Longitudinal maternal glycemia during pregnancy and placental epigenetic age acceleration by Tesfa Dejenie Habtewold, Prabhavi Wijesiriwardhana, Richard J. Biedrzycki, Cuilin Zhang, Katherine L. Grantz, Jagteshwar Grewal, Fasil Tekola-Ayele

“…Among Asian/Pacific Islander women, medium insulin cumulative exposure level was associated with lower PAA (β = − 0.94 weeks, 95% CI = − 1.74 to − 0.14). …”
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The Line of Beijing in Settlement of Problems in the Basin of the South China Sea by V. Y. Vorobyev, A. V. Ivanov

“…Now, however, opponents of China in the dispute over the islands, who had previously been negotiating with Beijing on a bilateral basis, have taken the first step towards the internationalization of the debate. …”
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Egg retrieval in ground-nesting cuckoo hosts: can two species of buntings accurately identify and retrieve their own eggs? by Yuhan Zhang, Guo Zhong, Longwu Wang, Wei Liang

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Changements côtiers et inondations suite au passage d’un ouragan extrême (Irma, 2017) aux Petites Antilles by Tony Rey, Thomas Candela, Matthieu Péroche, Frédéric Leone

“…This study deals with the coastal changes, flooding and damage after the passage of a category 5 hurricane (Irma) on 6 September 2017 over the islands of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy in the Lesser Antilles. …”
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Exploitation des invertébrés par les sociétés précolombiennes des Petites Antilles by Nathalie Serrand

“…Invertebrates (molluscs and crustaceans) were significant resources for the Precolumbian societies present in the West Indian islands between the VIth millenium B.C. and the xvth century A.D. …”
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Beyond the Expected: Evaluating Preoperative Predictors of a Difficult Cholecystectomy Aboard the USNS Comfort by Joseph Aryankalayil, MD, Rex Atwood, MD, Mark Johnson, MD, Jamie Fitch, MD, Aldo Ayvar, MD, Eileen Natuzzi, MD, MPH, Juan Elvin Muñoz, MD, Rooney Jagilly, MBBS, MMED, Scott Siota, MBBS, MMED, Tamara J. Worlton, MD

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Analisis Faktor-Faktor Yang Mempengaruhi Kinerja Pegawai UKPBJ Kabupaten Kepulauan Mentawai by Putra Yani, Isfarudi Isfarudi, Hendri Koeswara

“…This study aims to analyze the influence of competency level, workload, incentives, and motivation on the performance of employees in the Procurement Services Unit (UKPBJ) of the Mentawai Islands Regency Government. This research employs a quantitative approach with a survey method. …”
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Community engagement in the development of bioenergy projects from cellulosic urban waste feedstock in Hawaii for sustainable aviation fuel by Leslie Rush, Joelle Simonpietri, Naomi Kukac

“…Findings from this study aim to identify resident perceptions, understanding, and desire for bioenergy projects and new infrastructure to, improve the energy efficiency and sustainability of Hawaiian islands. While Hawaii has created policies and mandates to move toward 100% renewable energy sources by 2045, the focus has been predominately on renewable electricity, largely overlooking other sustainable energy options such as sustainable aviation fuel. …”
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Host factor PLAC8 is required for pancreas infection by SARS-CoV-2 by Lesly Ibargüen-González, Sandra Heller, Darío López-García, Hanna Dietenberger, Thomas FE Barth, Patricia Gallego, Israel Fernández-Cadenas, Sayoa Alzate-Piñol, Catalina Crespí, Julieth A. Mena-Guerrero, Eugenia Cisneros-Barroso, Alejandro P. Ugalde, Gabriel Bretones, Charlotte Steenblock, Alexander Kleger, Marta L. DeDiego, Carles Barceló

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Assessment of atmospheric correction methods in MSI imagery for deriving bathymetry and substrates of shallow-water coral reefs by Wei Huang, Wei Huang, Wei Huang, Wei Huang, Jun Zhao, Mingjie Li, Mingjie Li, Mingjie Li, Quansheng Lou, Quansheng Lou, Nanyang Yan, Nanyang Yan, Nanyang Yan, Shaojie Sun

