Non-Gaussian diffusion imaging for enhanced contrast of brain tissue affected by ischemic stroke. by Farida Grinberg, Ezequiel Farrher, Luisa Ciobanu, Françoise Geffroy, Denis Le Bihan, N Jon Shah

“…In the present work, we report the application of three non-Gaussian diffusion models to quantify the deviations from the Gaussian behaviour in stroke induced by transient middle cerebral artery occlusion in rat brains: the gamma-distribution function (GDF), the stretched exponential model (SEM), and the biexponential model. …”
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Regulatory T Cells and Their Prognostic Relevance in Hematologic Malignancies by Giovanni D’Arena, Candida Vitale, Marta Coscia, Agostino Festa, Nicola Matteo Dario Di Minno, Vincenzo De Feo, Michele Caraglia, Gioacchino Calapai, Luca Laurenti, Pellegrino Musto, Giovanni Di Minno, Daniela Fenoglio

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Generation and characterisation of keratin 7 (K7) knockout mice. by Aileen Sandilands, Frances J D Smith, Declan P Lunny, Linda E Campbell, Kirsty M Davidson, Stephanie F MacCallum, Laura D Corden, Lesley Christie, Stewart Fleming, E Birgitte Lane, W H Irwin McLean

“…Keratin 7 (K7) is a Type II member of the keratin superfamily and despite its widespread expression in different types of simple and transitional epithelia, its functional role in vivo remains elusive, in part due to the lack of any appropriate mouse models or any human diseases that are associated with KRT7 gene mutations. …”
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Analysis of interconnections between Lean and QM standards within LCIA framework by Burtseva Tatyana, Mironova Nataliya, Borisova Anzhelika, Mottaeva Asiiat

“…The ubiquitous approaches of lean management and environmental management (lean and green management) stem from the same sentiment, their driving force is of great importance in government and Russian practice, they have different tools and a general view of waste processes. …”
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Multifactorial Control of Autoimmune Insulin-Dependent Diabetes in NOD Mice: Lessons for IBD by Edward H Leiter

“…Genetic susceptibility is transmitted by hemopoietic stem cells, and specific defects in T immunoregulation have been traced to defects in the development and function of marrow-derived antigen presenting cells. …”
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Elavl1 deletion in limb mesenchyme is dispensable for skeletal morphogenesis by Rohini Parsha, Satya K. Kota

“…Our study indicates differential dependency and susceptibility to the loss of Elavl1 in different stem cell lineages, with its functions being dispensable during limb skeletal development.…”
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Microglial colonization routes and their impacts on cellular diversity by Yuki Hattori

“…Unlike other glial cells—such as astrocytes and oligodendrocytes—which originate from neural stem cells alongside neurons, microglia derive from erythromyeloid progenitors that emerge in the yolk sac during early embryonic development. …”
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Unique regulatory properties of mesangial cells are genetically determined in the rat. by Ping-Chin Lai, Ling-Yin Chiu, Prashant Srivastava, Cristina Trento, Francesco Dazzi, Enrico Petretto, H Terence Cook, Jacques Behmoaras

“…Here we have hypothesised that mesangial cells, given their mesenchymal stromal origin, show similar immunomodulatory properties as mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), by regulating macrophage function associated with glomerular crescent formation. …”
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Extracellular vesicles as novel therapeutic targets and diagnosis markers by Yu Zhang, Weiliang Wu, Xiangbin Pan, Yanli Wang, Chengjie Wu, Lin Lu, Xi-Yong Yu, Yangxin Li

“…EVs contain lipids, proteins, genetic material, and organelles, which can be used as communication carriers between different cells and potential disease biomarkers. EVs secreted by different cells (cancer cells, adipocytes, mesenchymal stem cells, immune cells et al.) play different functions. …”
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Modelling, optimization and characterization of carbon black derived from waste tyre pyrolysis by Odunayo T. Ore, Festus M. Adebiyi

