Benchmarking Alzheimer’s disease prediction: personalised risk assessment using polygenic risk scores across various methodologies and genome-wide studies by Eftychia Bellou, Woori Kim, Ganna Leonenko, Feifei Tao, Emily Simmonds, Ying Wu, Niklas Mattsson-Carlgren, Oskar Hansson, Michael W. Nagle, Valentina Escott-Price, the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

“…Conclusions Our work benchmarks the best PRS derivation and modelling strategies for AD genetic prediction.…”
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Phenotypes, Risk Factors, and Mechanisms of Adult-Onset Asthma by Pinja Ilmarinen, Leena E. Tuomisto, Hannu Kankaanranta

“…Asthma is a heterogeneous disease with many phenotypes, and age at disease onset is an important factor in separating the phenotypes. Genetic factors, atopy, and early respiratory tract infections are well-recognized factors predisposing to childhood-onset asthma. …”
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Gene Technology for Papaya Ringspot Virus Disease Management by Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Latifah Amin, Nik Marzuki Sidik

“…This review focuses on the development of PRSV resistant transgenic papaya through gene technology. The genetic diversity of PRSV depends upon geographical distribution and the influence of PRSV disease management on a sequence of PRSV isolates. …”
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Mapping of Novel QTL Regulating Grain Shattering Using Doubled Haploid Population in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) by Gyu-Ho Lee, In-Kyu Kang, Kyung-Min Kim

“…In this study, we analyzed the QTLs associated with shattering employing a high-density genetic map in doubled haploid (DH) population of rice (Oryza sativa L.). …”
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Ensemble Methods with Voting Protocols Exhibit Superior Performance for Predicting Cancer Clinical Endpoints and Providing More Complete Coverage of Disease-Related Genes by Runyu Jing, Yu Liang, Yi Ran, Shengzhong Feng, Yanjie Wei, Li He

“…In genetic data modeling, the use of a limited number of samples for modeling and predicting, especially well below the attribute number, is difficult due to the enormous number of genes detected by a sequencing platform. …”
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Retinitis Pigmentosa and Bilateral Idiopathic Demyelinating Optic Neuritis in a 6-Year-Old Boy with OFD1 Gene Mutation by Xun Wang, Cong Zheng, Wen Liu, Hui Yang

“…After corticosteroid therapy, visual acuity recovered to OD: 0.5 and OS: 0.4. Genetic analysis revealed a G985S variant in the oral-facial-digital syndrome 1 gene. …”
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MtCro: multi-task deep learning framework improves multi-trait genomic prediction of crops by Dian Chao, Hao Wang, Fengqiang Wan, Shen Yan, Wei Fang, Yang Yang

“…Abstract Genomic Selection (GS) predicts traits using genome-wide markers, speeding up genetic progress and enhancing breeding efficiency. …”
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Detection of Integrase Gene in E. coli Isolated from Pigs at Different Stages of Production System by Eulalia de la Torre, Rocío Colello, Nora Lía Padola, Analía Etcheverría, Edgardo Rodríguez, Fabián Amanto, María Ofelia Tapia, Alejandro Luis Soraci

“…Integrons are one of the genetic elements involved in the acquisition of antibiotic resistance. …”
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ATP-Binding Cassette Genes Genotype and Expression: A Potential Association with Pancreatic Cancer Development and Chemoresistance? by Li Pang, Beverly Word, Joshua Xu, Honggang Wang, George Hammons, Shiew-Mei Huang, Beverly Lyn-Cook

“…Genetic polymorphisms in ABC (ATP-binding cassette) transporter genes are associated with differential responses to chemotherapy in various cancers including pancreatic cancer. …”
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Diabetes Mellitus Secondary to Acute Pancreatitis in a Child with Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome by Asma Deeb

“…Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome (WHS) is a rare genetic disease caused by deletion in the short arm of chromosome 4. …”
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Driver Distraction Identification with an Ensemble of Convolutional Neural Networks by Hesham M. Eraqi, Yehya Abouelnaga, Mohamed H. Saad, Mohamed N. Moustafa

