Most diverse, most neglected: weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) are ubiquitous specialized brood-site pollinators of tropical flora by Haran, Julien, Kergoat, Gael J., de Medeiros, Bruno A. S.

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Is information provided within chronic subdural haematoma education resources adequate? A scoping review. by Conor S Gillespie, Samuel Khanna, Mark E Vivian, Samuel McKoy, Alvaro Yanez Touzet, Ellie Edlmann, Daniel J Stubbs, Benjamin M Davies

“…Resources were classified into a hierarchical framework using inductive thematic analysis into 8 core domains: Aetiology, epidemiology and pathophysiology; natural history and risk factors; symptoms; diagnosis; surgical management; nonsurgical management; complications and recurrence; and outcomes. …”
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Phenolic Composition, and Antioxidant and Antineurodegenerative Potential of Methanolic Extracts of Fruit Peel and Flesh of Pear Varieties from Serbia by Aleksandra Savić, Ana Alimpić Aradski, Jelena Živković, Katarina Šavikin, Snežana Jarić, Petar D. Marin, Sonja Duletić-Laušević

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Bio-concentration of hazardous metals in migrant shorebirds in a key conservation reserve and adjoining areas on the west coast of India by K.M. Aarif, K.A. Rubeena, Aymen Nefla, Zuzana Musilova, Petr Musil, Sabir Bin Muzaffar

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The Effects of Disturbance on Plant–Pollinator Interactions in the Native Forests of an Oceanic Island (Terceira, Azores) by Mário Boieiro, Mariana Ferreira, Ana Ceia-Hasse, Fabiana Esposito, Renata Santos, Gabor Pozsgai, Paulo A. V. Borges, Carla Rego

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Gut-Heart Axis: Microbiome Involvement in Restrictive Cardiomyopathies by Samuel Jaimez-Alvarado, Itzel Ivonn López-Tenorio, Javier Barragán-De los Santos, Dannya Coral Bello-Vega, Francisco Javier Roldán Gómez, Amedeo Amedei, Enrique Alexander Berrios-Bárcenas, María Magdalena Aguirre-García

“…An intriguing aspect of restrictive cardiomyopathies (RCM) is the microbiome role in the natural history of the disease. These cardiomyopathies are often difficult to diagnose and so result in significant morbidity and mortality. …”
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Camel tick species distribution in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates using MaxEnt modelling by Nighat Perveen, Sabir B. Muzaffar, Areej Jaradat, Olivier A. Sparagano, Arve L. Willingham, Ala Tabor

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Twelve barriers to COPD diagnosis in France: a comparative qualitative study by Maxime Patout, Laurie Fraticelli, Maéva Zysman, Olivier Le Rouzic, Elisabetta Scanferla, Clémence Martin, Mathieu Delorme, Cécilia Nocent-Ejnaini, Guillaume Roucoux, Lize Kiakouama Maleka, Annaig Ozier, Yassine Benarbia, Lize Kiakouama, Olivier Le Rouzic, Jean-Paul Vasseur, Marie-Agnès Wiss-Laurent, Carla Zonca, Nissrine Erraji, Matthieu Chanard, Fabienne Peretz, Catherine Beseme, Antonio Correira Dos Santos, Héla Saïdi, Lynda Saïl

“…Our qualitative study aimed to identify barriers to establishing diagnosis in the natural history of this condition.Methods An inductive thematic analysis was performed on structured interviews with patients, general practitioners (GPs) and pulmonologists in France. …”
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Unveiling the conserved nature of Heliconia chloroplast genomes: insights from the assembly and analysis of four complete chloroplast genomes by Xin Cheng, Xin Cheng, Chengcheng Shi, Ting Yang, Qijin Ge, W. John Kress, Xin Liu, Xin Liu

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Modeling compositional heterogeneity resolves deep phylogeny of flowering plants by Yongli Wang, Yan-Da Li, Shuo Wang, Erik Tihelka, Michael S. Engel, Chenyang Cai

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Identification of a pathogenic founder variant in the WFS1 gene that causes Wolfram syndrome in the Druze population by Inbal Halabi, Inbal Halabi, Yardena Tenenbaum-Rakover, Yardena Tenenbaum-Rakover, Lena Sagi-Dain, Lena Sagi-Dain, Lena Sagi-Dain, Ilana Koren, Ilana Koren, Ilana Koren

