Association between air pollution and osteoporosis: A systematic review by Prabowo Nurhasan Agung, Soetrisno, Nurwati Ida, Ardyanto Tonang Dwi, Poncorini Eti, Nurudhin Arief, Dirgahayu Paramasari

“…These mechanisms include oxidative stress, systemic inflammation, and heavy metal toxicity in women disproportionately, older adults and urban populations. Conclusion: Further public health efforts, such as regulating air quality imbalance and developing social willingness to quit smoking, shall be called upon to alleviate osteoporosis burdens and promote bone health worldwide.…”
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Gene Expression during Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Soil and Water by Ashley D. Duffitt, Robert T. Reber, Andrew Whipple, Christian Chauret

“…DNA microarrays of the entire set of E. coli O157:H7 genes were used to measure the genomic expression patterns after 14 days. Although the populations declined, some E. coli O157:H7 cells survived in sterile stream water up to 234 days and in sterile soil for up to 179 days. …”
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Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Malay Version Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire Tested among Mothers of Primary School Children in Malaysia by Shamarina Shohaimi, Wong Yoke Wei, Zalilah Mohd Shariff

“…It has been confirmed among children in America and applied to populations in France, Norway, and New Zealand. In order to extend the application of CFPQ, we conducted a factor structure validation of the translated version of CFPQ (CFPQ-M) using confirmatory factor analysis among mothers of primary school children (N = 397) in Malaysia. …”
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Intraspecific Morphometric Variation in a New Species of <i>Ceratomyxa</i> Thélohan 1892 (Cnidaria) from the South Atlantic Ocean: An Ecomorphological Study Using Geometric Morphom... by Delfina M. P. Cantatore, Martina Lisnerová, Paula S. Marcotegui, María A. Rossin, Astrid S. Holzer

“…The work highlights the utility of GM in advancing the understanding of myxozoan morphology and its evolutionary implications and emphasizes the need for further research on myxospore shape evolution and its ecological and adaptive significance in natural populations.…”
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Monitoring and Modelling the Trends of Primary and Secondary Air Pollution Precursors: The Case of the State of Kuwait by S. M. Al-Salem, A. R. Khan

“…More specifically, airborne pollutants associated with chemical processes have contributed greatly on the ecosystem and populations health. In this communication, we review recent activities and trends of primary and secondary air pollutants in the state of Kuwait, a country associated with petroleum, petrochemical, and other industrial pollution. …”
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À propos de deux cas de brucellose dans le sud de la France aux époques médiévale et moderne (Abbaye Saint-Sauveur, Aniane ; La Closeraie, Aix-en-Provence) by Avril Meffray, Philippe Biagini, Catherine Rigeade, Michel Panuel, Laurent Schneider, Yann Ardagna

“…This is due to the rather complex differential diagnosis of the disease, in particular involving other infections with a predilection for the spine which were very frequent in past populations. This article presents the results of a study of two unpublished cases of brucellosis, one from the mediaeval Carolingian monastic complex of Saint-Sauveur d’Aniane (34), and the other from the mediaeval and modern cemetery of La Closeraie, in Aix-en-Provence (13). …”
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The first recorded case of herbicide resistance in Estonia: common chickweed (Stellaria media) resistant to sulfonylureas by Silvia Pihu, Andres Mäe, Hannah Joy Vivian Kennedy, Katerina Hamouzova

“…This study aimed to evaluate the level of resistance to acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitors in chickweed populations in Estonia and identify potential mechanisms. …”
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Historical Spatial Distribution of Zoonotic Diseases in Domestic, Synanthropic, and Wild Animals in the Mexican Territory of the Yucatan Peninsula by Paulina Haro, Enrique Trasviña-Muñoz, Irving May-Concha, Gilberto López-Valencia, Francisco Monge-Navarro, Carloman Herrera-Ramírez, Julio A. Mercado-Rodríguez, Hernán Villanueva-Alonzo, Etienne Waleckx

“…A variety of domestic, synanthropic, and wild animals act as hosts or reservoirs in the transmission cycle of the zoonotic diseases in the Yucatan Peninsula, and some spillover into human populations has also been recorded. There are still zoonotic diseases that have rarely or never been reported in humans, but it is not clear whether this is because these diseases in humans are not common, there is a lack of viable transmission cycle or there is a lack of appropriate diagnosis. …”
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Analysis of the Effect of Skin Pigmentation and Oxygen Saturation on Monte Carlo-Simulated Reflectance Photoplethysmography Signals by Raghda Al-Halawani, Meha Qassem, Panicos A. Kyriacou

“…These results suggest that in-built adjustments may be required for data collected from red-light sources in pulse oximeters that do not currently have the necessary post-processing algorithms to account for this difference between diverse skin populations.…”
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Potential Therapies by Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes in CNS Diseases: Focusing on the Neurogenic Niche by Alejandro Luarte, Luis Federico Bátiz, Ursula Wyneken, Carlos Lafourcade

