Genetic and environmental contribution to phenotypic resemblance between Iranian couples: Tehran Cardiometabolic and Genetic Study (TCGS) by Parisa Riahi, Amir Hossein Saeidian, Albert Tenesa, Carolyn T. Hogan, Michael March, Kamran Guity, Mahmoud Amiri Roudbar, Asieh Zahedi, Maryam Zarkesh, Farideh Neshati, Mehdi Hedayati, Fereidoun Azizi, Hakon Hakonarson, Maryam S. Daneshpour, Mahdi Akbarzadeh

“…A subset of 1038 spouses out of 2315 couples were subsequently selected to enter the longitudinal resemblance, to be assessed in terms of their anthropometric traits and lipid serum levels in a 15-year follow-up. We conducted a Bayesian hierarchical meta-analysis for each time point to assess the validity of the increasing trend of the longitudinal association. …”
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Turning the Surface Electronic Effect Over Core‐Shell CoS2─FexCo1‐xS2 Nanooctahedra Toward Electrochemical Water Splitting in the Alkaline Medium by Lian‐Ming Lyu, Yu‐Chung Chang, Han‐Jung Li, Pei‐En Wang, Ruei‐Hung Juang, Ming‐Yen Lu, Cheng‐Shiuan Li, Chun‐Hong Kuo

“…From the predictions by density functional theory (DFT) calculations in reaction thermodynamics, the energy barriers in OER and HER both follow the order of Fe0.9Co0.1S2(111) < Fe0.25Co0.75S2(111) < CoS2(111). …”
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Blockchain-assisted improved interval type-2 fuzzy deep learning-based attack detection on internet of things driven consumer electronics by Rana Alabdan, Bayan Alabduallah, Nuha Alruwais, Munya A. Arasi, Somia A. Asklany, Omar Alghushairy, Fouad Shoie Alallah, Abdulrhman Alshareef

“…In addition, features are selected using an improved crayfish optimization algorithm (ICOA). This is followed by the ICOA-IT2FDL technique, which applies the interval type-2 fuzzy deep belief network (IT2-FDBN) model to identify intrusions. …”
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A Wideband Chemical Survey of Massive Star-forming Regions at Subarcsecond Resolution with the Submillimeter Array by Charles J. Law, Qizhou Zhang, Arielle C. Frommer, Karin I. Öberg, Roberto Galván-Madrid, Eric Keto, Hauyu Baobab Liu, Paul T. P. Ho, Andrés F. Izquierdo, L. Ilsedore Cleeves

“…The chemical richness of our sample is consistent with an evolutionary sequence from the line-rich hot cores and hypercompact H ii regions of G28.20-0.05 and G20.08-0.14 N to the more chemically modest ultracompact H ii regions in G35.58-0.03, followed by the molecule-poor H ii region W33 Main. …”
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Enhancement of Executive Functions but Not Memory by Multidomain Group Cognitive Training in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Multicenter Randomiz... by Elke Kalbe, Ann-Kristin Folkerts, Anja Ophey, Carsten Eggers, Saskia Elben, Karina Dimenshteyn, Patricia Sulzer, Claudia Schulte, Nele Schmidt, Christian Schlenstedt, Daniela Berg, Karsten Witt, Lars Wojtecki, Inga Liepelt-Scarfone

“…Outcomes were assessed before and after training. MANOVAs with follow-up ANOVAs and multiple regression analyses were computed. …”
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Seasonal Variations in Chemical Composition and Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activities of <i>Rosmarinus officinalis</i> L. Essential Oil from Southwestern Romania by Ludovic Everard Bejenaru, Adina-Elena Segneanu, Cornelia Bejenaru, Andrei Biţă, Felicia Tuţulescu, Antonia Radu, Maria Viorica Ciocîlteu, George Dan Mogoşanu

“…Oxygenated monoterpenes reach the highest concentration (56.82–66.94%), followed by monoterpene hydrocarbons (30.06–40.28%), sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (0.90–2.44%), and oxygenated sesquiterpenes (0.02–0.23%). …”
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The neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio as a risk factor for all-cause mortality among individuals with resolved HBV infection: evidence from the NHANES 1999–2018 by Chen Qiu, Chaojie Yu, Lanlan Yang, Siqi Liu, Qian Zhang, Shengnan Jia, Wenrui Wang, Zhenjing Jin, Dongdong Yu

“…An intermediary analysis was conducted to explore the potential influence of DM on the observed relationship.ResultsDuring follow-up period of 103.54 ± 4.90 months, we recorded 207 deaths among the study participants. …”
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Companion animal and equine clinical research: a Nordic perspective by Bodil Ström Holst, Alejandro Engelmann, Gittan Gröndahl, Lotta Gunnarsson, Anita Haug Haaland, Anna Hielm-Björkman, Lars Moe, Marie Rhodin, Henrik Rönnberg, Marie Stråhle, Ylva Toljander, Annemarie Thuri Kristensen, Malin Hagberg Gustavsson

