Bioactivity-guided fractionation of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal roots extract: evaluation of the anti-progressive potential on human Kelly neuroblastoma cell line by Nada Ahmad Al-Hasawi, Naser Faisal Al-Tannak, Josily Joy, Khaled Youssef Orabi

“…Results Fraction 9 (eluted with 70% methanol) exhibited the highest anti-invasive activity, whereas Fraction 10 (eluted with 80% methanol) demonstrated the most potent and statistically significant (P = 0.0409) anti-adhesive effect compared to vehicle-treated cells (0.5% DMSO). …”
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Cemento-ossifying fibroma with aneurysmal bone cyst-like cystic hemorrhagic degeneration in the mandible: a case report and literature review by Dhara Schrok Monteiro de Ataide, Kaique Alberto Preto, Gabriela Lopes dos Santos, Marcelo Júnior Zanda, Denise Tostes Oliveira

“… Although rare, the aneurysmal bone cyst remains the most frequently associated lesion with cemento-ossifying fibroma in jawbones, with a higher prevalence in young people in their second decade of life. …”
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Effects of in ovo injection of naringin into fertile broiler chicken eggs on hatchability and hatchling weight and length by G Peşmen

“…Additional research is needed to determine the most effective naringin level to obtain optimum results from in ovo injection during the incubation process. …”
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Jaime Alberto Vélez, el fabulista by Pablo Montoya

“…The author founds his establishments over the work he presents; this refers to the most intelligent way of the skeptic creator in literature: irony. …”
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Peatland pixel-level classification via multispectral, multiresolution and multisensor data using convolutional neural network by Luca Zelioli, Fahimeh Farahnakian, Maarit Middleton, Timo P. Pitkänen, Sakari Tuominen, Paavo Nevalainen, Jonne Pohjankukka, Jukka Heikkonen

“…Canopy height models, Sentinel-2 bands, and Sentinel-1 bands emerged as the most influential data sources for accurate classification. …”
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Perspectives of Medical Students in Using Blended Learning: A Thematic Analysis by Almohammadi NH, Elnugomi NM, Atta Elmannan AA, Zalat MM

“…Blended learning was the most students preferred because they could adapt quickly to the combination of online and face-to-face learning. …”
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Experience of using robot-assisted (da Vinci) operations in the treatment of common endometriosis by A. K. Politova, A. D. Aleksandrova, Yu. A. Vershinina, A. A. Politova, M. I. Rokhlina

“…Currently, genital endometriosis is considered as one of the most severe conditions in women of reproductive age, which has detrimental consequences for social, professional and psychological functioning. …”
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Magnitude of Intimate Partner Violence and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women in Ethiopia by Girmay Adhena, Lemessa Oljira, Yadeta Dessie, Hagos Degefa Hidru

“…Intimate partner violence during pregnancy is the most common and major public health problem and human rights issue worldwide and has a negative effect on the lives of both mother and fetus. …”
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Identification of pathotype of Verticillium dahliae isolates on cotton in Zhejiang Province and phenotypic analysis on inhibitory effect by high temperature by SUN Xiaoting, LU Xiuyun, ZHANG Jingze, ZHU Shuijin

“…Verticillium wilt, caused by Verticillium dahliae, is one of the most important disease of cotton and causes great economic losses in almost all cotton producing areas, but has not been found in fields in Zhejiang region. …”
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Characterization of Irrigated Rice Cultivation Cycles and Classification in Brazil Using Time Series Similarity and Machine Learning Models with Sentinel Imagery by Andre Dalla Bernardina Garcia, Ieda Del’Arco Sanches, Victor Hugo Rohden Prudente, Kleber Trabaquini

“…Omission errors were reduced below 10% in most models when using both sensors, but commission errors remained above 15%, especially for patches in which rice fields represent less than 10% of area. …”
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SUBLETHAL EFFECT OF NEONICOTINOIDS AND LAMBDA-CYHALOTHRIN ON THE FEEDING BEHAVIOR OF Euschistus heros FABRICIUS (HEMIPTERA: PENTATOMIDAE) by Adilson Massami Nakaghi, Vinícius Fernandes Canassa, Aline Marques Pinheiro, Rodrigo Donizeti Faria, Felipe Savieto Furquim de Souza, Carlos Gilberto Raetano, Caio Antonio Carbonari

“…Among the pests associated with soybeans, the stink bug group is noteworthy because it includes one of the most economically damaging pests, the Neotropical brown stinkbug, (Euschistus heros) Fabricius (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). …”
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Molecular networks of human muscle adaptation to exercise and age. by Bethan E Phillips, John P Williams, Thomas Gustafsson, Claude Bouchard, Tuomo Rankinen, Steen Knudsen, Kenneth Smith, James A Timmons, Philip J Atherton

