Analytical Characterization of Medium Molecular Weight Chitosan from Pink Shrimp (Metapenaeus dobsoni) Shells by Ammara Tooba Akbar, Mahnaz Ahmad, Rashida Rahmat Zohra, Raheela Rahmat Zohra, Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Atiq Ur Rehman, Mohamed Abbas

“…This study presents an efficient method for synthesizing high-quality chitosan from Pink shrimp (Metapenaeus dobsoni) shells. …”
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A deep machine learning model development for the biomarkers of the anatomical and functional anti-VEGF therapy outcome detection on retinal OCT images by B.E. Malyugin, S.N. Sakhnov, L.E. Axenova, K.D. Axenov, E.V. Kozina, V.V. Vronskaya, V.V. Myasnikova

“…To evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed model, the Dice coefficient (DSC) was used. Results. The segmentation accuracy showed high values for the determination of all biomarkers – from 0.97 to 0.99. …”
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Activity of solvent extracts of Prosopis spicigera, Zingiber officinale and Trachyspermum ammi against multidrug resistant bacterial and fungal strains by Rosina Khan, Mohammad Zakir, Sadul H Afaq, Abdul Latif, Asad U Khan

“…Preliminary phytochemical analysis was also performed .Minimum inhibitory concentration was determined by a two-fold serial dilution method followed by determination of minimum bactericidal/fungicidal concentration. …”
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Purification of Anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis MPT64 Immunoglobulin-Y from Egg-Yolk Supernatant Using Thiophilic Adsorption Chromatography by Sri Agung Fitri Kusuma, Muhammad Fadhlillah, Intan Timur Maisyarah, Shintani Ayunda Khairunnisa, Muhammad Yusuf, Yaya Rukayadi, Toto Subroto

“…The obtained IgY was characterized by SDS-PAGE and dot-blot then determined its content levels using the Lowry method. …”
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Non-Carbon-Supported, Pt-Based Catalysts with Applications in the Electrochemical Hydrogen Pump/Compressor (EHP/C) by Galin Rusev Borisov, Nevelin Rusev Borisov, Evelina Slavcheva

“…The electrochemical activity toward the hydrogen reduction reaction (HRR) was evaluated at room temperature and at elevated temperatures to determine the catalytic efficiency and stability. The optimal Pt loading was determined to be 30 wt.%, achieving a current density of approximately 0.12 A cm⁻² at 0.25 V, demonstrating a balance between catalyst efficiency and material utilization. …”
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Characteristics of UV-MicroO3 Reactor and Its Application to Microcystins Degradation during Surface Water Treatment by Guangcan Zhu, Xiwu Lu, Zhonglian Yang

“…Experimental results indicated that the optimum air flux in the reactor equipped with 37 mm diameter quartz tube was determined to be 18∼25 L/h for efficient O3 generation. …”
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Depletion reveals role of bicarbonate in the photosynthetic electron transport chain of Limnospira maxima by Leslie Castillo, Stavroula Nicolaou, Colin Gates, Colin Gates

“…The hypercarbonate-requiring filamentous cyanobacterium Limnospira maxima has had multiple bicarbonate functions on both acceptor and donor side of PSII determined by depletion. 77K spectrofluorometric investigation of phycobilin and chlorophyll excitation suggests the mild in vivo depletion method for bicarbonate results in loss of chlorophyll connectivity to the reaction center in PSII and dissociation of the phycobilisome due to proportional increase of fluorescence emission from allophycocyanin. …”
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Quantitative comparison of HTLV-1 and HIV-1 cell-to-cell infection with new replication dependent vectors. by Dmitriy Mazurov, Anna Ilinskaya, Gisela Heidecker, Patricia Lloyd, David Derse

“…We have developed an efficient method to quantify cell-to-cell infection with single-cycle, replication dependent reporter vectors. …”
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Evaluating the Acceptance and Success of Mobile Banking Systems Using a Combination of UTAUT2 and Delone & McLean Models by Novrinda Khairun Nisak, Ali Ibrahim, Ermatita

“…The research employed the SemPLS method, chosen due to its ability to handle complex models with multiple latent variables and assess intricate relationships between constructs. …”
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Multi-Objective Optimization of Natural Lighting Design in Reading Areas of Higher Education Libraries by Xiao Cui, Chi-Won Ahn

