The Hsf1-sHsp cascade has pan-antiviral activity in mosquito cells by Jieqiong Qu, Michelle Schinkel, Lisa Chiggiato, Samara Rosendo Machado, Gijs J. Overheul, Pascal Miesen, Ronald P. van Rij

“…By integrating multi-omics data, we find that heat shock factor 1 (Hsf1) regulates eight small heat shock protein (sHsp) genes within one topologically associated domain in the genome of the Aedes aegypti mosquito. …”
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Learning developers as third space academics: a personal view by Peter C Samuels

“…This article draws on my personal professional journey from an academic researcher to a learning developer, to a faculty-based senior lecturer in a different discipline to my academic qualifications. I make eight claims relating to my experience, especially as an unofficial embedded learning developer. …”
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Bilateral Distal Radius Fractures in a 12-Year-Old Boy after Household Electrical Shock: Case Report and Literature Summary by Norman Stone, Mara Karamitopoulos, David Edelstein, Jenifer Hashem, James Tucci

“…Proximal humerus fractures were most frequent (8 cases), followed by scapula fractures (7 cases), forearm fractures (4 cases), femoral neck fractures (2 cases), and vertebral body fracture (1 case). Eight of the 22 cases were diagnosed days to weeks after the injury. …”
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Proximal Femoral Nail versus Dynamic Hip Screw Fixation for Trochanteric Fractures: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Xiao Huang, Frankie Leung, Zhou Xiang, Pei-Yong Tan, Jing Yang, Dai-Qing Wei, Xi Yu

“…Data was analyzed using RevMan 5.1 version. Eight trials involving 1348 fractures were retrieved. …”
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Feasibility and efficiency of microalgae cultivation for nutrient recycling and energy recovery from food waste filtrate. by Yanghang Chen, Wing-Wai Wan, Kai-Hui Cui, Bonnie Pui-Ying Lau, Fred Wang-Fat Lee, Steven Jing-Liang Xu

“…The results indicated that Cyanobacterium aponinum exhibited the highest growth rate (0.530 cells d-1) and maximum cell density (9.6 × 106 cells mL-1) among eight potential microalgal species in 10% food waste filtrate treatment under 10,000 lux and 32°C. …”
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Dual Role Conflict and Resilience of Working Mothers During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Siti Rohmaturrosyidah Ratnawati, Restu Yulia Hidayatul Umah

“…The results showed that: 1) all eight working mothers experienced dual role conflict in the form of time-based conflict and strain-based conflict, especially during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic; 2) efforts that have been made by working mothers to be resilient in undergoing both roles during the Covid-19 pandemic represent seven aspects of forming individual resilience, namely, emotion regulation, impulse control, causal analysis, self-efficacy, optimism, empathy, and reaching out. …”
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Dietary γ-Aminobutyric Acid Promotes Growth and Immune System Performance and Improves Erythropoiesis and Angiogenesis in Gibel Carp (<i>Carassius auratus gibelio</i>) by Xinlan Bai, Lu Zhang, Hualiang Liang, Dongyu Huang, Mingchun Ren, Haifeng Mi

“…This experiment aimed to investigate the effect of dietary supplementation of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) on the growth performance, immune response, and oxygen-transport-related factors of Gibel carp (<i>Carassius auratus gibelio</i>). An eight-week culturing experiment was designed with five experimental diets, with the actual GABA content being 368 mg/kg (G1, control group), 449 mg/kg (G2), 527 mg/kg (G3), 602 mg/kg (G4), and 675 mg/kg (G5). …”
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Effect of Dietary Administration of Green Macroalgae (Ulva intestinalis) on Mucosal and Systemic Immune Parameters, Antioxidant Defence, and Related Gene Expression in Zebrafish (D... by Elaheh Rouhani, Roghieh Safari, Mohammad Reza Imanpour, Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar, Metin Yazici, Ehab El-Haroun

“…Zebrafish were fed with different levels of U. intestinalis powder 0, 0.25, 0.5, and 1% for eight weeks. Whole-body extract (WBE) immune parameters including total protein level, globulin level, and lysozyme activity were evaluated and revealed statistically significant increased in all U. intestinalis supplemented groups compared to the control (P<0.05). …”
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Application of Multidomain Cognitive Training in a Tele-Neurorehabilitation Setting for Treatment of Post-Stroke Cognitive Disorders by Marianna Contrada, Loris Pignolo, Martina Vatrano, Caterina Pucci, Isabel Mantia, Federica Scarfone, Maria Quintieri, Antonio Cerasa, Gennarina Arabia

