Development and validation of a real-time prediction model for acute kidney injury in hospitalized patients by Yuhui Zhang, Damin Xu, Jianwei Gao, Ruiguo Wang, Kun Yan, Hong Liang, Juan Xu, Youlu Zhao, Xizi Zheng, Lingyi Xu, Jinwei Wang, Fude Zhou, Guopeng Zhou, Qingqing Zhou, Zhao Yang, Xiaoli Chen, Yulan Shen, Tianrong Ji, Yunlin Feng, Ping Wang, Jundong Jiao, Li Wang, Jicheng Lv, Li Yang

“…To date, no prediction model targeting AKI among general hospitalized patients in developing countries has been published. Here we show a simple, real-time, interpretable AKI prediction model for general hospitalized patients developed from a large tertiary hospital in China, which has been validated across five independent, geographically distinct, different tiered hospitals. …”
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Democracies in Action: A Foucaultian Perspective on British and French Tax Enforcement by Coralie RAFFENNE, Marika TOUMI

“…The analytics of government chosen here provide interesting results in terms of the mundane operation of Democracy and tax enforcement examined within their particular historical, societal and cultural context. …”
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Essential core competencies for scope of practice of paediatric oncology nurses in Latin America: a scoping review protocol by Luís Carlos Lopes-Júnior, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima, Soad Fuentes-Alabi, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Karina de Cássia Braga Ribeiro, Courtney E Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Lorena Segovia Weber, Liliana Vásquez Ponce

“…Clearly defined essential core competencies contribute to establishing nurses’ scope of practice within clinical practice, education and research settings. Here, we aimed to map and synthesise the available evidence on the scope of PON practices in the context of clinical practice, educational training and research settings in Latin America.Methods A scoping review (ScR) protocol is reported, adhering to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols statement and guided by The Joanna Briggs Institute. …”
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A Quantitative Particle-Based Approach for the Geometallurgical Assessment of Tailings Deposits by Rosie Blannin, Max Frenzel, Raimon Tolosana-Delgado, Kai Bachmann, Alexandra Gomez Escobar, Lucas Pereira, Jens Gutzmer

“…The methodology proposed here can be easily transferred to other tailings deposits.…”
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Pseudomonas cold shock proteins suppress bacterial effector translocation in Nicotiana benthamiana by Shen Cong, Jun-Zhou Li, Mei-Ran Zhang, Mei-Ran Zhang, Hai-Lei Wei, Wei Zhang

“…While peptide inoculation studies have revealed the effects of CSPs, their in vivo roles remain poorly understood.MethodsA model system involving the interactions between Pseudomonas fluorescens and P. syringae pv. tomato DC3000 with Nicotiana benthamiana has been widely used to investigate the molecular mechanism of plant-microbe interactions. Here, we employed this model system to explore the in vivo roles of CSPs in modulating plant immunity by multiple genetic approaches.ResultsOur findings revealed that three highly-conserved CSPs were identified in Pseudomonas strains. …”
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Glia control experience-dependent plasticity in an olfactory critical period by Hans C Leier, Alexander J Foden, Darren A Jindal, Abigail J Wilkov, Paola Van der Linden Costello, Pamela J Vanderzalm, Jaeda Coutinho-Budd, Masashi Tabuchi, Heather T Broihier

“…We recently found that glia shape antennal lobe development in young adults, leading us to ask if glia also drive experience-dependent plasticity during this period. Here, we define a critical period for structural and functional plasticity of OSN-PN synapses in the ethyl butyrate (EB)-sensitive glomerulus VM7. …”
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Long-term maintenance of patient-specific characteristics in tumoroids from six cancer indications by Colin D. Paul, Chris Yankaskas, Pradip Shahi Thakuri, Brittany Balhouse, Shyanne Salen, Amber Bullock, Sylvia Beam, Anthony Chatman, Sybelle Djikeng, Xiaoyu Jenny Yang, Garrett Wong, Isha Dey, Spencer Holmes, Abigail Dockey, Lindsay Bailey-Steinitz, Lina Zheng, Weizhong Li, Vivek Chandra, Jakhan Nguyen, Jason Sharp, Erik Willems, Mark Kennedy, Matthew R. Dallas, David Kuninger

