Integrated assessment of carbon dioxide removal portfolios: land, energy, and economic trade-offs for climate policy by Solene Chiquier, Angelo Gurgel, Jennifer Morris, Yen-Heng Henry Chen, Sergey Paltsev

“…Rather than a one-size-fits-all scaling down, the CDR portfolio undergoes strategic realignment, with regional customization based on techno-economic factors and bio-geophysical characteristics. …”
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Effect of Stocking Density on Growth and Survival Rate of Giant Gouramy (Osphrenemus gouramy Lac.) Seed by S. Sarah, . Widanarni, Agus Oman Sudrajat

“…Result showed that survival rate remain high in all treatment (93.5 - 95.5%). Increasing stocking density from 2.5 to 10 individual/I did not affect survival rate. …”
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Two-dimensional semantic morphological feature extraction and atlas construction of maize ear leaves by Hongli Song, Hongli Song, Weiliang Wen, Weiliang Wen, Ying Zhang, Ying Zhang, Yanxin Zhao, Xinyu Guo, Xinyu Guo, Chunjiang Zhao, Chunjiang Zhao, Chunjiang Zhao

“…Additionally, averaged 2D leaf models of all the inbred lines were constructed, and 29 2D leaf features were quantified. …”
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Single‐cell landscape of the intrahepatic ecosystem in alcohol‐related liver disease by Xiaofang Zhao, Senyan Wang, Qi Liu, Wenjuan Wei, Xiaoyan Sun, Hao Song, Jing Xu, Shuijun Zhang, Hongyang Wang, Jing Fu

“…Abstract Alcohol‐related liver disease (ALD) is a common chronic liver disease caused by long‐term excessive alcohol consumption and responsible for more than half of all liver‐related deaths worldwide. The molecular mechanisms associated with ALD were not fully understood. …”
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MAZ-mediated tumor progression and immune evasion in hormone receptor-positive breast cancer: Targeting tumor microenvironment and PCLAF+ subtype-specific therapy by Gaofeng Ni, Yuwei Sun, Hongling Jia, Zhikai Xiahou, Yumeng Li, Fu Zhao, Hongyan Zang

“…Background: Breast cancer had been the most frequently diagnosed cancer among women, making up nearly one-third of all female cancers. Hormone receptor-positive breast cancer (HR+BC) was the most prevalent subtype of breast cancer and exhibited significant heterogeneity. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on violent extremism and organized crime in the Republic of Serbia by Đorić Marija, Životić Ilija

“…Namely, the authors determined that in addition to the old generators (what is the post-conflict legacy), we also have two new crucial generators of the extreme right - the COVID-19 pandemic and the migrant crisis. All the fundamental issues on which the extreme right-wingers built their ideology (such as Kosovo and Metohija, the friend-enemy dichotomy) were pushed aside during the pandemic, in order to actualize the problems concerning the "infestation of migrants", conspiracy theories, vaccinations, 5G networks and of panic fear for the survival of the nation. …”
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A broad assessment of forty-one skin phenotypes reveals complex dimensions of skin ageing by Jun Yan Ng, Qi Yi Ambrose Wong, Jun Jie Lim, Dingyu Cen, Jia Yi Karen Wong, Yi Ying Eliza Lim, Yang Yie Sio, Kavita Reginald, Yee-How Say, Fook Tim Chew

“…., wrinkles, pigmentation, and photo-ageing) only accounted for a small portion (24.39%) of the variance of all skin ageing phenotypes in our study population. …”
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Pengkontruksian Bidirected Overlap Graph untuk Perakitan Sekuens DNA by Wisnu Ananta Kusuma, Albert Adrianus

“…Using 2000 and 5000 reads, the proposed method (value comparison) could yield the perfect overlap graph, in which all reads and overlap could be represented as nodes and edges, respectively.    …”
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Early Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Gestational Diabetes: The Predictive Role of Routine Biomarkers and Nutrigenetic Variants by Marica Franzago, Federica Fraticelli, Marta Di Nicola, Francesco Bianco, Daniela Marchetti, Claudio Celentano, Marco Liberati, Raffaele De Caterina, Liborio Stuppia, Ester Vitacolonna

