Evaluating NfL and NTproBNP as predictive biomarkers of intracranial injuries after mild traumatic brain injury in children presenting to emergency departments by Anne-Cécile Chiollaz, Virginie Pouillard, Michelle Seiler, Céline Habre, Fabrizio Romano, Céline Ritter Schenck, Fabian Spigariol, Christian Korff, Fabienne Maréchal, Verena Wyss, Lyssia Gruaz, Joan Montaner, Jean-Charles Sanchez, Sergio Manzano

“…Equivalent performances were observed whether selecting patients with blood collection within 6 h or 24 h post-trauma.ConclusionNfL and NTproBNP were described for the first time in children suffering mTBI. Their performances were comparable to well-known biomarkers, such as S100b, GFAP, or HFABP, with the benefit of already being used in routine tests for other diseases. …”
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Simultaneous Determination of 13 Constituents of Radix Polygoni Multiflori in Rat Plasma and Its Application in a Pharmacokinetic Study by Wenhao Cheng, Yinghui Li, Wei Yang, Siyang Wu, Mengmeng Wei, Yang Gao, Chen Kang, Shuofeng Zhang, Yingfei Li

“…Chromatographic separation was performed using a waters HSS C18 column with a gradient elution using water and acetonitrile both containing 0.025% formic acid within a run time of 9 min. The constituents were detected in negative ionization mode using multiple reaction monitoring. …”
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Global Distribution and Projected Variations of Compound Drought‐Extreme Precipitation Events by Siqi Deng, Dongsheng Zhao, Ziwei Chen, Lei Liu, Yu Zhu, Ke Wang, Xuan Gao, Hanqian Wu, Du Zheng

“…Yet few studies have analyzed the likelihood of CDEP at different time intervals and their potential variations under global warming. …”
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Exploring the influence of pre-analytical variables on gene expression measurements and relative expression orderings in cancer research by Tian Tian, Guie Lai, Ming He, Xiaofang Liu, Yun Luo, You Guo, Guini Hong, Hongdong Li, Kai Song, Hao Cai

“…These paired samples were utilized to assess the impact of pre-analytical variables on gene expression measurements and REOs, including sampling methods, tumor sample heterogeneity, fixed time delays, preservation conditions, degradation levels, library preparation kits, amplification kits, RNA quantity, measuring platforms, and laboratory sites at single and multi-variable level. …”
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Trial protocol of an open-label pilot study of oral naltrexone–bupropion combination pharmacotherapy for the treatment of methamphetamine use disorder (the NABU trial) by Jonathan Brett, Paul S Haber, Nicholas Lintzeris, Didier Jutras-Aswad, Nadine Ezard, Brendan Clifford, Krista J Siefried, Adrian John Dunlop, Liam Acheson, Carl Moller, Michael Christmass, Kirsten Morley, Steven Shoptaw, Madhukar H Trivedi

“…Primary outcomes are safety (measured by treatment-emergent adverse events (AEs)/adverse reactions) and feasibility (measured by the time taken to recruit, the proportion of ineligible participants, retention in the study and study medication adherence). …”
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Multifunctional dietary approach reduces intestinal inflammation in relation with changes in gut microbiota composition in subjects at cardiometabolic risk: the SINFONI project by Hugo Hornero-Ramirez, Arianne Morissette, Bruno Marcotte, Armelle Penhoat, Béryle Lecomte, Baptiste Panthu, Jacob Lessard Lord, Florence Thirion, Laurie Van-Den-Berghe, Emilie Blond, Chantal Simon, Cyrielle Caussy, Nathalie Feugier, Joël Doré, Philippe Sanoner, Alexandra Meynier, Yves Desjardins, Geneviève Pilon, André Marette, Patrice D. Cani, Martine Laville, Sophie Vinoy, Marie-Caroline Michalski, Julie-Anne Nazare

“…Mixed linear models were employed, integrating time (pre/post), treatment (MF/control), and sequence/period. …”
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Easy, fast and reproducible Stochastic Cellular Automata with chouca by Génin, Alexandre, Dupont, Guillaume, Valencia, Daniel, Zucconi, Mauro, Ávila-Thieme, M. Isidora, Navarrete, Sergio A., Wieters, Evie A.

