Microbiota, parasitic infections and their relationship with nutritional status and neurocognitive functioning in children from Ecuador—Proyecto Guagua: research protocol for a cro... by Sandra Victoria Abril-Ulloa, Tannia Valeria Carpio-Arias, Renata Alejandra Alvarado-Barba, Cristina Gabriela Ríos-Romero, Pamela Vinueza-Veloz, Sueny Paloma Lima-dos-Santos, Sueny Paloma Lima-dos-Santos, Igor Eduardo Astudillo-Skliarova, Igor Eduardo Astudillo-Skliarova, Ruth Irene Arias-Gutiérrez, Manuel Pérez-Quintana, Henk-Jan Boele, Henk-Jan Boele, Henk-Jan Boele, María Fernanda Vinueza-Veloz

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Air pollution and health in Eastern India: Findings from a primary survey conducted in West Bengal and Jharkhand by Arup Halder, Aditi Kundu, Arunava Ghoshal

“…Although air pollution is considered a global problem affecting rural and urban equally, it is still observed that the people of developing countries are disproportionately affected by it. …”
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Review of gridded climate products and their use in hydrological analyses reveals overlaps, gaps, and the need for a more objective approach to selecting model forcing datasets by K. R. Mankin, S. Mehan, T. R. Green, D. M. Barnard, D. M. Barnard

“…All datasets summarized here span at least the conterminous US (CONUS), and many are continental or global in extent. Gridded datasets built on ground-based observations (G; <span class="inline-formula"><i>n</i>=</span> 20), satellite imagery (S; <span class="inline-formula"><i>n</i>=</span> 20), and/or reanalysis products (R; <span class="inline-formula"><i>n</i>=</span> 23) are compiled and described, with focus on the characteristics that hydrologic investigators may find useful in discerning acceptable datasets (variables, coverage, resolution, accessibility, and latency). …”
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La participación social de las personas mayores en regiones enfrentadas al problema demográfico: Extremadura como caso de estudio by Mar Chaves Carrillo, Manuela Caballero Guisado, Lidia G. Domínguez-Párraga

“…Finalmente, el área de residencia rural-urbano muestra un menor efecto, constatando la idea de urbe global analizada en otros estudios. Conclusiones. …”
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CAMELS-IND: hydrometeorological time series and catchment attributes for 228 catchments in Peninsular India by N. K. Mangukiya, K. B. Kumar, P. Dey, S. Sharma, V. Bejagam, P. P. Mujumdar, P. P. Mujumdar, A. Sharma, A. Sharma

“…CAMELS-IND follows the same standards of the previously developed CAMELS datasets for the USA, Chile, Brazil, Great Britain, Australia, Switzerland, and Germany to facilitate comparisons with catchments of those countries and inclusion in global hydrological studies. Notably, CAMELS-IND includes available observed streamflow and catchment mean time series of 19 meteorological forcings, including precipitation, maximum, minimum, average temperature, long-wave and short-wave radiation flux, <span class="inline-formula"><i>U</i></span> and <span class="inline-formula"><i>V</i></span> components of wind, relative humidity, evaporation rates from canopy and soil surface, actual and potential evapotranspiration, and soil moisture of four layers (covering depth up to 3 m below ground) for detailed hydrometeorological studies. …”
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Chemical Composition and Larvicidal Activity of Flower Extracts from Clitoria ternatea against Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) by Darvin R. Ravindran, Madhuri Bharathithasan, Patmani Ramaiah, Mohd Sukhairi Mat Rasat, Dinesh Rajendran, Shakila Srikumar, Intan H. Ishak, Abd Rahman Said, Rajiv Ravi, Mohamad Faiz Mohd Amin

“…Mosquitoes have always been a human health threat; the major global health problems caused by them are malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, and Zika as well as several other vector-borne outbreaks. …”
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Changing consumption of resources for respiratory support and short-term outcomes in four consecutive geographical cohorts of infants born extremely preterm over 25 years since the... by Alicia J Spittle, Lex W Doyle, Peter J Anderson, Li Huang, Jeanie L Y Cheong, Alice C Burnett, Anjali Haikerwal, Merilyn Bear, Margaret Charlton, Janet Courtot, Noni Davis, Julianne Duff, Rachel Ellis, Marie Hayes, Elisha Josev, Elaine Kelly, Marion Mcdonald, Emma Mcinnes, Bronwyn Novella, Gillian Opie, Gehan Roberts, Katherine Scott, Penelope Stevens, Anne-marie Turner, Kim M Dalziel, Katherine Lee, Marissa Clark, Joy E Olsen, Rosemarie A Boland, Alice E Stewart, Leah M Hickey

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Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of soil respiration in a bare-soil Mediterranean olive grove by S. Aranda-Barranco, S. Aranda-Barranco, P. Serrano-Ortiz, P. Serrano-Ortiz, A. S. Kowalski, A. S. Kowalski, E. P. Sánchez-Cañete, E. P. Sánchez-Cañete

