Anti-tumor efficacy and safety of AEV01 in preclinical glioblastoma and hepatocellular carcinoma models by Indrani Biswas, Senthilathiban Daisy Precilla, Aravinda Kumar, M. M. Sekhar, Renu Medasani, T. S. Anitha

“…AEV01, a specialized lipophilic extract derived from the roots of Picrorhiza kurroa, has shown promise as a potential anti-cancer agent. In this context, the current study aimed to evaluate the anti-tumor efficacy and safety profile of AEV01 both in vitro and in vivo in GB and HCC models. …”
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Protective graphene oxide layers for enhanced stability of copper cathodes in zinc-ion energy storage systems by Nikos Κavousanos, Ricardo Santamaría Ramirez, Athanasia Kostopoulou, Konstantinos Brintakis, Emmanuel Stratakis, Dimitra Vernardou

“…However, this enhancement led in a slight initial drop in capacitance, attributed to the increased resistance of Zn+2 interactions with the cathode.…”
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Effectiveness of Nursing Intervention Protocol on Nurses’ Performance and Patients’ Self-Care after Cataract Surgery by Amal S. Taha

“… Context: Cataract is the leading cause of poor vision worldwide. …”
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Crop simulation models as decision tools to enhance agricultural system productivity and sustainability – a critical review by Koushik Banerjee, Suman Dutta, Sumanta Das, Rahul Sadhukhan

“…Feeding the growing global population necessitates increased agricultural production, yet agriculture remains a vulnerable sector facing significant challenges from limited land resources, environment, and climatic constraints. …”
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Overcoming immunosuppression in cancer: how ketogenic diets boost immune checkpoint blockade by Victoria E. Stefan, Daniela D. Weber, Roland Lang, Barbara Kofler

“…., high-fat low-carbohydrate diets, have been shown to have antiproliferative and immunomodulatory effects in various preclinical cancer studies. Here, we review current knowledge of the complex interplay of KDs and the anti-tumor immune response in the context of ICB therapy, to update our understanding of diet-induced immunometabolic reprogramming in cancer. …”
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The Land Acquisition and Resettlement Frameworks for Irrigation Sector in the SADC Region: Strengths and Bottlenecks by devie Chilonga

“…This will still be a challenge with rapid population increases which are exerting pressure on land and the human rights watches actively operating in this sector, unless policies and legislation are responsive to current demands. …”
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Quality failures in Energy- saving renovation projects in Northern China by Yuting Qi

“…In China, the proportion of building energy consumption has increased rapidly year-by-year (Zheng et al. 2019). …”
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The association between dietary fat quality and quantity and hospitalization duration in COVID-19 in Iranian patients: a cross-sectional study by Farideh Shiraseb, Atieh Mirzababaei, Atieh Mirzababaei, Mahya Mehri Hajmir, Sara Ebrahimi, Shabnam Hosseini, Zeinab Zarrinvafa, Mahnaz Sadid, Yasaman Aali, Azam Mohamadi, Azam Mohamadi, Khadijeh Mirzaei

“…While RDS odds increased over Vit E/polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) ratio tertiles, chills decreased. …”
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Oral history as a citizen science tool to understand biodiversity loss and environmental changes: on firefly extirpation in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico by Danna Betsabe Rivera Ramírez, Cisteil X. Pérez-Hernández, Yaayé Arellanes-Cancino, Luis Mendoza-Cuenca

“…Morelians associated these phenomena with increased anthropogenic activities in the city, such as urban growth and a notable increase in pollution and deforestation. …”
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Multi-Scale Contextual Coding for Human-Machine Vision of Volumetric Medical Images by Jietao Chen, Weijie Chen, Qianjian Xing, Feng Yu

“…Different from the existing 3D convolutional compression algorithms oriented only for human vision, this paper proposes a Multi-scale Contextual Autoencoder (MCAE) architecture that recurrently incorporates anatomical inter-slice context to optimize the compression of the current slice for both human and machine vision. …”
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The transcriptional activator LdtR from 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' mediates osmotic stress tolerance. by Fernando A Pagliai, Christopher L Gardner, Lora Bojilova, Amanda Sarnegrim, Cheila Tamayo, Anastasia H Potts, Max Teplitski, Svetlana Y Folimonova, Claudio F Gonzalez, Graciela L Lorca

“…The causal agent of Huanglongbing disease, 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus', is a non-culturable, gram negative, phloem-limited α-proteobacterium. Current methods to control the spread of this disease are still limited to the removal and destruction of infected trees. …”
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Vibration energy harvesting by ferrofluids in external magnetic fields by Michal Rajnak, Juraj Kurimsky, Katarina Paulovicova, Jana Tothova, Jozef Kiraly, Roman Cimbala

“…Abstract The development of wearable electronics and the current era of big data requires the sustainable power supply of numerous distributed sensors. …”
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Which Way Goes Romanian Capitalism? – Making a Case for Reforms, Inclusive Institutions and a Better Functioning European Union by Daniel Dăianu, Bogdan Murgescu

“…This paper examines the Romanian economy and its version of capitalism from a long-term perspective and in a broad context. It focuses on economic prospects in the face of a legacy of backwardness and the endurance of domestic weaknesses, in the context of the Great Recession and the eurozone crisis. …”
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KUPI Approach to Qur’an and Hadith Re-interpretation by Nina Nurmila

“…This article explores three new methodologies of tafsir developed in the current Indonesian context by three scholars: Badriyah Fayumi’s reading of maʿrūf (religiously, reasonably, and socially acceptable), Nur Rofiah’s concept of women’s haqiqi (real) justice, and Faqihuddin Abdul Kodir hermeneutical approach of qirā’ah mubādalah (reciprocal reading). …”
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The Role of Oxidative Stress in Autism Spectrum Disorder Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment by Aleksandra Kuźniar-Pałka

“…The author of this article reviewed the current literature in order to summarise the knowledge on the subject. …”
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Canine Distemper Virus in Mexico: A Risk Factor for Wildlife by Juan Macías-González, Rebeca Granado-Gil, Lizbeth Mendoza-González, Cesar Pedroza-Roldán, Rogelio Alonso-Morales, Mauricio Realpe-Quintero

“…Through an extensive review of recent scientific literature about CDV disease in wildlife that has been published in local and international databases, the findings were connected with the current needs of information from a local to global perspective, and conclusions were made to broaden the context of Mexican epidemiological scenarios as closely related to the neighboring regions.…”
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Data center virtualization and its economic implications for the companies by Cristian STEFAN, Mariana JURIAN, Logica BANICA

“…In the current situation of the economic crisis, when companies target budgetcuttings in a context of an explosive data growth, the IT community must evaluate potentialtechnology developments not only on their technical advantages, but on their economiceffects as well. …”
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The Impact of Globalization on the Dynamics of the Domestic Market of National Economies by Yu. S. Bogachev, S. R. Bekulova

“…In the context of the turbulence of the global economy, the relevance of research aimed at determining the ability to ensure the sustainable development of national economies within the current model of global economic development is increasing.   …”
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The right to a view in Russia: History, legislation and future prospects by Polina N. Andreeva

“…Nonetheless, the relevance of issues related to views is increasing due to ongoing urbanization and territorial development. …”
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Evolution of National Approaches to Cyber Warfare by P. A. Karasev

“…This task is of particular urgency in the context of general international instability. Analysis of the current international environment in the relevant sphere allows to conclude that international community as a whole and the major players in particular (primarily Russia and the US) are aware of the danger of unintentional escalation in the ICT environment, especially when linked to strategic stability, and are ready to take steps towards developing the framework aimed at regulation and prevention of cyber confl icts. …”
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