The genomes of Scedosporium between environmental challenges and opportunism by Francesco Venice, Federica Spina, Domenico Davolos, Stefano Ghignone, Giovanna Cristina Varese

“…We sequenced two novel genomes of Scedosporium aurantiacum and Scedosporium minutisporum isolated from extreme, strongly anthropized environments. We compared all the available Scedosporium and Microascaceae genomes, that we systematically annotated and characterized ex novo in most cases. …”
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Effect of different initial C/N ratio of cow manure and straw on microbial quality of compost by M. A. Macias-Corral, J. A. Cueto-Wong, J. Morán-Martínez

“…Fecal coliforms elimination was 3â4 log (>â99%) in all treatments while helminth eggs achievedâ<â1 log (72â87%, depending on treatment). …”
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Molecular Detection of Coxiella burnetii in Ticks Isolated from Domestic Animals in Slaughterhouses and Farms, Shahr-E-Rey, Tehran, Iran by Pedram Talaie, Maryam Tavassoli, Ehsan Mostafavi, Zakiyeh Telmadarraiy, Mahdi Rohani, Saber Esmaeili, Mohammad Mehdi Sedaghat

“…Furthermore, 35.20% of the ticks were Hyalomma nymphs. All 77 ticks were pooled by species, and C. burnetii was found in 22.08% (n= 17). …”
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CLINICAL SIGNS AND TREATMENT OF NEW-ONSET BONE MARROW FAILURE ASSOCIATED SARS-COV-2 INFECTION IN CHILDREN : A SINGLE INSTITUTION PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUD by Mervat A M youssef, Ebtisam Shawky hmed, Dalia Tarik Kamal, khalid Elsayh, Mai A Abdelfatta, Hyam Hassan Mahran Mahran, Mostafa M Embaby

“…Blood samples were obtained from all patients to detect SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, and nasopharyngeal swabs were collected for reverse-transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction to detect  SARS-CoV-2 viruses.  …”
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Silver nanoparticles on UiO-66 (Zr) metal-organic frameworks for water disinfection application by Hui Chen, Chen Qiu, Yiran Jiang, Xinyu Liao, Dan Wu, Mofei Shen, Tian Ding

“…Drinking water disinfection is an essential process to assure public health all over the world. In this study, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) on UiO-66 (Zr) Metal-Organic Frameworks (Ag@UiO-66) is proposed as a potential water disinfection strategy. …”
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Bioresorbable Material in Secondary Orbital Reconstruction Surgery by Hui Pan, Zhenzhen Zhang, Weiwei Tang, Zhengkang Li, Yuan Deng

“…Patients’ demographics, degree of enophthalmos, ocular motility, diplopia test results, primary implants, and surgical complications were reviewed. Results. All 16 patients had primary orbital implants consisting of Medpor, titanium mesh, hydroxyapatite, or poly-L-lactide. …”
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EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL PROSTHETIC SPACE PARAMETERS IN PARTIAL EDENTATION by Elena-Claudia Sin, Raluca Briceag, Aureliana Caraiane, Gheorghe Raftu, Mihaela-Macrina Manolache, Cristina Nucă, Steliana-Gabriela Buștiuc

“…Kennedy Class III was identified as the most frequent pattern of partial edentulism across all age groups in both the maxillary and mandibular arches. …”
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The prevalence of thiamine deficiency among elderly nursing home residents: A cross‐sectional study by Nozomu Uchida, Mayumi Ishida, Izumi Sato, Akira Yoshioka, Takao Takahashi, Daisuke Furuya, Yasuhiro Ebihara, Hiroshi Ito, Hideki Onishi

“…The mean whole blood thiamine value was 36.18 (±17.58) ng/ml, with TD confirmed in 7 (5.8%) of the 120 residents. All TD patients suffered from dementia. No TD was observed in patients with a near‐normal food intake, and no related factors were observed among the other items. …”
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Validation of a face image assessment technology to study the dynamics of human functional states in the EEG resting-state paradigm by A. N. Savostyanov, E. G. Vergunov, A. E. Saprygin, D. A. Lebedkin

“…EEG, ECG and a video of the face were recorded for all subjects. In the work a separate subtask of the study was also addressed: validating a technique for assessing the dynamics of the subjects’ facial muscle activity using the recorded videos of the “eyes open” trials to obtain covariates that can be included in subsequent processing along with EEG correlates in neurocognitive experiments with a paradigm that does not involve the performance of active cognitive tasks (“resting-state conditions”). …”
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The role of sex, age, and BMI in treatment decisions for knee osteoarthritis: conservative management versus total knee replacement by Fabiola Ojeda, Laura Tío, Francisco Castro-Domínguez, Simone Tassani, Jerome Noailly, Jordi Monfort

