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

“…Abstract The European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) is a wide-ranging, long-living freshwater species with low reproductive success, mainly due to high predation pressure. …”
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Predicting metabolite response to dietary intervention using deep learning by Tong Wang, Hannah D. Holscher, Sergei Maslov, Frank B. Hu, Scott T. Weiss, Yang-Yu Liu

“…In particular, the gut microbiota, a collection of trillions of microorganisms living in the gastrointestinal tract, is highly personalized and plays a key role in the metabolite responses to foods and nutrients. …”
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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

“…Acanthamoebae are free-living amoebae (FLA) which are found in diverse environments and isolated from various water sources. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Assessment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Myasthenia Gravis Patients Using the STOP-BANG Questionnaire by Mi-Ri Kang, Seong-il Oh, Ki-Hwan Ji

“…Additional evaluations included the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), Myasthenia Gravis Activities of Daily Living (MG-ADL), and the Revised Scale of 15-Item Myasthenia Gravis Quality of Life Scale (MG-QOL15r). …”
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Identification of Neurons Containing Calcium-Permeable AMPA and Kainate Receptors Using Ca2+ Imaging by Sergei Gaidin, Artem Kosenkov, Valery Zinchenko, Bakytzhan Kairat, Arailim Malibayeva, Sultan Tuleukhanov

“…This technique offers several advantages over existing methods, including the ability to assess large neuronal populations simultaneously, distinguish between different receptor types, and provide functional information about CP-AMPAR and CP-KAR expression in living neurons, making it a valuable tool for studying synaptic plasticity and neurological disorders.…”
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Leveraging Fog Computing for Scalable IoT Datacenter Using Spine-Leaf Network Topology by K. C. Okafor, Ifeyinwa E. Achumba, Gloria A. Chukwudebe, Gordon C. Ononiwu

“…Besides, the scalability requirements found in the current IoT data processing (in the cloud) can hardly be used for applications such as assisted living systems, Big Data analytic solutions, and smart embedded applications. …”
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Salivary biomarkers in cancer - A narrative review by R. Swaathi, Madhu Narayan, Rajkumar Krishnan

“…Biofluid is defined as ''a liquid/mixture of various molecules generated by living organisms, e.g., saliva, urine, serum, blood, interstitial fluid, plasma, cytosol, etc.,'' Saliva is the most cost-effective, least intrusive, non-coagulated and safest biofluid for use in clinical diagnostics. …”
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A novel MAC protocol for power line communication with integrated NFC for smart home applications by G. Haridoss, J. Arun Pandian, K. Sivaranjani, L. Thanga Mariappan

“…Abstract Our day-to-day lives have become comfortable and sophisticated with many recent technologies. …”
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The Effect of the Thai Herbal Suksaiyad Formula on Platelet Aggregation in Healthy Volunteers: A Quasi-experimental, Single-dose Study by Titchaphorn Palo, Nalinthika Nathananwanit, Pravit Akarasereenont, Suksalin Booranasubkajorn

“…The effect of SSF was short-lived, reverting to pre-dose values after 24 hours for all agonists. …”
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Regulating the PI3K and AMPK pathway: the secret of 1-deoxynojirimycin's success in alleviating chronic diseases by Chengwei Yu, Qirui Hu

“…However, the effects of drug treatments are limited unless the diet or living habit are monitored and controlled. The traditional Chinese medicine has advantages in treatment of chronic diseases because it can be utilized as both drug intervention and diet intervention. …”
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Revisiting water resources management in the Mandara Mountains by Diane Madomguia, Esther Laurentine Nya, Emma Laureane Njomou-Ngounou, Nadège Gatcha-Bandjun, Tulinave Burton Mwamila, Jules Balna, Emina Halimassia, Jules Metsebo, Wilfried Arsène Letah Nzouebet, Raoul Rodrigue Tchoumbe, André Firmin Bon, Willis Gwenzi, Chicgoua Noubactep

