Identification and Characterization of the <i>ROP GTPase</i> Gene Family in Strawberry and the Positive Role of <i>FveROP4</i> in Fruit Resistance to Gray Mold by Shuai Zhao, Baode Zhu, Zhijun Zou, Yushan Zhai, Sufeng Liao, Ming Xu, Kunyang Li, Nasir Mehmood, Xiong Liao

“…ROP small GTPases function as signaling hubs that mediate various physiological processes, including plant defense. Their specific roles in strawberry resistance against gray mold remain uncharacterized. …”
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Husband involvement in antenatal care moderates the link between vitamin D status and depressive symptoms in pregnant women by Rosa S. Wong, Keith T. S. Tung, Hing Wai Tsang, Jennifer K. Y. Ko, Wing-cheong Leung, Patrick Ip

“…It is crucial to holistically assess the social and physiological needs of expectant mothers to reduce their risk of antenatal depression. …”
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Increased Serum Soluble (Pro)renin Receptor Levels in Patients with Sarcopenia by Satoshi Morimoto, Haruki Sasaki, Chikahito Suda, Atsuhiro Ichihara, Nobuyuki Ura

“…The (pro)renin receptor ((P)RR) is a multifaceted protein with both pathophysiological and physiological functions. (P)RR is cleaved to generate soluble (P)RR, whose blood concentration may reflect the expression level of tissue (P)RR. …”
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Phosphorus Fertilization and Chemical Root Pruning: Effects on Root Traits During the Nursery Stage in Two Mediterranean Species from Central Chile by Fiorella Calderón-Ureña, Carolina Álvarez-Maldini, Manuel Acevedo, Manuel E. Sánchez-Olate, R. Kasten Dumroese, Antay Sierra-Olea, Juan F. Ovalle, Edwin Esquivel-Segura

“…We evaluated the effect of applied P concentrations (0, 15, 60, and 120 mg L⁻¹ P) with or without chemical (copper) root pruning (WCu, WoCu, respectively) in <i>Aristotelia chilensis</i> and <i>Quillaja saponaria</i> on morpho-physiological and root architecture traits. Higher P concentration increased nutrient content in both species concurrent with higher growth. …”
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Effect of Collagen/Ibuprofen Hydrogel in Wound Healing: An In Vivo Study by Kamyar Abbasi, Reza Eftekhar Ashtiani, Mitra Abdolahi, Maryam Hosseini, Reza Sayyad Soufdoost, Mostafa Alam, Sadaf Fani-Hanifeh

“…Wound healing is a complicated physiological process to preserve skin integrity after injuries and includes the proliferative phase, hemostasis/inflammatory phase, and remodeling through extracellular, intercellular, and intracellular components synchronization. …”
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Prehabilitation during neoadjuvant therapy in patients with cancer of the upper gastrointestinal tract and rectum—the study protocol by Irina Chmelova, Irina Chmelova, Dalibor Pastucha, Dalibor Pastucha, Tomas Hudecek, Zdenek Guran, Zdenek Guran, Sona Ciecotkova, Lubomír Martínek, Jana Zubikova, Alena Matlova, Jakub Dolezel, Dana Salounova, Jakub Chmelo

“…AimsThe concept of prehabilitation, defined as interventions aimed at enhancing a patient's functional capacity prior to an impending physiological stressor, may contribute to reduced postoperative morbidity and mortality. …”
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Elucidating the molecular basis of salt tolerance in potatoes through miRNA expression and phenotypic analysis by Caicai Lin, Shuangshuang Zheng, Kui Liu, Ru Yu, Peiyan Guan, Baigeng Hu, Lingling Jiang, Mengyu Su, Guodong Hu, Qingshuai Chen, Xia Zhang

“…Comprehensive evaluation based on morphological, physiological, and biochemical indicators divided the varieties into three categories, identifying Z1264-1, Z700-1, Z943-1, Z1266-1, Z510-1, and Z1076-1 as having strong salt tolerance. …”
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Deletion of the waaf gene affects O antigen synthesis and pathogenicity in Vibrio parahaemolyticus from shellfish by Feng Zhao, Guoying Ding, Qilong Wang, Huihui Du, Guosheng Xiao, Deqing Zhou

“…., C-Δwaaf) via the Escherichia coli S17 λpir strain by conjugation. The basic physiological characteristics, adhesion to Caco2 cells, and pathogenicity of the WT, Δwaaf, and C-Δwaaf strains were compared. …”
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Evolutionary Genomics Provides Insights Into Endangerment and Conservation of a Wild Apple Tree Species, Malus sieversii by Jian Zhang, Fang‐Yuan Zhao, Hong‐Xiang Zhang

