Flunarizine as a potential repurposed drug for the serotonin transporter inhibition: an integrated approach for therapeutic development against major depressive disorder by Abdelbaset Mohamed Elasbali, Abdelbaset Mohamed Elasbali, Ahmed S. Ali, Ahmed S. Ali, Taj Mohammad, Mohd Adnan, Mohd Adnan, Anas Shamsi, Md. Imtaiyaz Hassan

“…The binding affinity, structural stability, and inhibitory potential were assessed using molecular docking and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. …”
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Tailoring Ni-based poly-metallic catalysts for enhanced CO2 methanation through a Simplex-Centroid Mixture Design (SCMD) by Oscar E. Medina, Andrés A. Amell, Diana López, Alexander Santamaría

“…This approach aimed to maximize catalytic performance while ensuring stability and catalytic effectiveness. The research began by selecting optimal Ni loading on alumina (γ-Al₂O₃) support, revealing a 10 wt% Ni content yielded the highest CO₂ conversion. …”
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Phenotyping drought stress tolerance in citrus rootstocks using high-throughput imaging and physio-biochemical techniques by Amrut Sanjay Morade, Radha Mohan Sharma, Anil Kumar Dubey, Lekshmy Sathee, Sudhir Kumar, Darshan Manikrao Kadam, Om Prakash Awasthi, Amrender Kumar, Deepak Yadav

“…X639 maintained the highest relative water content, membrane and chlorophyll stability indices, leaf gas exchange parameters, and antioxidant enzyme activity. …”
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Advances in Thermoregulating Textiles: Materials, Mechanisms, and Applications by Kuok Ho Daniel Tang

“…Shape-stabilized phase-change materials and aerogel-infused fibers have shown promising results in outdoor, industrial, and emergency settings due to their durability and high insulation efficiency. …”
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UAV spatiotemporal crowdsourcing resource allocation based on deep reinforcement learning by Yaxi LIU, Xulong LI, Jiahao HUO, Wei HUANGFU

“…Furthermore, the paper delves into the strategic selection of the optimal number of UAVs to balance the trade-offs between coverage, energy consumption, and operational efficiency. …”
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Recent advances in supported metal catalysts for CO2 methanation: mechanisms, materials design, and the promise of perovskite-based supports by Lan Zhang, Zhi Li, Ying Gao, Qingshan Li, Zhihua Deng, Bin Miao, Hongquan He, Chee Kok Poh, Lili Zhang, Siew Hwa Chan

“…Despite its thermodynamic favorability, the process is challenged by high activation energy and the necessity for efficient, selective, and durable catalysts. …”
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Research Progress on Passive NOx Adsorbers (PNAs) for Diesel Vehicles by Chuan GAO, Jiaxing LI, Yifan LI, Yunpeng LONG, Junhua LI, Yue PENG

“…Transition metal oxides (e.g., CeO2, Co3O4, and Ru/CeO2) and zeolites (e.g., Pd/SSZ-13, Pd/BEA, and Co/SSZ-13) are two typical types of materials currently being studied in the PNAs; they exhibit unique advantages and are discussed in terms of their adsorption/desorption performance, oxidizing activity, and thermal stability. Transition metal oxides exhibit superior catalytic oxidation abilities for CO and hydrocarbons (HCs), and good NOx storage, with CeO2 achieving adsorption capacities up to 0.32 mmol/g at 30 ℃. …”
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Enhancing the growth, yield and physiological response of two lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) cultivars through NFT system optimization by Paulo Pastor-Arbulú, Alfredo Rodríguez-Delfín

“…These findings highlight how strategic integration of system configuration and cultivar selection can increase physiological efficiency, stabilize yields, and promote sustainability in hydroponic lettuce production.…”
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Solution-processed room temperature nickel oxide hole transport layer for perovskite solar cells

“…Nickle oxide (NiOx) dispersion coated at room temperature was prepared, acting as a hole transport layer for perovskite optoelectronics. The selectivity of the electrodes in a perovskite solar cell device strongly affects the device's performance and stability. …”
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A Dynamic Adaptive Ensemble Learning Framework for Noninvasive Mild Cognitive Impairment Detection: Development and Validation Study by Aoyu Li, Jingwen Li, Yishan Hu, Yan Geng, Yan Qiang, Juanjuan Zhao

“…Therefore, exploring a more cost-effective, efficient, and noninvasive method to aid clinicians in detecting MCI is necessary. …”
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ZnOx overlayer confined on ZnCr2O4 spinel for direct syngas conversion to light olefins by Xiaohui Feng, Haoran Jia, Rongtan Li, Le Lin, Mingrun Li, Mingshu Chen, Chengxiang Liu, Xiangze Du, Xiaoyue Wang, Yunjie Ding, Rentao Mu, Qiang Fu, Xinhe Bao

