Agricultural mechanization perspective in Pakistan: present challenges and digital future by Gohar Gulshan Mahmood, Sandro Liberatori, Fabrizio Mazzetto

“… Agriculture constitutes a critical sector within the economic landscape of Pakistan, engaging 37.4% of the labour force and contributing 22.9% to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), thus functioning as an essential element of the country's economic architecture and the sustenance of its citizens. …”
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Comparative analysis of biopolymer films derived from corn and potato starch with insights into morphological, structural and thermal properties by N. Pooja, Soumyabrata Banik, Ishita Chakraborty, H. C. Sudeeksha, Sib Sankar Mal, Pornsak Srisungsitthisunti, Ajeetkumar Patil, Krishna Kishore Mahato, Nirmal Mazumder

“…This process facilitated a more uniform distribution of plasticizers within the starch matrix, enhancing the films' flexibility. …”
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Computational design and cheminformatics profiling of omeprazole derivatives for enhanced proton pump inhibition of potassium-transporting ATPase alpha chain 1. by Mahmudul Hasan, Md Ifteker Hossain, Noimul Hasan Siddiquee, Ezaz Ahmed, Md Walid Hossain Talukder, Md Rahamatolla, Tasrin Nahar, Popy Rani Paul, Mahmudul Hassan Suhag, Monir Uzzaman

“…These findings could lead to the development of OMP3 and OMP21 as potential next-generation PPIs with enhanced pharmacological activity and improved side-effect profiles, necessitating more in vitro and in vivo testing.…”
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Fragment Compression through Distal Locking Hole by Screw with Washer: A Supplement to Nailing in Distal Tibia Fractures by Sunil G Kulkarni, Prashant B Dhamoji, Utkarsh K Vishwakarma, Madhura S Kulkarni, Sanghsen S Sawant, Nitin P Prajapat

“…Conclusion: Screws inserted with washers generate significantly more compressive forces than screws inserted without washers. …”
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Risk assessment in ensuring aircraft on-board systems safety by H. E. Fourar, B. D. Ogunvoul, V. D. Budaev, F. Lachi

“…Currently, risks severity and mechanism for the development of one undesirable event (risk event) into more complex forms during technical operation of an aircraft items/system are not being considered. …”
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AI‐Based Ensemble Flood Forecasts and Its Implementation in Multi‐Objective Robust Optimization Operation for Reservoir Flood Control by Yuxue Guo, Yue‐Ping Xu, Xinting Yu, Li Liu, Haiting Gu

“…MRO released more inflow than TSO, decreasing the expected highest water level by 0.05 m and incrementing the expected peak release by 4.29%. …”
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Analgesic effect of simultaneously targeting multiple pain processing brain circuits in an aged humanized mouse model of chronic pain by transcranial focused ultrasound by Min Gon Kim, Chih-Yu Yeh, Kai Yu, Zherui Li, Kalpna Gupta, Bin He

“…We developed and evaluated the performance of the UAFE capable of generating sufficiently high-amplitude output with significantly lower noise levels compared to a commercial transmitter. …”
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Improving the Efficiency of Using Plywood Production By-Products by Victor K. Lyubov

“…To use plywood production waste to generate energy ensuring the operation of the non-public limited liability company “SVEZA Ust-Izhora” a mini-heat-and-power plant with 2 Е-40-2.25-305ОP boilers and a turbine has been installed. …”
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Soluble human macrophage factors are able to inhibit TGF-β-induced differentiation of lung fibroblasts by A. A. Maksimova, E. Ya. Shevela, L. V. Sakhno

“…On day 5, dexamethasone was added to generation of polarized macrophages M-M(Dex) and GM-M(Dex). …”
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Cross-User Electromyography Pattern Recognition Based on a Novel Spatial-Temporal Graph Convolutional Network by Mengjuan Xu, Xiang Chen, Yuwen Ruan, Xu Zhang

“…The ablation experiments show that each functional module of the proposed CNN-MSTGCN network has played a more or less positive role in improving the performance of EMG pattern recognition. …”
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Green synthesis and evaluation of the anticancer potency of Ag, Cuo, and Ag/Cuo nanoparticles synthesized using Searsia lancea fruit extract by Dineo Majoang, Mercy C. Ogwuegbu, Doctor M.N. Mthiyane, Moganavelli Singh, Damian C. Onwudiwe

