The ameliorative effect of selenium-loaded chitosan nanoparticles against silver nanoparticles-induced ovarian toxicity in female albino rats by Omnia E. Shalaby, Yasmine H. Ahmed, Aya M. Mekkawy, Mohamed Y. Mahmoud, G. A. Elbargeesy

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Kinetic of Hexavalent Chromium (Cr(VI)) Removal by Corn Cob-Based Activated Carbon Modified with Nitric Acid by Wahyu Ratnaningsih, Vebri Aningtyas, Husna Muizzati Shabrina, Uma Fadzilia Arifin, Wisnu Prayogo, Muhammad Amin

“…The most optimal Cr(VI) adsorption was obtained at an activated carbon dosage of 3 g/L, pH value of 1, contact time of 140 minutes, and 100 mg/l Cr(VI) concentration. …”
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Genes of Inflammation and Placental Function GWAS Associated with Idiopathic Recurrent Miscarriage in the Kazakh Population by Alexandra Murtazaliyeva, Gulnara Svyatova, Galina Berezina, Gulfairuz Urazbayeva, Aigerim Sadyrbekova

“…Aims: The aim of the study is to study the relationship between gene polymorphisms of anti- and pro-inflammatory cytokines – interferon-gamma (T874A), interleukin (IL1B) (C3954T), IL6 (G572C) and IL10 (G1082A); placental function, apoptosis and angiogenesis – apolipoprotein C-III (APOC3) (G5163C), kinase insert domain receptor (A1719T, G1192A), P53 (Arg72Pro) and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) (C1697G) with the development of idiopathic RM (iRM) in the Kazakh population. …”
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SSR-based evaluation of genetic diversity in populations of Agriophyllum squarrosum L. and Agriophyllum minus Fisch. & Mey. collected in South-East Kazakhstan by Y. Genievskaya, D. Karelova, S. Abugalieva, P. Zhao, G. Chen, Y. Turuspekov

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The Growth of Ring Current/SYM‐H Under Northward IMF Bz Conditions Present During the 21–22 January 2005 Geomagnetic Storm by Diptiranjan Rout, S. Patra, S. Kumar, D. Chakrabarty, G. D. Reeves, C. Stolle, K. Pandey, S. Chakraborty, E. A. Spencer

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Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve and Micronutrients Supplementation: Our Experience by D. Capoccia, F. Coccia, F. Paradiso, F. Abbatini, G. Casella, N. Basso, F. Leonetti

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Design, synthesis, in vitro, and in silico studies of 4-fluorocinnamaldehyde based thiosemicarbazones as urease inhibitors by Muhammad Islam, Saeed Ullah, Ajmal Khan, Zahra Batool, Suraj N. Mali, Shailesh S. Gurav, Kholood A. Dahlous, Saikh Mohammad, Javid Hussain, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Zahid Shafiq

“…Two compounds of the series 3f and 3 g remained inactive against urease. The kinetic study of compound 3c exhibited a competitive type of inhibition with a K i value of 3.26 ± 0.0048 µM. …”
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Promoter engineering with programmable upstream activating sequences in Aspergillus Niger cell factory by Xiaomei Zheng, Yuting Guo, Meiling Chen, Yudan Lu, Yimou Du, Yu Lei, Ping Zheng, Jibin Sun

“…It showed a 1.6-2.3-fold increase in citric acid production compared to the parent strain, achieving a maximum titer of 145.3 g/L. Conclusions This study proved that the synthetic promoter library was a powerful toolkit for precise tuning of transcription in A. niger. …”
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Effect of Ag Addition on the Electrochemical Performance of Cu10Al in Artificial Saliva by R. J. Salgado-Salgado, J. Porcayo-Calderon, O. Sotelo-Mazon, R. A. Rodriguez-Diaz, G. Salinas-Solano, V. M. Salinas-Bravo, L. Martinez-Gomez

