Uptake kinetics and distribution of flupyrimin by rice (Oryza sativa L.): Effects of subcellular fractionation and soil factors by Xugen Shi, Min Wang, Zhenyu Jiang, Ruqiang Cui, Baotong Li, Xianpeng Zhang, Lianhu Zhang, Duantao Cao

“…In rice-soil systems, the accumulation of flupyrimin by rice plants is influenced primarily by the soil organic matter content, which leads to increased adsorption of flupyrimin onto soils (R2 > 0.897, P < 0.014). …”
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Surgical Approach in Management of Posttraumatic Diaphragmatic Hernia: Thoracotomy versus Laparotomy by Ahmed Shabhay, Pius Horumpende, Zarina Shabhay, Sjef G. Van Baal, Ester Lazaro, Kondo Chilonga

“…Adhesiolysis was done, and abdominal organs reduced into abdominal cavity. Rent was closed by interrupted Prolene sutures reinforced with a mesh. …”
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Recombinant Enolase of Trypanosoma cruzi as a Novel Vaccine Candidate against Chagas Disease in a Mouse Model of Acute Infection by Minerva Arce-Fonseca, María Cristina González-Vázquez, Olivia Rodríguez-Morales, Verónica Graullera-Rivera, Alberto Aranda-Fraustro, Pedro A. Reyes, Alejandro Carabarin-Lima, José Luis Rosales-Encina

“…Trypanosoma cruzi is the protozoan parasite that causes Chagas disease, which is considered by the World Health Organization to be a neglected tropical disease. Two drugs exist for the treatment of Chagas disease, nifurtimox and benznidazole; they are only effective in the acute phase, and a vaccine is currently not available. …”
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The Evaluation of Thermodynamics and Environmental Impact of Waste Heat Recovery System Using Alternative Refrigerants by Aisyah Nyayu, Mukhtar Ariyadi Hifni, Ayu Putri Pratiwi Ilham, Sugiyanto, Fuadi Robith

“…These emissions contain substantial thermal energy, which, if not harnessed, exacerbates air quality issues and global climate change. The Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) offers a promising solution for recovering this waste heat and converting it into mechanical or electrical power. …”
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Effects of Dietary Starch Concentration on Milk Production, Nutrient Digestibility, and Methane Emissions in Mid-Lactation Dairy Cows by Rebecca L. Culbertson, Fabian A. Gutiérrez-Oviedo, Pinar Uzun, Nirosh Seneviratne, Ananda B. P. Fontoura, Brianna K. Yau, Josie L. Judge, Amanda N. Davis, Diana C. Reyes, Joseph W. McFadden

“…Compared with LS cows, HS cows produced 1.9 kg/d more energy-corrected milk (4.45% increase), with higher yields of true protein (+0.13 kg/day), lactose (+0.10 kg/day), and total solids (+0.24 kg/day). Dry matter and organic matter digestibility was 4.2 and 4.3% higher, respectively, in the HS group. …”
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Anthelmintic activity of 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione-based metallodrugs by Maria E. Cirino, Thainá R. Teixeira, Alessandro M. H. Silva, Ana C. C. Borges, Lucas Fukui-Silva, Luis G. Wagner, Christiane Fernandes, Malachy McCann, André L. S. Santos, Josué de Moraes

“…Additionally, the compounds were tested on Caenorhabditis elegans, a model organism for drug discovery. All compounds exhibited strong antiparasitic activity, with Cu-phendione showing the greatest potency (EC50 = 2.3 µM for S. mansoni and 6.4 µM for A. cantonensis). …”
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Cross-cultural adaptation of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture questionnaire to the Cuban context by Rosa María Blanco Quintana, Yuliett Mora Pérez, Tania Solange Bosi de Souza Magnago, Liuva Miriela Navarro Martiatu, Yoslaidy Guerra Insua, Zenia Tamara Sánchez García

