Effects of CTHRC1 on odontogenic differentiation and angiogenesis in human dental pulp stem cells by Jong-soon Kim, Bin-Na Lee, Hoon-Sang Chang, In-Nam Hwang, Won-Mann Oh, Yun-Chan Hwang

“…The threshold for statistical significance was set at p < 0.05.ResultsCTHRC1 doses of 5, 10, and 20 µg/mL had no significant effect on the viability of hDPSCs. …”
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Devicology: Expanding fieldwork possibilities for architectural observations in inhabited interiors by Tatiana Knoroz

“…Beginning as an examination of behaviour patterns in a single apartment, Devicology has the potential to become a study of the collective unconsciousness of different people stuck in the same conditions with the same set of rules.…”
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Amplicon-Based Analysis of the Fungal Diversity across Four Kenyan Soda Lakes by Romano Mwirichia

“…The objective of this study was to explore the fungal diversity across soda lakes Magadi, Elmenteita, Sonachi, and Bogoria in Kenya. A new set of PCR primers was designed to amplify a fragment long enough for the 454-pyrosequencing technology. …”
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Real-time Jordanian license plate recognition using deep learning by Salah Alghyaline

“…A set of arrays data structure is used to track the vehicles’ LPs and eliminate incorrect ones. …”
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Bridge Structural Damage Identification Technique Based on BPNN and Vehicle-bridge Interaction Analysis by Lingling Li, Yibo Zhang

“…The response of the contact point of the bridge deck and tires was then used as the input of the back propagation neural network to compute the coupled vibration equations of the vehicle and bridge, and create the data set of the vehicle and bridge’s response. It can also locate the damaged bridge structure appropriately, and assess the extent of damage. …”
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Bridge Structural Damage Identification Technique Based on BPNN and Vehicle-bridge Interaction Analysis by Lingling Li, Yibo Zhang

“…The response of the contact point of the bridge deck and tires was then used as the input of the back propagation neural network to compute the coupled vibration equations of the vehicle and bridge, and create the data set of the vehicle and bridge’s response. It can also locate the damaged bridge structure appropriately, and assess the extent of damage. …”
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Baseline Characteristics of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Targeting Hand Hygiene in Primary Healthcare in Burkina Faso and Mali by Anaïs Galli, Anaïs Galli, Mirko S. Winkler, Mirko S. Winkler, Jan Hattendorf, Jan Hattendorf, Max N. D. Friedrich, Issa Bagayogo, Aboubacar Ballo, Carola Bänziger, Hassane Dembélé, Mamadou Sory Keita, Maryna Peter, Alimata Ousséni Tall, Jürg Utzinger, Jürg Utzinger, Branwen Nia Owen, Branwen Nia Owen

“…ObjectivesThis study presents baseline characteristics of a cluster randomized controlled trial (cRCT) on hand hygiene in primary healthcare in Burkina Faso and Mali, addressing data gaps on hand hygiene practices in these settings.MethodsWe implemented a two-arm cRCT in 48 primary healthcare facilities. …”
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Continuous Train Positioning Using Visible Light Communication Assisted with Zero Velocity Update by Yanpeng ZHANG, Rongrong ZHANG, Nan MENG, Bingqing ZHANG, Xia XIAO

“…Then, combined with IMU data, mechanical vibration at the receiving end is compensated to obtain the results of dynamic train positioning. …”
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Normal hearing function genetics: have you heard all about it? An integrated approach of genome-wide association studies and transcriptome-wide association studies in three Italian... by Aurora Santin, Aurora Santin, Giulia Pianigiani, Alessandro Gialluisi, Alessandro Gialluisi, Alessandro Pecori, Beatrice Spedicati, Beatrice Spedicati, Simona Costanzo, Mariarosaria Persichillo, Francesca Bracone, Giuseppe Giovanni Nardone, Paola Tesolin, Stefania Lenarduzzi, Anna Morgan, Amalia De Curtis, Wouter van der Valk, Wouter van der Valk, Francis Rousset, Marta Roccio, Marta Roccio, Heiko Locher, Heiko Locher, Licia Iacoviello, Licia Iacoviello, Maria Pina Concas, Giorgia Girotto, Giorgia Girotto

“…Two loci with a p &lt; 5 × 10−8 were replicated: 1. rs112501869 within SLC1A6 gene, encoding a brain high-affinity glutamate transporter, reached p = 6.21 × 10−9 in the 0.25 kHz trait. 2. rs73519456 within ASTN2 gene, encoding the Astrotactin protein 2, reached genome-wide significance in three NHF traits: 0.5 kHz (p = 1.86 × 10−8), PTAL (p = 9.40 × 10−9), and PTAM (p = 3.64 × 10−8). SnRNA-seq data analyses revealed a peculiar expression of the ASTN2 gene in the neuronal and dark cells populations, while for SLC1A6 no significant expression was detected. …”
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Advances in whole genome sequencing for foodborne pathogens: implications for clinical infectious disease surveillance and public health by Emílio Gomes, Emílio Gomes, Emílio Gomes, Daniela Araújo, Daniela Araújo, Teresa Nogueira, Teresa Nogueira, Ricardo Oliveira, Ricardo Oliveira, Ricardo Oliveira, Sónia Silva, Sónia Silva, Lorena V. N. Oliveira, Nuno F. Azevedo, Nuno F. Azevedo, Carina Almeida, Carina Almeida, Carina Almeida, Carina Almeida, Joana Castro, Joana Castro

