jun Song, Tatyana Vikulina, Susanne Roser-Page, Jessica A. Alvarez, David. R. Archer, M. Neale Weitzmann

“…To investigate HU action on SCD-related vertebral defects, we used HU-treated “Townes” mice, an SCD animal model and performed high-resolution micro-computed tomography (µCT) imaging to resolve bone volume and micro-architectural structure of cortical and trabecular bone, the two major compartments contributing to bone mass and strength. …”
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Mental health and life satisfaction of university students influenced by war by Yu. B. Melnyk, A. V. Stadnik, U. B. Mykhaylyshyn, J. Vveinhardt, C. M. De Frias, I. S. Pypenko

“…These methods should be comprehensive and involve the integration of psychological support into the structure of universities, including individual and group counselling, crisis intervention, psychological training, and student support programmes.…”
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Econometric predictive model for assessing the functional state of students during the examination period: a cross-sectional exploratory pilot study by I. S. Knyazhev, L. V. Karaulova, O. V. Reztsov, A. P. Spitsin

“…Mathematical modeling is widely used in medicine to analyze the body systems in terms of their structure, work and interrelations. The present study investigates factors associated with the adaptation potential of the cardiovascular system, develops multiple regression models for the dependence of the adaptive potential on these factors, and compares the significance of the linear model with non-linear ones. …”
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The Role of Premorbid Background in Tanatogenesis of Acute Poisonings with Psychoactive Drugs in Gerontological Patients by K. K. Ilyashenko, G. N. Sukhodolova, A. Y. Simonova, M. M. Potskhveriya, A. Y. Kluyev, L. N. Zimina, M. V. Barinova

“…Background Human aging is a universal and regular process characterized by uneven and steady progression, inevitably affecting to some extent all levels of biological organization. In the structure of acute exotoxicosis, patients of gerontological age range from 10.3 to 12.9%. …”
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Assessment of the quality of drinking water and basic water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions of urban street dwellers in Bangladesh by Dr Zenat Hossain, Md. Harun Or Rashid, Dipan Barai, Najmun Nahar, Dr. Anowara Begum

“…A survey was conducted using a semi structure questionnaire to collect data on demographic characteristics, WASH situation and health problems. …”
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Evaluation of the feasibility, appropriateness, and acceptability of an environmental cleaning program improvement toolkit at a tertiary care hospital in Nigeria by Cori Dennison, Matthew Hudson, Damilola Adeniyi, Folasade Ogunsola, Hanako Osuka, Lisa P. Oakley, Paul Malpiedi, Amber Vasquez, Molly Patrick

“…A deductive analytic process was used to code and analyze interview data based on constructs of appropriateness and acceptability. …”
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Behavioral tests for the assessment of social hierarchy in mice by Hao Zheng, Dantong Chen, Zilong Zhong, Ziyi Li, Meng Yuan, Zhenkun Zhang, Xiaoping Zhou, Guohui Zhu, Hongwei Sun, Lin Sun

“…Future studies should place greater emphasis on evaluating social hierarchy in female mice to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of sex-specific social behaviors and their impact on group structure and individual health. Advances in automated tracking technologies may help address this gap by improving behavioral assessments in female mice. …”
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Genome-wide identification of invertase genes in sweetpotato and its response to nitrogen and planting densities by Zheng-yu Hu, Pei-xin He, Yu-jie Li, Hong-Juan Liu, Rafiq Ahmad, Izhar Ali, Cheng-cheng Si

“…Results This study identified 22 invertase (IbINV) genes in the sweetpotato genome and conducted comprehensive analyses of their subcellular localization, gene structure, and conserved motifs and domains. Gene Ontology functional and protein interaction network analysis suggested that IbCWIN1/2/5/6 potentially interact with HKL1/3, HXK2/3/4, and other proteins, significantly influencing carbohydrate metabolic functions and biological processes in sweetpotato. …”
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Antitumor efficiency of contact radiotherapy in combination with a chlorin-based photosensitizer in experiment by D. A. Tzerkovsky, Ya. L. Protopovich, D. I. Kozlovsky, V. A. Suslova

“…Systemic administration of chlorin-based PS before the CRT session increases the antitumor efficacy of radiation therapy in animals with transplantable tumors of different histological structure and growth patterns. The data obtained indicate that further studies of the radiosensitizing properties of PS are promising.…”
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PCA Weight Determination-Based InSAR Baseline Optimization Method: A Case Study of the HaiKou Phosphate Mining Area in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China by Weimeng Xu, Jingchun Zhou, Jinliang Wang, Huihui Mei, Xianjun Ou, Baixuan Li