“…<p><strong>Foundation:</strong> patient safety culture is the product of values, beliefs, attitudes, perceptions, norms, procedures, competencies and patterns of individual and group behavior, which determines the commitment of a health organization to the management of patient safety.<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to carry out cultural adaptation of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture instrument to the Cuban context. …”
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Diabetes Mellitus, Extreme Insulin Resistance, and Hypothalamic-Pituitary Langerhans Cells Histiocytosis by Mathilde Sollier, Marine Halbron, Jean Donadieu, Ahmed Idbaih, Fleur Cohen Aubart, Corinne Vigouroux, Martine Auclair, Olivier Bourron, Marie Bastin, Géraldine Béra, Philippe Touraine, Jacques Young, Héléna Mosbah, Agnès Hartemann, Fabrizio Andreelli, Chloé Amouyal

“…Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare inflammatory neoplasm characterized by an infiltration of organs by Langerin + (CD207+) and CD1a+ histiocytes. …”
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Mice with NOP2/sun RNA methyltransferase 5 deficiency die before reaching puberty due to fatal kidney damage by Hongya Zhang, Xiaohui Li, Jing Bai, Cong Zhang

“…Further examination revealed the Nsun5-/- mice had multiple organ damage, with the most severe damage occurring in the kidneys. …”
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Effect of Different Concentration Methods on Quality Characteristics of Lycium chinense Juice by Jinghui LU, Jing WEN, Huining LAI, Sizhe LÜ, Yujuan XU, Yuanshan YU, Lina CHENG, Jian PENG

“…In order to explore the effect of concentration methods on the quality characteristics of Lycium chinense juice, the heating concentration (HC), vacuum concentration (VC), secondary freezing concentration (SFC), heating-assisted primary freezing concentration (HAPFC), and vacuum-assisted primary freezing concentration (VAPFC) were applied in the present work, and the color, reducing sugar, sugar fraction, organic acid fraction, total phenols, total flavonoids, carotenoids, DPPH and FRAP of Lycium chinense juice before and after concentrated were measured. …”
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Microplastics in freshwaters: Comparing effects of particle properties and an invertebrate consumer on microbial communities and ecosystem functions by Ze Hui Kong, Tong Liu, Francis J. Burdon, Amélie Truchy, Martyn Futter, Mirco Bundschuh, Rachel Hurley, Stefan Bertilsson, Brendan G. Mckie

“…The effects of microplastic (MP) accumulation in freshwaters on organisms and ecosystem functions are poorly understood, as are the roles of MP particle properties in regulating these effects. …”
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Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Molecular Defensive Mechanism of Arachis hypogaea in Response to Salt Stress by Hao Zhang, Xiaobo Zhao, Quanxi Sun, Caixia Yan, Juan Wang, Cuiling Yuan, Chunjuan Li, Shihua Shan, Fengzhen Liu

“…Further, GO categories of the DEGs highly related to regulation of cell growth, cell periphery, sustained external encapsulating structure, cell wall organization or biogenesis, antioxidant activity, and peroxidase activity were significantly enriched for upregulated DEGs. …”
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A systematic review of Aspilia africana (Pers.) C.D. adams traditional medicinal uses, phytoconstituents, bioactivities, and toxicities by Gang, Roggers, Okello, Denis, Yeongjun, Ban, Kang, Youngmin

“…Relevant research findings were retrieved and organized from various databases, including PubMed and ScienceDirect, in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. …”
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Exometabolomic exploration of culturable airborne microorganisms from an urban atmosphere by R. Jin, W. Hu, W. Hu, P. Duan, M. Sheng, D. Liu, Z. Huang, M. Niu, L. Wu, J. Deng, P. Fu, P. Fu

