Lessons from SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2 Infections: What We Know So Far by Radi Taha Alsafi

“…Within past decades, human infections with emerging and reemerging zoonotic viral pathogens have raised the eminent public health concern. …”
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Glucose Intake Alters Expression of Neuropeptides Derived from Proopiomelanocortin in the Lateral Hypothalamus and the Nucleus Accumbens in Fructose Preference Rats by Guangfa Jiao, Guozhong Zhang, Haiying Wang, Weilin Zhao, Yanwei Cui, Yongjing Liu, Feng Gao, Fang Yuan, Yi Zhang

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Cellular Mechanisms of Multiple Myeloma Bone Disease by Angela Oranger, Claudia Carbone, Maddalena Izzo, Maria Grano

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Eating Disorders and Intrasexual Competition: Testing an Evolutionary Hypothesis among Young Women by Riadh Abed, Sunil Mehta, Aurelio José Figueredo, Sarah Aldridge, Hannah Balson, Caroline Meyer, Robert Palmer

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Perception of optical illusions in ungulates: insights from goats, sheep, guanacos and llamas by Caterina Berardo, Ruben Holland, Alina Schaffer, Alvaro Lopez Caicoya, Katja Liebal, Paola Valsecchi, Federica Amici

“…Our findings suggest that, in line with our predictions, ungulates are overall susceptible to the Müller-Lyer and the Delboeuf illusions, and indicate that the perceptual mechanisms underlying size estimation in artiodactyls might be similar to those of other species, including humans.…”
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100 Years of palaeo-research and its relevance for transformation and social cohesion in South Africa by Dipuo Kgotleng, Stella Basinyi, Wendy Black, Precious Chiwara-Maenzanise

“…This centennial milestone necessitates reflection on the role of science in society, with a critical look at the relationship between palaeosciences, the theories of human evolution, and the researcher’s interaction with southern African Indigenous peoples. …”
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Standardized Functions for Smartphone Applications: Examples from Maternal and Child Health by Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, Mark Tomlinson, Dallas Swendeman, Adabel Lee, Erynne Jones

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Female reproductive ageing persists despite high infanticide risk in chacma baboons and geladas by Jacob A. Feder, India A. Schneider-Crease, Jacinta C. Beehner, Thore J. Bergman, Robert M. Seyfarth, Joan B. Silk, Noah Snyder-Mackler, Amy Lu

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PERCEPTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IMPACT ON DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF QUALITY OF LIFE AND RESIDENTS' OVERALL LIFE SATISFACTION by Marta Alves, Helena Alves, Eugénia Pedro, João Capucho

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Haematological and Biochemical Studies on some Species of Fishes by LC Chuku, AA Uwakwe

“…Catfish haemoglobin electrophoretic pattern was similar to human HbAA blood, with haemoglobin (Hb) concentration range of 12.0 – 17.8gm%. …”
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A Systematic Review of Bilateral Upper Limb Training Devices for Poststroke Rehabilitation by A. (Lex) E. Q. van Delden, C. (Lieke) E. Peper, Gert Kwakkel, Peter J. Beek

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Forming innovative work behavior prospective police investigator through self-efficacy and job crafting in the post-COVID-19 by Girindra Wardana Akbar Ramadhani, Fendy Suhariadi, Bagong Suyanto, Ian Firstian Aldhi, Elisabeth Supriharyanti, Dwi Hardaningtyas, Ansar Abbas

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Effects of Ubiquinol-10 on MicroRNA-146a Expression In Vitro and In Vivo by Constance Schmelzer, Mitsuaki Kitano, Gerald Rimbach, Petra Niklowitz, Thomas Menke, Kazunori Hosoe, Frank Döring

“…We hypothesized that this induction could be modulated by the antioxidant ubiquinol-10. Preincubation of human monocytic THP-1 cells with ubiquinol-10 reduced the LPS-induced expression level of miR-146a to 78.9 ± 13.22%. …”
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Variations of the ulnar nerve within the ulnar tunnel and palm in a select South African population by Lutho Daza, Julia Fernandes, Geney Gunston, Jeshika Luckrajh-Williams

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Romans 1:24–28 and Same-Sex Practice: Some Exegetical Remarks by Marius Nel

“…It is sin committed in the human body that radically affects one’s participation in Christ’s earthly body. …”
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Brain-wide activation involved in 15 mA transcranial alternating current stimulation in patients with first-episode major depressive disorder by Jie Wang, Qing Xue, Wenfeng Zhao, Huang Wang, Haixia Leng, Mao Peng, Xiukun Jin, Liucen Tan, Keming Gao, Hongxing Wang, Baoquan Min

“…Background Although 15 mA transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) has a therapeutic effect on depression, the activations of brain structures in humans accounting for this tACS configuration remain largely unknown.Aims To investigate which intracranial brain structures are engaged in the tACS at 77.5 Hz and 15 mA, delivered via the forehead and the mastoid electrodes in the human brain.Methods Actual human head models were built using the magnetic resonance imagings of eight outpatient volunteers with drug-naïve, first-episode major depressive disorder and then used to perform the electric field distributions with SimNIBS software.Results The electric field distributions of the sagittal, coronal and axial planes showed that the bilateral frontal lobes, bilateral temporal lobes, hippocampus, cingulate, hypothalamus, thalamus, amygdala, cerebellum and brainstem were visibly stimulated by the 15 mA tACS procedure.Conclusions Brain-wide activation, including the cortex, subcortical structures, cerebellum and brainstem, is involved in the 15 mA tACS intervention for first-episode major depressive disorder. …”
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Long Noncoding RNA uc001pwg.1 Is Downregulated in Neointima in Arteriovenous Fistulas and Mediates the Function of Endothelial Cells Derived from Pluripotent Stem Cells by Lei Lv, Haozhe Qi, Xiangjiang Guo, Qihong Ni, Zezhen Yan, Lan Zhang

“…We first analyzed the expression profiles of lncRNAs in human stenosed and nonstenotic uremic veins using RNA-sequencing methodology. …”
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Identification of novel genetic variants associated with feline cardiomyopathy using targeted next-generation sequencing by Jade Raffle, Jose Novo Matos, Marsha Wallace, Lois Wilkie, Richard J. Piercy, Perry Elliott, David J. Connolly, Virginia Luis Fuentes, Androniki Psifidi

“…Abstract Cardiomyopathies are the most common heritable heart diseases in cats and humans. This study aimed to identify novel genetic variants in cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) using a targeted panel of genes associated with human cardiomyopathy. …”
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Pasteurisation temperatures effectively inactivate influenza A viruses in milk by Jenna Schafers, Caroline J. Warren, Jiayun Yang, Junsen Zhang, Sarah J. Cole, Jayne Cooper, Karolina Drewek, B. Reddy Kolli, Natalie McGinn, Mehnaz Qureshi, Scott M. Reid, Thomas P. Peacock, Ian Brown, Joe James, Ashley C. Banyard, Munir Iqbal, Paul Digard, Edward Hutchinson

“…Abstract In late 2023 an H5N1 lineage of high pathogenicity avian influenza virus (HPAIV) began circulating in American dairy cattle Concerningly, high titres of virus were detected in cows’ milk, raising the concern that milk could be a route of human infection. Cows’ milk is typically pasteurised to render it safe for human consumption, but the effectiveness of pasteurisation on influenza viruses in milk was uncertain. …”
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Oscar, Derrida’s Cat, and Other Knowing Animals by Wendy Harding, Jacky Martin

“…Yet in confrontations with animals, particularly in circumstances involving death, human knowledge suddenly appears limited. Other forms of knowledge have to be taken into account. …”
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