Environmental Influences on Young Adult Male Height. A Comparison of Town and Countryside in the Netherlands, 1815-1900 by Jan Kok, Erik Beekink, David Bijsterbosch

“…In this brief, exploratory paper, we combine two detailed local datasets to provide answers to these questions. …”
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Durability Improvement of Synthetic Dry Adhesives by Metal Coatings by Gyuhe Kim, Taechang Ahn, Hui Yun Hwang

“…However, the proposed methods require special locomotion or complicated manufacturing. In this study, we suggested a metal coating on synthetic dry adhesives to improve durability. …”
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Eicosapentaenoic Acid and Docosahexaenoic Acid as an Antimicrobial Agent in Orthopedics—An In Vitro Study About the Race for Surface by Christopher Spiegel, Burak Ünalan, Andreas Kaserbacher, Rohit Arora, Débora C. Coraça-Huber

“…In addition, we carried out scanning electron microscopy to study the race for surface behaviour of the cells. …”
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cigFacies: a massive-scale benchmark dataset of seismic facies and its application by H. Gao, X. Wu, X. Sun, M. Hou, M. Hou, H. Gao, G. Wang, H. Sheng

“…Specifically, we first develop a knowledge graph of seismic facies based on geological concepts and seismic reflection configurations. …”
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Physical behaviours during pregnancy may alter the association of maternal insulin sensitivity with neonatal adiposity: a prospective pre-birth cohort of mother-child pairs by Piraveena Satkunanathan, Catherine Allard, Myriam Doyon, Patrice Perron, Luigi Bouchard, Marie-France Hivert, Tricia M. Peters

“…We recorded birthweight from electronic medical records. …”
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Meteorological Anomalies During Earthquake Preparation: A Case Study for the 1995 Kobe Earthquake (M = 7.3) Based on Statistical and Machine Learning-Based Analyses by Masashi Hayakawa, Shinji Hirooka, Koichiro Michimoto, Stelios M. Potirakis, Yasuhide Hobara

“…When looking at the whole period of over one year including the day of the EQ, in the case of T/Hum only we detected three additional extreme anomalies, except in winter, but with unknown origins. …”
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Tools for the Analysis of Quantum Protocols Requiring State Generation Within a Time Window by Bethany Davies, Thomas Beauchamp, Gayane Vardoyan, Stephanie Wehner

“…An important class of examples is quantum network protocols that require a certain number of entangled pairs. Here, we consider a setting in which a process generates a quantum resource state with some probability <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$p$</tex-math></inline-formula> in each time step and stores it in a quantum memory that is subject to time-dependent noise. …”
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The Optimal Intervention Time of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Ameliorating Cardiac Fibrosis Induced by Viral Myocarditis: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Mice by Tingting Wu, Yuan Xie, Jing Huang, Ping Li, Xuliang Wang, Yaoyao Yan, Tianhe Xia, Lei Li, Feng Zhu, Hao Li, Rongzhou Wu

“…Furthermore, we demonstrated that after BMSCs treatment, the expressions of TGF-β, col1α1, and col3α1 were significantly decreased. …”
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Estrogen-related receptor gamma is a regulator of mitochondrial, autophagy, and immediate-early gene programs in spiny projection neurons: Relevance for transcriptional changes in... by Stephanie N. Fox, Cody H. Savage, Narcy R. Amireddy, Laura J. McMeekin, David K. Crossman, Peter J. Detloff, Michelle Gray, Rita M. Cowell

“…To avoid effects of developmental deletion and explore Esrrg's role within adult SPN populations, we deleted or overexpressed Esrrg in adult SPNs. …”
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Advancing the genetic engineering toolbox by combining AsCas12a knock-in mice with ultra-compact screening by Wei Jin, Yexuan Deng, John E. La Marca, Emily J. Lelliott, Sarah T. Diepstraten, Christina König, Lin Tai, Valentina Snetkova, Kristel M. Dorighi, Luke Hoberecht, Millicent G. Hedditch, Lauren Whelan, Geraldine Healey, Dan Fayle, Kieran Lau, Margaret A. Potts, Moore Z. Chen, Angus P. R. Johnston, Yang Liao, Wei Shi, Andrew J. Kueh, Benjamin Haley, Jean-Philippe Fortin, Marco J. Herold

“…Abstract Cas12a is a next-generation gene editing tool that enables multiplexed gene targeting. Here, we present a mouse model that constitutively expresses enhanced Acidaminococcus sp. …”
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Non-contact tracking of shoulder bones using ultrasound and stereophotogrammetry by Ahmed Sewify, Ahmed Sewify, Maxence Lavaill, Maxence Lavaill, Dermot O’Rourke, Dermot O’Rourke, Maria Antico, Maria Antico, Peter Pivonka, Peter Pivonka, Davide Fontanarosa, Davide Fontanarosa, Saulo Martelli, Saulo Martelli

