Association between the expression of specific microRNAs and prostate cancer progression- a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jihad Awadallah Alrehaili

“…For two studies investigating MiRNAs as biomarkers for predicting metastasis, the pooled OR was 0.60 (95% CI: 0.47–0.76) and the RR was 0.72 (95% CI: 0.62–0.84), both demonstrating significant predictive value with low heterogeneity (I² = 0%).ConclusionThe results emphasize the potential of miRNAs as biomarkers for predicting PrCa metastasis and demonstrate that miRNAs have a discernible effect on PrCa proliferation. …”
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The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue Measure: Cross-Cultural Validation of an Arabic Version for Older Jordanians by Mohammad H. Abuadas, Zainab Albikawi, Osama Khoury

“…Using a cluster random selection technique, we randomly selected 250 older adults from a larger pool. We evaluated the scale’s validity, internal consistency, and acceptability. …”
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Advancing semantic segmentation: Enhanced UNet algorithm with attention mechanism and deformable convolution. by Effat Sahragard, Hassan Farsi, Sajad Mohamadzadeh

“…Additionally, we incorporate an attention mechanism, specifically ECA-ASPP (Attention Spatial Pyramid Pooling), in the encoding path of UNet to capture multi-scale contextual information effectively. …”
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Informal Savings Groups and Economic Empowerment of Women in Northern Division Kabale Municipality. by Atuheire, Tracy

“…On the contributions of informal savings groups to women’s economic empowerment, the most cited benefit was access to financial savings tools, which provide a pool of capital for emergencies. Conversely, the least mentioned benefit was access to safe-keeping facilities like a secure box. …”
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Genetic Variation of Flavonols Quercetin, Myricetin, and Kaempferol in the Sri Lankan Tea (Camellia sinensis L.) and Their Health-Promoting Aspects by Brasathe Jeganathan, P. A. Nimal Punyasiri, J. Dananjaya Kottawa-Arachchi, Mahasen A. B. Ranatunga, I. Sarath B. Abeysinghe, M. T. Kumudini Gunasekare, B. M. Ratnayake Bandara

“…However, data on flavonols in tea were scanty and, hence, this study aims to envisage the flavonol content in a representative pool of accessions present in the Sri Lankan tea germplasm. …”
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BREEDING AND GENETIC ESTIMATION OF SPRING BREAD WHEAT POPULATIONS OF THE SIBERIAN SHUTTLE BREEDING NURSERY OF CIMMYT by V. P. Shamanin, A. I. Morgunov, J. Manes, Y. I. Zelensky, A. S. Chursin, M. A. Levshunov, I. V. Pototskaya, I. E. Likhenko, T. A. Manko, I. I. Karakoz, A. V. Tabachenko, S. L. Petukhovsky

“…Shuttle breeding contributes much to the breeding to common wheat varieties resistant to adverse environmental factors by involving new sources of valuable biological and economical features from the world’s gene pool. Annually, 360 to 1000 lines and hybrid populations of spring bread wheat are studied in the Siberian shuttle breeding nursery (SSBN), established according to the shuttle breeding program participated by scientific institutions of West Siberia, Kazakhstan and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre CIMMYT. …”
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Tumor cell-based liquid biopsy using high-throughput microfluidic enrichment of entire leukapheresis product by Avanish Mishra, Shih-Bo Huang, Taronish Dubash, Risa Burr, Jon F. Edd, Ben S. Wittner, Quinn E. Cunneely, Victor R. Putaturo, Akansha Deshpande, Ezgi Antmen, Kaustav A. Gopinathan, Keisuke Otani, Yoshiyuki Miyazawa, Ji Eun Kwak, Sara Y. Guay, Justin Kelly, John Walsh, Linda T. Nieman, Isabella Galler, PuiYee Chan, Michael S. Lawrence, Ryan J. Sullivan, Aditya Bardia, Douglas S. Micalizzi, Lecia V. Sequist, Richard J. Lee, Joseph W. Franses, David T. Ting, Patricia A. R. Brunker, Shyamala Maheswaran, David T. Miyamoto, Daniel A. Haber, Mehmet Toner

“…In prostate cancers, a subpopulation of small aneuploid cells lacking epithelial markers is enriched for neuroendocrine signatures. Pooling of CNV-confirmed CTCs enables whole exome sequencing with high mutant allele fractions. …”
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When Women with Cystic Fibrosis Become Mothers: Psychosocial Impact and Adjustments by Sophie L. Cammidge, Alistair J. A. Duff, Gary J. Latchford, Christine Etherington

“…Analysis revealed three core categories: (i) “Living with CF”: how becoming a mother impacted on health and treatment adherence, requiring a change in support from the CF team, (ii) “Becoming a Mother”: balancing issues common to new mothers with their CF, and (iii) “Pooling Personal Resources”: coping strategies in managing the dual demands of child and CF care. …”
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Responses of dry edible bean crop growth and water productivities under different irrigation scenarios in the U.S. high plains by Angie Gradiz, Xin Qiao, Saleh Taghvaeian, Wei-zhen Liang, Daran Rudnick, Abia Katimbo, Jun Wang, Swathi Palle

