Multi-thermal recovery layout for a sustainable power and cooling production by biomass-based multi-generation system: Techno-economic-environmental analysis and ANN-GA optimizatio... by Ma Zihao, Naeim Farouk, Pradeep Kumar Singh, Azher M. Abed, Sarminah Samad, Samah G. Babiker, Iskandar Shernazarov, Ahmed Hendy, Ahmad Almadhor, Belgacem Bouallegue, Abdul Rahman Afzal

“…Analysing the proposed system determined that the gasifier-Bryton unit has the highest irreversibility and cost rate among other subsystems. A novel approach combining artificial neural networks (ANN) with a non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II (NSGA-II) has been developed to optimize the system, substantially reducing computational time and costs associated with system performance analysis. …”
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Modified neuroimmune processes and emotional behaviour in weaned and late adolescent male and female mice born via caesarean section by Mathieu Di Miceli, Moïra Rossitto, Maud Martinat, Flore Marchaland, Sarah Kharbouche, Marion Graland, Farah Younes, Alexandra Séré, Agnès Aubert, Lydia Rabbaa Khabbaz, Charlotte Madore, Jean-Christophe Delpech, Rebeca Martín, Sophie Layé

“…Male animals delivered by C-section presented significantly lower exploration time of the novel arm in the Y Maze test at PND55. However, at PND21, abnormal social interaction was witnessed in male and female animals born by CSD, with significantly decreased time spent interacting during the social interaction test. …”
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Detection of antimicrobial resistance in Glaesserella parasuis in South China using whole-genome sequencing by Qianwen Ge, Qianwen Ge, Liangxing Fang, Liangxing Fang, Liangxing Fang, Yang Yu, Yang Yu, Yang Yu, Ruanyang Sun, Ruanyang Sun, Xiaoping Liao, Xiaoping Liao, Xiaoping Liao, Peng Zhang, Peng Zhang, Peng Zhang

“…MLST identified 25 STs, of which, 14 were novel. The sequenced strains were divided into two primary lineages, LI and LII. …”
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Induced-volatolomics, a new research field in chemical biology by Blochouse, Estelle, Eid, Rony, Cannoni, Elsa, Châtre, Rémi, Geffroy, Claude, Opalinski, Isabelle, Papot, Sébastien, Poinot, Pauline

“…However, these imaging tools meet several bottlenecks related to either stability, background noise, limited penetration depth or systemic toxicity, pharmacokinetics, tissue distribution, and renal clearance.In parallel, novel volatile organic compound (VOC)-based probes have been proposed under the emerging paradigm of induced-volatolomics. …”
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Effect of interface morphology on tensile response of Ti6Al4V alloy fabricated by laser hybrid additive manufacturing: Experiments & simulations by Wei Fan, Guang Hu, Yuguang Chen, Yue Du, Yijie Peng, Yongxia Wang, Yunlong Li, Hua Tan, Fengying Zhang, Xin Lin

“…The model incorporates anisotropic properties of the DED part and accounts for multi-scale microstructural variations across regions. A novel numerical simulation approach is employed to capture the transitional properties of the interface, which are often simplified in traditional models. …”
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Collagen turnover biomarkers to predict outcome of patients with biliary cancer by Leonard Kaps, Muhammed A. Genc, Markus Moehler, Stephan Grabbe, Jörn M. Schattenberg, Detlef Schuppan, Rasmus Sund Pedersen, Morten A. Karsdal, Philipp Mildenberger, Annett Maderer, Nicholas Willumsen

“…Patients with high levels (cohort separated by median split) of PRO-C8 (HR 2.85, 95% CI 1.42; 5.73) followed by C3M (HR 2.33, 95% CI 1.2; 4.5), PRO-C3 (HR 3.09, 95% CI 1.5; 6.36) and CA 19–9 (HR 2.52, 95% CI 1.37; 4.64) as reference biomarker had a shorter OS. Notably, only the novel marker PRO-C8 was also predictive of PFS (HR 3.26, 95% CI 1.53; 6.95). …”
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Two-Layer Retrieval-Augmented Generation Framework for Low-Resource Medical Question Answering Using Reddit Data: Proof-of-Concept Study by Sudeshna Das, Yao Ge, Yuting Guo, Swati Rajwal, JaMor Hairston, Jeanne Powell, Drew Walker, Snigdha Peddireddy, Sahithi Lakamana, Selen Bozkurt, Matthew Reyna, Reza Sameni, Yunyu Xiao, Sangmi Kim, Rasheeta Chandler, Natalie Hernandez, Danielle Mowery, Rachel Wightman, Jennifer Love, Anthony Spadaro, Jeanmarie Perrone, Abeed Sarker

