Comparing soil microbial diversity in smallholder plantain backyard gardens and main farms in Western and Central Africa by Manoj Kaushal, Yao Adjiguita Kolombia, Amos Emitati Alakonya, Cargele Masso

“…Beneficial genera such as Bacillus, Streptomyces, Bradyrhizobium, and Paenibacillus were also detected. Functional predictions based on COG and KEGG databases indicated notable differences in microbial functional potential between the two settings. …”
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Much More Than the Malady: The Promise of a Web-Based Digital Platform Incorporating Self-Report for Research and Clinical Care in Mild Cognitive Impairment by Andrew McGarry, MD, Oliver Roesler, PhD, Jackson Liscombe, PhD, Michael Neumann, PhD, Hardik Kothare, PhD, Abhishek Hosamath, MBM, Lakshmi Arbatti, MS, Anusha Badathala, MD, Stephen Ruhmel, BS, MPH, Bryan J. Hansen, PhD, Madeline Quall, BA, Sandrine Istas, MBio, Arthur Wallace, MD, PhD, David Suendermann-Oeft, PhD, Vikram Ramanarayanan, PhD, Ira Shoulson, MD

“…A complementary approach using digital biomarkers to surpass exam-based limitations for detecting physical change coupled with a direct report from participants on what their sources of suffering are could be a useful advance in reporting beneficial effects of interventions, particularly if changes track together. …”
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Implementation of Aerosol Mie Scattering in POSEIDON with Application to the Hot Jupiter HD 189733 b’s Transmission, Emission, and Reflected Light Spectrum by Elijah Mullens, Nikole K. Lewis, Ryan J. MacDonald

“…We provide an open-source database of these Mie-scattering cross sections and optical properties. …”
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Identification of key genes related to growth of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) based on comprehensive transcriptome analysis by Dayan Hu, Jieliang Jian, Jinpeng Zhang, Xiaojun Xu, Shu Wang, Cuiping Gong, Yuanqin Zhang, Pengcan Zhu, Zhimin Gu, Wenzhi Guan

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Antioxidant activities and inhibitory effects of free and bound polyphenols from date (Phoenix dactylifera L.) seeds on starch digestive enzymes by Sameera Sirisena, Ken Ng, Said Ajlouni

“…Bound polyphenol fraction, with strong α-glucosidase inhibition and weak α-amylase inhibition, was suggested as a significant source of functional food ingredients with anti-hyperglycaemic properties.…”
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There is no transfer of mitochondria from donor hematopoietic cells to recipient mesenchymal stromal cells after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells transplantation in humans by Natalya Sats, Vadim Surin, Tatiana Abramova, Aleksandra Sadovskaya, Nataliya Petinati, Nikolay Kapranov, Ksenia Nikiforova, Nina Drize, Luisa Karaseva, Olga Pokrovskaya, Larisa Kuzmina, Elena Parovichnikova

“…Mitochondria, which can be transferred between cells via nanotubes or extracellular vesicles, play a key role in the functions of mesenchymal stromal cells. In a murine model, donor hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells transfer functional mitochondria to bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells of the recipient. …”
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Mineral identification in thin sections using a lightweight and attention mechanism by Xin Zhang, Wei Dang, Jun Liu, Zijuan Yin, Guichao Du, Yawen He, Yankai Xue

“…Mineral identification is foundational to geological survey research, mineral resource exploration, and mining engineering. Considering the diversity of mineral types and the challenge of achieving high recognition accuracy for similar features, this study introduces a mineral detection method based on YOLOv8-SBI. …”
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SBFI-26 enhances apoptosis in docetaxel-treated triple-negative breast cancer cells by increasing ROS levels by Gang He, Mei Liu, Tang cong Chen, Li fen Huang, You qiang Ke

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Transcriptome-wide identification and systematic analysis of the Retrotransposon genes and their roles in ginsenoside biosynthesis in Panax ginseng by Chaofan Wang, Ruicen Liu, Dinghui Wang, Li Li, Yue Jiang, Yanfang Wang, Kangyu Wang, Mingzhu Zhao, Yi Wang, Meiping Zhang

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Spatiotemporal Variation in Aerosol Optical Depth and Its Potential Effects on Snowmelt in High Mountain Asia from 2004 to 2023 by Lichen Yin, Xin Wang, Wentao Du, Jizu Chen, Youyan Jiang, Weijun Sun, Chengde Yang, Bowen Li, Xingyu Xue, Changsheng Lu

