Bioactive Properties of <i>Pentacalia vaccinioides</i> (Kunth) Cuatrec. (Asteraceae) Essential Oils: Evaluation of Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities by Luis G. Sequeda-Castañeda, María A. Castellanos-Gómez, Carlos L. A. Céspedes-Acuña

“…The findings highlight this species as a promising source of natural compounds for therapeutic and preservative applications, depending on the type of plant material and extraction technique used. …”
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An illustrated key for identification of colour aberrations in alcids with a revision of nomenclature used by K. Cieślińska, P. Bodson, E. Gruber, K. Piening, M. Syposz, K. Wojczulanis-Jakubas, D. Jakubas

“…In total, we collected 82 cases of unusually coloured individuals of nine alcid species. We revised the types of aberrations described in collected material in accordance with the recently proposed classification and terminology, and found that only 25.6% of cases were properly classified. …”
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High-Throughput Oxford Nanopore Sequencing Unveils Complex Viral Population in Kansas Wheat: Implications for Sustainable Virus Management by Nar B. Ranabhat, John P. Fellers, Myron A. Bruce, Jessica L. Shoup Rupp

“…Sequencing reads aligned with cereal virus references identified eight wheat virus species. <i>Tritimovirus tritici</i> (wheat streak mosaic virus, WSMV), <i>Poacevirus tritici</i> (Triticum mosaic virus, <i>TriMV</i>), <i>Bromovirus BMV</i> (brome mosaic virus, <i>BMV</i>), as well as <i>Emaravirus tritici</i>, <i>Luteovirus pavhordei</i>, <i>L. sgvhordei</i>, <i>Bymovirus tritici</i>, and <i>Furovirus tritici.…”
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Spatiotemporal analysis of mosquito-borne infections and mosquito vectors in mainland Portugal by Sandra Moutinho, Jorge Rocha, Alberto Gomes, Bernardo Gomes, Ana Isabel Ribeiro

“…Results We found significant spatial variability in both notification rates of imported mosquito-borne infections and the distribution of competent mosquito species. We identified clusters of simultaneous high concentrations of vectors and imported cases of malaria in Condeixa-a-Nova (Coimbra), Cuba (Beja), Santiago do Cacém (Setúbal), Albufeira and São Brás de Alportel (Faro), most located on the Southern coast of Portugal. …”
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Research on Small-Target Detection of Flax Pests and Diseases in Natural Environment by Integrating Similarity-Aware Activation Module and Bidirectional Feature Pyramid Network Mod... by Manxi Zhong, Yue Li, Yuhong Gao

“…In the detection of the pests and diseases of flax, early wilt disease is elusive, yellow leaf disease symptoms are easily confusing, and pest detection is hampered by issues such as diversity in species, difficulty in detection, and technological bottlenecks, posing significant challenges to detection efforts. …”
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ZÂRÎ’NİN MÂNZÛME-İ ŞEMÂİL-İ ŞERÎF’İNDE HZ. PEYGAMBER’İN AHLAKI by Hakan Temir, Muhammed Karaca

“…Muslim poets, aware of the effect of poetry, developed a species called "Shamail" to attest the prophet’s habits, nature and morality. …”
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Developing a framework for tracking antimicrobial resistance gene movement in a persistent environmental reservoir by Amy J. Mathers, Thomas J. X. Li, Qijun He, Sharvari Narendra, Nicole Stoesser, David W. Eyre, A. Sarah Walker, Katie E. Barry, Salvador Castañeda-Barba, Fenix W. Huang, Hardik Parikh, Shireen Kotay, Derrick W. Crook, Christian Reidys

“…From 82 isolates we identified 14 unique strains from 10 species with 113 bla KPC-carrying plasmids across 16 distinct replicon types. …”
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Nontuberculous mycobacterium occurrence in biological material and environmental samples covered by epidemiological surveillance in the Republic of Dagestan by M. O. Baratov

“…Among nontuberculous mycobacterium cultures, 16 (50.0%) were classified as belonging to group II, 2 (6.2%) – as belonging to group III and 14 (43.8%) – as belonging to group IV according to the Runyon classification. The following species were found to be predominant: group II – Mycobacterium scrofulaceum and Mycobacterium gordonae (scotochromogenous), group IV – Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium fortuitum (rapidly growing). …”
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Generation of thiyl radicals in a spatiotemporal controlled manner by light: Applied for the cis to trans isomerization of unsaturated fatty acids/phospholipids by Biswajit Roy, Ryota Kojima, Obaed Shah, Meg Shieh, Eshani Das, Shahrzad Ezzatpour, Emiko Sato, Yusuke Hirata, Stephen Lindahl, Atsushi Matsuzawa, Hector C. Aguilar, Ming Xian

“…Thiyl radicals are important reactive sulfur species and can cause cis to trans isomerization on unsaturated fatty acids. …”
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SSMM-DS: A semantic segmentation model for mangroves based on Deeplabv3+ with swin transformer by Zhenhua Wang, Jinlong Yang, Chuansheng Dong, Xi Zhang, Congqin Yi, Jiuhu Sun

“…Mangrove wetlands play a crucial role in maintaining species diversity. However, they face threats from habitat degradation, deforestation, pollution, and climate change. …”
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Occurrence of Florfenicol and Linezolid Resistance and Emergence of optrA Gene in Campylobacter coli Isolates from Tunisian Avian Farms by Manel Gharbi, Rihab Tiss, Chadlia Hamdi, Safa Hamrouni, Abderrazak Maaroufi

