The Fate of the Tumor in the Hands of Microenvironment: Role of TAMs and mTOR Pathway by Danilo Figueiredo Soave, Marina Pacheco Miguel, Fernanda Dias Tomé, Liliana Borges de Menezes, Patrícia Resende Alo Nagib, Mara Rúbia Nunes Celes

“…Since 2000, written with elegance and accuracy, Hanahan and Weinberg have proposed six major hallmarks of cancer and, together, they provide great advances to the understanding of tumoral biology. Our knowledge about tumor behavior has improved and the investigators have now recognized that inflammatory microenvironment may be a new feature for the tumor entities. …”
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Malignant Phyllodes Tumor and Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia Sharing a Common Clonal Origin by Yngvar Fløisand, Klaus Beiske, Geir Erland Tjønnfjord, Dag Heldal, Bodil Bjerkehagen, Mona-Elisabeth Revheim, Sverre Heim, Øyvind Sverre Bruland, Kirsten Sundby Hall, Anne Tierens, Jan Delabie

“…We treated a young female patient with a malignant phyllodes tumor followed by an acute megakaryoblastic leukemia and found several of the same marker chromosomes by karyotype analysis of cells from both the tumor and the leukemia implying a common clonal origin of the two. To the best of our knowledge, this has not been demonstrated in phyllodes tumors before, but indicates that the same type of leukemization may occur of this tumor as has been described in mediastinal GCT.…”
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Causal Link between Ventricular Ectopy and Concussion by J. Patrick Neary, Jyotpal Singh, Jonathan P. Christiansen, Taylor A. Teckchandani, Kirsty L. Potter

“…The patient was then prescribed Amiodarone 200 mg, and his ventricular ectopy and concussion symptoms completely resolved simultaneously within days. To the authors’ knowledge, our study is the first to show a direct link between observable and documented cardiac dysregulation and concussion symptomology. …”
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Mapping the evidence on factors related to postpartum contraception among sub-Saharan African immigrant and refugee women in the United States of America: A scoping review protocol... by Comfort Z Olorunsaiye, Mariam A Badru, Augustus Osborne, Hannah M Degge, Sanni Yaya

“…We expect to identify knowledge gaps, and barriers and facilitators of postpartum contraception in this population. …”
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Odor Identification by Parkinson’s Disease Patients Tested by Using Sniffin’ Sticks versus Natural Spices by Florence Baert, Geertrui Vlaemynck, Jarissa Maselyne, Christophe Matthys

“…This is the first study, to our knowledge, to evaluate real-life food odor identification in PD patients. …”
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FARMING SYSTEM ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN ALGERIA: CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES by Belguet Assia, Bouchareb Radia, Chafia Benider, Guendouz Ali

“…Power farmers with the knowledge and skills needed to adapt to changing conditions. …”
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How Preceptor Behaviour Shapes the Future of Medical Professionals by Alshareef MH, Flemban AF

“…Their influence extends beyond knowledge transfer, embodying the values, attitudes, and professionalism essential to competent medical practice. …”
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Can the new model of shared property rights promote better corporate financial performance in China? by Zihao Ma, Shuaishuai Zhang, Xiao Li, Jiahong Guo, Lidan Yang, Shixiong Cao

“…Abstract Scientific research and technological innovation are driving modern economies; however, a new form of property rights is required to compensate knowledge workers for their contributions. In 1994, the Science and Technology Bureau of Shenzhen, China implemented a policy to encourage scientists and engineers to develop innovative technologies that would provide them a share of the profits earned from their innovations. …”
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Analysis of Factors Affecting the Severity of Automated Vehicle Crashes Using XGBoost Model Combining POI Data by Hengrui Chen, Hong Chen, Zhizhen Liu, Xiaoke Sun, Ruiyu Zhou

“…Moreover, an accident resulting in injuries also had a higher probability of occurring in areas where land-use patterns are highly diverse. The knowledge gained from this research could ultimately contribute to assessing and improving the safety performance of the current AVs.…”
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Long-term impacts of agricultural greenhouse expansion on albedo, land surface temperature, and vegetation: Evidence from a typical province in China by Fangxin Chen, Cong Ou, Yue Chen, Xiaochuang Yao, Bowen Niu, Zhenbo Du

“…The dramatic expansion of agricultural greenhouses (AGs) in China has raised concerns about its environmental impacts. But our knowledge in this area is still limited, especially the temporal and scale impacts of AGs. …”
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Innate and Adaptive Cell Populations Driving Inflammation in Dry Eye Disease by José L. Reyes, Danielle T. Vannan, Bertus Eksteen, Imelda Juárez Avelar, Tonathiu Rodríguez, Marisol Ibet González, Alicia Vázquez Mendoza

