Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy Increases the Levels of Soluble Immune Checkpoint Proteins in Patients with Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer by Chao Liu, Xiaohui Li, Aijie Li, Wenxue Zou, Rui Huang, Xiaoyu Hu, Jinming Yu, Xiaoling Zhang, Jinbo Yue

“…The levels of soluble T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin-domain containing-3 (sTIM-3) significantly increased during CCRT (P=0.041), while those of the soluble B and T lymphocyte attenuator (sBTLA), sCD40, soluble glucocorticoid-induced tumor necrosis factor receptor ligand (sGITRL), sCD80, sCD86, sPD-1, sPD-L1, sCTLA-4, and soluble inducible T-cell costimulator (sICOS) significantly increased after CCRT (all P<0.05). …”
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Numerical Simulation of Dispersion and Ventilation of Hydrogen Clouds in Case of Leakage Inside a Large-Scale Industrial Building by Khaled Yassin, Stephan Kelm, Ernst-Arndt Reinecke

“…As the attention to using hydrogen as a potential energy storage medium for power generation and mobility increases, hydrogen production, storage, and transportation safety should be considered. …”
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Structure and Electrocatalytic Properties of Sulfur-Containing Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on a Titanium Substrate Modified by a Helium Ion Beam by Petr M. Korusenko, Egor V. Knyazev, Alexander S. Vinogradov, Ksenia A. Kharisova, Sofya S. Filippova, Ulyana M. Rodionova, Oleg V. Levin, Elena V. Alekseeva

“…The results indicate that the ion beam treatment of the S-MWCNT system led to an increase in the level of imperfections on the surface structures of the nanotubes due to the formation of point defects on their outer walls and the appearance of oxygen-containing functional groups, including SO_x groups, near these defects. …”
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CAR-T cells containing CD28 versus 4-1BB co-stimulatory domains show distinct metabolic profiles in patients by Molly S. Cook, Ellen King, Katie R. Flaherty, Khadiza Siddika, Sophie Papa, Reuben Benjamin, Anna Schurich

“…The most common CAR-T cell products currently in the clinic for DLBCL differ in their co-stimulation moiety, containing either CD28 or 4-1BB, which initiate distinct signaling pathways. …”
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Holistic Dynamic Modeling and Simulation of Alkaline Water Electrolysis Systems Based on Heat Current Method by Yi-Chong Jiang, Shi-Meng Dong, Zheng Liang, Xiao-Li Wang, Lei Shi, Bing Yan, Tian Zhao

“…Hydrogen production technology is becoming increasingly important with the rapid development of hydrogen energy. …”
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Successive increases in the resistance of Drosophila to viral infection through a transposon insertion followed by a Duplication. by Michael M Magwire, Florian Bayer, Claire L Webster, Chuan Cao, Francis M Jiggins

“…This resistant allele has rapidly increased in frequency under directional selection and is now the commonest form of the gene in natural populations. …”
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Retrospective and current state of forest territories of the border areas of the Bryansk region exposed to radioactive contamination by T. A. Marchenko, A. I. Radin, A. N. Razdaivodin

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Sentiment analysis in public health: a systematic review of the current state, challenges, and future directions by Ismael Villanueva-Miranda, Yang Xie, Yang Xie, Guanghua Xiao, Guanghua Xiao

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Glaciers of the northern massif of the Suntar-Khayata Mountains: current state and dynamics since the end of 1950s by B. R. Mavlyudov, M. D. Ananicheva

“…Under the background of current warming the glaciers in this region retreat enough quickly, they decrease not only in a real size, but also by the ice thickness. …”
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MULTIETHNOLECT, ETHNOLECT, PIDGIN AND CONTACT LANGUAGE IN THE CONTEXT OF USING UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE AMONG FOREIGN STUDENTS IN LVIV by Nazar R. Danchyshyn

“…The analyzed phenomena contains a large amount of foreign vocabulary, which is not in the literary version of the language. …”
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U-SCAD: An Unsupervised Method of System Call-Driven Anomaly Detection for Containerized Edge Clouds by Jiawei Ye, Ming Yan, Shenglin Wu, Jingxuan Tan, Jie Wu

“…Container technology is currently one of the mainstream technologies in the field of cloud computing, yet its adoption in resource-constrained, latency-sensitive edge environments introduces unique security challenges. …”
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Global invasive alien plant management lists: Assessing current practices and adapting to new demands by Fei-Fei Li, Qiang Hao, Xia Cui, Ruo-Zhu Lin, Bin-Sheng Luo, Jin-Shuang Ma

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The Impact of Pesticide and Fertiliser Use on Agricultural Productivity in the Context of the “Farm To Fork” Strategy in Romania and the European Union by Cosmin Dobrin, Elena Oana Croitoru, Ruxandra Dinulescu, Irinel Marin

“…The current study outlines two models of analysis that will estimate the correlation between a possible 50% decrease in pesticide use and a 20% decrease in fertiliser use, and the level of agricultural productivity in European countries and, implicitly, Romania. …”
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Comparing the Air Abrasion Cutting Efficacy of Dentine Using a Fluoride-Containing Bioactive Glass versus an Alumina Abrasive: An In Vitro Study by Melissa H. X. Tan, Robert G. Hill, Paul Anderson

“…Alumina, while being currently the most common abrasive used for cutting, has controversial health and safety issues and no remineralisation properties. …”
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Experimental and simulation evaluation of sulfate attack behavior of concrete in sulfate-rich and stray current environment by Yi Xu, Qian Chen, Zhisheng Lv, Li Cao, Yichao Chen, Sheng Jiang, Zhengyu Zhu, Hongqiang Chu, Linhua Jiang

“…The reinforced concrete structures within subway projects are often in a complex environment surrounded by the track's stray current and groundwater containing sulfate and chloride ions. …”
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Improvement of the sensitivity of circulating tumor DNA-based liquid biopsy: current approaches and future perspectives by Ekaterina S. Kuligina, Grigoriy A. Yanus, Evgeny N. Imyanitov

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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT: INNOVATIVE MODELS, FORECAST SCENARIOS AND CURRENT CHALLENGES OF ECONOMY MODERNIZATION by I.V. Burtnyak, T.V. Khaludilo

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Liability for illegal execution of activities on provision of consumer credit (loans): current status and perspectives for improvement by N. Yu. Skripchenko

“…The high socio-economic significance of the activities of entities providing consumer loans is increasing in the context of regional imbalances in the implementation of banking services and the focus of credit institutions on clients with a certain income and stable income. …”
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Assessment of coastal zone ecosystem health in the context of tourism development: A case study of Jiaozhou Bay by Zhang Shengrui, Zhang Zhenqi, Zhang Tongyan, Ju Hongrun

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Current approaches to the use of antiplatelet and anticoagulant drugs in pregnant women with thrombocytopenia caused by hemostasis activation by O. L. Mysik, M. S. Zainulina

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