Drosophila Piwi distinguishes transposons from mRNAs by piRNA complementarity and abundance by Masaru Ariura, Therese Solberg, Hirotsugu Ishizu, Hazuki Takahashi, Piero Carninci, Haruhiko Siomi, Yuka W. Iwasaki

“…In addition to the complementarity of piRNAs to their targets, their abundance must reach a certain threshold to be functional. Together, these findings explain large differences in the target repression of Piwi-associated RNAs and reveal how Piwi efficiently distinguishes TEs from mRNAs despite associating with both.…”
Get full text

The Use of Infrastructure of Partner (Islamic) Finance Institutions to Build Mechanism of Raising Investment of Islamic Investors to Russian Projects by Karim Mousa Almawajdeh Waheeb, I. A. Zaripov

“…Methodological tools of the research include analysis of public factual account concerning the development of Islamic finance and functioning of Islamic finance institutions in Russia. …”
Get full text

Cerebral systems in the pathogenesis of endogenous psychoses by ANIBAL SILVEIRA

“…Mental process imply a harmonious functioning of psychic systems, assembled into larger units, psychic spheres (Table 1). …”
Get full text

Optimization of fermentation conditions and physicochemical properties and structural feature of quinoa bran dietary fiber by SUN Yongjie, SU Xiaomin, ZHOU Xuancheng, ZHAO Xinru, ZHU Minghui, YU Yaotian, WANG Xifeng, LIU Bei

“…In order to improve the utilization of quinoa bran and improve its functional properties, using quinoa bran as raw materials, quinoa bran dietary fiber was modified by fermentation with Aspergillus niger. …”
Get full text

Fractional Flow Reserve Implications for Clinical Decision Making in Coronary Artery Disease by Andrei Grib, Marcel Abras, Artiom Surev, Livi Grib

“…Fractional flow reserve (FFR) is regarded as the gold standard for assessing the functional significance of coronary artery lesions. …”
Get full text

Role of Interfacial Potential Drops on Redox‐Couple Dependent Voltages Using Hybridized Si(111)–(Bis)Anthracene Photoelectrodes by Hark Jin Kim, Michael J. Rose

“…Abstract We investigate the flat band voltage (VFB) of silicon (Si) surfaces functionalized with methyl (Me), 9‐anthracene (Anth), 1,8‐anthracene (DiAnth; two attachment points), and 9‐bianthracene (BiAnth) on n‐type and p‐type Si substrates. …”
Get full text

Chemical modification and antioxidant activity of Wendan peel polysaccharide by Bobo Lin, Gangliang Huang

“…At a concentration of 3.2 mg/mL, the scavenging rate of P-PP on DPPH free radicals could reach 72.50%, and the scavenging rate on superoxide anions was 69.38%.These results indicated that the antioxidant activity of modified polysaccharides was improved, which might be due to the introduction of new active functional groups through chemical modification, thereby altering the structure of polysaccharides.…”
Get full text

Ophthalmic formulation of methotrexate: a strategy of using the self-assembled LacAC4A nanoparticles for non-invasive drug delivery to the ocular posterior segment by Xiao-Yun Hou, Xiao-Ling Zhang, An-Kang Ying, Yu-Xin Yue, Tao Yang, Dong-Sheng Guo, Zhi-Qing Li

Get full text

Effects of alkyl size of AlR3 on its reaction with thiophene-2-carbonyl chloride by Zhong Wentao, Yang Pengjia, Fu Zhisheng, Wang Qi, Fan Zhiqiang

Get full text

Influence of structural depth of laser-patterned steel surfaces on the solid lubricity of carbon nanoparticle coatings by Timothy Maclucas, Lukas Daut, Philipp Grützmacher, Maria Agustina Guitar, Volker Presser, Carsten Gachot, Sebastian Suarez, Frank Mücklich

Get full text

Effect of NH2-MWCNTs/CF anodes on the power generation performance of SMFCs by Xiaoyi Zhao, Haiying Guo, Cunguo Lin, Zhenghui Qiu, Binpeng Han, Lixia Han

“…In this paper, we prepared amino-functionalized carbon nanotube-modified electrodes and constructed SMFCs using them to study the effect of amino-functionalized carbon nanotubes on the power generation performance of SMFCs. …”
Get full text

