T Cell-Derived Apoptotic Extracellular Vesicles Ameliorate Bone Loss via CD39 and CD73-Mediated ATP Hydrolysis by Yang X, Zhou Y, Zhou F, Bao L, Wang Z, Li Z, Ding F, Kuang H, Liu H, Tan S, Qiu X, Jing H, Liu S, Ma D

“…Inhibitors of CD39 and CD73, and an A2BR antagonist were used to explore the molecular mechanism of ApoEVs in promoting bone regeneration.Results: ApoEVs significantly reduced bone loss and promote the osteogenic differentiation of BMMSCs in ovariectomy (OVX) mice. …”
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A study on the status quo and influencing factors of ICU nurses’ knowledge, attitude and practice towards physical restraints in general hospitals in Guangxi (广西壮族自治区ICU护士实施身体约束知信行... by MA Qiang (马强), LI Gaoye (李高叶), LIAO Tingting (廖婷婷), YU Qin (玉琴), HUANG Xiaobo (黄晓波), WEI Xiu (韦秀), XIE Haijuan (谢海娟)

“…Objective To explore the status quo of ICU nurses' knowledge, attitude and practice of physical restraints use in general hospitals in Guangxi, and to provide a theoretical basis for clinical training and quality control. …”
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Stratégies de manipulation d’outils lors de la tâche du labyrinthe chez les gorilles et les orangs-outans by Ameline Bardo, Emmanuelle Pouydebat

“…Il apparait nécessaire d’explorer les capacités manuelles chez différentes espèces de primates non-humains afin de mieux comprendre les spécificités de chaque espèce et l’évolution des capacités de manipulation d’objets ainsi que de discuter sous un nouvel angle l'émergence des éventuelles spécificités humaines. …”
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Effect of Electroacupuncture at Baihui and Shenting on Cognitive Function in Cerebral Ischemia-reperfusion Injured Rats by Yongmei YOU, Yijing JIANG, Zhicheng LIN, Zengtu ZHAN, Jun WANG, Wei WEI, Shanli YANG

“…Objective:To observe the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) at Baihui and Shenting on cognitive function in rats after cerebral ischmeia-reperfusion (IR) injury, and explore the possible mechanism.Methods:A total of 111 male adult SD rats weighting (300±20) g were selected and randomly divided into the sham operation group (<italic>n</italic>=36) and the operation group (<italic>n</italic>=75). …”
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Research on Carbon Sequestration Capacity of Urban Park Green Space in the Central Urban Area of Beijing and Driving Factors Thereof by Xiuping LIU, Songting ZHAO, Xinyu LI, Jiale LI, Xing WANG

“…Quantifying the carbon sequestration capacity of urban green spaces is of great significance for achieving carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals and addressing climate change.MethodsBased on Carnegie-Ames-Stanford approach (CASA) model, Landsat 8 TM remote sensing data and meteorological data from 2014, 2017, and 2020 are used to estimate the net primary productivity (NPP) and carbon sequestration capacity of parks in the central urban area of Beijing, and explore the spatial and temporal distribution pattern and change characteristics of carbon sequestration capacity of parks in the central urban area of Beijing. …”
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Rome à la campagne : les décors en pierre de la villa de la Grande Boussue à Nouvelles (Mons, Belgique) by Catherine Coquelet, Roland Dreesen, Éric Goemaere, Éric Leblois, Marie-Thérèse Raepsaet-Charlier

“…The figurative decorations described above were certainly located in the middle and upper parts of the revetments.Near this luxurious room, another small heated room was explored, from which some decorative elements made in Gris des Ardennes and in Mediterranean marbles were also collected. …”
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A study on the interaction of family function of parents of premature infants on home care preparation (早产儿父母家庭功能对家庭护理准备的交互作用研究) by JIANG Canhui (江灿慧), CHEN Yingfang (陈樱芳), YE Yanli (叶严丽)

“…The actor-partner interdependence model (APIM) was used to explore the interaction between parental family function and home care preparation of the children. …”
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Analysis of the Rights and Obligations of Stakeholders in China’s National Park Concession System by Le ZHONG, Zhicong ZHAO

