Survivin Expression in Placentas with Intrauterine Growth Restriction by Pavo Perković, Sanja Štifter-Vretenar, Marina Perković, Marko Štefančić, Ena Holjević, Andrea Dekanić, Tea Štimac

“…Chi-square tests, Fisher exact tests, and <i>t</i>-tests (<i>p</i> < 0.05) were used to compare categorical variables. …”
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Impact of implant abutment materials on force damping response and marginal fit of implant supported restoration by Amr Mohammed Hussein Elmesery, Amany Mohammed Korsel, Waleed Elshahawy

“…Quantitative data were expressed as mean ± SD and analyzed using ANOVA with post hoc Tukey test. Normality was confirmed with the Shapiro–Wilk test, and differences between groups were assessed with an unpaired Student's t-test. …”
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STUDY OF DNA DAMAGE by NEW NORMOTHYMIC MEDICINAL ON THE BASIS OF THE COMPLEX OF LITHIUM CITRATE, POLYMETHYLSYLOXANE AND ALUMINUM OXIDE BY DNA COMET ASSAY <i>IN VIVO</i> by V. I. Konenkov, L. N. Rachkovskaya, A. Y. Letyagin, T. G. Borovskaya, A. V. Shurlygina, M. V. Robinson, M. A. Korolev, A. A. Kotlyarova, T. V. Popova, E. E. Rachkovskiy, A. V. Vychuzhanina, V. A. Mashanova

“…When the dose was reduced (400 mg/kg) and the duration of the experiment was increased (up to 18 hours), this effect was not detected. That indicates the ability of the drug to enhance DNA damage repair. …”
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A power disturbance observer-based sliding mode frequency controller for grid-forming converters by Weiyu Wang, Gongping Wu, Fei Ke, Ye Cai, Jiajun Li, Zhilin Yang, Yijia Cao, Yunfeng Li

“…The proposed PDOSMFC is validated via two test systems in a PowerFactory-MATLAB co-simulation environment. …”
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Human Action Recognition Method Based on Multi-channel Fusion by Zhiyong TAO, Xijun GUO, Xiaokui REN, Ying LIU, Zemin WANG

“…Simultaneously, a multi-scale integration mechanism is applied to fuse action characteristics at varying scales, bolstering the system’s ability to represent actions effectively. The extracted action features are then aggregated through a dual attention mechanism. …”
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Structural Parameter Identification Using Multi-Objective Modified Directional Bat Algorithm by LIU Li-jun, LIN Ying-hai, SU Yong-hui, LEI Ying

“…MOMDBA addressed these limitations through three key improvements： 1） Individual Historical Best Position Tracking： This feature allowed the algorithm to retain and utilize the best individual solutions encountered during the search process， improving its ability to explore the solution space effectively. 2） Hybrid Global-Local Search Strategy： By combining global exploration with local exploitation， MOMDBA enhanced its ability to converge towards optimal solutions while avoiding local optima. 3） Elimination Mechanism： To maintain population diversity and prevent stagnation， low-performing individuals were periodically replaced with new solutions. …”
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Can a Simple Static-Equivalent Model Be Used to Predict Major Trends in the Dynamic Structural Response of Monopile Offshore Wind Turbines? by Antonio J. Romero-Monzón, Carlos Romero-Sánchez, Guillermo M. Álamo, Luis A. Padrón

“…This paper tests the capability of a simplified model to predict major trends in the dynamic structural response of monopile offshore wind turbines. …”
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Rolling Bearing Fault Diagnosis Based on Wavelet Overlapping Group Shrinkage and Extended Envelope Hierarchical Multiscale-Weighted Permutation Entropy by Runfang Hao, Yunpeng Bai, Kun Yang, Zhongyun Yuan, Shengjun Chang, Mingyu Wang, Hairui Feng, Yongqiang Cheng

“…Finally, the strategy was validated on the bearing test bench, CWRU, and HUST datasets, all of which achieved over 99% accuracy with superior feature recognition.…”
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Post-treatment of rat aflatoxicosis by camel milk and silymarin by Nahla H. Hassaneen, Shabaan A. Hemeda, Abeer F. El Nahas, Ghadeer M. Albadrani, Muath Q. Al-Ghadi, Zuhair M. Mohammedsaleh, Sabreen E. Fadl, Eman M. El-Diasty, Hader I. Sakr, Hader I. Sakr

“…Moreover, the histopathology of the liver and testes was done along with expression levels of specific genes in the liver and testes.ResultsThe outcomes showed that the post-treatment with silymarin and camel milk improved biochemical markers in serum and ability to reproduce.ConclusionIn conclusion, post-treatment with camel milk and silymarin could mitigate the negative effect of AFB1 on rats.…”
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Effect of temperate bacteriophage vB_SauS_S1 on the adaptability and pathogenicity of Staphylococcus aureus ST398 by Hui Liu, Craig Billington, Xing Ji, Haichang Sun, Xiang Hou, Abbas Soleimani-Delfan, Ran Wang, Heye Wang, Lili Zhang

