Evaluating the National University of Lesotho’s Records Management practices with the ISO 15489 by Tankiso A. Thaanyane, Pheladi T. Lefika, Sithembiso Khumalo

“…Background: Universities create different types, categories and classes of records during their main activities which stem from learning, teaching, research and community engagement. …”
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596 Becoming multilingual in thought languages by Colin Hoffman, Mary Bevilacqua, Brian Weaver

“…Demonstrating these values to find common goals among interdisciplinary collaborations can identify prospective members, cultural differences in industry, patient communication, and public messaging in STEM. …”
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Sugarcane Responses to Water Deficit Are Modulated by Environmental CO₂ Concentration in a Genotype and Scale Dependent-Manner by Zulma Catherine Cardenal-Rubio, Elberth Hernando Pinzón-Sandoval, Paulo Cássio Alves Linhares, Antonia Almeida da Silva, Claudia Rita de Souza, Mewael Kiros Assefa, João Paulo Rodrigues Alves Delfino Barbosa, Paulo Eduardo Ribeiro Marchiori

“…In general, variety RB855536 showed greater physiological responses: a better water use efficiency and alteration in the carboxylation rate of Rubisco enzyme, while variety RB867515 showed a greater morphological response determined by changes in biomass allocation and anatomical alterations of stomatal densities and functionality. The sugarcane varieties exposed to water deficit and high CO₂ concentration developed different strategies based on morphological, physiological, and/or anatomical changes that are useful for facing climate change scenarios, and the effects of drought can be mitigated by the high (CO₂) in the air.…”
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Influences of metabolism and lipid homeostasis on regulatory vs. conventional T cells and implications for autoimmunity by Madison A. Nguyen, Sarah S. Lee, Sarah S. Lee, Craig M. Walsh, Craig M. Walsh, Craig M. Walsh

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Crosstalk Within the Intestinal Epithelium: Aspects of Intestinal Absorption, Homeostasis, and Immunity by Liang-En Yu, Wen-Chin Yang, Yu-Chaun Liang

“…Although the communication between IECs and other cell types, such as immune cells and neurons, has been intensively reviewed, communication between different IECs has rarely been addressed. The present paper overviews the networks among IECs that influence intestinal functions. …”
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Identification of the regulatory circuit governing corneal epithelial fate determination and disease. by Jos G A Smits, Dulce Lima Cunha, Maryam Amini, Marina Bertolin, Camille Laberthonnière, Jieqiong Qu, Nicholas Owen, Lorenz Latta, Berthold Seitz, Lauriane N Roux, Tanja Stachon, Stefano Ferrari, Mariya Moosajee, Daniel Aberdam, Nora Szentmary, Simon J van Heeringen, Huiqing Zhou

“…Despite their cellular similarities, the precise cell fates of these two types of epithelial stem cells, which give rise to functionally distinct epithelia, remain unknown. …”
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Sex-Biased Expression of Genes Allocated in the Autosomal Chromosomes: Blood LC-MS/MS Protein Profiling in Healthy Subjects by Hayder A. Giha, Rabab A. Abdulwahab, Jaafar Abbas, Zakia Shinwari, Ayodele Alaiya

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TET1: The epigenetic architect of clinical disease progression by Keyvan Jabbari, Ali Khalafizadeh, Mahboubeh Sheikhbahaei, Hossein Soltaninejad, Sadegh Babashah

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Generation, interrogation, and future applications of microglia-containing brain organoids by Julia Di Stefano, Federica Di Marco, Ilaria Cicalini, Una FitzGerald, Damiana Pieragostino, Marleen Verhoye, Peter Ponsaerts, Elise Van Breedam

“…Brain organoids encompass a large collection of in vitro stem cell–derived 3D culture systems that aim to recapitulate multiple aspects of in vivo brain development and function. …”
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Effect of treated palm fibers on the mechanical properties of compressed earth bricks stabilized by alkali‐activated binder‐based natural pozzolan by Rolande Aurelie Tchouateu Kamwa, Joseph Bikoun Mousi, Sylvain Tome, Juvenal Giogetti Deutou Nemaleu, Martine Gérard, Marie‐Annie Etoh, Jacques Etame

“…These different mortars with and without fibers were subjected to mechanical (dry and wet compressive test, flexural test), physical (water absorption), mineralogical (XRD, FTIR), and microstructural (SEM/EDS) characterizations after 7 and 90 days. …”
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Characterizations of Electrospun PVDF-Based Mixed Matrix Membranes with Nanomaterial Additives by Haya Taleb, Venkatesh Gopal, Sofian Kanan, Raed Hashaikeh, Nidal Hilal, Naif Darwish

