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Habitat fragmentation can have a high impact on parasitoid–ant interactions. Phorid flies are among the most important groups of natural enemies of leaf-cutting ants. We studied the effects of loss in forest cover upon...

ABSTRACT Many foods interact with drugs and may cause changes in the pharmacological effects of the co-administered therapeutic agent. The enzyme CYP3A4, which belongs to the cytochrome P450 enzyme complex, is responsibl...

Water pollution by coexisting multiple contaminants presents escalating challenges to environmental remediation and public health protection. In advanced oxidation processes, contaminant interactions are invariably regar...

Expanding the frontiers of information processing technologies and, in particular, computing with ever-increasing speed and capacity has long been recognized as an important societal challenge, calling for the developmen...

Generalist seed predators are an important factor shaping non-native species invasion. Their effect is highly influenced by abiotic conditions, yet how the importance of this biotic filter changes in a gradient of abioti...

Grazing reduces grass cover and promotes the dominance of shrubs with high concentration of soluble phenols, which may leach from their canopies and reach neighboring plants and soils. Despite their potential allelopathi...

Several strategies to improve the interfacial properties and foaming properties of proteins may be developed; among them, the use of mixtures of biopolymers that exhibit synergistic interactions. The aim of the present w...

Abstract Graph neural networks (GNNs) are widely used as surrogates for costly experiments and first-principles simulations to study the behavior of compounds at atomistic scale, and their architectural complexity is con...

The interaction between native and exotic species can cause changes both in the food-chain and in aspects of competition for trophic resources, such as predation. Predatory events are common in nature, but difficult and ...

Thyroid hormones play a key role in adipose tissue development and function. Hypothyroidism (HypoT) can delay mammary tumor development in rats, possibly by altering mammary adipose tissue (MAT) and its interaction with ...

Hydrated SiO2(111) has been projected as a competent support of an anticancer drug, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). Theoretical calculations using the Vienna Ab-initio Simulation Package (VASP) were performed to study the drug-si...

We study the Schrödinger equation with 1/r^{3} and attractive 1/r^{2} potentials. Using the quantum defect theory, we obtain analytical solutions for both repulsive and attractive 1/r^{3} interactions. The obtained dis...

Viruses that infect bacteria (bacteriophages or phages) are the most abundant biological entities in thebiosphere. Phages play a central role in shaping microbial communities and regulating global biogeochemicalcycles. T...

Herein we report a facile method for the preparation of hierarchical silica nanostructures through a biomimetic approach. Toward this goal, a protein-directed approach has been proposed to template silica into 3D archite...

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate the in vitro fermentation products, digestibility, gas production (GP) kinetics, and enteric greenhouse emissions (CH4 and CO2) of substrates with different forage:con...

Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) is required for cap-dependent initiation. In addition, eIF4E occurs in cytoplasmic foci such as processing bodies (PB) and stress granules (SG). We examined the role of...

Abstract The massive production of plastics, together with inadequate waste management, has intensified the problem of plastic pollution. Recently, the scientific community has increasingly investigated the interactions ...

Computational modeling of protein-protein interactions (PPIs) is a high priority because it is essential for understanding nearly all cellular functions and for addressing the limitations of time-consuming experimental m...

IntroductionRecent research has highlighted the role of the gut microbiome in shaping the development and function of the mammalian immune system. Interactions between these complex networks of microbes and host cells se...

ABSTRACT This study explored the transmission patterns of zoonotic sporotrichosis in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, focusing on human interactions with infected domestic cats. We analyzed 104 human cases diagnosed between...

In this work we use complex systems methodologies to analyze quantitatively the impact of an intervention involving cooperative and self-awareness activities on social interactions in children. The aim of this study is t...

Abstract Transcriptional regulation, critical for cellular differentiation and adaptation to environmental changes, involves coordinated interactions among DNA sequences, regulatory proteins, and chromatin architecture. ...

Estudaram-se as respostas comportamentais e fisiológicas de juvenis de tilápia do Nilo (Oreochromis niloticus) submetidos a diferentes cores de ambientes e situações sociais. Os animais foram mantidos isolados em aqu...

As relações que os estudantes estabelecem com os pares são importantes para a aprendizagem e o desenvolvimento psicossocial e cognitivo. Diante disso, este estudo apresenta a construção e as evidências de validade ...