“…However, there is a lack of understanding of the underlying pathogenesis of DED, and subsequently, there are very few effective treatment strategies. The gap in our knowledge of the etiology of primary DED is in part because the majority of research in DED focused on secondary autoimmune causes. …”
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Secondary School Teachers’ Conceptions of Teaching Science Practical Work through Inquiry-Based Instruction by Tomas Shivolo, Hamza Omari Mokiwa

“…Science practical work, which involves conducting experiments and investigations, is considered a cornerstone of this approach as it provides learners with opportunities to apply theoretical knowledge, develop laboratory skills, and gain a profounder understanding of scientific concepts. …”
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GFTT: Geographical Feature Tokenization Transformer for SAR-to-Optical Image Translation by Hongbo Liang, Xuezhi Yang, Xiangyu Yang, Jinjin Luo, Jiajia Zhu

“…Another critical issue attributes to the scarcity of geographical prior knowledge. The generator always attempts to produce images within a narrow scope of the data space, which severely restricts the semantic correspondence between SAR content and optical styles. …”
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T Regulatory and T Helper 17 Cells in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome: Facts and Perspectives by Alessia Alunno, Francesco Carubbi, Onelia Bistoni, Sara Caterbi, Elena Bartoloni, Giulia Mirabelli, Francesca Cannarile, Paola Cipriani, Roberto Giacomelli, Roberto Gerli

“…The aim of this review article is to provide an overview of current knowledge on Treg cells and IL-17-producing T cells in pSS pathogenesis. …”
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Associations of sleep quality and fall risk among older adult outpatients at Thai Binh Medical University Hospital, Northern Vietnam by Nguyen The Diep, Doan Anh Tuan, Tien Van Nguyen, Hoang Minh Anh, Dao Huy Cu

“…This study aimed to determine the correlation between sleep quality and fall risk among the elderly, providing knowledge for fall prevention in this population in Vietnam.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted on 404 elderly patients who visited and were treated as outpatients at Thai Binh University Hospital from October 2023 to June 2024. …”
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Clostridium Difficile and COVID-19: Novel Risk Factors for Acute Portal Vein Thrombosis by Venkata Ram Pradeep Rokkam, Gurusaravanan Kutti Sridharan, Rathnamitreyee Vegunta, Radhakrishna Vegunta, Umesha Boregowda, Babu P. Mohan

“…The combination of local infection by clostridium difficile and COVID-19 coagulopathy led to development of portal vein thrombosis in our patient. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of portal vein thrombosis reported in a patient with clostridium difficile infection in the setting of COVID-19 coagulopathy. …”
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Description of buckwheat cultivars from Belarus and Ukraine in the environments of Leningrad Province by O. I. Romanova

“…Studying and systematizing knowledge about the conserved diversity of the genus Fagopyrum Mill. representatives cannot be efficient without switching to the use of the most detailed descriptors containing plant characters least dependent on differences in growing conditions.Materials and methods. …”
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Climate-smart agricultural technology and gender-differentiated food, and water security: Evidence from smallholder sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) Farmers by Abiodun Olusola Omotayo, Abeeb Babatunde Omotoso

“…Therefore, policy on investment in capacity-building initiatives to enhance farmers' knowledge and skills in CSAT adoption, and water resource management, particularly targeting the marginalized communities and women farmers would contribute to the increased implementation of CSAT adoption, thus, resulting in the overall FNWS in South Africa.…”
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Molecular Identification of Fusarium proliferatum from toenails: A case report by Sazan Jamal Gharib, Nawroz Abdul-razzak Tahir

“…The sequence of the F. proliferatum amplicon was aligned using ClustalW and the alignment was used to make phylogenetic analysis using MEGA software version X. To the best of our knowledge, the isolated Fusarium in this paper is the first case of its kind to be sequenced and reported by the molecular method in Kurdistan region of Iraq …”
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Temozolomide as Second or Third Line Treatment of Patients with Neuroendocrine Carcinomas by Ingrid H. Olsen, Jens B. Sørensen, Birgitte Federspiel, Andreas Kjaer, Carsten P. Hansen, Ulrich Knigge, Seppo W. Langer

“…Background. Knowledge of the clinical efficacy in recurrent neuroendocrine carcinomas is sparse. …”
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