Bottom Trawling and Multi‐Marker eDNA Metabarcoding Surveys Reveal Highly Diverse Vertebrate and Crustacean Communities: A Case Study in an Urbanized Subtropical Estuary by Jack Chi‐Ho Ip, Hai‐Xin Loke, Sam King Fung Yiu, Meihong Zhao, Yixuan Li, Yitao Lin, Chun‐Ming How, Jiezhang Mo, Meng Yan, Jinping Cheng, Vincent Chi‐Sing Lai, Leo Lai Chan, Kenneth Mei Yee Leung, Jian‐Wen Qiu

“…We analyzed 16 bottom trawl samples and the eDNA from 32 two‐liter water samples using primer sets specific to fishes and mammals (MiFish‐U, 12S‐V5, and Berry‐Fish) and decapod crustaceans (MiDeca). …”
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Large-scale flood risk assessment in data-scarce areas: an application to Central Asia by P. Ceresa, G. Bussi, S. Denaro, G. Coccia, P. Bazzurro, P. Bazzurro, M. Martina, M. Martina, E. Fagà, C. Avelar, M. Ordaz, B. Huerta, O. Garay, Z. Raimbekova, K. Abdrakhmatov, S. Mirzokhonova, S. Mirzokhonova, V. Ismailov, V. Belikov

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Network Design and Route Analysis Using Outside Plant by Isaac Adjaye Aboagye, Nii Longdon Sowah, Wiafe Owusu-Banahene, Aryee Shaelijah, Margaret Ansah Richardson, Emmanuel Baah-Boadi

“…However, different service channels such as water pipelines, network cables, and electric cables make the implementation of these installations very challenging. …”
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Fluid Dynamics in a Thrust Fault Inferred from Petrology and Geochemistry of Calcite Veins: An Example from the Southern Pyrenees by Daniel Muñoz-López, David Cruset, Irene Cantarero, Antonio Benedicto, Cédric M. John, Anna Travé

“…During this period, the source of fluid changed from meteoric fluids to evolved meteoric fluids due to the water-rock interaction at increasing depths and temperatures. …”
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Spatiotemporal analysis of surface Urban Heat Island intensity and the role of vegetation in six major Pakistani cities by Shoaib Ahmad Anees, Kaleem Mehmood, Syed Imran Haider Raza, Sebastian Pfautsch, Munawar Shah, Punyawi Jamjareegulgarn, Fahad Shahzad, Abdullah A. Alarfaj, Sulaiman Ali Alharbi, Waseem Razzaq Khan, Timothy Dube

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Effects of aminooxyacetic acid on learning and memory function and neurochemical changes in chronic alcoholism by Hongbo Jiang, Xunling Wang, Yingwei Liang, Yinghan Hou, Xinping Yue, Zhiyi Zhang, Dan Chen, Xinyi Fan, Ailin Du

“…Cognitive function was assessed using the Morris water maze, mitochondrial function was evaluated through ATPase activity, and H₂S levels were measured. …”
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Effect of Laminaria japonica Powder on Physicochemical Properties, Rheological Properties and Protein Structure of Silver Carp Surimi Gel by Fengchao ZHOU, Wenting JIANG, Han TIAN, Wei LUO, Xiaolan ZHANG, Jiazhen WANG, Jie LIANG, Leiwen XIANG, Shaoyun WANG, Xixi CAI, Qiming WU, Honglai LIN

“…The effect of amount of LJP on the gel strength, texture, water holding capacity, rheological properties, chemical forces, myofibrillar protein (MP) secondary structure, color and microstructure of the surimr gel were analyzed. …”
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Correlates of prior HIV testing and schistosomiasis treatment: Baseline survey findings from the "creating demand for fishermen's schistosomiasis HIV services" (FISH) cluster-rando... by Geoffrey Kangogo, Donaldson F Conserve, Sekeleghe Kayuni, Moses K Kumwenda, Kathryn L Dovel, James Chirombo, Peter MacPherson, Elizabeth L Corbett, Anthony Butterworth, Augustine Talumba Choko