Fabrication and assessment of performance of clay based ceramic membranes impregnated with CNTs in dye removal by Kareem H. Hamad, Heba Abdallah, Sohair T. Aly, R. Abobeah, Sh. K. Amin

“…The surface of the optimal membrane support was modified using functionalized COOH-carbon nanotubes to increase the dye removal percentage. …”
Get full text

Exact Analytical Solutions for Modelling the Speed-Time Characteristics of Direct-Start Induction Machines under Various Operational Conditions on Ships: Review and Experimental Va... by Ilija Knezevic, Martin Calasan, Tatijana Dlabac, Filip Filipovic, Nebojsa Mitrovic

“…Induction machines (IMs) are crucial to driving auxiliary machinery and devices of ships, such as pumps, fans, winches, and elevators, which are essential for maintaining the operational functions of a ship and are characterised by various types of loads. …”
Get full text

Sustainable valorization of yellow cherry juice using natural propolis and non-thermal techniques by Seydi Yıkmış, Melikenur Türkol, Nazan Tokatlı Demirok, Nazlı Tokatlı, Ezgi Rüzgar, Isam A. Mohamed Ahmed, Moneera O. Aljobair

“…Principal component analysis (PCA) analysis revealed that thermosonicated samples (TS-YCJ) were positively correlated with functional components such as chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, epicatechin and total soluble solids (TSS). …”
Get full text

Reliability and Validity of Fall Efficacy Scale-International in People with Parkinson’s Disease during On- and Off-Drug Phases by Maryam Mehdizadeh, Pablo Martinez-Martin, Seyed-Amirhasan Habibi, Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad, Amirabas Abasi, Javad Niazi Khatoon, Seyed Hassan Saneii, Ghorban Taghizadeh

“…Convergent validity of FES-I was established with Visual Analog Scale-Fear of Falling, Berg Balance Scale, and Functional Reach Test. Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire-39 and Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale-Activities of Daily Living were also applied. …”
Get full text

Exploration of in vitro digestive, antioxidative, and anti-inflammatory benefits of yam (Dioscorea rhizoma) powder-enriched noodles by Feng Jia, Zhihang Qiao, Lei Zeng, Zuchong Liu, Haifeng Li, Jikai Zhao

“…The effects of yam powder (YP) on the functional properties of wheat flour noodles were investigated to improve the nutritional value of noodles and provide a scientific basis for YP application in flour products. …”
Get full text

Experimental and Numerical Simulation Studies on the Flow Field Effects of Three Artificial Fish Reefs by Peng Guo, Shuo Zhang, Shishi Zhu, Zhaoyang Jiang

“…This paper focuses on three artificial reefs with different functionalities that are to be placed in the marine pasture in South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, investigating the effects of different incoming current velocities and headward current angles on their flow field effects and aiming to explore the flow field effects of the three reefs and analyze the functionality of their flow fields and flow regimes on the sea area. …”
Get full text

Electrochemical ohmic memristors for continual learning by Shaochuan Chen, Zhen Yang, Heinrich Hartmann, Astrid Besmehn, Yuchao Yang, Ilia Valov

“…The years of intensive research have still not reached and demonstrated their full horizon of capabilities, and new concepts are essential for successfully using the complete spectra of memristive functionalities for industrial applications. …”
Get full text

Design of parallel switchable control system based on independent innovation by Wang Ming, Yang Yue, Kuai Liang, Min Xiaoshuang, Qi Tao, Dong Yan

“…The system selects both mainstream imported PLC products and domestic PLC products, designs and constructs a parallel switchable dual control system for the on-site acquisition of signals from various terminal equipment and switching control. By comparing the functions and performance of the two sets of PLC control systems, it is verified that the scheme can enable the domestic PLC to reach the same technical level as the imported PLC and achieve the same functions, and the system operates stably and reliably. …”
Get full text

The biological activity and potential of probiotics-derived extracellular vesicles as postbiotics in modulating microbiota-host communication by Xiaoming Zhang, Ye Wang, Qiyu E, Muhammad Naveed, Xiuli Wang, Yinhui Liu, Ming Li

“…In particular, probiotic-derived extracellular vesicles (PEVs) can act as postbiotics, maintaining almost the same functional activity as probiotics. They also have strong biocompatibility and loading capacity to carry exogenous or parental active molecules to reach distal organs to play their roles. …”
Get full text