“…However, the establishment and maintenance of tumoroids has historically been challenging, labor intensive, and highly variable from lab to lab, hindering their widespread use. Here, we characterize the establishment and/or expansion of colorectal, lung, head and neck, breast, pancreas, and endometrial tumoroids using the standardized, serum-free Gibco OncoPro Tumoroid Culture Medium. …”
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Dynamics of the mammalian pyruvate dehydrogenase complex revealed by in-situ structural analysis by Chen Wang, Cheng Ma, Yuanyou Xu, Shenghai Chang, Hangjun Wu, Chunlan Yan, Jinghua Chen, Yongping Wu, Shaoya An, Jiaqi Xu, Qin Han, Yujie Jiang, Zhinong Jiang, Xiakun Chu, Haichun Gao, Xing Zhang, Yunjie Chang

“…Although all components have been individually characterized, the intact PDHc structure remains unclear, hampering our understanding of its composition and dynamical catalytic mechanisms. Here, we report the in-situ architecture of intact mammalian PDHc by cryo-electron tomography. …”
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Lithological and geochemical characterization of ‘adinole’ artefacts from cave deposits in southwest Wales: A material of choice during the late Middle to Upper Palaeolithic by Richard Bevins, Elizabeth A. Walker, Nick Pearce, Duncan Pirrie, Rob Ixer, Ian Saunders, Matthew Power

“…The next phase of work will use the lithological characteristics identified here to explore potential sources for the raw material used in the manufacture of these artefacts.…”
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GP73-mediated secretion of PKM2 and GP73 promotes angiogenesis and M2-like macrophage polarization in hepatocellular carcinoma by Shujie Wang, Tongjia Zhang, Yue Zhou, Zitao Jiao, Kejia Lu, Xinyi Liu, Wei Jiang, Zhe Yang, Hui Li, Xiaowei Zhang

“…However, as secreted proteins, the role of their extracellular secretions in HCC progression remains unclear. Here, we demonstrated that the expression of extracellular GP73 was positively correlated with extracellular PKM2. …”
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Early selective attention to the articulating mouth as a potential female-specific marker of better language development in autism: a review by Itziar Lozano, Charlotte Viktorsson, Elena Capelli, Teodora Gliga, Valentina Riva, Przemysław Tomalski

“…If so, then sex-specific early behavioral markers, potentially acting as protective markers of language, may compensate for some genetic risk markers affecting this population. Here we gather evidence from neurotypical infants and those with elevated likelihood of autism to uncover why biological sex, the development of selective attention to the mouth, and language acquisition could be intimately related in both populations. …”
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A Mutation in DAOA Modifies the Age of Onset in PSEN1 E280A Alzheimer’s Disease by Jorge I. Vélez, Dora Rivera, Claudio A. Mastronardi, Hardip R. Patel, Carlos Tobón, Andrés Villegas, Yeping Cai, Simon Easteal, Francisco Lopera, Mauricio Arcos-Burgos

“…We previously reported age of onset (AOO) modifier genes in the world’s largest pedigree segregating early-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD), caused by the p.Glu280Ala (E280A) mutation in the PSEN1 gene. Here we report the results of a targeted analysis of functional exonic variants in those AOO modifier genes in sixty individuals with PSEN1 E280A AD who were whole-exome genotyped for ~250,000 variants. …”
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Four Novel <i>Caudoviricetes</i> Bacteriophages Isolated from Baltic Sea Water Infect Colonizers of <i>Aurelia aurita</i> by Melissa Stante, Nancy Weiland-Bräuer, Urska Repnik, Almut Werner, Marc Bramkamp, Cynthia M. Chibani, Ruth A. Schmitz

“…While the crucial relevance of bacteria to host fitness is well known, bacteriophages have often been neglected. Here, we aimed to isolate virulent phages targeting bacteria that are part of the <i>A. aurita</i>-associated microbiota. …”
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Imprint of ancestral and modern threats in human mind – experience of fear, disgust, and anger by Eva Landová, Eva Landová, Jakub Polák, Jakub Polák, Markéta Janovcová, Iveta Štolhoferová, Šárka Peterková, Aleksandra Chomik, Daniel Frynta