“… BackgroundThe increasing use of social media to share lived and living experiences of substance use presents a unique opportunity to obtain information on side effects, use patterns, and opinions on novel psychoactive substances. However, due to the large volume of data, obtaining useful insights through natural language processing technologies such as large language models is challenging. …”
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Adaptive spatial-channel feature fusion and self-calibrated convolution for early maize seedlings counting in UAV images by Zhenyuan Sun, Zhenyuan Sun, Zhenyuan Sun, Zhi Yang, Zhi Yang, Yimin Ding, Yimin Ding, Boyan Sun, Boyan Sun, Saiju Li, Saiju Li, Zhen Guo, Zhen Guo, Lei Zhu, Lei Zhu

“…RC-Dino introduces two innovative components: a novel self-calibrating convolutional layer named RSCconv and an adaptive spatial feature fusion module called ASCFF. …”
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Engineering dual-driven pro-angiogenic nanozyme based on porous silicon for synergistic acceleration of burn infected wound healing by Wei Duan, Yue Gao, Ruru Xu, Sheng Huang, Xueqian Xia, Jingwen Zhao, Longhuan Zeng, Qiaolin Wei, Jia-Wei Shen, Jianmin Wu, Yongke Zheng

“…Overall, the dual-driven pro-angiogenic nanozyme based on PSi expands the functional application of nanozyme, providing a novel combined strategy for efficient care of difficult-to-heal burn infected wounds.…”
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Assessment of various etiological factors for oral squamous cell carcinoma in non-habit patients- a cross sectional case control study by Mudiyayirakkani Muthusamy, Pratibha Ramani, Paramasivam Arumugam, Parthiban Rudrapathy, Boopathi Kangusamy, Vishnu Priya Veeraraghavan, Selvaraj Jayaraman, Balachander Kannan, Anitha Pandi

“…Results Firstly, we found 3 novel pathogenic mutations c.16C > A/p.L6M (missense mutation), c.359 T > C/p.L120P (point mutation), c.382C > T/p.R128W (missense mutation) of HRAS gene in NHOSCC samples by genetic analysis. …”
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Characteristic alterations of gut microbiota and serum metabolites in patients with chronic tinnitus: a multi-omics analysis by Jiang Wang, Jia-Hui Xiang, Xu-Yuan Peng, Min Liu, Le-Jia Sun, Min Zhang, Li-Yuan Zhang, Zhi-Bin Chen, Zheng-Quan Tang, Lei Cheng

“…We proposed the innovative concept of the “gut-brain-ear axis,” which underscores the exploration of gut microbiota impact on susceptibility to chronic tinnitus through serum metabolic profile modulation. We also reveal novel biomarkers associated with chronic tinnitus, offering a new conceptual framework for further investigations into the susceptibility of patients, potential treatment targets for tinnitus, and assessing patient prognosis. …”
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YafN-YafO toxin-antitoxin system contributes to stress resistance and virulence of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli by Qiubo Chen, Yunyan Sun, Qianlong Xing, Zhengliang Li, Song Gao, Qingqing Gao

“…Targeting this system could offer a novel strategy for controlling APEC infections.…”
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The association among individual gray matter volume of frontal-limbic circuitry, fatigue susceptibility, and comorbid neuropsychiatric symptoms following COVID-19 by Xuan Niu, Wenrui Bao, Zhaoyao Luo, Pang Du, Heping Zhou, Haiyang Liu, Baoqi Wang, Huawen Zhang, Bo Wang, Baoqin Guo, Hui Ma, Tao Lu, Yuchen Zhang, Junya Mu, Shaohui Ma, Jixin Liu, Ming Zhang

