On Harvesting Energy from Tree Trunks for Environmental Monitoring by Cleonilson P. Souza, Fabrício B. S. Carvalho, Filype A. N. Silva, Hening A. Andrade, Nathália de V. Silva, Orlando Baiocchi, Ivan Müller

“…This work describes an experimental study on the possibilities of harvesting energy from tree trunks in order to power sensor nodes for environmental monitoring, particularly in wild forests. As the trunk of a living tree can be divided into isothermal subvolumes, which are generally referred to as annual rings, and the trunk is a good heat storage material, depending on the tree dimensions and its species, it can potentially offer different temperature gradients according to the tree trunk depths. …”
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Rice glycosyltransferase OsDUGT1 is involved in heat stress tolerance by glycosylating flavonoids and regulating flavonoid metabolism by Guang-rui Dong, Shu-man Zhao, Yi Ding, Yu-qing Ma, Xing-mei Ma, Chong-lin Liu, Bing-kai Hou

“…The results showed that under heat stress, OsDUGT1 overexpression lines (OsDUGT1-OE) increased the survival rate of rice, while Osdugt1 knockout lines (Osdugt1-ko) decreased the survival rate compared to wild type (ZH11). In addition to rice, heat stress tolerance was also improved by ectopic expression of OsDUGT1 in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plants. …”
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Hmox1 Deficiency Sensitizes Mice to Peroxynitrite Formation and Diabetic Glomerular Microvascular Injuries by Olivia Lenoir, François Gaillard, Hélène Lazareth, Blaise Robin, Pierre-Louis Tharaux

“…Diabetic Hmox1+/− mice showed higher levels of albuminuria and blood urea compared to their wild-type diabetic littermates. More severe glomerular microvascular lesions were also observed in the diabetic Hmox1+/− mice. …”
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Subsistence hunting impacts wildlife assemblages and functional ecology in tropical forests by Bradley Cain, Julia E. Fa, Rajan Amin, Jacqueline Morrison, Eva Avila Martin, Stephan M. Funk, Martin Jones, David P. Mallon, Robert Okale, Guillermo Ros Brull, Selvino R. de Kort

“…Abstract Unsustainable wild meat hunting poses a significant threat to wildlife and tropical forest ecosystems. …”
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Insights into the Transmission, Host Range, Genomics, Vaccination, and Current Epidemiology of the Monkeypox Virus by Yusha Araf, Jannatul Ferdous Nipa, Sabekun Naher, Sumaiya Tasnim Maliha, Hasanur Rahman, Kazi Ifthi Arafat, Mohammad Raguib Munif, Md Jamal Uddin, Nurejunnati Jeba, Sukumar Saha, Jingbo Zhai, S. M. Nazmul Hasan, Mengzhou Xue, Md. Golzar Hossain, Chunfu Zheng

“…Mitigating transmission requires measures like wearing surgical masks, adequately covering skin lesions, and avoiding handling wild animals.…”
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Association of Androgen-Receptor Gene Mutations with the Copy Number of Androgen-Receptor Silk Protein A Complex and Glutathione-S-Transferases T1 and M1 in Prostate Cancer Patient... by Yan Zhang, Xiangdi Meng, Zhaosen Ma, Zhou Sun, Zhixin Wang

“…RT-PCR was used to detect the copy number of T1 and M1 glutathione-S-transferases. Results. The wild-type androgen receptor gene rs5918762 is of TT type. …”
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Effect of Xiaoxuming Decoction on Aβ and GFAP Protein Expressions in Hippocampus of APP/PS1 Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease and Its Behavior Analysis by Jingjie MAO, Yaping CHEN, Ruhui LIN, Zuanfang LI, Xiaoqin ZHU

“…Immunohistochemical results showed that compared with wild group, both of Aβ protein deposition and GFAP positive cells were increased significantly in hippocampus of the transgenic group (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.01). …”
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Rapid detection of FAdV-4 by one-tube RPA-CRISPR/Cas12a assay by Lei Ma, Xueping Wang, Mingliang Zhang, Mengjie Zhu

“…It primarily infects poultry and wild birds, leading to avian inclusion body hepatitis (IBH) and hepatitis-hydropericardium syndrome (HHS). …”
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Bilateral Pheochromocytomas in a Patient with Y175C Von Hippel-Lindau Mutation by Olga Astapova, Anindita Biswas, Alessandra DiMauro, Jacob Moalem, Stephen R. Hammes

“…We report a case of bilateral pheochromocytomas and no other VHL-related tumors in a patient with Y175C VHL and show that this mutant preserves the ability to degrade HIF in normal oxygen conditions but, similar to the wild-type VHL protein, loses its ability to degrade HIF under hypoxic conditions. …”
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Experimental Evidence of Rapidly Decaying Environmental DNA Highlights Infection Risk from Two Major Amphibian Pathogens by Joseph D. Trafford, Trenton W. J. Garner, David J. Murrell, Julia J. Day

