Ability of Different Measures of Adiposity to Identify High Metabolic Risk in Adolescents by Carla Moreira, Rute Santos, Susana Vale, Paula C. Santos, Sandra Abreu, Ana I. Marques, Luísa Soares-Miranda, Jorge Mota

“…A cross-sectional school-based study was conducted on 517 adolescents aged 15–18, from the Azorean Islands, Portugal. We measured fasting glucose, insulin, total cholesterol (TC), HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, and systolic blood pressure. …”
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Methylation Status of Vitamin D Receptor Gene Promoter in Benign and Malignant Adrenal Tumors by Catia Pilon, Andrea Rebellato, Riccardo Urbanet, Vincenza Guzzardo, Rocco Cappellesso, Hironobu Sasano, Ambrogio Fassina, Francesco Fallo

“…Downregulation of VDR gene expression may result from epigenetics events, that is, methylation of cytosine nucleotide of CpG islands in VDR gene promoter. We analyzed methylation of CpG sites in the VDR gene promoter in normal adrenals and adrenocortical tumor samples. …”
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Good governance strategy in maintaining the national interest of state defense: a study in the North Natuna sea region by Theo L Sambuaga, Amarulla Octavian, Asep Adang Supriyadi, I. Gede Sumertha

“…Good governance comprises the central government's coordination and collaboration with the local government of Riau Islands Province, where the North Natuna Sea is located, and how well this local government meets its population's requirements in accordance with central government policies. …”
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Three-Dimensional Seismic Response Analysis of Zhubi Reef in the South China Sea by Xin Bao, Jingbo Liu, Shutao Li, Fei Wang

“…Reef islands are valuable terrestrial resources for ocean exploitation and utilization but face the serious threat of earthquake disasters. …”
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Documenting and characterising gestational weight gain beliefs and experiences among Marshallese pregnant women in Arkansas: a protocol for a longitudinal mixed-methods study by Pearl A McElfish, Britni L Ayers, Cari A Bogulski, Lauren Haggard-Duff, Aline Andres, Elisabet Børsheim

“…Introduction Arkansas has the largest population of Marshallese Pacific Islanders residing in the continental USA. The Marshallese have higher rates of obesity, type 2 diabetes, pre-term births, low birthweight babies, infant mortality, and inadequate or no prenatal care. …”
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Transsulfuration pathway activation attenuates oxidative stress and ferroptosis in sickle primary erythroblasts and transgenic mice by Caixia Xi, Junfeng Pang, Weinan Xue, Yang Cui, Na Jiang, Wenbo Zhi, Huidong Shi, Anatolij Horuzsko, Betty S. Pace, Xingguo Zhu

“…By contrast, the expression of CBS is inducible by dimethyl fumarate (DMF) through nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) activation and CpG islands DNA hydroxymethylation. DMF induces the expression of L-2-hydroxyglutarate dehydrogenase (L2HGDH) to downregulate L-2-hydroxyglutarate (L2HG) and increase global and locus-specific DNA hydroxymethylation levels. …”
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A Hybrid Renewable Sources Implementation for a DC Microgrid with Flatness-Nonlinear Control to Achieve Efficient Energy Management Strategy by Furqan A. Abbas, Adel A.Obed, Ammar Alhasiri, Salam J. Yaqoob

“…In this paper, we propose a standard-islanded DC microgrid with photovoltaic (PV) and fuel cell (FC) primary sources and a supercapacitor (SC) storage unit. …”
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Sufetula culshawi sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Lathrotelinae): a previously unrecognised species affecting cultivated palms by Mark R. Young, Peter R. Hall, Nigel G.J. Richards, David C. Lees

“…Currently we cannot rule out the hypothesis that the species is native to habitats containing palms in the southern Japanese islands, and further specimens should be searched for in collections and in the wild. …”
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The problems of genetic support of dividing the black kite (Milvus migrans) into subspecies by N. G. Andreyenkova, I. J. Starikov, M. Wink, I. V. Karyakin, O. V. Andreyenkov, I. F. Zhimulev

“…The black kite is widespread in Eurasia, Africa, Australia and adjacent islands. Palearctic kites migrate to Africa, India and China in winter, but kites of Africa and Australia are partly sedentary and partly seasonal migrants. …”
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Impairments of Visuospatial Attention in Children with Unilateral Spastic Cerebral Palsy by Gaétan Ickx, Samar M. Hatem, Inmaculada Riquelme, Kathleen M. Friel, Camille Henne, Rodrigo Araneda, Andrew M. Gordon, Yannick Bleyenheuft

