The p21-activated kinases (PAKs) are important signaling proteins. They contribute to a surprisingly wide range of cellular processes and play critical roles in a number of human diseases including cancer, neurological disorders and cardiac diseases....
Signaling pathways are highly diverse in filamentous fungi, allowing the cells to receive and process ambient information. Interaction of components from different pathways results in signaling networks. The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pa...
Staphylococcus aureus is an ESKAPE pathogen, defined by its ability to evade antibacterial treatment, and together with S. epidermidis is a leading Gram-positive cause of wound infection. The emergence of methicillin- and vancomycin-resistant strains...
The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways regulate diverse cellular processes and have been partially characterized in the rice false smut fungus Ustilaginoidea virens. UvSte50 has been identified as a homolog to Saccharomyces ce...
Yeast prions and mnemons are respectively transmissible and non-transmissible self-perpetuating protein assemblies, frequently based on cross-β ordered detergent-resistant aggregates (amyloids). Prions cause devastating diseases in mammals and c...
Novel highly sensitive two-dimensional gas-sensing materials for detecting hazardous gases are crucial for human health, climate protection, and industrial development. In this study, density functional theory (DFT) was employed to investigate the ad...
To accurately detect defects, we propose an enhanced model based on YOLOv8, named STE-YOLO. To address the aforementioned challenges, this paper adopts YOLOv8 as the improved model. The structure of this paper is as follows: We enhance the model&rsqu...
In the last few years, quantum dots (QDs) have attracted research interest in different fields of science and technology. Despite their applications, it is essential to understand how nanomaterials (with different crystal sizes) are metabolized insid...
Using first-principle calculations, we investigate the impact of strain on the electronic structures and effective masses of Janus WSTe and MoSTe monolayers. The calculations were performed using the QUANTUM-ESPRESSO package, employing the PBE and HS...
Background: Applications of atrial speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) strain (ε) analysis in pediatric cardiac surgery have been limited. This study aims to evaluate the feasibility of atrial STE ε analysis and the progression of...
Object detection powered by deep learning is extensively utilized across diverse sectors, yielding substantial outcomes. However, adverse weather conditions such as rain, snow, and haze interfere with images, leading to a decline in quality and makin...
The service life of materials and components exposed to repeated mechanical loads is limited, which is why the understanding of the damage evolution and estimating its fatigue life is of high importance for its technical application. This paper shows...
It is necessary to extract and recognize the cloud regions presented in imagery to generate satellite imagery as analysis-ready data (ARD). In this manuscript, we proposed a new deep learning model to detect cloud areas in very-high-resolution (VHR)...
The carnivorous fungus Drechslerella dactyloides can form constricting rings through hyphal specialization to capture nematodes. The formation of constricting rings is a prerequisite for capturing nematodes and a characteristic of entering the carniv...
This study explores the impact of structural modifications on the stress distribution and flow characteristics of a nozzle box in a steam turbine, specifically targeting the components made from high-strength StE460 steel. Using Computational Fluid D...
The cry-Ste system is a genetic interaction system between heterochromatin and euchromatin in Drosophila melanogaster, regulated via the piRNA pathway. Deregulation of this system leads to meiotic defects and male sterility. Although the cry-Ste syst...
Zero-dimensional (0D) rare-earth-based metal halides show great potential in photonic and optoelectronic applications owing to their high stability, strong exciton confinement, and tunable energy levels. However, the weak absorption and narrow 4f-4f...
The Solow residual method, traditionally pivotal for calculating total factor productivity (TFP), is typically not applied to green TFP calculations due to its exclusion of undesired outputs. Diverging from traditional approaches and other frontier m...
It is extremely critical for an emergency response to quickly and accurately use source term estimation (STE) in the event of hazardous gas leakage. To determine the appropriate algorithm, four swarm intelligence optimization (SIO) algorithms includi...
The purpose of this synthesis paper is to present the motivations and conceptual basis for research on socio-technical-ecological systems (STES), addressing the need for interdisciplinary studies targeting the technological mediation of human–e...
A single crystal of YAl3(BO3)4 was grown using the top-seeded solution growth method. The vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) excitation spectrum, monitored at the emission wavelength of 312 and 372 nm, showed a narrow excitation band at around 162 nm, which is...
2 August 2022
Safety training promotes safety at work, in particular through the use of engaging methods. This study introduces a newly developed measure of individual engagement in safety training, and aims to analyze the psychometric proprieties of the scale. Th...
Two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography (2D-STE) is an advanced imaging technique that offers quantitative insights into myocardial function by analyzing the motion of speckles created during ultrasound–tissue interactions. This study...
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and its advanced subtype, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), have emerged as the most common chronic liver disease worldwide, yet there is no targeted pharmacother...
The main objective of this study is to analyze scientific production from 2010 to 2021 using bibliometric analysis based on articles on social networks, stakeholders, and sea tourism published in scientific journals. In the first phase, the search cr...
