Reviews and syntheses: Current perspectives on biosphere research 2024–2025 – eight findings from ecology, sociology, and economics by F. J. Bohn, F. J. Bohn, A. Bastos, R. Martin, A. Rammig, N. S. Koh, G. B. Sioen, G. B. Sioen, B. Buscher, L. Carver, F. DeClerck, M. Drupp, M. Drupp, R. Fletcher, M. Forrest, A. Gasparatos, A. Godoy-Faúndez, G. Hagedorn, M. C. Hänsel, J. Hetzer, T. Hickler, T. Hickler, C. B. Krug, S. Koot, S. Koot, X. Li, A. Luers, S. Matevich, H. D. Matthews, I. C. Meier, M. Migliavacca, A. Mohamed, S. O, D. Obura, B. Orlove, R. Orth, L. Pereira, M. Reichstein, L. Thakholi, P. H. Verburg, Y. Yoshida

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Assessing Cerebrovascular Reactivity in Carotid Steno-Occlusive Disease Using MRI BOLD and ASL Techniques by Renata F. Leoni, Kelley C. Mazzetto-Betti, Afonso C. Silva, Antonio C. dos Santos, Draulio B. de Araujo, João P. Leite, Octavio M. Pontes-Neto

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Thermally radiative water-based hybrid nanofluid with nanoparticles and gyrotactic microorganisms past a stretching surface with convective conditions and porous media by Humaira Yasmin, Rawan Bossly, Fuad S. Alduais, Afrah Al-Bossly, Anwar Saeed

“…The analysis is done via the bvp4c MATLAB function in order to analyze the current model numerically by implementing convective boundary conditions. …”
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Single-cell transcriptomic profiling reveals a novel signature of necrotizing granulomatous lesions in the lungs of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected C3HeB/FeJ mice by Shintaro Seto, Shiho Omori, Hajime Nakamura, Hajime Nakamura, Minako Hijikata, Naoto Keicho, Naoto Keicho

“…Among T cells, particularly, Pdcd1+ γδ T cells were detected in necrotizing granulomatous lesions, suggesting their potential role in the pathogenicity of M. tuberculosis. …”
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Length–Weight Distribution of Non-Zero Elements in Randomized Bit Sequences by Christoph Lange, Andreas Ahrens, Yadu Krishnan Krishnakumar, Olaf Grote

“…The focus of the current work is on detecting deviations from the ideal gap-density function describing randomized bit sequences. …”
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Assessment of disease impact through health‐related quality of life measurement in primary progressive aphasia by Thomas Hopkins, Eunbi Kwon, Allison Lapins, Nathan Gill, Angela Roberts, Emily Rogalski

“…Language severity scores showed significant associations with HUI multi‐attribute scores and select single‐attribute measures (hearing, sensation, cognition, and speech) with less language impairment associated with better functional capacity related to HRQoL. …”
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Assessment of proximate composition, mineral element profile and antioxidant properties of the edible oyster mushroom grown in Bangladesh by Sharmin Sultana, Md Shamsuzzaman, Md. Abdus Satter Miah, Akhter Jahan Kakon, Abdullah Hel Mafi, Anupoma Sen, Md. Nurealam Siddiqui, Debu Kumar Bhattacharjya

“…Our result suggests that these studied oyster mushrooms could be a good source of nutrition and antioxidants, which could be used as functional foods.…”
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Role of Polyphosphate as an Inorganic Chaperone to Prevent Protein Aggregation Under Copper Stress in <i>Saccharolobus solfataricus</i> by José Acevedo-López, Gabriela González-Madrid, Claudio A. Navarro, Carlos A. Jerez

“…They are present across all life domains, serving as a source of energy, metal chelators, and playing a crucial role in stress defense. …”
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The role of paramedics in emergency medical teams responding to natural disasters: a scoping review by Estelle C. Seton, Tom Mallinson, Carl A. Webster

“…RESULTS: Analysis of the selected studies revealed four prominent themes: operational and access challenges, healthcare delivery and infrastructure, communication and data management, and resource utilisation and team management. …”
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Design of a Prediction Model to Predict Students’ Performance Using Educational Data Mining and Machine Learning by Jayasree R, Sheela Selvakumari

“…Through research and extension efforts, higher education institutions must perform a variety of functions, including building an intelligent human resource pool, gaining new skills, and creating new knowledge. …”
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Features of the alpha-cell population organization in pancreas of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) by T. V. Abramova, Yu. M. Kolesnyk

