Altitude’s Impact on the Rhizosphere Prokaryotic Communities of the Cretan Endemic Plant <i>Petromarula pinnata</i> (L.) A.DC. by Rafaela Stagiopoulou, Ifigeneia Mellidou, Nikos Krigas, Effimia M. Papatheodorou

“…The results of this research contribute to the ex situ and in situ protection of the vulnerable populations of <i>P. pinnata</i> and provide information for understanding the effect of altitude on processes in the rhizosphere of a threatened local endemic species of Crete studied in its original habitats.…”
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Adipocytokine Associations with Insulin Resistance in British South Asians by D. R. Webb, K. Khunti, S. Chatterjee, J. Jarvis, M. J. Davies

“…Diasporic south Asian populations have an adverse adipocytokine profile which deteriorates further with glucose dysregulation. …”
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Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome: Clinical Features of 75 Cases from Argentina by F. Micheli, M. Gatto, O. Gershanik, A. Steinschnaider, M. Fernandez Pardal, M. Massaro

“…It may be concluded that the overall pattern of GTS is not dissimilar to that described for European, Asian and American populations, thus highlighting the previously recognized cross-cultural uniformity.…”
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A Novel Telerehabilitation System for Physical Exercise Monitoring in Elderly Healthcare by Muhammad Abrar Ashraf, Shaheryar Najam, Touseef Sadiq, Shabbab Algamdi, Hanan Aljuaid, Hameedur Rahman, Ahmad Jalal

“…These results highlight the system&#x2019;s potential to deliver scalable, cost-effective, real-time rehabilitation, reducing the need for in-person clinical visits and supporting healthcare services for elderly populations.…”
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Shallow-water mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) adapt to deep-sea environment through transcriptomic and metagenomic insights by Luyang Sun, Xiaolu Liu, Li Zhou, Hao Wang, Chao Lian, Zhaoshan Zhong, Minxiao Wang, Hao Chen, Chaolun Li

“…Abstract Recent studies have unveiled the deep sea as a rich biosphere, populated by species descended from shallow-water ancestors post-mass extinctions. …”
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Renal and Hematological Effects of CLCF-1, a B-Cell-Stimulating Cytokine of the IL-6 Family by Virginia J. Savin, Mukut Sharma, Jianping Zhou, David Gennochi, Timothy Fields, Ram Sharma, Ellen T. McCarthy, Tarak Srivastava, Jos Domen, Aurélie Tormo, Jean-François Gauchat

“…In addition, cell sorting was performed to determine the presence of cells expressing CLCF-1 in spleen and bone marrow of normal mice and the effect of CLCF-1 infusion on splenic B-cell populations. CLCF-1 increased phosphorylation of STAT3 in multiple cell types, activated podocytes leading to formation of lamellipodia and decrease in basal stress fibers, increased glomerular albumin permeability, and increased STAT3 phosphorylation of peripheral blood cells and renal cortex. …”
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Persistent functional and taxonomic groups dominate an 8,000-year sedimentary sequence from Lake Cadagno, Switzerland by Paula Rodriguez, Jasmine S. Berg, Longhui Deng, Longhui Deng, Hendrik Vogel, Michal Okoniewski, Mark A. Lever, Mark A. Lever, Cara Magnabosco

“…While younger sediments (&lt;1,000 years) are dominated by typical anaerobic surface sedimentary bacterial taxa (Deltaproteobacteria, Acidobacteria, and Firmicutes), older layers with lower organic matter concentrations and reduced terminal electron acceptor availability are dominated by taxa previously identified as “persistent populations” within deep anoxic marine sediments (Candidatus Bathyarchaeia, Chloroflexi, and Atribacteria). …”
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Intestinal Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Patients with Bronchial Asthma by O. Yu. Zolnikova, N. D. Potskhverashvili, N. I. Kokina, A. S. Trukhmanov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The values of the anaerobic index in the context of various changes in the acid metabolic profile indicate the disturbance of the microorganism’s habitat, contributing to the growth of anaerobic or aerobic microflora populations.…”
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Advances in bioinformatics and multi-omics integration: transforming viral infectious disease research in veterinary medicine by Alyaa Elrashedy, Walid Mousa, Mohamed Nayel, Akram Salama, Ahmed Zaghawa, Ahmed Elsify, Mohamed E. Hasan

“…Numerous pathogens have established themselves in naïve populations, harming reproduction, productivity, and health. …”
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Microbial and Inflammatory Salivary Biomarkers of Periodontal Diseases by Aram Mohammed Sha, Hayder Raad Abdulbaqi, Syed Saad Bin Qasim

“… Recent data reveals that severe periodontal diseases affect approximately 19% of global adult populations, impacting more than 1 billion individuals universally, ranking it as the sixth most predominant human disease. …”
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The Role of Oxidized Low-Density Lipoproteins in Atherosclerosis: The Myths and the Facts by Giuseppe Maiolino, Giacomo Rossitto, Paola Caielli, Valeria Bisogni, Gian Paolo Rossi, Lorenzo A. Calò