“…The characterisation of carbon black generated from waste tyre pyrolysis using FT-IR and SEM reveals a compact structure with little porosity and different functional groups. …”
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Role of oxysterol 4β-hydroxycholesterol and liver X receptor alleles in pre-eclampsia by Lassi Kaartinen, Tiina Jääskeläinen, Eeva Sliz, Gamze Yazgeldi Gunaydin, Satu Wedenoja, Shintaro Katayama, Eero Kajantie, Valtteri Rinne, Seppo Heinonen, Juha Kere, Heta Merikallio, Eeva Sliz, Hannele Laivuori, Janne Hukkanen

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Systemic AL Amyloidosis and Precision Medicine by Axel Rüfer, Rahel Schwotzer

“…The mechanisms behind this organ function impairment are different from plasma-cell myeloma, as are the diagnostic work-up and the treatment strategies. …”
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A molecular dynamics protocol for rapid prediction of EGFR overactivation and its application to the rare mutations S768I, S768N, D761N by Julian Behn, R.N.V. Krishna Deepak, Jiancheng Hu, Hao Fan

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Biosorption of Antimony Species by Red Macroalgae (Nori) and Cyanobacteria (Spirulina) by Vanessa Egéa dos Anjos, Renata Martins da Silva, Adriano Gonçalves Viana

“…The desorption was evaluated using different concentrations of HCl and HNO3. The biosorbents were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), surface area (BET) and zeta potential. …”
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PECVD application to obtain polymer coated graphene nanoplatelets and development of new epoxy nanocomposites by Duygu Yanardag, Gulnare Ahmetli, Mustafa Karaman, Suheyla Kocaman

“…Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), and thermogravimetric (TGA) analyses were performed to characterize the unmodified (u-GNP) and modified GNP (PGMA-GNP). …”
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DFT Calculations and Experimental Study to Inhibit Carbon Steel Corrosion in Saline Solution by Quinoline-2-One Derivative by Rehab Majid Kubba, Mustafa Alaa Mohammed, Luma S. Ahamed

“…The surface change on carbon steel was studied using SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy).…”
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Effect of Marine Coolant Additives on Cavitation Erosion–Corrosion of Diesel Engine Cylinder Liner by Woo-Seok Jeon, Il-Cho Park

“…In addition, weight loss, surface roughness, and maximum surface damage depth were quantified as a function of cavitation exposure time. Furthermore, to investigate the erosion and erosion–corrosion characteristics induced by cavitation attack, the damaged surface morphology was closely examined using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) after the cavitation erosion tests. …”
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Processing induced segregation in PLA/TPS blends: Factors and consequences by M. Jozo, L. Cui, K. Bocz, B. Pukanszky

“…Mechanical properties were characterized by tensile and impact testing, structure by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) as well as Raman spectroscopy, and water absorption was determined as a function of time. …”
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Identification and characterization of grape VAP27 gene family and their roles in disease resistance by Ruonan Li, Bianbian Wang, Mingxiu Zha, Kangzhuang Zhang, Min Li, Linjiao Xie, Xinyu Chen, Yan Xu, Guotian Liu

“…Additionally, we compared the transcriptional levels and subcellular localizations of the VvVAP27 family members across different plant tissues (flower, leaf, seed, root, fruit, tendril, and stem), indicating site-specific functionalities for different gene members. …”
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Investigation of hypoglycemic and antidiarrheal activity on mice model and in vitro anthelmintic study of Macropanax dispermus (Blume) Kuntze (Araliaceae): a promising ethnomedicin... by Syeda Rubaiya Afrin, Mohammad Rashedul Islam, Sayeda Saima Didari, Sarah Waddun Jannat, Ummah Tasnim Nisat, Mohammed Kamrul Hossain

“…This study also identified the functional groups present in MDML which could correlate the presence of different phytochemicals responsible for biological activities. …”
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