“…At the same time, glucagon-suppressive therapy is defined as the strategically main source of success of therapy for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. …”
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On Explainability of Reinforcement Learning-Based Machine Learning Agents Trained with Proximal Policy Optimization That Utilizes Visual Sensor Data by Tomasz Hachaj, Marcin Piekarczyk

“…This estimation makes it possible to determine whether the network makes decisions as expected (decision-making is related to the model’s observation of objects belonging to different semantic classes in the environment) and to detect unexpected, seemingly chaotic behavior that might be, for example, the result of data bias, bad design of the reward function or insufficient generalization abilities of the model. …”
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Postpartum Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Toxic Shock Syndrome Caused by a Perineal Infection by Yoko Deguchi, Yuko Horiuchi, Kensaku Shojima, Naoyuki Iwahashi, Miwa Ikejima, Kazuhiko Ino, Kenichi Furukawa

“…Furthermore, since MRSA was not detected in the nasal and vaginal cavity during pregnancy, it suggests that vaginal colonization can also occur postpartum and be the disease source in mothers. …”
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EVL Promotes Osteo-/Odontogenic Differentiation of Dental Pulp Stem Cells via Activating JNK Signaling Pathway by Kangrui Zeng, Qiongyi Kang, Yutong Li, Weiping Li, Qing Cheng, Wenwei Xia

“…Human dental pulp stem cells (hDPSCs) were recognized as a suitable and promising source of stem cells in dental pulp regeneration. …”
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Feasibility of Proton Range Estimation with Prompt Gamma Imaging in Proton Therapy of Lung Cancer: Monte Carlo Study by Elham Rohollahpour, Hadi Taleshi Ahangari

“…Subjects and Methods: The proton pencil beam source was defined as a function of the tumor size to encompass the tumor volume. …”
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The Influence of Working in Stone Crushing Factories on Specific Respiratory Parameters by Belal Rahhal, Raya Sinnokrot, Omar Abuzant, Samah Shahin, Amany Masalmeh, Wala Jarrar

“…Working in stone-cutting factories is a known source for silica dust exposure, which has pathogenic effects on the respiratory system resulting finally in silicosis which may end in malignancy. …”
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Pan-genome analysis of the R2R3-MYB genes family in Brassica napus unveils phylogenetic divergence and expression profiles under hormone and abiotic stress treatments by Haiyan Fan, Haiyan Fan, Jiawei Li, Jiawei Li, Wencong Huang, Aoshuang Liang, Liqing Jing, Jintao Li, Qing-Yong Yang, Qing-Yong Yang, Kede Liu, Zhiquan Yang

“…However, their genetic diversity and functional roles in Brassica napus remain underexplored at a pan-genome scale.MethodsWe identified R2R3-MYB genes in 18 published rapeseed genomes and analyzed their genomic distribution patterns, gene duplication, selective pressure, gene structure, conserved motifs, and phylogenetic relationships using a pan-genome approach. …”
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Harnessing antibody-mediated recognition of the intracellular proteome with T cell receptor-like specificity by Maya Haus-Cohen, Yoram Reiter

“…The clinical success of cancer immunotherapy has driven ongoing efforts to identify novel targets that can effectively guide potent effector functions to eliminate malignant cells. Traditionally, immunotherapies have focused on surface antigens; however, these represent only a small fraction of the cancer proteome, limiting their therapeutic potential. …”
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IT GOVERNANCE IN THE BANKING SECTOR: EVIDENCE FROM ITALY, GERMANY, FRANCE AND SPAIN by Ida Claudia Panetta, Sabrina Leo, Fabrizio Santoboni, Gianfranco Vento

“…IT is an intrinsic component of banks’ operational functioning; it is a key resource in developing and supporting banking services, enabling institutions’ strategies, and it is essential for almost all banking processes and distribution channels. …”
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Insight on the Planning and Construction of Shanghai City Railway Network by MAO Chen, LIU Chunjie

“…In terms of specific line schemes, it is necessary to combine needs, strengthen system functions, optimize railway standards, select key hub anchoring points and external connection points to create integrated demonstration stations, and further improve the level of interconnection; it is necessary to integrate into urban development internally, and strengthen cross-regional connections externally for the further optimization of planning network forms. …”
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