Radioprotective effects of polysaccharides from Poria cocos peels against 60Co-γ induced oxidative damage in vitro and in vivo by Keke Suo, Chaoqiang Zheng, Zhipeng Li, Limin Hao, Jiaqing Zhu, Changcheng Zhao, Yanling Shi, Juanjuan Yi, Jike Lu

“…Moreover, PCPP exhibited significant antioxidant activity and could significantly reduce the damage of AML-12 cells under IR. Animal experiment results showed that PCPP could effectively reduce IR-induced oxidative damage of spleens and livers in mice, and alleviate the damage to the hematopoietic system. …”
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Effect of French Press Brewing on the Sensory Quality of Robusta Coffee Produced in Hainan by LIU Di, LAO Fei, DONG Wenjiang, YU Xinxin

“…French press coffee with a soluble solid content (SSC) of 2% was prepared from medium roasted Hainan-grown Robusta coffee. Single factor experiments and response surface methodology were used jointly for optimization of four processing parameters based on consumer preference, and the correlation between consumer preference and sensory characteristics and flavor components was analyzed by quantitative sensory description, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), and ultra performance liquid chromatography (UPLC). …”
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Therapeutic applications of artemisinin in ophthalmic diseases by Hao Sun, Ping Zhao, Lianghui Zhao, Zhizhong Zhao, Haoyu Chen, Cong Ren, Bin Guo

“…However, since ocular diseases are often caused by various factors, how artemisinin can play a good disease prevention role by modulating these factors needs to be further verified, and most of the current studies focus on in vitro and animal experiments, lacking sufficient information on clinical trial studies. …”
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An experimental and modelling approach to proclaim sustainable machining using avocado oil-based nano-cutting fluids by Abera Ayza Anebo, Venkatesh Chenrayan, Kiran Shahapurkar, Gezahgn Gebremaryam, Jana Petrů, Manzoore Elahi M. Soudagar, Vijayabhaskara Rao Bhaviripudi, Rajakrishnan Rajagopal, Muhammad Nasir Bashir

“…The L16 orthogonal array experiments associated with statistical analysis explored the developed machining fluid (A6W4/0.5) that significantly impacts the machining objectives. …”
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You Can’t Climb a Broken Ladder: Examining Underrepresentation of Multiply-Disadvantaged Groups in Secure and Senior Roles in UK Geochemistry by Pallavi Anand, Pieter Bots, Jessica Gagnon, Francis Appiah, Elena Maters, Shonil Bhagwat, Susan Little, Amy Riches, Ernest ChiFru, Anya Lawrence, Bryne Ngwenya

“…Such an approach would enable a better understanding of the impact of multiple and compounded disadvantages, biases, negative experiences and discrimination faced by multiply-disadvantaged identities.…”
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Effects of Four-Week Intake of Blackthorn Flower Extract on Mice Tissue Antioxidant Status and Phenolic Content by Vedran Balta, Domagoj Đikić, Irena Crnić, Dyna Odeh, Nada Orsolic, Ivana Kmetič, Teuta Murati, Verica Dragović Uzelac, Irena Landeka Jurčević

“…CAT activity was higher only in the liver after one week of consumption but remained unchanged in other organs throughout the experiment. Phenolic profiles were different in individual tissues. …”
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Modulation of the Microstructure and Enhancement of the Photocatalytic Performance of g-C3N4 by Thermal Exfoliation by Xinshan Zhao, Junwei Yu, Tingyu Meng, Yuanyuan Luo, Yanzhen Fu, Zhao Li, Lin Tian, Limei Sun, Jing Li

“…The photocatalytic reduction experiments of hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) showed that the CN-540 showed the highest reduction rate of 96.9%, with a reaction rate constant 6.21 times that of bulk-g-C3N4. …”
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Novel functional eQTL-SNPs associated with susceptibility to occupational pulmonary fibrosis: A multi-stage study by Rui Zhao, Xiaobo Tao, Wendi Zhang, Siqi Li, Shenxuan Zhou, Anhui Ning, Zhenyu Li, Minjie Chu, Wei Wang, Junhong Jiang

“…Further biological experiments are warranted to elucidate the underlying biological mechanisms between these two SNPs and the increased susceptibility to silicosis.…”
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T14diLys/DOPE Liposomes: An Innovative Option for siRNA-Based Gene Knockdown? by Sophie Meinhard, Frank Erdmann, Henrike Lucas, Maria Krabbes, Stephanie Krüger, Christian Wölk, Karsten Mäder

“…The physicochemical characterization and in vitro experiments showed that an N/P ratio of 5 was the most promising ratio for siRNA delivery.…”
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Characterizing the deformation, failure, and water-conducting fractures evolution of shallow weakly cemented overburden under coal mining by Zhenhua Li, Yandong Zhang, Xuefeng Gao, Xuefeng Gao, Dan Ma, Dan Ma, Limin Fan, Guodong Li, Xiaolei Li, Min He, Zheng Cheng

“…Hence, we conducted a meter-scale similar physical model experiment using high-resolution digital speckle technology to replicate the deformation and failure patterns of shallowly buried, weakly cemented overburden under mining activities, and to determine the initiation, development, and stability of water-conducting fractures. …”
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Repurposing of phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor sildenafil as a therapeutic agent to prevent gastric cancer growth through suppressing c-MYC stability for IL-6 transcription by Zhenzhan Zhang, Wuqing Huang, Donghua Huang, Zhou Xu, Qingfeng Xie, Xin Tan, Wenjun He, Weihao Yang, Guoxin Li, Jianguang Ji, Hao Liu