“…This ancient practice has recently sustained lives in semiarid areas of the world (e.g. Brazil, China), but is not yet really used in the Mandara Mountains of Cameroon where people are still lacking safe drinking water. …”
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Photoredox-Catalyzed Decomposition of Nitric Oxide over Au-Enhanced Surface Plasmon Resonance ZnSn(OH)6 Microcubes by Minh-Thuan Pham, Truc Mai Thi Nguyen, Sheng-Jie You, Ya-Fen Wang

“…Abstract Air pollution is one of the most concerning issues today because of its adverse effects on living organisms and the environment. Therein, nitric oxide (NO) is the leading cause of the greenhouse effect, acid rain, and respiratory diseases. …”
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Occurrence of <i>Pestalotiopsis</i> sp. on Ornamental Plants <i>Camellia japonica</i> L. in Romanian Public Gardens by Andreea-Mihaela Florea, Andrei-Mihai Gafencu, Florin-Daniel Lipșa, Iulian Gabur, Eugen Ulea

“…Genomic analysis of the fungal isolate coded P_CJ_24, obtained from living plants, was based on ribosomal internal transcribed spacer region amplification using the LSU primers. …”
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Distinct fungal communities associated with different organs of the mangrove Sonneratia alba in the Malay Peninsula by Nicole Li Ying Lee, Danwei Huang, Zheng Bin Randolph Quek, Jen Nie Lee, Benjamin J. Wainwright

“…We find a significant distance decay of similarity, particularly for sediment samples due to the greater variability of sediment environments relative to the more stable fungal habitats provided by living plant organs. We are able to assign taxonomy to the majority of sequences from leaves and fruits, but a much larger portion of the sequences recovered from pneumatophores and sediment samples could not be identified. …”
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Experimental Design and Validation of an Accelerated Random Vibration Fatigue Testing Methodology by Yu Jiang, Gun Jin Yun, Li Zhao, Junyong Tao

“…According to the measured stress responses, the structural fatigue lives corresponding to the different vibrational excitations were predicted by using the WAFO simulation technique. …”
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The impact of terahertz radiation on an extremophilic archaean Halorubrum saccharovorum proteome by T. N. Goryachkovskaya, S. H. Konstantinova, I. A. Meshcheriakova, S. V. Bannikova, E. A. Demidov, A. V. Bryanskaya, M. A. Scheglov, A. I. Semenov, D. Yu. Oshchepkov, V. M. Popik, S. E. Peltek

“…Nonthermal effects of terahertz radiation on living objects are currently intensely studied, as more sources of this radiation type and devices employing it are being constructed. …”
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Heavy metals impact environmental capacity of oasis soils in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau dry zone by Siqi Han, Bin Wang, Zhen Yao, Lu Dai, Youning Wei, Yao Niu, Ling Qian

“…However, the overexploitation of resources by humans for production and living has affected the quality of soils in the Qinghai-Tibet region, whereby the environmental capacity is decreasing. …”
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Girl on Fire – Links between sex, firefighters’ clothing, safety, confidence and wear and tear by Rahel Krause, Justin Kühn, Carsten Schiffer, Thomas Gries

“… Firefighters are exposed to high risks and hazards, such as flames and smoke, in their daily lives. To be protected against these risks, firefighters wear protective clothing. …”
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Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine Baduanjin exercise combined with remote ischemic conditioning on mild cognitive impairment after stroke (中医传统功法八段锦联合远隔缺血适应治疗脑卒中后轻度认知障碍的效果研究)... by XUE CHAO (薛超), LI Juan (李娟), FANG Qian (方茜), CHEN Lihua (陈丽华), HAO Mingqing (郝明青), CHEN Zuoxiu (陈作秀)

“…The cognitive function, daily living ability and quality of life of the two groups were compared before and after 12 weeks of intervention. …”
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WUJUD ARSITEKTUR RUMAH TRADISIONAL DI DELTA LAKKANG KOTA MAKASSAR by Marwati Marwati, A. Eka Oktawati

“…The layout in the traditional Lakkang house consisted of three front zones (terrace), center (living room) and back (bedroom and kitchen. The main circulation area was on the left side of the house (function: connecting the terrace and the kitchen). …”
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