“…<h4>Background</h4>Fishing exposes fishermen to schistosomiasis-infested fresh water and concurrently through precarious livelihoods to risky sexual behaviour, rendering these two infections occupational hazards for fishermen. …”
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Multi-tissue network analysis reveals the effect of JNK inhibition on dietary sucrose-induced metabolic dysfunction in rats by Hong Yang, Cheng Zhang, Woonghee Kim, Mengnan Shi, Metin Kiliclioglu, Cemil Bayram, Ismail Bolar, Özlem Özdemir Tozlu, Cem Baba, Nursena Yuksel, Serkan Yildirim, Shazia Iqbal, Jihad Sebhaoui, Ahmet Hacımuftuoglu, Matthias Uhlen, Jan Boren, Hasan Turkez, Adil Mardinoglu

“…In this study, we challenged rats with sucrose-sweetened water and investigated the potential effects of JNK inhibition by employing network analysis based on the transcriptome profiling obtained from hepatic and extrahepatic tissues, including visceral white adipose tissue, skeletal muscle, and brain. …”
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Exercise-induced anxiety impairs local and systemic inflammatory response and glucose metabolism in C57BL/6J mice by I. Gálvez, M.C. Navarro, S. Torres-Piles, L. Martín-Cordero, M.D. Hinchado, E. Ortega

“…Material and methods: C57BL/6J mice were randomly allocated into sedentary or exercised groups, where the anxiety-inducing exercise protocol was based on a 14-day consecutive program of swimming in water at 38 °C. Anxiety-like behavior was corroborated through the elevated plus maze test. …”
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Investigating the neuroprotective effects of Dracocephalum moldavica extract and its effect on metabolomic profile of rat model of sporadic Alzheimer's disease by Marjan Talebi, Seyed Abdulmajid Ayatollahi, Mohammad Ali As’Habi, Farzad Kobarfard, Mona Khoramjouy, Farzaneh Niki Boroujeni, Mehrdad Faizi, Alireza Ghassempour

“…Cognitive function was assessed using the radial arm water maze behavioral test. The histopathological evaluations were conducted in the cortex and hippocampus regions. …”
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Nutritional parameters of sheep fed diets based on grass silage with brewery residue and a concentrate with rice bran by Anderson de Moura Zanine, Breno de Moura Gimenez, Daniele de Jesus Ferreira, Michelle de Oliveira Maia Parente, Henrique Nunes Parente, Edson Mauro Santos, Glayciane Costa Gois, Fleming Sena Campos, Luana Milena Pinheiro Rodrigues, Jessica Maria de Sousa Oliveira, Nelquides Braz Viana, Daimy Salas Aguilar, George de Sousa Lima Paiva, Dilier Olivera Viciedo

“…Regardless of the concentrate used, diets containing MGS + 30% DBR provided the animals with higher intakes and digestibility of dry matter (DM) and nutrients, water intake, and urinary pH (p < 0.05). Longer feeding and rumination times and periods, and shorter idle times, feeding efficiency of DM, feeding and rumination efficiency of neutral detergent fiber (NDF), and intakes of DM and NDF per meal were shown by sheep-fed diets containing MGS + 10% DBR (p < 0.05). …”
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Ice-proximal sea ice reconstruction in the Powell Basin, Antarctica, since the Last Interglacial by W. W. Khoo, J. Müller, J. Müller, J. Müller, O. Esper, W. Xiao, C. Stepanek, P. Gierz, G. Lohmann, G. Lohmann, G. Lohmann, W. Geibert, J. Hefter, G. Mollenhauer, G. Mollenhauer, G. Mollenhauer

“…We analyze the novel sea ice biomarker IPSO<span class="inline-formula">₂₅</span> (a di-unsaturated highly branched isoprenoid (HBI)), open-water biomarkers (tri-unsaturated HBIs; <span class="inline-formula"><i>z</i></span>-/<span class="inline-formula"><i>e</i></span>-trienes), and the diatom assemblage and primary productivity indicators in a marine sediment core retrieved from the Powell Basin, NW Weddell Sea. …”
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Utilization of fermented chicken manure and catfish culture waste in recirculated sludge worm culture by Diana Sriwisuda Putri, Eddy Supriyono, Daniel Djokosetiyanto

