The effects of herbal extracts and compounds on the glucose metabolism in Hep G2 cells by Kandunuri, Kiran Kumar

“…The Seahorse XF analysis, which is more in line with the literature, shows that the three treatments increase the rate of lactate production (p<0.01) while also improving glucose metabolism. …”
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Buying influence? The international diplomacy behind donor financing of the World Bank’s International Development Association by Xu, J

“…Finally, the research examines whether a hegemon violating the ‘fairness’ principle by shirking obligations but pursuing undue influence will face secondary states willing to take ‘exit/voice’ measures to restore an implicit contribution-to-influence equity line; and whether such countermeasures would be postponed if secondary states are structurally dependent upon the hegemon and/or lack viable outside options. …”

Apoptotic-related signalling pathways in mcf-7 cells treated with ethyl acetate extract of dillenia suffruticosa, and isolation of its major compounds by Yin, Sim Tor

“…Gallic acid was found to be most cytotoxic against MCF-7 cell line compared to others, with IC50 of 36 ± 1.7µg/mL (P<0.05). …”
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Tunable anti-ambipolar vertical bilayer organic electrochemical transistor enable neuromorphic retinal pathway by Laswick, Zachary, Wu, Xihu, Surendran, Abhijith, Zhou, Zhongliang, Ji, Xudong, Matrone, Giovanni Maria, Leong, Wei Lin, Rivnay, Jonathan

“…In this work, a general approach for tuning anti-ambipolar characteristics is presented through assembly of a p-n bilayer in a vertical OECT (vOECT) architecture. The vertical OECT design reduces device footprint, while the bilayer material tuning controls the anti-ambipolarity characteristics, allowing control of the device's on and off threshold voltages, and peak position, while reducing size thereby enabling tunable threshold spiking neurons and logic gates. …”
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Dynamic chloride ion adsorption on single iridium atom boosts seawater oxidation catalysis by Duan, Xinxuan, Sha, Qihao, Li, Pengsong, Li, Tianshui, Yang, Guotao, Liu, Wei, Yu, Ende, Zhou, Daojin, Fang, Jinjie, Chen, Wenxing, Chen, Yizhen, Zheng, Lirong, Liao, Jiangwen, Wang, Zeyu, Li, Yaping, Yang, Hongbin, Zhang, Guoxin, Zhuang, Zhongbin, Hung, Sung-Fu, Jing, Changfei, Luo, Jun, Bai, Lu, Dong, Juncai, Xiao, Hai, Liu, Wen, Kuang, Yun, Liu, Bin, Sun, Xiaoming

“…The Ir/CoFe-LDH exhibits a remarkable oxygen evolution reaction activity (202 mV overpotential and TOF = 7.46 O2 s-1) in 6 M NaOH+2.8 M NaCl, superior over Cl--free 6 M NaOH electrolyte (236 mV overpotential and TOF = 1.05 O2 s-1), with 100% catalytic selectivity and stability at high current densities (400-800 mA cm-2) for more than 1,000 h.…”
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Energy-efficient video streaming over wireless networks by Chuah, Seong Ping

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Energy management of microgrids by Ju, Chengquan

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Conformal human-machine integration using highly bending-insensitive, unpixelated, and waterproof epidermal electronics toward metaverse by Wei, Chao, Lin, Wansheng, Wang, Liang, Cao, Zhicheng, Huang, Zijian, Liao, Qingliang, Guo, Ziquan, Su, Yuhan, Zheng, Yuanjin, Liao, Xinqin, Chen, Zhong

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Toward sustainable waste management in small islands developing states: integrated waste-to-energy solutions in Maldives context by Wang, Yao, Ruiz-Acevedo, Alejandro, Rameez, Eemaan, Raghavan, Vijaya, Hussain, Abid, Fei, Xunchang

“…Large disparities exist between the densely populated capital Male’ with only 5.8 km2 area generating 63% of waste and the ∼194 scattered outer islands with ad hoc waste management practices. …”
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Association of nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors with adverse perinatal outcomes in pregnant women living with HIV: systematic review and meta-analysis by Cowdell, I, Beck, K, Hey, M, Portwood, C, Sexton, H, Kumarendran, M, Brandon, Z, Kirtley, S, Hemelaar, J

“…WHO recommends tenofovir disoproxil fumarate combined with lamivudine or emtricitabine as first line in pregnancy, and zidovudine, abacavir or tenofovir alafenamide, combined with lamivudine or emtricitabine, as alternatives.…”

Structural and biochemical mechanisms of NLRP1 inhibition by DPP9 by Huang, Menghang, Zhang, Xiaoxiao, Toh, Gee Ann, Gong, Qin, Wang, Jia, Han, Zhifu, Wu, Bin, Zhong, Franklin, Chai, Jijie

