Insights into the Critical Materials Supply Chain of the Battery Market for Enhanced Energy Security.

This paper delves into the critical materials supply chain of the battery market with an emphasis on long-term energy security. The study recognizes electric vehicle battery packs as reservoirs of "locked reserves" for extended periods, typically 10 years or more. A comprehensive understanding of material flows and end-of-life battery management is essential to establish a sustainable, durable, and secure domestic supply chain for lithium-ion batteries.

A 12-month prospective real-life study of opicapone efficacy and tolerability in Emirati and non-White subjects with Parkinson's disease based in United Arab Emirates.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, and the condition is complicated by the emergence of wearing off/motor fluctuations with levodopa treatment after a variable period. COMT inhibitors when used as adjunct therapy to levodopa tend to smoothen out these wearing off fluctuations by enhancing delivery of levodopa and increasing its bioavailability to the brain. The study was conducted to investigate the motor and nonmotor effect, safety and tolerability of the third generation once-daily COMT inhibitor (opicapone), as add-on, adjuvant therapy to levodopa and at 6 and 12 months follow-up in a real-life cohort of consecutive Emirati and non-White PD patients.

Hiccups, Hypersalivation, Hallucinations in Parkinson's Disease: New Insights, Mechanisms, Pathophysiology, and Management.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive neurological disorder and the second most common neurodegenerative condition. We report three common but overlooked symptoms in PD-hiccups, hypersalivation, and hallucinations-in terms of their prevalence, pathophysiology, and up-to-date evidence-based treatment strategies. Whilst all these three symptoms do occur in many other neurological and non-neurological conditions, early recognition and treatment are paramount.

Anti-microbial efficacy of leaf extract against common oral micro-biomes: A comparative study of two different antibiotic sensitivity tests.

Introduction: Over the past century, several antibiotics have been discovered and used to treat various microbial diseases. However, over the past few decades, with the emergence of anti-microbial resistant strains of microbiomes, it has become increasingly necessary to discover and develop alternative anti-microbial agents. Herbal formulations have shown promising results in the past decade.

Restoration of functional PAX3 transcriptional factor enhanced neuronal differentiation in PAX3b isoform-depleted neuroblastoma cells.

Reexpressed PAX3 transcription factor is believed to be responsible for the differentiation defects observed in neuroblastoma. Although the importance of PAX3 in neuronal differentiation is documented how it is involved in the defective differentiation remains unexplored particularly with its isoforms. Here, first we have analyzed PAX3 expression, its functional status, and its correlation with the neuronal marker expression in SH-SY5Y and its parental SK-N-SH cells.