Characterization of the Avian Mitochondrial-Derived Peptide MOTS-c and Its Potential Role as a Metabolic Regulator by Xin Shu, Jiying Liu, Bingjie Xu, Hui Wang, Li Liu, Xiaotong Zheng, Jianfei Chen

“…However, current research primarily focuses on mammals like humans and mice, with no reports on avian MOTS-c. …”
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Getting time and building trust: unveiling the systemic, relational, and personal factors influencing clinical pharmacy service implementation in South Africa, a qualitative study by Lucille Crafford, Rashmi A Kusurkar, Elmien Bronkhorst, Andries Gous, Anouk Wouters

“…Thematic analysis employed an inductive approach, following an initial preliminary analysis of open and selective coding to develop a coding framework. Results Clinical pharmacists (n = 16) reported various challenges impacting service implementation and motivation. …”
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Insight into public sentiment and demand in China’s public health emergency response: a weibo data analysis by Yanping Wang, Min Wei, Peng Wang, Yiran Gao, Tian Yu, Nan Meng, Huan Liu, Xin Zhang, Kexin Wang, Qunhong Wu

“…Abstract Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, public sentiment and demands have been prominently reflected on social media platforms like Weibo. Understanding these sentiments and demands is crucial for governments, health officials, and policymakers to make effective responses and adjustments. …”
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Comparative genomics reveals low levels of inter- and intraspecies diversity in the causal agents of dwarf and common bunt of wheat and hint at conspecificity of Tilletia caries an... by Somayyeh Sedaghatjoo, Bagdevi Mishra, Monika K. Forster, Yvonne Becker, Jens Keilwagen, Berta Killermann, Marco Thines, Petr Karlovsky, Wolfgang Maier

“…Overall, 75% of the identified protein-coding genes comprising 84% of the total predicted carbohydrate utilizing enzymes, 72.5% putatively secreted proteins, and 47.4% of effector-like proteins were conserved and shared across all 16 isolates. …”
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Exploring Missense Variants in the Human PNPLA3 Protein: An In Silico Analysis by Asia Awad AbdelGader, Afra M. Al Bakry, Hind A. Elnasri, Dawelbiet Abdelaal Yahia, Mona Abdelrahman Mohamed Khaier

“… Background: Missense variants in humans are genetic variations that lead to amino acid substitutions in protein-coding regions, which can modify protein structure, function, and phenotype. …”
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Cloning and Analysis of the Expansin Gene BdEXP1 from Migration Plant parasitic Nematode (Bursaphelenchus doui) by Kaiyang GUO, Shifeng LIN, Rengang WANG, Li LI, Jie ZHANG, Shizhou YU, Zili WANG, Guoqin LIU

“…The DNA coding region was 499 bp containing two exons and one intron. …”
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Macronuclear genome sequence of the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila, a model eukaryote. by Jonathan A Eisen, Robert S Coyne, Martin Wu, Dongying Wu, Mathangi Thiagarajan, Jennifer R Wortman, Jonathan H Badger, Qinghu Ren, Paolo Amedeo, Kristie M Jones, Luke J Tallon, Arthur L Delcher, Steven L Salzberg, Joana C Silva, Brian J Haas, William H Majoros, Maryam Farzad, Jane M Carlton, Roger K Smith, Jyoti Garg, Ronald E Pearlman, Kathleen M Karrer, Lei Sun, Gerard Manning, Nels C Elde, Aaron P Turkewitz, David J Asai, David E Wilkes, Yufeng Wang, Hong Cai, Kathleen Collins, B Andrew Stewart, Suzanne R Lee, Katarzyna Wilamowska, Zasha Weinberg, Walter L Ruzzo, Dorota Wloga, Jacek Gaertig, Joseph Frankel, Che-Chia Tsao, Martin A Gorovsky, Patrick J Keeling, Ross F Waller, Nicola J Patron, J Michael Cherry, Nicholas A Stover, Cynthia J Krieger, Christina del Toro, Hilary F Ryder, Sondra C Williamson, Rebecca A Barbeau, Eileen P Hamilton, Eduardo Orias

“…The germline-like micronucleus (MIC) has its genome held in reserve for sexual reproduction. …”
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An overview of potential of natural compounds to regulate epigenetic modifications in colorectal cancer: a recent update by Susmita Roy, Dikshita Deka, Suresh Babu Kondaveeti, Pavithra Ayyadurai, Sravani Siripragada, Neha Philip, Surajit Pathak, Asim K. Duttaroy, Antara Banerjee