“…Paradoxically, those displaying most hypertrophy exhibited an inhibited mTOR activation signature, including the striking down-regulation of 70 rRNAs. …”
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Elaboration and Biocompatibility of an Eggshell-Derived Hydroxyapatite Material Modified with Si/PLGA for Bone Regeneration in Dentistry by Sandra Janeth Gutiérrez-Prieto, Luis F. Fonseca, Luis Gonzalo Sequeda-Castañeda, Kelly J. Díaz, Linet Y. Castañeda, José A. Leyva-Rojas, Juan Carlos Salcedo-Reyes, Adriana P. Acosta

“…Hydroxyapatite (HAp) is the most commonly used biomaterial in modern bone regeneration studies because of its chemical similarity to bone, biocompatibility with different polymers, osteoconductivity, low cost, and lack of immune response. …”
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Integrated 3D imaging of FFPE lung tissue combining microCT, light and electron microscopy allows for contextualized ultrastructural and histological analysis by Johanna Reiser, Jonas Albers, Angelika Svetlove, Mara Mertiny, Felix K. F. Kommoss, Constantin Schwab, Anna Schneemann, Giuliana Tromba, Irene Wacker, Ronald E. Curticean, Rasmus R. Schroeder, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Mark O. Wielpütz, Christian Dullin, Willi L. Wagner

“…By combining µCT and conventional histological processing, specimens can be screened, and specifically preselected areas of interest can be targeted in the subsequent sectioning process. While most of the µCT data shown in the manuscript was acquired at a Synchrotron, we further demonstrate that our workflow can also be applied using X-ray microscopy.…”
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Gut Faecalibacterium abundance in patients with plasma cell disorders is associated with survival after autologous HSCT by Erin A. Dean, Arkaprava Roy, Rick Y. Lin, Raad Z. Gharaibeh, Derek M. Li, Josee Gauthier, Christian Jobin, John R. Wingard

“…We focused on the genus Faecalibacterium, which includes the most abundant anaerobic commensal bacterium in the GM. …”
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Geographic variation in the determinants of ectoparasite faunas’ species richness: fleas and gamasid mites parasitic on small mammals from 6 biogeographic realms by Boris R. Krasnov, Vasily I. Grabovsky, Natalia Korallo-Vinarskaya, Maxim V. Vinarski, Angel Luis Robles Fernandez, Irina Khokhlova

“…The probabilities of an ectoparasite species being shared between hosts were most strongly related to the hosts’ trait similarity and were least related to the environmental similarity. …”
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Discovery of benzochalcone derivative as a potential antigastric cancer agent targeting signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) by Jinyun Dong, Jing Yang, Wenkai Yu, Haobin Li, Maohua Cai, Jing-Li Xu, Han-Dong Xu, Yun-Fu Shi, Xiaoqing Guan, Xiang‑Dong Cheng, Jiang‑Jiang Qin

“…Among them, the quinolin-6-yl substituted derivative KL-6 inhibited the growth of gastric cancer cells (HGC27, MKN28, AZ521, AGS, and MKN1) with a submicromolar to micromolar range of IC50, being the most potent one in this series. Additionally, KL-6 significantly inhibited the colony formation, migration and invasion, and effectively induced apoptosis of MKN1 cells in a concentration-dependent manner. …”
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A study on the ‘wordgasm’: the nature of blends’ splinters by Alejandro Barrena Jurado

“…The results of our analysis show that the splinter analyzed appears to be highly productive, and that blends ending in ‘-gasm’ can belong to different groups, the most significant of which are the following: (a) cause and effect blends, in which the relationship between the source words is based on the notion of causality. …”
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Epidemiology and evolutionary dynamics of H9N2 avian influenza virus in Bangladesh by Ariful Islam, Emama Amin, Md Arif Khan, Monjurul Islam, Suman Das Gupta, Josefina Abedin, Mohammed Ziaur Rahman, Jade K. Forwood, Mohammed Enayet Hosaain, Tahmina Shirin

“…Quails appear to acquire most of their viral transitions from chickens rather than ducks, suggesting that quail epizootics are primarily triggered by spillover events from chickens. …”
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Breast neuroendocrine neoplasms — characteristics in contrast-enhanced mammography by Agnieszka Niewiadomska, Anna Grażyńska, Violetta Rosiek, Mateusz Winder, Joanna Szczudło-Chraścina, Michał Hrapkowicz, Anna Barczyk-Gutkowska, Aleksandra Kuźbińska, Katarzyna Steinhof-Radwańska

“…In the Br-NEN group, lesions most often had an oval shape (40%), while NEDBC lesions were irregular (43%) and obscure (43%). …”
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