Morphological Variation and Ecological Structure of Iroko (Milicia excelsa Welw. C.C. Berg) Populations across Different Biogeographical Zones in Benin by Christine Ouinsavi, Nestor Sokpon

“…In the current study, morphological variation and ecological structure of M. excelsa populations were assessed in Benin using transect sampling method and multivariate analyses including principal component, cluster and canonical discriminant analyses. On the basis of morphological parameters, M. excelsa individuals and populations were clustered into four and discrimination of groups indicated that most of variations were highly related to edaphic factors and annual rainfall. …”
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Chronic asymptomatic orchitis in dogs alters Sertoli cell number and maturation status by Pauline Rehder, Eva-Maria Packeiser, Hanna Körber, Sandra Goericke-Pesch

“…Chronic asymptomatic orchitis (CAO) has been postulated as a significant cause of non-obstructive azoospermia in acquired male canine infertility. Despite severe microenvironmental changes, some resilient spermatogonial stem cells persist in CAO-affected testes. …”
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Plasticity of Neuron-Glial Transmission: Equipping Glia for Long-Term Integration of Network Activity by Wayne Croft, Katharine L. Dobson, Tomas C. Bellamy

“…We argue that induction of glial plasticity typically requires repetitive neuronal firing over long time periods (minutes-hours) rather than the short-lived, stereotyped trigger typical of canonical long-term potentiation. We speculate that this equips glia with a mechanism for monitoring average firing rates in the synaptic network, which is suited to the longer term roles proposed for astrocytes in neurophysiology.…”
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Monasterium, cella, abbatia… Enquête sur les différents termes désignant les communautés religieuses au haut Moyen Âge (ve-milieu ixe siècle) et leur signification by Michèle Gaillard

“…This study deals with a certain number of words (abbatia, casa, cella, cellula, claustrum, coenobium, congregatio, conventum, monasterium, xenodochium) that refer to religious communities regardless of the fact that they are monasteries or canonical houses. It is possible to distinguish a series of terms whose meanings obviously did not change from the fifth to the ninth century : the semantic field covered by the terms monasterium and coenobium ; polysemic words like cella and cellula, designating not only the monastery, but also its rooms ; casa, a humble term rarely used to describe a monastery. …”
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Protease-activated receptors in vascular smooth muscle cells: a bridge between thrombo-inflammation and vascular remodelling by Anxhela Habibi, Wolfram Ruf, Leon Schurgers

“…Abstract Coagulation factors are responsible for blood clot formation yet have also non-canonical functions as signalling molecules. In this context, they can activate protease-activated receptors (PARs) ubiquitously expressed in the vasculature. …”
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Diversity of Woodland Communities and Plant Species along an Altitudinal Gradient in the Guancen Mountains, China by Dongping Meng, Jin-Tun Zhang, Min Li

“…To investigate the variation of woodland communities, a Two-Way Indicator Species Analysis (TWINSPAN) and a Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) were conducted, while species diversity indices were used to analyse the relationships between species diversity and environmental variables in this study. …”
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Ecological filters shape arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in the rhizosphere of secondary vegetation species in a temperate forest. by Yasmin Vázquez-Santos, Silvia Castillo-Argüero, Francisco Javier Espinosa-García, Noé Manuel Montaño, Yuriana Martínez-Orea, Laura V Hernández-Cuevas

“…This assembly consisted of 61 AMF species, with different β-diversity values among plant species across seasons and altitudes. Canonical correspondence analysis revealed that AMF community composition is linked to OM and available P and N, with only a few AMF species co-occurring, while most do not. …”
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Circuitry and Synaptic Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease: A New Tau Hypothesis by Siddhartha Mondragón-Rodríguez, Humberto Salgado-Burgos, Fernando Peña-Ortega

“…For more than five decades, the field of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has focused on two main hypotheses positing amyloid-beta (Aβ) and Tau phosphorylation (pTau) as key pathogenic mediators. In line with these canonical hypotheses, several groups around the world have shown that the synaptotoxicity in AD depends mainly on the increase in pTau levels. …”
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Aquaporin-2 in the early stages of the adenine-induced chronic kidney disease model. by Lucas H Oronel, Maria Ortiz, Carolina Yarza, Sofía Gayone, Carlos Davio, Mónica Majowicz, Maria Florencia Albertoni Borghese

“…This increase was mainly cytoplasmic, explaining the increased urinary volume of CKD rats and suggesting a possible non-canonical role for AQP2. In addition, Tolvaptan effectively inhibited the V2 receptor in both control and CKD rats, decreasing AQP2 expression and increasing diuresis. …”
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How Hippo Signaling Pathway Modulates Cardiovascular Development and Diseases by Wenyi Zhou, Mingyi Zhao

