Effects of Transplanted Heparin-Poloxamer Hydrogel Combining Dental Pulp Stem Cells and bFGF on Spinal Cord Injury Repair by Lihua Luo, Abdullkhaleg Ali Albashari, Xiaoyan Wang, Ling Jin, Yanni Zhang, Lina Zheng, Jianjian Xia, Helin Xu, Yingzheng Zhao, Jian Xiao, Yan He, Qingsong Ye

“…Dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs), derived from cranial neural crest, possess mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) characteristics and have an ability to provide neuroprotective and neurotrophic properties for SCI treatment. …”
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The study of functional asymmetry in students and schoolchildren practicing martial arts by Vyacheslav V. Romanenko, Olha O. Podrihalo, Leonid V. Podrigalo, Sergii S. Iermakov, Zhanna V. Sotnikova-Meleshkina, Oksana V. Bobrova

“…The functional asymmetry was determined using «Reaction SM Dual» software for tablets with iOS. Two visual tests were used. The duration of each test was 100 s. …”
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Predicting the strengths of basalt fiber reinforced concrete mixed with fly ash using AML and Hoffman and Gardener techniques by Kennedy C. Onyelowe, Viroon Kamchoom, Shadi Hanandeh, Ahmed M. Ebid, José Luis Llamuca Llamuca, Juan Carlos Cayán Martínez, Evlin Rose, Paul Awoyera, Siva Avudaiappan

“…Further, performance evaluation indices were used to compare the models’ abilities and lastly, the Hoffman and Gardener’s technique was used to evaluate the sensitivity of the parameters on the concrete strengths. …”
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Anew mid-ripening table grape cultivar Puyuan Qinxiang by XIANG Jiang, CHENG Jianhui, WEI Lingzhu, ZHENG Ting, WU Jiang

“…The variety shows excellent abilities of flower bud differentiation, fruit setting and secondary fruiting. …”
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A Review of Degradation and Reliability Analysis of a Solar PV Module by Zafar Ullah Khan, Adnan Daud Khan, Khalid Khan, Soliman Abdul Karim Al Khatib, Shahbaz Khan, Muhammad Qasim Khan, Abid Ullah

“…Data-driven analytical methods, such as DL (Deep Learning) ML (Machine Learning) models, have astounding computational abilities to process large amounts of data, with diverse features, and with minimal computation time. …”
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IonoGAN: An Enhanced Model for Forecasting Quiet and Disturbed Ionospheric Features From Predicted Ionograms by Chu Qiu, Jinhui Cai, Zheng Wang, Pengdong Gao, Guojun Wang, Quan Qi, Bo Wang, Zhengwei Cheng, Jiankui Shi, Yajun Zhu, Xiao Wang, Kai Ding

“…The IonoGAN extends the spatiotemporal information‐preserving and perception‐augmented (STIP) ability by incorporating a Local‐Global discriminator to focus on the F region in ionograms. …”
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The combined effects of motor imagery and motor practice are influenced by differences in working memory function: Examination of brain, spinal cord, and muscle performance data by Yuki Fukumoto, Hiroki Bizen, Marina Todo, Naoki Yoshida, Toshiaki Suzuki

“…The ability to perform motor imagery is affected by differences in short-term memory storage capacity in terms of the activation of working memory. …”
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Effects of preoperative and postoperative resistance exercise interventions on recovery of physical function in patients undergoing abdominal surgery for cancer: a systematic revie... by David Stephensen, Ferhana Hashem, Kevin Corbett, Amanda Bates, Michelle George, Ralph Peter Hobbs, Malcolm Hopkins, Irena Hutchins, David Peter Lowery, Tracy Pellatt-Higgins, Charitini Stavropoulou, Ian Swaine, Lee Tomlinson, Hazel Woodward, Haythem Ali