“…The system consists of a genetically weighted ensemble of convolutional neural networks; we show that a weighted ensemble of classifiers using a genetic algorithm yields a better classification confidence. …”
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A Case of Growth Hormone Use in Dyggve–Melchior–Clausen Syndrome by Ravi Upadhyay, Claire Ruane, Rachel Umans, Beth A. Pletcher, Aditi Khokhar, Kristin Wong

“…Short stature has many causes including genetic disease, skeletal dysplasias, endocrinopathies, familial short stature, and nutritional deficiencies. …”
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Comparative Study of Various E. coli Strains for Biohydrogen Production Applying Response Surface Methodology by Péter Bakonyi, Nándor Nemestóthy, Katalin Bélafi-Bakó

“…The results revealed that by employing the genetically engineered E. coli (DJT 135) strain under optimized conditions (pH: 6.5; Formate conc.: 1.25 g/L), 0.63 mol H2/mol formate could be attained, which was 1.5 times higher compared to the wild-type E. coli (XL1-BLUE) that produced 0.42 mol H2/mol formate (pH: 6.4; Formate conc.: 1.3 g/L).…”
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Quality of Wood and Charcoal from Eucalyptus Clones for Ironmaster Use by Bárbara Luísa Corradi Pereira, Aylson Costa Oliveira, Ana Márcia Macedo Ladeira Carvalho, Angélica de Cássia Oliveira Carneiro, Larissa Carvalho Santos, Benedito Rocha Vital

“…Considering the wide variety of species and clones of Eucalyptus cultivated in Brazil, it is necessary to search for new information on wood properties, so that the selection of genetically superior material may be successful. The present study aimed to determine the properties of wood and charcoal from different clones of Eucalyptus spp. …”
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Modulating DDAH/NOS Pathway to Discover Vasoprotective Insulin Sensitizers by Li Lai, Yohannes T. Ghebremariam

“…In addition to diet, age, socioeconomic, and environmental factors, genetic factors that impair insulin signaling are centrally involved in the development and exacerbation of IRS. …”
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Can LibertyLink Cotton or Soybeans Work in Florida? by Jason Ferrell, Barry Brecke, Clyde Smith

“…Brecke, and Clyde Smith, answers questions about the potential use of LibertyLink crops, which are genetically modified to tolerate applications of glufosinate, as part of a control strategy for Palmer amaranth control in cotton and soybeans. …”
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Modified shuffled frog-leaping algorithm to solve traveling salesman problem by LUO Xue-hui, YANG Ye, LI Xia

“…Modified shuffled frog-leaping algorithm to solve TSP was proposed,which presented the concept of adjustment sequence to design the strategy of local searching,and added the mutation operation in the global exchange of information.Experimental results indicate that,compared with genetic algorithm and particle swarm optimization algorithm,the proposed algorithm has more powerful search capability and more strong robustness in solving TSP.…”
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A Novel Mycobacterium cosmeticum-Like Bacterium Isolated from the Ear Swab of a Patient with Otitis Externa by Jeanette W. P. Teo, Janet W. S. Cheng, Roland Jureen, Raymond T. P. Lin

“…We describe the identification and characterization of a novel nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM), isolated from an ear swab of an adult male patient with chronic otitis externa. Genetically, the bacterium is most closely related to Mycobacterium cosmeticum; however, growth and biochemical features indicate that it is distinctly different. …”
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Autoextraction of Permanent Incisors and Self-Inflicted Orodental Trauma in a Severely Burned Child by Sultan Keles, Gülçin Dogusal, Işıl Sönmez

“…In the literature, self-injurious behaviours are observed in syndromes and genetic conditions. However, to the best of our knowledge, SIB and autoextraction in a severely burned patient have not been reported to date. …”
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Can LibertyLink Cotton or Soybeans Work in Florida? by Jason Ferrell, Barry Brecke, Clyde Smith

“…Brecke, and Clyde Smith, answers questions about the potential use of LibertyLink crops, which are genetically modified to tolerate applications of glufosinate, as part of a control strategy for Palmer amaranth control in cotton and soybeans. …”
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