“…Stochastic cellular automata (SCA) are models that describe spatial dynamics using a grid of cells that switch between discrete states over time. They are widely used to understand how small-scale processes scale up to affect ecological dynamics at larger spatial scales, and have been applied to a wide diversity of theoretical and applied problems in all systems, such as arid ecosystems, coral reefs, forests, bacteria, or urban growth. …”
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Remote Mapping of Bedrock for Future Cosmogenic Nuclide Exposure Dating Studies in Unvisited Areas of Antarctica by Jonathan R. Adams, Philippa J. Mason, Stephen J. Roberts, Dylan H. Rood, John L. Smellie, Keir A. Nichols, John Woodward, Joanne S. Johnson

“…Fieldwork in remote regions such as Antarctica is subject to time constraints and considerable logistical challenges, making efficient sample recovery critical to successful research efforts. …”
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Influence of aquaculture practices on microbiota composition and pathogen abundance in pond ecosystems in South China by Shuhui Niu, Chuanlong Li, Jun Xie, Zhifei Li, Kai Zhang, Guangjun Wang, Yun Xia, Jingjing Tian, Hongyan Li, Wenping Xie, Wangbao Gong

“…Additionally, sampling time significantly influenced the uniformity of water microbiota distribution more than that sediment microbiota. …”
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A positive experience in applying the biolistic approach to potato varieties Aksor and Nevskiy by N. P. Malakhova, Y. A. Skiba, G. A. Iskakova, D. A. Naizabayeva, B. K. Tezekbaeva, G. A. Ismagulova, E. R. Maltseva

“…The main advantages of this method include the ability to simultaneously incorporate several target genes into the plant genome, carry out transfer without unnecessary agrobacterial parts and plasmid DNA sequences, and the short time needed to produce transgenic cells. For different plant objects, the efficiency of obtaining transgenic plants by the ballistic method varies from 1 to 3 %. …”
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The extent of intestinal involvement is closely related to the severity of IgAV: a risk stratification study based on CT by Yuanqiu Li, Ziman Xiong, Yufan Wang, Yuchen Jiang, Yaqi Shen, Xuemei Hu, Daoyu Hu, Zhen Li

“…Clinical manifestations, laboratory data, and CT findings at the time of initial hospitalization were recorded. The differences in clinical manifestations between children and adults were analyzed. …”
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Enhancement of physicochemical and techno-functional properties of soy protein isolate amyloid fibrils by moderate ultrasonic pretreatment by Yunqi Ni, Tianyi Yan, Kai Fu, Congyi Xu, Liang Zhang, Donghong Liu, Wenjun Wang

“…Firstly, soy protein isolates (SPI) were subjected to ultrasonic pretreatment by regulating time and power under neutral conditions. Subsequently, the pretreated SPI was converted into SPF through acidic heating. …”
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The association between body roundness index and new-onset hyperuricemia in Chinese population: the Kailuan cohort study by Xi Cai, Naihui Zhao, Xuemei Yang, Jiajia Ma, Yajing Liang, Yicheng Liao, Ruiyue Liu, Xinran Wen, Shuohua Chen, Guodong Wang, Na Li, Shouling Wu, Liufu Cui

“…A multivariate Cox regression model was used to test the correlation between BRI and hyperuricemia. At the same time, the restricted cubic spline was applied to solve the dose-response relationship between BRI and the risk of hyperuricemia.Then, stratified analysis was carried out using multivariate Cox regression according to age, sex, hs-CRP level, TG level, education level, smoking status and hypertension status. …”
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Dual Fine-Grained network with frequency Transformer for change detection on remote sensing images by Zhen Li, Zhenxin Zhang, Mengmeng Li, Liqiang Zhang, Xueli Peng, Rixing He, Leidong Shi