“…In a single blood sample, from each patient, we assessed 9 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from 9 genes related to nutrients and metabolism, which were genotyped by High Resolution Melting analysis. All women then attended a 3-year-postpartum follow-up and on that occasion performed an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT, with 75 g oral glucose), the measurement of carotid artery intima-media thickness (cIMT), and analyses of metabolic parameters. …”
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The effect of a comprehensive intervention on anthropometric indices, dietary intake, and physical activity of adolescent boys with overweight by Fatemeh Sadat Hashemi Javaheri, Zahra Mousavi, Saeideh Mohammadi, Arezoo Amjadi, Khadijeh Abbasi Mobarakeh, Seyedeh Hayedeh Mousavi Shalmani, Mahdieh Torkaman, Masoomeh Alsadat Mirshafaei, Sara Khoshdooz, Zahra Saeedirad, Naser Kalantari, Parmis Mirzaei, Saeid Doaei, Nastaran Keshavarz Mohammadi, Maryam Gholamalizadeh

“…The intervention group had a lower intake of calorie (2350 ± 861 vs. 2634 ± 917 kcal/d), carbohydrate (255.68 ± 41 vs. 286.97 + 47 g/d), and fat (112.67 ± 78 vs. 217.72 ± 86 g/d) after the intervention compared to the control group (All P < 0.05). The intervention resulted in a significant increase in physical activity parameters including distance (3501 ± 287 vs. 614 ± 56 m/d), duration (203 ± 35 vs. 72 ± 10 min/d), and calorie expenditure (359.24 ± 62.4 vs. 46.74 ± 7.5 kcal/d) in the intervention group compared to the control group (P < 0.01). …”
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Single-Cell Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Different Immune Signatures in HPV- and HPV + Driven Human Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Simin Li, Yang Wang, Rui Sun, Debora Franceschi, Hongying Pan, Chenxuan Wei, Anthony Chukwunonso Ogbuehi, Bernd Lethaus, Vuk Savkovic, Sebastian Gaus, Rüdiger Zimmerer, Dirk Ziebolz, Gerhard Schmalz, Xiao Jiang

“…Following data normalization, all highly variable genes in single cells were identified, and batch correction was applied. …”
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Survey on the presence of floating microplastics, trace metals and metalloids in seawater from Southern Italy to the United States of America by Elisabetta Morici, Gaetano Cammilleri, Sergio Scirè, Francesco Paolo Bonomo, Luigi Tranchina, Francesca Terracina, Paola Galluzzo, Vincenzo Ferrantelli, Vincenzo Paolo Monteverde, Francesco Giuseppe Galluzzo, Sergio Davì, Mariano Licciardi, Salvatore Dara

“…The results reveal the presence of MPs in all the samples analyzed and a broad variation in microplastic concentration (230–3320 MPs/L), with filaments or fibers being the most abundant shape. …”
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Composition and the predicted functions of fungal communities and the key drivers in acidic soils of Jiaodong Peninsula, China by Jing Liu, Zafran Gul Wazir, Guoqin Hou, Guizhen Wang, Fangxu Rong, Yuzhi Xu, Kai Liu, Mingyue Li, Aiju Liu, Hongliang Liu, Hongwen Sun

“…However, no significant differences were found in fungal community diversity and composition among various soil samples, which were all predominantly habited with the phyla of Ascomycota and Basidiomycota. …”
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The Long-Term Immunity of a Microneedle Array Patch of a SARS-CoV-2 S1 Protein Subunit Vaccine Irradiated by Gamma Rays in Mice by Eun Kim, Muhammad S. Khan, Juyeop Shin, Shaohua Huang, Alessandro Ferrari, Donghoon Han, Eunjin An, Thomas W. Kenniston, Irene Cassaniti, Fausto Baldanti, Dohyeon Jeong, Andrea Gambotto

“…Robust Th2-prevalent immune responses were generated in all the groups vaccinated via the MAP and significant neutralizing antibodies were elicited at 15 and 45 µg, showing dose-sparing potential. …”
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An initial benchmark of the quality of the diagnosis and surgical treatment of breast cancer in South Africa by S Nietz, H Cubasch, I Buccimazza, S Čačala, B Phakathi, M Joffe, W C C Chen, S Norris, P Ruff

