Digital transformation and the fluid workforce: skill development and capacity building for railway workers by Xiaoxu Yang, Yuming Liu, Jiachen Ji, Kai Liu, Wenjie Li

“…This research provides a novel framework for enhancing worker competencies in the digitally evolving railway construction landscape, integrating SNA with strategic workforce development approaches. …”
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Influence of Shade in Cocoa Agroforestry Systems on Physicochemical and Functional Characteristics of Cocoa Beans in Bonon, Central-West Côte d’Ivoire by Affoué Tatiana Kouassi, Adjoua Christiane Eunice Boko, Sika Hortense Blei, Djédoux Maxime Angaman, Yao Sadaiou Sabas Barima

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Differential Intestinal Mucosa Transcriptomic Biomarkers for Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis by Maria Dobre, Elena Milanesi, Teodora Ecaterina Mănuc, Dorel Eugen Arsene, Cristian George Ţieranu, Carlo Maj, Gabriel Becheanu, Mircea Mănuc

“…Genetic research has shaped the inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) landscape identifying nearly two hundred risk loci. …”
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Extinction studies in focus: Reflections on photography at a time of ecological decline by Kate Simpson, Sarah Oakes, Aureja Stirbyte, Katie Prosser, Timothy M. Brown, Jonathan David Roberts, Amy J. Bartlett

“…Through compositional inclusion or exclusion, the photograph can assert and communicate what belongs in a picture, in a landscape, in an ecosystem. It can illuminate what we deem conservation-worthy, or, on a larger scale, which extinctions are attention-worthy. …”
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Spaced Seed Data Structures for De Novo Assembly by Inanç Birol, Justin Chu, Hamid Mohamadi, Shaun D. Jackman, Karthika Raghavan, Benjamin P. Vandervalk, Anthony Raymond, René L. Warren

“…Here, we revisit the DBG paradigm to adapt it to the changing sequencing technology landscape and introduce three data structure designs for spaced seeds in the form of paired subsequences. …”
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A Particle Swarm Optimization Variant with an Inner Variable Learning Strategy by Guohua Wu, Witold Pedrycz, Manhao Ma, Dishan Qiu, Haifeng Li, Jin Liu

“…Although Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) has demonstrated competitive performance in solving global optimization problems, it exhibits some limitations when dealing with optimization problems with high dimensionality and complex landscape. In this paper, we integrate some problem-oriented knowledge into the design of a certain PSO variant. …”
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Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Features and Medico-Legal Implications of Diagnostic Omission by Davide Albano, Antonina Argo, Giuseppa Bilello, Enzo Cumbo, Melania Lupatelli, Pietro Messina, Fabio Massimo Sciarra, Mario Sessa, Stefania Zerbo, Giuseppe Alessandro Scardina

“…This study is aimed at examining in depth, through the presentation of a specific clinical case, the medico-legal aspects inherent to the diagnosis of oral cancer, analyzing the preventive, interceptive, and diagnostic strategies, the legal implications of clinical evaluation errors and diagnostic omission, and the type of medical damage produced and professional liability. The medico-legal landscape surrounding oral squamous cell carcinoma is multifaceted and characterized by diagnostic challenges, treatment complexities, and legal considerations. …”
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Changes in the Microbiome During Chronic Rhinosinusitis by Mateusz de Mezer, Nina Chalama, Cheyanna Bratt, Melanie Kiebalo, Natalia Dolata, Jan Rogaliński, Małgorzata Leszczyńska

“…The persistence of inverted papillomas warrants investigation into their pathogenesis and how they may contribute to a nasal landscape promoting the chronicity of CRS. Further investigation is needed to uncover the interplay between resident microbiota and viral, fungal, and immunological influence. …”
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Priming of prosopis cineraria (L.) druce and acacia tortilis (forssk) seeds with fulvic acid extracted from compost to improve germination and seedling vigor by S. Gill, A. Al-Shankiti

“…Composting of waste plant materials and its use in agriculture and landscape sites is an environmental friendly way of reducing waste material and conserving the environment. …”
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Economic consequences of the First World War by Nikolić Srboljub, Mihajlović Milan, Epler Igor, Milanović Nikola

“…The hypothesis is that the war's consequences significantly shaped the economic and social landscape of the world throughout the 20th century. …”
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The schematic structure of folk discourses of Toba Caldera Geosites as the collective memory for tourist destinations at lake Toba area by Robert Sibarani, Toshiaki Kimura, Peninna Simanjuntak