“…This ambiguity often results in frequent conflicts and impedes the development of management regulations, thereby obstructing the formulation of a comprehensive top-level design for the national park concession system. This research explores the current state of concession systems within China’s national parks, emphasizing the necessity for a unified framework to navigate the complexities that emerge from the interplay of stakeholders’ rights and obligations. …”
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Comparison of autism domains across thirty rare variant genotypesResearch in context by Nabila M.H. Ali, Samuel J.R.A. Chawner, Leila Kushan-Wells, Carrie E. Bearden, Jennifer Gladys Mulle, Rebecca M. Pollak, Raquel E. Gur, Wendy K. Chung, Michael J. Owen, Marianne B.M. van den Bree, Harriet Housby, Irene Lee, David Skuse, Jeanne Wolstencroft, William Mandy, Spiros Denaxas, Kate Baker, Lucy Raymond, Marianne van den Bree, Samuel Chawner, Jeremy Hall, Peter Holmans, Josh Hope-Bell, Danielle Le Roux, Sally Morrin, Michael Owen, Shreeya Sivakumar

“…We would also like to acknowledge NIH 1R01MH110701-01A1 (PI Mulle), U01MH119736 (CEB), R21MH116473 (CEB), and R01MH085953 (CEB), and the Simons Foundation (SFARI Explorer Award to CEB).…”
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Interventional Effect and Mechanism of Acupuncture at Baihui （GV 20） and Qubin （GB 7） Acupoints on Rats with Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage by CHEN Qiuxin, TANG Yihe, LIU Xiaoying, XU Ning, XU Siyu

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the interventional effect of acupuncture at Baihui (GV 20) and Qubin (GB 7) acupoints on the expression of recombinant cluster of differentiation 36 (CD36) and Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) in rats with acute cerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and to explore the mechanism of acupuncture treatment for ICH.MethodsA total of 144 male Wistar rats were randomly divided into sham operation group, model group, acupuncture group and inhibitor group, with 36 cases in each group, and then each group was divided into three subgroups at the 1st, 3rd and 7th day, with 12 cases in each subgroup. …”
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Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine decoction cupping combined with wet compress therapy in the treatment of hemiplegia caused by stroke (中药水罐联合溻渍法治疗中风偏瘫临床疗效观察)... by YANG Juhang (杨俊行), HU Zhe (胡哲), SU Rong (苏容), WANG Xin (王欣), ZHAO Ning (赵宁)

“…Objective To explore the clinical effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)decoction cupping combined with wet compress therapy in the treatment of hemiplegia caused by stroke. …”
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Treatment Inertia and Symptom Burden in Anemia of CKD: Insights from the SATISFY Survey in the Middle East, South Africa, and T&uuml;rkiye by Arici M, Al-Ghamdi SMG, Assounga AG, El-Koraie AF, McMillan A, Camidge LJ, Sumarsono B, Blogg M, Ng DB, Lansang EP

“…Ltd, Singapore, Singapore; 7Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd, Addlestone, UKCorrespondence: Mustafa Arici, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Sihhiye, Ankara, 06100, Türkiye, Tel +90-312-324 3109, Fax +90-312-311 3958, Email marici@hacettepe.edu.tr, aricim@gmail.comIntroduction: Limited data exist regarding treatment patterns and symptom burden of patients with anemia of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the Middle East, South Africa, and Türkiye.Methods: This real-world study explored clinical characteristics, symptom burden, and treatment patterns of patients with anemia of CKD living in the Middle East, South Africa, and Türkiye. …”
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Real-world effectiveness and causal mediation study of BNT162b2 on long COVID risks in children and adolescentsResearch in context by Qiong Wu, Bingyu Zhang, Jiayi Tong, L. Charles Bailey, H. Timothy Bunnell, Jiajie Chen, Elizabeth A. Chrischilles, Dimitri A. Christakis, Stephen M. Downs, Kathryn Hirabayashi, Aaron D. Mishkin, Abu S.M. Mosa, Nathan M. Pajor, Suchitra Rao, Hanieh Razzaghi, Hayden T. Schwenk, Marion R. Sills, Huiyuan Wang, Linbo Wang, Yudong Wang, Dazheng Zhang, Ting Zhou, Ravi Jhaveri, Eric J. Tchetgen Tchetgen, Jeffrey S. Morris, Christopher B. Forrest, Yong Chen

