DNA metabarcoding of benthic algae and associated eukaryotes from Lake Baikal in the face of rapid environmental changes by Yu. S. Bukin, L. S. Kravtsova, T. E. Peretolchina, A. P. Fedotov, A. E. Tupikin, M. R. Kabilov, D. Yu. Sherbakov, E. V. Mincheva

“…The results of the study show that the analysis of the minor component of the eukaryotic community in samples (organisms with low biomass) consisting of a mixture of multicellular and unicellular organisms requires a read-depths of at least 100,000 sequences per sample. In general, the DNA-metabarcoding method is recommended for studying the structure of algal communities and eukaryotes associated with them.…”
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The Addis Declaration on Immunization: Assessing the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Immunization Service Delivery Systems in Africa as of the End of 2023 by Franck Mboussou, Charles Shey Wiysonge, Bridget Farham, Ado Bwaka, Sarah Wanyoike, Amos Petu, Sidy Ndiaye, Andre Bita Fouda, Johnson Muluh Ticha, Adidja Amani, Regis Obiang, Magaran Monzon Bagayoko, Benido Impouma

“…Four countries (7.4%) had 44.5 skilled health workers per 10,000 people. Out of the 54 WHO Member States, 7 achieved at least three of the four indicators of the fourth ADI commitment (13%). …”
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Optimizing Breeding Strategies for Pekin Ducks Using Genomic Selection: Genetic Parameter Evaluation and Selection Progress Analysis in Reproductive Traits by Jun Zhou, Jiang-Zhou Yu, Mei-Yi Zhu, Fang-Xi Yang, Jin-Ping Hao, Yong He, Xiao-Liang Zhu, Zhuo-Cheng Hou, Feng Zhu

“…Selection progress showed a one-day advancement in age at first egg and an increase of one egg per generation from the 13th to 15th generations. …”
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Coffee and tea consumption and dementia risk: The role of sex and vascular comorbidities by Kuan-Chu Hou, Yen-Ching Chen, Ta-Fu Chen, Yu Sun, Li-Li Wen, Ping-Keung Yip, Yi-Min Chu, Jeng-Min Chiou, Jen-Hau Chen

“…Consumption of ≥3 cups of coffee or tea per day was protective against AD [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 0.42; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.22–0.78)] and VaD (aOR = 0.42; 95% CI = 0.19–0.94). …”
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Optimizing Tongue Fluid Sampling and Testing Protocols for Enhanced PRRSV Isolation from Perinatal Swine Mortalities by Onyekachukwu Henry Osemeke, Isadora Machado, Elisa De Conti, Mariah Musskopf, Mafalda Pedro Mil-Homens, Samuel Stutzman, Baoqing Guo, Thomas Petznick, Gustavo De-Sousa-E Silva, Phillip Gauger, Jianqiang Zhang, Daniel C. L. Linhares

“…Tongues were collected in 20 batches (~30 mortalities per batch). Within each batch, each tongue tissue was cut into four quarters, with each quarter randomly assigned to one of the four collection protocols and RT-qPCR tested. …”
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Application of new external cooling cycles in technological scheme of helium extraction and natural gas liquefaction by M. Mehrpooya, A. V. Zaitsev, A. O. Lisovtsov

“…It shows that the cost of the product obtained in the normal MFC cycle and in the MFC cycle using an absorption refrigeration machine is $0,1939 and $0,2069 per kg of LNG, respectively. Finally, on the basis of such economic factors as the cost of electricity and the cost of the product, the efficiency of the new cycle was analyzed…”
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Influence of location on quality parameters of pepper seeds by Živković Ivana, Poštić Dobrivoj, Pavlović Nenad, Tabaković Marijenka, Đorđević Mladen, Cvikić Dejan, Perić Vesna

“…Future research will be related to soil analysis and total yield per plot at the locations of Smederevska Palanka and Kula.…”
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Comparison of airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) versus biphasic positive airway pressure (BIPAP) ventilation in COVID-19 associated ARDS using transpulmonary pressure moni... by Sandra Emily Stoll, Tobias Leupold, Hendrik Drinhaus, Fabian Dusse, Bernd W. Böttiger, Alexander Mathes