“…In this study, three commonly used AC processors—Dark Spectrum Fitting (DSF), Case 2 Regional Coast Color processor (C2RCC), and Polymer—were applied to evaluate their performance on Sentinel-2 MSI imagery of coral reef areas in the Xisha Islands, South China Sea. Since the latter two processors incorporate a sunglint removal approach, additional procedures were applied to DSF. …”
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Designing the First Pregnancy Guaranteed Income Program in the United States: Qualitative Needs Assessment and Human-Centered Design to Develop the Abundant Birth Project by Deborah Karasek, Jazzmin C Williams, Michaela A Taylor, Monica M De La Cruz, Stephanie Arteaga, Sabra Bell, Esperanza Castillo, Maile A Chand, Anjeanette Coats, Erin M Hubbard, Latriece Love-Goodlett, Breezy Powell, Solaire Spellen, Zea Malawa, Anu Manchikanti Gomez

“…MethodsThe research team included community researchers, community members with lived experience as Black or Pacific Islander pregnant, and parenting people in the San Francisco Bay Area. …”
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Study of Collagen Birefringence in Different Grades of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Using Picrosirius Red and Polarized Light Microscopy by Pillai Arun Gopinathan, Ganganna Kokila, Mahadesh Jyothi, Chatterjee Ananjan, Linganna Pradeep, Salroo Humaira Nazir

“…Studying collagen fibres with Picrosirius red for stromal changes around tumour islands along with routine staining may help in predicting the prognosis of tumour.…”
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Optimization of Fault Identification and Location Using Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System and Support Vector Machine for an AC Microgrid by A. Kurmaiah, C. Vaithilingam

“…The proposed method is tested and evaluated in IEEE12BUS system, both in islanded and grid-connected modes, with execution times of 0.00202s in islanded mode and 0.0022s in grid-connected mode. …”
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Descriptive study on oral health and pathologies in vulnerable migrant adolescents from North and West Africa by Elena Sirumal, Susell Parra-Rojas, Juliana Cassol-Spanemberg, Ana Isabel Contreras-Madrid, David Pérez-Jorge, Rocío Trinidad Velázquez-Cayón

“…Abstract This descriptive study focuses on the oral health of African migrants, especially adolescents, arriving in the Canary Islands. Notably, these patients show a high prevalence of caries and oral mucosal alterations. …”
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Sur quelques modifications hydromorphologiques dans le Val de Seine (Bassin parisien, France) depuis 1830 : quelle part accorder aux facteurs hydrologiques et anthropiques ? by Séverine Lescure, Gilles Arnaud-Fassetta, Stéphane Cordier

“…Similarly, the number of islands decreased by 50% in the whole Seine valley. …”
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Fact Sheet: Mayaro Virus by Lawrence E Reeves, Lindsay Campbell

“…The geographic distribution of Mayaro virus is expanding from South and Central America into the Caribbean Islands, which means that, under the right conditions, this virus could one day become important to Florida. …”
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Epigenetics and Breast Cancers by An T. Vo, Richard M. Millis

“…Hypermethylation at the CpG islands found in estrogen response element (ERE) promoters occurs in conjunction with ligand-bonded alpha subunit estrogen receptor (Erα) dimers wherein the ligand ERα dimer complex acts as a transcription factor and binds to the ERE promoter. …”
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The PRC2.1 subcomplex opposes G1 progression through regulation of CCND1 and CCND2 by Adam D Longhurst, Kyle Wang, Harsha Garadi Suresh, Mythili Ketavarapu, Henry N Ward, Ian R Jones, Vivek Narayan, Frances V Hundley, Arshia Zernab Hassan, Charles Boone, Chad L Myers, Yin Shen, Vijay Ramani, Brenda J Andrews, David P Toczyski

“…We found that PRC2.1 (MTF2), but not PRC2.2 (JARID2), was critical for promoting H3K27me3 deposition at CpG islands genome-wide and in promoters. This included the CpG islands in the promoter of the CDK4/6 cyclins CCND1 and CCND2, and loss of MTF2 lead to upregulation of both CCND1 and CCND2. …”
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MELAYU BANGKA LANGUAGE MAP IN SOUTH BANGKA REGENCY by Tri Arie Bowo, Donal Fernado Lubis, Achmad Affandi, Ricca Affressia

“…Language differences exist in the language area of the Pongok Islands (93,5%). Based on the analysis, it can be concluded that there are five subdialect differences, one dialect difference, and one language difference with the comparison language area. …”
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A Controllable Distributed Energy Resource Transformer-Based Grounding Scheme for Microgrids by Dingrui Li, Yiwei Ma, Yu Su, Chengwen Zhang, Lin Zhu, He Yin, Fred Wang, Leon M. Tolbert

“…A microgrid (MG) may lose its grounding provided by the main distribution grid in islanded mode, which could cause equipment insulation damage, hazards to personnel, and protection malfunction. …”
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