Enhanced propionate and butyrate metabolism in cecal microbiota contributes to cold-stress adaptation in sheep by Xindong Cheng, Yanping Liang, Kaixi Ji, Mengyu Feng, Xia Du, Dan Jiao, Xiukun Wu, Chongyue Zhong, Haitao Cong, Guo Yang

“…By contrast, Hulunbuir sheep exhibit changes in microbial diversity and function, leading to increased propionate and butyrate metabolism. …”
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Near-infrared spectroscopy of the cerebellum in motor activation tasks by Yew Long Lo, Gerald Teck Heng Chia, Yan Teng Celeste Chen, Eng King Tan

“…Protocol 1 consisted of 5 optodes (4 sources and 1 detector, 4 recording channels) spaced 3 cm apart and comprising single-tipped LED light sources in conjunction with single-tipped fiber-optic detectors. …”
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New Rotation Periods from the Kepler Bonus Background Light Curves by Zachary R. Claytor, Jamie Tayar

“…However, due to Kepler’s large 4″ pixels, many of its light curves are at high risk of contamination from background sources. The new Kepler Bonus Background light curves are deblended using a point-spread function algorithm, providing light curves of over 400,000 new background sources in addition to over 200,000 reanalyzed Kepler prime targets. …”
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A Robust InSAR-DEM Block Adjustment Method Based on Affine and Polynomial Models for Geometric Distortion by Zhonghua Hong, Ziyuan He, Haiyan Pan, Zhihao Tang, Ruyan Zhou, Yun Zhang, Yanling Han, Jiang Tao

“…Additionally, we select additional Sentinel-1 and Copernicus DEM data to verify the reliability of multi-source DEM matching and adjustment. …”
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Effects of Soil Texture on Effective Mixing Depth and Solute Loss by WANG Jie, ZHENG Hao, LI Zihan, REN Shaocong, WANG Shuoguo, LIAN Qijie, WEI Yujie, CAI Chongfa

“…It is of great significance to quantify the effective mixing depth of texture-differentiated soils and investigate the response of effective mixing depth to soil erosion, and solute loss in the modeling of agricultural non-point source pollution. ［Methods］ The topsoils of five texturally distinct dry croplands in the Danjiangkou Reservoir Region were selected as the research object. …”
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The effect of exercise on the immune response in different environmental conditions by Y Mehri Alvar, F Nazem, AA Sayari, Z Sayevand, S Karami, F Erfani

“…It is illustrated that abnormal environments are the primary source of physiological stresses which can disarrange the function of immune system. …”
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Gut microbiome composition and diversity of wild-caught and hatchery-bred milkfish (Chanos chanos) fry by Gardel Xyza L. Silvederio, Therese F. Javellana, Ande Bryle N. Genciana, Maria Alexandra G. Fontanilla, Rex Ferdinand M. Traifalgar, Fredson H. Huervana, Carmelo S. del Castillo

“…Milkfish is the most produced finfish in the Philippines, with approximately 75 % of its fry sourced from hatcheries. Despite numerous studies on gut microbiota of wild and cultured fish species, the diversity and functional roles of the milkfish fry gut microbiome remain poorly understood. …”
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Enabling beam-scanning antenna technologies for terahertz wireless systems: A review by Dongze Zheng, Geng-Bo Wu, Zhi Hao Jiang, Wei Hong, Chi Hou Chan, Ke Wu

“…While producing a scannable highly-directive antenna beam proves to be indispensable in the period of microwaves, the significance of such functionality is more critical in the THz era, considering that THz waves have more intractable challenges such as the severity of free-space propagation losses, the susceptibility to atmospheric environments, and the unavailability of efficient signal sources. …”
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Exploring the Role of Teaching Aids in Enhancing Physical Education for Schoolchildren: A Literature Review by Yurij Vaskov

“…The search criteria used specific keywords related to the topic, and a total of 38 sources were selected for analysis. Results. The study reveals the various approaches to defining teaching aids and their functions in physical education, as well as their sources of selection. …”
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Subjective and objective vestibular changes that occur following paediatric cochlear implantation: systematic review and meta-analysis by Michael Yong, Emily Young, Jane Lea, Hannah Foggin, Erica Zaia, Frederick K. Kozak, Brian D. Westerberg

“…Grey literature and unpublished sources were also reviewed. Study selection Articles published from 1980 until the present which documented pre-operative and post-operative vestibular testing on children under the age of 18 were used. …”
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Time frequency analysis of elastic wave PSO OMP for defects in flat steel of down conductors by Jing Zhang, Wei Liu, Minghui Bao, Peng Yang, Xuhua Liu, Zhihong Fu