“…To maximize the impact, they should be presented in regional, national, and foreign languages, including Batak script, through both conventional and online platforms, thus enriching the language landscape of the Lake Toba area.…”
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D-2-hydroxyglutarate impairs DNA repair through epigenetic reprogramming by Fengchao Lang, Karambir Kaur, Haiqing Fu, Javeria Zaheer, Diego Luis Ribeiro, Mirit I. Aladjem, Chunzhang Yang

“…Abstract Cancer-associated mutations in IDH are associated with multiple types of human malignancies, which exhibit distinctive metabolic reprogramming, production of oncometabolite D-2-HG, and shifted epigenetic landscape. IDH mutated malignancies are signatured with “BRCAness”, highlighted with the sensitivity to DNA repair inhibitors and genotoxic agents, although the underlying molecular mechanism remains elusive. …”
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INSTINCT: Multi-sample integration of spatial chromatin accessibility sequencing data via stochastic domain translation by Yuyao Liu, Zhen Li, Xiaoyang Chen, Xuejian Cui, Zijing Gao, Rui Jiang

“…Integrative analysis of multiple spATAC-seq samples, for which no method has been developed, allows for effective identification and elimination of unwanted non-biological factors within the data, enabling comprehensive exploration of tissue structures and providing a holistic epigenomic landscape, thereby facilitating the discovery of biological implications and the study of regulatory processes. …”
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Global scientific performance and research trends of the interrelation between climate change and economic growth by Lobonț Oana-Ramona, Varadi Ana-Elena, Vătavu Sorana, Tao Ran, Moldovan Nicoleta Claudia

“…Our research contributes to the existing literature by providing a detailed mapping of the intellectual landscape and suggesting directions for future research to support effective climate policies.…”
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Environmental influence and species occurrence of yellowjacket drones in an invaded area by Agustina P. Porrino, Maité Masciocchi, Andrés S. Martínez

“…Such behavior is likely driven by a complex combination of individual and species-specific traits, environmental influence, and landscape cues. Our field study aimed to determine factors affecting the occurrence of Vespula spp. drones, focusing on the influence of vegetation traits, atmospheric factors and diel effects, and the species occurrence proportion in an invaded area in Patagonia. …”
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Strategies to Identify Recognition Signals and Targets of SUMOylation by Elisa Da Silva-Ferrada, Fernando Lopitz-Otsoa, Valérie Lang, Manuel S. Rodríguez, Rune Matthiesen

“…Furthermore, an integrative analysis of known and putative SUMO substrates illustrates an updated landscape of several SUMO-regulated events. The strategies and analysis presented here should contribute to the understanding of SUMO-controlled functions and provide rational approach to identify biomarkers or choose possible targets for intervention in processes where SUMOylation plays a critical role.…”
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Effects of a Severe Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic in Western Alberta, Canada under Two Forest Management Scenarios by Richard R. Schneider, Maria Cecilia Latham, Brad Stelfox, Dan Farr, Stan Boutin

“…When the outbreak occurred in each scenario, sufficient pine remained on the landscape for the beetle to cause the timber supply to collapse. …”
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Interference of a phytoconstituent from Nymphaea lotus-derived ligand N-acetyl glucosamine with signaling receptors in diabetes mellitus development: A targeted computational analy... by Sunday Amos Onikanni, Tran Nhat-Phong Dao, Adewale Oluwaseun Fadaka, Halliru Zailani, Oluwafemi Shittu Bakare, Omolola Esther Amos, Ashwil Klein, Valens Munyembaraga, Morenike Grace Ajayi, Adebola Iyabode Akinjokun, Babatunji Emmanuel Oyinloye, Leandro Miranda-Alves

“…Molecular dynamics simulation, principal component analysis, and free energy landscape analysis showed that the binding affinity of the Nymphaea lotus complex was higher than that of reference ligands. …”
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Evolution of CpG-islands by means of tandem duplications by V. N. Babenko, Y. L. Orlov, Zh. T. Isakova, D. A. Antonov, M. I. Voevoda

“…In particular, they: a) initiate transcription as promoters in most (> 50 %) genes of vertebrates, in some cases bi-directional, due to self-complement feature of cg dinucleotides; b) form a global methylation landscape; c) act as a transcription “switch” via methylation. …”
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Responsible Email Marketing in Higher Education by Lukas Vartiak, Martina Chrancokova, Miriam Garbarova, Juraj Fabus

“…This paper explores the nuanced landscape of responsible email marketing within higher education, focusing on balancing effective communication and ethical considerations. …”
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