Review
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Hilal Ahmad Parray, Shivangi Shukla, Reshma Perween, Ritika Khatri, Tripti Shrivastava, Vanshika Singh, Praveenkumar Murugavelu, Shubbir Ahmed, Sweety Samal, Chandresh Sharma, Subrata Sinha, Kalpana Luthra, Rajesh Kumar
Summary: The route of administration plays a crucial role in the success of therapeutic agents, with inhalation being a promising strategy for treating respiratory diseases by providing higher concentrations of drugs in the respiratory airways and overcoming the limitations of systemic administration.
APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Nazeer Hussain Khan, Maria Mir, Ebenezeri Erasto Ngowi, Ujala Zafar, Muhammad Mahtab Aslam Khan Khakwani, Saadullah Khattak, Yuan-Kun Zhai, En-She Jiang, Meng Zheng, Shao-Feng Duan, Jian-She Wei, Dong-Dong Wu, Xin-Ying Ji
Summary: Alzheimer's disease is a devastating disease of the aging population characterized by progressive brain decay. Nanomedicines offer advanced alternative approaches to overcome the challenges of drug transport across the blood-brain barrier, revolutionizing the management of AD.
FRONTIERS IN BIOENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Maicom Sergio Brandao, Moacir Godinho-Filho
Summary: This study analyzed sustainability reports from 25 leading companies in supply chain management and proposed a conceptual model consisting of four essential components: supply chain processes, relational mechanisms, monitoring and control mechanisms, and sustainability outcomes. The proposed model can help supply chain and sustainability managers improve their efforts towards sustainability by identifying the necessary components to manage each different supply chain and by creating more focused and effective strategies in different scenarios.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Editorial Material
Chemistry, Physical
Zhengguang Lu, Long Ju
Summary: Scientists have achieved Weyl modes by subjecting a topological insulator to strong magnetic fields, which enhances the capability to design, engineer, and manipulate topological materials, with significant implications for physics research and material applications.
Article
Business
Ana Claudia Rodrigues, Helena Carvalho, Antonio Caetano, Susana C. Santos
Summary: This study examines the configuration of HRM practices in micro-firms and their relationship with entrepreneurial orientation and firm performance. The results reveal three different configurations of HRM practices associated with different strategic postures and contribute to the understanding of effective managerial practices for performance in micro-firms.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Josoa R. Randriamalala, Dominique Herve
Summary: This paper examines the potential of improved goat breeding as an alternative to unsustainable practices such as wood charcoal production and slash-and-burn agriculture in the endangered spiny thickets of Madagascar. The study finds that at a certain stocking rate, goat browsing has minimal impact on the ecosystem and can provide higher income compared to the unsustainable practices. However, increasing the stocking rate is necessary to surpass the combined income of wood charcoal production and slash-and-burn agriculture.
Editorial Material
Biology
Marc R. Spencer
Summary: Ornithischians, one of the three major groups of dinosaurs, developed a unique mechanism to ensure airflow in the lungs.
Article
Plant Sciences
Guoxu Ji, Bing Li, Hang Yin, Guofu Liu, Yuying Yuan, Guowen Cui
Summary: In lowland meadows of Carex meyeriana in Hulun Buir, mowing and moderate grazing have been found to significantly increase plant biomass and diversity, as well as improving plant community stability. Grazing intensity, temperature, and precipitation were identified as key factors affecting plant biomass in these meadows.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Nusi Drljevic, Daniel Arias Aranda, Vladimir Stantchev
Summary: Blockchain technology has the potential to drive innovations, but current projects have high failure rates, impacting economic and social sustainability. This paper evaluates adoption models and finds that blockchain technology can support business innovation across industries and use cases.
Article
Plant Sciences
Valerie Caffier, Jason Shiller, Marie-Noelle Bellanger, Jerome Collemare, Pascale Expert, Pierre Gladieux, Claire Pascouau, Melanie Sannier, Bruno Le Cam
Summary: Hybridization and adaptation to new hosts are important mechanisms of fungal disease emergence. Evaluating the risk of emergence of hybrids with enhanced virulence is crucial for sustainable crop disease management. In this study, the risk of hybridization and its effect on pathogenicity were evaluated in Venturia inaequalis, the fungus responsible for scab disease on Rosaceae hosts. The results showed that there is strict host specificity between isolates from different hosts, but some isolates were still able to cause disease on new hosts. Interestingly, none of the hybrids between different isolates could infect apple, suggesting a potential novel biocontrol strategy.
Review
Integrative & Complementary Medicine
Han Li, Hui Chen, Lucy Morgan, Weihong Li, Brian G. Oliver
Summary: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a safe complementary treatment for asthma that can improve patients' symptoms and quality of life.
COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Ming-Ming Cheng, Deng-Ping Fan
Summary: The evaluation of foreground maps is crucial for object segmentation algorithms, especially in salient object detection. The S-measure proposed in this study demonstrates superiority over existing measures by simultaneously evaluating region-aware and object-aware structural similarity. Behavioral studies suggest that subjects prefer saliency maps chosen by the S-measure over those chosen by state-of-the-art measures.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER VISION
(2021)
Review
Genetics & Heredity
Thuy Trang Nguyen, Phuong-Trang Nguyen-Thi, Thi Hong Anh Nguyen, Thanh-Tam Ho, Nguyen-Minh-An Tran, Toi Van Vo, Giau Van Vo
Summary: Neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, frontotemporal dementia, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are prevalent and share similar pathological hallmarks. The development of diagnostic and therapeutic materials for these diseases remains challenging, especially due to the blood-brain barrier. Tailored nanomaterials have shown promise in diagnostics and therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases.
MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS & THERAPY
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Piera Soccio, Giorgia Moriondo, Donato Lacedonia, Pasquale Tondo, Dalila Pescatore, Carla Maria Irene Quarato, Mauro Carone, Maria Pia Foschino Barbaro, Giulia Scioscia
Summary: This study analyzed intracellular and exosomal miRNAs in severe asthma patients and healthy controls, identifying a series of miRNAs involved in asthma. Most intracellular miRNAs were higher in asthmatic patients, while all analyzed miRNAs in exosomes were higher in severe asthma.
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Shubham Khunteta, Pedamalli Saikrishna, Avani Agrawal, Ashwini Kumar, Ashok Kumar Reddy Chavva
Summary: Radio frequency sensing (RF-sensing) is a promising vision technology that uses radio signals to detect objects, track movements, and perform other tasks. In this paper, the authors propose different RF-sensing methods for person identification, human activity identification, and surrounding-location identification. They use millimeter-Wave sensors and deep learning classifiers to process and analyze the data. The results show accurate predictions for person identification and surrounding-location identification, as well as an improvement in human activity identification compared to other deep learning architectures.