The Association between KIF6 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism rs20455 and Serum Lipids in Filipino-American Women by Irma B. Ancheta, Cynthia A. Battie, Dan Richard, Christine V. Ancheta, Nancy Borja-Hart, Annabelle S. Volgman, Yvette Conley

“…The genotype distribution was 23% Trp/Trp, 51% Arg/Trp, and 26% Arg/Arg. Genotype did not predict the presence of CHD risk factors. Moreover, LDL-C, HDL-C, and triglycerides mean values did not vary as a function of genotype. …”
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Saprotrophic Wood Decay Ability and Plant Cell Wall Degrading Enzyme System of the White Rot Fungus <i>Crucibulum laeve</i>: Secretome, Metabolome and Genome Investigations by Alexander V. Shabaev, Olga S. Savinova, Konstantin V. Moiseenko, Olga A. Glazunova, Tatyana V. Fedorova

“…Multiple copies of the family AA1_1, AA3_2, AA7 and LPMOs CAZyme genes, as well as eight genes encoding proteins of the YvrE superfamily (COG3386), which includes sugar lactone lactonases, were predicted in the <i>C. laeve</i> genome. According to metabolic pathway analysis, the litter saprotroph <i>C. laeve</i> can catabolize D-gluconic and D-galacturonic acids, and possibly other aldonic acids, which seems to confer certain ecological advantages.…”
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Accurate diagnosis of ischemic heart disease without exposure to radiation using non-stress unshielded magnetocardiography by Kirsten Tolstrup, Massoud Akhtari, Donatella Brisinda, Anna M. Meloni, Robert J. Siegel, Riccardo Fenici

“…An abnormal rest MCG was strongly associated with ischemic chest pain, p < 0.0001 (sensitivity of 86 %, specificity of 80 %, positive (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of 75 % and 89 %, respectively). …”
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IoT-Based Multisensors Fusion for Activity Recognition via Key Features and Hybrid Transfer Learning by Ahmad Jalal, Danyal Khan, Touseef Sadiq, Moneerah Alotaibi, Sultan Refa Alotaibi, Hanan Aljuaid, Hameedur Rahman

“…Key features are extracted using techniques such as ORB (Oriented FAST and Rotated BRIEF), MSER (Maximally Stable Extremal Regions), DFT (Discrete Fourier Transform), and KAZE for image data, and LPCC (Linear Predictive Cepstral Coefficients), PSD (Power Spectral Density), AR Coefficient, and entropy for sensor data. …”
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Optimizing NZEB performance: A review of design strategies and case studies by Mohanad M. Ibrahim, María Jose Suarez-Lopez, Ahmed A. Hanafy, Micheal A. William

“…The paper examines the revolutionary impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on enhancing NZEB performance, highlighting applications such as predictive energy analytics, intelligent HVAC systems, and real-time energy management. …”
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Pleiotropic effects of rabeprazole at acid-related diseases by A. V. Zaborovsky, I. V. Mayev, D. N. Andreyev, L. A. Tararina

“…Interleukin genetic polymorphism investigation may be useful at assessment of cytokine status in AP patients to predict the outcomes and to develop the personalized approach to treatment and prophylaxis.…”
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Hyperleptinemia, Adiposity, and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Older Adults by Suruchi Mishra, Tamara B. Harris, Trisha Hue, Iva Miljkovic, Suzanne Satterfield, Nathalie de Rekeneire, Mira Mehta, Nadine R. Sahyoun

“…Multivariate logistic regression was used to determine the association between leptin and metabolic syndrome (defined per NCEP ATP III) incidence after 6 years of follow-up among 1,120 men and women. Results. Leptin predicted metabolic syndrome in men (P for trend = 0.0002) and women (P for trend = 0.0001). …”
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DNA barcoding: how many earthworm species are there in the south of West Siberia? by S. V. Shekhovtsov, N. E. Bazarova, D. I. Berman, N. A. Bulakhova, E. V. Golovanova, S. V. Konyaev, T. M. Krugova, I. I. Lyubechanskii, S. E. Peltek

“…This method employs short fragments of the genome to identify species, and allows one to work with specimens that cannot be identified by conventional techniques, as well as to search for new species and predict their phylogenetic affinities. As the target sequence we took a fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase 1 (cox1) gene. …”
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Estimation of the potential geographical distribution of invasive peach fruit fly under climate change by integrated ecological niche models by Farman Ullah, Yuan Zhang, Hina Gul, Muhammad Hafeez, Nicolas Desneux, Yujia Qin, Zhihong Li

“…Taken together, these predictive results support the quarantine of B. zonata for high-risk countries and provide in-depth information on how climatic changes may affect its possible geographic range.…”
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Associations of Salivary BPIFA1 Protein in Chronic Periodontitis Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Yue Guo, Lin-Na Guo, Jun-Fei Zhu, Chen-Yi Tang, Yun-Zhi Feng, Hou-De Zhou

“…BPIFA1 protein is rich in saliva and might be used as a potential predictive biomarker of T2DM, especially in patients with severe periodontitis and nonperiodontitis. …”
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Calculation of GIC in the North Island of New Zealand Using MT Data and Thin‐Sheet Modeling by K. Mukhtar, M. Ingham, C. J. Rodger, D. H. Mac Manus, T. Divett, W. Heise, E. Bertrand, M. Dalzell, T. Petersen

