Advances in Application of Natural Clay and Its Composites in Removal of Biological, Organic, and Inorganic Contaminants from Drinking Water by Rajani Srinivasan

“…Over the recent years, research on the modification of clay to increase their adsorbent capacity to remove other contaminants from drinking water other than metals is in progress. …”
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Anthracycline Drugs on Modified Surface of Quercetin-Loaded Polymer Nanoparticles: A Dual Drug Delivery Model for Cancer Treatment. by Chabita Saha, Agrima Kaushik, Asmita Das, Sandip Pal, Debashis Majumder

“…Such NFs are expected to overcome multi-drug resistance (MDR) by reaching and treating the target cancerous cells by virtue of size, charge and retention.…”
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Chemical characterization and tensile properties of a sugarcane bagasse-chemically modified starch composite structure developed for packaging purposes by Md. Arif Mahmud, Nafis Abir, Shah Alimuzzaman Belal, Md. Abdul Gafur

“…The aim of this study is to develop a bagasse fibre reinforced starch composite and to characterize its chemical and tensile properties. Chemical modification was done to improve the inferior mechanical characteristics of the starch polymer by treating it with sodium hydroxide, adipic acid, and mustard oil. …”
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Transforming bone cancer treatment: a comprehensive review of green-synthesized metal nanoparticles by Linying Xia, Chao Zhou, Xiankun Liu, Yijun Yu, Qiong Xie, Hongming Lin, Xiaochun Xiong, Songou Zhang, Wenqing Liang, Haiyan Shao

“…Therefore, the ability to precisely manipulate metallic nanoparticles (MNPs)' form, size, charge, and surface modification makes them very useful in treating bone cancer. …”
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Ultramodern natural and synthetic polymer hydrogel scaffolds for articular cartilage repair and regeneration by Chun-Sheng Li, Yan Xu, Juan Li, Shu-Hao Qin, Shao-Wen Huang, Xue-Mei Chen, Yi Luo, Cheng-Tao Gao, Jian-Hui Xiao

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A Proposal Concerning Assessment of Alternative Cityscape Designs with Audiovisual Comfort and Health of Inhabitants by Agnieszka OZGA, Jacek WIERZBICKI, Dominik MLECZKO

“…We present our ideas treating them as an invitation to a scientific discourse, in the form of analysis of actual projects concerning modification of existing cityscapes. …”
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Sweet and sticky: increased cell adhesion through click-mediated functionalization of regenerative liver progenitor cells by Amaziah R. Alipio, Melissa R. Vieira, Tamara Haefeli, Lisa Hoelting, Olivier Frey, Alicia J. El Haj, Maria C. Arno

“…Herein, we present a facile approach to enhance the adhesion and engraftment of therapeutic hepatic progenitor cells (HPCs) through specific and homogeneous cell surface modification with exogenous polysaccharides, without requiring genetic modification. …”
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Role of Cold atmospheric plasma in cancer management by Shrikant B. Mali

“…Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) has shown potential in treating skin diseases and chronic wounds, reducing tumor-cell viability and stimulating stem-cell proliferation. …”
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Modulating Osteoclast Activity and Immune Responses with Ultra-Low-Dose Silver Nanoparticle-Loaded TiO₂ Nanotubes for Osteoporotic Bone Regeneration by Zhen Wang, Penghui Xiang, Zhe Xu, Meiqi Gu, Rui Zhang, Yifei Li, Fei Xin, Chengla Yi

“…Therefore, developing treatments that can modulate osteoclast activity and regulate immune responses is essential for effectively treating osteoporotic bone defects. Methods: In this study, silver nanoparticle-decorated TiO₂ nanotubes (Ag@TiO₂-NTs) were synthesized through an electrochemical anodization technique for surface modification. …”
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m6A Ribonucleic Acid Methylation in Fibrotic Diseases of Visceral Organs by Xiaoniu Dai, Yusi Cheng, Wei Luo, Jing Wang, Cuifen Wang, Xinxin Zhang, Wei Zhang, Jie Chao

“…N6‐methyladenosine (m6A) modification is a well‐known prevalent RNA posttranscriptional modification that participates in essential biological processes such as RNA splicing, translation, and degradation. …”
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Current strategies in the management of dementia with lewy bodies and future directions based on disease pathophysiology by Daniel Erskine, John-Paul Taylor

“…Furthermore, we discuss how optimal strategies for disease modification will be centred on agents that treat DLB neuropathology more holistically, and will be underpinned by a more complete understanding of the pathogenic events that underlie the full spectrum of pathological changes observed in the DLB brain.…”
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One-day surgery: treatment of grade 3–4 hemorrhoids in a day patient department by M. A. Burikov, A. G. Kulikov, S. V. Savchenko

“…This area of medicine allows you to use the most effective method of treating hemorrhoids in a polyclinic – the operation hemorrhoidectomy.Aim. …”
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Sociocultural factors in cardiology: previous knowledge de novo by E. O. Taratukhin

“…The modern understanding of the biosocial structure of a person makes it possible to move from the declarative principles of “treating the patient — not just the disease” to a scientific interdisciplinary and practical concept. …”
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Features of Risk Stratification, Diagnosis and Secondary Prevention in Patients with Multifocal Arterial Disease. Part 2: Treatment Options by V. G. Grachev, S. S. Vedenskaya, O. G. Smolenskaya

“…However, these treatments do not reduce the risk to the level that is achieved by treating patients with less atherosclerotic lesion. …”
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Sorption Mechanism of Cd(II) and Zn(II) onto Modified Palm Shell by Shilpi Kushwaha, Padmaja Sudhakar

“…APSP was prepared by treating PSP with H 2 SO 4 , PAPSP by further modification of APSP with K 2 S 2 O 8 at 150 °C and 9AAC by thermal activation of APSP at 900 °C. …”
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The abridged South African hypertension guideline 2011 by Y.K. Seedat, B.L. Rayner

“…Extensive data from randomised controlled trials have shown the benefit of treating hypertension. The target blood pressure (BP) for antihypertensive management is 140/90 mmHg, and 130/80 mmHg in patients with end-organ damage, co-existing risk factors, and co-morbidity. …”
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Proposed Algorithm for the Diagnosis and Management of Diabetic Gastroparesis in the Indian Clinical Setting by Mohan V. G. Prasad, Nitesh Pratap, Showkat Zargar, Ravi B. Shankar, Umesh Jalihal, Raj V. Venugopal

“…Notably, the experts favoured itopride as the preferred and relatively safer prokinetic for treating DGP and its varied clinical presentations.…”
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Epidemiology of gastric cancer: global trends, risk factors and prevention by Prashanth Rawla, Adam Barsouk

“…While strides in preventing and treating H. pylori infection have decreased the overall incidence of gastric cancer, they have also contributed to an increase in the incidence of cardia gastric cancer, a rare subtype of the neoplasm that has grown 7-fold in the past decades. …”
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The abridged South African hypertension guideline 2011 by Y.K. Seedat, B.L. Rayner

“…Extensive data from randomised controlled trials have shown the benefit of treating hypertension. The target blood pressure (BP) for antihypertensive management is 140/90 mmHg, and 130/80 mmHg in patients with end-organ damage, coexisting risk factors, and co-morbidity. …”
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Subcutaneous pedicle propeller flap: An old technique revisited and modified! by Durga Karki, Nikhil Mehta, Ravi Prakash Narayan

“…The technique further encompassed a modification, a Zig-Zag incision of the flap, which was seen to prevent hypertrophy along the incision line. …”
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