“…We aim to assess the effectiveness of BNT162b2 on long COVID risks with various strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in children and adolescents, using comparative effectiveness methods. We further explore if such pre-infection vaccination can mitigate the risk of long COVID beyond its established protective benefits against SARS-CoV-2 infection using causal mediation analysis. …”
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New Insights into Duckweed as an Alternative Source of Food and Feed: Key Components and Potential Technological Solutions to Increase Their Digestibility and Bioaccessibility by Krisztina Takács, Rita Végh, Zsuzsanna Mednyánszky, Joseph Haddad, Karim Allaf, Muying Du, Kewei Chen, Jianquan Kan, Tian Cai, Péter Molnár, Péter Bársony, Anita Maczó, Zsolt Zalán, István Dalmadi

“…In this context, our attention has been specifically focused on duckweed—which is the third most important aquatic plant after the microalgae <i>Chlorella</i> and <i>Spirulina</i>—to explore its potential for use in a variety of areas, particularly in the food industry. …”
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Alternate partial root-zone irrigation combined with nitrogen fertilizer: An adaptive surge root irrigation and nitrogen strategy to improve apple yield, water-nitrogen use efficie... by Kun Hao, Wei Zhang, Shijiang Zhu, Youliang Peng, Yun Zhong, Feilong Jie, Lihua Liu, Yalin Gao, Lin Zhou, Chuang Liu, Fangyuan Shen

“…In the study, soil water and nitrogen distribution, yield, fruit quality, water and nitrogen utilization efficiency, physiological and reproductive indicators and economic benefit of apples under various surge root irrigation treatments were analyzed, and their responses to water and nitrogen management were explored. Principal component was used to assess assessed apple quality and the game theory-based combinatorial weighting method (TOPSIS) was used to provide comprehensive evaluation of apple yield, quality, and water-nitrogen utilization efficiency. …”
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Neuroprotective Effect of Crocin on Rats with Focal Cerebral Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Based on TLR4/NF-κB Pathway by LI Xiaolei, ZHU Haisheng, MA Ruijuan, HU Ke, FENG Lina, WANG Xudong

“…ObjectiveTo observe the protective effect of crocin on neurons of rats with focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion (FCIR) injury based on the toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)/nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) pathway, and to explore the possible mechanism of crocin in the prevention and treatment on FCIR injury.MethodsA total of 128 SD rats were divided randomly into sham operation group, model group, crocin group, crocin + lipopolysaccharide group, with 32 rats in each group. …”
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Three in four children age 12–23 months missed opportunities for vaccination in Sub-Saharan African countries: a multilevel mixed effect analysis of demographic health and surveys... by Melak Jejaw, Tesfahun Zemene Tafere, Misganaw Guadie Tiruneh, Asebe Hagos, Getachew Teshale, Mikias Mered Tilahun, Wubshet D. Negash, Kaleb Assegid Demissie

“…Qualitative research is recommended to explore the facilitators and barriers of missed opportunities for vaccinations among children.…”
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Editorial by Ann-Kristin Kölln, Antony Mason, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche, Maria Lenk

“…Drawing on social network and political participation theory and novel survey data from Belgium, Paulis explores what network patterns contribute to young people’s enrolment in a political party. …”
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A Comparative Study of Mulla Sadra and Plantinga’s Views on the Issue of Evil by Masoumeh Ameri, Farida Rezaei

“…In the tradition of Islamic philosophy, Mulla Sadra, one of the mystical philosophers, and in Western philosophical thought, Alvin Plantinga, a theistic philosopher, have both explored the issue of evil with distinct foundations and solutions. …”
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Le camp F de Lautagne à Valence (Drôme) : l’organisation interne et la vie quotidienne d’un camp militaire romain au milieu du ier s. av. J.-C. by Magalie Kielb Zaaraoui, Loïc Buffat, Michel Reddé, Yahya Zaaraoui

“…Between the end of 2013 and the end of 2016, two extensive excavations were carried out on an area measuring just over 13.7 ha. They explored the south-eastern corner of Camp F, the subject of this article. …”
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