The terrestrial arthropods of Rapa Nui: A fauna dominated by non-native species by J. Judson Wynne, Francis G. Howarth, Darko D. Cotoras, Sergio Rothmann, Sergio Ríos, Carolina Valdez, Pedro Lazo Hucke, Cristian Villagra, Luis Flores-Prado

“…The terrestrial arthropod fauna of Rapa Nui has been negatively impacted by human activities, including accidental and purposeful species introductions, which have led to high levels of extinction and extirpation of the native fauna. …”
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A Novel Nonsense Mutation of POU4F3 Gene Causes Autosomal Dominant Hearing Loss by Chi Zhang, Mingming Wang, Yun Xiao, Fengguo Zhang, Yicui Zhou, Jianfeng Li, Qingyin Zheng, Xiaohui Bai, Haibo Wang

“…The novel mutation cosegregated with hearing loss in this family and was absent in 200 ethnicity-matched controls. The mutation led to a stop codon and thus a truncated protein with no functional domains remained. …”
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Development of Prevascularized Synthetic Block Graft for Maxillofacial Reconstruction by Borvornwut Buranawat, Abeer Shaalan, Devy F. Garna, Lucy Di Silvio

“…The co-culture of endothelial cells (ECs) with human alveolar osteoblasts (aHOBs) on the scaffold led to the formation of tube-like structures and intrinsic VEGF release, reaching 10,455.6 pg/mL This level approached the optimal dose for vascular formation. …”
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A fungus-eat-fungus world: Digitopodium, with particular reference to mycoparasites of the coffee leaf rust, Hemileia vastatrix by Adans A. Colmán, Harry C. Evans, Sara S. Salcedo-Sarmiento, Uwe Braun, Kifle Belachew-Bekele, Robert W. Barreto

“…Interest in fungal antagonists of H. vastarix, as potential biocontrol agents of CLR, led to comprehensive surveys for mycoparasites, both in the African centre of origin of the rust, as well as in its South American exotic range. …”
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The Impact of Time-Restricted Eating and Intermittent Fasting on Glycemia, Body Weight, and Overall Well-Being in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes – A Review of Studies by Szymon Przemysław Stolarczyk, Kuba Borys Romańczuk, Zofia Martyna Wójcik, Bartosz Omasta, Daria Rybak, Magdalena Agata Czerska, Paulina Dorota Pietrukaniec, Olga Krupa, Katarzyna Kamińska-Omasta, Kinga Furtak

“…Summary Various fasting types led to reduced HbA1c, weight loss, and improved well-being in experimental groups. …”
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Thermal Mismatch Effect and High-Temperature Tensile Performance Simulation of Hybrid CMC and Superalloy Bolted Joint by Progressive Damage Analysis by Shuyuan Zhao, Jianglong Dong, Chao Lv, Zhengyu Li, Xinyang Sun, Wenjiao Zhang

“…The thermal expansion mismatch generated between the CMC and superalloy materials led to significant changes in the assembly preload and bolt-hole clearance as the high-temperature load is applied to the joint. …”
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Bioactive Steroids with Structural Diversity from the South China Sea Soft Coral <i>Lobophytum</i> sp. and Sponge <i>Xestospongia</i> sp. by Lin-Mao Ke, Zi-Ru Zhang, Song-Wei Li, Yan-Bo Zeng, Ming-Zhi Su, Yue-Wei Guo

“…A chemical investigation of the soft coral <i>Lobophytum</i> sp. and the sponge <i>Xestospongia</i> sp. from the South China Sea led to the isolation of five steroids, including two new compounds (<b>1</b> and <b>4</b>) and one known natural product (<b>3</b>). …”
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Attitudes and adherence to changes in nutrition and physical activity following surgery for prostate cancer: a qualitative study by Richard M Martin, Raj Persad, J Athene Lane, Ellie Shingler, Luke A Robles, Edward Rowe, Anthony Koupparis, Amit Bahl, Constance Shiridzinomwa, Lucy McGeagh

“…However, little is known about specific factors that support men’s adherence to these health behaviour changes, which could inform theory-led diet and PA interventions. We aimed to explore these factors in men following prostatectomy for prostate cancer (PCa).Design, setting and participants A qualitative study using semistructured interviews with men, who made changes to their diet and/or PA as part of a factorial randomised controlled trial conducted at a single hospital in South West England. …”
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An Efficient Malware Detection Approach Based on Machine Learning Feature Influence Techniques for Resource-Constrained Devices by Subir Panja, Subhash Mondal, Amitava Nag, Jyoti Prakash Singh, Manob Jyoti Saikia, Anup Kumar Barman

“…We utilized the Extra Tree classifier (ETC) to identify the top ten significant contributing features based on Gini impurity scores, which led to improved accuracy and reduced processing time. …”
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Mitochondrial Mayhem: How cigarette smoke induces placental dysfunction through MMS19 degradation by Pei Zhou, Feng Jin, Shenshen Yao, Ben Sun, Ni Sun, Hongbo Guan, Xiaomei Liu

“…Molecular docking analysis revealed that nicotine and nicotyrine bind to and promote the autophagic-dependent degradation of MMS19, a key component of the CIA complex. MMS19 KD led to the autophagic degradation of several ISC proteins involved in DNA damage repair and mitochondrial respiratory function, thereby inhibiting cell proliferation. …”
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Sustained Interleukin-1β Exposure Modulates Multiple Steps in Glucocorticoid Receptor Signaling, Promoting Split-Resistance to the Transactivation of Prominent Anti-Inflammatory Ge... by Pedro Escoll, Ismael Ranz, Norman Muñoz-Antón, Ana van-den-Rym, Melchor Alvarez-Mon, Carlos Martínez-Alonso, Eva Sanz, Antonio de-la-Hera

