Genomic evidence of symbiotic adaptations in fungus-associated bacteria by Daniyal Gohar, Kadri Põldmaa, Mari Pent, Saleh Rahimlou, Klara Cerk, Duncan Y.K. Ng, Falk Hildebrand, Mo Bahram

“…We found that FaB are enriched in carbohydrate transport/metabolism- and motility-related genes, suggesting an adaptation for utilizing complex fungal carbon sources. They are also enriched in genes targeting fungal biomass, likely reflecting their role in recycling and rebuilding fungal structures. …”
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Carbon Dots: New Rising Stars in the Carbon Family for Diagnosis and Biomedical Applications by Muneeb Ullah, Uzma Azeem Awan, Haider Ali, Abdul Wahab, Shahid Ullah Khan, Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Ruslin, Apon Zaenal Mustopa, Nurhasni Hasan

“…Among these, biogenic synthesis, utilizing natural sources and waste materials, presents an eco-friendly and sustainable alternative. …”
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Climate Change Impacts on Winter Wheat Yield in Northern China by Xiu Geng, Fang Wang, Wei Ren, Zhixin Hao

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Current trends in neurocritical care: a comprehensive review by Vinothini Murugaiyan, Kingston Samraj Kirubakaran Jebaraj, Srinivas Kalaiselvan

“…Looking forward, the field will benefit from optimizing resource utilization, refining neuroprotective strategies, and addressing the ethical considerations that are crucial for the sustainable development of neurocritical care practices.…”
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Didymin Ameliorates Dextran Sulfate Sodium (DSS)-Induced Ulcerative Colitis by Regulating Gut Microbiota and Amino Acid Metabolism in Mice by Zhongxing Chu, Zuomin Hu, Feiyan Yang, Yaping Zhou, Yiping Tang, Feijun Luo

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Identification of chalcone isomerase gene family in Astragalus mongholicus revealed genes regulating isoflavone synthesis by Zhen Wang, Zhen Wang, Panpan Wang, Xinxin Wang, Lingyang Kong, Jianhao Wu, Weichao Ren, Xiubo Liu, Wei Ma

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Transgenic poplar for resistance against pest and pathogen attack in forests: an overview by Swati Sharan, Amrita Chakraborty, Amit Roy, Indrakant K. Singh, Archana Singh, Archana Singh

“…These plants provide wood, which can be utilized as raw resources for the paper industry and as a potential source of biofuel. …”
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Digital Platforms for the Built Environment: A Systematic Review Across Sectors and Scales by Michele Berlato, Leonardo Binni, Dilan Durmus, Chiara Gatto, Letizia Giusti, Alessia Massari, Beatrice Maria Toldo, Stefano Cascone, Claudio Mirarchi

“…Unlike existing reviews focused on single technologies or sectors, this work offers a cross-sectoral synthesis, highlighting shared challenges and opportunities across disciplines and lifecycle stages. It identifies the functional roles, enabling technologies and systemic barriers affecting digital platform adoption, such as fragmented data sources, limited interoperability between systems and siloed organizational processes. …”
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Application of VGG16 in Automated Detection of Bone Fractures in X-Ray Images by Resky Adhyaksa, Bedy Purnama

“…The training and testing phases utilized an 80:20 split of the data, employing binary cross-entropy as the loss function and the Adam optimizer for efficient weight updates. …”
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Energy-efficient joint performance optimization of cloud data centre users/operator using memetic algorithm by Pejman Goudarzi, Farima Ayatollahi, Jaime Lloret

“…Simulation results demonstrate the improvement of the combined user/operator utility function compared to traditional methods, considering energy consumption constraints.…”
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Mitigating Voltage Violations in Smart City Microgrids Under Coordinated False Data Injection Cyberattacks: Simulation and Experimental Insights by Ehsan Naderi, Arash Asrari

“…Considering the conflict between objective functions in the developed MOOP, a Pareto-based solution methodology is utilized to obtain a set of optimal solutions, called non-dominated solutions, as well as the best compromise solution (BCS). …”
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Leveraging large language models for comprehensive locomotion control in humanoid robots design by Shilong Sun, Chiyao Li, Zida Zhao, Haodong Huang, Wenfu Xu

“…Traditional reinforcement learning (RL) approaches for robot locomotion are resource-intensive and rely heavily on manually designed reward functions. …”
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Annual Dynamics of Phytoplankton Communities in Relation to Environmental Factors in Saline–Alkaline Lakes of Northwest China by Yuying Ma, Linghui Hu, Ruomei Ma, Liting Yang, Qiang Huo, Yong Song, Xuyuan Lin, Zhen Sun, Sheng’ao Chen, Daoquan Ren

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<i>Heortia vitessoides</i> Infests <i>Aquilaria sinensis</i>: A Systematic Review of Climate Drivers, Management Strategies, and Molecular Mechanisms by Zongyu Yin, Yingying Chen, Huanrong Xue, Xiaofei Li, Baocai Li, Jiaming Liang, Yongjin Zhu, Keyu Long, Jinming Yang, Jiao Pang, Kaixiang Li, Shaoming Ye

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Comparative Analysis of Photosynthetic Traits, Yield, and Fruit Quality Among Different Chestnut Cultivars by Yanyan Hou, Sujuan Guo

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Productivity growth, economies of scale and scope in the water and sewerage industry: The Chilean case. by Maria Molinos-Senante, Alexandros Maziotis

“…Evaluating the performance and analyzing the cost drivers of water utilities is of great interest for water regulators and water sector managers. …”
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Innovative treatment of toxic oily petroleum wastewater with magnetic sludge under UVA light by Saeedeh Rastgar, Habibollah Younesi, Hassan Rezeai, Hajar Abyar

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A Numerical Investigation of Enhanced Microfluidic Immunoassay by Multiple-Frequency Alternating-Current Electrothermal Convection by Qisheng Wu, Shaohua Huang, Shenghai Wang, Xiying Zhou, Yuxuan Shi, Xiwei Zhou, Xianwu Gong, Ye Tao, Weiyu Liu

“…Through thorough numerical simulation, the optimal working frequencies for SWET and TWET are determined, and the resulting synthetic MET flow field is directly utilized for microfluidic immunoassay. MET significantly promotes the binding kinetics on functionalized electrode surface by simultaneous global electrokinetic transport along channel length direction and local chaotic stirring of antigen samples near the reaction site, compared to the situation without flow activation. …”
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Microbial dark matter spearheading the biogeochemical cycle in the Solar Lake of Taba, Egypt by Rehab Z. Abdallah, Ali H.A. Elbehery, Amged Ouf, Rania Siam

“…Some non-methanogenic MAGs had the genetic capacity to utilize methanol and glycine-betaine as carbon sources. …”
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Implementation of a Smart Home Intruder Detection System using a Vibrometer and ESP 32 CAM by Samuel Owoeye, Folasade Durodola, Adekunle Oyelami, Racheal Oladejo, Samuel Obasuyi, Ademola Qasim, Joshua Ogundairo

“…The topic of security is quite important; hence this paper presents the development and implementation of a Smart Intruder Detection System utilizing the ESP32-CAM board, the Vibrometer and the ATMega328P microcontroller to enhance lighting, security, and surveillance functionalities. …”
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