Influence of Aging and Diabetes on the Mechanical Properties of Mouse Skin by Sarah Miny, Gaël Runel, Julien Chlasta, Christelle Bonod

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Antioxidant activities and inhibitory effects of free and bound polyphenols from date (Phoenix dactylifera L.) seeds on starch digestive enzymes by Sameera Sirisena, Ken Ng, Said Ajlouni

“…Date (Phoenix dactylifera L.) seeds have gained interest as a valuable by-product of the date fruit industry and have been identified as a rich source of functional and bioactive ingredients. In this study, date seeds from five varieties (Medjool, Deglet Nour, Barhee, Bou Sthammi and Dayrie) cultivated in Australia were analysed for their total phenolic and flavonoid contents, ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP), Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC), and in-vitro inhibition against α-amylase and α-glucosidase. …”
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Impact of Drying on Phytonutritional Compounds, In Vitro Antioxidant Activity and Cytotoxicity of Spiny Saltbush (<i>Rhagodia spinescens</i>) by Sephora Mutombo Mianda, Jiaxuan Li, Saleha Akter, Oladipupo Adiamo, Dharini Sivakumar, Yasmina Sultanbawa

“…The study uncovered changes in phytonutritional compounds after the oven and freeze-drying spiny saltbush, a potential salt alternative and functional ingredient for the food industry.…”
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Optimizing PBMC Cryopreservation and Utilization for ImmunoSpot^® Analysis of Antigen-Specific Memory B Cells by Noémi Becza, Lingling Yao, Paul V. Lehmann, Greg A. Kirchenbaum

“…The requirement for low cell numbers and the retention of B cell functionality by cryopreserved PBMCs equivalent to freshly isolated material implies that fewer than the standard 10 million PBMCs per vial can be frozen. …”
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Eco-Friendly Synthesis of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles from <i>Lycium cooperi</i> by Jhonathan Castillo-Saenz, Jorge Salomón-Carlos, Ernesto Beltrán-Partida, Benjamín Valdez-Salas

“…Moreover, the elemental composition revealed Ce and O, indicating highly pure CeO₂-NPs characterized by an interplanar cubic crystalline structure. Furthermore, we detected the presence of stabilizing functional groups from <i>L. cooperi</i>, which, after a controlled annealing process, resulted in a band gap energy of 3.9 eV, which was optimal for the CeO₂-NPs. …”
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Isolation and identification of acetoin-producing strain and its effect on solid-state multi-microbial fermentation products by CHEN Yuanyuan, CHEN Deming, LI Zijian, HUANG Dan, LUO Huibo

“…Acetoin (ACT) is a key precursor of tetramethylpyrazine (TTMP), an important functional substance in Baijiu. Acetoin-producing strains were screened and isolated from sauce-flavor Daqu, identified by morphological observation and molecular biology techniques, and applied to solid-state multi-microbial fermentation to investigate their effects on physicochemical indexes, organic acids, and volatile flavor compounds of fermentation products. …”
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V-ATPase and Lysosomal Energy Sensing in Periodontitis and Medicine-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw by Xianrui Yang, Lexie Shannon Holliday

“…These complexes detect levels of various cellular nutrients, including glucose at the lysosome, and promote cellular responses to restore homeostasis. …”
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ZeroMAC: Toward a zero sleep delay and zero idle listening media access control protocol with ultralow power radio frequency wakeup sensor by Sang Hoon Lee, Lynn Choi

“…In wireless sensor networks, duty cycling has been an imperative choice to reduce idle listening but it introduces sleep delay. …”
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Circulating cell-free DNA methylation patterns indicate cellular sources of allograft injury after liver transplant by Megan E. McNamara, Sidharth S. Jain, Kesha Oza, Vinona Muralidaran, Amber J. Kiliti, A. Patrick McDeed, Digvijay Patil, Yuki Cui, Marcel O. Schmidt, Anna T. Riegel, Alexander Kroemer, Anton Wellstein

“…Abstract Post-transplant complications reduce allograft and recipient survival. Current approaches for detecting allograft injury non-invasively are limited and do not differentiate between cellular mechanisms. …”
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Enhancing Legged Robot Locomotion Through Smooth Transitions Using Spiking Central Pattern Generators by Horacio Rostro-Gonzalez, Erick I. Guerra-Hernandez, Patricia Batres-Mendoza, Andres A. Garcia-Granada, Miroslava Cano-Lara, Andres Espinal

“…Specifically, we utilize a spiking neural network (SNN) functioning as a Central Pattern Generator (CPG) to generate three distinct locomotion patterns, or gaits: walk, jog, and run. …”
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Gene drive-based population suppression in the malaria vector Anopheles stephensi by Xuejiao Xu, Jingheng Chen, You Wang, Yiran Liu, Yongjie Zhang, Jie Yang, Xiaozhen Yang, Bin Chen, Zhengbo He, Jackson Champer

