The effect of functional bars on the biochemical parameters of blood during physical exertion by Yuriy Sinyavskiy, Aigerim Kassym, Khussein Sarsembayev

“…The blood level of haemoglobin, erythrocytes, platelets, hematocrit, and all classes of immunoglobulins increased. Specialized functional protein bars, enriched with dry mare’s milk, can be recommended to various categories of the population experiencing intensive physical activity and psychoemotional stress to increase their adaptive capabilities and performance. …”
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Expression Characteristics in Roots, Phloem, Leaves, Flowers and Fruits of Apple circRNA by Dajiang Wang, Yuan Gao, Simiao Sun, Lianwen Li, Kun Wang

“…The hosting-genes of circRNAs showed significant differences enriched in COG, GO terms or KEGG pathways in five tissues, suggesting the special functions of circRNAs in different tissues. Potential binding interactions between circRNAs and miRNAs were investigated using TargetFinder; 2989 interactions between 647 circRNAs and 192 miRNA were predicated in the present study. …”
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Robust and Real-Time Detection and Tracking of Moving Objects with Minimum 2D LiDAR Information to Advance Autonomous Cargo Handling in Ports by Victor Vaquero, Ely Repiso, Alberto Sanfeliu

“…We track the final dynamic objects with an improved Multiple-Hypothesis Tracking (MHT), to which special functions for filtering, confirming, holding, and deleting targets have been included. …”
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Intestinal microbiota of the four omnivorous fishes revealed by 16S rRNA metabarcoding from the habitats of oyster reefs by Sheng Bi, Huadong Yi, Han Lai, Haiyang Li, Xuange Liu, Qiuxian Chen, Jiahui Chen, Zhilun Zhang, Xuchong Wei, Chenlei Huang, Li Lin, Guorong Xin, Guifeng Li

“…Based on the differences in microbial community compositions, the functional prediction analysis had demonstrated that special functional pathways and independent core indicators had been formed separately from oyster reefs and fish intestines. …”
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Synthesis of PR-/RP-chain-based compliant mechanisms – design of applications exploiting fibre reinforced material characteristics by U. Hanke, E.-C. Lovasz, M. Zichner, N. Modler, A. Comsa, K.-H. Modler

“…The flexural members furthermore allow an integration of special functions like balancing or locking. Synthesis methods based on the rigid body model (Howell, 2001; Sönmezv, 2008) or topology optimisation (Zhou and Mandala, 2012) provide practical applications from the advantages of compliant elements. …”
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The <italic toggle="yes">Plasmodium falciparum</italic> Artemisinin Susceptibility-Associated AP-2 Adaptin μ Subunit is Clathrin Independent and Essential for Schizont Maturation by Ryan C. Henrici, Rachel L. Edwards, Martin Zoltner, Donelly A. van Schalkwyk, Melissa N. Hart, Franziska Mohring, Robert W. Moon, Stephanie D. Nofal, Avnish Patel, Christian Flueck, David A. Baker, Audrey R. Odom John, Mark C. Field, Colin J. Sutherland

“…This suggests that a specialized function for AP-2 has developed in malaria parasites, and this may be important for understanding its impact on drug resistance.…”
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A protein-coding gene expression atlas from the brain of pregnant and non-pregnant goats by María Gracia Luigi-Sierra, Dailu Guan, Manel López-Béjar, Encarna Casas, Sergi Olvera-Maneu, Jaume Gardela, María Jesús Palomo, Uchebuchi Ike Osuagwuh, Uchechi Linda Ohaneje, Emilio Mármol-Sánchez, Marcel Amills, Marcel Amills

“…Background: The brain is an extraordinarily complex organ with multiple anatomical structures involved in highly specialized functions related with behavior and physiological homeostasis. …”
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Reverse genetic screen reveals that Il34 facilitates yolk sac macrophage distribution and seeding of the brain by Laura E. Kuil, Nynke Oosterhof, Samuël N. Geurts, Herma C. van der Linde, Erik Meijering, Tjakko J. van Ham

“…Microglia are brain-resident macrophages, which have specialized functions important in brain development and in disease. …”
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Assessment of Neutrophil Chemotaxis, Phagocytosis and Specific Granule Release in Aggressive and Chronic Periodontitis Patients: An In-Vitro Study by Priyanka M Agrawal; Chanchal S Bherwani; Dnyaneshwari Gujar; Amit P Thareja; Nilima M Landge; Darshana Dalaya; Setu Mathur; Amit Chaudhari

“…When normal regulatory mechanisms fail, following activation by bacterial by-products or other immune stimuli, neutrophils execute several specialized functions that include chemotaxis, phagocytosis, generation of reactive oxygen metabolites and specific granule release. …”
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Selection of Catechin Biosynthesis-Related Genes and Functional Analysis from Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly in <i>C. sinensis</i> L. Variety ‘Sangmok’ by Dong-Jun Lee, Jin-Hyun Kim, Tae-Ho Lee, Myung-Eun Park, Byung-Ohg Ahn, So-Jin Lee, Jeong-Yong Cho, Chang-Kug Kim