“…In APRV, mean tidal- volume per body- weight (7.05 ± 1.28 vs. 5.03 ± 0.77 ml; p < .01) and mean airway- pressure (27.08 ± 1.67 vs. 22.68 ± 2.62mbar; p < .01) were higher. …”
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High-time-cadence Spectroscopy and Photometry of Stellar Flares on M dwarf YZ Canis Minoris with the Seimei Telescope and TESS. I. Discovery of Rapid and Short-duration Prominence... by Yuto Kajikiya, Kosuke Namekata, Yuta Notsu, Hiroyuki Maehara, Bunei Sato, Daisaku Nogami

“…Based on this interpretation, the lower limit of occurrence frequency of prominence eruptions can be estimated to be ∼1.1 events per day. Our discovery of short-duration events suggests that previous studies with low time cadence may have missed these events, potentially leading to an underestimation of the occurrence frequency of prominence eruptions/CMEs.…”
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Characterization of Hazelnut Trees in Open Field Through High-Resolution UAV-Based Imagery and Vegetation Indices by Maurizio Morisio, Emanuela Noris, Chiara Pagliarani, Stefano Pavone, Amedeo Moine, José Doumet, Luca Ardito

“…A dataset of 4112 images, each having 2Mpixel resolution per tree and covering RGB, Red Edge, and near-infrared frequencies, was obtained from 185 hazelnut trees located in two different orchards of the Piedmont region (northern Italy). …”
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Effect of zinc level and the thermal environment on the zootechnical performance and tibia-breaking strength of Japanese quails by Luiz Arthur dos Anjos Lima, Thiago de Assis Moraes, Larissa Kellen da Cunha Morais, Mikael Leal Cabral Menezes de Amorim, Tarsys Noan Silva Veríssimo, José Danrley Cavalcante dos Santos, Maria Isabelly Leite Maia, Severino Guilherme Caetano Gonçalves dos Santos, Fernando Guilherme Perazzo da Costa, Ricardo Romão Guerra, Lucas Rannier Ribeiro Antonino Carvalho, Edilson Paes Saraiva

“…A 5 × 2 factorial design was used, consisting of five Zn levels (30, 60, 90, 120, and 150 mg/kg) and two thermal environments (thermal comfort and heat stress), with five replicates of 10 birds per treatment. The results indicate an antagonistic relationship between high levels of Zn in the diet (150 mg/kg) and quail performance, where the addition of the highest Zn level impaired performance. …”
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Teachers’ responses to racism and racist bullying in Dutch primary schools by Karen M. A. Sieben-Aduful, Roy A. Willems, Trijntje Völlink, Nico van der Wiel, Maria Sapouna, Pieter de Bruijn, Gemma Blok, Gemma Blok, Arjan E. R. Bos, Arjan E. R. Bos, Giel van Lankveld

“…While teachers expressed that they talked about racism in the classroom, it seemed that they primarily talked about cultural diversity and not racism per se.ConclusionDealing with racism and racist bullying is an important but complicated task for teachers. …”
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The First Comprehensive Examination of Male Morphometrics and the Operational Sex Ratio of the Black Sea Turtle (<i>Chelonia mydas agassizii</i>) Population in Colola, Michoacan, M... by Carlos Delgado-Trejo, Miguel Ángel Reyes-López, David Guillermo Pérez-Ishiwara, Ricardo Lemus-Fernández, Fátima Yedith Camacho-Sánchez, Cutzi Bedolla-Ochoa

“…Among the mating groups, 34.3% consisted of only one male, while 65.7% included two or more males, with the number of males per female ranging from 2 to 17. The analysis revealed that there are interannual and monthly variations in OSR values, with observations showing a range from 2.3:1 (male to female) in 2023 to 4.3:1 (male to female) in 2009. …”
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Stem Cell Therapy for the Treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Comparison of the Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Neural Stem Cells, and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells by Lauren Frawley, Noam Tomer Taylor, Olivia Sivills, Ella McPhillamy, Timothy Duy To, Yibo Wu, Beek Yoke Chin, Chiew Yen Wong

