Evaluation of the Surface Finish on 304 Stainless Steel as a Way to Mitigate Calcium Carbonate Scaling by Antônio Carlos Barbosa Zancanella, Luila Abib Saidler, Renato do Nascimento Siqueira, Helga Elisabeth Pinheiro Schluter, Bruno Venturini Loureiro

“…Calcium carbonate scaling causes significant damage and financial losses to various industries, particularly in deep-water oil exploration. …”
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Collagen–Platelet-Rich Plasma Mixed Hydrogels as a pBMP2 Delivery System for Bone Defect Regeneration by Anastasiia Yurevna Meglei, Irina Alekseevna Nedorubova, Viktoriia Pavlovna Basina, Viktoria Olegovna Chernomyrdina, Andrey Anatolevich Nedorubov, Valeriya Sergeevna Kuznetsova, Andrey Vyacheslavovich Vasilyev, Sergey Ivanovich Kutsev, Dmitry Vadimovich Goldshtein, Tatiana Borisovna Bukharova

“…Osteogenic differentiation was determined by the expressions of <i>Alpl</i> and <i>Bglap</i> using real-time PCR and extracellular matrix (ECM) mineralization by alizarin red staining. The efficiency of bone regeneration was studied using micro-CT and analysis of histological sections stained according to Masson. …”
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Assessing the Hydraulic Conductivity of Open Drainage for Surface Water in Road Safety Zones by Valentinas Šaulys, Oksana Survilė, Mindaugas Klimašauskas, Lina Bagdžiūnaitė-Litvinaitienė, Andrius Litvinaitis, Rasa Stankevičienė, Aja Tumavičė

“…The surface water that has accumulated in road safety zones have to be drained to avoid damage to road structures and from the flood in the drained roadside areas. …”
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Clinical Case of Echinococcosis of the Orbit. Modern Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment by D. S. Gorbachev, A. N. Kulikov, S. S. Kozlov, A. A. Kolbin, A. V. Voronov, A. V. Kudryavtseva, I. S. Kovalevskaya, A. I. Yakovenko, M. A. Burnasheva, N. N. Haritonova, N. V. Zemlyanukhin

“…A clinical case of observation of a patient with primary multiple echinococcosis with damage to the orbital organocomplex, as well as the liver, lungs and spleen is presented. …”
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The effects of melatonin on differentiated C2C12 myotubes in the absence of pathology: An oxygen-sparing action and enhancement of pro-survival signalling pathways by Garth Wentley, Russel J. Reiter, Yong-Xiao Wang, Gerald Maarman

“…Previous research has demonstrated that melatonin protects against muscle damage while also improving the performance of injured muscle. …”
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Metabolism-related gene PDK1 regulates myocardial cell remodeling and its mechanism by Saleem Amina, Mingyu Wei, Siyao Zhang, Fan Jiaqi, Shuhong Ma, Muhammad Khawar Abbas, Feng Lan, Hongfeng Jiang

“…Results We found that pluripotency and differentiation efficiency of hiPSCs after PDK1 knockout remain intact. …”
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Integrative analysis of different low-light-tolerant watermelon lines in response to low-light stress by Xiaojing Ma, Yong Wang, Xiaohui Li, Yongpeng Liu, Hengbin Luo, Wenkai Shang, Yancui Di, Ningning Gao, Liyun Kang, Fengzhi Piao, Zhixin Guo, Han Dong, Weixing Zhao, Tao Zhang

“…Photosynthetic analysis revealed that, compared with HY25, DQ22 resulted in greater decreases in the net photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance, transpiration rate, chlorophyll content, and PSII efficiency (Fv/Fm). Biochemical assays showed that DQ22 resulted in increased levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), malondialdehyde (MDA), and relative electrolyte leakage (REL), whereas HY25 maintained increased antioxidant enzyme activity and decreased cellular damage. …”
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Foliar Fe2O3 nanoparticles enhance cadmium tolerance in Amaranthus hypochondriacus by modulating cell wall immobilization and antioxidant defenses by Yanfeng Hu, Jia You, Yue Xiang, Runze Tian, Jianli Wang, Zhongbao Shen, Yansheng Li

“…Fe-NPs also reduced Cd-triggered oxidative damage by decreasing reactive oxygen species (ROS) and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels while enhancing antioxidant activities in leaves. …”
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Phenylethanol Glycoside from <i>Cistanche tubulosa</i> Attenuates BSA-Induced Liver Fibrosis in Rats by Modulating the Gut Microbiota–Liver Axis by Xinxin Qi, Hongguang Sun, Jincun Liu, Meili Cong, Xinxuan Zhang, Yuxin Yan, Zhaolin Xia, Tao Liu, Jun Zhao

“…Correlation analysis confirmed that these beneficial bacteria were negatively associated with pathological damage, while LPS and harmful bacteria were positively associated with liver injury. …”
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Astaxanthin-loaded brain-permeable liposomes for Parkinson’s disease treatment via antioxidant and anti-inflammatory responses by Thai-Duong Nguyen, Shristi Khanal, Eunhee Lee, Jinsol Choi, Ganesh Bohara, Nikesh Rimal, Dong-Young Choi, Soyeun Park