“…This review also describes the potential role of natural compounds in altering the epigenetic landscape, focused mainly on DNA methylation, histone modification, and non-coding RNAs. Publications from the previous five years were searched and retrieved using well-known search engines and databases like PubMed, Google Scholar, and ScienceDirect. …”
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Identification of the microglia-associated signature in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by Yan Wu, Jianhong Wang, Jianhong Wang, Bo Chen, Yuxue Guo, Yuxue Guo, Ping Gan, Yanbing Han

“…These genes are primarily involved in immune-related pathways, including Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling, and interact with MS therapeutics such as teriflunomide. …”
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Unveiling immune mechanisms and potential biomarkers in intervertebral disc degeneration through integrated analysis by Xuehu Xie, Guoqiang Zhang, Ning Liu

“…We also found that a large number of immune-related signaling pathways, such as cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction, chemokine signaling pathway, toll-like receptor signaling pathway, and Nod-like receptor signaling pathway, were significantly enriched. …”
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Genomic analysis suggests that mRNA destabilization by the microprocessor is specialized for the auto-regulation of Dgcr8. by Archana Shenoy, Robert Blelloch

“…<h4>Conclusion/significance</h4>We conclude that the Microprocessor's role in directly destabilizing coding mRNAs is likely specifically targeted to Dgcr8 itself, suggesting a specialized cellular mechanism for gene auto-regulation.…”
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Do Universities Prepare Student Teachers Adequately for Teaching Practice? by Tabitha Grace Mukeredzi, Cephas Makwara

“…Qualitative data generated from 20 student teachers through a questionnaire with open ended questions, complemented by focus group discussions were analysed through open coding. Data from both questionnaires and focus group discussions suggests that student teachers were adequately prepared in content, pedagogical aspects like lesson preparation, questioning techniques, learner assessment and professionalism. …”
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MicroRNA-133 inhibits behavioral aggregation by controlling dopamine synthesis in locusts. by Meiling Yang, Yuanyuan Wei, Feng Jiang, Yanli Wang, Xiaojiao Guo, Jing He, Le Kang

“…Conversely, miR-133 inhibition increased the expression of henna and pale, resulting in the gregarious-like behavior of solitary locusts; this gregarious phenotype could be rescued by RNA interference of henna and pale. …”
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Will You Become the Next Troll? A Computational Mechanics Approach to the Contagion of Trolling Behavior by Qiusi Sun, Martin Hilbert

“…While the vast majority of self-driven dynamics are like flipping a coin (86.3%), when social contagion is considered, most users (95.6%) show complex hidden multiple-state patterns. …”
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The conspicuous consumption of luxurious goods in everyday life of affluent women of the Sanandaj city by J. Mohamadi, SH. Binandeh

“…The luxurious consumption has also some consequences which mostly serve to strengthen aristocratic values like pride and prejudice as well as the family lineage claim.…”
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Heat Shock Protein 70 and 90 Genes in the Harmful Dinoflagellate Cochlodinium polykrikoides: Genomic Structures and Transcriptional Responses to Environmental Stresses by Ruoyu Guo, Seok Hyun Youn, Jang-Seu Ki

“…However, CpHSP90 had one intron in the coding genomic regions, and no intergenic region was found. …”
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Multispectral Image Compression Based on DSC Combined with CCSDS-IDC by Jin Li, Fei Xing, Ting Sun, Zheng You

“…For multispectral images, the compression algorithms based on 3D transform (like 3D DWT, 3D DCT) are too complex to be implemented in space mission. …”
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Experimental study of contaminant mixing through the buried river junctions by Jafar Chabokpour

“…It was also observed that the Peclet numbers 〖(P〗_e=xu/D) are increased like dispersion coefficients by increasing the distance downstream of the confluence. …”
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Genomic survey of the non-cultivatable opportunistic human pathogen, Enterocytozoon bieneusi. by Donna E Akiyoshi, Hilary G Morrison, Shi Lei, Xiaochuan Feng, Quanshun Zhang, Nicolas Corradi, Harriet Mayanja, James K Tumwine, Patrick J Keeling, Louis M Weiss, Saul Tzipori

“…Our findings suggest that E. bieneusi is a likely model for extreme genome reduction and host dependence.…”
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Colour Blindness Among Male Professional Drivers: A Cross-sectional Study In Karachi by Samira Faiz, Sehrish Zehra, Farhan Qureshi, Seema Mumtaz

“…Therefore, easy and practical changes should be made, like shape-coding of signals, and continuous research-based modifications are required to aid these drivers. …”
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