“…Parameters measured were individual abundance, biomass and water quality. The results showed that addition of fermented chicken manure into sediment and waste from intensive catfish farming was the best medium to increase the growth of silk worms with an average abundance at 1,697 ind/m2, and average biomass at 6,470.98 g/m2.   …”
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Tritordeum, barley landraces and ear photosynthesis are key players in cereal resilience under future extreme drought conditions by Ander Yoldi-Achalandabaso, Aitor Agirresarobe, Artūrs Katamadze, Giulia Burini, Omar Vergara-Díaz, Mariana Mota, Cristina Oliveira, Usue Pérez-López, Rubén Vicente

“…For that, we conducted an innovative approach combining a late-sowing field trial with two contrasting water regimes to simulate future extreme drought conditions, the use of high-throughput phenotyping devices and an infrared gas analyser to characterise leaf and ear photosynthesis, biochemistry, growth, and stress responses during the reproductive stage, and a novel linear mixed-effects model to integrate these results with final agronomical data. …”
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Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Awareness and Endorsement among Adolescents and Young Adults in Tanzania: Insights from the 2022 Demographic and Health Survey by Alpha Johnson Kapola, Rahma Musoke, Glenda Marie Manayon, Hassan Fredrick Fussi, Hafidha Mhando Bakari, Haji Mbwana Ally, Swalehe Mustafa Salim, Zuhura Mbwana Ally, Lynn Moshi, Mariam Salim Mbwana, Habib Omari Ramadhani

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The normal cell proliferation and wound healing effect of polysaccharides from Ganoderma amboinense by Shuangzhi Zhao, Ming Lei, Hui Xu, Hailun He, Alexander Suvorov, Junhua Wang, Jiying Qiu, Qingxin Zhou, Jinyu Yang, Leilei Chen

“…To study the cell proliferation and wound healing activity of polysaccharides from Ganoderma amboinense (GAMPS), the polysaccharide was extracted by water extraction and alcohol precipitation method, and its monosaccharide composition and molecular weight were analyzed. …”
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Quantitative evaluation of essential amino acids and omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids from global marine bivalve aquaculture by Karsoon Tan, Peng Xu, Leiheng Huang, Cong Luo, KhaiHang Choong, Zexin Li, Yu Guo, Kit-Leong Cheong

“…However, expanding protein production from land-based farming, fisheries, and fish aquaculture faces challenges such as limited land and water resources, high carbon emissions, overfished stocks, and reliance on unsustainable fish meal and fish oil. …”
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Are we serologically prepared against an avian influenza pandemic and could seasonal flu vaccines help us? by Iván Sanz-Muñoz, Javier Sánchez-Martínez, Carla Rodríguez-Crespo, Corina S. Concha-Santos, Marta Hernández, Silvia Rojo-Rello, Marta Domínguez-Gil, Ahmed Mostafa, Luis Martinez-Sobrido, Jose M. Eiros, Aitor Nogales

“…Avian influenza virus (AIV) is a highly contagious viral disease that occurs primarily in poultry and wild water birds. Due to the lack of population immunity in humans and ongoing evolution of AIV, there is a continuing risk that new IAV could emerge and rapidly spread worldwide, causing a pandemic, if the ability to transmit efficiently among humans was gained. …”
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New Insights on Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis by Siyao Zeng, Shanpeng Cui, Yue Li, Zhipeng Yao, Yunlong Li, Yang Cao, Lianghe Wen, Ming Li, Junbo Zheng, Hongliang Wang

“…Secondary outcome indicators include incidence of ventilator‐associated pneumonia (VAP), ICU length of stay, mechanical ventilation time, oxygenation index (OI) at 24 h (h), OI at 48 h, OI at 72 h, OI at 7 days (d), partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) at 72 h, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) score at 24 h, APACHE II score at 48 h, APACHE II score at 72 h, APACHE II score at 7 d, extravascular lung water indexes (EVLWI) at 72 h, TNF‐α at 24 h, TNF‐α at 7 d, IL‐6 at 24 h, IL‐6 at 48 h, IL‐6 at 72 h, and IL‐6 at 7 d. …”
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