Urban fruit bats give birth earlier in the season compared to rural fruit bats by Maya Weinberg, Dean Zigdon, Mor Taub, Lee Harten, Ofri Eitan, Adi Rachum, Reut Assa, Omri Gal, Yossi Yovel

“…Abstract Background Urbanization is rapidly altering our ecosystem. While most wild species refrain from entering urban habitats, some flourish in cities and adapt to the new opportunities these offer. …”
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Symbiotic diversity of Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Vietnam - implication for species and geographic variations by Binh Thuy Dang, Oanh Thi Kieu Le, Sang Quang Tran, Oanh Thi Truong

“…A total of 479 wild blue swimming crabs, Portunus pelagicus were collected from north to south along the Vietnam coastline. …”
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Development of real-time RT-PCR for N2 subtype avian influenza RNA-virus detection by P. B. Akshalova, A. V. Andriyasov, L. O. Scherbakova, S. N. Kolosov, N. G. Zinyakov, I. A. Chvala, D. B. Andreychuk

“…Currently, N2 subtype avian influenza (AI) virus actively circulates in domestic and wild bird populations and is regularly detected in China, other Asian countries and Russia, particularly in combination with H9 hemagglutinin. …”
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Linking Functional Traits To Trophic Roles In Scavenger Assemblages by Violeta Marie Montenegro, Patricia Mateo‐Tomás, Jessica Schneider, Daisy H. Dent, Tom Crowther, Carolina Bello

“…To identify species with specialized roles, we studied three scavenger networks (one in north temperate Spain and two in central‐south Mediterranean Spain) that comprised 25 scavenger species (65% birds and 35% mammals), consuming carcasses of four wild ungulate species. We characterized the trophic role of a species by combining four species‐level network metrics (normalized degree, specialization, closeness, and betweenness centrality) into a single centrality metric, quantifying how scavenger species interact with carcass species within their ecological network. …”
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Evaluation of Neutralizing Capacity of Tixagevimab plus Cilgavimab (AZD7442) against Different SARS-CoV-2 Variants: A Case Report Study with Comparison to a Vaccinated Population by Constant Gillot, Jean-Louis Bayart, Vincent Maloteau, Jean-Michel Dogné, Jonathan Douxfils, Julien Favresse

“…Neutralizing antibody (NAb) titers against several variants were assessed against the wild-type, alpha, beta, gamma, delta, omicron BA.5, and XBB.1.5 variants. …”
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Deficiency of Dietary Fiber in Slc5a8-Null Mice Promotes Bacterial Dysbiosis and Alters Colonic Epithelial Transcriptome towards Proinflammatory Milieu by Sathish Sivaprakasam, Pramodh K. Ganapathy, Mohd Omar Faruk Sikder, Moamen Elmassry, Sabarish Ramachandran, Kameswara Rao Kottapalli, Vadivel Ganapathy

“…Here, we have examined the impact of dietary fiber deficiency on luminal microbial composition and transcriptomic profile in colonic epithelium in wild-type (WT) and Slc5a8-null (KO) mice. We fed WT and KO mice with fiber-containing diet (FC-diet) or fiber-free diet (FF-diet) and analyzed the luminal bacterial composition by sequencing 16S rRNA gene in feces. …”
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Endogenous Estrogen Influences Predator Odor-Induced Impairment of Cognitive and Social Behaviors in Aromatase Gene Deficiency Mice by Yaner Gao, Lei Ma, Feng Gao, Zuoli Sun, Zhengrong Zhang, Yuhong Li, Rena Li

“…In this study, the aromatase gene heterozygous (Ar+/-) mice were used as an endogenous estrogen deficiency model and age- and sex-matched wild type mice (WT) as controls to study the predator odor 2,3,5-trimethyl-3-thiazoline- (TMT-) induced short- and long-term cognitive and social behavior impairments. …”
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Leptin Receptor Deficiency Protects Mice against Chronic Cerebral Hypoperfusion-Induced Neuroinflammation and White Matter Lesions by Yu Du, Yufei Song, Xiaojie Zhang, Yan Luo, Wenying Zou, Jiawei Zhang, Jianliang Fu

“…After four weeks of BCAS, wild-type mice showed significant working memory deficits, WMLs, activation of microglia and astrocytes, decrease in the number of oligodendrocytes, downregulation of myelin basic protein expression, and increase in the expression of TNF-α and IL-1β; however, four weeks of BCAS failed to induce significant changes in the LepR-deficient db/db mice but elevated the production of anti-inflammatory cytokines and activated the M2 microglia. …”
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Transcriptomic Profile Analysis of Brain Tissue in the Absence of Functional TRPM8 Calcium Channel by Erick B. Saldes, Alexandra Erdmier, Jai Velpula, Timothy E. Koeltzow, Michael X. Zhu, Swapna Asuthkar

“…<b>Methods:</b> RNA was isolated and purified for microarray analysis collected from male wild-type and TRPM8 knockout mice. <b>Results:</b> We identified various differentially expressed genes tied to multiple signaling pathways. …”
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In Vivo Distribution and Therapeutic Efficacy of Radioiodine-Labeled pH-Low Insertion Peptide Variant 3 in a Mouse Model of Breast Cancer by Min Zhang, Yue Xi, Hong Chen, Wangxi Hai, Biao Li

“…The distribution of 125I-labeled Var3-pHLIP and wild-type- (WT-) pHLIP in tumor-bearing mice was analyzed in vivo using micro-SPECT/CT imaging. …”
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Alendronate partially rescues the periodontal defects in OIM mouse model of osteogenesis imperfecta by Po-Jung Chen, Ke Wang, Meng-Hsuan Lin, Radhika Sharma, Zana Kalajzic, Mara O’Brien, Sumit Yadav

