Gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH) is a key neuropeptide that negatively regulates animal reproduction. This study aims to elucidate its functional mechanism in Tibetan sheep, a characteristic plateau-adapted breed. A total of 12 Tibetan sheep we...
Mucopolysaccharidosis I-Hurler (MPS I-H) is caused by the loss of α-L-iduronidase, a lysosomal enzyme that degrades glycosaminoglycans. Current therapies cannot treat many MPS I-H manifestations. In this study, triamterene, an FDA-approved, ant...
Modulation of pulsatile gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) secretion across postnatal development in higher primates is not fully understood. While gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH) is reported to suppress reproductive axis activity in birds...
Gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH) is a reproductive inhibitor and an endogenous orexigenic neuropeptide that may be involved in energy homeostasis and reproduction. However, whether GnIH is a molecular signal link of metabolism and the reproduct...
Neuropeptide FF (NPFF) belongs to the RF-amide peptide family and is homologous to gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH). The NPFF precursor encodes two mature peptides, NPFF and NPAF (neuropeptide AF). Both peptides share the conserved C-terminal P...
In recent years, the age of children entering puberty is getting lower and the incidence of central precocious puberty is increasing. It is known that melatonin plays an increasingly important role in regulating animal reproduction, but the specific...
Apart from the well-established role of the gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH) in the regulation of the reproductive functions, much less is known about the peripheral role of the GnIH and its receptor in the metabolic processes. On account of pi...
The advances in computational fluid dynamics have made numerical modeling a reliable complementary tool to the traditional physical modeling in the study of the wave overtopping phenomenon. This paper addresses overtopping on a seawall by combining t...
Recently, with policies aimed at strengthening domestic manufacturing and technological innovation, the robotics industry has been growing rapidly, and its applications are expanding across various industrial fields. Accordingly, the importance of hi...
Additive manufacturing (AM) of metals has the potential to provide significant benefits for the construction of future particle accelerators. The combination of low cost manufacturing of complex geometries in combination with efficiency gains from im...
Additive manufacturing (AM or “3D printing”) has become a powerful tool for the rapid prototyping and manufacturing of complex part geometries. Especially interesting for the world of particle accelerators is the process of the 3D printin...
An epidemic model, the so-called SE(Is)(Ih)(Iicu)AR epidemic model, is proposed which splits the infectious subpopulation of the classical SEIR (Susceptible-Exposed-Infectious-Recovered) model into four subpopulations, namely asymptomatic infectious...
The suitability of industrial hemp (IH) as a source of fibres for European industrial-scale papermaking, including, in particular, European kraft pulp mills (EKMPs) (i.e., plants producing the predominant amount of virgin pulps in Europe), was discus...
Gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH) is a neuropeptide involved in the regulation of reproductive function in vertebrates. It is able to inhibit the synthesis and secretion of GnRH and Gth in the HPG axis. However, the regulatory role and mechanism...
Gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH) is well-established as a negative regulator of reproductive physiology and behavior across vertebrates, acting on the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal (HPG) axis; however, recent data have also demonst...
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an emerging risk factor for cancer occurrence and progression, mainly mediated by intermittent hypoxia (IH). Systemic IH, a main landmark of OSA, and local sustained hypoxia (SH), a classical feature at the core of tu...
In Fukuroi City Japan, greenhouses are usually used for crown musk melon (CMM) cultivation. When the temperature inside the greenhouse is lower than 25 °C, the CMM quality deteriorates. Hence, from late autumn until the middle of spring, oil is u...
In vitro experiments performed on dissociated dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons suggest the involvement of the hyperpolarization-activated cation current (Ih) in enhancing neuronal excitability, potentially contributing to neuropathic pain. However,...
Background/Objectives: This study aimed to (i) cross-culturally adapt the Inventory of Hyperacusis (IHS) into Danish and (ii) assess its usability, validity, and reliability in Danish adults with hyperacusis. Methods: The translation followed establi...
Typical domestic induction cooktops can only heat ferromagnetic pots/vessels. However, to increase the availability and marketability of induction heating (IH) cooktop products, heating techniques for all types of metallic pots (i.e., created from me...
To improve and enrich the wheat growth information, visible and thermal infrared (TIR) remote sensing images were simultaneously acquired by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). A novel algorithm was proposed for fusing the visible and TIR images combin...
The failure of arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) following intimal hyperplasia (IH) increases morbidity and mortality rates in patients undergoing hemodialysis for chronic kidney disease. The peroxisome-proliferator associated receptor (PPAR-γ) may...
This study introduces Internal Induction Heating (In-IH) as an efficient method for local mold temperature control in thin-walled polypropylene (PP) injection molding. Unlike conventional systems that are slow and energy-intensive, the insert is inte...
A subtopic of visual secret sharing (VSS) is information hiding-based VSS (IH-VSS), which embeds secret messages into images using an information hiding technique. In the IH-VSS scheme, stego-images are divided into shadows under the guidance and con...
This study evaluates the performance of an R744/R404A cascade refrigeration system (CRS) with internal heat exchangers (IHE) in supermarkets. R744 is used as the refrigerant in a low-temperature cycle, and R404A is used as the refrigerant in a high-t...
