Dynamic membrane changes and osmotic effects by sugar alcohols by Lichun Chen, Feng Yao, Songwen Xue, Kuang Yao, Yun Huang, Huimin Zhao, Qiong Shao

“…Abstract Sugar alcohols are natural sweeteners with various physiological functions, commonly used in low-calorie foods and pharmaceuticals. …”
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Simple ecological indicators benchmark regeneration success of Amazonian forests by André L. Giles, Juliana Schietti, Milena F. Rosenfield, Rita C. Mesquita, Daniel Luis Mascia Vieira, Ima C. G. Vieira, Lourens Poorter, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Marielos Peña-Claros, João Siqueira, Luis Oliveira Junior, Mário Marcos do Espírito-Santo, Priscila Sanjuan de Medeiros Sarmento, Joice N. Ferreira, Erika Berenguer, Jos Barlow, Fernando Elias, Henrique Luis Godinho Cassol, Richarlly C. Silva, Sabina Cerruto Ribeiro, Natália Medeiros, André B. Junqueira, Paulo Massoca, Marciel Jose Ferreira, Markus Gastauer, Leandro V. Ferreira, Danilo Roberti Alves de Almeida, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão, Catarina C. Jakovac

“…However, the vast variability in regeneration rates across environmental gradients and over time poses considerable challenges for assessing regeneration success and ecosystem services provision in human-modified landscapes. …”
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STAT is an essential activator of the zygotic genome in the early Drosophila embryo. by Amy Tsurumi, Fan Xia, Jinghong Li, Kimberly Larson, Russell LaFrance, Willis X Li

“…Here, we show that Drosophila STAT (STAT92E) functions as a general transcription factor that, together with the transcription factor Zelda, induces transcription of a large number of early-transcribed zygotic genes during the MZT. …”
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An in situ visualization system using synchrotron white X-rays to investigate the solidification behaviors of metallic materials by Hyeong Uk Mo, Min Woo Kim, Chang Hun Lee, Jina Kim, Hyun Wook Park, Jae-Hong Lim, Chang Hee Yim, Cheol Hee Nam, Jong Hyun Kim, Ho Jae Kwak

“…This system provides submicrometre effective pixel size and a frame rate of thousands per second, enabling high-resolution and high-speed imaging. The system functions independently, facilitating convenient alignment, magnification adjustments, and precise control of the region of interest. …”
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Microbial responses to ocean deoxygenation: Revisiting the impacts on organic carbon cycling by Quanrui Chen, Kai Tang, Weidong Zhai, Zhuoyi Zhu, Jin-Yu Terence Yang, Zhili He, Meng Li, Shuh-Ji Kao, Jun Yang, Qiang Zheng, Christian Lønborg, Helmuth Thomas, Nianzhi Jiao

“…This review explores the ecological functions of microbes under hypoxic and anoxic conditions, emphasizing their critical roles in carbon source-sink dynamics. …”
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Na+/K+-ATPase: a multifunctional target in type 2 diabetes and pancreatic islets by Lisha Mou, Lisha Mou, Zhenkun Fu, Tony Bowei Wang, Yuxian Chen, Ziqi Luo, Xinyu Wang, Zuhui Pu, Zuhui Pu

“…This review investigates the critical role of Na+/K+-ATPase (NKA), a transmembrane protein essential for maintaining cellular ion gradients, in the pathophysiology of T2D. We provide an overview of NKA’s biological functions, emphasizing its involvement in cellular signaling pathways, insulin secretion, and glucose homeostasis. …”
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Regional restructuring in planktic foraminifera communities through Pliocene-early Pleistocene climate variability by Ekaterina Larina, Adam Woodhouse, Anshuman Swain, Christopher M. Lowery, Rowan C. Martindale, Corinne E. Myers

“…Abstract Recent studies highlight asymmetrical range shifts within plankton due to spatial variability in climate change, impacting marine ecosystem functioning and biogeochemical cycling. The Pliocene—early Pleistocene interval, characterized by significant climatic fluctuations, provides a framework to study regional responses of marine organisms, such as planktic foraminifera. …”
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Radial Profiles of Σ*, ΣSFR, Gas Metallicity, and Their Correlations across the Galactic Mass–Size Plane by Lin Lin, Shiyin Shen, Hassen M. Yesuf, Ye-Wei Mao, Lei Hao

“…Radial profiles of stellar mass surface density (Σ _* ) and star formation rate surface density (Σ _SFR ) as functions of the effective radius ( R / R _e ) reveal that compact galaxies display steeper gradients and higher values, resulting in elevated specific star formation rates (sSFRs) in their inner regions compared to their outskirts. …”
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Speciation and mobilization of ultra-trace Hg(II) in groundwater by Kunfu PI, Yanxin WANG, Juewen LIU, Ya’nan YANG, Van Cappellen PHILIPPE

“…Here, this research presents and assesses two types of biosensing methods for dissolved Hg(II) based on a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sensing material: the DNA-functionalized hydrogel for direct Hg(II) detection in groundwater and the DNA-DGT sensor for simultaneous sampling and detection with the diffusive gradients in thin films technique (DGT). …”
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Downscaling air temperatures for high-resolution niche modeling in a valley of the Amazon lowland forests: A case study on the microclima R package. by M J Pohl, L Lehnert, B Thies, K Seeger, M B Berdugo, S R Gradstein, M Y Bader, J Bendix