“…<p>The interactions of metabolically active atmospheric microorganisms with cloud organic matter can alter the atmospheric carbon cycle. …”
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Tadalafil treatment for fetuses with early-onset growth restriction: a protocol for a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind phase II trial (TADAFER IIb) by Hiroaki Tanaka, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Yoichi Aoki, Masayuki Endo, Tomoaki Ikeda, Shintaro Maki, Masafumi Nii, Kayo Tanaka, Satoshi Tamaru, Toru Ogura, Yuki Nishimura, Tomomi Kotani, Akihiko Sekizawa, Masahiko Nakata, Koji Nakamura, Kenji Nagao, Ichiro Yasuhi, Hiroshi Kawamura, Sho Takakura, Mayumi Kotera, Takafumi Ushida, Norihiko Kikuchi, Tadatsugu Kinjo, Mayumi Takano, Sachie Suga, Michi Kasai, Osamu Yasui, Yuka Maegawa, Shigeru Aoki, Yoshio Yoshida

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Combined Age with Mean Decrease Rates of Total Bilirubin and MELD Score as a Novel and Simple Clinical Predictor on 90-Day Transplant-Free Mortality in Adult Patients with Acute Li... by Di Jin, Kai Kang, Bing-zhu Yan, Jian-nan Zhang, Jun-bo Zheng, Zhi-hui Wang, Di Wu, Yu-jia Tang, Xin-tong Wang, Qi-qi Lai, Yang Cao, Hong-liang Wang, Yang Gao

“…All deaths could be attributed to ALF-induced severe and life-threatening complications or even multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). Most of the enrolled adult patients with ALF were men (76.71%, 56/73), with a median age of 48.77 years. …”
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Performance evaluation of four cascade impactors for airborne ultrafine-particle (UFP) collection: the influence of particle type, concentration, mass, and chemical nature by E. Eckenberger, A. Mittereder, N. Gawlitta, N. Gawlitta, J. Schnelle-Kreis, J. Schnelle-Kreis, M. Sklorz, D. Brüggemann, R. Zimmermann, R. Zimmermann, A. C. Nölscher

“…We compared two additional impactor-specific factors crucial for mass-based analyses of organic marker compounds: the evaporation of semi-volatile compounds due to a high-pressure drop across the impactor and material addition from larger particles bouncing off upper stages. …”
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Sustainability index analysis of the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) cultivation from food waste substrate by A.D. Santoso, T. Handayani, R.A. Nugroho, A.I. Yanuar, N. Nadirah, E.S. Rohaeni, E. Widjaja, M.A.M. Oktaufik, U. Ayuningtyas, Y.P. Erlambang, R. Herdioso, M.N. Rofiq, R. Hutapea, A.L. Sihombing, B. Rustianto, I.M.A.D Susila, D. Irawan, D. Iskandar, S. Indrijarso, G.D. Widiarta

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Most food waste is dominated by domestic activities consisting of large numbers of organic pollutants, such as nitrogen and phosphate potentially hazardous to the environment. …”
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Détection de différents rétrovirus chez des primates non-humains infectés par STLV-1 ou SFV et pathologie viro-induite by Jocelyn Turpin, Sandrine Alais, Ambroise Marçais, Olivier Hermine, Réjane Rua, Antoine Gessain, Romain Lacoste, Renaud Mahieux

“…Une PVL élevée était retrouvée dans plusieurs organes : ganglions, rate, poumon et les analyses anatomopathologiques montrent un dysmorphisme marqué des différents tissus lymphoïdes secondaires, confirmant le diagnostique lymphomateux. …”
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Longitudinal health-related quality of life in patients with pancreatic cancer stratified by treatment: a nationwide cohort studyResearch in context by Anne M. Gehrels, Pauline A.J. Vissers, Mirjam A.G. Sprangers, Nienke M. Fijnheer, Esther N. Pijnappel, Lydia G. van der Geest, Geert A. Cirkel, Judith de Vos-Geelen, Marjolein Y.V. Homs, Geert- Jan Creemers, Martijn W.J. Stommel, Lois A. Daamen, Marc G. Besselink, Johanna W. Wilmink, Hanneke W.M. van Laarhoven

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