“…Unit volumes were achieved consistently in Gauteng Province, but only for some years in KwaZulu-Natal Province; surgeon volumes were achieved across all units. HIV status did not affect adherence levels. …”
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Explainable machine learning for modeling of net ecosystem exchange in boreal forests by E. Ezhova, T. Laanti, A. Lintunen, P. Kolari, T. Nieminen, I. Mammarella, K. Heljanko, K. Heljanko, M. Kulmala

“…We use data sets from two stations in the Finnish boreal forest (southern site Hyytiälä and northern site Värriö) and model NEE during the peak growing season and the whole year. For Hyytiälä, all nonlinear models demonstrated similar results with <span class="inline-formula"><i>R</i>²</span> <span class="inline-formula">=</span> 0.88 for the peak growing season and <span class="inline-formula"><i>R</i>²</span> <span class="inline-formula">=</span> 0.90 for the whole year. …”
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Impact of school salad bars on fruit and vegetable selection, intake, and waste in Mid-Atlantic elementary schools by Melanie K. Bean, Suzanne E. Mazzeo, Lilian de Jonge, Laura Thornton, Hollie Raynor, Ashley Mendoza, Sarah Farthing, Bonnie Moore

“…Methods Seven school pairs, matched on Title I status and percentage of students from ethnic or racial minority backgrounds, were randomly selected. All schools served pre-portioned FV at baseline. …”
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Unpacking the benefits of black soldier fly frass fertilizer towards nematode suppression and potato production by Emmanuel O. Anedo, Emmanuel O. Anedo, Emmanuel O. Anedo, Dennis Beesigamukama, Benson Mochoge, Nicholas K. Korir, Solveig Haukeland, Solveig Haukeland, Xavier Cheseto, Moses Nyongesa, Patrick Pwaipwai, Sevgan Subramanian, Abdou Tenkouano, Betty Kibaara, Chrysantus M. Tanga

“…The on-farm experiments consisted of eight treatments: BSFFF, SAFI, BSFFF+5%chitin, NPK+nematicide, 50%BSFFF+50%NPK, 50%SAFI+50%NPK, 50%BSFFF+5% chitin+50%NPK, and control (unfertilized soil). Results revealed that all fertilizer treatments significantly increased potato growth, number of tubers (34 – 61%), and tuber yield (20 – 72%) relative to the control. …”
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Bi-specific autoantigen-T cell engagers as targeted immunotherapy for autoreactive B cell depletion in autoimmune diseases by Luca Perico, Federica Casiraghi, Fabiane Sônego, Marta Todeschini, Daniela Corna, Domenico Cerullo, Anna Pezzotta, Patricia Isnard-Petit, Silvia Faravelli, Federico Forneris, Kader Thiam, Ariela Benigni, Giuseppe Remuzzi

“…Systemic administration of BiAATE to mice transgenic for human CD3 reduced anti-PLA2R antibody levels following active immunization with PLA2R.DiscussionShould this approach be confirmed for other autoimmune diseases, BiAATEs could represent a promising off-the-shelf therapy for precision medicine in virtually all antibody-mediated autoimmune diseases for which the pathogenic autoantigen is known, leading to a paradigm shift in the treatment of these diseases.…”
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Effect of differences in vascular anatomy on surgical outcomes of left pancreatectomy: a retrospective study by Masahiro Fukada, Noriki Mitsui, Takeshi Horaguchi, Yuji Hatanaka, Itaru Yasufuku, Yuta Sato, Jesse Yu Tajima, Shigeru Kiyama, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Katsutoshi Murase, Nobuhisa Matsuhashi

“…Results SpA type 2 was only significantly associated with longer operation time (p < 0.01) in LP procedures. In all LP cases, the pancreatic resection line (above the portal vein: odds ratio [OR] 3.47; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.69–11.18; p < 0.01), the SpA type (type 2; OR 2.77; 95% CI 1.16–6.94; p = 0.02), and surgery type (MIS; OR 5.24; 95% CI 2.17–14.00; p < 0.001) were independently associated with prolonged operation times. …”
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