“…It is characterized by central diabetes insipidus, juvenile-onset diabetes mellitus (DM), optic atrophy (OA), and deafness. The natural history of WS is variable, even within the same family and with the same variant.ObjectiveTo report the phenotypes of five patients of Druze origin, all carrying the same autosomal recessive pathogenic variant in the WFS1 gene.Patients & methodsFive patients belonging to three core families were enrolled. …”
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Economic evaluation of pan-genotypic generic direct-acting antiviral regimens for treatment of chronic hepatitis C in Iran: a cost-effectiveness study by Seyed Moayed Alavian, Mohammad Tasavon Gholamhoseini, Heidar Sharafi, Helena HL Borba, Asma Sabermahani, Behzad Hajarizadeh

“…This study evaluated the cost-effectiveness of genotype-dependent and pan-genotypic DAA regimens in Iran as an example of a resource-limited setting.Methods A Markov model was developed to simulate HCV natural history. A decision tree was developed for HCV treatment, assuming four scenarios, including scenario 1: genotyping, sofosbuvir/ledipasvir (SOF/LDV) for genotype 1, and sofosbuvir/daclatasvir (SOF/DCV) for genotype 3; scenario 2: genotyping, SOF/LDV for genotype 1, and sofosbuvir/velpatasvir (SOF/VEL) for genotype 3; scenario 3: no genotyping and SOF/DCV for all; and scenario 4: no genotyping and SOF/VEL for all. …”
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Origin and Affinities of the Malmberget Iron Oxide-Apatite Deposit, Northern Sweden: Insights From Magnetite Chemistry and Fe-O Isotopes by Jens S. Henriksson, Valentin R. Troll, Ellen Kooijman, Ilya Bindeman, Tomas Naeraa, Tobias E. Bauer

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Impact of a potential Chlamydia vaccine in the USA: mathematical modelling analyses by Hiam Chemaitelly, Laith J Abu-Raddad, Houssein H Ayoub, Susanne F Awad, Monia Makhoul

“…The model’s parameters were chosen based on current knowledge from the literature on CT’s natural history and epidemiology. The model’s calibration used age-specific CT prevalence data sourced from the biannual rounds of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. …”
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Three-dimensional diffractive acoustic tomography by Luca Menozzi, Tri Vu, Aidan J. Canning, Harshal Rawtani, Carlos Taboada, Marie Elise Abi Antoun, Chenshuo Ma, Jesse Delia, Van Tu Nguyen, Soon-Woo Cho, Jianing Chen, Theresa Charity, Yirui Xu, Phuong Tran, Jun Xia, Gregory M. Palmer, Tuan Vo-Dinh, Liping Feng, Junjie Yao

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Distinct ecological processes shape micro-eukaryotic generalists and specialists in a canal-disturbed wetland, Lake Weishan, China by Xinghao Li, Yunfeng Wang, Micah Dunthorn, Chengzhi Mao, Qiaoyi Kong, Saleh A. Al-Farraj, Weibo Song, Jie Huang

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Case report: Long-term GPS tracking throughout the breeding and non-breeding seasons of the streaked shearwater Calonectris leucomelas by Taito Kamata, Masaki Shirai, Kazuhiko Hirata, Takahiro Sato, Haruka Mukai, Maki Yamamoto, Tsuneo Sekijima

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Insulin Resistance and Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Mihaela Vladu, Diana Clenciu, Ion Cristian Efrem, Mircea-Cătalin Forțofoiu, Anca Amzolini, Simona Tudorică Micu, Maria Moţa, Maria Forțofoiu

“…Insulin resistance plays an important role in the natural history of type 1 diabetes. The purpose of the study was to determine the prevalence of CKD in T1DM and the correlation with insulin resistance (IR) in patients with CKD. …”
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JWST/NIRCam 4–5 μm Imaging of the Giant Planet AF Lep b by Kyle Franson, William O. Balmer, Brendan P. Bowler, Laurent Pueyo, Yifan Zhou, Emily Rickman, Zhoujian Zhang, Sagnick Mukherjee, Tim D. Pearce, Daniella C. Bardalez Gagliuffi, Lauren I. Biddle, Timothy D. Brandt, Rachel Bowens-Rubin, Justin R. Crepp, James W. Davidson Jr., Jacqueline Faherty, Christian Ginski, Elliott P. Horch, Marvin Morgan, Caroline V. Morley, Marshall D. Perrin, Aniket Sanghi, Maïssa Salama, Christopher A. Theissen, Quang H. Tran, Trevor N. Wolf

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Using target enrichment sequencing to study the higher-level phylogeny of the largest lichen-forming fungi family: Parmeliaceae (Ascomycota) by Felix Grewe, Claudio Ametrano, Todd J. Widhelm, Steven Leavitt, Isabel Distefano, Wetchasart Polyiam, David Pizarro, Mats Wedin, Ana Crespo, Pradeep K. Divakar, H. Thorsten Lumbsch

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