“…Conclusions: We provide novel evidence on the neuroanatomical basis of fatigue vulnerability and emphasize that acute fatigue is an important link between early GMV in the frontal-limbic regions and comorbid neuropsychiatric symptoms at baseline and 3 months after infection. …”
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Real-world clinical outcome of unresectable locally advanced & de-novo metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a multicentre retrospective study by Mohamed Aseafan, Ali H. Alfakeeh, Emad Tashkandi, Mervat Mahrous, Mohammed Alghamdi, Bader Alshamsan, Marwan Al-Hajeili, Safwan Bakhsh, Kanan Alshammari, Fahad A. Almugbel, Abdulhameed H. Alfagih, Ahmed Allehebi, Mohamed Montaser, Mohamed Hamdy Elsafty, Khaled Abd Elaziz Elnaghi, Ibrahim Issa, Eesa Bakshi, Sadeem AlSubaie, Bandar AlMutairi, Hoda Mokhtar, Mohamed Aboelatta, Nedal Bukhari, Ali M. Alzahrani, Tusneem Elhassan, Ali Alqahtani, Shouki Bazarbashi

“…However, both treatments reflect the persistent poor prognosis of PDAC, underscoring the need for novel therapeutic strategies. Further research is warranted to optimize treatment selection and improve survival outcomes in this population.…”
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Assessing the relationships of 1,400 blood metabolites with abdominal aortic aneurysm: a Mendelian randomization study by Qian Guo, Xinghua Xu, Xiaohui Li, Yang Mao, Shengqiang Li, Yuxin Yao, Xiang Li, Yaxing Li, Jiayue Feng, Yan Shu, Xingli Xu

“…This MR study may provide a novel significant insight for the screening and prevention of AAA.…”
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Preservative-free therapy for glaucoma after corneal refractive surgery by A.A. Antonov, I.V. Kozlova, T.S. Mitichkina, I.I. Vedmedenko

“…Preservative-free prostaglandin analogue, tafluprost, is a novel IOP-l owering therapeutic agent to prescribe after corneal refractive surgery.…”
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Construction of Recombinant Inbred Lines and Indentification of QTL for Grain Number Traits of Gaozhou Wild Rice by Xing HUO, Yongmei YU, Shuqing QIU, Dilin LIU, Le KONG, Wuge LIU, Feng WANG

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Identification of the optimal candidates to benefit from surgery and chemotherapy among elderly female breast cancer patients with bone metastases by Yuchen Hu, Junfeng Tang, Xiaofeng Liu, Yusheng Sun, Baojun Gong, Qing Gao

“…Drawing from the clinicopathological characteristics of elderly female breast cancer patients with bone metastases, this study developed a novel prognostic nomogram to forecast OS at 12, 24, and 36 months, enabling precise survival predictions. …”
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MLL4 regulates postnatal palate growth and midpalatal suture development by Jung-Mi Lee, Hunmin Jung, Bruno de Paula Machado Pasqua, Yungki Park, Qinghuang Tang, Shin Jeon, Shin Jeon, Soo-Kyung Lee, Jae W. Lee, Hyuk-Jae Edward Kwon

“…This study aimed to investigate the role of MLL4 and the underlying mechanisms in the development and growth of the palate. We generated a novel conditional knockout (cKO) mouse model with tissue-specific deletion of Mll4 in the palatal mesenchyme. …”
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Estimation and Characterization of Dengue Serotypes in Patients Presenting with Dengue Fever at Makkah Hospitals by Sami Melebari, Abdul Hafiz, Hatim A. Natto, Mohamed Osman Elamin, Naif A. Jalal, Ashwaq Hakim, Safiah Rushan, Othman Fallatah, Kamal Alzabeedi, Feras Malibari, Hutaf Mashat, Aisha Alsaadi, Amani Alhakam, Anoud Hadidi, Ghazi Saad Alkhaldi, Ahmed Alkhyami, Ali Alqarni, Abdulaziz Alzahrani, Mohammed Alghamdi, Abdullah Siddiqi, Abdullah Alasmari, Rowaida Bakri, Saleh Alqahtani, Juman M. Al-Bajaly, Asim Khogeer

“…Since Makkah receives numerous international travelers, these samples might contain novel dengue serotypes circulating in different parts of the world. …”
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