Mechanistic Insights into the Anticancer Potential of Methoxyflavones Analogs: A Review by Mohammad Aidiel, Maisarah Abdul Mutalib, Rajesh Ramasamy, Nik Nasihah Nik Ramli, Shirley Gee Hoon Tang, Siti Hajar Adam

“…Naturally coexisting with methoxyflavones, this review explores the synergistic role of hydroxy and methoxy moieties through hydrogen bonding capacity in maximizing cytotoxicity against cancer cell lines. …”
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Experimental Study on Repairing and Strengthening Seismically Damaged RC Frames by Installing H-Shaped Steel by Yuebing Li, Qushenglin Song, Hang Wang, Liang Shan, Dawei Liu, Shuang Xing

“…Through loading tests, seismic indices such as strength, deformation capacity, energy dissipation and failure mode of the frame before and after strengthening were compared. …”
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Mechanical Properties of Microsteel Fiber Reinforced Concrete and Its Gradient Design in the Partially Reinforced RC Beam by Xiaobing He, Yakun Fang, Qi Luo, Yong Cao, Han Lu, Runping Ma

“…Finally, the calculation formula of the bearing capacity of the partially reinforced beam was proposed, which was in good agreement with experimental results.…”
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Evaluation of the Nutrition Heart Program Through the Four Elements of Community Empowerment Approach by Rika Satyadewi, Galuh Mega Kurnia, Arina Mufida Ersanti, Corie Indria Prasasti

“…Narayan's four elements of community empowerment (access to information, inclusion/participation, accountability, local organizational capacity) play a crucial role in future program enhancements. …”
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Do Increased Doses to Stem-Cell Niches during Radiation Therapy Improve Glioblastoma Survival? by Sebastian Adeberg, Semi Ben Harrabi, Nina Bougatf, Denise Bernhardt, Angela Mohr, Juliane Rieber, Christian Koelsche, Stefan Rieken, Juergen Debus

“…However, recent data suggest that tumor cancer stem cells (CSCs) in the stem-cell niches, with self-renewing capacities, might be responsible for tumor initiation, propagation, and recurrence. …”
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Characterization and application of fluorescent hydrogel films with superior mechanical properties in detecting iron(Ⅲ) ions and ferroptosis in oral cancer by Jinxi Wen, Jian Wang, Siqi Wang, Xingping Zhou, You Fu

“…In view of the promising Fe3+ detection capacity, this hydrogel film can also be applied in oral bacteria surveillance and semi-quantification of ferroptosis in oral cancer.…”
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Identification of New Rat Bone Marrow-Derived Population of Very Small Stem Cell with Oct-4A and Nanog Expression by Flow Cytometric Platforms by Anna Labedz-Maslowska, Elzbieta Kamycka, Sylwia Bobis-Wozowicz, Zbigniew Madeja, Ewa K. Zuba-Surma

“…Thus, this is a first study identifying multiantigenic phenotype and providing sorting protocols for isolation VSELs from rat BM tissue for further examining of their functional properties in vitro as well as regenerative capacity in distinct in vivo rat models of tissue injury.…”
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Semaphorin 3A Shifts Adipose Mesenchymal Stem Cells towards Osteogenic Phenotype and Promotes Bone Regeneration In Vivo by Xiangwei Liu, Naiwen Tan, Yuchao Zhou, Xueying Zhou, Hui Chen, Hongbo Wei, Ji Chen, Xiaoru Xu, Sijia Zhang, Guodong Yang, Yingliang Song

“…However, the lower osteogenic differentiation capacity limits its therapeutic efficacy. Identification of the key molecules governing the differences between ASCs and BMSCs would shed light on manipulation of ASCs towards osteogenic phenotype. …”
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A novel virtual inductor optimization methodology of virtual synchronous generators for enhanced power decoupling by Xin Zhang, Lijiao Gong, Yanjun Zhang, Xiaolei Ma, Lianshan Han, Santao Jiang, Weiji Zhou

“…This article introduces a novel optimization methodology for virtual inductor within VSG, aimed at enhancing the power decoupling capacity of inverter. Firstly, a dynamic coupling model of VSG incorporating a virtual inductor is established. …”
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Hydrogen absorption kinetics and microstructural features of TiFe0.8Mn0.2 alloy by Ryun-Ho Kwak, Taeyang Kwak, Da Hye Lee, Sojin Jung, Jang-Won Kang, Seongtak Kim, Tae-Wook Na, Seok Su Sohn, Hyung-Ki Park, Taejun Ha

