EDC-3 and EDC-4 regulate embryonic mRNA clearance and biomolecular condensate specialization.

Animal development is dictated by the selective and timely decay of mRNAs in developmental transitions, but the impact of mRNA decapping scaffold proteins in development is unclear. This study unveils the roles and interactions of the DCAP-2 decapping scaffolds EDC-3 and EDC-4 in the embryonic development of C. elegans.

Co-Extraction of Aluminum and Silicon and Kinetics Analysis in Carbochlorination Process of Low-Grade Bauxite.

Addressing the issue that the Bayer process is not suitable for low-grade bauxite, carbochlorination was proposed to recover aluminum and silicon from low-grade bauxite. This study focused on the behavior of aluminum and silicon during the carbochlorination process of low-grade bauxite. The impact of various process parameters on the chlorination efficiency was investigated, and the chlorination mechanism and kinetics of aluminum and silicon chlorination in bauxite were analyzed and discussed.

RETFound-enhanced community-based fundus disease screening: real-world evidence and decision curve analysis.

Visual impairments and blindness are major public health concerns globally. Effective eye disease screening aided by artificial intelligence (AI) is a promising countermeasure, although it is challenged by practical constraints such as poor image quality in community screening. The recently developed ophthalmic foundation model RETFound has shown higher accuracy in retinal image recognition tasks.

Intelligent Reflecting Surface Assisted Secure Transmission in UAV-MIMO Communication Systems.

This paper studies the intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted secure transmission in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communication systems, where the UAV base station, the legitimate receiver, and the malicious eavesdropper in the system are all equipped with multiple antennas. By deploying an IRS on the facade of a building, the UAV base station can be assisted to realize the secure transmission in this multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system. In order to maximize the secrecy rate (SR), the transmit precoding (TPC) matrix, artificial noise (AN) matrix, IRS phase shift matrix, and UAV position are jointly optimized subject to the constraints of transmit power limit, unit modulus of IRS phase shift, and maximum moving distance of UAV.