“…Approximately 18% of the PhD theses (178 out of 970) from veterinary faculties or corresponding units concerned these species, most of them dogs (n = 86), followed by horses (n = 64), cats (n = 15) or a combination of these species (n = 13). …”
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Evaluating Fine-Scale Winter Nighttime PM_2.5 Concentrations and Population Exposure Using SDGSAT-1 Glimmer Imagery by Xuting Liu, Linlin Lu, Huadong Guo, Zilu Li, Xi Li, Muhammad Bilal

“…The findings suggest that population exposure to PM_2.5 is highest in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei UA (66.84 <italic>&#x03BC;</italic>g&#x002F;m³), followed by Chengdu-Chongqing (CC) (62.66 <italic>&#x03BC;</italic>g&#x002F;m³), Yangtze River Delta (52.04 <italic>&#x03BC;</italic>g&#x002F;m³), and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (33.74 <italic>&#x03BC;</italic>g&#x002F;m³). …”
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Effects of nano-selenium and/or vitamin E supplementation on growth performance, antioxidant status, histopathology and resistance to Aspergillus flavus in Nile tilapia (Oreochromi... by Walaa K. Bazina, Wesam A. Tawfik, Nadia A. Abd Elghany, Saadea Saadony, Zulhisyam Abdul Kari, Muna Omer Alamoudi, Mohamed Y. M. Aly, Abuelhassan Elshazly Younis, Roshmon Thomas Mathew, Moaheda E. H. Eissa, Mohammad Bodrul Munir, Saadiah Ibrahim, Ismail Yousef, Yusuf O. H. Omar, El-Sayed Hemdan Eissa, Heba E. Abd Elnabi

“…The fish were fed a control diet (T0), which was a basal diet with no supplementation, or one of three experimental diets for 60 days: T1 (1 mg SeNPs/kg), T2 (100 mg VE/kg), and T3 (1 mg SeNPs + 100 mg VE/kg). The experiment followed a completely randomized design (CRD) with three replicates per treatment. …”
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Phase Ib study of pembrolizumab in combination with trastuzumab emtansine for metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer by Sara M Tolaney, Tianyu Li, Edward T Richardson, Judith Agudo, Elizabeth A Mittendorf, Beth Overmoyer, Eric P Winer, Adrienne G Waks, Tanya E Keenan, Nabihah Tayob, Gerburg M Wulf, Victoria Attaya, Leilani Anderson, Ian E Krop, Eliezer M Van Allen

“…A dose de-escalation design was used, with a dose-finding cohort followed by an expansion cohort at the recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D), with mandatory baseline biopsies. …”
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Safe, effective and cost-effective oxygen saturation targets for children and adolescents with respiratory distress: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (OxyKids study) by Jolita Bekhof, Eleni-Rosalina Andrinopoulou, J Bosmans, Gerard Koppelman, Karlijn J van Stralen, Anja Vaessen-Verberne, Sam Louman, Caroline Brackel, Arvid W A Kamps, Ismé de Kleer, Walter Balemans, Mirjam Scheffer, Marianne Brouwer, Marije van den Beukel, Mariëlle W H Pijnenburg, Annemie L M Boehmer

“…Secondary outcomes are length of stay, safety (time to recovery, readmissions and paediatric intensive care admissions), quality of life, parental anxiety and societal costs. Patients are followed up by digital questionnaires up to 90 days postdischarge.Ethics and dissemination This study has received approval from the research ethics committee (REC) of Leiden, Den Haag and Delft (EU CT number 2023-504817-56). …”
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Impact of mother’s own milk expression practices and processing treatments on infant health and growth outcomes: a systematic review protocol by Daniel Klotz, Carolyn Smith, Agnieszka Bzikowska-Jura, Marzia Giribaldi, Tanya Cassidy, Laura Cavallarin, Serena Gandino, Karolina Karcz, Chiara Peila, Bartłomiej Walczak, Aleksandra Wesolowska

“…The present protocol was designed to gather the evidence on the effect that the expression method, the hygiene regimen and setting and any processing used on expressed MOM can have on the clinical outcomes of recipient infants.Methods This systematic review will follow the methodological recommendations of the Cochrane Collaboration, in accordance with WHO recommendations and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. …”
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In vitro modeling of feline gut fermentation: a comprehensive analysis of fecal microbiota and metabolic activity by Qianle Ren, Qianle Ren, Yuling Li, Mingmei Duan, Jinjun Li, Fangshu Shi, Yun Zhou, Wanjing Hu, Junfu Mao, Xiaoqiong Li

“…Fresh fecal samples were fermented in these media for 48 h, followed by 16S rRNA sequencing to assess bacterial community composition and targeted metabolite monitoring during fermentation. …”
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Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of phytochrome gene family in Aikang58 wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by Zhu Yang, Zhu Yang, Wenjie Kan, Wenjie Kan, Ziqi Wang, Caiguo Tang, Yuan Cheng, Yuan Cheng, Dacheng Wang, Dacheng Wang, Yameng Gao, Lifang Wu, Lifang Wu