“…PurposeWe explored the integration of 3D ultrasound (US) imaging with motion capture technology for non-invasively tracking bones of the shoulder district during normal activity. …”
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SIRT2 and ALDH1A1 as critical enzymes for astrocytic GABA production in Alzheimer’s disease by Mridula Bhalla, Jinhyeong Joo, Daeun Kim, Jeong Im Shin, Yongmin Mason Park, Yeon Ha Ju, Uiyeol Park, Seonguk Yoo, Seung Jae Hyeon, Hyunbeom Lee, Junghee Lee, Hoon Ryu, C. Justin Lee

“…We checked for the presence of SIRT2 in human AD patients as well as the mouse model APP/PS1 and finally, we selectively ablated SIRT2 in the astrocytes of APP/PS1 mice to observe its effects on pathology. …”
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Implementation of Compensation-Sensitive Shot-Style-Feedback of Aiming Point Training Data at the Swiss Shooting Federation by Dino Tartaruga, Ralf Kredel

“…Methods We have been collecting SCATT training sessions from athletes via email and utilizing a MATLAB script that waits for and automatically analyses incoming data. …”
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Effect of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid) on hospitalization among adults with COVID-19: An electronic health record-based target trial emulation from N3C. by Abhishek Bhatia, Alexander J Preiss, Xuya Xiao, M Daniel Brannock, G Caleb Alexander, Robert F Chew, Hannah Davis, Megan Fitzgerald, Elaine Hill, Elizabeth P Kelly, Hemalkumar B Mehta, Charisse Madlock-Brown, Kenneth J Wilkins, Christopher G Chute, Melissa Haendel, Richard Moffitt, Emily R Pfaff, N3C Consortium

“…We also conducted stratified analyses by vaccination status and age group. …”
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Whole genome sequencing in early onset advanced heart failure by Erik Linnér, Tomasz Czuba, Olof Gidlöf, Jakob Lundgren, Entela Bollano, Maria Hellberg, Selvi Celik, Neha Pimpalwar, Philipp Rentzsch, Molly Martorella, Anders Gummesson, Olle Melander, Sebastian Albinsson, Göran Dellgren, Jan Borén, Anders Jeppsson, R. Thomas Lumbers, Sonia Shah, Johan Nilsson, Pradeep Natarajan, Tuuli Lappalainen, Malin Levin, Hans Ehrencrona, J. Gustav Smith

“…We found a pathogenic (LP/P) variant in 34 individuals (34%). …”
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Factors Influencing the Development of Metachronous Fractures in Patients with Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures Treated with Conservative Management or Vertebroplasty by Fernando Ruiz Santiago, Lucía Bueno Caravaca, Francisco Garrido Sanz, Paula María Jiménez Gutiérrez, David Luengo Gómez, Mario Rivera Izquierdo, José Manuel Benítez, Antonio Jesús Láinez Ramos-Bossini

“…We collected socio-demographic, radiological and treatment-related variables. …”
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Fermi Unassociated Sources in the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey by Morgan Himes, Preshanth Jagannathan, Dale A. Frail, Frank Schinzel, Neeraj Gupta, S. A. Balashev, F. Combes, P. P. Deka, H.-R. Klöckner, E. Momjian, J. D. Wagenveld

“…We show that MALS, due to its excellent continuum sensitivity, can detect 80% of the known pulsar population. …”
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Characteristics of TSPO expression in marmoset EAE by Irene Falk, Dragan Maric, Emily Leibovitch, Pascal Sati, Jennifer Lefeuvre, Nicholas J. Luciano, Joseph Guy, Seung-Kwon Ha, David R. Owen, Franklin Aigbirhio, Paul M. Matthews, Daniel S. Reich, Steven Jacobson

“…However, we also find increased astrocytic TSPO expression in chronic-appearing lesions with astrogliosis. …”
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Parental Mental Health and Child Maltreatment in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Importance of Sampling in a Quantitative Statistical Study by Lara Engelke, Claudia Calvano, Steffi Pohl, Sibylle Maria Winter, Babette Renneberg

“…The covariates could not explain the difference in NEA (exp(B)=1.70). We discuss further factors that may explain the unexplained differences. …”
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Towards water-conscious green hydrogen and methanol production: A techno-economic review by Henrik Wenzel, Gian Müller, Freia Harzendorf, Thomas Schöb, Felix Kullmann, Jann Michael Weinand, Detlef Stolten

“…We present an innovative process chain, consisting of adsorption-based direct air capture, solid oxide electrolysis, and methanol synthesis to address this issue. …”
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