Identification and characterization of endogenous biomarkers for hepatic vectorial transport (OATP1B3-P-gp) function using metabolomics with serum pharmacology by Yong-wen Jin, Yan-rong Ma, Ming-kang Zhang, Wen-bin Xia, Pei Yuan, Bo-xia Li, Yu-hui Wei, Xin-an Wu

“…Abstract The organic anion-transporting polypeptide 1B3 and P-glycoprotein (P-gp) provide efficient directional transport (OATP1B3-P-gp) from the blood to the bile that serves as a key determinant of hepatic disposition of the drug. …”
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Proteomics approaches – their potential for answering complex questions in meat science research by Elisabeth Huff-Lonergan, Steven M. Lonergan

“…New information can be used to make precise changes in management or genetic selection to improve the ability to efficiently produce the high-quality meat that customers and consumers expect. …”
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INTROGRESSION OF STABILITY TO POWDERY MILDEW (BLUMERIA GRAMINIS DC.F.TRITICI) FROM TRITICUM TIMOFEEVII ZHUK. AND TRITICUM DICOCCUM SHUEBL. IN GENOME TRITICUM DURUM DESF. by P. N. Malchikov, M. G. Maysnikova, I. N. Leonova, E. A. Salina

“…Tolerance to powdery mildew, caused by the translocation from T. timopheevii Zhuk. remains efficient for a long time; it’s transferred to the seeds together with a complex of adaptability and quality of product. …”
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Exosomes in neurodegenerative diseases: Therapeutic potential and modification methods by Hongli Chen, Na Li, Yuanhao Cai, Chunyan Ma, Yutong Ye, Xinyu Shi, Jun Guo, Zhibo Han, Yi Liu, Xunbin Wei

“…Our findings indicate that exosomes can efficiently cross the blood–brain barrier to facilitate drug delivery and can also serve as early diagnostic markers for neurodegenerative diseases. …”
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Taxi services, platforms and Article 101 TFEU: changing the shape of the transport intermediation services industry? by Arianna Andreangeli

“…Consumers can track the car they reserved, whereas drivers can deploy more efficiently their working time since they can locate and respond to calls from customers in areas that are within their reach. …”
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Smart technique for calculating fault current model parameters using short circuit current measurements by R. A. Mahmoud, O. P. Malik, W. M. Fayek

“…A key highlight of the proposed approach is the ability to perform many tasks of computer applications in power systems using the accurate calculated parameters for the fault current model.…”
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Attentional mechanisms in light training tasks by Andria Shimi, Andria Shimi, Theofanis Kyriacou, Marios N. Avraamides, Marios N. Avraamides

“…However, the speed of visual search did not account for additional variance in SpeedPad performance beyond that explained by the other variables.DiscussionOverall, our results indicate that light training tasks like the SpeedPad rely on the efficient deployment of cognitive processes such as the spatial orienting of attention and the ability to split attention across multiple locations in the environment. …”
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Smoke Detection Transformer: An Improved Real-Time Detection Transformer Smoke Detection Model for Early Fire Warning by Baoshan Sun, Xin Cheng

“…This approach improves Partial Convolution (PConv) by using a selection strategy that selects channels containing more information for each convolution, thereby increasing the network’s ability to learn smoke features. To cope with smoke images with inconspicuous features and irregular shapes, the Efficient Multi-Scale Attention (EMA) module is used to strengthen the feature extraction capability of the backbone network. …”
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Characterization of the poro-mechanical properties of synthetic coquinas using 3D imaging techniques by Francisco José Rodrigues da Silva Junior, Raquel Quadros Velloso, Sidnei Paciornik, Marcos Henrique de Pinho Maurício, Alexandr Zhemchuzhnikov

“…This indicates that the coquinas lost the ability to allow fluid flow under high stress. Compared to literature studies, the synthetic coquinas proved efficient and reproducible to represent carbonate coquinas with some similar properties. …”
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Application of Slightly Acidic Electrolyzed Water as a Potential Sanitizer in the Food Industry by Abdulsudi Issa-Zacharia

