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Surgery
Aaron M. Delman, Kevin M. Turner, Courtney R. Jones, Dennis M. Vaysburg, Latifa S. Silski, Corey King, Keith Luckett, Kamran Safdar, Ralph C. Quillin, Shimul A. Shah
Summary: During the COVID-19 pandemic, orthotopic liver transplants can be safely and effectively conducted by implementing innovative multidisciplinary protocols and telehealth follow-up, as well as multidisciplinary collaboration for managing immunosuppressed patients, without compromising outcomes.
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Environmental Studies
Claudia Santos Cruz, Stephanie Stimpson
Summary: The world is currently experiencing a period of decarbonisation and energy transition, with different impacts and experiences in different jurisdictions. The trend against funding oil and gas projects has increased in recent years, leading to uncertainty in investment and volatility in commodity prices. The recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia has further exacerbated this volatility and rising commodity prices, causing broad impacts on resource-exporting and -consuming countries, energy companies, workers, consumers, and the global economy. It is widely recognized that energy transition must occur, but global unrest and market realities show that it should happen in an orderly and sustainable manner to mitigate adverse outcomes.
JOURNAL OF ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES LAW
(2022)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Thomas G. Beatty
Summary: The study estimates the feasibility of detecting nighttime city lights on habitable Earth-like exoplanets around nearby stars, and finds that under certain conditions, these city lights can be detected.
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
(2022)
Editorial Material
Microbiology
Tanneke den Blaauwen
Summary: Multiple proteins, including FtsZ and septal peptidoglycan synthesis complex, play important roles in bacterial cell division. Recent studies on the dynamics of these proteins offer new insights into their functions during the division process.
NATURE MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
Editorial Material
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Gabrielle A. Leith, Natalia B. Shustova
Summary: In this study, one-dimensional hollow covalent organic frameworks have been prepared and further assembled into toroid-shaped materials.
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Giulia Semeghini
Summary: An experimental platform that uses two different tools for controlling neutral atoms with laser light combines speed with scalability, providing a crucial step towards realizing innovative quantum algorithms and simulations.
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Neil Savage
Summary: Insect intelligence can contribute to the development of microbots.
Review
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Ana Monfort-Vengut, Guillermo de Carcer
Summary: Rigosertib is a small-molecule compound currently in phase III clinical trials for the treatment of various myelodysplastic syndromes and leukemias. However, its clinical progress has been hindered by a lack of understanding of its mechanism of action.
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Denise Bellotti, Maurizio Remelli
Summary: The emergence of antimicrobial-resistant infections is a global concern, highlighting the need for innovative drugs. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) show promise as therapeutic agents, but face challenges such as degradation and low bioavailability.
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Environmental Sciences
Zhichao Guan, Guo Zhang, Yonghua Jiang, Xin Shen, Zhen Li
Summary: This study proposes a method for registering nightlight images in sparse light areas. It extracts light point positions using roundness detection and the centroid method, and achieves rough registration using geometric positioning algorithms and RANSAC. Experimental results show that the proposed method is more reliable and has a wider distribution in sparse light areas compared to traditional methods.
Article
Business, Finance
Morgan Hardy, Jamie McCasland
Summary: The impact of power outages on small firms varies, with firms without employees experiencing significant decreases in revenue and profits while firms with employees see changes in output, worker hours, and weekly wages paid. The analysis does not reject the null hypothesis that blackouts have no effect on worker hourly wages at the average firm level.
WORLD BANK ECONOMIC REVIEW
(2021)
Editorial Material
Biology
Vy Nguyen, Iain Searle
Summary: A widely accepted model that explains how plants initiate flowering during cold weather may require reevaluation.
Article
Optics
Jiang Shao, Keyong Zhu, Guodong Shi, Yong Huang
Summary: This study investigates the geometrical effect of graded index on the transport of polarized lights in the scope of geometrical optics and presents three effective methods for obtaining the polarization state of a polarized light. Simulations on a three-dimensional graded-index model show that the results obtained by the three methods are in perfect agreement with each other.
Editorial Material
Neurosciences
Dirk Jancke
Summary: The disappointment of lower contrast details in photos compared to what we see with our own eyes is due to human vision adapting to actual luminance range and asymmetric changes in dark and light contrasts.
TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES
(2021)
Review
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Yu Hua, Yue Zheng, Yiran Yao, Renbing Jia, Shengfang Ge, Ai Zhuang
Summary: Metformin, a well-known anti-diabetic drug, is also being used as an anti-cancer agent due to its excellent safety profile, cost-effectiveness, and potential to reduce cancer risk and mortality in diabetic patients. The exact mechanisms of its anti-tumor action are not fully understood but may involve energy metabolism and both direct and indirect effects on cancer cells. This review provides an updated account of the current knowledge on metformin's anti-cancer properties, discusses the underlying mechanisms in terms of cancer hallmarks, and proposes potential applications for repurposing metformin in cancer therapeutics.
JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE
(2023)