“…We found that the microclima functions only properly detect 73 temperature inversions out of 412 nocturnal cold air drainage (CAD) events during the dry season study period and only 18 out of 400 during the wet season with default settings. …”
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Sustainable power solutions for next-generation medical devices by Ye Liang, Chi Zhang, Rubing Lin, Junqing Lin, Jishizhan Chen

“…Each technique is evaluated for its potential to provide a sustainable power source for IMDs and wearables, highlighting distinctive advantages such as dual functionality, enhanced penetration capabilities, access to inexhaustible energy reservoirs from bodily movements, and the biochemical conversion of glucose into electrical energy. …”
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Machine learning based identification of suicidal ideation using non-suicidal predictors in a university mental health clinic by Muhammed Ballı, Asli Ercan Dogan, Sevin Hun Senol, Hale Yapici Eser

“…The findings emphasize the critical roles of personality functioning, mood, and anxiety in shaping suicidal ideation. …”
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In Situ Simultaneous Growth of Layered SnSe2 and SnSe: a Linear Precursor Approach by Manab Mandal, Prahalad K. Barman, Sagar Chowdhury, D. Manikandan, Nilanjan Basu, Pramoda K. Nayak, Kanikrishnan Sethupathi

“…This study successfully achieves the simultaneous growth of SnSe₂ and SnSe, two structurally and functionally distinct tin selenide phases, through hot‐wall CVD. …”
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Novel Applications in Controlled Drug Delivery Systems by Integrating Osmotic Pumps and Magnetic Nanoparticles by David Navarro-Tumar, Belén García-Merino, Cristina González-Fernández, Inmaculada Ortiz, Ma.-Fresnedo San-Román, Eugenio Bringas

“…Therefore, one alternative that has received particular attention is the formulation of DSs with magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) due to their easy recovery, negligible reverse solute flux (RSF), and their possible tailor-made functionalization to generate high osmotic gradients. In this work, the possible integration of DSs formulated with MNPs in controlled drug delivery systems is discussed for the first time. …”
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Chlamydomonas DYX1C1/PF23 is essential for axonemal assembly and proper morphology of inner dynein arms. by Ryosuke Yamamoto, Jagan M Obbineni, Lea M Alford, Takahiro Ide, Mikito Owa, Juyeon Hwang, Takahide Kon, Kazuo Inaba, Noliyanda James, Stephen M King, Takashi Ishikawa, Winfield S Sale, Susan K Dutcher

“…Cytoplasmic assembly of ciliary dyneins, a process known as preassembly, requires numerous non-dynein proteins, but the identities and functions of these proteins are not fully elucidated. …”
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Spatial conservation priorities for marine megafaunal predators: Multi‐taxon versus taxon‐specific approaches by Elizabeth Boyse, Simon J. Goodman, Maria Beger

“…Abstract Marine megafaunal predators are globally threatened by anthropogenic stressors, but are key for ecosystem functioning. Their worsening conservation statuses indicate that current management is failing, requiring us to urgently reassess their conservation needs to ensure their survival. …”
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Grayscale Lithography and a Brief Introduction to Other Widely Used Lithographic Methods: A State-of-the-Art Review by Svetlana N. Khonina, Nikolay L. Kazanskiy, Muhammad A. Butt

“…This enables the production of complex microstructures, diffractive optical elements, 3D micro-optics, and other nanoscale designs with smooth gradients and intricate surface profiles. GSL plays a crucial role in sectors such as microelectronics, micro-optics, MEMS/NEMS manufacturing, and photonics, where precise control over feature depth, shape, and intensity is critical for achieving advanced functionality. …”
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Zein-Based Nanocarriers: Advances in Oral Drug Delivery by Yuxin Liu, Dongyu An, Xiangjian Meng, Shiming Deng, Guijin Liu

“…This review synthesizes recent advances in ZBNs’ design, highlighting their intrinsic advantages: structural stability across pH gradients, self-assembly versatility, and a surface functionalization capacity. …”
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Emergent topological polarization textures in relaxor ferroelectrics by Maksim Eremenko, Victor Krayzman, Semen Gorfman, Alexei Bosak, Helen Y. Playford, Philip A. Chater, Bruce Ravel, William J. Laws, Feng Ye, Arianna Minelli, Bi-Xia Wang, Zuo-Guang Ye, Matthew G. Tucker, Igor Levin

“…Vortex cores correlate strongly with local charge and strain gradients imposed by compositional heterogeneities. …”
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Enhancing fairness in disease prediction by optimizing multiple domain adversarial networks. by Bin Li, Xiaoqian Jiang, Kai Zhang, Arif O Harmanci, Bradley Malin, Hongchang Gao, Xinghua Shi, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

“…The MDANN applies loss functions based on the Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve (AUC) to address the class imbalance, promoting equitable classification performance for minority groups (e.g., a subset of the population that is underrepresented or disadvantaged.) …”
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