“…Environmental (e)DNA methods may provide highly sensitive and non‐invasive pathogen surveillance for traded or wild amphibians. To investigate the relationship between eDNA detection and environmental pathogen persistence, eDNA degradation rates were quantified across a range of temperatures (15°C–25°C) for both Bd and Ranavirus. …”
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β-Cell Specific Overexpression of GPR39 Protects against Streptozotocin-Induced Hyperglycemia by Kristoffer L. Egerod, Chunyu Jin, Pia Steen Petersen, Nils Wierup, Frank Sundler, Birgitte Holst, Thue W. Schwartz

“…Here, we use the Tet-On system under the control of the proinsulin promoter to selectively overexpress GPR39 in the β cells in a double transgenic mouse strain and challenge them with multiple low doses of streptozotocin, which in the wild-type littermates leads to a gradual increase in nonfasting glucose levels and glucose intolerance observed during both food intake and OGTT. …”
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SNP Analysis of the SOD1 gene involved in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) by Hetal Patel, Anandita Banerjee, Pritha Saha, Subramaniyan Divya, Palaniyandi Ravanan, Priti Talwar

“…Among these, 9 nsSNPs reported previously, while 1 novel nsSNP (F46S) was identified, characterized by reduced size and hydrobhobicity in comparison to the wild-type residue. This comprehensive study improves our understanding of the effects of SOD1 SNPs in ALS, thereby aiding in targeted therapies development.…”
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Wartime activities of the Vavilov Institute by I. G. Loskutov

“…Working under extreme physical exhaustion in frozen premises, without water or electricity, under continuous shelling, they saved, many at the cost of their own lives, the collection of cultivated plants and their wild relatives, the herbarium, and the scientific library for future generations.…”
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Data-Driven Decision Support to Guide Sustainable Grazing Management by Matthew C. Reeves, Joseph Swisher, Michael Krebs, Kelly Warnke, Brice B. Hanberry, Tip Hudson, Sonia A. Hall

“…For the Montgomery Pass Wild Horse Territory in California and Nevada, the upper limit estimated in the capacity assessment was 398 horses and the current population was 654 horses. …”
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An approach for multipath optimal selection of network service combinations based on golden eagle optimizer with double learning strategies by Jian Yu, Qiong Yu, Zhixing Lin, Xiangmei Xiao

“…The algorithm modeled the hunting tactics of wild golden eagles, efficiently targeting the best prey in minimal time by dynamically adjusting two critical components, such as the attack and cruising strategies. …”
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rre37 Overexpression Alters Gene Expression Related to the Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle and Pyruvate Metabolism in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 by Hiroko Iijima, Atsuko Watanabe, Junko Takanobu, Masami Yokota Hirai, Takashi Osanai

“…The transcripts of 6 genes (acnB, icd, ppc, pyk1, me, and pta) increased after 4 h of nitrogen depletion in the wild-type GT strain but the induction was abolished by rre37 overexpression. …”
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FMD EPIDEMIC PROCESS CHARACTERISTICS IN RUSSIA IN 2010 – FIRST QUARTER OF 2019 by V. P. Semakina, T. P. Akimova, A. K. Karaulov

“…Foot-and-mouth disease is a highly contagious viral disease of cloven-hoofed livestock and wild animals. Europe, North America and Oceania have long been FMD free; at the same time, the virus is widely spread in Asian and African countries. …”
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Testing how environmental variables affect the survival of freshwater turtle nests and hatchlings using artificial nests and dummy hatchlings by J. Lanszki, T. G. Molnár, T. Erős, G. Ónodi, Z. Lanszki, J. J. Purger

“…The role of carnivores, especially the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in the predation of nests was more significant, while predation by corvids (Corvidae) and wild boar (Sus scrofa) increased for the hatchlings. …”
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Temperature Depended Role of Shigella flexneri Invasion Plasmid on the Interaction with Acanthamoeba castellanii by Amir Saeed, David Johansson, Gunnar Sandström, Hadi Abd

“…A. castellanii in the absence or presence of wild type, IpaB mutant, or plasmid-cured strain S. flexneri was cultured at 30∘C and 37∘C and the interaction was analysed by viable count of both bacteria and amoebae, electron microscopy, flow cytometry, and statistical analysis. …”
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Weed Control in Corn and Soybean with Group 15 (VLCFA Inhibitor) Herbicides Applied Preemergence by Nader Soltani, Lynette R. Brown, Peter H. Sikkema

“…At 4 and 8 WAA, pyroxasulfone provided the best common lambsquarters and wild mustard control and lowest numeric density and dry weight in corn and soybean. …”
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