“…This comprehensive genomic investigation enhances our understanding of the genetic architecture of ‘Sangmok’ and its specialized functions. The findings contribute valuable insights into the evolutionary and functional aspects of this plant species.…”
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Sequential Fractional Hybrid Inclusions: A Theoretical Study via Dhage’s Technique and Special Contractions by Sina Etemad, Sotiris K. Ntouyas, Bashir Ahmad, Shahram Rezapour, Jessada Tariboon

“…Then, we employ some newly defined theoretical techniques with the help of the product operators on a Banach algebra and also with the aid of some special functions including <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi>α</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>-<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi>ψ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>-contractions and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi>α</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>-admissible mappings to extract the existence criteria corresponding to the given mixed sequential hybrid BVPs. …”
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The Process Parameters of Micro Particle Bombarding (MPB) for Surface Integrity Enhancement of Cermet Material and Tool Steel by Fu-Chuan Hsu, Li-Jie Chen, Zong-Rong Liu, Hsiu-An Tsai, Chin-Hao Lin, Wei-Yu Chen, Hwa-Teng Lee, Tsung-Jen Cheng

“…In order to increase the performance of tool or mold/die, there are a lot of micro features on the surface to provide special functions, such as anti-adhesion or lubrication. …”
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Reciprocal interference between the NRF2 and LPS signaling pathways on the immune‐metabolic phenotype of peritoneal macrophages by Federica Mornata, Giovanna Pepe, Chiara Sfogliarini, Electra Brunialti, Gianenrico Rovati, Massimo Locati, Adriana Maggi, Elisabetta Vegeto

“…Abstract The metabolic and immune adaptation to extracellular signals allows macrophages to carry out specialized functions involved in immune protection and tissue homeostasis. …”
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Distribution of Myeloid and Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Subpopulations in Peripheral Blood of Hyperprolactinemic Women by Fatemeh Raeesi Nejad, Mohammad Mahdi Mohammadi, Mojgan Sanjari, Reza Malkpour Afshar, Elham Jafari

“…Dendritic cells (DCs) play key roles in regulating the immune response using the specialized function of processing and presenting antigens. …”
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Spatial transcriptomic and single-nucleus analysis reveals heterogeneity in a gigantic single-celled syncytium by Tobias Gerber, Cristina Loureiro, Nico Schramma, Siyu Chen, Akanksha Jain, Anne Weber, Anne Weigert, Malgorzata Santel, Karen Alim, Barbara Treutlein, J Gray Camp

“…Our data shows that a single-celled slime mold can control its gene expression in a region-specific manner while lacking cellular compartmentalization and suggests that nuclei are mobile processors facilitating local specialized functions. More broadly, slime molds offer the extraordinary opportunity to explore how organisms can evolve regulatory mechanisms to divide labor, specialize, balance competition with cooperation, and perform other foundational principles that govern the logic of life.…”
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The complex becomes more complex: protein-protein interactions of SnRK1 with DUF581 family proteins provide a framework for cell- and stimulus type-specific SnRK1 signaling in plan... by Madlen eNietzsche, Ingrid eSchießl, Frederik eBörnke, Frederik eBörnke

“…The analysis of available microarray data implies that expression of the 19 members of the DUF581 encoding gene family in Arabidopsis is differentially regulated by hormones and environmental cues, indicating specialized functions of individual family members. We hypothesize that DUF581 proteins could act as mediators conferring tissue- and stimulus-type specific differences in SnRK1 regulation.…”
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Recent Progress of Two-Dimensional Thermoelectric Materials by Delong Li, Youning Gong, Yuexing Chen, Jiamei Lin, Qasim Khan, Yupeng Zhang, Yu Li, Han Zhang, Heping Xie

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Adaptation of codon and amino acid use for translational functions in highly expressed cricket genes by Carrie A. Whittle, Arpita Kulkarni, Nina Chung, Cassandra G. Extavour

“…Non-optimal codons, defined as those least commonly used in highly transcribed genes, intriguingly often had abundant tRNAs, and had elevated use in a subset of genes with specialized functions (gametic and apoptosis genes), suggesting their use promotes the translational upregulation of particular mRNAs. …”
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Classical conformal blocks, Coulomb gas integrals and Richardson-Gaudin models by M. R. Piątek, R. G. Nazmitdinov, A. Puente, A. R. Pietrykowski

“…It is acknowledged that in the (classical) limit of large central charge of the Virasoro algebra and large external, and intermediate conformal weights with fixed ratios of these parameters Virasoro blocks exponentiate to functions known as Zamolodchikovs’ classical blocks. The latter are special functions which have awesome mathematical and physical applications. …”
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MLKS2 is an ARM domain and F-actin-associated KASH protein that functions in stomatal complex development and meiotic chromosome segregation by Hardeep K. Gumber, Joseph F. McKenna, Andrea F. Tolmie, Alexis M. Jalovec, Andre C. Kartick, Katja Graumann, Hank W. Bass

“…The LINC complex functions to maintain nuclear architecture, positioning, and mobility, along with specialized functions in meiotic prophase and chromosome segregation. …”
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