<i>Bacillus cabrialesii</i> subsp. <i>cabrialesii</i> Strain TE5: A Promising Biological Control Bacterium Against the Causal Agent of Spot Blotch in Wheat by Ixchel Campos-Avelar, Michelle Fabiela García Jaime, Pamela Helué Morales Sandoval, Fannie Isela Parra-Cota, Sergio de los Santos Villalobos

“…<i>durum</i>) rhizosphere grown in a commercial field of wheat in the Yaqui Valley in Mexico. …”
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Performance evaluation of the high-throughput quantitative Alinity m Epstein-Barr virus assay by D. Yitzchak Goldstein, Mark M. Sasaki, Momka Narlieva, Nhi Nhan, Tianxi Liu, April Kegl, Tanjina Akter, Tanisha Dickerson, Eriel Thornton, Patricia Jim, Stephen Young, Danijela Lucic, Julie W. Hirschhorn

“…Assay lower limit of detection and precision were determined using commercially available panels in plasma. Alinity m EBV detected 100% of panels at 1.3 Log IU/mL, and precision ranged from 1.9% to 5.2% coefficients of variance (SD ≤ 0.14 Log IU/mL). …”
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β-synuclein in cerebrospinal fluid as a potential biomarker for distinguishing human prion diseases from Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease by Bing Xu, Kang Xiao, Xiaoxi Jia, Rundong Cao, Donglin Liang, Ruhan A, Weiwei Zhang, Chunjie Li, Liping Gao, Cao Chen, Qi Shi, Xiaoping Dong

“…The CSF β-syn levels were measured by a commercial microfluidic ELISA. The Mann–Whitney U test and Kruskal–Wallis H test were employed to analyze two or more sets of continuous variables. …”
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In vitro antidiabetic activity of facheiro (Pilosocereus pachycladus) mucilage and its effects on glycaemic, renal and hepatic parameters in obese rats by Fabrícia de Souza Ferreira, Hassler Clementino Cavalcante, Larissa Maria Gomes Dutra, Adriano Francisco Alves, Stephson Andriola Almeida Gonçalves, Tatiana Colombo Pimentel, Carlos Eduardo Barão, Marcos dos Santos Lima, Alana Natalícia Vasconcelos de Araújo, Januse Millia Dantas de Araújo, Kamila Sabino Batista, Jailane de Souza Aquino, Angela Maria Tribuzy de Magalhães Cordeiro

“…After, an experiment to evaluate the effects of mucilage on obesity was conducted with 30 male Wistar rats randomised into three groups: healthy (HG); obese (OG); and obese treated with facheiro mucilage (FOG) by gavage (200 mg/kg). The HG received commercial diet and the OG and FOG received a cafeteria diet for 12 weeks. …”
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CaCO3-coated indoxacarb deep eutectic solvent complexed with diatomaceous earth improves insecticidal activity against the red imported fire ants by Jiantao Fu, Junfang Wang, Zewen Ma, Di Yuan, Yunfei Zhang, Lanying Wang, Yanping Luo

“…In the field trial, the combined control effect of the DA + OA@IDC@CaCO3 group was 83.38 %, which was greater than the 69.65 % of the commercial agent control group. In this study, IDC bait was co-prepared by using acid as a comelting solvent, CaCO3 as a coating, and DA as a pesticide adjuvant, which improved the activity against RIFAs, prolonged the holding period of IDC, and improved the prevention and control of RIFAs. …”
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Recycling waste biosolids to forest propagation of Pinus leiophylla Schltdl. & Cham by Pedro Sinai Rivera-Torres, Jorge Flores-Velázquez, Miguel Ángel López-López, Abdul Khalil-Gardezi, Carlos Ramírez-Ayala, Erickson Basave-Villalobos

