Cell culture and transfection
Human podocytes were acquired from BeNa Culture Collection (Henan, China) and cultured in RPMI 1640 medium (Pronoza, Cat.No PM150110) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (GIBCO, Cat.No 10099141) and 1%…
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Plant-based modified cellulose obtained from Populus nigra as a potential adsorbent for pesticides removal from aqueous media
Characterization of the prepared adsorbent
The elemental analyses of plant based cellulose acetate and PBCA–PVA particles are shown in Fig. 2a and b respectively. The EDX spectra of PBCA–PVA depicts a characteristically high peak of carbon,…
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Relationship between breastfeeding duration and the development of malocclusion and dental caries in children
In the process of the development of dental caries and malocclusions, it is important to highlight the significant role of both the type and manner of feeding in children. In daily clinical practice, one of the most frequently raised questions is…
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Mid-infrared acetone gas sensors using substrate-integrated hollow waveguides augmented by advanced preconcentrators
Infrared spectrum of acetone
The spectral signature of acetone in the MIR region includes several distinct absorption bands related to different molecular vibrations. Figure 4 shows the IR spectrum of a 100 ppm acetone sample without…
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Synergistic impact of serum uric acid and ferritin on MAFLD risk: A comprehensive cohort analysis
Study design and study participants
We conducted a retrospective cohort study at the Health Screening Center of Samsung Changwon Hospital, South Korea, from 2011 to 2018. From the initial pool of 254,930 individuals screened, we focused on 78,270…
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Harnessing AI to revolutionize photocatalytic degradation of Tetracycline via optimized UV/ZrO2/NaOCl reaction pathways
GBR model
Performance evaluation of a gradient boosting regression (GBR) model on training and testing datasets
As shown in the presented chart (Fig. 1), there are actual and predicted values of the GBR model for both training and testing…
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Mid-life adipogenesis | Nature Aging
Wang explains that the researchers “were curious whether adipogenesis takes place as we reach middle age,” as “starting from mid-age and continuing into early aging, adults often experience a significant increase in visceral fat tissue…
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Advanced modeling of salt-inducible kinase (SIK) inhibitors incorporating protein flexibility through molecular dynamics and cross-docking
Docking results
The SIK3 structure was used as a template to model the structures of SIK1 and SIK2. SIK1 shares 77.7% sequence identity and 58.0% sequence similarity with SIK3, while SIK2 shares 75.3% sequence identity and 58.4% sequence…
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Shared genetics between cannabis traits and psychiatric disorders
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This is a summary of: Galimberti, M. et al. The genetic relationship between cannabis use disorder, cannabis…
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Innovative integration of automated breast volume scan and ultrasound elastography for enhanced differentiation of benign and malignant breast lesions
Study population
A total of 93 patients with 103 breast lesions who underwent ultrasound examinations at the Department of Ultrasound, Xiangyang No. 1 People’s Hospital from October 2023 and October 2024 were included in this study. All patients…
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