“…We successfully formulated Lf-ASX-LPs with high encapsulation efficiency (97.6%) and favorable physical characteristics (diameter: 109.8 ± 1.1 nm; polydispersity index: 0.18 ± 0.01; zeta potential: − 9.5 ± 1.1 mV). …”
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The degree of dominance of resistance trait against pathogens in F1 winter wheat by L. Murashko, V. Kyrylenko, O. Humeniuk, Yu. Suddenko, N. Novytska

“…When studying the composition of the population of Puccinia recondita, it was found that the average efficiency was shown by genes Lr10, Lr13, Lr25, and Lr34 (gene of age resistance) at the 5-10% degree of damage to the lines. …”
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Functional feed with Euglena sp.: a novel approach to growth and metabolic health in Rasbora lateristriata by Khusnul Qonita Maghfiroh, Bambang Retnoaji, Arief Budiman, Eko Agus Suyono

“…Glucose induction (GI) can induce oxidative stress and metabolic problems in fish, causing damage to their development and health. The potential of Euglena sp. as a microalgal source of bioactive chemicals that enhance health requires additional investigation for its application as a functional feed. …”
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Focused ion beam (FIB) prepared microtextured microneedle array capable of delivering drugs through punctured skin by Yan Zhang, Zhaoqiang Chen, Wendong Wu, Chonghai Xu

“…The sputtering yield, energy loss and material damage of single crystal silicon materials during focused ion beam (FIB) processing were calculated using Monte Carlo method and found to have optimum removal efficiency and processing accuracy at 30 keV ion beam voltage. …”
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Miniinvasive technologies in surgery of gallstone disease complicated by mechanical jaundice by A.S. Nikonenko, N.G. Golovko, V.А. Grushka, А.V. Klimenko, E.І. Gaidarzhi, D.А. Detsyk, I.V. Rusanov, G.І. Ohrimenko, Т.S. Gavrilenko, S.О. Matveyev

“…Determination of the most optimal methods of diagnostics and treatment of patients with the gallstone disease complicated by mechanical jaundice and estimation of efficiency of their application. Materials and research methods. …”
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Comparing variable neighbourhood search algorithms for the direct aperture optimisation in radiotherapy by Mauricio Moyano, Keiny Meza-Vasquez, Gonzalo Tello-Valenzuela, Nicolle Ojeda-Ortega, Carolina Lagos, Guillermo Cabrera-Guerrero

“…The primary objective of IMRT is to devise a treatment strategy that eradicates cancer cells from the tumour while minimising damage to the surrounding organs at risk. Conventional IMRT planning entails a sequential procedure: optimising beam intensity for a certain set of angles, followed by sequencing. …”
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Innovative gene delivery systems for retinal disease therapy by Hongguang Wu, Ling Dong, Shibo Jin, Yongwang Zhao, Lili Zhu

“…However, genetic predisposition or age-related degeneration can lead to retinal damage that severely impairs vision or causes blindness. …”
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WindDefNet: A Multi-Scale Attention-Enhanced ViT-Inception-ResNet Model for Real-Time Wind Turbine Blade Defect Detection by Majad Mansoor, Xiyue Tan, Adeel Feroz Mirza, Tao Gong, Zhendong Song, Muhammad Irfan

“…Real-time non-intrusive monitoring of wind turbines, blades, and defect surfaces poses a set of complex challenges related to accuracy, safety, cost, and computational efficiency. This work introduces an enhanced deep learning-based framework for real-time detection of wind turbine blade defects. …”
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Enhanced Blade Fault Diagnosis Using Hybrid Deep Learning: A Comparative Analysis of Traditional Machine Learning and 1D Convolutional Transformer Architecture by Syed Asad Imam, Meng Hee Lim, Ahmed Mohammed Abdelrhman, Iftikhar Ahmad, Mohd Salman Leong

“…The Implementation of this approach within complex rotor systems offers a significant improvement in both the efficiency and reliability of blade FD.…”
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Association of sleep disturbance and sleep apnea with the size of the thoracic aorta and the main pulmonary artery by Xin Ru Qu, Zi Qian Cheng, Yi Ming Li, Teng Han, Xiao Lei Zhang

“…Abstract Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with an increased prevalence of aortic aneurysm, but the impact of OSA on the subclinical damage of large thoracic vessels remains controversial. …”
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Comparing scissors and scalpels to a novel surgical instrument: a biomechanical sectioning study by Zach Spears, Molly Paras, Lauren Fitzsimmons, Logan De Lacy, Peter Wawrzyn, Sam Conway, Srihari Gopalan, Kyle Muckenhirn, John Puccinelli

“…These injuries often result from direct damage to surrounding tissues by surgical instruments, whose designs have remained largely unchanged over the past decades. …”
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