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Machine Learning-Driven GLCM Analysis of Structural MRI for Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis by Maria João Oliveira, Pedro Ribeiro, Pedro Miguel Rodrigues

“…<i>MCI</i>, the proposed model outperformed state-of-the-art imaging source studies by 0.1% and non-imaging source studies by 4.6%. …”
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Feeding black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae with mushrooms and then exposing them to UVB produces larvae extremely rich in vitamins D2 and D3 by Lisa Morand-Laffargue, Florence Charles, Charlotte Sabran, Patrick Borel

“…Black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) are a sustainable source of protein for feed but they can also be a sustainable source of some phytochemicals due to their ability to bioaccumulate them. …”
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Preliminary Study on Natural Infection of Shellfish with Movement Disorder Nodavirus (MDNV) by Ping LI, Jitao XIA, Changming BAI, Ruidong XU, Tingting XU, Shuang LIU, Liang YAO, Xingtong YU, Qingli ZHANG

“…Shellfish is an important source of high-quality protein for human beings and simultaneously plays an important ecological service function in the marine ecosystem. …”
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Worlds Next Door: A Candidate Giant Planet Imaged in the Habitable Zone of α Centauri A. II. Binary Star Modeling, Planet and Exozodi Search, and Sensitivity Analysis by Aniket Sanghi, Charles Beichman, Dimitri Mawet, William O. Balmer, Nicolas Godoy, Laurent Pueyo, Anthony Boccaletti, Max Sommer, Alexis Bidot, Elodie Choquet, Pierre Kervella, Pierre-Olivier Lagage, Jarron Leisenring, Jorge Llop-Sayson, Michael Ressler, Kevin Wagner, Mark Wyatt

“…Additionally, postprocessing with the principal-component-analysis-based Karhunen–Loéve image processing algorithm reveals a point source, called S 1, in 2024 August, detected at signal-to-noise ratio of 4–6 (3.3–4.3 σ ), a projected separation of ≈1 $\mathop{.}…”
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Evaluation of the authenticity of Citri Grandis Exocarpium based on metabolomics and transcriptomics by Haiting Huang, Yu Liu, Jianmu Su, Xiangxiu Liang, Hong Wu, Mei Bai

“…Flavonoids related to medicinal effects, such as naringin and hesperidin, were significantly more abundant in Huazhou pomelo than in Sanhong pomelo, with compounds such as 5-demethylnobiletin detected only in Huazhou pomelo. The integrative metabolomics and transcriptomics analysis identified 11 key structural genes and transcription factors potentially involved in flavonoid biosynthesis, providing candidate targets for functional validation. …”
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IT: An interpretable transformer model for Alzheimer's disease prediction based on PET/MR images by Zhaomin Yao, Weiming Xie, Jiaming Chen, Ying Zhan, Xiaodan Wu, Yingxin Dai, Yusong Pei, Zhiguo Wang, Guoxu Zhang

“…These insights significantly bolster the arsenal of tools available for AD diagnostics and contribute to the broader narrative of deciphering brain functionality through state-of-the-art imaging modalities.…”
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Spatial Appraisal of Seasonal Water Yield of the Sokoto-Rima Basin by Shakirudeen Odunuga, Mayowa Fasona, Saheed Adekunle Raji

“…Understanding the dynamics of water yield as relates to water balance is vital for the functioning of ecosystems as well as model-based computation of their respective ecosystem services. …”
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Nanoprobe synchrotron X-ray fluorescence microscopy reveals selenium-rich spherical structure in mouse retinal pigment epithelium by Marta Ugarte, Kalotina Geraki, Elizabeth Bentley, Roger Cox

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Short-Term Fertilization with the Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterium (NFB) <i>Kosakonia radicincitans</i> GXGL-4A Agent Can Modify the Transcriptome Expression Profiling of Cucumber (<i>Cuc... by Baoyun Feng, Erxing Wang, Yating Zhang, Lurong Xu, Yanwen Xue, Yunpeng Chen

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Diagnosing urban traffic anomalies by integrating geographic knowledge and tensor theory by Zilong Zhao, Luliang Tang, Chang Ren, Xue Yang, Zihan Kan, Qingquan Li

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