Chaotic Behavior Analysis of a New Incommensurate Fractional-Order Hopfield Neural Network System by Nadjette Debbouche, Adel Ouannas, Iqbal M. Batiha, Giuseppe Grassi, Mohammed K. A. Kaabar, Hadi Jahanshahi, Ayman A. Aly, Awad M. Aljuaid

“…On the other hand, it has been detected that by adapting the corresponding controlled constants, such systems possess the so-called offset boosting of three variables. …”
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A New gcrR-Deficient Streptococcus mutans Mutant for Replacement Therapy of Dental Caries by Wenting Pan, Tiantian Mao, Qing-an Xu, Jin Shao, Chang Liu, Mingwen Fan

“…MS-gcrR-def out-competed S. mutans UA159 in vitro biofilm, and correspondingly coinfection displayed significantly fewer caries in vivo. The former possessed both a lower level of acid production and a stronger colonization potential than S. mutans UA159. …”
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Stigmasterol Modulates Allergic Airway Inflammation in Guinea Pig Model of Ovalbumin-Induced Asthma by Aaron Opoku Antwi, David Darko Obiri, Newman Osafo

“…Taken together, stigmasterol possessed significant antiasthmatic properties and had suppressive effects on key features of allergen-induced asthma.…”
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Ficolins and the Recognition of Pathogenic Microorganisms: An Overview of the Innate Immune Response and Contribution of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms by Stefan Bidula, Darren W. Sexton, Silke Schelenz

“…Moreover, there has been expanding evidence highlighting that mutations within these key immune proteins, or the possession of particular haplotypes, enhance susceptibility to colonization by pathogens and dysfunctional immune responses. …”
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Removal of Organic Dyes by Nanostructure ZnO-Bamboo Charcoal Composites with Photocatalysis Function by Xinliang Yu, Aimiao Qin, Lei Liao, Rui Du, Ning Tian, Song Huang, Chun Wei

“…The results show that smaller particle size of BC in the composites has a better removal effect. The composites possess the highest removal capacity for RhB and AF under the conditions of pH = 2 and pH = 5.4, respectively. …”
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A Photocontrolled Molecular Rotor Based on Azobenzene-Strapped Mixed (Phthalocyaninato)(Porphyrinato) Rare Earth Triple-Decker by Wenxin Lu, Tiantian Mu, Yuehong Zhang, Bo Chen, Huantao Guo, Luyang Zhao, Peng Wang, Yongzhong Bian

“…The rotational behavior of phthalocyanine rotator in two configurations were investigated by VT-¹H NMR experiments, and the results indicated that the phthalocyanine rotator possessed a smaller rotational energy barrier in the <i>cis</i> isomer than in the <i>trans</i> isomer, which was also supported by DFT calculations. …”
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Supramolecular assembly of covalently modified Anderson-type polyoxometalates and crown ethers towards pseudo-rotaxane structures by Yi-An Yin, Wu-Ji Chen, Chun-Yan Liu, Meng-Meng Zhang, Chang-Gen Lin, Haralampos N. Miras, Yu-Fei Song

“…More interestingly, five of the seven POM–crown ether complexes possessed novel pseudo-rotaxane structures, which were obtained by changing the modification mode of the Anderson clusters from symmetric to asymmetric. …”
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Mechanisms for stable coexistence in an insect community by Meng Fan, Bingbing Zhang, Michael Yi Li

“…Our analysis showsthat the model possesses much richer and more realistic dynamicsthan earlier models. …”
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Near‐Isotropic, Extreme‐Stiffness, Continuous 3D Mechanical Metamaterial Sequences Using Implicit Neural Representation by Yunkai Zhao, Lili Wang, Xiaoya Zhai, Jiacheng Han, Winston Wai Shing Ma, Junhao Ding, Yonggang Gu, Xiao‐Ming Fu

“…It is challenging to create continuous density distributions to design a smooth mechanical metamaterial sequence in which each metamaterial possesses stiffness close to the theoretical limit in all directions. …”
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Homo erectus adapted to steppe-desert climate extremes one million years ago by Julio Mercader, Pamela Akuku, Nicole Boivin, Alfredo Camacho, Tristan Carter, Siobhán Clarke, Arturo Cueva Temprana, Julien Favreau, Jennifer Galloway, Raquel Hernando, Haiping Huang, Stephen Hubbard, Jed O. Kaplan, Steve Larter, Stephen Magohe, Abdallah Mohamed, Aloyce Mwambwiga, Ayoola Oladele, Michael Petraglia, Patrick Roberts, Palmira Saladié, Abel Shikoni, Renzo Silva, María Soto, Dominica Stricklin, Degsew Z. Mekonnen, Wenran Zhao, Paul Durkin

“…These findings suggest archaic humans possessed an ecological flexibility previously attributed only to later hominins. …”
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The New Novel Discrete Distribution with Application on COVID-19 Mortality Numbers in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Latvia by M. Nagy, Ehab M. Almetwally, Ahmed M. Gemeay, Heba S. Mohammed, Taghreed M. Jawa, Neveen Sayed-Ahmed, Abdisalam Hassan Muse