“…Genomic divergence indicated that the positively selected genes were associated with physiological processes within the genomic islands between the Yili and Tacheng regions. …”
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Effect of temperature cycles on the sleep-like state in Hydra vulgaris by Aya Sato, Manabu Sekiguchi, Koga Nakada, Taishi Yoshii, Taichi Q. Itoh

“…Abstract Background Sleep is a conserved physiological phenomenon across species. It is mainly controlled by two processes: a circadian clock that regulates the timing of sleep and a homeostat that regulates the sleep drive. …”
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Integrating behavioral and neurophysiological insights: High trait anxiety enhances observational fear learning by Xianchao Ming, Ganzhong Luo, Jinxia Wang, Haoran Dou, Hong Li, Yi Lei

“…Participants were subjected to observational fear learning tasks, and their behavioral responses, physiological reactions, and brain activations were recorded. …”
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Acute impacts of biologging devices on the diving behaviour of Manx shearwaters by Manon Clairbaux, Jamie H. Darby, Emma Caulfield, Mark J. Jessopp

“…Additionally, birds equipped with the heaviest tags increased resting time between dives, suggesting a need to recover from a greater physiological cost of diving when equipped. Our study is one of the few that describe acute tagging impacts on seabird diving behaviour and foraging effort, suggesting that deployments should be kept as short as possible to limit cumulative impacts.…”
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Innovation through Wearable Sensors to Collect Real-Life Data among Pediatric Patients with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors by Kestens Yan, Barnett Tracie, Mathieu Marie-Ève, Henderson Mélanie, Bigras Jean-Luc, Thierry Benoit, Maxime St-Onge, Lambert Marie

“…Use of wearable sensors along with data treatment algorithms and visualisation tools allow to better measure and describe real-life environments, mobility, physical activity, and physiological responses. Increased specificity in lifestyle interventions opens new avenues for remote patient monitoring and intervention.…”
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Fish scale-inspired biomimetic nanocoatings on magnesium implants for vascularized bone regeneration in infected bone defects by Dan Li, Danni Dai, Jianrong Wang, Zhen Ai, Chao Zhang

“…Inspired by the structural and physiological characteristics of “fish scales,” two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials, black phosphorus (BP) and graphene oxide (GO), were assembled together under the action of pulsed electric field. …”
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From data to diagnosis: leveraging deep learning in IoT-based healthcare by Miracle A. Atianashie, Chukwuma Chinaza Adaobi

“…Furthermore, the implementation of deep learning technologies in healthcare IoT has proven effective in the early detection of critical health conditions, including cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, through sophisticated analysis of medical images and physiological data. This article also discusses the pivotal role of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs)-accelerated computing and the expertise of medical professionals in refining deep learning models for clinical applications. …”
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Characterization of COVID-19 on the elderly in the Ciego de Ávila municipality by Magdeline Francisco Castillo, Maité Padrón Castillo, Yadira Rodríguez Luaces, Dania Herrera Escurdia

“…<p><strong>Background:</strong> due to physiological changes of aging, older adults have an increased risk of getting sick from COVID-19.…”
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Gut microbiota in the association between obesity and kidney function decline: a metagenomics-based study in a rat model by Akehu Alemasi, Lijiang Gu, Yilun Zhou

“…Hence, the objective of this study was to investigate the alterations in the gut microbiota composition that take place during obesity and their correlations with renal function utilizing a rat model.Methods For 20 weeks, 25 Sprague–Dawley rats were fed either a high-fat diet (HFD) or a normal-fat normal diet (ND). Physiological indices, peripheral plasma, kidney tissue, and colon contents were collected for comparison between groups. …”
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Mechanism of Ferroptosis and Its Role in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Wenxin Sha, Fei Hu, Yang Xi, Yudong Chu, Shizhong Bu

“…Ferroptosis is ubiquitous in our body as it exists in both physiologic and pathogenic processes. It is involved in glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) impairment and arsenic-induced pancreatic damage in the pathogenesis of diabetes. …”
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Medical and social domains of ageing research in Singapore (2008–2018): a scoping review by Chen Hee Tam, Elaine Qiao Ying Ho, Sumali Subhashini Hewage, Shilpa Tyagi, Gerald Choon Huat Koh

“…In the medical domain, publications on Ophthalmology (22%) made up the largest proportion of the existing medical literature on ageing in Singapore, followed by Physical Functioning (17%), which involved physiological measurements of physical well-being, and Geriatrics (16%). …”
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Growth arrest lines and intra-epiphyseal silhouettes: a case series by Ian W Kennedy, Greg J Irwin, James S Huntley

“…Abstract Background Growth arrest lines can develop within the skeleton after physiological stress or trauma. They are usually evident on radiographs as transverse lines in the metaphyses and have been used in fields from palaeontology to orthopaedics. …”
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