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To treat the stochastic wind nature, it is required to attain all available power from the wind energy conversion system (WECS). Therefore, several maximum power point tracking (MPPT) techniques are utilized. Among them, hill-climbing search (HCS) te...

Seeking the alternative working pairs used in absorption refrigeration cycles is one of the main issues in refrigeration fields due to the drawbacks of traditional H₂O/LiBr and NH₃/H₂O, such as corrosion, crystallization, and toxicity. The imidazoliu...

Background and Objectives: Zinc finger proteins are important transcription factors that regulate gene expression and play a critical role in neurodevelopment including autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). They are involved in a variety of cellular proc...

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic cutaneous disorder that is characterized by severe eczematous inflammation, swelling, and lichenification. Activation of T helper (Th)-22 cells by allergens leads to epidermal hyperplasia with hyperkeratosis at the...

HcDNAV (a type species of Genus Dinodnavirus) is a large double-stranded DNA virus, which lytically infects the bloom-forming marine microalga Heterocapsa circularisquama Horiguchi (Dinophyceae). In the present study, detailed observation of the HcDN...

The nuclear basket (NB) scaffold, a fibrillar structure anchored to the nuclear pore complex (NPC), is regarded as constructed of polypeptides of the coiled-coil dominated protein TPR to which other proteins can bind without contributing to the NB’s...

The human L-type amino acid transporters LAT1 and LAT2 mediate the transport of amino acids and amino acid derivatives across plasma membranes in a sodium-independent, obligatory antiport mode. In mammalian cells, LAT1 and LAT2 associate with the typ...

Soil salinization constitutes a major constraint on global agricultural production, with marked divergence in salt adaptation strategies between salt-tolerant barley (Hordeum vulgare) and salt-sensitive rice (Oryza sativa). This study systematically...

Most patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) are diagnosed at a locally advanced stage and show heterogeneous treatment responses. Low SLC3A2 (solute carrier family 3 member 2) mRNA and protein (CD98hc) expression levels are asso...

The potyvirus helper component proteinase (HcPro) is a multifunctional protein, with one of its most documented functions being host antiviral RNA silencing suppression. This study shows that the HcPro of potato virus Y (PVY), an important member of...

Heterodimeric amino acid transporters (HATs) are protein complexes mediating the transport of amino acids and derivatives thereof across biological membranes. HATs are composed of two subunits, a heavy and a light chain subunit belonging to the solut...

Helper component-proteinase (HC-Pro), encoded by tobacco vein banding mosaic virus (TVBMV), can cause various viral symptoms and even abortion. HC-Pro counteracts host-mediated inhibition by interfering with the accumulation of microRNAs (miRNAs) and...

Potyviruses, a major group of plant viruses, utilize HC-Pro, a multifunctional protein, to suppress RNA silencing, a crucial plant defense mechanism. While HC-Pro’s role in RNA silencing suppression has been studied in several potyviruses, the...

In plants, HEN1-facilitated methylation at 3′ end ribose is a critical step of small-RNA (sRNA) biogenesis. A mutant of well-studied Arabidopsis HEN1 (AtHEN1), hen1-1, showed a defective developmental phenotype, indicating the importance of sRNA meth...

With the frequent outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases in recent years, an effective broad-spectrum antiviral drug is becoming an urgent need for global public health. Cholesterol-25-hydroxylase (CH25H) and its enzymatic products 25-hydroxychole...

The P1/HC-Pro viral suppressor of potyvirus suppresses posttranscriptional gene silencing (PTGS). The fusion protein of P1/HC-Pro can be cleaved into P1 and HC-Pro through the P1 self-cleavage activity, and P1 is necessary and sufficient to enhance P...

Heteromeric amino acid transporters (HATs) are protein complexes that catalyze the transport of amino acids across plasma membranes. HATs are composed of two subunits, a heavy and a light subunit, which belong to the solute carrier (SLC) families SLC...

Tumor cells are known for their ability to proliferate. Nutrients are essential for rapidly growing tumor cells. In particular, essential amino acids are essential for tumor cell growth. Tumor cell growth nutrition requires the regulation of membrane...

Road cracks are one of the external manifestations of safety hazards in transportation. At present, the detection and segmentation of road cracks is still an intensively researched issue. With the development of image segmentation technology of the c...

Heterodimeric amino acid transporters (HATs) are protein complexes composed of two subunits, a heavy and a light subunit belonging to the solute carrier (SLC) families SLC3 and SLC7. HATs transport amino acids and derivatives thereof across the plasm...

The C3HC4 RING finger gene (RING-HC) family is a zinc finger protein crucial to plant growth. However, there have been no studies on the RING-HC gene family in potato. In this study, 77 putative StRING-HCs were identified in the potato genome and gro...

This study aimed to compare age-dependent changes in the relative expression of genes encoding myosin heavy chain (MyHC) isoforms and selected lipid metabolism-related genes in the longissimus dorsi muscle of wild pigs (WPs) and domestic pigs (DPs)....

A superior heterojunction of HC-ZnBi-LDO was synthesized in two steps, namely hydrothermal carbonization, followed by co-precipitation. The 2% HC-ZnBi-LDO heterojunction photocatalysts could degrade over 90.8% of 30 mg/L 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic aci...

The loose accumulation CAUSED by landslide, collapse, debris flow, and mine blasting, exerts considerable negative influence to human activities. Besides, it can easily trigger secondary disaster under inner and outer geological conditions. Extractio...