“…As such, they could be engineered to target specific populations of cells within the CNS. Considering the fact that many degenerative brain diseases have an impact on adult neurogenesis, we discuss how the modulation of the adult neurogenic niches may be a therapeutic target of stem cell-derived exosomes. …”
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children of Middle Eastern Descent by Christina Mai Ying Naidoo, Steven T. Leach, Andrew S. Day, Daniel A. Lemberg

“…Increasing rates of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are now seen in populations where it was once uncommon. The pattern of IBD in children of Middle Eastern descent in Australia has never been reported. …”
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Nation-wide surveillance of tick (Acari: Ixodidae) infestations of humans in Singapore by Mackenzie L. Kwak, Jean-Marc Chavatte, Chia-Da Hsu, Abigail Ng, Benjamin P Y-H Lee, Nazmi Bin Nazir, Nadia Faradilla Maharani Abas, Erica Qian Hui Lee, Ryo Nakao, Benoit Malleret

“…Singapore is a densely populated Southeast Asian nation with a rich tick fauna and a significant mosaic of city and greenspace. …”
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Chemical Composition of Pistacia lentiscus Seeds’ Oil from Moroccan High Atlas Mountain by Brahim Ait Mohand, Abderraouf El Antari, Fatiha Benkhalti

“…This potential of the chemical composition offers the possibility of producing nutraceutical oil, which represents a source of income capable of insisting vulnerable local populations to protect this species from deforestation, thus maintaining biodiversity, and to reduce by this interest the migratory flow from marginal areas.…”
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Susceptibility of lesser mealworm, Alphitobius diaperinus Panzer (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) to entomopathogenic fungi isolated from poultry houses litter and nearby soil by Elżbieta Popowska-Nowak, Dorota Tumialis, Elżbieta Pezowicz

“…We explored the possibility of using local strains of entomopathogenic fungi isolated from litter and from soil to control lesser mealworm populations. Isolated fungi showed low pathogenicity to lesser mealworm beetles. …”
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The Underestimated Significance of Conditioning in Placebo Hypoalgesia and Nocebo Hyperalgesia by Anne-Kathrin Bräscher, Michael Witthöft, Susanne Becker

“…Because only few studies have investigated clinical samples, the picture seems less clear when it comes to patient populations with chronic pain. However, conditioning appears to be a promising means to optimize treatment. …”
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Effects of mode of reproduction on genetic polymorphism and divergence in wild yams (Dioscoreaceae: Dioscorea) by Xin Wang, Qing-Hong Feng, Zhi-Hua Zeng, Zhi-Qiang Zhang, Jie Cai, Gao Chen, De-Zhu Li, Hong Wang, Wei Zhou

“…Our study indicates that the genetic consequences of evolutionary transitions from sexual to predominantly clonal reproduction is likely to depend on both the duration and extent of asexuality occurring in populations.…”
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Antitumor Responses of Invariant Natural Killer T Cells by Jennie B. Altman, Adriana D. Benavides, Rupali Das, Hamid Bassiri

“…These studies have highlighted the unique requirements for the activation of these lymphocytes and the functional responses that distinguish these cells from other effector lymphocyte populations such as conventional T cells and NK cells. …”
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A single-cell RNA sequencing dataset of peripheral blood cells in long COVID patients on herbal therapy by Karolina Hanna Prazanowska, Tae-Hun Kim, Jung Won Kang, Young-Hee Jin, Sunoh Kwon, Su Bin Lim

“…The dataset comprises 181,205 quality control (QC)-passed cells, along with clinical metadata, enabling a comparative analysis of immune cell populations before and after treatment. To ensure the technical validity of our dataset, we implemented rigorous quality checks throughout stages of the study, including sample preparation, sequencing, and bioinformatic data analysis levels. …”
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Infusing Oral Health Care into Nursing Curriculum: Addressing Preventive Health in Aging and Disability by Joan Earle Hahn, Leah FitzGerald, Young Kee Markham, Paul Glassman, Nancy Guenther

“…Access to oral health care is essential for promoting and maintaining overall health and well-being, yet oral health disparities exist among vulnerable and underserved populations. While nurses make up the largest portion of the health care work force, educational preparation to address oral health needs of elders and persons with disabilities is limited across nursing curricula. …”
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Single‐egg comet assay: A protocol to quantify DNA damage in natural bioarchives by Rejin Salimraj, Alessio Perotti, Marcin W. Wojewodzic, Dagmar Frisch

“…We optimised the CA protocol for individual dormant propagules (single‐egg comet assay or SE‐CA) to inform downstream analyses such as DNA sequencing of the DNA quality contained in natural genetic archives of past populations. As a model, we used dormant eggs of the microcrustacean Daphnia. …”
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