“…Abstract Driven by the growing demand for safer and more sustainable approaches to nanomaterial synthesis, this study focuses on developing an environmentally friendly method for producing silver (Ag) nanoparticles, copper oxide (CuO) nanoparticles, and Ag/CuO nanocomposites using an aqueous extract of Searsia lancea fruit. …”
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Feasibility and acceptability for LION, a fully remote, randomized clinical trial within the VA for light therapy to improve sleep in Veterans with and without TBI: An MTBI2 sponso... by Jonathan E Elliott, Jessica S Brewer, Allison T Keil, Brittany R Ligman, Mohini D Bryant-Ekstrand, Alisha A McBride, Katherine Powers, Savanah J Sicard, Elizabeth W Twamley, Maya E O'Neil, Andrea D Hildebrand, Thuan Nguyen, Benjamin J Morasco, Jessica M Gill, Bradley A Dengler, Miranda M Lim

“…These TBI-related sleep impairments confer significant burden and commonly exacerbate other functional impairments. Therapies to improve sleep following mTBI are limited and studies in Veterans are even more scarce. …”
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Novel candidate genes may be possible predisposing factors revealed by whole exome sequencing in familial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by Narjes Forouzanfar, Ancha Baranova, Saman Milanizadeh, Alireza Heravi-Moussavi, Amir Jebelli, Mohammad Reza Abbaszadegan

“…Its metastatic properties portend poor prognosis and high rate of recurrence. A more advanced method to identify new molecular biomarkers predicting disease prognosis can be whole exome sequencing. …”
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Raster Image-Based House-Type Recognition and Three-Dimensional Reconstruction Technology by Jianbo Chang, Yunlei Lv, Jian Wang, Hao Pang, Yaqiu Liu

“…Three-dimensional models reconstructed from two-dimensional floor plans provide more intuitive visualization for building safety assessments and spatial suitability evaluations. …”
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Mechanism of Population Outflow and Ecological Pressure Reflux in China’s Pastoral Area: S-C Gacha’s Case by Mingming Fan, Gongbu Zeren

“…The “three-separating property right systems”, a recent rural land institutional reform policy, has marketized rural individualized rangelands, leading herders to focus more on the exchange value of rangelands rather than the use value, including ecological functions. …”
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Analysis of the Efficiency of Hydrogen Production Technology at Mini-CHP Plants Using Local Fuelsby Thermochemical Method by V. A. Sednin, R. S. Ignatovich

“…Within the framework of the policy of “decarbonization” of the economy, a technology for hydrogen producing from local fuels (LF) and combustible waste of human activity is proposed as a part of the development of the functionality of heating cycles of energy production. …”
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MyCare study: protocol for a controlled trial evaluating the effect of a community-based intervention on psychosocial, clinical outcomes and hospital admission rates for adults wit... by Dave Vicary, Renée O'donnell, Helen Skouteris, Melissa Savaglio, Debra Fast, Ash Vincent

“…The primary outcome includes psychosocial and clinical functioning and the secondary outcome will examine hospital admission rates and duration of stay. …”
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Bioenergy potential of Chlorella vulgaris under the influence of different light conditions in a bubble column photobioreactor by S. Dhanasekar, R. Sathyanathan

“…Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy was used to illustrate the functional group of microalgae under different lighting conditions. …”
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Impeding Quorum Sensing Among the Intestinal Microbiota Impacts the Metastatic Rate of Colorectal Cancer by Matthew Dietz, Travis J. Gates, Rakesh Sikdar, Subbaya Subramanian, Mikael H. Elias, Christopher Staley

“…Aims Here, we hypothesized that microbial communication, mediated through quorum sensing (QS), was a critical component regulating microbial functions related to cancer progression and metastasis. …”
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Deletion of <i>ddx4</i> Ovary-Specific Transcript Causes Dysfunction of Meiosis and Derepress of DNA Transposons in Zebrafish Ovaries by Yuanyuan Chen, Xing Lin, Jing Dai, Yifan Bai, Fei Liu, Daji Luo

“…The biological functions and regulatory mechanisms of the <i>ddx4</i> ovary-specific transcript (<i>ddx4-L</i>) during oogenesis remain unclear. …”
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