“…<p>Soil respiration (<span class="inline-formula"><i>R</i>_s</span>) is an important carbon flux in terrestrial ecosystems, and knowledge about this CO<span class="inline-formula">₂</span> release process and the drivers involved is a key topic in the context of global change. However, temporal and spatial variability has not been studied extensively in semi-arid systems such as olive groves. …”
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Importance of EQA/PT for the detection of genetic variants in comprehensive cancer genome testing by Kazuyuki Matsushita, Takayuki Ishige, Kousuke Watanabe, Toshiaki Akahane, Akihide Tanimoto, Michiko Yoshimoto, Munekazu Yamakuchi, Teruto Hashiguchi, Yoshinaga Okugawa, Makoto Ikejiri, Toshikazu Yamaguchi, Tadashi Yamasaki, Mayu Takeda, Masaaki Hibi, Naoki Akiyama, Kaho Shimizu, Naonori Hashimoto, Hiroko Sato, Yoshinori Tanaka, Fumie Amari, the EQA working group of Japan Association for Clinical Laboratory Science(JACLS)

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Immune responses in children with secondary infection of mycoplasma pneumoniae after COVID-19: focus on eosinophils and IgE by Pingping Wang, Jin Yao, Yaqiong Li, Zhanjun Zhang, Ruiling Zhang, Shouting Lu, Meixia Sun, Xiaorong Huang

“…Abstract Background The COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic has posed a major challenge to global public health, especially in children. Some children may experience secondary infection with Mycoplasma pneumoniae after SARS-CoV-2 infection, which has attracted widespread attention. …”
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Long-Term Therapeutic Effects of ²²⁵Ac-DOTA-E[c(RGDfK)]₂ Induced by Radiosensitization via G2/M Arrest in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma by Mitsuyoshi Yoshimoto, Kohshin Washiyama, Kazunobu Ohnuki, Ayano Doi, Miki Inokuchi, Motohiro Kojima, Brian W. Miller, Yukie Yoshii, Anri Inaki, Hirofumi Fujii

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Traditional herbal medicine legislative and regulatory framework: a cross-sectional quantitative study and archival review perspectives by Sileshi Dubale, Rashed Edris Usure, Yesuneh Tefera Mekasha, Gemmechu Hasen, Firdos Hafiz, Dereje Kebebe, Sultan Suleman

“…BackgroundThe World Health Organization (WHO) reports that a significant portion of the global population relies on traditional herbal medicine (THM) due to limited access to safe and high-quality modern medical care. …”
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Immune Modulation Effect of Administration of Rice Bran Extract with Increased Solubility Fermented by <i>Lentinus edodes</i> UBC-V88 in Cyclophosphamide-Treated Mice Model by Gi-Jung Kim, Yelim Jang, Ji-Yoon Hong, Kyoung-Tae Kwon, Dae-Weon Kim, Dae-Jung Kang, Sung-Joo Hwang, Jung-Yun Lee, Emmanouil Apostolidis, Young-In Kwon

“…There is a global and increasing demand for natural ingredients that support the human immune response. …”
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Cardiovascular disease risk in cancer survivors: a population-based cohort study from the UK Biobank, and meta-analysis of cohort studies by Hong Li, Yazhou He, Zubing Mei, Hong Wu, Yang Shen, Ziqiang Wang, Jichun Zhao, Chuan Xu, Yanhong Zhou, Chi Shu, Botao Yu, Xiran Wang, Changtao Li, Yiqiang Liu

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A two-step geospace storm as a new tool of opportunity for experimentally estimating the threshold condition for the formation of a substorm current wedge by L. F. Chernogor

“…These conclusions have been drawn from the examination of the latitudinal dependence of variations in the geomagnetic field on the surface of the Earth on the global scale during the severe two-step geomagnetic storm of 23–24 April 2023, a major two-step storm in solar cycle 25. …”
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Research and Optimization on Performance of Magnetorheological Brake in Consideration of Eccentricity Compression by Song Chen, Tianwu Cai, Jin Huang, Dongchuan Wang

“…Based on Sobol method，the global sensitivity analysis of structural parameters of the brake is carried out. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variation of Water Use Efficiency and Its Responses to Climate Change in the Yellow River Basin from 1982 to 2018 by Jie Li, Fen Qin, Yingping Wang, Xiuyan Zhao, Mengxiao Yu, Songjia Chen, Jun Jiang, Linhua Wang, Junhua Yan

“…The ecosystem water use efficiency (WUE) plays a critical role in many aspects of the global carbon cycle, water management, and ecological services. …”
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Relationship between mucin gene polymorphisms and different types of gallbladder stones by Gongqing Ren, Yongmao Fan, Ruizi Zhong, Gang Zou, Xiaojun Huang, Yue Zhang

“…Abstract Background Gallstones, a common surgical condition globally, affect around 20% of patients. The development of gallstones is linked to abnormal cholesterol and bilirubin metabolism, reduced gallbladder function, insulin resistance, biliary infections, and genetic factors. …”
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Emerging burden of post-cancer therapy complications on unplanned hospitalisation and costs among Australian cancer patients: a retrospective cohort study over 14 years by Rashidul Alam Mahumud, Md. Shahjalal, Padam Kanta Dahal, Md. Parvez Mosharaf, Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Kamrun Nahar Koly, Sujana Haque Chowdhury, Andre M. N. Renzaho, Jeff Gow, Khorshed Alam, Olivia Wawryk

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Reflections and trajectories for interdisciplinary research on the energy transition by Cesare Sposito, Francesca Scalisi

“…The energy transition is, therefore, complex and challenging to implement because it involves ‘everything’ and is needed ‘everywhere’ but also because globally, primary energy consumption has been steadily increasing for at least half a century. …”
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