“…MT data in the period range 2–30 min are used to predict GIC associated with the sudden storm commencement and rapid variations in the magnetic field. …”
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A process-based evaluation of biases in extratropical stratosphere–troposphere coupling in subseasonal forecast systems by C. I. Garfinkel, Z. D. Lawrence, Z. D. Lawrence, A. H. Butler, E. Dunn-Sigouin, E. Dunn-Sigouin, I. Statnaia, A. Y. Karpechko, G. Koren, M. Abalos, B. Ayarzagüena, D. Barriopedro, N. Calvo, A. de la Cámara, A. Charlton-Perez, J. Cohen, D. I. V. Domeisen, D. I. V. Domeisen, J. García-Serrano, N. P. Hindley, M. Jucker, H. Kim, R. W. Lee, S. H. Lee, M. Osman, M. Osman, F. M. Palmeiro, I. Polichtchouk, J. Rao, J. H. Richter, C. Schwartz, S.-W. Son, M. Taguchi, N. L. Tyrrell, C. J. Wright, R. W.-Y. Wu

“…<p>Two-way coupling between the stratosphere and troposphere is recognized as an important source of subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) predictability and can open windows of opportunity for improved forecasts. …”
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A new future for dog breeding by Helle Friis Proschowsky, Maja Louise Arendt, Brenda N Bonnett, Camilla S Bruun, Irena Czycholl, Merete Fredholm, Dan O’Neill, James A Serpell, Peter Sandøe

“…We argue that newly invented designer breeds and mixed breeds also have worrying health and behavioural problems, and that the predictability of purebred dogs with respect to body size, basic behaviours, known need for grooming, disorder profiles and other attributes may well offer some benefits for a satisfying human-dog relationship seen from both sides. …”
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Cellular heterogeneity and communication networks in gastric cancer: Single-cell analysis reveals β-hydroxybutyrylation-associated genes and immune infiltration characteristics by You Hu, Jun Xu, Jian Lv, Yan Qin, Yongda Lu, Fan Cen, Hongbao Yang, Kai Chen, Suhua Xia

“…We further constructed a robust risk scoring model incorporating these genes, achieving AUC values of 0.72, 0.69, and 0.66 for predicting 1-, 3-, and 5-year survival in the TCGA dataset. …”
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Enhancing Thermal Comfort in Historic Buildings by Wind-Driven Ventilation Systems—A Case Study of the Praterateliers in Vienna by Aida Shayegani, Viera Joklova, Katarina Kristianova, Juraj Illes

“…The quantitative results demonstrate that cross-ventilation, combined with windcatchers and subterranean air exchange systems, improved thermal comfort metrics—such as predicted mean vote indices—by up to 30%, particularly in windward and leeward zones. …”
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Masked Modeling-Based Ultrasound Image Classification via Self-Supervised Learning by Kele Xu, Kang You, Boqing Zhu, Ming Feng, Dawei Feng, Cheng Yang

“…By employing these strategies, our pre-training approach aims to predict the masked portion of the ultrasound images. …”
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Field Development Optimization for Low-Productivity Gas Wells under Intermittent Production by Wei Tian, Yi Liu, Xuri Li, Youliang Jia, Yixuan Wang, Li Li, Zhengyan Zhao, Weihong Ding, Wenxin Zhou, Wenyue Sun

“…The test results show that the trained model accurately predicted all selected key cycle parameters, with R2 values ranging from 0.91 to 0.99. …”
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Molecular Detection of EMT Markers in Circulating Tumor Cells from Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients: Potential Role in Clinical Practice by Annalisa Milano, Francesca Mazzetta, Sabatino Valente, Danilo Ranieri, Laura Leone, Andrea Botticelli, Concetta Elisa Onesti, Salvatore Lauro, Salvatore Raffa, Maria Rosaria Torrisi, Paolo Marchetti

“…The RT-PCR-based approach for the evaluation of CTCsEMT phenotype could be a promising and inexpensive tool to predict the prognosis and the therapeutic response in NSCLC patients.…”
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The global research of magnetic resonance imaging in Alzheimer’s disease: a bibliometric analysis from 2004 to 2023 by Xiaoyu Sun, Xiaoyu Sun, Jianghua Zhu, Jianghua Zhu, Ruowei Li, Ruowei Li, Yun Peng, Yun Peng, Lianggeng Gong, Lianggeng Gong

“…The present study aims to summarize MRI in AD researches via bibliometric analysis and predict future research hotspots.MethodsWe searched for records related to MRI studies in AD patients from 2004 to 2023 in the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database. …”
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PSO-GWO Optimized Fractional Order PID Based Hybrid Shunt Active Power Filter for Power Quality Improvements by Alok Kumar Mishra, Soumya Ranjan Das, Prakash K. Ray, Ranjan Kumar Mallick, Asit Mohanty, Dillip K. Mishra

“…The compensation process for shunt active filter is different from predictable methods such as (<italic>p-q</italic>) or (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${i}_{d}-{i}_{q}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) theory, in which only the source current is to be sensed. …”
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