“…Methods: Eighteen ischemic stroke patients were assessed in a within-subject longitudinal design (age 62.33 ± 11.1 years; eight men). Patients underwent the Tele-NeuroRehabilitation (TNR) multidomain cognitive training treatment using the Virtual Reality Rehabilitation System (VRRS) five times a week for 1 h sessions for four consecutive weeks. …”
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A Retrospective Analysis of Thromboembolic Phenomena in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with COVID-19 by Fahad Faqihi, Abdulrahman Alharthy, Abdullah Balhamar, Nasir Nasim, Khaled Alanezi, Feisal Alaklobi, Ziad A. Memish, Mike Blaivas, Saleh A. Alqahtani, Dimitrios Karakitsos

“…The rates of TEP and HEs in mechanically ventilated critically ill COVID-19 patients were 37. 5% and 8.1%. Twenty-eight-day mortality was higher in the TEP group (60%) compared to the non-TEP group (30%) of patients.…”
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Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Irritable Bowel Syndrome Among Female Secondary School students in Ar Rass City, Qassim Region by Wjdan Alharbi, Saulat Jahan

“… # Results Out of 612 invited students, 429 responded (response rate: 70.1%). Twenty-eight incomplete questionnaires were excluded leading to 401 participants in the final analysis. …”
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Exploring the Most Promising Stem Cell Therapy in Liver Failure: A Systematic Review by Jeanne AdiwinataPawitan

“…There were 25 original articles, i.e., eight case studies and 17 studies with controls. …”
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Effect of Post-Activation Potentiation on Weightlifting Performance and Endocrinological Responses by Shyam Chavda, Angela Sorensen, James Vernau, Frank Hills, Chris Bishop, Anthony Nicholas Turner

“…<b><i>Purpose</i></b>: This study examined the acute performance-enhancing effects and endocrinological responses of a supramaximal clean pull performed at 120% of clean and jerk, one repetition maximum, on clean performance. <b><i>Methods</i></b>: Eight (<i>n</i> = 8) ranked collegiate level weightlifters attended two days of testing in a randomised order. …”
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Analysis of bacterial genetic diversity in biofloc by using ARDRA 16S-rRNA gene by , Widanarni, Dewi Nurhayati, Dinamella Wahjuningrum

“…The result with HaeIII cut restriction enzyme from biofloc-associated bacteria gave 11 ARDRA patterns, while with the restriction enzyme HhaI gave eight ARDRA patterns. Phylogenetics of bacterial populations from biofloc-based cultivation system water consisted of at least 13 different bacterial species. …”
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TROPION-Breast04: a randomized phase III study of neoadjuvant datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) plus durvalumab followed by adjuvant durvalumab versus standard of care in patients... by Heather L. McArthur, Sara M. Tolaney, Rebecca Dent, Peter Schmid, Jamil Asselah, Qiang Liu, Jane Lowe Meisel, Naoki Niikura, Yeon Hee Park, Gustavo Werutsky, Giampaolo Bianchini, Jay C. Andersen, Robert Kozarski, Nana Rokutanda, Barbara Pistilli, Sibylle Loibl

“…Methods and analysis: Approximately 1728 patients (aged ⩾18 years) will be randomized 1:1 to eight cycles of neoadjuvant Dato-DXd (6 mg/kg intravenously (IV) every 3 weeks (Q3W)) plus durvalumab (1120 mg IV Q3W) followed by nine cycles of adjuvant durvalumab (1120 mg IV Q3W) with or without chemotherapy versus eight cycles of pembrolizumab (200 mg IV Q3W) plus chemotherapy followed by nine cycles of adjuvant pembrolizumab (200 mg IV Q3W) with or without chemotherapy. …”
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Anti-LAG-3 antibody LBL-007 plus anti-PD-1 antibody toripalimab in advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma and other solid tumors: an open-label, multicenter, phase Ib/II trial by Gang Chen, Dong-Chen Sun, Yi Ba, Ya-Xiong Zhang, Ting Zhou, Yuan-Yuan Zhao, Hong-Yun Zhao, Wen-Feng Fang, Yan Huang, Zhen Wang, Chao Deng, De-Sheng Hu, Wei Wang, Jin-Guan Lin, Gui-Ling Li, Su-Xia Luo, Zhi-Chao Fu, Hai-Sheng Zhu, Hui-Li Wang, Sheng-Li Cai, Xiao-Qiang Kang, Li Zhang, Yun-Peng Yang

“…Nine (11.3%) of 80 patients had grade 3 or 4 treatment-related adverse events, the most common of which included anemia (2.5%), hyponatremia (2.5%), increased alanine aminotransferase (2.5%), increased aspartate aminotransferase (1.3%), and fatigue (1.3%). Eight patients (10.0%) had treatment-related serious adverse events. …”
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Evaluation of anatomical and functional success in canalicular laceration repair using anterior segment optical coherence tomography and dacryoscintigraphy by Çisil Erkan Pota, Özge Ekin Geçer Şerifoğlu, Aslı Çetinkaya Yaprak, Hatice Deniz İlhan, Adil Boz

“…The MUNK score was 1 in eight patients (33 %) and 0 in sixteen patients (67 %). …”
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