“…Here we present structural and biochemical evidence that full-length rat NLRP1 (rNLRP1) and rat DPP9 (rDPP9) form a 2:1 complex that contains an autoinhibited rNLRP1 molecule and an active UPA-CARD fragment of rNLRP1. The ZU5 domain is required not only for autoinhibition of rNLRP1 but also for assembly of the 2:1 complex. …”
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A novel eukaryotic RdRP-dependent small RNA pathway represses antiviral immunity by controlling an ERK pathway component in the black-legged tick by Feng, Canran, Torimaru, Kyosuke, Lim, Mandy Yu Theng, Chak, Li-Ling, Shiimori, Masami, Tsuji, Kosuke, Tanaka, Tetsuya, Iida, Junko, Okamura, Katsutomo

“…Here, we study sRNAs in the ISE6 cell line, which is derived from the black-legged tick, an important vector of human and animal pathogens. …”
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Cognitive Effects of Simulated Galactic Cosmic Radiation Are Mediated by ApoE Status, Sex, and Environment in APP Knock-In Mice by Wieg, Laura, Ciola, Jason C., Wasén, Caroline C., Gaba, Fidelia, Colletti, Brianna R., Schroeder, Maren K., Hinshaw, Robert G., Ekwudo, Millicent N., Holtzman, David M., Saito, Takashi, Sasaguri, Hiroki, Saido, Takaomi C., Cox, Laura M., Lemere, Cynthia A.

“…Here, we investigated the central nervous system (CNS) effects of 0 Gy (sham) or 0.75 Gy five-ion GCRsim or 2 Gy gamma radiation (IRR) in 14-month-old female and male APP^NL-F/NL-F knock-in (KI) mice bearing humanized ApoE3 or ApoE4 (APP;E3F and APP;E4F). …”
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Behaviorally informed digital campaigns and their association with social media engagement and COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Belize by Daga, Giuliana, Kossuth, Lajos, Boruchowicz, Cynthia, Lopez Boo, Florencia, Largaespada Beer, Natalia

“…Methods We conducted two correlational analyses and one experiment between five sequential behaviorally informed Facebook campaigns, social media performance outcomes, and district-level vaccination data. …”
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Public Interest Computing: a Pluralistic Design Language Foundation for Societal-Machine Alignment by Gaikwad, Snehalkumar 'Neil' S.

“…These systems, co-designed with communities, demonstrate societal-machine alignment through five key design dimensions. Farm Pulse System exemplifies substantive fairness for at-risk farmers by enabling restorative justice through recourse in climate change adaptation decisions. …”
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Rapid taqman-based quantification of chlorophyll d-containing cyanobacteria in the genus acaryochloris by Behrendt, Lars, Nielsen, Jeppe L., Sørensen, Søren J., Larkum, Anthony W. D., Winther, Jakob R., Kühl, Michael

“…The TaqMan probe showed detection limits of ∼10 16S rRNA gene copy numbers based on standard curves consisting of plasmid inserts. DNA from five Acaryochloris strains, i.e., MBIC11017, CCMEE5410, HICR111A, CRS, and Awaji-1, exhibited amplification efficiencies of >94% when tested in the TaqMan assay. …”
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Exposure to Pb-halide perovskite nanoparticles can deliver bioavailable Pb but does not alter endogenous gut microbiota in zebrafish by Patsiou, Danae, del Rio-Cubilledo, Cristina, Catarino, Ana Isabel, Summers, Stephen, Afiq Mohd Fahmi, Boyle, David, Fernandes, Teresa F., Henry, Theodore B.

“…Zebrafish larvae were exposed to five Pb-halide perovskite NPs in parallel with Pb(NO3)2 exposures, and zebrafish adults were exposed to the three perovskite NPs that caused the strongest effect and Pb(NO3)2. …”
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Manifold regularized stochastic block model by He, Tiantian, Bai, Lu, Ong, Yew-Soon

“…MrSBM has been tested on five sets of real-world network data and has been compared with both classical and state-of-the-art approaches to network clustering. …”
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Geometry-mediated bridging drives nonadhesive stripe wound healing by Xu, Hongmei, Huo, Yucheng, Zhou, Quan, Wang, Abraham Lianghao, Cai, Pingqiang, Doss, Bryant, Huang, Changjin, Hsia, K. Jimmy

“…Our experiments demonstrate that straight stripes rarely induce cell migration perpendicular to wound front, but wavy stripes do; cell protrusion and lamellipodia extension can help establish bridges over gaps of about five times the cell size, but not significantly beyond. …”
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Effect of residual soil depth on soil-water characteristic curve and unsaturated shear strength by Tikno, Nickanor

“…The analysis in this study was carried out using statistical analysis with boxplot method, where each parameter was plotted in accordance with depth. Furthermore, five-parameter logistic (5PL) curve was chosen as best-fitting function to develop envelopes, such as upper limit, typical and lower limit, with reference to the boxplot. …”
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