“…The bacteriophage (phage) vB_SauS_S1 was isolated originally using a ST398 strain as its “isolating host”, then the spot tests showed it was able to infect 73.33% (22/30) ST398 isolates. …”
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Gut microbiota drives structural variation of exogenous probiotics to enhance colonization by Shuaiming Jiang, Shi Huang, Zeng Zhang, Wenyao Ma, Zhe Han, Yuan Song, Dongxue Huo, Weipeng Cui, Jiachao Zhang

“…Here, we employed probiotic Lactiplantibacillus plantarum HNU082 (Lp082) to test whether Lp082 gut-adapted mutants can resolve colonization resistance in a new gut environment. …”
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Prodigiosin hydrogel to promote healing of trauma-infected multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus mice wounds by Xin Wang, Guangfan Meng, Zongyu Zhang, Jiacheng Zhao, Shaoyu Wang, Dongliang Hua, JingZhang, Jie Zhang

“…Rheological tests indicated that PG hydrogel as a semi-solid gel had good mechanical properties. …”
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Metallic oxide nanoparticles enhance chickpea resistance to root rot and wilt by Bandar ALMIMAN, Ahmed H. ZIAN, Salama A.S. EL-BLASY, Hala M. EL-GENDY, Younes M. RASHAD, Kamar M. ABD EL-HAI, Sahar A. EL-SAYED

“…No differences in in vivo tests were observed between CuO NPs and thiophanate-methyl for reducing root rot or wilt. …”
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Effects of <i>Amphidinium carterae</i> Phytocompounds on Proliferation and the Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition Process in T98G Glioblastoma Cells by Julia Oyón Díaz de Cerio, Giulia Venneri, Ida Orefice, Martina Forestiero, Carlos Roman Baena, Gianluca Bruno Tassone, Isabella Percopo, Angela Sardo, Maria Luisa Panno, Francesca Giordano, Valeria Di Dato

“…Marine eukaryotic microalgae are rapidly advancing as a source of anticancer drugs due to their ability to produce potent secondary metabolites with biological activity. …”
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Green Nanoparticle Synthesis in the Application of Non-Bacterial Mastitis in Cattle by Michał Motrenko, Agata Lange, Aleksandra Kalińska, Marcin Gołębiewski, Małgorzata Kunowska-Slósarz, Barbara Nasiłowska, Joanna Czwartos, Wojciech Skrzeczanowski, Aleksandra Orzeszko-Rywka, Tomasz Jagielski, Anna Hotowy, Mateusz Wierzbicki, Sławomir Jaworski

“…The study highlights the nanoparticles’ ability to damage cell membranes and inhibit metabolic activities, presenting a promising alternative for managing infections resistant to conventional treatments. …”
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Strong, antioxidant, and biodegradable gelatin methacryloyl composite hydrogel for oxidative stress protection in Schwann cells by Hongyang Han, Dongcao Ji, Shu Yang, Bo Pang, Xi Chen, Jiaqi Zhu, Jiaqi Zhu, Wenxin Cao, Wenxin Cao, Tao Song

“…At the same time, TA endowed the hydrogel with exceptional antioxidant ability, resulting in a free radical scavenging rate of 89.93% ± 0.9% in vitro. …”
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Deep Learning-Based AI-Assisted Visual Inspection Systems for Historic Buildings and their Comparative Performance with ChatGPT-4O by M. Mishra, M. Mishra, K. Zhang, C. Mea, L. Barazzetti, F. Fassi, F. Fiorillo, M. Previtali

“…Specifically, this investigation sought to evaluate the ChatGPT&rsquo;s ability to identify and describe surface degradation pathologies by exploiting its pre-trained models for image analysis. …”
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Vitamin D3-Coated Surfaces and Their Role in Bone Repair and Peri-Implant Biomechanics by Letícia Pitol-Palin, Isadora Castaldi Sousa, Juliani Caroline Ribeiro de Araújo, Fábio Roberto de Souza Batista, Bruna Kaori Namba Inoue, Paulo Roberto Botacin, Luana Marotta Reis de Vasconcellos, Paulo Noronha Lisboa-Filho, Roberta Okamoto

“…The work was carried out in two stages: (I) physicochemical and biological tests (in vivo) in order to characterize and validate the vitamin D3 surface as well as its ability to affect peri-implant bone biomechanics; and (II) in vitro experiments to characterize viability responses, interaction and cell mineralization capacity. …”
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Evaluating the Thermal Shock Resistance of SiC-C/CA Composites Through the Cohesive Finite Element Method and Machine Learning by Qiping Deng, Yu Xiong, Zirui Du, Jinping Cui, Cheng Peng, Zhiyong Luo, Jinli Xie, Hailong Qin, Zhimin Sun, Qingfeng Zeng, Kang Guan

“…Silicon carbide-coated carbon fiber-reinforced carbon aerogel (SiC-C/CA) composites are ideal for high-temperature applications due to their ability to endure rapid temperature changes without losing structural integrity. …”
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Increasing prevalence of hypervirulent ST5 methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus subtype poses a serious clinical threat by Ying Jian, Lin Zhao, Na Zhao, Hui-Ying Lv, Yao Liu, Lei He, Qian Liu, Min Li

“…Furthermore, MSSA subtype isolates displayed higher hemolysis capacity and higher ability to adhere to epithelial cells including A549 human alveolar epithelial cells and HaCaT human skin keratinocytes, caused more severe infections in murine abscess model. …”
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