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Scale-dependent responses to environmental fluctuations in tropical tree species’ crown temperatures by Shannon L. J. Bayliss, Eben N. Broadbent, Angélica M. Almeyda Zambrano, Susan Cordell, Stephanie Pau

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Spillable Semisolid Contents of Cystic Ameloblastoma Habour Tumour Cells by Mark C. Nwoga

“…Microscopic examination of the semisolid cavity contents demonstrated plexiform infiltrative tumors, islands, neoplastic cystic linings, stromal stellate cells, and inflammatory cells in 50% of the semisolid cystic content (blood clots, gelatinous, and cheesy materials). …”
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Os sistemas agrícolas tradicionais nos interstícios da soja no Brasil: processos e limites da conservação da agrobiodiversidade. by Ludivine Eloy, Cláudia de Souza, Diana Nascimento, Mônica Celeida Rabelo Nogueira, Henyo Trindade Barretto Filho, Patricia Bustamante, Laure Emperaire

“…Traditional agricultural knowledge molds a heterogeneous soybean frontier, where the interstices cultivated by communities reveal themselves as islands of agrobiodiversity in a sea of monocultures. …”
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Analysis of Oscillations during Out-of-Step Condition in Power Systems by Zainab Alnassar, S. T. Nagarajan

“…With the advent of synchrophasor-based measurement units, it is now possible to measure the bus voltage angle in real time leading to direct detection of OOS condition in power system and intentional islanding. In this article, a systematic analytical study and EMT time-domain simulation study have been performed to simulate OOS condition in the power systems, and its detection is based on the voltage angle difference with wide-area measurement systems (WAMSs). …”
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English literacy learning loss during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia by Gin Gin Gustine, Sri Setyarini, Rojab Siti Rodliyah

“…The survey involved 140 English teachers from four Indonesian provinces, including Java, Sumatra, Riau Islands, and Bali provinces. Ten English teachers were selected to participate in the individual online interviews, followed by a focus group discussion with four teachers. …”
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Meta-analysis: p16INK4α (Cyclin Dependent Kinase Inhibitor 2A) is one of the major causes of nasopharyngeal cancer by Lao Đức Thuận, Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Thảo, Thiều Hồng Huệ, Nguyễn Trung Hiếu, Phạm Thị Thúy Ngọc, Trần Bích Thư, Lê Huyền Ái Thúy

“…Global and Vietnamese studies have indicated enhanced methylation in the promoter region of CpG islands, contributing to the development of various cancers, including NPC (Chan, Teo, & Johnson, 2002). …”
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Transition from paediatric to adult neurological care: What do we know? by A. Valero-Mut, M.M. Rosselló-Vadell, M. Caner-Faig, J. Rubies-Olives, M. Carmona-Belda, E. Córdoba-Borrás, M.A. Grimalt-Calatayud, E. Miravet-Fuster

“…The aim of this study is to evaluate the current level of consensus on the transition of neuropaediatric patients among neurology and paediatric professionals in the Balearic Islands. Material and methods: We conducted an observational, analytical, cross-sectional study through an anonymous questionnaire consisting of 27 questions, which was distributed to neurologists, paediatric neurologists, hospital paediatricians, and primary care paediatricians in the healthcare network of the Balearic Islands. …”
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Epidemiological and genetic charateristics of Vibrio vulnificus from diverse sources in China during 2012–2023 by Dongling Long, Min Li, Lingchao Ma, Jiewen Huang, Chao Lv, Yiwen Chen, Zile Cheng, Chang Liu, Huitao Huang, Xiaokui Guo, Chao Yang, Yongzhang Zhu

“…T6SS1-positive strains demonstrated an increased number of genomic islands (GIs) and VFs compared to T6SS1-negative strains. …”
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Dynamics of Land Use, Land Cover Changes and Their Impacts on Land Surface Temperature Using Satellite Imagery by Temesghen E. Sereke, Tumuzghi Tesfay, Vitaly V. Bratkov, Elsayed S. Mohamed, Dinh T. Quyen

“…Thus, the study concludes that urbanization causes vegetation degradation, abrupt built-up growth and urban heat islands. The study will help planners and decisions-makers in planning appropriate mechanisms in land use planning and climate change mitigation.…”
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Cosmic Reionization on Computers: The Evolution of the Ionizing Background and Mean Free Path by Jiawen Fan, Huanqing Chen, Camille Avestruz, Affan Khadir

“…The evolution of the MFP measured from these sightlines exhibits a break that coincides with the disappearance of all the neutral islands in the reionization history of each box. In the absence of LLSs, the MFP will be biased high by ≈20% at z  ≈ 5. …”
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