“…Objective To systematically review the effects of preoperative and postoperative resistance exercise training on the recovery of physical function in patients undergoing abdominal surgery for cancer.Data sources A systematic review of English articles using Medline, Physiotherapy Evidence Database, CINAHL and the Cochrane Library electronic databases was undertaken.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Studies were included if they used a randomised, quasi-randomised or controlled trial study design and compared the effects of a muscle-strengthening exercise intervention (±other therapy) with a comparative non-exercise group; involved adult participants (≥18 years) who had elected to undergo abdominal surgery for cancer; and used muscle strength, physical function, self-reported functional ability, range of motion and/or a performance-based test as an outcome measure.Results Following screening of titles and abstracts of the 588 publications retrieved from the initial search, 24 studies met the inclusion criteria and were accessed for review of the full-text version of the article, and 2 eligible studies met the inclusion criteria and were included in the review. …”
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Repositioning Canagliflozin for Mitigation of Aluminium Chloride-Induced Alzheimer’s Disease: Involvement of TXNIP/NLRP3 Inflammasome Axis, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, and SIRT1/HMG... by Hemat A. Elariny, Ahmed M. Kabel, Heba Mohammed Refat M. Selim, Azza I. Helal, Doaa Abdelrahman, Hany M. Borg, Mennatallah A. Elkady, Lamees M. Dawood, Mohamed F. El-Badawy, Haifa Faisal A. Almalawi, El-Shaimaa A. Arafa, Shuruq E. Alsufyani, Hany H. Arab

“…In addition, canagliflozin exhibited an interesting dose-dependent ability to repress aluminium chloride-induced histopathological changes in the brain. …”
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Helicobacter pylori employs a general protein glycosylation system for the modification of outer membrane adhesins by Kai-Wen Teng, Kai-Siang Hsieh, Ji-Shiuan Hung, Chun-Jen Wang, En-Chi Liao, Pei-Chun Chen, Ying-Hsuan Lin, Deng-Chyang Wu, Chun-Hung Lin, Wen-Ching Wang, Hong-Lin Chan, Shau-Ku Huang, Mou-Chieh Kao

“…Loss of the adhesin glycosylation not only reduces the protease resistance and the stability of the tested adhesins but also changes the adhesin-binding ability. …”
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Characterization and identification of potential microbial fuel cells capable for the detoxification of hexavalent chromium from leather industry wastewater with power generation by Christina Saran, Devendra Kumar Patel, Vartika Jain, Gubbala Naga Venkata Satyanarayana, Ganesh Dattatraya Saratale, Luiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira, Ram Naresh Bharagava

“…Three bacterial isolates, Pseudomonas stutzeri (CSDEM1), Microbacterium algeriense (CSDEM3), and Bacillus stratosphericus (CSDEM4), were tested for their efficiency. Among these, CSDEM3 (M. algeriense) showed the highest ability to reduce Cr6+ (80.13%) at a concentration of 1500 ppm and produced the highest bioelectricity (302 mV and 501 µA), which is the novelty of this work. …”
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Immunogenicity and Protective Efficacy against Murine Tuberculosis of a Prime-Boost Regimen with BCG and a DNA Vaccine Expressing ESAT-6 and Ag85A Fusion Protein by Jia Lu, Chun Wang, Zhiguang Zhou, Ying Zhang, Tingting Cao, Chunwei Shi, Zhenhua Chen, Lingxia Chen, Changxue Cai, Xionglin Fan

“…Thus, our study indicates that pcD685A may be an efficient booster vaccine against TB with a strong ability to enhance prior BCG immunity.…”
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Diagnostic Benefit of Simultaneous Capsule Endoscopy Using Two Different Systems by Seung Han Kim, Hyuk Soon Choi, Hoon Jai Chun, Eun Sun Kim, Bora Keum, Yeon Seok Seo, Yoon Tae Jeen, Hong Sik Lee, Soon Ho Um, Chang Duck Kim

“…Capsule endoscopy (CE) is a noninvasive test for diagnosing small bowel disorders. However, several studies reported that the CE-based visualization is suboptimal. …”
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Development and validation of AI-based automatic segmentation and measurement of thymus on chest CT scans by Yusheng Guo, Bingxin Gong, Guowei Jiang, Wang Du, Shuangfeng Dai, Qi Wan, Dongyong Zhu, Chanyuan Liu, Yi Li, Qing Sun, Qianqian Fan, Bo Liang, Lian Yang, Chuansheng Zheng