“…Among these species, wheat is most closely related to barley, followed by rice and maize. The cis-acting element analysis indicates that the promoter regions of TaAkPHY genes contain a large number of CAT-box, CGTCA-motif, GC-motif, etc., which are mainly involved in plant development, hormone response, and stress response. …”
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Single, double, and triple-hit strategies to establish a long-term premature rabbit model of bronchopulmonary dysplasia by Chiara Catozzi, Francesca Stretti, Enrica Scalera, Matteo Storti, Angelo Modena, Giorgio Aquila, Gino Villetti, Erica Ferrini, Andrea Grandi, Franco Fabio Stellari, Francesca Ravanetti, Luisa Ragionieri, Roberta Ciccimarra, Matteo Zoboli, Christina Brandenberger, Henri Schulte, Xabier Murgia, Maurizio Civelli, Francesca Ricci

“…However, the toxicity of the strong hyperoxic hit precludes a longer-term follow-up due to high mortality after the first week of life. …”
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Incidence, long-term predictors and progression of chronic kidney disease among African migrants and non-migrants: the transcontinental population-based prospective RODAM cohort st... by Charles Agyemang, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Erik Beune, Karlijn Meeks, Bert-Jan H van den Born, Liffert Vogt, Felix P Chilunga, Charles F Hayfron-Benjamin, Sampson Twumasi-Ankrah, Muhulo Muhau Mungamba, Eva L van der Linden, Engwa A Godwill, Samuel N Darko, Benedicta N Chungag

“…We investigated incidence, long-term predictors and progression of CKD among Ghanaians residing in Ghana and Ghanaian migrants in the Netherlands (Amsterdam).Methods and findings We analysed data from 2183 participants in the transcontinental population-based prospective Research on Obesity and Diabetes among African Migrants cohort, followed for approximately 7 years. CKD incidence and its progression to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) were defined using Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) criteria. …”
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A bibliometric analysis of the top 100 most cited articles on corticospinal tract regeneration from 2004 to 2024 by Saijilafu, Saijilafu, Ling-Chen Ye, Huanyi Li, Haokun Li, Xinyi Lin, Kehui Hu, Zekai Huang, Chimedragchaa Chimedtseren, Linjun Fang, Saijilahu, Ren-Jie Xu

“…From these, comprehensive data encompassing titles, authorship, key terms, publication venues, release timelines, geographic origins, and institutional affiliations were extracted, followed by an in-depth bibliometric examination.ResultsThe 100 most cited publications were all published between 2004 and 2024. …”
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Inflammation biomarkers and neurobehavioral performance in rural adolescentsKey PointsRelevance by Beemnet Amdemicael, Kun Yang, Briana N.C. Chronister, Caroline Mackey, Xin Tu, Sheila Gahagan, Danilo Martinez, Harvey Checkoway, David R. Jacobs, Jr., Jose Suarez-Torres, Suzi Hong, Jose R. Suarez-Lopez

“…In addition, using a robust analytic method to examine an association between a composite inflammatory variable integrating seven markers led to additional findings, including the domains of language and visuospatial processing. A longitudinal follow-up of such investigations could unveil potential changes in inflammation-neurobehavior performance links through developmental stages and intervention opportunities.…”
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Discovery and Spectroscopic Confirmation of Aquarius III: A Low-mass Milky Way Satellite Galaxy by W. Cerny, A. Chiti, M. Geha, B. Mutlu-Pakdil, A. Drlica-Wagner, C. Y. Tan, M. Adamów, A. B. Pace, J. D. Simon, D. J. Sand, A. P. Ji, T. S. Li, A. K. Vivas, E. F. Bell, J. L. Carlin, J. A. Carballo-Bello, A. Chaturvedi, Y. Choi, A. Doliva-Dolinsky, O. Y. Gnedin, G. Limberg, C. E. Martínez-Vázquez, S. Mau, G. E. Medina, M. Navabi, N. E. D. Noël, V. M. Placco, A. H. Riley, I. U. Roederer, G. S. Stringfellow, C. R. Bom, P. S. Ferguson, D. J. James, D. Martínez-Delgado, P. Massana, D. L. Nidever, J. D. Sakowska, L. Santana-Silva, N. F. Sherman, E. J. Tollerud, DELVE Collaboration

“…We present the discovery of Aquarius III, an ultra-faint Milky Way satellite galaxy identified in the second data release of the DECam Local Volume Exploration survey. Based on deeper follow-up imaging with DECam, we find that Aquarius III is a low-luminosity ( ${M}_{V}=-{2.5}_{-0.5}^{+0.3};$ ${L}_{V}={850}_{-260}^{+380}\ {L}_{\odot }$ ), extended ( ${r}_{1/2}={41}_{-8}^{+9}$ pc) stellar system located in the outer halo ( D _⊙ = 85 ± 4 kpc). …”
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