Preconception diet quality and modified natural cycle in vitro fertilisation outcomes by Janine P.M. Faessen, Irene Homminga, Marion E.C. Buso, Ruxandra A. Nagy, Jannie van Echten-Arends, Edith J.M. Feskens, Uwe J.F. Tietge, Annemieke Hoek, Elske M. Brouwer-Brolsma

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Realising health justice in Palestine: beyond humanitarian voices by James Smith, Sara el-Solh, Layth Hanbali, Sawsan Abdulrahim, Sali Hafez, Samer Abuzerr, Bram Wispelwey, Mads Gilbert, Mohammed Seyam, Bassam Abu Hamad, Dorotea Gucciardo, Fahd Haddad, Rasha Khoury, Amira Nimerawi, David Mills, Ghassan Abu-Sittah

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A Highly Divergent Mitochondrial Genome in Extant Cape Buffalo From Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa by Deon deJager, Marlo Möller, Eileen Hoal, Paul vanHelden, Brigitte Glanzmann, Cindy Harper, Paulette Bloomer

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Advancements in 3D printing technologies for personalized treatment of osteonecrosis of the femoral head by Tingting Chen, Lincong Luo, Jiaying Li, Jiamin Li, Tao Lin, Mingrui Liu, Hang Sang, Xinyu Hong, Jiahao Pu, Wenhua Huang

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Genes Involved in the Transcriptional Regulation of Pluripotency Are Expressed in Malignant Tumors of the Uterine Cervix and Can Induce Tumorigenic Capacity in a Nontumorigenic Cel... by Graciela Ruiz, Heriberto A. Valencia-González, Delia Pérez-Montiel, Felipe Muñoz, Rodolfo Ocadiz-Delgado, Jorge Fernández-Retana, Carlos Pérez-Plasencia, Osbaldo Reséndis-Antonio, Patricio Gariglio, Alejandro García-Carrancá

“…Transcription factors OCT4, SOX2, KLF4, C-MYC, and NANOG (OSKM-N) regulate pluripotency and stemness, and their ectopic expression reprograms human and murine fibroblasts that constitute the key of regenerative medicine. …”
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Hybrid Vibration Control under Broadband Excitation and Variable Temperature Using Viscoelastic Neutralizer and Adaptive Feedforward Approach by João C. O. Marra, Eduardo M. O. Lopes, José João de Espíndola, Walter Antônio Gontijo

“…Vibratory phenomena have always surrounded human life. The need for more knowledge and domain of such phenomena increases more and more, especially in the modern society where the human-machine integration becomes closer day after day. …”
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Knock-In Mice with Myo3a Y137C Mutation Displayed Progressive Hearing Loss and Hair Cell Degeneration in the Inner Ear by Peipei Li, Zongzhuang Wen, Guangkai Zhang, Aizhen Zhang, Xiaolong Fu, Jiangang Gao

“…Myo3a is expressed in cochlear hair cells and retinal cells and is responsible for human recessive hereditary nonsyndromic deafness (DFNB30). …”
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Tumor Suppressor Function of CYLD in Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer by K. C. Masoumi, Gina Shaw-Hallgren, Ramin Massoumi

“…Basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, the most common types of human skin cancer, are instances where the involvement of the deubiquitination enzyme CYLD has been recently highlighted. …”
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PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFICACY OF MELANIN AS A FOOD INGREDIENT by N. Cherno, A. Kapustian, K. Naumenko, L. Gural, S. Osolina

“…Melanin has a wide range of biological effects that are beneficial to human health, including antioxidant activity, anti-inflammatory and cancer-protective effects, hypoglycemic and antihyperlipidemic properties, etc. …”
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Evaluation of Risk Factors Influencing Tick-Borne Infections in Livestock Through Molecular Analyses by Lorena Cardillo, Claudio de Martinis, Giovanni Sgroi, Alessia Pucciarelli, Gerardo Picazio, Maurizio Viscardi, Luisa Marati, Maria Ottaiano, Roberta Pellicanò, Nicola D’Alessio, Vincenzo Veneziano, Giovanna Fusco

“…Climate changes and human-related activities are identified as major factors responsible for the increasing distribution and abundance of vectors worldwide and, consequently, of vector-borne diseases (VBDs). …”
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Land Use Change Trend Assessment Using RS and Data GIS (Case Study: Urban Area of Ardabil) by Morteza Akbaryan, Diana Dortaj, Laila Abedi Fard