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Effect of the Reinforcement Phase on Indentation Resistance and Damage Characterization of Glass/Epoxy Laminates Using Acoustic Emission Monitoring by C. Suresh Kumar, K. Saravanakumar, P. Prathap, M. Prince, G. Bharathiraja, S. Kannan, S. Madhu, P. Kumaran

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Optimal control of vaccination dynamics during an influenza epidemic by Majid Jaberi-Douraki, Seyed M. Moghadas

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IoT-based automated system for water-related disease prediction by Bhushankumar Nemade, Kiran Kishor Maharana, Vikram Kulkarni, Surajit mondal, G S Pradeep Ghantasala, Amal Al-Rasheed, Masresha Getahun, Ben Othman Soufiene

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Transcriptomic signatures of subcutaneous adipose tissue in patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease: a pilot study by Ilias P. Doulamis, Bernard Pan, Aspasia Tzani, Jorge Plutzky, G. William Wong, Ahmet Kilic, Risa M. Wolf

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Hydrothermal Synthesis of Modified Hydrophobic Zn–Al-Layered Double Hydroxides Using Structure-Directing Agents and Their Enhanced Adsorption Capacity for -Nitrophenol by Yayue Sun, Jiabin Zhou, Ya Cheng, Jiaguo Yu, Weiquan Cai

“…The hierarchical porous ZnAl/SDBS–LDH prepared using SS possesses the highest surface area (128.9 m 2 /g) and the greatest pore volume (0.37 cm 3 /g). A possible formation mechanism of the special three-dimensional nanostructures from the primary LDH nanosheet building units is proposed on the basis of the interaction between SS molecules and LDH crystals. …”
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Four Weeks of Inspiratory Muscle Training Improves Self-Paced Walking Performance in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Randomised Controlled Trial by A. M. Edwards, G. P. Maguire, D. Graham, V. Boland, G. Richardson

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Batch biosorption studies of ammonical nitrogen (NH3-N) ions from aqueous solutions using the ubiquitous bacteria Klebsiella sp.: equilibrium, kinetic, and thermodynamic studies by Fadaa Alown, Fuad Ameen, Ashiwin Vadiveloo

“…At a pH of 6.5, the adsorbent dosage was 0.3 g in 50 milliliters of NH3-N at a temperature of 26 degrees C. …”
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Leptin/Adiponectin Ratios Using Either Total Or High-Molecular-Weight Adiponectin as Biomarkers of Systemic Insulin Sensitivity in Normoglycemic Women by Carolina Bravo, Luis Rodrigo Cataldo, José Galgani, Javier Parada, José Luis Santos

“…A standard 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT; 75 g of glucose) and a short minimal-model intravenous glucose tolerance test (IVGTT; 0.3 g/kg body weight) were performed in 58 Chilean normoglycemic women (age: 27 ± 6.3 years, BMI 23.6 ± 3.2 kg/m2). …”
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Improving the Electron Radiation Belt Nowcast and Forecast Using the SafeSpace Data Assimilation Modeling Pipeline by A. Brunet, N. Dahmen, C. Katsavrias, O. Santolík, G. Bernoux, V. Pierrard, E. Botek, F. Darrouzet, A. Nasi, S. Aminalragia‐Giamini, C. Papadimitriou, S. Bourdarie, I. A. Daglis

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Trajectories of Objectively Measured Physical Activity among Secondary Students in Canada in the Context of a Province-Wide Physical Education Policy: A Longitudinal Analysis by Erin Hobin, Jannice So, Laura Rosella, Melisa Comte, Steve Manske, Jonathan McGavock

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Optimal paraformaldehyde levels for disinfection of eggs used in vaccine production by Iasmin Papile dos Santos, Giancarlo Rieger, Rodrigo Garófallo Garcia, Jean Kaique Valentim, Fabiana Ribeiro Caldara, Ariane de Oliveira Troguilho, Sarah Sgavioli

“…Higher paraformaldehyde levels significantly reduced bacterial counts, with the treatment of 3 g/m³ being the most effective, where only 8.33% of samples had bacterial counts exceeding 300 CFU. …”
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