“…The membranes produced in this work were fabricated under specific operational, environmental, and material parameters. Five different additives and nano-additives, i.e., graphene oxide (GO), carbon nanotubes (CNTs), zinc oxide (ZnO), activated carbon (AC), and a zeolitic imidazolate metal–organic framework (ZIF-8), were used to modify the functionality and selectivity of the prepared PVDF membranes. …”
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Organoids and organoid extracellular vesicles-based disease treatment strategies by Guangyin Zhou, Ruiyang Li, Shihao Sheng, Jingtao Huang, Fengjin Zhou, Yan Wei, Han Liu, Jiacan Su

“…Abstract Organoids are “mini-organs” that self-organize and differentiate from stem cells under in vitro 3D culture conditions, mimicking the spatial structure and function of tissues in vivo. …”
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Preparation and dyeability of lyocell fabric with structural color for apparel application by Rashid Hussain Memon, Zeeshan Khatri, Farooq Ahmed, Ayaz Memon

“…Thus, nanostructured coloration offers various advantages such as operational stability, eco-friendly dyeing, and multiple functions, including nontoxicity. Herein, lyocell fabric was dyed with structural colors at different temperatures, times, and concentrations. …”
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Effect of the loss on ignition on the unconfined compressive strength of residual clays from Bogotá-Colombia stabilized with cement by Liliana Carolina Hernández García, Henry A. Colorado Lopera

“…The physical characterization was reviewed with plasticity limits, specific gravity (Gs), methylene blue index (M.B.I.), chemical composition with X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) X-ray diffraction (XRD) and SEM micrographs. Through multivariate statistical techniques, compressive strength was correlated with the Water/Cement ratio and the Cement/Residue ratio, resulting in a function that facilitates calculation of cement dosage and water content. …”
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Storage stability and safe storage life assessments of gradiently denitrated spherical gun propellants by Gang Wang, Hao Chen, Shi-ying Li, Qi Yang, Yu-dong Shi, Ya-jun Ding, Zhong-liang Xiao

“…SEM and FT-IR characterization revealed changes in the surface microstructure of aged GDSP, while the shape and surface chemical functional groups remained largely unchanged. …”
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Environmentally friendly radiation EDTA modified hydrogel based on gelatin for adsorptive removal of cationic and anionic dye from synthetic wastewater by Asmaa E. Elsayed, Sayed K. Attia, Ghada A. Mahmoud, Yasser M. Mostafa, Afaf R.Taman, Doaa I. Osman

“…The swelling behavior were studied as a time function. The prepared hydrogels’ surface morphologies and structure were confirmed with FTIR, SEM, as well as XRD. …”
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Bioactivity and Structural Characterization of Soluble Dietary Fiber from Lyophyllum decastes by HE Shanshan, LIU Liping, LIU Yanfang, FENG Jie, WANG Guangqiang, WANG Wenhan, ZHANG Jinsong

“…Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed that it possessed an obvious porous structure. …”
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Characterization of Environmentally Friendly Gadolinium/Boron Flexible Thermal Neutron Absorbing Material by WANG Qi1, 2, 3, GUO Xiaolin2, 3, 4, YIN Jinnan2, 3, 5, WANG Xiaojuan2, 3, 4, YUAN Lin2, 3, 4, WANG Boyu2, 3, 4, FANG Qinglong2, 3, 4, HAN Xiaoxiang2, 3, 4, QIU Tianyi2, 3, 4, LIU Yang2, 3, 4

“…In this paper, a kind of flexible neutron absorbing material was developed by using polystyrene ethylene butadiene styrene (SEBS) as the matrix and Gd2O3 as well as B4C as functional fillers with different doping ratios through melt blending in an internal mixer. …”

Modelling hair follicle growth dynamics as an excitable medium. by Philip J Murray, Philip K Maini, Maksim V Plikus, Cheng-Ming Chuong, Ruth E Baker

“…Expressions are derived, in terms of parameters representing molecular regulation, for the time spent in the different functional phases of the cycle, a formalism that allows the model to be directly compared with a previous cellular automaton model and experimental measurements made at the single follicle scale. …”
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Artificial MiRNA Knockdown of Platelet Glycoprotein lbα: A Tool for Platelet Gene Silencing. by Tim Thijs, Katleen Broos, Stefaan J Soenen, Aline Vandenbulcke, Karen Vanhoorelbeke, Hans Deckmyn, Isabelle I Salles-Crawley

“…In conclusion, we here report the successful use of miRNA technology to silence a platelet protein in megakaryoblastic cells and demonstrate its usefulness in functional assays. Hence, we believe that artificial miRNAs are suitable tools to unravel the role of a protein of interest in stem cells, megakaryocytes and platelets, thereby expanding their application to novel fields of basic and translational research.…”
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