“…Understanding how the cardiovascular system develops and the pathological processes of cardiac disease will contribute to finding novel and preventive therapeutic methods. The canonical Hippo tumor suppressor pathway in mammalian cells is primarily composed of the MST1/2-SAV1-LATS1/2-MOB1-YAP/TAZ cascade. …”
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Clinical Trials of Immunogene Therapy for Spontaneous Tumors in Companion Animals by Gerardo Claudio Glikin, Liliana María Elena Finocchiaro

“…A variety of tumors such as canine melanoma, soft tissue sarcomas, osteosarcoma and lymphoma, feline fibrosarcoma, and equine melanoma were subjected to different treatment approaches. …”
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The “Sanitary” Role of the Necrophagous Birds in the Ecosystems by Karimov Tahir, Ahmadli Leyla, Rajabova Sevinj, Mammadov Ayaz

“…Among these, 13 carcasses were associated with six infectious diseases: rabies (five cases), toxoplasmosis (one case), brucellosis (two cases), equine adenitis (two cases), tuberculosis (one case), and canine disease (two cases). Echinococcus was identified in four animals. …”
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Class III Orthodontic Camouflage: Is the “Ideal” Treatment Always the Best Option? A Documented Case Report by Lorenzo Rustico, Vincenzo Ronsivalle, Flavia Iaculli, Gianrico Spagnuolo, Gaetano Isola, Antonino Lo Giudice

“…The orthodontic treatment involved the mandibular first premolar extraction, resulting in class I canine relation with good overjet and overbite as well as good arch coordination. …”
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On the New RILEM Technical Committee TC APD: Alternative Paving Materials – Design and Performance by Augusto Cannone Falchetto, Fan Yin, Maria Chiara Cavalli, Salvatore Mangiafico, Krishna Prapoorna Biligiri, Justine Cantot, Punyaslok Rath, Avishreshth Singh, Michael Elwardany, Di Wang, Chen Chen, James Grenfell, Fan Zhang, Yuxuan Sun, Kateryna Krayushkina

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The Pre-Dawn of the Three Caverns Thought: An Examination Based on <i>Shangqing taiji yinzhu yujing baojue</i> by Ling Cao

“…It proposed the first viable approach to integrating emerging Daoist scriptural traditions, enabling the creation of the first canonical Daoist catalog, and laying the foundation for the compilation of the Daozang and the establishment of the Ordination Ranks 法位 system. …”
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Assessing the Black Sea Mesozooplankton Community Following the Nova Kakhovka Dam Breach by Elena Bisinicu, Luminita Lazar

“…Statistical methods, including correlation analysis, multidimensional scaling, <i>t</i>-tests, and canonical analysis, were employed to investigate the links between mesozooplankton communities and environmental variables. …”
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Analysis and Experimental Demonstration of Reflectarray Antennas in Quasi-Regular Lattices by Borja Imaz-Lueje, Juan Corcoles, Marcos R. Pino, Manuel Arrebola

“…This is particularly useful in non-canonical profile apertures, where the regular lattices do not adjust properly with the shape of the reflectarray and therefore exhibit less control of the reflected field in the aperture. …”
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Feasibility of Metatranscriptome Analysis from Infant Gut Microbiota: Adaptation to Solid Foods Results in Increased Activity of Firmicutes at Six Months by Floor Hugenholtz, Jarmo Ritari, Lotta Nylund, Mark Davids, Reetta Satokari, Willem M. de Vos

“…Moreover, Firmicutes and Actinobacteria, including the canonical Bifidobacteria as well as Collinsella, were found to be important contributors to carbohydrate fermentation and vitamin biosynthesis in the infant intestine. …”
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p57 Suppresses the Pluripotency and Proliferation of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells by Positively Regulating p53 Activation by Na Li, Zhaoyu Du, Yunxiang Li, Wenjing Xu, Yumei Yang, Haodong Peng, Tianxiang Song, Qihua Qin, Huining Lei, Jinlian Hua

“…Herein, we discovered that p57Kip2 (p57), a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor canonically inhibiting cell proliferation, played a role in suppressing the pluripotency state of mouse ESCs (mESCs). p57 knockdown significantly stimulated the expressions of core pluripotency factors NANOG, OCT4, and SOX2, while p57 overexpression inhibited the expressions of these factors in mESCs. …”
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Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Dietary Supplementation Induces Lipid Peroxidation in Normal Dogs by John M. Walters, Timothy B. Hackett, Gregory K. Ogilvie, Martin J. Fettman

“…The objective of this study was to determine the effects of PUFAs on selective oxidative injury and inflammatory biomarkers in canine urine and serum. Dogs (n=54) consumed a diet supplemented with 0.5% conjugated linoleic acid/dry matter, 1.0% conjugated linoleic acid/dry matter, or 200 mg/kg docosahexaenoic acid/eicosapentaenoic acid for 21 days. …”
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