“…After a GC challenge, sustained IL-1β exposure reduced the cytoplasmic GR level, GRSer203 and GRSer211 phosphorylation, and GR nuclear translocation and led to selective GCR in the expression of the studied genes. …”
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Pathogen delivery route impacts disease severity in experimental Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae infection of domestic lambs by Bryan Tegner Jacobson, Jessica DeWit-Dibbert, LaShae Zanca, Sobha Sonar, Carol Hardy, Michael Throolin, Patricia C. Brewster, Kaitlyn Andujo, Kerri Jones, Jonathon Sago, Stephen Smith, Lizabeth Bowen, Diane Bimczok

“…M. ovipneumoniae infection led to lower weight gains and mild respiratory disease, with significantly greater effects following LRT inoculation compared to URT inoculation. …”
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Reduced aggregation of the leghorn male hepatoma cell line in suspension by supplementing dextran sulfate in the media by Jung Soo Lim, Ji Soo Kim, Yugyeong Cheon, Tae Sub Park, Jong Kwang Hong

“…Conclusion DS supplementation in LMH cell suspension cultures led to notable improvements in cell growth, viability, and glucose metabolism, while also decreasing the cell aggregation.…”
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Track Behavior and Crash Risk Analysis of Passenger Cars on Hairpin Curves of Two-Lane Mountain Roads by Zhigang Yu, Ying Chen, Xiaobo Zhang, Jin Xu

“…More than 70% and 60% of drivers occupied the opposite lane when turning right and turning left, respectively, into a hairpin turn, which led to intertwining between the tracks in the two driving directions and therefore a risk of potential collisions.…”
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Comparison of Population Attributable Fractions of Cancer Incidence and Mortality Linked to Excess Body Weight in Korea from 2015 to 2030 by Youjin Hong, Jihye An, Jeehi Jung, Hyeon Sook Lee, Soseul Sung, Sungji Moon, Inah Kim, Jung Eun Lee, Aesun Shin, Sun Ha Jee, Sun-Seog Kweon, Min-Ho Shin, Sangmin Park, Seung-Ho Ryu, Sun Young Yang, Seung Ho Choi, Jeongseon Kim, Sang-Wook Yi, Yoon-Jung Choi, Sangjun Lee, Woojin Lim, Kyungsik Kim, Sohee Park, Jeong-Soo Im, Hong Gwan Seo, Kwang-Pil Ko, Sue K. Park

“…Background The increasing rate of excess body weight (EBW) in the global population has led to growing health concerns, including cancer-related EBW. …”
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Reactive Oxygen Species Generation in Human Cells by a Novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agent by Li Wang, Eric Lin, Mary J. Johansen, Timothy Madden, Edward Felix, Karen S. Martirosyan, Steven J. Frank

“…In all cell lines exposed to 1000 μM H2O2, the Co : NAC led to ≥94.7% suppression of ROS at 5 minutes and completely suppressed ROS at 60 and 90 minutes; NAC suppressed ROS by ≥76.6% at 5 minutes and by ≥94.5% at 90 minutes; and CoCl2·6H2O suppressed ROS by ≥37.2% at 30 minutes and by ≥48.6% at 90 minutes. …”
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Interaction of drivers and barriers of sustainable property management practice in shopping malls in Lagos, Nigeria by Lumbani B. Nyirenda, Caleb A. Ayedun, Innocent Musonda, Chukwuemeka O. Iroham, David O. Olukanni, Hilary I. Okagbue, Olugbemisola W. Samuel, Sunday E. Nto

“…The obtained data were analyzed using statistical tools such as mean ranking, frequency distribution, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and mediation analysis. LED energy saving bulbs (90%) and green leasing (6.9%) are the most and least adopted features while using environmental cleaning procedures (83%) and adopting green leasing (36.4%) are the top and least SPM adopted strategy. …”
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High Efficiency Direct Shoot Organogenesis from Leaf Segments of Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. Ex Schult by Using Thidiazuron by K. Varutharaju, C. Soundar Raju, C. Thilip, A. Aslam, A. Shajahan

“…Histological observation showed that the epidermal cells of the leaf explants exhibited continuous cell division led to formation of numerous dome shaped meristematic protrusions and subsequently developed into adventitious shoots. …”
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Establishment of a Virus-Induced Gene Silencing System in <i>Abelmoschus manihot</i> L. by Ting Zhang, Jiaqi Hou, Hongtao Chu, Pengyu Guo, Qianzi Sang, Zhongxu Liu, Li Cao

“…The results demonstrated that administering two injections—the first on the day of complete cotyledon expansion and the second 14 days later—using pTRV1 and pTRV2–<i>AmPDS</i> cultures resuspended to an OD₆₀₀ of 1.0 and via the backside of the blade—led to significant photobleaching in the cotyledons 2 days after the second injection. …”
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Genomic and virulent characterization of a duck-associated Salmonella serovar Potsdam from China by Hongli An, Xiamei Kang, Chenhu Huang, Chenghao Jia, Jiaqi Chen, Yingying Huang, Qianzhe Cao, Yan Li, Biao Tang, Min Yue

“…Our investigation of 195 duck embryo eggs led to the isolation of 40 (20.51%) Salmonella strains, with Salmonella serovar Potsdam being the most prevalent serovar. …”
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