“…It has been hypothesized from a number of studies that SAEW treatment can increase the quality and nutritional value of harvested fruits, which in turn may enhance their ability to be stored. Therefore, SAEW is not only a promising sanitizer in the food industry but also has the potential to be an efficient strategy for encouraging the accumulation of bioactive chemicals in plants, especially if it is used extensively. …”
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A Review of Mesh Adaptation Technology Applied to Computational Fluid Dynamics by Guglielmo Vivarelli, Ning Qin, Shahrokh Shahpar

“…Despite these advances, several critical challenges remain: efficient parallelisation, robust geometry integration, application to unsteady flows and deployment in high-order discretisation frameworks. …”
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Therapeutic potential of exosomal lncRNAs derived from stem cells in wound healing: focusing on mesenchymal stem cells by Ali Morabbi, Mohammad Karimian

“…Abstract The self-renewal ability and multipotency of stem cells give them great potential for use in wound healing. …”
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Foliar Application of Nano Tetraammine Copper (II) Sulfate Complex Influences Cu and Fe Homeostasis, Phenolics and Lignin Biosynthesis in Tobacco (Nicotiana rustica) Plants by Sara Bahrami-Rad, Roghieh Haji Boland, Masoumeh Khatamian

“…Our results suggest that, foliar application of NCu is a feasible method for a rapid and efficient compensation of Cu deficiency symptoms due to a high penetration ability and a sufficient retranslocation of applied Cu in the phloem.…”
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A Unified Framework for Super-Resolution via Clean Image Prior by Songju Na, Yoonchan Nam, Suk-Ju Kang

“…However, such approaches lack generalization ability to various degradations and have difficulties in fully leveraging the information of degradation. …”
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Seismic performance evaluation of mass timber buildings equipped with resilient and conventional friction devices by Ashkan Hashemi, Rajnil Lal

“…The use of friction connections can be an efficient way to mitigate these issues. They offer many advantages as they are economical and yet provide a high level of reliable and continuous energy dissipation. …”
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Evaluating urban intersections: a comparative study of roundabouts versus protected U-turns—which is better? by Nawaf Alnawmasi, Hisham Jashami, Qiuqi Cai

“…Roundabouts, known for their ability to reduce severe crashes, represent a traditional approach to intersection design. …”
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Key processes required for the different stages of fungal carnivory by a nematode-trapping fungus. by Hung-Che Lin, Guillermo Vidal-Diez de Ulzurrun, Sheng-An Chen, Ching-Ting Yang, Rebecca J Tay, Tomoyo Iizuka, Tsung-Yu Huang, Chih-Yen Kuo, A Pedro Gonçalves, Siou-Ying Lin, Yu-Chu Chang, Jason E Stajich, Erich M Schwarz, Yen-Ping Hsueh

“…Furthermore, functional studies disrupting the t-SNARE protein Sso2 resulted in impaired ability to capture nematodes. Additionally, genes of the DUF3129 family, which are expanded in the genomes of several NTF, were highly up-regulated upon nematode exposure. …”
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Modeling and Key Parameter Interaction Analysis for Ship Central Cooling Systems by Xin Wu, Ping Zhang, Pan Su, Jiechang Wu

“…To achieve efficient prediction and optimization of the energy consumption of ship central cooling systems, this paper first constructed and validated a high-precision multi-physical domain simulation model of the ship central cooling system based on fluid heat transfer principles and the physical network method. …”
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A New Method of Intelligent Fault Diagnosis of Ship Dual-Fuel Engine Based on Instantaneous Rotational Speed by Ji Gan, Huabiao Jin, Qianming Shang, Chenxing Sheng

“…The model combines the advantages of ResNet18 in image feature extraction and the capability of BiLSTM in temporal information processing, which can efficiently capture the time-frequency features and dynamic changes in the fault signal. …”
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A Markerless Approach for Full-Body Biomechanics of Horses by Sarah K. Shaffer, Omar Medjaouri, Brian Swenson, Travis Eliason, Daniel P. Nicolella

“…The ability to quantify equine kinematics is essential for clinical evaluation, research, and performance feedback. …”
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