“…Here, we construct a homing suppression drive in the major urban malaria vector Anopheles stephensi targeting the female-specific exon of doublesex, incorporating two gRNAs and a nanos-Cas9 to reduce functional resistance and improve female heterozygote fitness. …”
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Prolonged Systemic Inflammation Alters Muscarinic Long-Term Potentiation (mLTP) in the Hippocampus by Efrat Shavit-Stein, Amir Dori, Marina Ben Shimon, Shany Guly Gofrit, Nicola Maggio

“…Indeed, intervention which is aimed at reducing neuroinflammatory changes in the brain has been associated with an improvement in cognitive functions. …”
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Insights into the Driving Factors of Methane Emission from Double-Season Rice Field Under Different Fertilization Practices in South China by Jin Zheng, Yusheng Lu, Peizhi Xu, Kaizhi Xie, Changmin Zhou, Yaying Li, Haoyang Geng, Qianyuan Wang, Wenjie Gu

“…Aerobic CH₄-oxidizing bacteria, predominantly from the genus <i>Methylocystis</i>, were detected in all the treatments, while the CH₄ anaerobic-oxidizing archaea ANME-1b was only detected in chemical fertilization (CF) and cow manure (CM) treatments. …”
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INDICATORS OF OVARIAL RESERVE, PRO- AND ANTIOXIDANT SYSTEM, CYTOKINE STATUS OF PERIPHERAL BLOOD AND PERITONEAL LIQUID IN PATIENTS WITH ENDOMETRIOID OVARIAN CYSTS by Ekaterina I. Sokolova, Irina I. Kutsenko, Elena I. Kravtsova, Saida K. Batmen

“…The disruption of oxidative homeostasis and activation of immune inflammation, detected in patients of late reproductive age with EOC, may lead to the damage of the structural cell components of the functional ovarian tissue, thereby reducing the ovarian reserve.Conflict of interest: the authors declare no conflict of interest.…”
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MergeBot: A platform of semi-structured merge conflict resolution for C/C++ code by Hua He, Xiaofan Liu, Lei Xu, Guanghui Mei, Jifeng Xuan

“…The semi-structured merge combines structural merge of program entities (e.g., functions, classes) with unstructured merge of code lines. …”
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A New Approach to Separate Haemodynamic Signals for Brain-Computer Interface Using Independent Component Analysis and Least Squares by Yan Zhang, Xin Liu, Chunling Yang, Kuanquan Wang, Jinwei Sun, Peter Rolfe

“…Brain-computer interface (BCI) is one technology that allows a user to communicate with external devices through detecting brain activity. As a promising noninvasive technique, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) has recently earned increasing attention in BCI studies. …”
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Evaluation of familial phenotype deviation to measure the impact of de novo mutations in autism by Soo-Whee Kim, Hyeji Lee, Da Yea Song, Gang-Hee Lee, Jae Hyun Han, Jee Won Lee, Hee Jung Byun, Ji Hyun Son, Ye Rim Kim, Yoojeong Lee, Eunjoon Kim, Donna M. Werling, So Hyun Kim, Stephan J. Sanders, Hee Jeong Yoo, Joon-Yong An

“…We further performed outlier analysis based on WFSDs per gene to detect genes with high variability between families. …”
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Genome-wide analyses reveal intricate genetic mechanisms underlying egg production efficiency in chickens by Lizhi Tan, Xinyu Cai, Yuan Kong, Zexuan Liu, Zilong Wen, Lina Bu, Yuzhan Wang, Xiaojun Liu, Zhiwu Zhang, Jianlin Han, Dandan Wang, Yiqiang Zhao

“…Consistently, functional analysis of associated genes demonstrates that egg production efficiency benefits from multiple physiological functions. …”
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Physicochemical, rheological and antioxidant profiling of yogurt prepared from non-enzymatically and enzymatically hydrolyzed potato powder under refrigeration by Ishtiaq Ahmad, Zhouyi Xiong, Hanguo Xiong, Rana Muhammad Aadil, Nauman Khalid, Allah Bakash Jvaid Lakhoo, Zia-ud-din, Asad Nawaz, Noman Walayat, Rao Sanaullah Khan

“…Negligible differences in pH values, titratable acidities and viable counts were detected in all three types of yogurt during storage. …”
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Differential effects of β-blockers nebivolol and metoprolol on mitochondrial biogenesis and antioxidant defense in angiotensin II-induced pathology in H9c2 cardiomyoblasts by Rukhsana Gul, Arwa Bazighifan, Shahid Nawaz, Assim A. Alfadda

“…Intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) production was assessed by detecting 2’,7’-dichlorofluorescein (DCF) fluorescence. …”
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