Clonal Heterogeneity in the Neuronal and Glial Differentiation of Dental Pulp Stem/Progenitor Cells by Fraser I. Young, Vsevolod Telezhkin, Sarah J. Youde, Martin S. Langley, Maria Stack, Paul J. Kemp, Rachel J. Waddington, Alastair J. Sloan, Bing Song

“…Here, we report, for the first time, on the ability of single cell-derived clonal cultures of murine DPSCs to differentiate in vitro into immature neuronal-like and oligodendrocyte-like cells. …”
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Digital Health Interventions to Promote Physical Activity in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Semiquantitative Analysis by M. Di Pumpo, M. Di Pumpo, A. Miatton, M. T. Riccardi, M. T. Riccardi, E. A. Graps, V. Baldo, A. Buja, G. Damiani, G. Damiani

“…Primary outcomes were daily steps, moderate-to-vigorous PA and sedentary time. Quality was assessed via Cochrane risk-of-bias tools. …”
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Modeling and Analysis of Rice Root Water Uptake under the Dual Stresses of Drought and Waterlogging by Jie Huang, Wei Dong, Luguang Liu, Tiesong Hu, Shaobin Pan, Xiaowei Yang, Jianan Qin

“…Then, we incorporated a water stress lag effect coefficient, <inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>φ</mi><mfenced separators="|"><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>W</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>s</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></mfenced></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, that investigated the combined effect of historical drought and waterlogging stress events based on the assumption that the normalized influence weight of each past stress event decreases with an increase in the time interval before simulation as an exponential function of the decay rate. …”
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Epidemiology and clinical features of childhood malignant solid tumors in a single center in southwest China over 24 years by Ting Li, Xiangpan Kong, Dawei He

“…Methods Children less than 15 years old and under-diagnosed with malignant solid tumors for the first time at Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University (Children's Medical Center of Southwest China) from 2000 to 2023 were selected. …”
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Clinical study of colorViz fusion image vascular grading based on multi-phase CTA reconstruction in acute ischemic stroke by Qi Wang, Qiang Wang, Yunfa Xu, Xue Li, Dingbin Zhou, Xiaotong Sun, Bo Feng

“…The vascular information from these mCTA phases was combined into a time-varying color-coded image using GE Healthcare’s FastStroke software. …”
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Characterization of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Isolated from the Testis by Letizia De Chiara, Elvira Smeralda Famulari, Sharmila Fagoonee, Saskia K. M. van Daalen, Stefano Buttiglieri, Alberto Revelli, Emanuela Tolosano, Lorenzo Silengo, Ans M. M. van Pelt, Fiorella Altruda

“…We further demonstrate, for the first time, that tMSCs are able to secrete microvesicles that could possibly be applied to the treatment of various chronic diseases, such as those affecting the kidney.…”
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Association among Blink Rate, Changes in Ocular Surface Temperature, Tear Film Stability, and Functional Visual Acuity in Patients after Cataract Surgery by Takashi Itokawa, Yukinobu Okajima, Takashi Suzuki, Tatsuhiko Kobayashi, Yuto Tei, Koji Kakisu, Yuichi Hori

“…We recruited 98 eyes of 69 patients (mean age, 73.7 ± 5.2 years) 1 month after phacoemulsification with implantation of acrylic intraocular lenses and assessed slit-lamp microscopy, corrected distance VA, FVA, noninvasive tear breakup time (NIBUT), and OST. We defined the changes in the OST from 0 to 10 seconds after eye opening as the ΔOST. …”
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A longitudinal study of the association between the outcome of bariatric surgery and mental health indicators in Chinese patients: an examination of the interaction effect by Hung-Yen Lin, Te-Chang Changchien, Tsung-Jen Hsieh, Cheng-Sheng Chen, Yung-Chieh Yen

“…Despite the improvements in physical and mental health post-surgery, the findings indicate that the impact of depression on effectiveness of bariatric surgery is modulated by the time elapsed since the surgery, emphasizing the importance of ongoing mental health care for these patients. …”
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Physical activity and the outcome of cognitive trajectory: a machine learning approach by Bettina Barisch-Fritz, Jay Shah, Jelena Krafft, Yonas E. Geda, Teresa Wu, Alexander Woll, Janina Krell-Roesch

“…The proportion of PwD experiencing cognitive decline, in the different domains measured, ranged from 27–48% in CG, and from 23–49% in IG, with no statistically significant differences and no time*group effects. ML models showed accuracy and AUC values ranging from 40.6–75.6. …”
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A plant endophytic bacterium Burkholderia seminalis strain 869T2 increases plant growth under salt stress by affecting several phytohormone response pathways by Hau-Hsuan Hwang, Yu-Ting Huang, Pei-Ru Chien, Fan-Chen Huang, Chih-Lin Wu, Liang-Yu Chen, Shih-Hsun Walter Hung, I-Chun Pan, Chieh-Chen Huang

