Compositional editing of extracellular matrices by CRISPR/Cas9 engineering of human mesenchymal stem cell lines by Sujeethkumar Prithiviraj, Alejandro Garcia Garcia, Karin Linderfalk, Bai Yiguang, Sonia Ferveur, Ludvig Nilsén Falck, Agatheeswaran Subramaniam, Sofie Mohlin, David Hidalgo Gil, Steven J Dupard, Dimitra Zacharaki, Deepak Bushan Raina, Paul E Bourgine

“…In this study, we demonstrated the exploitation of CRISPR/Cas9 as a high precision system for editing the composition and function of eECMs. Human mesenchymal stromal/stem cell (hMSC) lines were modified to knock out vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and Runt-related transcription factor 2 (RUNX2) and assessed for their capacity to generate osteoinductive cartilage matrices. …”
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Defect Engineering and Dopant Properties of MgSiO₃ by Kowthaman Pathmanathan, Poobalasuntharam Iyngaran, Poobalasingam Abiman, Navaratnarajah Kuganathan

“…Additionally, MgO Schottky defects are viable, requiring only slightly more energy to form than anti-site defects. Regarding the solubility of alkaline earth dopant elements, Ca preferentially incorporates into the Mg site without generating charge-compensating defects, while Zn exhibits a similar behavior among the 3D block elements. …”
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Microbiome Dynamics in <i>Samia cynthia ricini</i>: Impact of Growth Stage and Dietary Variations by Biju Bharali, Pulakeswar Basumatary, Utpal Bora

“…Interaction networks revealed unique species correlations in moths, including Clostridiales, Firmicutes, Gallibacterium, and Lachnospiraceae. Functional analysis highlighted diet-related differences, whereby Kesseru-fed samples showed more carbohydrate metabolism pathways, while larval microbiomes had distinct pathways for aromatic compound degradation and detoxification. …”
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Comparative Analysis of GPT-4 and LLaMA 3.2 Integration With Speech Processing Models for Enhancing Human&#x2013;Robot Interaction and Motion Control in Real-World Applications by Sheeba Uruj, Riddhi Goswami, Sujala D. Shetty, Kalaichelvi Venkatesan, Karthikeyan Ramanujam

“…Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) in robots finds wide applications today such as personal assistant robots, autonomous vehicles, healthcare support robots, industrial robots and many more, which receive interpreted commands to perform functions ranging from home automation to real-time assembly line operations. …”
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AN ACTION OF EXOGENOUS STEROIDAL GLYCOSIDE ON EXHIBITION OF INBREEDING DEPRESSION IN RED BEET PLANTS UNDER PROTECTED CULTIVATION TECHNOLOGY by E. G. Kozar, S. A. Vetrova, M. I. Fedorova, N. E. Mashenko

“…It was shown that for all generations the treatment with SGC improved the seed germination (4-8% more), increased the root index and its length (12-24% more), decreased betanin content (22-48% less) in comparison with control. …”
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Occurrence and potential mechanism of holin-mediated non-lytic protein translocation in bacteria by Thomas Brüser, Denise Mehner-Breitfeld

“…However, there are more and more examples known for non-lytic holin-dependent secretion of proteins by bacteria, indicating that holins somehow can transport proteins without causing large membrane lesions. …”
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Folk Linguoculture of Borderland East Slavic Ethnocontact Locus: A Lexical-Phrazeological Perspective by S. M. Pronchenko, S. N. Starodubets, O. V. Belugina

“…In narratives concerning folk medicine and magic, lexical-phraseological units convey symbolic meanings related to enmity, destruction, healing energy, and more. The examined rituals perform generative and apotropaic functions while also possessing harmful characteristics.…”
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AI as Sub-Symbolic Systems: Understanding the Role of AI in Higher Education Governance by Xiaomin Li, David A. Turner, Baocun Liu

“…This paper develops the argument that, in the application of AI to improve the system of governance for higher education, machine learning will be more effective in some areas than others. To make that assertion more systematic, a classificatory taxonomy of types of decisions is necessary. …”
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Present Day Higher School in Russia: Challenges and Contradictions by V. I. Karpunin

“…The author shows that the key contradiction evident in the sphere of higher school of Russia, which gave birth to continuously existing problems makes professional community consider the nature of these phenomena and makes authorized representatives of power pay attention to inevitability of managerial paradigm modernization, to the necessity of introducing more tough, more formalized system of estimation criteria of efficiency of university functioning (the program of university development). …”
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Effect of the Foliar Application of Copper Nanoparticles on the Growth and Yield of Persian Leek (Allium ampeloprasum subsp. Persicum) under Salinity Stress by F. Shakarami, S. Mousavi-Fard, A. Rezaei Nejad, F. Beiranvand