“…This new statistical model possesses three parameters. This model is formulated by combining both the exponential distribution and extended odd Weibull family to formulate the discrete extended odd Weibull exponential (DEOWE) distribution. …”
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Heterogeneous sensor-based rotor attitude detection for a spherical motor using distributed Kalman filtering method by Sili Zhou, Guoli Li, Qunjing Wang, Jiahu Guo, Yuanyuan Jiang, Jiazi Xu

“…The results indicate that the heterogeneous sensor-based RAD method possesses the ability of visual resistance to long-term interference with good accuracy.…”
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Evaluating digital transformation in small and medium enterprises using the Alkire-Foster method by Luís L. Moreira, Sofia S. Pinto, Leonardo Costa, Nuno Araújo

“…The results indicate that most companies possess the digital infrastructure necessary for this integration. …”
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Biological Properties, Bioactive Constituents, and Pharmacokinetics of Some Capsicum spp. and Capsaicinoids by Gaber, El-Saber Batiha, Ali, Alqahtani, Oluwafemi, Adeleke Ojo, Hazem M., Shaheen, Lamiaa, Wasef, Mahmoud, Elzeiny, Mahmoud, Ismail, Mahmoud, Shalaby, Toshihiro, Murata, Adrian, Zaragoza-Bastida, Nallely, Rivero-Perez, Amany, Magdy Beshbishy, Keneth, Iceland Kasozi, Philippe, Jeandet, and Helal F., Hetta

“…Interestingly, Capsicum fruits have been used as food additives in the treatment of toothache, parasitic infections, coughs, wound healing, sore throat, and rheumatism. Moreover, it possesses antimicrobial, antiseptic, anticancer, counterirritant, appetite stimulator, antioxidant, and immunomodulator activities. …”
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Alchornea cordifolia leaf-extract ameliorates bisphenol A-induced obesity in male Wistar rats by Abdulhakeem Rotimi Agboola, Ako Hogan Itam, Chinedum Martins Ekeleme, Eyuwa Ignatius Agwupuye, Zuwairatu Oyiza Ahmed, Godswill Peter Igiakong, Gideon Bassey Agbor, Asmau Niwoye Abubakar, Zainab Adamu, Esien David-Oku, Item Justin Atangwho

“…One plant that has found application for weight loss amongst the local population in Nigeria is Alchornea cordifolia which commonly grows in Africa and has been confirmed to possess numerous medicinal properties including anti-inflammatory, anti-diarrheal, hepaprotective, antiviral, and anti-diabetic effects. …”
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Impact of integration of transferable skills into education and training on employability of women in Kenya: case for CAPYEI by Daniel Otieno, Jackline Nyerere, Christopher Shisanya, Wilson Mutuma, Damaris Kariuki, Hannah Bula, Shem Onsomo, John Macharia, Eldah Onsomu, Martha Muhwezi, Charles Ondieki, Jacqueline Onyango

“…For instance, over 80% of both the beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries indicated that they possessed communication, teamwork, interpersonal, decision-making, prioritization, assertiveness and negotiation skills, whereas 58 % and 63 % of the beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries, respectively, indicating that they possessed information and communication technology (ICT) skills. …”
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Deciphering the role of flutamide, fluorouracil, and furomollugin based ionic liquids in potent anticancer agents: Quantum chemical, medicinal, molecular docking and MD simulation... by Danish Ali, Muhammad Arif Ali, Muhammad Sarfraz, Afifa Yousuf, Rasham Zulfiqar, Abdul Rauf, Hong-Liang Xu, Muhammad Arshad

“…Bioinformatics studies reveal that our studied ILs possess superior drug-likeness along with supportive medicinal chemistry parameters. …”
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Comparative analysis of biodiversity, physiology, and anatomical adaptations in riparian flora exposed to industrial pollution stress by Mansour K. Gatasheh, Toqeer Abbas, Shifa shaffique, Sang-Mo Kang, In-Jung Lee, Anis Ali shah

“…Abstract Anthropogenic activities such as industrial pollution of water bodies possess threat to floras leading to extinction and endangerment. …”
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Rapid Analysis Procedures for Triglycerides and Fatty Acids as Pentyl and Phenethyl Esters for the Detection of Butter Adulteration Using Chromatographic Techniques by Daniele Naviglio, Marina Dellagreca, Francesco Ruffo, Anna Andolfi, Monica Gallo

“…The third method involves the transesterification of triglycerides in fat through reaction with 2-phenylethanol in a single step; 2-phenylethanol possesses a chromophore, and the phenethyl esters formed are analysed by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with UV detection.…”
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First-Principles Calculations on Atomic and Electronic Properties of Ge/4H-SiC Heterojunction by Bei Xu, Changjun Zhu, Xiaomin He, Yuan Zang, Shenghuang Lin, Lianbi Li, Song Feng, Qianqian Lei

“…It is shown that Ge(110)/4H-SiC(0001) heterointerface possesses higher adhesion energy than that of Ge(111)/4H-SiC(0001) interface, and hence Ge/4H-SiC(0001) heterojunction with Ge[110] crystalline orientation exhibits more stable characteristics. …”
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