“…Methods This case–control study compared patients assigned to TKR versus conservative management, examining subjects aged 60–75 years with radiographically confirmed KOA (Kellgren–Lawrence grades 2–3), with all participants evaluated by blinded clinicians using validated assessment tools including Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADs), Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) and Daily physical activity (DPA) questionnaires. …”
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Tandem Observations of Nighttime Mid‐Latitude Topside Ionospheric Perturbations by Hosub Song, Jaeheung Park, Yaqi Jin, Yuichi Otsuka, Stephan Buchert, Jaejin Lee, Yu Yi

“…Additionally, we demonstrate that the nighttime MSTIDs can increase the topside Rate Of Total electron content Index above Swarm. All the above‐mentioned results support that the nighttime mid‐latitude perturbations observed by Swarm can be identified as MSTIDs on the whole, which is the most important finding of this paper.…”
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Integration and the Diplomatic Crisis: Current Realities of the GCC by L. V. Shkvarya

“…Now GCC countries should develop a mechanism to de-escalate the crisis, as this is in the economic and political interests of all participants and the Middle East as a whole. …”
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Structural basis of phosphate export by human XPR1 by Qixian He, Ran Zhang, Sandrine Tury, Valérie Courgnaud, Fenglian Liu, Jean-luc Battini, Baobin Li, Qingfeng Chen

“…Abstract Phosphorus in crucial for all living organisms. In vertebrate, cellular phosphate homeostasis is partly controlled by XPR1, a poorly characterized inositol pyrophosphate-dependent phosphate exporter. …”
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Knowledge and Practice of Neonatal Pain Management and Associated Factors among Health Care Providers in Neonatal Intensive Care Units of Public Hospitals in North Shoa Zone, Amhar... by Abraraw Admasu Jember, Eyosiyas Yeshialem Asefa, Abdurahman Mohammed Ahmed, Addis Yeshitila Kidane

“…Facility-based cross-sectional study design was conducted among health care professionals working at NICU in all public hospitals in North Shoa Zone, from May 9, 2023, to May 23, 2023. …”
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Computational and GC-MS screening of bioactive compounds from Thymus Vulgaris targeting mycolactone protein associated with Buruli ulcer by Muhammad Naveed, Imran Ali, Tariq Aziz, Ayesha Saleem, Zeerwah Rajpoot, Sameera Khaleel, Ayaz Ali Khan, Mitub Al-harbi, Thamer H. Albekairi

“…Out of the 29 compounds against the mycolactone protein, 14 compounds demonstrated a binding affinity higher than − 6 kcal/mol predicted through PyRx. Among all compounds, gamma sitosterol and borneol showed the highest binding affinity − 7.7 kcal/mol. …”
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Enhanced bioelectrochemical degradation of Thiabendazole using biostimulated Tunisian hypersaline sediments: kinetics, efficiency, and microbial community shifts by Nesrine Saidi, Benjamin Erable, Luc Etchevery, Ameur Cherif, Habib Chouchane

“…GC-FID analysis showed &gt;99% TBZ degradation in all reactors. The TBZ half-elimination time from 27 days with biological treatments to 19 days in BES and further to 6 days following biostimulation. …”
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Dual Effect of Serum Amyloid A on the Invasiveness of Glioma Cells by Franciele Hinterholz Knebel, Renata Chaves Albuquerque, Renato Ramos Massaro, Silvya Stuchi Maria-Engler, Ana Campa

“…We also observed that both lines expressed all three of the isoforms of SAA: SAA1, SAA2, and SAA4. …”
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Examining the etiology and pregnancy outcomes of 152 critically ill pregnant patients in the Intensive Care Unit by Weiman Liu, Junyou Su, Sumei Wang

“…Furthermore, the incidence of pregnancy termination and induced abortion before 28 weeks in the group affected by non-obstetric factors was significantly higher than that in the group affected by obstetric factors (all p < 0.05). There was a statistically significant difference in mortality among the three groups of patients with different SOFA scores (p = 0.000), suggesting that the mortality of critically ill pregnant women with higher SOFA scores increased, making it a valuable tool for evaluating prognosis. …”
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Investigating the effect of localized heat treatment and bioinspired structure on the crashworthiness of bumper subsystem by Israel Endale Asres, Ermias Gebrekidan Koricho, Ephrem Zeleke Kassa

“…New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) standard compliant numerical simulations were used to evaluate the performance of all the alternative models. For the selection of the best performing alternative model, complex proportional assessment method (COPRAS) is used. …”
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Elucidation of the Molecular Interaction between miRNAs and the Gene, Involved in Acute Myeloid Leukemia, by the Assistance of Argonaute Protein through a Computational Approach by Rohit Pritam Das, V. Badireenath Konkimalla, Surya Narayan Rath, Jagadish Hansa, Manaswini Jagdeb

“…Furthermore, the interaction between miRNAs-mRNA duplex of all chosen miRNAs are docked with AGO protein (PDB ID: 3F73, chain A) to study their interaction at molecular level through an in silico approach. …”
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