“…Method: Biosolids mixed with commercial substrates and chemical fertilizers were tested. …”
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First assessment of biofouling assemblages in the northern Red Sea, an important region for marine non-indigenous species transfer by Juan Sempere-Valverde, Juan Sempere-Valverde, Eva Aylagas, Vitaly Syomin, Vitaly Syomin, Marcos A. L. Teixeira, Glafira D. Kolbasova, Glafira D. Kolbasova, Sofía Ruiz-Velasco, Sahar Chebaane, Arthur Anker, João Curdia, Ronald Cadiz, Dylan M. Cottrell, Andrea Desiderato, Luiz F. Andrade, Chakkiath Paul Antony, Carolina Bocanegra-Castano, Matilde Marzucchi, Angelo Poliseno, Doaa Baker, Basmah Alabdulaziz, Flor Torres, Ameer A. Eweida, Ameer A. Eweida, Susana Carvalho, Susana Carvalho

“…This study represents a baseline characterization of the biofouling communities in the northern Saudi Arabian Red Sea (NEOM region) prior to extensive urban, industrial, and commercial development.MethodsSamples were collected in November 2023 and February 2024 from seven sites within the region. …”
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Genotype by environment interactions and phenotypic traits stability of the EUCLEG faba bean collection by Dejan Sokolović, Snežana Babić, Mirjana Petrović, Ignacio Solís, Mathias Cougnon, Natalia Gutierrez, Pertti Pärssinen, Dirk Reheul, Jasmina Radović, Ana M. Torres

“…According to the highest trait value in each mega environment several winning genotypes were identified showing better performances than some commercial varieties (controls) or checks. Our results suggest that the geographical locations falling into each mega-environment can be used as faba bean test locations. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of clustering of adverse lifestyle behaviors among 35 – 75 years old residents at high cardiovascular disease risk in Hebei province: an analysis of dat... by Yuejing QIAO, Yuhuan LIU, Lijuan TANG, Dongsheng JIANG, Xiaoli LIU, Ze CUI

“…Multivariate unconditional logistic regression analysis revealed that being aged 45 – 64 years and having an agricultural household registration were risk factors for clustering of adverse lifestyle behaviors, but being female, having a junior high school education and above, having an annual household income of more than 25 000 Chinese yuan, being a laborer/private/commercial service worker/retired person/housewife/unemployed/and having other occupation were protective factors against the clustering for the residents. …”
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Sustainability assessment of animal feed production from by-products of Sago palm smallholder industry by Allaily ., A.D. Santoso, M.N. Rofiq, N.A. Sasongko, H. Daulay, E.I. Wiloso, E. Widjaja, B.N. Utomo, A.I. Yanuar, S. Suryani, Y.P. Erlambang, U.N. Thiyas, D. Iskandar, A. Anhar, M. Rahmawati, T. Simamora, Y. Yusriani, G. Maghfirah, M. Ammar

“…Furthermore, it is important to increase the use of Sago pulp as animal feed to improve the substitution of commercial rations usage, and facilitate sustainability value of the economic dimension. …”
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Assessing Heat Resistance and Selecting Heat-Resistant Individuals of Largemouth Bass (<i>Micropterus salmoides</i>) with Tiered Thermal Exposure by Haijie Chen, Hui Qiao, Zhicheng Xv, Guili Song, Shuning Liu, Cheng Luo, Yong Long, Shimei Lin

“…Largemouth bass (LMB, <i>Micropterus salmoides</i>), a commercially important farmed fish, is vulnerable to heat stress. …”
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Food-related behaviors of rural (Asaase Kooko) and peri-urban (Kaadjanor) households in Ghana by Prince Kwabena Osei, Megan A. McCrory, Matilda Steiner-Asiedu, Edward Sazonov, Mingui Sun, Wenyan Jia, Tom Baranowski, Gary Frost, Benny Lo, Alex Kojo Anderson

“…., beauticians, sales personnel, and commercial drivers) were the main occupations. Farming was the main source of food in rural households, whereas buying food from local markets and grocery stores was the main source of food in peri-urban households. …”
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Co-isolation of human donor eye cells and development of oncogene-mutated melanocytes to study uveal melanoma by Yunxi Chen, Eva Jin, Mohamed Abdouh, Éric Bonneil, Daniel Alexander Jimenez Cruz, Thupten Tsering, Qianqian Zhou, Aurélie Fuentes-Rodriguez, Alexandra Bartolomucci, Alicia Goyeneche, Solange Landreville, Miguel N. Burnier, Julia V. Burnier