“…Despite its advantages, the widespread implementation of WGS faces several pressing challenges, including high sequencing costs, the need for specialized bioinformatics expertise, limited computational infrastructure in resource-constrained settings, and the standardization of data-sharing frameworks across regulatory and public health agencies. …”
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Application of the moving epidemic method for influenza surveillance in Kunming by Yudong Gao, Yang Zhou, Siyi Luo, Zhengji Chen, Yujue Wang, Zhiyan Zha, Xiaoxiao Song

“…This is the first study to validate the use of MEM in a subtropical plateau environment.MethodsThis study applied the Moving Epidemic Method (MEM) to establish influenza epidemic thresholds in Kunming, China, using virological surveillance data from 2011–2012 to 2023–2024.ResultsThe MEM model demonstrated high sensitivity (93%) and specificity (67%), with no detection lag for the 2023–2024 season. …”
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Omics Multi-Layers Networks Provide Novel Mechanistic and Functional Insights Into Fat Storage and Lipid Metabolism in Poultry by Farzad Ghafouri, Abolfazl Bahrami, Abolfazl Bahrami, Mostafa Sadeghi, Seyed Reza Miraei-Ashtiani, Maryam Bakherad, Herman W. Barkema, Samantha Larose

“…Then, by comparing between different data sets, 34 genes and 19 miRNAs were detected as common and main nodes. …”
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Uji Kualitas Website Admin Travel Booking Menggunakan Halstead’s Metric dan Equivalence Partitioning by Fauziah Nur Syifa, Trisana Nurul Anzali Nabil, Derrel Hendi Arifin, Rangga Sidik

“… Tripease is a travel booking admin website designed to enable admins with management roles for train tickets, hotel tickets, and user data. Blackbox testing ensures the software meets the set requirements and specifications and detects functional and performance errors. …”
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A Multimodel Decision Fusion Method Based on DCNN-IDST for Fault Diagnosis of Rolling Bearing by Weixiao Xu, Luyang Jing, Jiwen Tan, Lianchen Dou

“…The new method of DCNN-IDST multimodel decision fusion is applied to detect the damage of rolling bearings. To evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed method, both the BP neural network and RBF neural network are used to set up a multigroup comparison test. …”
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Radiomic study on preoperative multi‐modal magnetic resonance images identifies IDH‐mutant TERT promoter‐mutant gliomas by Haoyu Wang, Shuxin Zhang, Xiang Xing, Qiang Yue, Wentao Feng, Siliang Chen, Jun Zhang, Dan Xie, Ni Chen, Yanhui Liu

“…A total of 3654 radiomic features were extracted from the preoperative multimodal MRI images (T1c, FLAIR, and ADC maps) and filtered in a data‐driven approach. The discovery cohort was split into training and test sets by a 4:1 ratio. …”
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Microplastic analysis in soils: A comparative assessment by Stoyana Peneva, Quynh Nhu Phan Le, Davi R. Munhoz, Olivia Wrigley, Flora Wille, Heidi Doose, Crispin Halsall, Paula Harkes, Michael Sander, Melanie Braun, Wulf Amelung

“…Microplastic (MiP) contamination poses environmental risks, but harmonizing data from different quantification methods and sample matrices remains challenging. …”
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Synergistic use of handcrafted and deep learning features for tomato leaf disease classification by Mohamed Bouni, Badr Hssina, Khadija Douzi, Samira Douzi

“…Abstract This research introduces a Computer-Aided Diagnosis-system designed aimed at automated detections & classification of tomato leaf diseases, combining traditional handcrafted features with advanced deep learning techniques. …”
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Pragmatically Mapping <i>Phragmites</i> with Unoccupied Aerial Systems: A Comparison of Invasive Species Land Cover Classification Using RGB and Multispectral Imagery by Alexandra Danielle Evans, Jennifer Cramer, Victoria Scholl, Erika Lentz

“…Unoccupied aerial systems (UASs) are increasingly being deployed in coastal environments to rapidly map and monitor changes to geomorphology, vegetation, and infrastructure, particularly in difficult to access areas. UAS data, relative to airplane or satellite data, typically have higher spatial resolution, sensor customization, and increased flexibility in temporal resolution, which benefits monitoring applications. …”
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Status of and comprehensive preventive strategies for multidrug-resistant organisms in Korea: a focus on carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteral... by Do Hyeon Park, Pyoeng Gyun Choe

“…Strategies for the prevention of CRE infection should be tailored to specific healthcare settings. Ongoing research is essential to update and refine infection control guidelines and effectively prevent CRE outbreaks.…”
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Analysis of drug crystallization by evaluation of pharmaceutical solubility in various solvents by optimization of artificial intelligence models by Wael A. Mahdi, Adel Alhowyan, Ahmad J. Obaidullah

“…The dataset consists of 217 data points, each of which contains 15 input features, including pressure, temperature, and a variety of solvents. …”
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