“…Animal and human ancestors developed complex physiological and behavioral response systems to cope with two types of threats: immediate physical harm from predators or conspecifics, triggering fear, and the risk of infections from parasites and pathogens leading to the evolution of the behavioral immune system (BIS) with disgust as the key emotion. Here we ask whether the BIS has adapted to protect us from pandemic risks or poisoning by modern toxic substances.MethodsWe have developed a survey comprised of 60 vignettes describing threats evoking fear and disgust belonging to one of the three main categories of threats: (1) ancestral, (2) modern, and (3) pandemic of airborne disease. …”
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Toxicological effects of the environmental pollutant perfluoronanoic acid on the ground-dwelling arthropod Solenopsis invicta by Wenxuan Wang, Mingrong Liang, Yangting Ou, Xiangrui Wang, Yunbo Song, Huimei Chen, Jingxin Hong, Yuling Liang, Yongyue Lu

“…Most toxicity assessments have focused on mammals, fish, and algae, with limited research on ground-dwelling arthropods, especially ants. Here, we examined PFNA’s toxic effects on red imported fire ants (RIFAs), a prevalent ground-dwelling species in South China. …”
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SuessR: Regional corrections for the effects of anthropogenic CO2 on δ13C data from marine organisms by Casey T. Clark, Mattias R. Cape, Mark D. Shapley, Franz J. Mueter, Bruce P. Finney, Nicole Misarti

“…It also estimates changes in phytoplankton 13C fractionation associated with increasing water temperature and aqueous CO2 concentrations, referred to here as the Laws effect. SuessR version 0.1.3 contains four built‐in regions, including three in the subpolar North Pacific (Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska) and one North Atlantic region (Subpolar North Atlantic). …”
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Bernardin de Saint-Pierre’s paratexts: ‘j’ai senti, j’ai aimé, j’ai parlé’ by Simon Davies

“…Despite his later reputation for favouring a solitary life, his praise of friendship is a leitmotif in his writings. Here he will write of flora and fauna, despite not being a naturalist. …”
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Monitoring of Ionospheric Variability Using the Low lAtitude Long Range Ionospheric raDar (LARID): Capabilities, Advantages and Limitations by Wenjie Sun, Guozhu Li, Baiqi Ning, Lianhuan Hu, Yuichi Otsuka, Guofeng Dai, Haiyong Xie, Xiukuan Zhao, Yi Li, Atsuki Shinbori, Michi Nishioka, Septi Perwitasari, Chi Wang

“…The LARID consists of two high frequency (HF) coherent backscatter radars, looking toward east and west, respectively, with a field‐of‐view covering a wide longitude from Africa to Pacific. Here we report some results by the LARID, with main focus on its capabilities, advantages and limitations in monitoring ionospheric variability. …”
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Microenvironment-confined kinetic elucidation and implementation of a DNA nano-phage with a shielded internal computing layer by Decui Tang, Shuoyao He, Yani Yang, Yuqi Zeng, Mengyi Xiong, Ding Ding, Weijun Wei, Yifan Lyu, Xiao-Bing Zhang, Weihong Tan

“…However, it is quite difficult to involve nanobodies into molecular computation with programmed recognition order because of the “always-on” response mode and the inconvenient molecular programming. Here we propose a spatial segregation-based molecular computing strategy with a shielded internal computing layer termed DNA nano-phage (DNP) to program nanobody into DNA molecular computation and build a series of kinetic models to elucidate the mechanism of microenvironment-confinement. …”
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Scapular Angiomatoid Fibrous Histiocytoma with EWSR1-CREB1 Fusion in an Adult Patient by Hiroshi Kobayashi, Naohiro Makise, Aya Shinozaki-Ushiku, Yuki Ishibashi, Masachika Ikegami, Shinji Kohsaka, Tetsuo Ushiku, Katsutoshi Oda, Kiyoshi Miyagawa, Hiroyuki Aburatani, Hiroyuki Mano, Sakae Tanaka

“…There have been a few reports of AFH arising from sites other than soft tissue, including bone, and unusual site and age make it difficult to diagnose this rare tumor. Case Presentation. Here, we present a case of a 54-year-old man who was examined for chest pain, and computed tomography (CT) incidentally detected a bone tumor at the scapula with destruction of cortical bone and invasion into soft tissue. …”
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