Underutilized wild edible fungi and their undervalued ecosystem services in Africa by Gudeta W. Sileshi, Donatha D. Tibuhwa, Alec Mlambo

“…Conclusion The African continent is endowed with a tremendous diversity of neglected and underutilized edible wild mushrooms providing nutritious food for humans and playing a key role in the structure and functioning of native forests and woodlands. …”
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Plain Language Summary of Publication: What is the effect of the medicine vibegron in the treatment of overactive bladder in patients with and without bladder leakage? by David Staskin, Jeffrey Frankel, Steven G. Gregg, Janet Owens-Grillo

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Zimbabwean communication agencies by Anna Oksiutycz, Abyshey Nhedzi

“…In order to contribute to the understanding of the state of the communication industry on the African continent, this study reports on the results of a survey of 50 Zimbabwean communication agencies. …”
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Historical development of accelerometry measures and methods for physical activity and sedentary behavior research worldwide: A scoping review of observational studies of adults. by Kelly R Evenson, Elissa Scherer, Kennedy M Peter, Carmen C Cuthbertson, Stephanie Eckman

“…Fewer studies were identified from the continent of Africa. Five of these studies were distributed donor studies, where participants connected their devices to an application and voluntarily shared data with researchers. …”
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Current status of African swine fever by Mary Louise Penrith

“…The ability of the causative virus to remain viable for long periods in raw or insufficiently cooked pork products has enabled it, through travel and trade, to spread widely throughout sub-Saharan Africa and to other continents. In the second half of the 20th century it had caused outbreaks in the majority of African countries where pigs are produced, as well as in a number of European countries, two of the Caribbean islands, and Brazil. …”
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Pacific Pumas in Indian Jungle: Place of Latin America in Indo-Pacific by T. A. Vorotnikova

“…After the ratification of the TPP by Mexico, Peru, and Chile, an agreement that unites all four Pacific Ocean continents for the first time emerged. The advent of the RCEP, which includes powerful economies such as China, South Korea, and Japan, demonstrates a clear global shift from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from West to East. …”
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The genetic diversity of reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinaceae L.) assessed by isozyme markers by R. S. Yudina, E. K. Khlestkina

“…This is a valuable forage and decorative crop, widely spread over all the continents except for Antarctic. So far, the reed canarygrass has become rather demanded in many European countries as a source of bioenergy. …”
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Ambulatory Pessary Trial Unmasks Occult Stress Urinary Incontinence by Bilal Chughtai, Sara Spettel, Jonathan Kurman, Elise De

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Cementum attachment protein‐derived peptide induces cementum formation by Lía Hoz Rodríguez, Maricela Santana Vázquez, Luis Fernando Ramírez González, Gonzalo Montoya Ayala, Sonia López Letayf, A. Sampath Narayanan, Higinio Arzate

“…In a cell‐free system, human demineralized dentin blocks coated with CAP‐p5 induced the deposition of a homogeneous and continuous mineralized layer, intimately integrated with the underlying dentin indicating new cementum formation. …”
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Current Trends, Spatio‐Temporal Dynamics of Microplastics Research and Global Public Health: A Scientometric Study by Juan Alvitez, Luis Huarachi, Abigail Temoche, Carlos Medina, Daniel Alvitez‐Temoche, Miguel Cabanillas‐Lazo, Frank Mayta‐Tovalino

“…The increasing volume of published research in these fields over time reflects the continuing importance of microplastics research and its impact on public health.…”
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Understanding how older people with mild frailty engage with behaviour change to support their independence: a qualitative study by Benjamin Gardner, Louise Marston, Kate R Walters, Vari M Drennan, Rachael Frost, Paul Chadwick, Rebecca L Gould, Yolanda Barrado-Martin, Sarah Gibson, Rekha Elaswarapu, Rashmi Kumar, Kalpa Kharicha, Tasmin Alanna Rookes, Christina Avgerinou, Jane Hopkins, Jessica Catchpole, Claire Jowett

“…These were maintained where they led to a tangible outcome and had increased self-efficacy; however, new health challenges and lack of intrinsic motivation could be barriers.Conclusions Regular and continued empathic person-centred support helps empower mildly frail people who are motivated to change their behaviour. …”
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Qualitative study of factors affecting engagement with a hospital-based violence intervention programme in Indianapolis, Indiana by Malaz Boustani, Lauren A Magee, Damaris Ortiz, Zachary W Adams, Brigid R Marriott, Reilin J Moore, Blakney Q Brooks, Clark J Simons