“…Campylobacter species, especially C. coli and C. jejuni, have been associated with a range of human gastrointestinal diseases. …”
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Intrinsic interaction inferred oxidative stress and apoptosis by Biosurfactant-microplastic hybrid reduces coordinated in vivo biotoxicity in zebrafish (Danio rerio) by Utsa Saha, Aishee Ghosh, Adrija Sinha, Aditya Nandi, Sudakshya S. Lenka, Abha Gupta, Shalini Kumari, Anu Yadav, Mrutyunjay Suar, Nagendra Kumar Kaushik, Vishakha Raina, Suresh K. Verma

“…Exposure of zebrafish embryos to μP resulted in increased oxidative stress markers, including elevated levels of reactive oxygen species and induced apoptosis, as evidenced by increased expression of apoptotic markers and morphological changes in embryonic zebrafish. …”
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Fossil Diatoms Reveal Natural and Anthropogenic History of Jackson Lake (Wyoming, USA) by John Dilworth, Jeffery R. Stone, Kevin M. Yeager, J. Ryan Thigpen, Michael M. McGlue

“…Following dam construction, diatom assemblages shifted to planktic species that favor more nutrient-rich waters. Elemental abundances of sedimentary nitrogen and phosphorous support the interpretation that dam installation resulted in a more mesotrophic state in Jackson Lake after ∼1916 CE. …”
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Synthesis of Amino Acid Schiff Base Nickel (II) Complexes as Potential Anticancer Drugs In Vitro by Yang Li, Jianfang Dong, Peiran Zhao, Ping Hu, Dawei Yang, Lei Gao, Lianzhi Li

“…Antitumor mechanism studies showed that complex 2 can increase the autophagy, reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, and decrease the mitochondrial membrane potential remarkably in a dose-dependent manner in the Eca-109 cells. …”
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Cross-contamination Risks in Dry Produce Packinghouses: Efficacy of Alcohol-based Sanitizers to Reduce Salmonella and Potential Surrogates on Relevant Surface Materials by Alexandra Nerney, Stuart Reitz, Jovana Kovacevic, Joy Waite-Cusic

“…Onion variety, surface type, and species did not influence the transfer rate (p > 0.05). …”
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Analysis of bacterial genetic diversity in biofloc by using ARDRA 16S-rRNA gene by , Widanarni, Dewi Nurhayati, Dinamella Wahjuningrum

“…Phylogenetics of bacterial populations from biofloc-based cultivation system water consisted of at least 13 different bacterial species. Result of sequencing from two gene sample 16S-rRNA were identified as Microbacterium foliorumand and Pseudomonas putida.   …”
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Intraspecific epigenomics divergence in brown bears (Ursus arctos): insights from genome-wide DNA methylation patterns by Paolo Colangelo, Paolo Colangelo, Ian Marc Bonapace, Laura Gramolini, Emanuela Solano, Emanuela Solano, Elisa Desiato, Paolo Franchini, Leonardo Gentile, Roberto Guadagnini, Oddmund Kleven, Jonas Kindberg, Jonas Kindberg, Alexander Kopatz, Paolo Ciucci

“…Epigenetic mechanisms such as methylation can influence gene expression and play a crucial role in the adaptation to local environmental conditions, thereby introducing non-genetic variability within species. Here, using a Reduced Representation Bisulfite Sequencing approach (RRBS), we compared the methylation patterns in blood and muscle across three European brown bear populations. …”
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Epidemiology and transmission patterns of Cryptosporidium spp., and Giardia duodenalis within a One Health framework in rural areas of Eastern Algeria by Sadiya Maxamhud, Nassiba Reghaissia, AbdElKarim Laatamna, Eleni Gentekaki, Anastasios D. Tsaousis

“…Several Cryptosporidium species, including C. bovis, C. ryanae, C. andersoni and C. parvum, were identified in human, animal and environmental samples. …”
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Identification and functional characterization of the RPP13 gene family in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) for disease resistance by Baoqi Yuan, Chuang Li, Qingfeng Wang, Qi Yao, Xiaowei Guo, Yuhang Zhang, Zhongwei Wang

“…Combined with transcriptome-based functional enrichment analysis, this finding implies that StRPP13-11 may participate in disease defense by regulating photosynthesis-related genes and the dynamic balance of reactive oxygen species within the chloroplast. This study provides new insights into the potential functions of the RPP13 gene family in potato disease resistance mechanisms, offering valuable genetic resources and theoretical support for future disease-resistant breeding programs.…”
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Interconnected pathways link faecal microbiota plasma lipids and brain activity to childhood malnutrition related cognition by T. Portlock, T. Shama, S. H. Kakon, B. Hartjen, C. Pook, B. C. Wilson, A. Bhuttor, D. Ho, I. Shennon, A. M. Engelstad, R. Di Lorenzo, G. Greaves, N. Rahman, C. Kelsey, P. D. Gluckman, J. M. O’Sullivan, R. Haque, T. Forrester, C. A. Nelson

“…These findings support the hypothesis that prolonged colonization by oral commensal species delay gut microbiome and brain development. …”
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