“…Six radiologists with varying levels of experience were invited to participate in a reader study to assess the measurement performance of Thy-uNET and its ability to assist doctors. Results Thy-uNET demonstrated consistent segmentation performance across different subgroups, with Dice = 0.83 in the internal test set, and Dice = 0.82 in the external test sets. …”
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Functional analysis of Parabacteroides distasonis F4: a novel probiotic strain linked to calf growth and rumen fermentation by Xiaoran Feng, Yunlong Liu, Shengyang Xu, Junnan Ma, Hao Yuan, Haixin Wang, Jiachen Hu, Sijie Jin, Shanji Liu, Jin Zhong, Tao Ma, Yan Tu

“…Whole-genome sequencing and pan-genome analysis showed that P. distasonis F4 possesses a core functional potential for carbohydrate and amino acid metabolism, with the ability to produce propionate, acetate, and lactate. …”
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An Intranet of Things approach for adaptable control of behavioral and navigation-based experiments by John C Bowler, George Zakka, Hyun Choong Yong, Wenke Li, Bovey Rao, Zhenrui Liao, James B Priestley, Attila Losonczy

“…We demonstrate behaviorMate’s utility and reliability with a range of use cases from several published studies and benchmark tests. Finally, we present experimental validation demonstrating different modalities of hippocampal place field studies. …”
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Phytochemical Analysis, Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities, Minerals Element Profiling, and Identification of Bioactive Compounds by UPLC-HRMS Orbitrap in Four Aromatic and M... by Aicha Boubker, Abdelmoula El Ouardi, Taha El Kamli, Adnane El Hamidi, Mohammed Kaicer, Faouzi Kichou, Najia Ameur, Khaoula Errafii, Rachid Ben Aakame, Aicha Sifou

“…The ethanolic extract’s ability to neutralize free radicals was validated by phytochemical studies and antioxidant tests, underscoring their role in preventing oxidative stress. …”
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Serogroup Prevalence, Virulence Profile and Antibiotic Resistance of Avian Pathogenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> Isolated from Broiler Chicken by Showkat A. Shah, Masood S. Mir, Shayaib A. Kamil, Majid Shafi, Mudasir A. Rather, Azmat A. Khan, Zahoor A. Wani, Sheikh Adil, Fatmah M. Alqahtani, Majid Alhomrani, Manzoor Wani

“…Serogrouping revealed diverse serotypes, with O2 being the most common (16%), followed by O1, O8, and O76. All isolates tested positive for at minimum one virulence gene, with 7.2% carrying all five targeted genes, particularly in serogroups O1, O8, O45, and O88. …”
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Detection of Irrigated and Non-Irrigated Soybeans Using Hyperspectral Data in Machine-Learning Models by Izabela Cristina de Oliveira, Ricardo Gava, Dthenifer Cordeiro Santana, Ana Carina da Silva Cândido Seron, Larissa Pereira Ribeiro Teodoro, Mayara Favero Cotrim, Regimar Garcia dos Santos, Rita de Cássia Félix Alvarez, Carlos Antonio da Silva Junior, Fábio Henrique Rojo Baio, Paulo Eduardo Teodoro

“…On the other hand, artificial neural networks (ANN) performed well with spectral band data, demonstrating their ability to work with smaller data sets without compromising the classification.…”
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Self-Aligning Finger Exoskeleton for the Mobilization of the Metacarpophalangeal Joint by Emanuele Peperoni, Stefano Laszlo Capitani, Tommaso Fiumalbi, Eugenio Capotorti, Andrea Baldoni, Filippo Dell'Agnello, Ilaria Creatini, Elisa Taglione, Nicola Vitiello, Emilio Trigili, Simona Crea

“…Different kinematic chain solutions have been proposed in the state of the art, with different trade-offs between characteristics of kinematic compatibility, adaptability to different anthropometries, and the ability to compute relevant clinical information. …”
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