“…Notably, the concentration of 150 mg.liter-1 exhibited a more pronounced effect in enhancing plant growth, with a diminishing impact observed at higher concentrations. …”
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Insights Into How mHealth Applications Could Be Introduced Into Standard Hypertension Care in Germany: Qualitative Study With German Cardiologists and General Practitioners by Susann May, Frances Seifert, Dunja Bruch, Martin Heinze, Sebastian Spethmann, Felix Muehlensiepen

“…Furthermore, younger physicians, more familiar with digital technologies, demonstrated greater openness to using mHealth apps, suggesting that generational changes may drive future increases in adoption. …”
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Epistemology in the Age of Large Language Models by Jennifer Mugleston, Vuong Hung Truong, Cindy Kuang, Lungile Sibiya, Jihwan Myung

“…LLMs are rapidly becoming integral parts of our daily lives through smartphones and personal computers, and we are coming to accept the functionality of LLMs as a given. As LLMs become more entrenched in societal functioning, questions have begun to emerge: Are LLMs capable of real understanding? …”
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Temporariness of textile architecture. A comparitive study on innovation by Carlotta Mazzola, Alessandro Liuti

“…The discussion pivots around the tight link between architectural and technological innovation, and how this often generates improvements in functional and environmental performances while enabling a more conscious resource allocation throughout the lifespan of a project.…”
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Social Confrontation with Menstruation: A Feminist Ethnography of Menstrual Experience among Female Instagram Users by Rana Mohammad Taghinejad Esfahani, Majid Movahed, Halimeh Enayat, Aliyar Ahmadi

“…This study examined women’s experiences of menstruation on Instagram and explored how menstruation taboos function as mechanisms for controlling women’s bodies within the existing power structures and daily life. …”
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Energy Optimal Trajectory Planning for the Morphing Solar-Powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Based on Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning by Tichao Xu, Wenyue Meng, Jian Zhang

“…Compared with the minimum energy consumption benchmark case, the proposed hierarchical policy achieved 0.98 h more of full-charge high-altitude cruise duration and 1.92% more remaining battery energy after 24 h, demonstrating superior energy optimization capabilities. …”
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Impact of carbon emission trading on urban electricity efficiency by SHI Yang, SONG Jia

“…[Results] (1) The pilot policy of carbon emission rights trading has significantly enhanced the urban electricity efficiency; (2) Its mechanism of action mainly lies in that, when the electricity price cannot fully regulate the situation, carbon emission rights trading can increase the supply constraints faced by thermal power enterprises and promote the transformation of their functions to improve the power supply flexibility of these enterprises; (3) When the proportion of thermal power generation in the city's electricity generation is higher, the number of thermal power enterprises participating in carbon emission rights trading is greater, and the total volume of carbon emission rights trading is larger, the effect of enhancing electricity consumption efficiency becomes stronger; (4) The carbon emission rights trading policy not only promotes the improvement of electricity efficiency but also boosts the economic growth of the city and reduces the air pollution level. …”
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Label-free optical biosensors in the pandemic era by Nava Giovanni, Zanchetta Giuliano, Giavazzi Fabio, Buscaglia Marco

“…The availability of a new generation of analytical tools enabling a more accurate understanding of bio-molecular processes or the development of distributed diagnostic devices with improved performance is now in greater demand and more clearly envisioned, but not yet achieved. …”
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Toward the Human Scale in Smart Cities: Exploring the Role of Active Mobility in Ecosystemic Urbanism by Froylán Correa, Miguel Bartorila, Mónica Ribeiro-Palacios, Gerardo I. Pérez-Soto, Juvenal Rodríguez-Reséndiz

“…Active Mobility (AM) currently presents an opportunity to change the paradigm of the competitive and dispersed city created by motorized mobility, revaluing the role of walking and cycling in generating more sustainable urban ecosystems. This article addresses the challenges and opportunities for AM to contribute to the regeneration of urban systems and the capacity for anticipation. …”
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Identification of the allelic state of the flood tolerance gene (Sub-1A) in rice breeding samples by N. N. Vozhzhova, O. S. Zhogaleva, A. Yu. Dubina, P. I. Kostylev

“…The trend towards the greening of agriculture throughout the world and in Russia is becoming more and more stable. In order to combat weeds using an environmentally friendly herbicide-free technology, it is necessary to increase the water layer on simultaneous surviving rice plants. …”
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The Consumer Is Always Right: Research Needs on Sensory Perception of Mushroom-Enriched Meat Products by Erick Saldaña, Juan D. Rios-Mera

“…However, little has been explored regarding consumer opinions for the generation of sensory terms to characterize mushrooms or mushroom-enriched meat products, which may be relevant for the purposes of reformulating healthier and more sustainable meat products. …”
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