Simultaneous dual-channel fluorescent probe for Cys and ONOO− enables rapid monitoring of dynamic redox balance changes during ferroptosis by Jiali Zhu, Nan Pan, Xiongbo Liu, Hao Hu, Wei Zhang, Yan Feng, Chunman Jia

“…Ferroptosis is a programmed cell death process caused by the accumulation of intracellular lipid peroxides due to disorders of iron metabolism and redox imbalance. Currently, its specific molecular mechanism has not been fully elucidated, therefore detecting the changes in the dynamic balance of intracellular redox is of great significance for revealing this mechanism. …”
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Functionalized gold nanoflowers on carbon screen-printed electrodes: an electrochemical platform for biosensing hemagglutinin protein of influenza A H1N1 virus by Carlos Enrique Torres-Méndez, Sharmilee Nandi, Klara Martinovic, Patrizia Kühne, Yifan Liu, Sam Taylor, Maria Lysandrou, Maria Ines Berrojo Romeyro Mascarenhas, Viktoria Langwallner, Javier Enrique Sebastián Alonso, Ivana Jovanovic, Maike Lüftner, Georgia-Vasiliki Gkountana, David Bern, Abdul-Raouf Atif, Ehsan Manouchehri Doulabi, Gemma Mestres, Masood Kamali-Moghaddam

“…Differential pulse voltammetry was used to measure the change in current across the electrode as a function of H1 concentration. …”
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On a novel method to synthesize POSS-based hybrids: An example of the preparation of TPU based system by O. Monticelli, A. Fina, D. Cavallo, E. Gioffredi, G. Delprato

“…Furthermore, an increase of surface water wettability, evidenced by the decrease of water contact angle from 95° for pristine TPU to 70° in TPU containing 10"wt% of reactive POSS, is found.…”
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Hybrid closed-loop systems for managing blood glucose levels in type 1 diabetes: a systematic review and economic modelling by Asra Asgharzadeh, Mubarak Patel, Martin Connock, Sara Damery, Iman Ghosh, Mary Jordan, Karoline Freeman, Anna Brown, Rachel Court, Sharin Baldwin, Fatai Ogunlayi, Chris Stinton, Ewen Cummins, Lena Al-Khudairy

“…Current prices suggest that HCL is around an annual average of £1500 more expensive than CSII + CGM, although this may increase by around a further £500 for some systems. …”
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Treatment Methods Dry Form of Age Macular Degeneration — History and Prospects. Review by A. N. Kulikov, M. V. Zakharov, A. A. Volozhev

“…The main treatment for wet AMD is the injection of medications called anti-VEGF agents. Currently, treatment of dry age-related macular degeneration includes modification of risk factors (stop smoking, healthy life style and etc) and dietary supplements containing a combination of certain ingredients (vitamin C, vitamin E, zinc, copper, and lutein with zeaxanthin or beta-carotene) may be able to slow the progression of the disease. …”
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Water- and frost-resistance of crushed stone mastic asphalt concrete prepared on sevilen-modified bitumen by V. V. Yadykina, S. N. Navolokina, A. M. Gridchin

“…Introduction. Currently, increasing the durability of road asphalt concrete pavements is one of the urgent issues, the solution of which provides a significant economic effect achieved by increasing the turnaround time, as well as the overall service life of highways. …”
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Dietary Passion Fruit Seed Oil Supplementation for Health and Performance of Laying Hens by Laís Garcia Cordeiro, Paola Aparecida Damázio Rodrigues, Gabrieli Andressa de Lima, Elis Omar Figueroa Castillo, Joyce Andrade da Silva, Júlia de Lima Lopes, Anna Luísa Lang, Samir Moura Kadri, Antônio Celso Pezzato, José Roberto Sartori

“…Passion fruit seed oil (PFSO) is rich in bioactive compounds, which can enhance laying hens’ health and performance. The current study was conducted to investigate the effect of increasing PFSO supplementation in laying hens’ productive performance, egg quality, relative weight and length of organs, plasma lipid oxidation, antioxidant status, and gene expression of SOD, GPx, CAT, and NRF2 in the liver. …”
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BUDGETARY POLICY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN CONDITIONS OF ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY by O. A. Polyakova, R. A. Alandarov

“…Current rules of budgetary and tax legislation contain some shortcomings which are especially conspicuous in the period of stagnation. …”
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Modern ideas about the role of the galaninergic system in the pathogenesis of heart failure and myocardial remodeling by A. A. Yafarova, A. R. Kiselev, A. F. Sheptulina, O. M. Drapkina

“…In this regard, the search for new molecules for therapeutic action aimed at preventing myocardial remodeling is of undoubted interest. In this context, the galaninergic system seems to be a promising target. …”
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Silicon-Quantum-Dot Light-Emitting Diodes With Interlayer-Enhanced Hole Transport by Wei Gu, Xiangkai Liu, Xiaodong Pi, Xingliang Dai, Shuangyi Zhao, Li Yao, Dongsheng Li, Yizheng Jin, Mingsheng Xu, Deren Yang, Guogang Qin

“…The highest EQE of ∼2.4% obtained in the current work is among the best values that have been reported for Si-QD LEDs. …”
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Improving Egg Quality in Tropical Environments: Assessing the Maize Meal Replacement by Wheat Bran and Soybean Oil in Laying Hen Diets by Mariana Novela, Abilio P. Changule, Igor I. S. Munguambe, Florentina D. Chilala, Leonel A. Joaquim, Eunice J. Chivale, Marcos Mabasso, Ramos J. Tseu, Filomena dos Anjos, Otília H. T. Tomo, Manuel Garcia‐Herreros, Custódio G. Bila