“…This study provides a systematic and reproducible method for optimizing natural lighting in educational spaces and offers practical guidance for energy-efficient and user-centered library design.…”
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Antioxidant Properties and Environmental Stability of Curcumin-Loaded Zein-Tea Saponin Nanoparticles by Bingxin XU, Chaoran LIU, Xinyi FENG, Shuangshuang WANG, Han WANG, Jianing NIU, Lei DAI

“…The curcumin-loaded zein-tea saponin (Zein-TS-Cur) nanoparticles were prepared using the antisolvent co-precipitation method, and the encapsulation efficiency, loading capacity, fluorescence intensity, particle size, PDI, Zeta-potential, antioxidant properties, and storage stability of the composite nanoparticles were determined to screened for the optimal preparation ratio,and to investigate their environmental stability. …”
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Novel Cell Preservation Technique to Extend Bovine In Vitro White Blood Cell Viability. by Emilie L Laurin, Shawn L B McKenna, Javier Sanchez, Horacio Bach, Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Lecompte, Marcelo Chaffer, Greg P Keefe

“…This practical and simple method to extend in vitro white blood cell viability could benefit the efficient utilization of cell-based blood tests in ruminants.…”
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A novel solid phase synthesis of an estradiol derivative and preclinical evaluation for targeting estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer by Subhani M. Okarvi

“…This study introduces an innovative and effective method for synthesizing the DOTA-coupled estradiol derivative and evaluating its preclinical potential. 68Ga/177Lu-labeled estradiol derivative was evaluated in vitro for its stability in human plasma, and binding capacity was determined using the ER-positive MCF-7 breast cancer cell line. …”
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Public Administration as an Object of Scientific Research and a Direction of Civil Servants’ Education by A. A. Likhtin

“…The article is devoted to systematizing and updating the research and educational characteristics of public administration. The research method is a problem analysis of the public administration research discipline and the design of the problem of training personnel for the contemporary public service. …”
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Demand-side shared energy storage pricing strategy based on stackelberg-Nash game by Jindong Cui, Zengchen Zhu, Guoli Qu, Yuqing Wang, Ruotong Li

“…With the large-scale access of user-side energy storage devices, shared energy storage has emerged as a key mode of energy storage in distribution networks. This mode requires efficient management of energy storage devices that balances the interests of different entities such as power supply enterprises, shared energy storage operators, and prosumers. …”
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Development and Evaluation of a Multi-Robot Path Planning Graph Algorithm by Fatma A. S. Alwafi, Xu Xu, Reza Saatchi, Lyuba Alboul

“…The results illustrate the algorithm’s effectiveness, computational efficiency, and adaptability.…”
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Photodynamic therapy in patients with early central lung cancer by V. V. Sokolov, E. V. Filonenko

“…The results showed that method was highly efficient and applicable for pre-invasive central lung cancer and in patients with multiple primary bronchial lesions and high risk of surgical complications.…”
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Development of MnWO4:Ag nanodilute magnetic semiconductors with tunable magnetic and optoelectronic properties by Sethuraman Gayathri, Oriparambil Sivaraman Nirmal Ghosh, Jayaramudu Jarugala, Krishna Kadirvelu

“…The optical properties of the pristine and Ag-doped MnWO4 particles were determined using UV‒Vis and photoluminescence spectroscopy. …”
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A Correlational Study on the Teaching Methodologies and the Competencies of Graduates in a Private University in the Philippines by Kingie Micabalo, Winnie Marie Poliquit, Estela Ibanez, Robert Pabillaran, Quennie Marie Edicto, Jesszon Cano

“…Teaching and learning methodologies are significant factors in building students’ competency after college life, making them a good contender in the labor market. The study determined the impact of the varied methodologies in teaching and learning on the graduates' competency. …”
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Enhanced MVA of polarized proton beams via PW laser-driven plasma bubble by Zhikun Zou, Gan Guo, Meng Wen, Bin Liu, Xue Yan, Yangjié Liu, Luling Jin

“…The significance of laser-driven polarized beam acceleration has been increasingly recognized in recent years. We propose an efficient method for generating polarized proton beams from a pre-polarized hydrogen halide gas jet, utilizing magnetic vortex acceleration enhanced by a laser-driven plasma bubble. …”
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