Effect of Keratin Structures from Chicken Feathers on Expansive Soil Remediation by Elda Montes-Zarazúa, Arturo Colín-Cruz, María de la Luz Pérez-Rea, Miguel de Icaza, Carlos Velasco-Santos, Ana Laura Martínez-Hernández

“…Chicken feathers are composed mainly of avian keratin, a fibrillar protein with a complex structure, and important properties such as durability, hydrophobicity, being chemically unreactive, and depending on the specific function can change its morphological and inner structure. …”
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Blue and far-red light modify the adaptation of Lemna minor L. to cadmium stress based on glutathione, phytochelatin, chemical element and free amino acid levels by Anamaria Iulia Török, Oana Cadar, Balázs Kalapos, Magda Pál, Gabriella Szalai, Zsuzsa Mednyánszky, Krisztián Gierczik, András Székely, Livia Simon-Sarkadi, Gábor Kocsy

“…Fr light and Cd in turn resulted in the greatest cysteine and glutathione levels, which may contribute to the proper function of the redox-sensitive proteins. In summary, the greatest Cd-extraction capacity of L. minor can be reached in W light. …”
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Stable Field Emissions from Zirconium Carbide Nanoneedle Electron Source by Yimeng Wu, Jie Tang, Shuai Tang, You-Hu Chen, Ta-Wei Chiu, Masaki Takeguchi, Ayako Hashimoto, Lu-Chang Qin

“…Due to its low work function and well-controlled morphology, the ZrC nanoneedle emitter, positioned in a high-vacuum chamber, was able to generate a single and collimated electron beam with a current of 1.2 nA at a turn-on voltage of 210 V, and the current increased to 100 nA when the applied voltage reached 325 V. …”
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Collision Probability Evaluation of LAMOST Robotic Fiber Positioners in the Design Phase by Baolong Chen, Jianping Wang, Jiahao Zhou, Zhigang Liu, Hongzhuan Hu, Zengxiang Zhou, Feifan Zhang

“…Based on this, we employ the genetic algorithm to optimize RFP arrangements with the lowest collision probability and show its function in the design phase. The proposed method is designed for LAMOST, but it is suitable for the future design of newly proposed spectroscopic telescopes with RFPs.…”
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Efficacy of Ultrasound-Guided Injections of Type I Collagen-Based Medical Device for Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome: A Pilot Study by Filippo Randelli, Alberto Fioruzzi, Manuel Giovanni Mazzoleni, Alessandra Radaelli, Leila Rahali, Lucia Verga, Alessandra Menon

“…The primary endpoint was reached by 60.5% of the patients. All secondary endpoints were also reached with statistical significance. …”
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InvarNet: Molecular property prediction via rotation invariant graph neural networks by Danyan Chen, Gaoxiang Duan, Dengbao Miao, Xiaoying Zheng, Yongxin Zhu

“…This paper introduces InvarNet, a GNN-based model trained with a composite loss function that bypasses intricate data processing while maintaining molecular property invariance. …”
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A novel reinforcement learning framework-based path planning algorithm for unmanned surface vehicle by Jianhui Mou, Bo Shi, Bo Wang, Chengcheng Yu, Yangwei Wang, Fusheng Zhong, Li Zheng, Jian Wang, Junjie Li

“…Second, a comprehensive reward function incorporating artificial potential field (APF) inspiration is designed to guide the USV to reach the target region. …”
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Real-Time Software Implementation of Filter-Separated MIMO Adaptive Equalizer for Fully Virtualized Access Networks by Daisuke Hisano, Takahiro Suzuki, Kohei Nishida, Akio Yamasaki, Sang-Yuep Kim, Jun-ichi Kani, Tomoaki Yoshida

“…Thus, these costs are alleviated by optical access networks using general-purpose devices related to software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV). We have studied physical layer virtualization to bring the advantages of SDN and NFV in optical access networks. …”
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Genetic and Adverse Health Outcome Associations with Treatment Resistant Hypertension in GenHAT by Amy I. Lynch, Marguerite R. Irvin, Barry R. Davis, Charles E. Ford, John H. Eckfeldt, Donna K. Arnett

“…Risk factors for TRH include increasing age, diminished kidney function, higher body mass index, diabetes, and African American (AA) race. …”
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Mapping the Outcomes of Stellar Evolution in the Disks of Active Galactic Nuclei by Gaia Fabj, Alexander J. Dittmann, Matteo Cantiello, Rosalba Perna, Johan Samsing

“…In this study, through the comparison of different timescales, we chart the evolutionary outcomes of these AGN stars as a function of disk radius and across a range of supermassive black hole masses, spanning from 10 ^6 to 10 ^9 M _⊙ , for two popular AGN disk models. …”
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Modeling and robust control of a parallel robotic mechanism driven by linear actuators based on shape memory alloys by Alejandro Guarneros-Sandoval, Mariana Ballesteros, Rita Q. Fuentes-Aguilar, Isaac Chairez