“…Additionally, we develop a lightweight frequency transformer (LFT) with minimal parameters for detecting large-scale ground objects that undergo significant changes over time. This is achieved by incorporating a frequency attention (FA) module, which utilizes Fourier transform to model long-range dependencies and combines global adaptive attentive features with multi-level fine-grained features. …”
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UAV Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Image Classification: A Systematic Review by Zhen Zhang, Lehao Huang, Qingwang Wang, Linhuan Jiang, Yemao Qi, Shunyuan Wang, Tao Shen, Bo-Hui Tang, Yanfeng Gu

“…Furthermore, this article delves into cutting-edge research trends, such as lightweight model development, hyperspectral large models, multisource data fusion, and model interpretability, while also highlighting future trends for UAV hyperspectral remote sensing classification technology, particularly in real-time monitoring and intelligent applications.…”
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Pleural metastases from differentiated thyroid cancer: clinical features and long-term outcomes by Mengyue Liu, Juan Tang, Nan Sun, Chuang Xi, Chentian Shen, Song Hongjun, Quanyong Luo, Xianzhao Deng, Zhongling Qiu

“…The median age at the time of initial diagnosis of PM was 59 years (range: 34–79). …”
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Ecotoxicity of lanthanides to Daphnia magna: insights from elemental behavior and speciation in a standardized test medium by Vignati, Davide A.L., Martin, Loïc A., Poirier, Laurence, Zalouk-Vergnoux, Aurore, Fouque, Chantal, Bojic, Clément, Hissler, Christophe, Cossu-Leguille, Carole

“…However, this trend remains dependent on exposure time and selected exposure metrics. This and other caveats must be considered in future research to reach a community-based consensus for the proper hazard and risk assessment of LN towards daphnids and other aquatic organisms.…”
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Progression and mortality of patients with cystic fibrosis in China by Wangji Zhou, Yaqi Wang, Yanli Yang, Yanyan Sun, Chongsheng Cheng, Jinrong Dai, Shuzhen Meng, Keqi Chen, Yang Zhao, Xueqi Liu, Dingding Zhang, Song Liu, Weiguo Zhu, Yaping Liu, Kai-Feng Xu, Xinlun Tian

“…Results This study included all 67 patients from the Peking Union Medical College Hospital CF cohort, with a median followed up time of 5.2 years. Compared to patients diagnosed with CF in childhood, adult-diagnosed patients exhibit a lower proportion of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (25.0% vs. 77.8%, P = 0.001) and a higher body mass index (19.6 vs. 17.7 kg/m2, P = 0.045). …”
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Study of the Interplay Among Melt Morphology, Rheology and 3D Printability of Poly(Lactic Acid)/Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-Co-3-Hydroxyvalerate) Blends by Marco Costantini, Flavio Cognini, Roberta Angelini, Sara Alfano, Marianna Villano, Andrea Martinelli, David Bolzonella, Marco Rossi, Andrea Barbetta

“…For instance, the relaxation time associated with die swelling upon extrusion determines the diameter of the extruded filament, while the viscoelastic properties the range of extrusion speed available. …”
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Total glucosides of paeony ameliorates chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain by suppressing microglia pyroptosis through the inhibition of KAT2A-mediated p38 pathway activation and... by Rong Chen, Jiantao Hu, Yang Zhang, Yang Liu, Jingsong Zhu, Zheng Pan, Hua Yang, Qin Wang, Ying Chen, Songjiang Tang, Baojun Min

“…Pyroptosis was evaluated using flow cytometry, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release, and pyroptosis marker levels. Quantitative real-time PCR and molecular docking were employed to identify TGP targets, while phospho-kinase arrays, western blotting, and co-immunoprecipitation were used to elucidate the mechanism. …”
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