Circulating Sclerostin and Irisin Are Related and Interact with Gender to Influence Adiposity in Adults with Prediabetes by Theerawut Klangjareonchai, Hataikarn Nimitphong, Sunee Saetung, Nuttapimon Bhirommuang, Rattanapan Samittarucksa, Suwannee Chanprasertyothin, Rattana Sudatip, Boonsong Ongphiphadhanakul

“…Taken together, this suggests a probable network among fat, bone, and muscle that may influence health outcomes. …”
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EEG Source Imaging Guided by Spatiotemporal Specific fMRI: Toward an Understanding of Dynamic Cognitive Processes by Thinh Nguyen, Thomas Potter, Trac Nguyen, Christof Karmonik, Robert Grossman, Yingchun Zhang

“…A novel multimodal EEG/fMRI integration method was developed in this study to achieve high spatiotemporal accuracy by employing the most probable fMRI spatial subsets to guide EEG source localization in a time-variant fashion. …”
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Multi-Objective Optimization for Green BTS Site Selection in Telecommunication Networks Using NSGA-II and MOPSO by Salar Babaei, Mehran Khalaj, Mehdi Keramatpour, Ramin Enayati

“…Therefore, in this study, a network of facilities for hub location in the service site domain, considering existing and potential facilities under probable scenarios, has been proposed. After presenting the mathematical model, validation was performed on a small scale, followed by sensitivity analysis of the main parameters of the model. …”
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Integrated metabolomic and transcriptomic analysis of anthocyanin metabolism in wheat pericarp by Jiao Wang, Lei Sun, Bo Jiao, Pu Zhao, Tianyun Xu, Sa Gu, Chenmin Huo, Jianzhou Pang, Shuo Zhou

“…Transcription factors (TFs) of MYB, bHLH, WD40 and some other TFs probably involved in regulating anthocyanin biosynthesis were identified. …”
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Adrenal Insufficiency in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)-Infected Patients without Preexisting Adrenal Diseases: A Systematic Literature Review by Mehrbod Vakhshoori, Maryam Heidarpour, Niloofar Bondariyan, Niyousha Sadeghpour, Zohreh Mousavi

“…This review indicates that AI occurrence in the COVID-19 pandemic seems quite probable; however, the extent and type (primary, secondary, and functional) need to be clarified yet. …”
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Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Synchronous Bilateral Testicular Seminoma: A Case Report and a Review of the Pertinent Literature by Daniel A. Jones, Elizabeth C. Ester, David Leavitt, Robert Sweet, Badrinath Konety, Gautam Jha, L. Chinsoo Cho

“…Organ preservation remains investigational. Chemotherapy is probably a reasonable option. We propose that patients with bilateral stage I synchronous GCT, with concordant seminoma histology, should be managed with bilateral orchiectomy, followed by paraaortic radiotherapy.…”
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Differential Expression of -Associated Genes in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease by Yeon Joo Yook, Yu Mi Woo, Moon Hee Yang, Je Yeong Ko, Bo Hye Kim, Eun Ji Lee, Eun Sun Chang, Min Joo Lee, Sunyoung Lee, Jong Hoon Park

“…Previously developed mouse models of PKD1 and PKD2 demonstrated an embryonic lethal phenotype and massive cyst formation in the kidney, indicating that PKD1 and PKD2 probably play important roles during normal renal tubular development. …”
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Rapid Flood Monitoring Using Sentinel-1 and Landsat-8 Images (Case study: Kashkan River, Poldakhter City) by Peyman Peymankhah, Sara Attarchi, Meysam Moharrami

“…Additionally, historical Landsat-based surface water class probabilities are used to distinguish unexpected floods from permanent or seasonal surface water. …”
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Case study of a neuroendocrine tumor of uncertain origin: single-cell transcriptomics unravels potential primary location by Frolova Tatyana, Ekaterina Avsievich, Diana Salimgereeva, Zoia Antysheva, Alesia Maluchenko, Denis Maksimov, Ilia Feidorov, Mark Voloshin, Olga Glazova, Natalia Bodunova, Nikolay Karnaukhov, Pavel Volchkov, Julia Krupinova

“…This study explores the histogenesis of a retroperitoneal, non-functional NET localized between the duodenum and pancreatic head, utilizing advanced molecular diagnostics to elucidate its probable primary source. Methods Initial diagnostic methods, including imaging and histopathology, failed to resolve the tumor’s origin. …”
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Effect of Probiotics and Herbal Products on Intestinal Histomorphological and Immunological Development in Piglets by Daiga Gāliņa, Līga Ansonska, Anda Valdovska