“…Both transcriptome analysis and quantitative real-time PCR results showed that expression levels of genes related to phytohormone signal transduction pathways, including auxin, gibberellin, cytokinin, and abscisic acid were altered in Arabidopsis plants after inoculated with the strain 869T2 under salt stress, in comparison to the mock-inoculated control with salt treatments. …”
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Effect and Mechanism of Soluble Dietary Fiber from Corn Bran on Loperamide-induced Constipation in Mice by Xiangrui ZENG, Caixia JIANG, Xiaolan LIU, Xiqun ZHENG, Xuyao WEI

“…Compared with the model group, CSDF intervention significantly shortened the time to the first black stool in constipated mice. …”
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State updating of the Xin'anjiang model: joint assimilating streamflow and multi-source soil moisture data via the asynchronous ensemble Kalman filter with enhanced error models by J. Gong, J. Gong, X. Liu, C. Yao, C. Yao, Z. Li, A. H. Weerts, A. H. Weerts, Q. Li, S. Bastola, Y. Huang, J. Xu

“…Moreover, the AEnKF with the enhanced error model consistently yields greater forecasting accuracy across various lead times compared to the standard EnKF.</p>…”
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USSD: Unsupervised Sleep Spindle Detector by Edgardo Ramirez, Pablo A. Estevez, Martin D. Adams, Claudio A. Perez, Marcelo Garrido Gonzalez, Patricio Peirano

“…Labeling SSs in large datasets is time-consuming and depends on the expert criteria. …”
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Copper Resistance in <i>Pseudomonas syringae</i> pv. <i>actinidiae</i> Strains from the Prefecture of Pella, Northern Greece, and a Comparison of the Effectiveness of Several Comme... by Thomas Thomidis, Marianthi G. Pagoulatou, Eleftherios Alexandridis, Evaggelia Mpalantinaki, Dimitrios E. Goumas

“…Copper-based treatments, widely used for their broad-spectrum bactericidal properties, have become less effective over time due to the emergence of copper-resistant strains. …”
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Assessing Soil Erosion by Agricultural and Forestry Production and Proposing Solutions to Mitigate: A Case Study in Son La Province, Vietnam by X. H. Nguyen, A. H. Pham

“…Consequently, the soil erosion has occurred hugely and the time for productive cultivation has been shortened. …”
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Assessment of Patient’s Satisfaction and Associated Factors regarding Postoperative Pain Management at the University of Gondar Compressive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia... by Yosef Belay Bizuneh, Girmay Fitiwi Lema, Demeke Yilkal Fentie, Yophtahe Woldegerima Berhe, Henos Enyew Ashagrie

“…Hence, it is vital to implement time-interval pain assessment method during the first 24 hours of postoperative period and treat accordingly based on the WHO pain ladder. …”
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Aerobiology matters: Why people in the community access pollen information and how they use it by Danielle E. Medek, Constance H. Katelaris, Andelija Milic, Paul J. Beggs, Edwin R. Lampugnani, Don Vicendese, Bircan Erbas, Janet M. Davies

“…Results Surveys were completed 4044 times by 3604 individuals who predominantly self‐reported severe and frequent allergic rhinitis symptoms. …”
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The Effect of Exercise on Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics of a Single Dose of Unfractionated Heparin—A Randomized, Controlled, Crossover Study by Liva K. Stuhr, Joshua B. Feinberg, Thea Christoffersen, Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Mikkel B. Christensen, David P. Sonne, Troels Riis, Peter S. Plomgaard, Jens P. Goetze, Emil L. Larsen, Kristian Karstoft

“…Blood was sampled during and after the interventions and analyzed for activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) and plasma heparin via an anti‐factor Xa assay. …”
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Development and validation of a risk prediction model for PICC-related venous thrombosis in patients with cancer: a prospective cohort study by Zeyin Hu, Mengna Luo, Ruoying He, Zhenming Wu, Yuying Fan, Jia Li

“…Four risk factors were identified as key predictors of PICC-RVT, including “diabetes requiring insulin (OR: 8.016; 95% CI 1.157–55.536), major surgery (within 1 month and operation time > 45 minutes) (OR: 0.023; 95% CI 1.296–30.77), reduced limb activities of the PICC arm (OR: 6.687; 95% CI 2.024–22.09)” and “catheter material (OR: 3.319; 95% CI 0.940–11.723)”. …”
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Descriptive retrospective cross-sectional study of rehabilitation care for poststroke users in Québec during the COVID-19 pandemic by Palak Vakil, Perrine Ferré, Johanne Higgins, Louis-David Beaulieu, Marie-Helene Milot, Marie-Hélène Boudrias

“…COV− users showed rehabilitation care indicators resembling the ones of pre-COV despite spending less time in rehabilitation.Conclusions Patients who had a stroke infected with COVID-19 exhibited greater vulnerability on admission to rehabilitation. …”
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