“…However, there are no commercially available NCM cell lines, nor is there a detailed protocol for developing an oncogene-mutated CM line (MutCM) to study UM development. …”
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LINC01089 governs the miR-1287-5p/HSPA4 axis to negatively regulate osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells by Hao Zou, Fei Hu, Xin Wu, Bin Xu, Guifeng Shang, Dong An, Dehao Qin, Xiaolei Zhang, Aofei Yang

“…The osteogenic differentiation of MSCs was assessed through alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, alizarin red S (ARS) staining, and by measuring the levels of osteogenic gene marker expressions using commercial kits and RT-qPCR analysis. Cell proliferative capacity was evaluated via the Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) assay. …”
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Long-term Impact of Carotid Endarterectomy on Choroidal and Choriocapillaris Perfusion: The INFLATE Study by Alessandro Berni, MD, Yi Zhang, PhD, Sandy Zhou Wenting, MD, Natalie Noam, MD, David Rabinovitch, BSc, Basheer Sheick Yousif, MD, Gissel Herrera, MD, Mengxi Shen, MD, PhD, Robert O’Brien, PhD, Giovanni Gregori, PhD, Ruikang K. Wang, PhD, Philip J. Rosenfeld, MD, PhD, Omer Trivizki, MD

“…Financial Disclosure(s): Proprietary or commercial disclosure may be found in the Footnotes and Disclosures at the end of this article.…”
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NH3 release during the snow evaporation process in typical cities in Northeast China by Xiaoteng Liu, Hongsheng Jia, Yunze Zhao, Yachao Zhang, Haodong Hou, Yingying Xu

“…Significant variations in R were observed across multiple functional areas, which were ranked in descending order as follows: commercial areas (R = 26.16%), residential areas (R = 22.01%), cultural and educational areas (R = 20.7%), and industrial areas (R = 18.01%). …”
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Enhancing sustainable solid waste management through separate source collection by O. Arabiyat, J.T. Al-Bakri, F. Kölsch, S. Al-Omari, H. Aladwan

“…Data on waste generation from residential and commercial activities were analyzed and used to design the separate source collection system, which included public awareness campaigns for individuals in the study area, waste composition investigations and maps for routes of waste collection trucks. …”
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Research Progress of Intelligent Evaluation and Virtual Reality Based Training in Upper Limb Rehabilitation afrer Stroke by XIE Qiurong, LIN Wanqi, ZHANG Qi, SHENG Bo, ZHANG Yanxin, HUANG Jia

“…VR rehabilitation systems can be divided into off-the-shelf commercial video game systems and custom virtual environment systems; touch and touchless interfaces; proximal movement (shoulder and elbow), distal movement (wrist and hand), and hybrid movement systems. …”
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How intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor initial dosing impacts patient outcomes in diabetic macular oedema by Rishi P. Singh, David Tabano, Blanche L. Kuo, Andrew LaPrise, Theodore Leng, Eunice Kim, Meghan Hatfield, Vincent Garmo

“…Asian, Black, and patients of other/unknown race were less likely (P < 0.01) to receive initial doses than White patients, as were Medicare/Medicaid-insured patients versus commercially insured patients (P < 0.01). Conclusions Various sociodemographic factors associate with initial anti-VEGF doses, including race, ethnicity and insurance. …”
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Women Empowered to Connect With Addiction Resources and Engage in Evidence-Based Treatment (WE-CARE)—an mHealth Application for the Universal Screening of Alcohol, Substance Use, D... by Krystyna Isaacs, Autumn Shifflett, Kajal Patel, Lacey Karpisek, Yi Cui, Maayan Lawental, Golfo Tzilos Wernette, Brian Borsari, Katie Chang, Tony Ma

“…Individuals were recruited using flyers, academic listserves, and a commercial human subject recruiting company (Prolific). …”
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