“…It suggests that probiotics and herbs had influence on the intestinal histomorphology and the ability to modulate the mucosal immune system; however, the combination of probiotics and buckwheat bran was not so convincing, probably due to the inhibitory effect of the buckwheat bran on the probiotics used.…”
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TPX2 Serves as a Cancer Susceptibility Gene and Is Closely Associated with the Poor Prognosis of Endometrial Cancer by Jun Wang, Hua Zheng, Hui He, Shuying Meng, Yatian Han, Zhe Su, Hanbing Yan, Yanan Zhang

“…The nomogram was calibrated by applying the concordance index (C-index), and net benefits of the nomogram at different threshold probabilities were quantified using decision curve analysis (DCA). …”
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Les bois et les objets composites (bois-métal) de la fouille du parking Anatole France à Tours (Indre-et-Loire) by Pierre Mille, Agnès Couderc, Nicolas Fouillet, Bertrand Moine, Françoise Yvernault

“…The horse grooming tools, the most original part of this corpus, are totally new.This set can also address through the anatomical identification and dendro-provenance the river transport of some exogenous wood work probably from the Massif Central, and the commercialization of several types of objects produced outside the region on a proto-industrial scale, such as cork stoppers or boxwood combs. …”
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Comparison of qPCR protocols for quantification of "Candidatus Saccharibacteria", belonging to the Candidate Phyla Radiation, suggests that 23S rRNA is a better target than 16S rRN... by Stella Papaleo, Riccardo Nodari, Lodovico Sterzi, Enza D'Auria, Camilla Cattaneo, Giorgia Bettoni, Clara Bonaiti, Ella Pagliarini, Gianvincenzo Zuccotti, Simona Panelli, Francesco Comandatore

“…Saccharibacteria", although all protocols probably underestimate specific lineages. These results underline the current limits in quantifying "Ca. …”
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The Efficacy and Predictors of Using GPi-DBS to Treat Early-Onset Dystonia: An Individual Patient Analysis by Wenxiu Chen, Houyou Fan, Guohui Lu

“…Lower preoperative score, later age of onset, and an earlier age at surgery probably predict better clinical outcomes.…”
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Estimating the Geological Strength Index (GSI) in Regional Seismic-Landslide Zonation Using the Empirical Regression Model by M. E. Mirabedini, E. Haghshenas, N. Ganjian

“…The new method in its present state was recommended for the estimation of the GSI values in regional scale conditions for the assessment of landslide susceptibility and hazard mapping or post events landslide occurrence prediction in the case of probable big earthquakes in Alborz area that is required for emergency responses. …”
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Cardiogenic Shock in a Hemodialyzed Patient on Flecainide: Treatment with Intravenous Fat Emulsion, Extracorporeal Cardiac Life Support, and CytoSorb® Hemoadsorption by Nicolas De Schryver, Philippe Hantson, Vincent Haufroid, Mélanie Dechamps

“…However, the impact on the clinical course was probably extremely modest in comparison with ECLS.…”
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Yoga: As a Transformative Approach to Addressing Male Infertility and Enhancing Reproductive Health in Men: A Narrative Review by Anjali Yadav, Prabhakar Tiwari, Rima Dada

“…Practicing yoga regularly supports psychosocial well-being, promotes holistic healing, enhances physical and mental health and probably helps in improving reproductive health, thereby fostering resilience and self-efficacy throughout the journey of fertility and reproduction.…”
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MSIS‐UQ: Calibrated and Enhanced NRLMSIS 2.0 Model With Uncertainty Quantification by Richard J. Licata, Piyush M. Mehta, Daniel R. Weimer, W. Kent Tobiska, Jean Yoshii

“…This explicitly demonstrates how exospheric temperature probabilities affect density and temperature profiles within NRLMSIS 2.0. …”
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Are comparable studies really comparable? Suggestions from a problem-solving experiment on urban and rural great tits by Ernő Vincze, Ineta Kačergytė, Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi, Utku Urhan, Anders Brodin

“…Somewhat unexpectedly, we found marked differences between study years even though we tried to keep conditions identical. These were probably due to small changes to the experimental protocol between years, for example the unavoidable changes of observers and changes in the size and material of test devices. …”
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Low-Frequency Admittance of Capacitor with Working Substance “Insulator–Partially Disordered Semiconductor– Insulator” by N. A. Poklonski, I. I. Anikeev, S. A. Vyrko

“…It is assumed that the electron hops occur only from t-defects in the charge state (−1) to t-defects in the charge state (0) and from t-defects in the charge state (0) to t-defects in the charge state (+1).In this work, for the first time, the averaging of the hopping diffusion coefficients over all probable electron hopping lengths via t-defects in the charge states (−1), (0) and (0), (+1) in the covalent crystal matrix was carried out. …”
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