“…ABSTRACT Background The use of wheat bran (WB) in the monogastric animal feed is limited due to its high fibre content and low energy contents. Objectives The current study evaluated the effect of replacing maize meal with WB, in the absence or presence of soybean oil, on egg quality and economic performance indicators. …”
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Enhanced recovery pathway for older people with hip fracture and cognitive impairment in acute hospitals: the PERFECTED research programme including an RCT by Chris Fox, Simon P Hammond, Lee Shepstone, Fiona Poland, Catherine Henderson, Tamara Backhouse, Bridget Penhale, Simon Donell, Martin Knapp, Douglas Lewins, Alasdair MacLullich, Martyn Patel, Opinder Sahota, Toby O Smith, Justin Waring, Jane L Cross

“…We collected front-line national and international healthcare professional perspectives on best practice, current practice and explanations for implementation gaps between ‘best’ and ‘current’ practice (WP1, phase 2). …”
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Sub-monolayers of iridium electrodeposited on Ti2AlC substrate as catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction in sulfuric acid solution by Vladimir D. Jović, Pajić Mila N. Krstajić

“…Polarization curves for iridium sub-monolayers equal, or higher than 6 ML showed low Tafel slope of -14 to -16 mV dec-1 up to about -0.1 A cm-2, while at higher current densities the Tafel slopes increased, varying between -40 and -72 mV dec-1. …”
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Optimizing Antibiotic Use: Addressing Resistance Through Effective Strategies and Health Policies by Maurizio Capuozzo, Andrea Zovi, Roberto Langella, Alessandro Ottaiano, Marco Cascella, Manlio Scognamiglio, Francesco Ferrara

“…<b>Main text:</b> This review analyzes current strategies and health policies adopted in the European Union (EU) and Italy to manage AMR, presenting an in-depth examination of approaches for containment and mitigation. …”
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Changes in air pollutant emissions in China during two clean-air action periods derived from the newly developed Inversed Emission Inventory for Chinese Air Quality (CAQIEI) by L. Kong, L. Kong, X. Tang, X. Tang, Z. Wang, Z. Wang, Z. Wang, J. Zhu, J. Zhu, J. Li, H. Wu, H. Wu, Q. Wu, H. Chen, H. Chen, L. Zhu, W. Wang, B. Liu, Q. Wang, D. Chen, Y. Pan, Y. Pan, J. Li, J. Li, L. Wu, L. Wu, G. R. Carmichael

“…In particular, the total Chinese NO<span class="inline-formula">_<i>x</i></span> and NMVOC emissions were shown to increase during 2015–2017, especially over the Fenwei Plain area (FW), where the emissions of particulate matter (PM) also increased. …”
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Making temporary homes by Marjolein Overtoom

“…The main finding was that the concept of home could benefit housing design. Current building guidelines do not include the user-perspective, which is of importance to residents. …”
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HNF-1β alleviates podocyte injury in lupus nephritis by maintaining endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis by Jie Yu, Bing Guo, Fan Zhang, Miao Liu, Ying Xie, Hui-mei Zou, Yuan-yuan Ruan, Xiao-min An, Pei-lei Chen, Ying-qin Luo, Ming-jun Shi, Li-fen Xu

“…Objective The current study aims to elucidate the critical function of hepatocyte nuclear factor 1-beta (HNF1-β) in lupus nephritis (LN) by investigating its modulation of the Derlin-1/valosin-containing protein (VCP)/VCP-interacting membrane selenoprotein (VIMP) complex, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and podocyte apoptosis.Methods In vitro and in vivo models of LN were established using glomerular podocytes treated with LN serum and MRL/lpr mice, respectively. …”
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Bionomics of Aedes mosquito species in three eco-epidemiological settings of Cameroon and their susceptibilities profiles to insecticides by Ms Bertille Djapoum, Ms Gisele Aurelie Foko Dadji, Mr Borel DJIAPPI-TCHAMEN, Mr Christophe ANTONIO-NKONDJIO

“…After emergence and morphological identification, F0 and F1 of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus progeny will be used to assess the current phenotypic resistance status to the commonly used insecticides using WHO bioassays and mortality rates were assess according to the different insecticides tested. …”
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Intelligent beehive monitoring system based on internet of things and colony state analysis by Yiyao Zheng, Xiaoyan Cao, Shaocong Xu, Shihui Guo, Rencai Huang, Yingjiao Li, Yijie Chen, Liulin Yang, Xiaoyu Cao, Zainura Idrus, Hongting Sun

“…Moreover, our counting algorithm also achieved excellent results, with root mean square error (RMSE) of 1.3 ± 0.1, 0.2 ± 0.0, and 1.6 ± 0.1 in counting the number of bees current, entry, and out scene in an episode, respectively. …”
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Development of Soy-Based Meat Analogues via Wet Twin-Screw Extrusion: Enhancing Textural and Structural Properties Through Whole Yeast Powder Supplementation by Shikang Tang, Yidian Li, Xuejiao Wang, Linyan Zhou, Zhijia Liu, Lianzhou Jiang, Chaofan Guo, Junjie Yi

“…Amid growing global concerns about environmental sustainability and food security, plant-based meat substitutes have emerged as a promising alternative to conventional meat. However, current formulations, especially those based on soy protein isolate (SPI) often fail to replicate the desired texture and structural integrity. …”
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