Combating oral biofilms in Nigerian schoolchildren: a synergistic approach using Macrosphyra longistyla extracts and titanium-ferrite nanoparticles by Nwankwo, Chukwuemeka E., Osho, Adeleke, Adewuy, Adewale, Otuechere, Chiagoziem, Olawoye, Idowu B., Fayemi, Scott O., Oguzie, Judith U., Uwanibe, Jessica, Adesina, Adedotun F., Durugbo, Ernest U., Adedokun, Oluwatobi, Ajisegiri, Damilola, Akinlawon, Ladimeji, Eromon, Philomena, Folarin, Onikepe, Happi, Christian

“…The presence of these functional groups suggests that Macrosphyra longistyla doped with TF nanoparticles (MSLNP) is a complex compound that contains a variety of different chemical groups. …”
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Improved Translational Relevance of In Vitro Fibrosis Models by Integrating IOX2-Mediated Hypoxia-Mimicking Pathways by Manuel A. González Hernández, Jennifer Venhorst, Lars Verschuren, Karin Toet, Martien P. M. Caspers, Martine C. Morrison, Beatrice Coornaert, Gerard J. P. van Westen, Roeland Hanemaaijer

“…Here, the ability of a hypoxia-mimicking compound (IOX2) to more accurately reflect the human fibrotic phenotype on a functional level was investigated. …”
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Artificial intelligence analysis of thermal energy for convectively heated ternary nanofluid flow in radiated channel considering viscous dissipations aspects by Hamid Qureshi, Amjad Ali Pasha, Muhammad Asif Zahoor Raja, Zahoor Shah, Salem Algarni, Talal Alqahtani, Waqar Azeem Khan, Moinul Haq

“…This research works to establish the convective heat transfer coefficient (CHTC) of new improved ternary hybrid functionalized nanofluids with CuO, Fe2O3, and SiO2 nanoparticles in polymeric fluid. …”
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Enhanced Control of Single Crystalline Ag Dendritic Growth on Al Foil via Galvanic Displacement and Simultaneous Oxidation of D‐Glucose by Lidija D. Rafailović, Stefan M. Noisternig, Jana Bischoff, Christian Rentenberger, Daniel Bautista – Anguis, Huaping Sheng, Christoph Gammer, Jia Min Chin, Adam Elbataioui, Huanqing Zhang, Jürgen Eckert, Tomislav Lj. Trišović

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Amniotic fluid-derived stem cells: potential factories of natural and mimetic strategies for congenital malformations by Cristiane S. R. Fonteles, Julia Enterria-Rosales, Ying Lin, John W. Steele, Ramiro A. Villarreal-Leal, Jing Xiao, Daniel I. Idowu, Beck Burgelin, Bogdan J. Wlodarczyk, Richard H. Finnell, Bruna Corradetti

“…The possibility to exploit both formulations as mRNA-therapeutics was explored by evaluating cell uptake in two different cell types(fibroblasts, and macrophages) and mRNA functionality overtime in an in vitro experimental setting as well as in an ex vivo, whole embryo culture using pregnant C57BL6 dams. …”
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Multi-element Accurate Analysis of Sulfide Minerals by Low-temperature Ablation LA-ICP-MS by Huilai LI, Fan LI, Dingwen ZHANG, Wei GUO, Lanlan JIN, Shenghong HU

“…However, the melting zone around the ablation craters of pyrite were more irregular. More of the unwanted ablation was melted away at room temperature (Fig.3c, Fig.3d). …”
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Deficiency of T cell CD40L has minor beneficial effects on obesity-induced metabolic dysfunction by Lisa Willemsen, Myrthe den Toom, Myrthe E Reiche, Marion J J Gijbels, Esther Lutgens, Bram van Os, Norbert Gerdes, Suzanne A B M Aarts

“…The importance of the co-stimulatory CD40-CD40L dyad in diet-induced obesity (DIO), with opposing phenotypes arising when either the receptor (aggravating) or the ligand (protective) is deleted, has been described previously. The functions of CD40 and CD40L are cell type dependent. …”
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Capturing sexual orientation and gender identity information in electronic medical records to inform the person-centred care of sexual and gender minority people by Simone Schmidt, Timothy Fazio, Aruska N. D’Souza, Stephen Muhi, Kath Feely, Benita Butler, Adam Boulton

“…In November 2022, The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) enabled the SOGI capture EMR functionality. The purpose of this study is to understand how SOGI capture can inform the person-centred care of SGM people by way of interviews with SGM patients and RMH staff. …”
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Construction and characterization of chimeric FcγR T cells for universal T cell therapy by Juanjuan Zhao, Manling Chen, Xudong Li, Zhaoqi Chen, Wei Li, Rongqun Guo, Min Wang, Zhongxing Jiang, Yongping Song, Jianxiang Wang, Delong Liu

“…The functionality of CFR T cells was evaluated through degranulation assays, specific target lysis experiments, in vitro cytokine production analysis, and assessment of tumor xenograft destruction specificity in mouse models using different monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs). …”
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The sensor histidine kinase PhcS participates in the regulation of quorum sensing-dependent virulence genes in Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum strain OE1-1 by Wakana Senuma, Masayuki Tsuzuki, Chika Takemura, Yuki Terazawa, Akinori Kiba, Kouhei Ohnishi, Kenji Kai, Yasufumi Hikichi