“…In this study, we identified craniofacial skeletal defects in an osteogenesis imperfecta (oim) murine model of OI. Relative to wild-type littermates, oim mice were found to have decreased skull length, cranial height/width/length, nose length, nasal length, and frontal length. …”
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Heterozygous pathogenic STT3A variation leads to dominant congenital glycosylation disorders and functional validation in zebrafish by Linxue Meng, Zhixu Fang, Li Jiang, Yinglan Zheng, Siqi Hong, Yu Deng, Lingling Xie

“…Methods The variant was identified via trio whole-exome sequencing. We constructed wild-type and variant plasmids, transfected them into HEK293T cells and detected the expression levels of the STT3A protein. …”
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Morphophysiological alterations caused by insertional mutagenesis of contactin 5 (Cntn5) gene in transgenic mice by A. V. Smirnov, N. A. Feofanova, G. V. Kontsevaya, M. V. Anisimova, I. I. Kovrigin, I. A. Serova, M. P. Moshkin, L. A. Gerlinskaya, N. R. Battulin

“…We evaluated core parameters of lipid metabolism and heart activity in mice homozygous and heterozygous for Cntn5 mutation using wild- type animals as control. Our results uncovered that homozygous mutant mice have lower body weight than controls and that it is caused by slower accumulation of fat tissue. …”
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Versatile application of fast green FCF as a visible cholangiogram in adult mice to medium-sized mammals by Tomoyuki Niimi, Nanae Miyazaki, Hironobu Oiki, Mami Uemura, Shihan Zeng, Watcharapon Promsut, Noriaki Ota, Shunji Nonaka, Hajime Takei, Hiroshi Nittono, Seiko Narushima, Ayaka Yanagida, Ryuji Hiramatsu, Masami Kanai-Azuma, Shohei Takami, Jun Fujishiro, Yoshiakira Kanai

“…Moreover, stereomicroscopic video analysis of FG influx into the gallbladder post-fasting revealed differences in gallbladder wall state and its bile composition between Sox17 +/− and wild-type mice, suggesting the potential for detecting variations in gallbladder stored bile properties. …”
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Differentially localizing isoforms of the migraine component calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), in the mouse trigeminal ganglion: βCGRP is translated but, unlike αCGRP, not so... by Sofia Lyng Wæver, Kristian Agmund Haanes

“…Methods We applied immunohistochemistry (IHC) on 15 TGs from three different genotypes of mice; wild type (WT) αCGRP heterozygote (Het) and αCGRP KOs, with a primary antibody targeting the mature neuropeptide sequence of both αCGRP and βCGRP. …”
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Intraspecific epigenomics divergence in brown bears (Ursus arctos): insights from genome-wide DNA methylation patterns by Paolo Colangelo, Paolo Colangelo, Ian Marc Bonapace, Laura Gramolini, Emanuela Solano, Emanuela Solano, Elisa Desiato, Paolo Franchini, Leonardo Gentile, Roberto Guadagnini, Oddmund Kleven, Jonas Kindberg, Jonas Kindberg, Alexander Kopatz, Paolo Ciucci

“…Our results underscore the importance and the effectiveness of including epigenetic approaches in studying wild non-model organisms. Investigating the epigenome can be especially relevant for endangered populations that have experienced a significant erosion of genomic diversity.…”
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Improving the binding affinity of plastic degrading cutinase with polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polyurethane (PU); an in-silico study by Deves Sabari V L, Gokulnath Rajmohan, Roshine S B, Srivaishnavi S, Kishore Nagasubramanian, Senthil Kumar G, Ponnusami Venkatachalam

“…Molecular Dynamic Simulation (MDS) was performed for Wild Type (WT) cutinase, variants, and their respective complexes formed with the ligands. …”
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Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging of Fracture Healing in the Normal Mouse by Hans Gollwitzer, Xu Yang, Lyudmila Spevak, Lyudmila Lukashova, Allina Nocon, Kara Fields, Nancy Pleshko, Hayden William Courtland, Mathias P. Bostrom, Adele L. Boskey

“…Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic imaging (FTIRI) was used to study bone healing with spatial analysis of various callus tissues in wild type mice. Femoral fractures were produced in 28 male C57BL mice by osteotomy. …”
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Tomato Quality during Short-Term Storage Assessed by Colour and Electronic Nose by Valeria Messina, Pía Guadalupe Domínguez, Ana Maria Sancho, Noemi Walsöe de Reca, Fernando Carrari, Gabriela Grigioni

“…Fruit lost weight almost linearly with shelf life (𝑃<0.001) presenting an averaged loss of 21% (𝑟2=0.98) for over-expressed (Money Maker) lines/plants, 13% (𝑟2=0.97) for silenced (Money Maker), and 14% (𝑟2=0.98) for wild type during 21 days of storage. Colour values 𝐿∗, 𝑎∗, and 𝑏∗ data showed that colour properties changed during storage for all the lines considered. …”
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MEFET-Based CAM/TCAM for Memory-Augmented Neural Networks by Sai Sanjeet, Jonathan Bird, Bibhu Datta Sahoo

“…The proposed CAM is then used to build a one-shot learning MANN and is benchmarked with the Modified National Institute of Standards and Technology (MNIST), extended MNIST (EMNIST), and labeled faces in the wild (LFW) datasets with binary embeddings, giving &#x003E;99&#x0025; accuracy on MNIST, a top-3 accuracy of 97.11&#x0025; on the EMNIST dataset, and &#x003E;97&#x0025; accuracy on the LFW dataset, with embedding sizes of 16, 64, and 512, respectively. …”
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