“…With an incidence rate of about 4.42 cases per 100,000 people annually, ALS severely impacts motor function and quality of life, causing progressive muscle atrophy, spasticity, paralysis, and eventually death. …”
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Tramadol use and incident dementia in older adults with musculoskeletal pain: a population-based retrospective cohort study by Si Nae Oh, Hye Jun Kim, Jae Yong Shim, Kyuwoong Kim, Seogsong Jeong, Sun Jae Park, Sang Hyun Lee, Joong Won Ha, Sang Min Park

“…Over a maximum of 14-year follow-up, the incidence rates (events per 1000 person-years) of all-cause dementia were 6.1 for nonusers, 6.2 for those with cumulative tramadol use of 1–14 days, 7.7 for those with 15–90 days of use, and 8.0 for those with > 90 days of use. …”
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E-MAC: Enhanced In-SRAM MAC Accuracy via Digital-to-Time Modulation by Saeed Seyedfaraji, Salar Shakibhamedan, Amire Seyedfaraji, Baset Mesgari, Nima Taherinejad, Axel Jantsch, Semeen Rehman

“…Compared with state-of-the-art analog-based in-SRAM techniques, our E-MAC approach demonstrates significant energy savings (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$1.89\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula>) and improved accuracy (73.25%) per MAC computation from a 1-V power supply, while achieving a <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$11.84\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula> energy efficiency improvement over baseline digital approaches. …”
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Bisphenol Analogs Downregulate the Self-Renewal Potential of Spermatogonial Stem Cells by Seo-Hee Kim, Seung Hee Shin, Seok-Man Kim, Sang-Eun Jung, Beom-Jin Shin, Jin Seop Ahn, Kyoung Taek Lim, Dong-Hwan Kim, Kichoon Lee, Buom-Yong Ryu

“…Importantly, SSCs exposed to BPA, BPF, and BPS exhibited a significant reduction in donor SSC-derived germ cell colonies per total number of cultured cells, indicating that, like BPA, BPF, and BPS can induce a comparable reduction in functional SSCs in the recipient animals. …”

Public support for smoke-free private indoor and public outdoor areas in the Netherlands: A trend analysis from 2018– 2022 by Nienke W. Boderie, Sabri Ennissay, Wilhelmina IJzelenberg, Frank J. van Lenthe, Jessica Baars, Jasper V. Been

“…Regression analyses indicated significant increases in support over time within each category of smoke-free places (adjusted odds ratio, AOR between 1.09 and 1.17 per year), except smokefree private cars with children (AOR=0.97; 95% CI: 0.89–1.05). …”
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Acceptance commitment therapy (ACT) for psychological distress associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): protocol for a feasibility trial of the ACTforIBD programme by Richard Gearry, Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Andrew McCombie, Peter Gibson, Simon Knowles, Lisa Olive, Antonina Mikocka-Walus, Subhadra Evans, Leanne Raven, Daniel Romano, Eric O, Madeleine Dober, Leesa van Niekerk, Susan Chesterman

“…The ACTforIBD programme is administered online with a 4-hour therapist involvement per participant only; if successful it can be widely implemented to improve the well-being of many individuals with IBD.Methods and analysis Our team have codesigned with consumers the ACTforIBD programme, an 8-week intervention of 1-hour sessions, with the first three sessions and the last session delivered one-to-one by a psychologist, and the other sessions self-directed online. …”
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Air quality-related human health damages of wild capture seafood production in the United States by Madisen L Gittlin, Sumil K Thakrar, Madeline G Faubion, Jason D Hill

“…We find that, on average, wild caught seafood production is a low air quality-related health impact source of protein, with mortality health impacts 58× less than chicken, 321× less than pork, and 484× less than beef per gram of protein. The air quality-related health impacts of seafood vary widely by species and by fishing activity location. …”
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