“…It is thus thought that PhcS participates in not only the 3-OH MAME sensing-independently PhcK-mediated regulation of phcA but also the PhcA activation following 3-OH MAME sensing. Both functions of PhcS are significantly influenced by the autophosphorylation of H230-PhcS.IMPORTANCEThe soil-borne Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (RSSC) infects more than 300 plant species in over 50 families, including solanaceous plants, causing the devastating wilt disease that substantially decreases agricultural production worldwide. …”
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Association Aamong Ppolymorphisms in the Aapoptosis‐Rrelated NKX3‐1, Caspase‐3, Caspase‐9, and BCL‐2 Genes and Prostate Cancer Susceptibility From 9706 Cases and 12,567 Controls... by Yanyan Feng, Zhenting Feng, Dan Li, Jiandong Gui, Zhihong Song, Xiaohua Xie, Lijie Zhu, Yuanyuan Mi

“…Aims This meta‐analysis was thus developed with the goal of generating more precise estimates of the relationships between polymorphisms in four apoptosis‐associated genes (NKX3‐1, caspase‐3, caspase‐9, and BCL‐2) and the risk of PCa. …”
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Patient-specific 3D tibial model: transforming meniscal allograft transplantation and surgical planning by Paula Andrea Sarmiento Riveros, Alejandro Jaramillo Quiceno, Rubén Darío Arias Pérez

“…Abstract Background Meniscal allograft transplantation (MAT) restores knee function by replacing a damaged or absent meniscus with a healthy allograft, helping to preserve joint stability, distribute the load, and reduce cartilage degeneration. …”
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RMixDA: A Random Compound Data Augmentation Operation Framework for Neural Machine Translation by Huijun Wang, Xiaojing Du, Xinkun Hao

“…We further incorporate contrastive learning, identifying augmented data as positive or negative samples to evaluate similarity more effectively. Additionally, a novel evaluation method for augmented data quality is introduced, which is regularized by the NMT model’s loss function to improve the positive correlation between augmented data quality and model training. …”
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Innovative Strategies For Social-Economic Development Financial Strategies In The Development Country by Chukwu Anthony Ogochukwu, Karina Kasztelnik

“…The research study highlighted the need for both the government and financing institutions to support small businesses to function effectively to remain relevant, continue to generate more employment, improve the living standard of the owners of small business, and ultimately impact development country at large. …”
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Assessment of nanoparticles and algae as mediators with Trifolium sp. for the assembly of biosolar cells by Ayesha Alam, Arifa Tahir, Faiza Anum, Labeeb Ali, Kanza Butt, Ihsan Ali

“…The response optimization desirability function (d= 0.991) validated the highest current yield of 718 mA from 252 cm2 (approx. avg of 4.01 mA/cm2) cell plate in non-mediated biosolar cell and (d= 0.94) 1476 mA from 140 cm2 (approx. avg. of 10.5 mA/cm2) from microalgae-mediated solar plates. …”
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Comparative Salt-Stress Responses in Salt-Tolerant (Vikinga) and Salt-Sensitive (Regalona) Quinoa Varieties. Physiological, Anatomical and Biochemical Perspectives by Xavier Serrat, Antony Quello, Brigen Manikan, Gladys Lino, Salvador Nogués

“…The capacity of Vikinga to generate higher dry weight is a function of the capacity to generate greater amounts of leaves and roots in any condition. …”
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Drugs of abuse drive neurotransmitter plasticity that alters behavior: implications for mental health by Marta Pratelli, Marta Pratelli, Nicholas C. Spitzer, Nicholas C. Spitzer

“…Changes in the transmitter neurons express can generate changes in animal behavior. The ability of neurons to express multiple transmitters and/or switch them in response to environmental stimuli likely evolved to provide flexibility and complexity to neuronal circuit function in an ever-changing environment. …”
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Harnessing greylag goose optimization for efficient MPPT and seven-level inverter in renewable energy systems by K. Rajaram, R. Kannan

“…The inverter THD output voltage was used as the objective function, and the proposed method is particularly beneficial in agricultural settings. …”
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A Quaternary Sedimentary Ancient DNA (<i>sed</i>aDNA) Record of Fungal–Terrestrial Ecosystem Dynamics in a Tropical Biodiversity Hotspot (Lake Towuti, Sulawesi, Indonesia) by Md Akhtar-E Ekram, Cornelia Wuchter, Satria Bijaksana, Kliti Grice, James Russell, Janelle Stevenson, Hendrik Vogel, Marco J. L. Coolen

“…In this study, we performed 18SV9 amplicon sequencing to create a parallel paleofungal record to (a) infer the composition, origins, and functional guilds of paleofungal community members and (b) determine the extent to which downcore changes in fungal community composition reflect the late Pleistocene evolution of the Lake Towuti catchment. …”
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Gut Microbiota: A New Challenge in Mood Disorder Research by Giuseppe Marano, Sara Rossi, Greta Sfratta, Gianandrea Traversi, Francesco Maria Lisci, Maria Benedetta Anesini, Roberto Pola, Antonio Gasbarrini, Eleonora Gaetani, Marianna Mazza

“…This review examines the latest findings on the gut–microbiota–brain axis and elucidates how alterations in gut microbiota composition can influence this axis, leading to changes in brain function and behavior. Although dietary interventions, prebiotics, probiotics, and fecal microbiota transplantation have yielded encouraging results, significant advances are needed to establish next-generation approaches that precisely target the neurobiological mechanisms of mood disorders. …”
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