Prediction of soft soil settlement is an important research topic in the field of civil engineering, and the least square support vector machine is one of the commonly used prediction methods at present. Nonetheless, the existing LSSVM models have pr...

Land cover mapping in mountainous areas is a notoriously challenging task due to the rugged terrain and high spatial heterogeneity of land surfaces as well as the frequent cloud contamination of satellite imagery. Taking Southwestern China (a typical...

Background: Transferrin receptor 1 (TfR1), glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1), and CD98hc are candidates for targeted therapy at the blood–brain barrier (BBB). Our objective was to challenge the expression of TfR1, GLUT1, and CD98hc in brain capilla...

The objective of this study was the translation and validation of a health consciousness scale in order to provide an economically and empirically confirmed measurement of health consciousness, which is associated with health-related behavior. We eva...

Zn-Al-Mg (zinc, aluminum and magnesium)-coated steel is gradually replacing traditional hot-dip galvanized steel due to its excellent corrosion resistance, self-healing properties and good surface hardness. However, the effect of Zn-Al-Mg coating on...

Transient receptor potential channels C4/C5 are widely expressed in the pain pathway. Here, we studied the putative analgesic efficacy of the highly selective and potent TRPC4/C5 antagonist HC-070 in rats. Inhibitory potency on human TRPC4 was assess...

As air pollution becomes more and more serious, PM2.5 is the primary pollutant, inevitably attracts wide public attention. Therefore, a novel PM2.5 concentration forecasting method based on linear fuzzy information granule_dynamic time warping_hierar...

Nucleic acid therapeutics have demonstrated an impressive acceleration in recent years. They work through multiple mechanisms of action, including the downregulation of gene expression and the modulation of RNA splicing. While several drugs based on...

Soybean mosaic virus (SMV), which belongs to the Potyviridae, causes significant reductions in soybean yield and seed quality. In this study, both tag-free and reporter gene green fluorescent protein (GFP)-containing infectious clones for the SMV N1...

In the current scenario, renewable energy resources play a vital role in developing countries. Photovoltaic panel-based power plants have great significance for the production of electrical energy, due to automated transitions, easy interaction, and...

East Asian Passiflora virus (EAPV) causes passionfruit woodiness disease, a major threat limiting passionfruit production in eastern Asia, including Taiwan and Vietnam. In this study, an infectious cDNA clone of a Taiwanese severe isolate EAPV-TW was...

Hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂), as a clean and green oxidant, is widely used in many fields. The direct synthesis of H₂O₂ (DSHP) from H₂ and O₂ has attracted most research interest because it relates to a facile, environmentally friendly, and economic proc...

In this study, four-point load tests were conducted to evaluate the shear performance of factory-produced precast prestressed concrete hollow core slabs (HCS) assembled on-site. The test specimens were fabricated using compression molding and compris...

Vacuolar (H⁺)-ATPases (V-ATPases) are ATP-driven proton pumps that play multifaceted roles across various organisms. Despite their widespread significance, the functional implications of V-ATPase genes in Hyphantria cunea, an invasive forest pest wit...

Aedes aegypti is the primary mosquito vector of several human arboviruses, including the dengue virus (DENV). Vector control is the principal intervention to decrease the transmission of these viruses. The characterization of molecules involved in th...

Auxin plays a key role in different plant growth and development processes, including flower opening and development. The perception and signaling of auxin depend on the cooperative action of various components, among which auxin/indole-3-acetic acid...

Adverse side-effects occurred in slurry foaming and thickening process when carbide slag was substituted for quicklime in HCS-AAC. Cement accelerators were introduced to modify the slurry foaming and coagulating process during pre-curing. Meanwhile,...

The motivation of this research was to evaluate the main memory performance of a hybrid super computer such as the Convey HC-x, and ascertain how the controller performs in several access scenarios, vis-à-vis hand-coded memory prefetches. Such memory...

Cholesterol, an essential component of mammalian cells, is also an important factor in the replicative-cycles of several human and animal viruses. The oxysterol, 25-hydroxycholesterol, is produced from cholesterol by the enzyme, cholesterol 25-hydrox...

This study used Houttuynia cordata as the precursor to prepare high fluorescence quantum yield carbon quantum dots (Hc-CQDs) by a simple hydrothermal method. The surface of the Hc-CQDs contained abundant functional groups, such as carboxyl, hydroxyl,...

The present study deals with the valorization of corn stalks in an integrated processing strategy targeting two products: extracted hemicelluloses (HC) and papermaking fibers. Preliminary trials were conducted to assess the individual or the combined...

Connexin hemichannels (HCs) expressed at the plasma membrane of mammalian cells are of paramount importance for intercellular communication. In physiological conditions, HCs can form gap junction (GJ) channels, providing a direct diffusive path betwe...

Our putpose is to make decision of intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) through single and multiple ultrasonographic fetal growth assessments using a neural network (NN). This study was undertaken to show if a feedforward NN can learn nominal growt...

It is well known that reduced contractile activity of the main postural soleus muscle during long-term bedrest, immobilization, hindlimb unloading, and space flight leads to increased expression of fast isoforms and decreased expression of the slow i...

To investigate the effects of a high-carbohydrate and low-fat (HC/LF) diet on plasma lipids and apolipoproteins (Apos) of healthy Chinese Han youth with different genotypes of lipoprotein lipase gene (LPL) rs326, 56 subjects were given a washout diet...

The fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea (Drury) is a major invasive pest in China. Aminopeptidase N (APN) isoforms in lepidopteran larvae midguts are known for their involvement in the mode of action of insecticidal crystal (Cry) proteins from Bacillus th...