“…Finally, the results of randomized clinical trials employing antioxidants completed up to date, despite demonstrating no benefits in healthy populations, suggest a benefit in high-risk patients. …”
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A systematic review of the utility of assistive technologies for SEND students in schools by Kaussar Mukhtarkyzy, Laura Smagulova, Ainur Tokzhigitova, Nurgul Serikbayeva, Olzhas Sayakov, Asset Turkmenbayev, Rakhila Assilbayeva

“…The systematic review investigates the effect of various educational technologies on the learning outcomes of diverse student populations, particularly focusing on assistive technology interventions for students with disabilities. …”
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Wnt signalling facilitates neuronal differentiation of cochlear Frizzled10-positive cells in mouse cochlea via glypican 6 modulation by Man Wang, Yuechen Han, Weibin An, Xue Wang, Fang Chen, Junze Lu, Yu Meng, Yan Li, Yanqing Wang, Jingxin Li, Chunjie Zhao, Renjie Chai, Haibo Wang, Wenwen Liu, Lei Xu

“…Single-cell RNA sequencing analysis characterizes FZD10-derived differentiating cell populations, while crosstalk network analysis identifies multiple signaling pathways and target genes influenced by Wnt signaling that contribute to the function of FZD10 + cells as neural progenitors. …”
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A Novel Sesterterpenoid, Petrosaspongin and γ-Lactone Sesterterpenoids with Leishmanicidal Activity from Okinawan Marine Invertebrates by Takahiro Jomori, Nanami Higa, Shogo Hokama, Trianda Ayuning Tyas, Natsuki Matsuura, Yudai Ueda, Ryo Kimura, Sei Arizono, Nicole Joy de Voogd, Yasuhiro Hayashi, Mina Yasumoto-Hirose, Junichi Tanaka, Kanami Mori-Yasumoto

“…Leishmaniasis is a major public health problem, especially affecting vulnerable populations in tropical and subtropical regions. The disease is endemic in 90 countries, and with millions of people at risk, it is seen as one of the ten most neglected tropical diseases. …”
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Statistical Distribution of Urban Area Reveals a Converging Trend of Global Urban Land Expansion by Shengjie Hu, Zhenlei Yang, Sergio Andres Galindo Torres, Zipeng Wang, Haoying Han, Yoshihide Wada, Thomas Cherico Wanger, Ling Li

“…The shift of urban area distributions bears the consequence of reduced urban system stability and resilience, and can be linked to increasing exposure of urban populations to extreme heat events and air pollution. …”
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Dose and strain dependent lethality of Usutu virus in an Ifnar−/− mouse model by Johanna M. Duyvestyn, Eleanor M. Marshall, Peter J. Bredenbeek, Barry Rockx, Martijn J. van Hemert, Marjolein Kikkert

“…Maintained in a transmission cycle between mosquito vectors and avian reservoirs the virus can cause large seasonal outbreaks in bird populations, but spillover into mammalian hosts has also been reported. …”
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Rapid isolation and recovery of Salmonella using hollow glass microspheres coated with multilayered nanofilms by Rutwik Joshi, Hesaneh Ahmadi, Md Nayeem Hasan Kashem, Fariha Afnan, Siva Parameswaran, Chau-Chyun Chen, Gizem Levent, Wei Li

“…Here, we present a novel, rapid yet simple method for isolation and recovery of Salmonella from mixed bacterial populations in food matrices and blood. This method utilizes self-floating hollow glass microspheres (HGMS) coated with biodegradable layer-by-layer (LbL) films and Salmonella specific antibodies. …”
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<i>Broussonetia papyrifera</i> Extract Can Be Used as a Raw Material Source for a Sterility Agent for <i>Microtus fortis</i> by Shuangye Wang, Tian Lan, Yunlin Zhao, Wanfu Liu, Tian Huang, Meiwen Zhang, Zhiyuan Hu, Zhenggang Xu

“…Plant sterilants are used to control rodent populations due to their minimal environmental risk and other ethical considerations. …”
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Demography and fitness of Sesamia inferens Walker (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on three important gramineous crops by Chen Li, Zhen Shen, Liang-De Tang, Xi-Ya Wang, Yuan-Qin Huang, Yu-Fei Zhang, Ming-Yue Mu, Guy Smagghe, Lian-Sheng Zang

“…There was no significant difference in intrinsic rate of increase and finite rate of increase among maize (r = 0.0702 day−1, λ = 1.0727 day−1), sorghum (r = 0.0681 day−1, λ = 1.0705 day−1) and rice (r = 0.0645 day−1, λ = 1.0666 day−1), but the mean generation period (T) was significantly higher for populations reared on rice (53.84 days) than on sorghum (49.53 days) and maize (47.31 days). …”
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The Secretome of Bone Marrow and Wharton Jelly Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Induces Differentiation and Neurite Outgrowth in SH-SY5Y Cells by Ana O. Pires, Andreia Neves-Carvalho, Nuno Sousa, António J. Salgado

“…For this purpose, SH-SY5Y cells were differentiated with conditioned media (CM) from the MSCs populations referred above. Retinoic acid cultured cells were used as control for neuronal differentiated SH-SY5Y cells. …”
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