“…The cost functional for the parallel robot obtained was 127.68 and 110.17, with the backstepping against 132.06 and 127.36 with the PD controller for the left and right actuators, respectively. …”
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Multiple metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the production of lycopene by Jiaheng Liu, Minxia Song, Xianhao Xu, Yaokang Wu, Yanfeng Liu, Guocheng Du, Jianghua Li, Long Liu, Xueqin Lv

“…Molecular docking simulations predicted that the ATP‐binding cassette transporter Snq2p may be a potential transporter of lycopene, and its function in promoting lycopene secretion was further determined by overexpression verification. …”
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Effect of Gluten-Free Diet on Serum Antioxidant Levels in Children with Celiac by Mehmet Ali Gül, Fatma Betül Özgeriş, Nezahat Kurt, Burcu Volkan, Ali İşlek, Atilla Çayır

“…While PON-1 values are significantly lower in newly diagnosed celiacs, it can be said that they reach normal values with adherence to a gluten-free diet.…”
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Activated clay and cocoa nib shells-integrated polyvinyl alcohol membranes for fouling mitigation in water treatment by Elikplim Nyabi, Roland Tsoeke Agbetsi, Gideon Addai, Francis Opoku, Mandela Toku, Ray Bright Voegborlo, Eric Selorm Agorku

“…The synergy between AC’s surface charge modulation and CNS’s microstructural enhancement creates a dual-function mechanism of Donnan exclusion and size-sieving, which significantly boosts separation efficiency and antifouling performance. …”
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Human NK cells and cancer by Claudia Cantoni, Michela Falco, Massimo Vitale, Gabriella Pietra, Enrico Munari, Daniela Pende, Maria Cristina Mingari, Simona Sivori, Lorenzo Moretta

“…In fact, in spite of the impressive progress obtained in the first decades, these cells proved far more complex than expected and, paradoxically, the accumulating findings have continuously moved forward the attainment of a complete control of their function for immunotherapy. The refined studies of these latter years have indicated that NK cells can epigenetically calibrate their functional potential, in response to specific environmental contexts, giving rise to extraordinarily variegated subpopulations, comprehensive of memory-like cells, tissue-resident cells, or cells in various differentiation stages, or distinct functional states. …”
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Conducting polymer-based electrochemical sensors: Progress, challenges, and future perspectives by Aashutosh Dube, Shweta J. Malode, Abdullah N. Alodhayb, Kunal Mondal, Nagaraj P. Shetti

“…Conducting polymer-based electrochemical sensors has affectivity in neurochemical and pathogen sensing, which is essential for brain function and mental health.…”
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TIAR-SAR: An Oriented SAR Ship Detector Combining a Task Interaction Head Architecture with Composite Angle Regression by Yu Gu, Minding Fang, Dongliang Peng

“…Furthermore, when further tested on the DOTAv1 dataset, the mAP50 can reach 79.1%.…”
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Calcium promoting maturity of oocytes through calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II of yak (Bos grunniens) by Yahua Yang, Zhou Chen, Chongfa Yang, Hao Chen, Xiaochen Song, Yang Li, Bingzhu Zhao, Junyuan Ma, Jine Wang, Yanmei Yang, Shengdong Huo, Wenxue Luo

“…The GSH level of mature oocytes reached the highest value in 0.24 mM Ca2+ group. The ROS level of mature oocytes reached the highest level in 1.5 μM KN-93 group, and the expression of BCL-2, EGF, EGFR and c-fos mRNA was increased by adding Ca2+.The KN-93 decreased the expression of BCL-2, EGF, EGFR and c-fos genes. …”
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Rehabilitation outcomes for people with lung cancer (UNITE): protocol for the development of a core outcome set by Linda Denehy, Lara Edbrooke, Catherine L Granger, Bronwen Connolly, Jill J Francis, Tom John, Nasreen Kaadan, Emma Halloran

“…Introduction With treatment-related improvements in survival, rehabilitation is essential to improve function and health-related quality of life and manage the high symptom burden associated with lung cancer. …”
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Association between intraoperative fluid management and postoperative outcomes in living kidney donors: a retrospective cohort study by Ja Eun Lee, Chisong Chung, Sunghae Park, Kyo Won Lee, Gaab Soo Kim

“…Twofold increase in sCr (equivalent to stage 2 AKI) during the first week and prolonged hospitalization were most frequent in group 1 [7.8 vs. 1.1 vs. 1.5%, P = 0.004; 7.9 vs. 3.1 vs. 0.7%, P = 0.003]. Time to reach minimal sCr was longest in group 1. No differences were found in recipient early renal function. …”
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