“…Due to environmental factors, cross media propagation, and interference from excitation sources, noise is coupled into the original signal during data acquisition, seriously affecting signal processing. …”
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Global Trends and Empirical Metrics in the Evaluation of Code Smells and Technical Debt: A Bibliometric Study by Ronald Henry Diaz Arrieta, Byron Leoncio Diaz Monroy, Luis Javier Castillo Heredia, Alexandra Gabriela Valenzuela Cobos

“…Among the critical factors that affect these attributes are code smells, indicators of structural deficiencies in the source code, which, although they do not directly affect functionality, significantly increase technical debt and maintenance costs. …”
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Microarray-Based Comparisons of Ion Channel Expression Patterns: Human Keratinocytes to Reprogrammed hiPSCs to Differentiated Neuronal and Cardiac Progeny by Leonhard Linta, Marianne Stockmann, Qiong Lin, André Lechel, Christian Proepper, Tobias M. Boeckers, Alexander Kleger, Stefan Liebau

“…Numerous families of ion channels are present in the organism which can be distinguished by means of, for example, ion selectivity, gating mechanism, composition, or cell biological function. …”
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TIM3-blockade synergizes with IL2 in alleviating intra-tumoral CD8+T cell exhaustion by Xuhao Zhang, Yu Gao, Huiping Liao, Wenyan Wang, Zaili Yang, Weian Cao, Ge Li, Jing Wen, Gencheng Han, Yang-Xin Fu

“…Progressive loss of IL2-secretion is an early sign of diminished effector function in TILs, which raises the possibility of IL2 loss driving exhaustion of TILs. …”
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Differential efficacy of olfactory neurospheres from deviated nasal septum and chronic rhinosinusitis patients in regenerating olfactory epithelium by Rong-San Jiang, Chiang-Wen Lee, Yu-Hsuan Lin, Jing-Jie Wang, Jia-Bin Liao, Kuo-Ti Peng, Yao-Chang chiang, Pei-Ling Chi

“…Conclusions These findings highlight the importance of selecting the appropriate ONS source for therapeutic applications, with DNS-ONS showing greater promise for olfactory epithelium repair and olfactory function restoration.…”
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Crystallographic fragment screening reveals ligand hotspots in TRIM21 PRY-SPRY domain by Yeojin Kim, Aleksandar Lučić, Christopher Lenz, Frederic Farges, Martin P. Schwalm, Krishna Saxena, Thomas Hanke, Peter G. Marples, Jasmin C. Aschenbrenner, Daren Fearon, Frank von Delft, Andreas Krämer, Stefan Knapp

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Making Blind Robots See: The Synergy Between Fluorescent Dyes and Imaging Devices in Automated Proteomics by Wayne F. Patton

“…Since rare proteins cannot be amplified by any type of PCR method, sensitive detection is critical to proteome projects. Fluorescence methods deliver streamlined detection protocols, superior detection sensitivity, broad linear dynamic range and excellent compatibility with modern microchemical identification methods such as mass spectrometry. …”
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The TRPA1 cation channel is upregulated by cigarette smoke in mouse and human macrophages modulating lung inflammation by Anita Steib, Katalin Rozmer, Éva Szőke, József Kun, Nelli Farkas, Diána Feller, Judit Pongrácz, Krisztina Pohóczky, Zsuzsanna Helyes

“…The transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1), a smoking-responsive, non-selective cation channel, is expressed by both capsaicin-sensitive peptidergic sensory nerves and non-neuronal cells of the lung, but there are few and controversial data on its expression and function on macrophages. …”
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Application of artificial intelligence in echocardiography from 2009 to 2024: a bibliometric analysis by Yangli Liu, Lei Zhao, Bin Tu, Jie Wang, Yaqun He, Rufang Jiang, Xiaofeng Wu, Wen Wen, Jian Liu

“…The objective of this study is to explore the current status and prevailing research trends in this field from 2009 to 2024 through bibliometric analysis and to forecast future developmental trajectories.MethodsWe selected the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-Expanded) from the Web of Science Core Collection (WOSCC) as our primary data source and conducted a comprehensive search encompassing all articles and reviews published between 2009 and 2024 and used the online analysis platform of bibliometrics, CiteSpace and VOSviewer software to analyze countries/regions, institutions, authors, keywords, and references, used Microsoft Excel 2021 to visualize the trends of the number of articles published by year.ResultsBetween 2009 and 2024, a total of 3,411 publications on AI applications in echocardiography were identified, including 3,000 articles (87.9%) and 411 reviews (12.1%), contributed by researchers from 100 countries/regions. …”
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The evolution and competitive strategies of Akkermansia muciniphila in gut by Ji-Sun Kim, Se Won Kang, Ju Huck Lee, Seung-Hwan Park, Jung-Sook Lee

“…In addition, WapA and anSME, which function in competition and post-translational modification of sulfatase, respectively, have been a particularly important selective pressure in the evolution of group A. …”
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