“…Additionally, the GACOS (Generic Atmospheric Correction Online Service) atmospheric correction product is applied to further enhance data quality. Taking the Haikou Phosphate Mine area in Kunming, Yunnan, as the study area, surface deformation information was extracted using the SBAS-InSAR technique, and the spatiotemporal characteristics of subsidence were analyzed. …”
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Current Framework of Italian Agriculture and Changes between the 2010 and 2020 Censuses by Luca Altamore, Pietro Chinnici, Simona Bacarella, Stefania Chironi, Marzia Ingrassia

“…Farms’ type of activities, structure, digitalization/computerization, innovation, and workforces’ characteristics were analyzed. …”
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Healthy Ageing and Gut Microbiota: A Study on Longevity in Adults by Lihua Deng, Jun Xu, Qian Xue, Yanan Wei, Jingtong Wang

“…Gut microbiota structure and functional pathways were analysed by Metagenomics. …”
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Dynamic change in maternal cardiac function during pregnancy by Xiu-Juan Wang, Ling-Ling Chen, Ming-Huan Hong, Ling-Yun Kong, Wei Xiang, Li Fu, Xiao-Wei Li, Fang Liu

“…Clinical and echocardiographic data of the subjects were collected. The difference in cardiac structure and function among the 4 groups were analyzed. …”
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QTL mapping provides new insights into emamectin benzoate resistance in salmon lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis by Armin Sturm, Greta Carmona-Antoñanzas, Joseph L. Humble, Claudia Croton, Sally Boyd, Rapule Mphuti, John B. Taggart, David I. Bassett, Ross D. Houston, Karim Gharbi, James E. Bron, Michaël Bekaert

“…Genes transcriptionally up-regulated in EMB resistant parasites include a β spectrin, a cytoskeletal protein with still incompletely understood roles in neuron structure and function, as well as glutathione S-transferase, an enzyme with potential roles in the biochemical defence against toxicants.…”
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Investigate on dynamic mechanical and mesoscopic damage characteristics of high-temperature treated granite based on SPH-FEM coupling algorithm by Liu Zilu, Yu Weijian, Wu Genshui, Zhang Zizheng, Wang Ping

“…The loss of various types of moisture within the rock intensifies the damage to its crystalline structure, elevated temperatures can lead to the metamorphism of the mineral components in granite, resulting in alterations to its macro-mechanical properties. …”
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Biomechanical Kinetic Chain Analysis of Service Motion for Speed Ball Prediction Through SBM-03 App Development by Ricko Irawan, Bambang Priyono, Soedjatmiko Soedjatmiko, Imam Ciptaning Wahyu Santoso, Agung Wahyudi, Adi S

“…Every segment generated force and acted as a stabilizer structure for the next segment’s activity. Fifty-one percent of kinetic energy and 54 up to 60 percent of the total force were produced this way. …”
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Sympathetic nerves are sparsely distributed in rat mesenteric perivascular adipose tissue by William F. Jackson, Emma D. Flood, D. Adam Lauver, Gregory D. Fink, Stephanie W. Watts, Brian D. Gulbransen

“…Z-stacks of the fluorescently labeled tissues were then acquired and fluorescence of labeled structure quantified in background-subtracted, maximum-intensity z-projections after thresholding. …”
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Leaf functional traits highlight phenotypic variation of two tree species in the urban environment by Ahram Cho, Nicole Dziedzic, Aria Davis, Cindy Hanson, Jangho Lee, Gabriela C. Nunez-Mir, Miquel A. Gonzalez-Meler

“…This study investigates the environmental differences and tree leaf structure and morphology in urban and suburban sites in the Chicago Metropolitan Region. …”
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Divergence and convergence in epiphytic and endophytic phyllosphere bacterial communities of rice landraces by Pratibha Sanjenbam, Deepa Agashe

“…As a result, we expect greater variability in epiphytic than endophytic communities. We analyzed the structure and stability of leaf phyllosphere microbiota of four traditionally cultivated rice landraces and one commercial variety from northeast India grown in the field for 3 consecutive years, supplemented with opportunistic sampling of eight other landraces. …”
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Mathematical model of on-demand route formation for public transport based on individual passenger requests in low-density population area by Svetlana S. Titova, Andrey V. Ostroukh

“…Route optimization was performed using dynamic programming algorithms that accounted for variable demand structure and resource limitations. Practical testing of the model was conducted using data from a specific region with low population density, enabling the collection of reliable results and drawing conclusions about the effectiveness of the proposed approach to organizing transport services. …”
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