“…Results also revealed that reducing irrigation by 25 % did not significantly decrease yields across all three growing seasons. The pooled normalized biomass water productivity (WPb) was 16.5 g m−2 with an R2 of 0.68. …”
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Small Object Detection with Multiscale Features by Guo X. Hu, Zhong Yang, Lei Hu, Li Huang, Jia M. Han

“…The existing object detection algorithm based on the deep convolution neural network needs to carry out multilevel convolution and pooling operations to the entire image in order to extract a deep semantic features of the image. …”
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A novel decomposer-exploiter interaction framework of plant residue microbial decomposition by Youzhi Miao, Wei Wang, Huanhuan Xu, Yanwei Xia, Qingxin Gong, Zhihui Xu, Nan Zhang, Weibing Xun, Qirong Shen, Ruifu Zhang

“…Abstract Background Plant residue microbial decomposition, subject to significant environmental regulation, represents a crucial ecological process shaping and cycling the largest terrestrial soil organic carbon pool. However, the fundamental understanding of the functional dynamics and interactions between the principal participants, fungi and bacteria, in natural habitats remains limited. …”
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Development of a problem-oriented index system for evaluating the integration of medical treatment and prevention at county level: a Delphi study based on the rainbow model by Cancan LI, Chengyue LI, Zijing WANG, Zhongliang BAI, Ren CHEN, Qunhong SHEN, Lingzhong XU, Chuan PU, Anning MA, Junwen GAO, Hua WANG, Mo HAO, Zhi HU

“…MethodsUsing the rainbow model as a theoretical foundation, a theoretical framework and a pool of candidate indicators for evaluating county-level medical-preventive integration were established through policy analysis and literature review. …”
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The Determinants of Stock Market Performance Among Registered Companies in Tanzania: A Case of Dar Es Salaam Stock Exchange by Victor Mvanda, Pastory Dickson, Albinus Majula

“…Findings indicated that sales growth had a statistically significant negative impact on the firm’s performance by 0.01 according to the pooled GLM in Tanzania. The fixed and random effect model revealed a non-statistically significant effect despite the unbalanced panel effects; as a result, sales growth had a 0.516 negative influence on firm performance. …”
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OsteoNet—A Framework for Identifying Osteoporosis in Bone Radiograph Images Using Attention-Based VGG Network by Abdul Wahab Muzaffar, Farhan Riaz, Muhammad Tahir

“…Spatial attention is achieved through average pooling followed by exponential weighting to focus on relevant spatial regions within the images. …”
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MONITORING OF Aegilops L. LOCAL SPECIES GENETIC DIVERSITY OF KAZAKHSTAN’S FLORA by R. Urazaliev, M. Yessimbekova, K. Mukin, A. Chirkin, G. Ismagulova

“…Cereal Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) are a very  important gene pool for cereal/wheat improvement. New genes for resistance to diseases and pests are urgently needed to avoid using pesticides and to raise adaptivity to the environmental stresses caused by global climate change. …”
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Plasma membrane and nuclear phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate signalling in cancer by Agnieszka Chytła, Stephanie Rattay, Baki Akgül, Martin Sztacho

“…We also explore the role of PI(4,5)P2 and its metabolism in cancer cell invasiveness and metastasis, proposing a model in which the dysregulation of cytosolic and/or nuclear PI(4,5)P2 pool triggers malignant transformation. Understanding the PI(4,5)P2-related mechanisms underlying metastasis may provide insights into potential therapeutic targets, paving the way for more effective therapies and improved patient outcomes.…”
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Current Treatment Approaches to HCC with a Special Consideration to Transplantation by N. Bhardwaj, M. T. P. R. Perera, M. A. Silva

“…There has also been an increase in the donor pool with marginal donors including organs retrieved following cardiac death being used. …”
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Karyotype Patterns of Hypsolebias antenori (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae): An Endangered Killifish of the Semiarid Region of Brazil by Wallace Silva do Nascimento, Juliana Galvão Bezerra, Paulo Augusto Lima-Filho, Maria Emília Yamamoto, Sathyabama Chellappa, Wagner Franco Molina

“…The species Hypsolebias antenori (Rivulidae), encountered in seasonal pools located in the semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil, has been the object of surveys with a view to study its ecological and behavioral aspects. …”
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GENETIC POLYMORPHISM OF LOCI DETERMINING BREAD MAKING QUALITY IN UKRAINIAN WHEAT VARIETIES by S. V. Chebotar, E. M. Blagodarova, E. A. Kurakina, I. V. Semenyuk, A. M. Polishchuk, N. A. Kozub, I. A. Sozinov, A. N. Khokhlov, A. I. Ribalka, Yu. M. Sivolap

“…PCR analysis has not revealed the presence of null alleles of Wx genes in the studied Ukrainian genetic pool but allowed selection of breeding material for further development of low-amylose varieties.…”
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Influenza and Bacterial Pathogen Coinfections in the 20th Century by Xuan-Yi Wang, Paul E. Kilgore, Kyung Ah Lim, Song-Mei Wang, Jeongseok Lee, Wei Deng, Mei-Qi Mo, Batmunkh Nyambat, Jing-Chen Ma, Michael O. Favorov, John D. Clemens

“…Study outcomes related to coinfection were subjected to a pooled analysis. Coinfection with influenza and bacterial pathogens occurred more frequently in pandemic compared with seasonal influenza periods. …”
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