This paper proposes a single-stage direct AC to high-frequency (HF) AC resonant converter based on LLC configuration for induction heating (IH) systems or HF applications. Unlike conventional converters for IH systems, the proposed topology converts...
Genetic information is continuously exposed to harmful factors, both intra- and extracellular. Their activity can lead to the formation of different types of DNA damage. Clustered lesions (CDL) are problematic for DNA repair systems. In this study, t...
The couple of chiral sulfur compounds α-lipoic acid (ALA)/α-dihydrolipoic acid (DHALA) has attracted considerable attention in recent years owing to its remarkable anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. It is well known that the chirality of t...
Under photoirradiation, Sc3N@Ih-C80 reacted readily with disilirane 1, silirane 4, and digermirane 7 to afford the corresponding 1:1 adducts, whereas Sc3N@D5h-C80 was recovered without producing those adducts. Based on these results, we described a n...
To obtain fine and potential features, a highly informative fused image created by merging multiple images is usually required. In our study, a novel fusion algorithm called JSKF-NSCT is proposed for fusing panchromatic (PAN) and hyperspectral (HS) i...
Photochemical carbosilylation of Lu3N@Ih-C80 was performed using siliranes (silacyclopropanes) to afford the corresponding [5,6]- and [6,6]-adducts. Electrochemical studies indicated that the redox potentials of the carbosilylated derivatives were sh...
In this study, wafer cleaning equipment was designed and fabricated using the induction heating (IH) method and a short-time superheated steam (SHS) generation process. To prevent problems arising from the presence of particulate matter in the fluid...
Pansharpening is a method of image fusion that combines a panchromatic (PAN) image with high spatial resolution and multispectral (MS) images which possess different spectral characteristics and are frequently obtained from satellite sensors. Despite...
Traditional night light images are black and white with a low resolution, which has largely limited their applications in areas such as high-accuracy urban electricity consumption estimation. For this reason, this study proposes a fusion algorithm ba...
Background: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a persistent, recurring skin inflammatory condition linked to various comorbidities. Management involves antibiotics, hormone therapy, immune-modulating drugs, surgery, and treatment of comorbidities. The...
The project Integrating the Energy System (IES) Austria recognises interoperability as key enabler for the deployment of smart energy systems. Interoperability is covered in the Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan) activity A4-IA0-5 and provid...
Optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) fusion is addressed in this paper. Intensity–Hue–Saturation (IHS) is an easily implemented fusion method and can separate Red–Green–Blue (RGB) images into three independent components...
Complications of diabetes mellitus (DM) range from acute to chronic conditions, leading to multiorgan disorders such as nephropathy, retinopathy, and neuropathy. However, little is known about the influence of DM on intervertebral disc degeneration (...
The rice leaffolder (Cnaphalocrocis medinalis) is a major migratory pest whose population dynamics are synergistically driven by endogenous biological factors and exogenous meteorological conditions. Developing precise quantification models for its o...
Sulforaphane is a chiral phytochemical with chemopreventive properties. The presence of a stereogenic sulfur atom is responsible for the chirality of the natural isothiocyanate. The key role of sulfur chirality in biological activity is underscored b...
Pan-sharpening aims at integrating spectral information from a multi-spectral (MS) image and spatial information from a panchromatic (PAN) image in a fused image with both high spectral and spatial resolutions. Numerous pan-sharpening methods are bas...
The processes of crystallization and melting, and the structure of ice formed under freezing in an alternating electromagnetic field with a frequency of 2.45 GHz have been studied using thermometry, differential scanning calorimetry, and X-ray diffra...
Pterostilbene (PTER), a natural dimethylated analog of resveratrol, has been demonstrated to produce anti-neoplastic or neuroprotective actions. However, how and whether this compound can entail any perturbations on ionic currents in electrically exc...
QX-314 is a positively charged lidocaine derivative with the membrane-impermeant property. This compound applied at the intracellular side has been shown to suppress the voltage-gated Na+ current (INa), while lidocaine itself acts to suppress the hyp...
Global climate change induced sea level rise, rainfed agriculture, poor quality irrigation water, and seawater intrusion through interconnected ditches and inland waterways cause soil salinity in inland and coastal areas. To reclaim and prevent furth...
This study explores the structural and chemical interactions between glacial water, ice Ih, and hydration clusters of divalent cations (Ca2⁺ and Mg2⁺). Ice Ih, with its hexagonal lattice and tetrahedral bonding network, is incompatible wi...
The genetic improvement of beef cattle breeds is crucial for the advancement of the beef cattle industry. Whole-genome resequencing technology has been widely applied in genetic breeding as well as research on selection signatures in beef cattle. In...
Energy supply for clean cooking is a priority for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG, i.e., propane or butane or a mixture of both) is an economically efficient, cooking energy solution used by over 2.5 billion people worldwide an...
As an elite indigenous poultry breed under national protection in China, the Xupu goose is renowned for its large body size, superior fatty liver production, premium meat quality, and high tolerance to roughage. To elucidate its genomic architecture,...
This study investigates the genetic architecture of Salsk sheep—a long-established Russian Merino-type breed from the southern steppes—highlighting their broad genetic diversity, resilience to cold and drought, and dual-purpose (wool and...
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