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Beraprost Attenuates Starvation‐Induced Apoptosis and Protects Feline Endothelial Cells

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to establish an in vitro model of feline endothelial cells (FECs) undergoing apoptosis when cultured under various nutrient deprivation (starvation) conditions to investigate the protective effects of beraprost and its stereoisomers on endothelial cel...

(Co2+,Pd2+)2SiO4Pd0 Olivine: Influence of Lewis Acids on Heterogeneous Heck–Mizoroki Catalysis

This study investigates the influence of Lewis acids on a novel stratified (Co2+,Pd2+)2SiO4-Pd0 olivine catalyst for the Heck–Mizoroki coupling of iodobenzene and methyl acrylate. Comprehensive characterization (ICP-OES, Raman, P-XRD, XPS) confirms the successful synthesis of a m...

Spectroscopic profiling of cell free supernatant from Lactocaseibacillus rhamnosus and Limosilactobacillus fermentum and evaluation of their antibacterial activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria under varying conditions

Spoilage microorganisms and food borne pathogens are major public health concerns causing enormous economic losses globally. The organoleptic qualities of food products are frequently altered in an undesired way by conventional food preservation techniques. Lactic acid bacteria (...

Forced Surrogacy as a Crime Against Humanity: Expanding the Scope of the International Criminal Court

The 2025 human egg farm case in Georgia, where Thai women were kidnapped, forcibly subjected to repeated egg harvesting, and held under coercive medical control, exposed a disturbing form of reproductive exploitation: forced surrogacy. This article defines forced surrogacy as the...

Impacts of quiz format on student learning and experience in a flipped technical writing course for engineers

While both in-class and out-of-class assessments have identified advantages and disadvantages, there is no clear consensus in the literature regarding which format best supports student outcomes and engagement with content in a flipped classroom. To explore the impacts of quiz fo...

Assessment of Liver Stiffness in a Rat Model of Type 2 Diabetes Using Shear Wave Elastography

Background/Objectives: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with progressive hepatic alterations, including steatosis and fibrosis, which may affect liver mechanical properties. Shear wave elastography (SWE) is a non-invasive imaging technique that enables quantitative a...

Association of Serum Vitamin D Levels With the Severity of Chronic Heart Failure: A Retrospective Study

Background Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although vitamin D insufficiency has been implicated in its pathophysiology, its association with CHF severity remains uncertain. Therefore, this study primarily evaluated the associat...

Marginal fit, internal adaptation, and thermocycling effects on the mechanical and optical properties of graphene CAD-CAM and zirconia crowns for primary molars: An in-vitro study

Aim To evaluate the marginal fit and internal adaptation of graphene-reinforced CAD-CAM crowns compared with prefabricated zirconia crowns, and to assess the influence of thermocycling on their mechanical and optical properties. Materials and methods In this in vitro comparative...

Real-Time Road Crack Detection on Smartphones Through ConvLSTM-Based Temporal Knowledge Distillation from a CNN-KAN and VMamba Dual-Path Network

Road crack images captured by smartphones suffer from low resolution, uneven illumination, and complex background interference. Mobile devices also have limited resources for real-time high-accuracy segmentation. A two-stage framework combines a high-accuracy dual-path teacher mo...

Distinct Evolutionary Constraints Shape TNL and CNL Immune Receptors in Wild and Cultivated Tomato

Nucleotide-binding site leucine-rich repeat (NLR, historically termed NBS-LRR) proteins are among the most rapidly evolving components of plant innate immunity, yet comparative analyses of NLR subfamily diversification between wild and cultivated accessions of tomato (Solanum lyc...

Disclosing Trendson C(1s) Core-Level Binding Energiesof MXene Flakes: Metal, Size and Edge Effects

Abstract The C(1s) core-level binding energies (CLBE) of realistic MXene finite systems were investigated using density functional theory (DFT). The ΔSCF approach was employed to explicitly account for final state effects. MXene flakes with M2CTx stoichiometry (M = Sc, Y, Ti, Zr,...

Experimental determination of the lidar ratio for cirrus and polar stratospheric clouds at Dome C, Antarctica, using a Young inversion

Abstract. We present 3 years (2022–2024) of polarisation lidar observations of polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) and tropospheric cirrus above Concordia Station (Dome C, Antarctica). Layer-mean lidar ratios (LR) at 532 nm are retrieved using the Young inversion method applied to...

Burden of Disease in Pediatric Tumor-Induced Osteomalacia: A Literature Review

Tumor-induced osteomalacia (TIO) is an ultra-rare, paraneoplastic syndrome caused by tumors secreting fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23). In children, TIO may be mistaken for more common causes of rickets and osteomalacia, including monogenic forms, leading to long diagnostic de...

A look at nanowire photodetectors

Nanowire (NW) photodetectors have emerged as a prominent group of optoelectronic materials that have been extensively researched over the last two decades. They belong to the one-dimensional nanostructures and operate in the regime of wave optics because the diameter of the NW is...

Cancer of unknown primary: the evolution of tissue of origin identification in the artificial intelligence era

Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP) presents substantial diagnostic and therapeutic challenges owing to its heterogeneous nature and the absence of an identifiable primary tumor site. This review provides a structured search of the pathogenesis, epidemiological characteristics, and l...

Rational Design of Angle‐Resilient Ultrathin Metals With Broadband Visible–Near‐Infrared Transparency

ABSTRACT Transparent conductors are critical for optoelectronic devices such as photodetectors and solar cells. Ultrathin metals, particularly silver, are widely used due to their excellent optoelectrical properties and large‐scale processability. However, their inherently high e...

Heart Meets Brain: Insights into Neurocardiac Pathophysiology

The intricate relationship between the heart and the brain has transitioned from historical, cardio-centric theories to a modern, circuit-based, bi-directional framework known as neurocardiology. This review provides a comprehensive anatomical, physiological, and clinical synthes...

Preparation, microstructure, and performance of ThO 2 -doped tungsten alloy cathodes for high-power lamps

In response to the demand for tungsten (W) cathodes in high-power short-arc lamps, a powder metallurgy-swaging process was employed to fabricate thoriated W alloy rods with a diameter exceeding 30 mm. This approach successfully addressed issues related to the poor sintering perfo...

The Reverse Calcification Technique (RCT): A Quantitative Parametric Model of Aortic Stenosis Progression

Abstract Introduction Aortic stenosis (AS) develops from calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD), which narrows the aortic valve opening as leaflet stiffness increases due to calcium deposition. This study extends the Reverse Calcification Technique (RCT) by incorporating a time dim...

Analyzing structural and semantic similarities between formal business process models using ChatGPT-5.1: a test report

Abstract Large Language Models (LLMs) are emerging as a promising tool in Business Process Management for comparing and validating process models. In this study, we evaluated an LLM’s ability to compare reference models with systematically modified variants representing typical m...