Introduction: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a form of hyperglycemia that develops during pregnancy and poses risks to both the mother and fetus. In other words, it is a glucose intolerance disorder first recognized during pregnancy, specific...
Background/Objectives: Functional assessment of the fetal heart remains a significant challenge in contemporary perinatology due to the absence of a universally accepted gold standard for such evaluations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the re...
The multipiezo effect realizes the coupling of strain with magnetism and electricity, which provides a new way of designing multifunctional devices. In this study, monolayer V2STeO is demonstrated to be an altermagnet semiconductor with a direct band...
This study aims to investigate the impacts of urbanization and propose strategies to mitigate urban vulnerability. The study first defines and examines urban vulnerability within the context of spatial management, allowing for the introduction of ind...
Sustainability is conceptualized, approached and acted upon differently by people, sectors, societies, nations and educational systems. Consequently, the “sustainability thinking”-related scientific, technological, environmental, societal, economic a...
Concentrating solar power (CSP), also known as solar thermal electricity (STE), is increasing its deployment worldwide. One of the potential ways to decrease costs in CSP plants is the improvement of corrosion resistance between the heat transfer flu...
Measures of similarity or differences between data objects are applied frequently in geography, biology, computer science, linguistics, logic, business analytics, and statistics, among other fields. This work focuses on event sequence similarity amon...
Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi. leaf lectin (SteLL) has been investigated for its neuromodulatory effects. Given the etiological diversity of depression, this study evaluated the effects of SteLL in a pharmacological model induced by reserpine. Mice w...
The potential of plant lectins (carbohydrate-binding proteins) for the treatment of neurological disorders such as anxiety and depression has started to be reported in the last few years. Schinus terebinthifolia leaves contain a lectin called SteLL,...
van der Waals heterostructures (vdWHs) can exhibit novel physical properties and a wide range of applications compared with monolayer two-dimensional (2D) materials. In this work, we investigate the electronic and optical properties of MoSTe/MoGe2N4...
Staphylococcus aureus is commonly found in wound infections where this pathogen impairs skin repair. The lectin isolated from leaves of Schinus terebinthifolius (named SteLL) has antimicrobial and antivirulence action against S. aureus. This stu...
Background: Speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) has gained increasing value in the evaluation of congenital heart diseases (CHD); however, its use in pediatric cardiac surgery is limited. Aim: To evaluate left ventricular (LV) systolic impairment...
16 April 2026
Background: North Carolina faces persistent shortages of psychiatric professionals, particularly in rural and underserved regions, resulting in prolonged emergency department (ED) boarding, avoidable psychiatric hospitalizations, and inequitable acce...
The medieval cult of Ste Foy inspired several sets of liturgical chants, or historiae, including at least two that were probably made for use at Conques in the early eleventh century. Whilst it is widely understood that historia chants belonged withi...
In ascomycetous fungi, sexual mate recognition requires interaction of the Ste2 receptor protein produced by one partner with the α-factor peptide pheromone produced by the other partner. In some fungi, Ste2 is further needed for chemotropism t...
Although asphalt mixtures can be applied to railway tracks due to their viscoelastic properties, caution is required, as their ductility and brittleness are highly sensitive to temperature variations. In recent years, interest in the application of a...
Acute lung injury (ALI) is a severe inflammatory condition associated with high morbidity and mortality, and there are currently no specific pharmacological treatments available. In this context, plants and natural products have emerged as promising...
Bacteria of the genus Staphylococcus are significant challenge for medicine, as many species are resistant to multiple antibiotics and some are even to all of the antibiotics we use. One of the approaches to developing new therapeutics to treat staph...
Late-stage epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) involves the widespread dissemination of malignant disease throughout the peritoneal cavity, often accompanied by ascites. EOC metastasis relies on the formation of multicellular aggregates, called spheroids...
Lectins (carbohydrate-binding proteins) are able to distinguish different patterns of glycosylation on cell surfaces. This study investigated the effects of lectins from Alpinia purpurata inflorescence (ApuL) and Schinus terebinthifolia leaf (SteLL)...
Various signaling pathways in filamentous fungi help cells receive and respond to environmental information. Previous studies have shown that the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is phosphorylation-dependent and activated by different...
If an exciton and a photon can change each other’s properties, indicating that the regime of their strong bond is achieved, it usually happens in standard microcavity devices, where the large overlap between the ’confined’ cavity ph...
Against the growing prominence of global climate change and environmental governance challenges, synergistic pollution and carbon reduction (SPCR) has emerged as a core pathway for regional sustainable-development strategies. Focusing on the refined...
This study reports on an integrated steM camp that aimed to improve middle school students’ STEM identity, interest in STEM careers, and interest in environmental issues. Conjecture mapping was used as a tool to design the camp and to investiga...
As of now, the COVID-19 pandemic has spread to over 770 million confirmed cases and caused approximately 7 million deaths. While several vaccines and monoclonal antibodies (mAb) have been developed and deployed, natural selection against immune recog...
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