“…A linear correlation between CO conversion and surface ZnO loading clearly confirms that the ZnO x overlayer on ZnCr2O4 acts as the active structure for the syngas conversion, which can efficiently activate both H2 and CO. …”
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A hybrid epithelial-mesenchymal transition program enables basal epithelial cells to bypass stress-induced stasis and contributes to a metaplastic breast cancer progenitor state by Joseph A. Caruso, Chira Chen-Tanyolac, Thea D. Tlsty

“…Inhibiting the TGF-β pathway prior to stasis significantly reduced EMT in the basal epithelial population, alleviated selective pressure driving variant emergence, and also enhanced oncogenic transformation efficiency, resulting in tumors with markedly diminished metaplastic differentiation. …”
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Confinement Effect and Hydrogen Species Modulation toward Enhanced Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to Ethanol by Yuting Zhu, Jiamin Zhu, Huizhi Li, Shuhui Li, Yue Zhai, Shao-Wen Xu, Shanshan Wu, Yuan Chen, Yafu Wang, Rui Ren, Li An, Jiangwei Zhang, Pinxian Xi, Chun-Hua Yan

“…This work provides new evidence for H+ participation in acid eCO2RR, emphasizing the critical role of H2O activation degree in selectivity regulation, and thus offering novel insights for designing efficient acid eCO2RR catalysts.…”
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Geological evaluation and favorable area optimization for underground coal gasification in Zhalainuoer coal field by Yi CUI, Shu TAO, Zhiheng WANG, Yaning WU, Qinghe JING, Shoujun LI, Dejun LI, Jie GUO, Shouqing YAN, Yang JIAO, Di ZOU

“…The average calorific value (Qnet,ar) of the two coal seams is 23.41 and 23.73 MJ/kg, respectively, and the average gasification activity (CO2，900 ℃) is 91.90% and 79.64%, respectively, and the average value of thermal stability (TS-6) is 58.95% and 58.20%, respectively, and the melting point of coal ash is 1145 and 1170 ℃, respectively. …”
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Binder-Free Fe-N-C-O Bifunctional Electrocatalyst in Nickel Foam for Aqueous Zinc–Air Batteries by Jorge González-Morales, Jadra Mosa, Mario Aparicio

“…These batteries require bifunctional catalysts capable of efficiently and selectively catalyzing oxygen redox reactions. …”
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Advances in membrane technology for nitrogen-methane separation with focus on design performance and future trends by Jimoh K. Adewole, Faruq B. Owoyale, Habeebllah B. Oladipo, Abdul Latif Ahmed

“…Notably, recent studies on the use of Cr-activated MXene membranes demonstrate outstanding N2 permeance (381 GPU) and selectivity (13.76), revealing the potential of lamellar structures with unsaturated metal sites in N2-philic separations. …”
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Harnessing Salmonella as a potent vaccine delivery platform: Targeted HA/NA epitope presentation via alphavirus RdRp-driven expression to boost immune efficacy by Jun Kwon, Amal Senevirathne, John Hwa Lee

“…In this study, we developed an enhanced Salmonella-based delivery platform for safe and efficient intracellular plasmid delivery, incorporating rationally designed influenza antigen epitopes to boost protective immunity. …”
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Genetic transformation of Lentil (Lens culinaris M.) and production of transgenic fertile plants by Fatemeh zaker tavallaie, Behzad Ghareyazie, Abdorreza Bagheri, Kiran Komar Sharma

“…So we need tolerant cultivars against cold and freezing stresses for sowing during autumn.Glycine betaine (GB) accumulates in some plants under abiotic stress such as cold. GB stabilizes the structures and activities of enzymes and protein complexes and maintains the integrity of membranes against the damaging effects of excessive salt, cold, heat and freezing. …”
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Research Progress in Epoxidation of Light Small-Molecule Olefins by Guanghui Zhao, Tianfu Yang, Jincheng Liu, Xianming Xu, Yulong Wang, Yongjun Zhang, Meng Gao, Chao Xiong, Hongbing Ji

“…For homogeneous catalytic systems, certain metal complexes exhibit high activity and selectivity yet are difficult to separate and recycle. …”
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Planar chlorination engineering induced symmetry-broken single-atom site catalyst for enhanced CO2 electroreduction by Shengjie Wei, Jiexin Zhu, Xingbao Chen, Rongyan Yang, Kailong Gu, Lei Li, Ching-Yu Chiang, Liqiang Mai, Shenghua Chen

“…Abstract Breaking the geometric symmetry of traditional metal-N4 sites and further boosting catalytic activity are significant but challenging. Herein, planar chlorination engineering is proposed for successfully converting the traditional Zn-N4 site with low activity and selectivity for CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) into highly active Zn-N3 site with broken symmetry. …”
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