“…Our aim was to investigate this by combining evidence from population-based studies with data obtained from in vivo and in vitro experiments. By combing a couple of nationwide Swedish registers, GC patients who received PDE5 inhibitors were compared to matched controls while adjusting for confounding factors. …”
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Integrating social narratives of flood events into a text network analysis-based decision support framework to reduce vulnerability to climate change in Africa by Thomas E. O’Shea, Lena C. Grobusch, Mary Zhang, Jeff Neal, Joseph Daron, Richard G. Jones, Christopher Jack, Alice McClure, Gilbert Siame, Dorothy Ndhlovu, Sukaina Bharwani

“…Historical observations and lived experiences were distilled from the learning labs into three community-based social narratives of flood risk. …”
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SEAD reference panel with 22,134 haplotypes boosts rare variant imputation and genome-wide association analysis in Asian populations by Meng-Yuan Yang, Jia-Dong Zhong, Xin Li, Geng Tian, Wei-Yang Bai, Yi-Hu Fang, Mo-Chang Qiu, Cheng-Da Yuan, Chun-Fu Yu, Nan Li, Ji-Jian Yang, Yu-Heng Liu, Shi-Hui Yu, Wei-Wei Zhao, Jun-Quan Liu, Yi Sun, Pei-Kuan Cong, Saber Khederzadeh, Pian-Pian Zhao, Yu Qian, Peng-Lin Guan, Jia-Xuan Gu, Si-Rui Gai, Xiang-Jiao Yi, Jian-Guo Tao, Xiang Chen, Mao-Mao Miao, Lan-Xin Lei, Lin Xu, Shu-Yang Xie, Jin-Chen Li, Ji-Feng Guo, David Karasik, Liu Yang, Bei-Sha Tang, Fei Huang, Hou-Feng Zheng

“…Preliminary in vitro experiments for one of the rare variants identified provide evidence that it upregulates SNTG1 expression, which could in turn inhibit the proliferation and differentiation of preosteoblasts.…”
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A novel TGFBR2 mutation causes Loeys-Dietz syndrome in a Chinese infant: A case report by Xin Liu, Kaiqing Liu, Lifu Hu, Zixiao Liu, Xinhua Liu, Jiantao Wang

“…Molecular dynamics simulations and in vitro cell experiments further analyzed the structural changes and functional abnormalities of the variation. …”
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Co-occurring factors associated with suicidal ideation among individuals with parole involvement: A classification and regression tree analysis by Leah MCCOY, Javier F. BOYAS, Sung Seek MOON, Michael A. ROBINSON, Onick LEWIS, Amy E. COX

“…More severe depression symptoms compounded mental health challenges, particularly when they coincided with ADL limitations, a poorer perception of health, and the unique experiences of individuals at both ends of the adult spectrum, particularly those aged 18-20 and individuals aged 35 years or older. …”
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Diagnostic ultrasound enhances, then reduces, exogenously induced brain activity of mice by Henry Tan, Devon J. Griggs, Devon J. Griggs, Lucas Chen, Kahte Adele Culevski, Kathryn Floerchinger, Alissa Phutirat, Gabe Koh, Nels Schimek, Pierre D. Mourad, Pierre D. Mourad

“…Subsequent brain activity decreased after cessation of tDUS but with continuation of the blinking light, though it remained above that demonstrated by mice exposed to only a blinking light. In a separate experiment, we showed that tDUS alone, without a blinking light, had no observable effect on median brain activity, but upon its cessation, brain activity decreased. …”
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Network and Dataset for Multiscale Remote Sensing Image Change Detection by Shenbo Liu, Dongxue Zhao, Yuheng Zhou, Ying Tan, Huang He, Zhao Zhang, Lijun Tang

“…This dataset consists of 842 pairs of images with a resolution of 1024 × 1024 pixels, featuring uniformly distributed change detection target sizes. Comparative experiments are conducted with 10 other state-of-the-art algorithms on the MSRS-CD dataset and another public dataset, LEVIR-CD. …”
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The Effects of Hyperacute Serum on the Elements of the Human Subchondral Bone Marrow Niche by Melinda Simon, Bálint Major, Gabriella Vácz, Olga Kuten, István Hornyák, Adél Hinsenkamp, Dorottya Kardos, Marcell Bagó, Domonkos Cseh, Adrienn Sárközi, Denes Horvathy, Stefan Nehrer, Zsombor Lacza

“…Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are widely used in laboratory experiments as well as in human cell therapy. Their culture requires animal sera like fetal calf serum (FCS) as essential supplementation; however, animal sera pose a risk for clinical applications. …”
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Multifeature Alignment and Matching Network for SAR and Optical Image Registration by Xin Hu, Yan Wu, Zhikang Li, Zhifei Yang, Ming Li

“…According to the essential relationships of features mined by the momentum contrastive learning strategy, the labels are adaptively modified to reduce the influence of the incorrect labels on the model's performance and achieve more stable matching results. Experiments on three publicly available SAR and optical datasets indicate that our proposed MFAM-RegNet outperforms the existing state-of-the-art algorithms.…”
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Working memory and the need for explainable AI – Scenarios from healthcare, social media and insurance by M. Liebherr, E. Gößwein, C. Kannen, A. Babiker, S. Al-Shakhsi, V. Staab, B.J. Li, R. Ali, C. Montag

“…In order to test these assumptions, 215 participants (129 female) underwent an online experiment testing their objective working memory capacity and completed the Intellect facet of the Big Five Personality traits (as a proxy for self-assessed cognitive capacity). …”
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