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Open AccessAtomic sawtooth-like metal films for vdW-layered single-crystal growth
Atomic sawtooth surfaces have emerged as a versatile platform for growth of single-crystal van der Waals layered materials. However, the mechanism governing the formation of single-crystal atomic sawtooth meta...
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Open AccessVertiport navigation requirements and multisensor architecture considerations for urban air mobility
Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) technologies are key enablers for future safe operation of drones in urban environments. However, the design of navigation technologies for these new applicatio...
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Three new nonenes from culture broth of marine-derived fungus Albifimbria verrucaria and their cytotoxic and anti-viral activities
Three new nonenes, verrucanonenes A‒C (1‒3), were isolated from culture broth of marine-derived fungus Albifimbria verrucaria. These compounds were isolated using silica gel column chromatography, reversed-phase ...
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Association of Cough Severity with Asthma Control and Quality of Life in Patients with Severe Asthma
Symptoms are important components in determining asthma control and in the adjustment of treatment levels. However, clinical relevance of cough in severe asthma is not well-understood. This study aimed to eval...
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Investigating the Role of Social Determinants in Child Mortality and Life Expectancy: Longitudinal Analysis of 200 Countries from 1990 to 2021
Longitudinal studies on the social determinants of health (SDH) from a global perspective, including develo** countries, are still scarce. This study aimed to examine the associations between major SDH, the ...
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Three new phthalide derivatives from culture broth of Dentipellis fragilis and their cytotoxic activities
Three new phthalide derivatives (1‒3) together with two known compounds, erinaceolactone B (4) and hericerin III (5), were isolated from the culture broth of Dentipellis fragilis. The chemical structures of 1‒5 w...
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Open Accessp62/sequestosome-1 as a severity-reflecting plasma biomarker in Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 1A
Autophagy is a self-degradation system for recycling to maintain homeostasis. p62/sequestosome-1 (p62) is an autophagy receptor that accumulates in neuroglia in neurodegenerative diseases. The objective of thi...
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Application of diffusive gradient in thin films probes to monitor trace levels of labile methylmercury in freshwaters
This study aimed to optimize the methods for sampling and analyzing methylmercury (MeHg) concentrated within diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) and its application to different water bodies. We explored t...
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A Descriptive Assessment of Social Validity Source, Timing, and Direct Consumer Inclusion in Behavior Analytic Research
Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is the application of behavioral principles to affect socially important behavior change with social importance, or social validity, being defined by the consumers of the interv...
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Improvement of Quality Characteristics of Mulberry (Morus alba L.) Fruit Extract Using High-Pressure Enzymatic Treatment
This study investigated the effect of high-pressure enzymatic treatment (HPET) on the quality characteristics such as soluble solid content, yield, flavonoid content, and phenolic acid content of mulberry frui...
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Subcellular expression pattern and clinical significance of CBX2 and CBX7 in breast cancer subtypes
Chromobox (CBX)2 and CBX7, members of CBX family protein, show diverse expression patterns and contrasting roles in certain cancers. We aimed to investigate the subcellular expression patterns and clinical sig...
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Open AccessAnthropogenic warming degrades spring air quality in Northeast Asia by enhancing atmospheric stability and transboundary transport
Air pollutants can travel long distances from their sources, often causing severe particulate matter (PM) pollution in downwind regions. This transboundary pollution is largely influenced by meteorology and he...
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Predictors of Early and Late Lung Function Improvement in Severe Eosinophilic Asthma on Type2-Biologics in the PRISM Study
The determinants linked to the short- and long-term improvement in lung function in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma (SEA) on biological treatment (BioT) remain elusive.
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Phosphorus Determination by Murphy-Riley Method
The Murphy-Riley colorimetric method has been widely used to measure the phosphorus content in natural waters as well as in foods. The method is applicable to most foods after dry ashing of a food sample. The ...
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Low Ohmic contact resistance and high on/off ratio in transition metal dichalcogenides field-effect transistors via residue-free transfer
Beyond-silicon technology demands ultrahigh performance field-effect transistors. Transition metal dichalcogenides provide an ideal material platform, but the device performances such as the contact resistance...
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Open AccessHeterologous expression in E. coli and functional characterization of the tomato CPR enzymes
NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR) is a key enzyme transferring electrons to cytochrome P450. In tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum), two CPR genes, SlCPR1 and SlCPR2, were identified. In all the tested tomato tis...
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Formanilides from the culture broth of Perenniporia fraxinea
A new formanilide dimer, fraxinin (1), and three known formanilides (2‒4) were isolated from the culture broth of Perenniporia fraxinea using silica gel and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatographies, medium-pressure...
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Open AccessSurface-exposed chaperonin 60 derived from Propionibacterium freudenreichii MJ2 inhibits adipogenesis by decreasing the expression of C/EBPα/PPARγ
Recent studies have shown that the health benefits of probiotics are not limited to those offered by living bacteria. It was reported that both live and killed cells of Propionibacterium freudenreichii MJ2 (MJ2) ...
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Open AccessSurface proteins of Propionibacterium freudenreichii MJ2 inhibit RANKL-induced osteoclast differentiation by lipocalin-2 upregulation and lipocalin-2-mediated NFATc1 inhibition
Osteoclasts degrade bone and osteoclast differentiation has been implicated in bone destruction in rheumatoid arthritis. The dairy bacterium Propionibacterium freudenreichii MJ2 (MJ2) isolated from raw milk inhib...
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Open AccessSequential order dependent dark-exciton modulation in bi-layered TMD heterostructure
We report the emergence of dark-excitons in transition-metal-dichalcogenide (TMD) heterostructures that strongly rely on the stacking sequence, i.e., momentum-dark K-Q exciton located exclusively at the top la...