“…The maximum hydrogen absorption capacities of the three samples were found to be the same, exhibiting a value of 1.81 wt% H2. …”
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Evaluation of Telenomus remus (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) as a biocontrol agent of Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) based on two-sex life table and functional response... by Zhen Shen, Li-Hui Liu, Lian-Sheng Zang, Tie-Jun Deng, Zhen-Bao Luo, Jun-Yi Gao, Liang-De Tang

“…The net killing rate of T. remus on S. litura was 101.49 eggs/female, indicating the high capacity of T. remus to parasitize S. litura eggs. …”
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Experimental Study of Water Transfer and Ice Accumulation in Freezing Soils under Different Conditions by Sihao Liang, Xinyan Ma, Qiang Li, Xinyu Ye, Jianlong Liu, Jian Zhang

“…In addition, the water (or ice) accumulation is determined by the holding capacity of water. Second, the supply method of liquid water is more efficiently compared with that of vapor supply, with the water contents increasing to 60.5% and 57.3% for liquid water and vapor supply. …”
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Helicobacter pylori Infection and Anemia in Taiwanese Adults by Hsiang-Yao Shih, Fu-Chen Kuo, Sophie S. W. Wang, Yi-Chang Liu, Meng-Chieh Wu, Yang-Pei Chang, Guei-Fen Chiu, Pi-Yu Chang, Deng-Chyang Wu, Ming-Chia Hsieh, Yao-Li Chen

“…The status of Helicobacter pylori (H.p) infection was confirmed and blood samples from the same participants were taken on the same day to check the level of hemoglobin, serum iron, ferritin, and total iron-binding capacity (TIBC). Results. No significant difference was noted from the demographic data. …”
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Antioxidant activity and total phenolic content of essential oils and extracts of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) plants by Adel F. Ahmed, Fatma A.K. Attia, Zhenhua Liu, Changqin Li, Jinfeng Wei, Wenyi Kang

“…The basil extracts contained appreciable levels of total phenolic contents and exhibited good DPPH radical scavenging capacity higher than that of essential oils. The highest TPC (82.45 mg PE/g) and maximum radical scavenging activity with IC50 value (1.29 mg/mL) was obtained from Minia basil extract. …”
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Graph Convolutional Networks for multi-modal robotic martial arts leg pose recognition by Shun Yao, Yihan Ping, Xiaoyu Yue, Xiaoyu Yue, He Chen, He Chen

“…Experimental results on four benchmark datasets—Kinetics-700, Human3.6M, NTU RGB+D, and UTD-MHAD—demonstrate that PoseGCN outperforms existing models, achieving state-of-the-art accuracy and F1 scores.Results and discussionThese findings highlight the model's capacity to generalize across diverse datasets and capture fine-grained pose details, showcasing its potential in advancing complex pose recognition tasks. …”
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KPC pancreatic cancer cells are a novel immunocompetent murine model supporting human adenovirus replication and tumor oncolysis by Marc Otero-Mateo, Francesc Estrany Jr, Sabrina Arcas-Márquez, Laura Moya-Borrego, Giancarlo Castellano, Miquel Castany, Ramon Alemany, Cristina Fillat

“…However, the limited capacity of murine cells to produce infectious viral progeny precludes the full evaluation of the virotherapy in a suitable immunocompetent mouse model. …”
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Elucidating the role of compositional and processing variables in tailoring the technological functionalities of plant protein ingredients by Lorenzo Barozzi, Stella Plazzotta, Ada Nucci, Lara Manzocco

“…This analysis showed legume proteins to present the highest solubility and interfacial properties while pseudocereal ones the highest water-holding capacity. Although pure ingredients show higher functionalities, non-protein components could contribute to interfacial properties. …”
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Multilevel and Spatially Heterogeneous Factors Influencing Poor Households’ Income in a Frontier Minority Area in Northeast China by Binyan Wang, Mark W. Rosenberg, Shijun Wang, Peifeng Yang, Junfeng Tian

“…More specifically, the sex, health condition, and labor capacity of the household head, household size, the dependency ratio, social welfare, and off-farm work are significantly associated with household income. …”
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Assessment of the Chemical Diversity and Functional Properties of Secondary Metabolites from the Marine Fungus <i>Asteromyces cruciatus</i> by María Paz González-Troncoso, Catalina Landeta-Salgado, Javiera Munizaga, Ruth Hornedo-Ortega, María del Carmen García-Parrilla, María Elena Lienqueo

“…Crude extracts of fungal biomass were analyzed for total phenolic content (TPC), antioxidant capacity (TAC), toxicity, and phenolic compound identification using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS). …”
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Effects of urbanization on the ephemeral lake flood risks under subtropical humid monsoon climate by Biqing Tian, Chaojun Gu, Hao Jia, Peng Gao, Liping Guo, Xingmin Mu

“…Restoration of lake flood storage capacity has significantly bolstered resilience against flood disasters.…”
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