“…However, with the increase of residential land and human infrastructure, agricultural use and rangelands reduced. …”
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Book review: Kravchenko S. A. “Sociology of Digitalisation: university textbook” by N. N. Meshcheryakova, L. A. Vasilenko

“…Kravchenko calls this new reality the socio-digital-natural reality, in which, primarily in social networks, both human actors and non-human (digital) actors, sociotechnical and techno-social hybrids operate. …”
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Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter in River Water by Conventional Methods and Direct Sample Analysis-Time of Flight-Mass Spectrometry by T. Garrido Reyes, J. Mendoza Crisosto

“…It is concluded that dissolved organic matter found in the water of the river from the site of minor human impact (Rucalhue) has a predominantly natural origin, with a high content of aromatic carbon, in contrast to dissolved organic matter found in the waters of the sites that have higher human impact (Laja and Concepción), characterized by a greater molecular size and higher organic carbon content. …”
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Meibomian Glands or Not? Identification of In Vivo and Ex Vivo Confocal Microscopy Features and Histological Correlates in the Eyelid Margin by Yu-jing Wang, Min Ke

“…We examined 18 eyelid margins of healthy humans using the in vivo CLSM device and 10 samples of healthy eyelid margins from donor sites with ex vivo CLSM and compared the findings to the corresponding histological sections of donor sites. …”
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Rhesus Cytomegalovirus-encoded Fcγ-binding glycoproteins facilitate viral evasion from IgG-mediated humoral immunity by Claire E. Otero, Sophia Petkova, Martin Ebermann, Husam Taher, Nessy John, Katja Hoffmann, Angel Davalos, Matilda J. Moström, Roxanne M. Gilbride, Courtney R. Papen, Aaron Barber-Axthelm, Elizabeth A. Scheef, Richard Barfield, Lesli M. Sprehe, Savannah Kendall, Tabitha D. Manuel, Teresa Beechwood, Linh Khanh Nguyen, Nathan H. Vande Burgt, Cliburn Chan, Michael Denton, Zachary J. Streblow, Daniel N. Streblow, Alice F. Tarantal, Scott G. Hansen, Amitinder Kaur, Sallie Permar, Klaus Früh, Hartmut Hengel, Daniel Malouli, Philipp Kolb

“…Abstract Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) encodes four viral Fc-gamma receptors (vFcγRs) that counteract antibody-mediated activation in vitro, but their role in infection and pathogenesis is unknown. …”
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Metalloprotease Dependent Release of Placenta Derived Fractalkine by Monika Siwetz, Astrid Blaschitz, Julia Kremshofer, Jelena Bilic, Gernot Desoye, Berthold Huppertz, Martin Gauster

“…Immunohistochemical staining of human first trimester and term placenta sections localized fractalkine at the apical microvillous plasma membrane of the syncytiotrophoblast. …”
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The Neurometabolic Function of the Dopamine–Aminotransferase System by Sergey A. Apryatin

“…Methods: The review describes research results into the dopamine-mediated mechanism of metabolic regulation in humans and animals. Particular attention is paid to the neurometabolic mechanisms of protein metabolism. …”
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Myoinositol: The Bridge (PONTI) to Reach a Healthy Pregnancy by Pietro Cavalli, Elena Ronda

“…Should folic acid be combined with myoinositol periconceptional supplementation to reduce the overall risk of NTDs even in humans? Hereafter, we discuss the results from the PONTI study that strongly support both the effectiveness and safety of myoinositol periconceptional supplementation in preventing human NTDs. …”
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Generalized Multiphase Dynamic Modeling and Precision Interaction Force Control of a Walking Lower Limb Hydraulic Exoskeleton by Shan Chen, Muye Lu, Fangfang Dong, Haijun Liu, Xiaoqing Tian, Jiang Han

“…Wearable lower limb hydraulic exoskeletons can be used to augment the human performance in heavy load transportation. Nonlinear and walking phase-dependent dynamics make the lower limb hydraulic exoskeleton become difficult to be modeled. …”
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GLOBAL ACADEMIC TRENDS OF METABOLIC AND ELECTRICAL BIOMEDICAL TOOLS IN MARKETING by Ahmed H. Alsharif, Salmi Mohd Isa, Lina Pilelienė

“…The journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience is identified as the most productive, with 11 papers published. …”
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