“…During content analysis, five themes were identified: (1) delayed readiness to change, (2) desire for independence, (3) lack of trust, (4) persistent emotional and physical effects of trauma and (5) unawareness of HVIP resources.Conclusions This qualitative analysis of firearm injury survivor experiences provided insights for improved engagement with HVIPs. Continued pursuit of survivors for several years after their injury, improved dissemination of resources, establishing trust, and addressing persistent physical and psychological symptoms while respecting participants’ desire for independence may lead to increased engagement of firearm injury survivors with HVIPs.…”
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REVOLUTIONIZING LUXURY: THE ROLE OF AI AND MACHINE LEARNING IN ENHANCING MARKETING STRATEGIES WITHIN THE TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY LUXURY SECTORS by Maria Nascimento CUNHA, Manuel PEREIRA, António CARDOSO, Jorge FIGUEIREDO, Isabel OLIVEIRA

“…The study anticipates that the integration of even more immersive technologies such as augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) will further blur the lines between digital convenience and tangible luxury, suggesting a continued evolution of luxury tourism where technology enhances both the digital and physical aspects of consumer experiences. …”
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A novel potential outlier recognition approach considering local heterogeneity enhancement to improve the quality of soil datasets by Yongji Wang, Mingjun Yang, Meizi Wang, Jiayang Lv, Shuhao Yuan, Shaoqi Li, Zihan Wang, Jipeng Zhang, Qingwen Qi, Yanjun Ye

“…Simulation data and soil data were adopted in the experiment, incorporating two types of irregular points and spatially continuous surfaces. The comparative experiments demonstrated that the proposed method more effectively identifies potential outliers by analyzing and balancing the local spatial structure of the soil than traditional methods do. …”
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Pathogenicity of avian reovirus variant in the immune organs of broiler chicks by Haiyang Yu, Yudong Zhu, Qiong Wu, Wanjun Zhao, You Wang, Dong Wang, Huaguang Lu, Youxiang Diao, Yijing Li, Yi Tang

“…In recent years, the infection rate of avian reovirus (ARV) in chicks has been continuously increasing, seriously endangering the healthy development of China's chicken farming industry. …”
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Association between the dietary index for gut microbiota and diabetes: the mediating role of phenotypic age and body mass index by Yingxuan Huang, Xiaobo Liu, Chanchan Lin, Xinqi Chen, Yingyi Li, Yisen Huang, Yubin Wang, Xiaoqiang Liu

“…ObjectivesThe global prevalence of diabetes is continuously rising, and the gut microbiota is closely associated with it. …”
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The negative aspects of injury on motivation of sports and physical exercise practitioners by Hugo Enrico Souza Machado, Hugo Enrico Souza Machado, Andreza do Socorro Dantas Oliveira, Andreza do Socorro Dantas Oliveira, Eldimberg Souza da Cunha Júnior, Adriano Lopes Lemos, Eduardo Macedo Penna, Eduardo Macedo Penna, Daniel Alvarez Pires, Daniel Alvarez Pires

“…Additionally, injured practitioners might present different motivational drives that may impair the continuity in physical exercise. However, little is known about the motivational profile of injured physical exercise practitioners. …”
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Comparative miRNAome combined with transcriptome and degradome analysis reveals a novel miRNA-mRNA regulatory network associated with starch metabolism affecting pre-harvest sprout... by Longqing Sun, Ting Zhao, Dandan Qin, Jing Dong, Daorong Zhang, Xifeng Ren

“…Abstract Background Pre-harvest sprouting (PHS) is one of the most important problems associated with the severe decrease of yield and quality under disaster weather of continuous rain in wheat harvesting stage. At present, the functions and mechanisms related to the involvement of post-transcriptional regulation has not been studied very clearly in PHS resistance. …”
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Residential Indoor and Outdoor PM Measured Using Low-cost Monitors during the Heating Season in Monroe County, NY by Andrea R. Ferro, Naděžda Zíková, Mauro Masiol, Gursumeeran P. Satsangi, Thomas Twomey, David C. Chalupa, David Q. Rich, Philip K. Hopke

“…Abstract Continuous 1-minute indoor and outdoor PM concentrations (~PM2.5) were measured from November through April of 2015/16 and 2016/17 at 50 single family residences in Monroe County, NY (25 per season) using Speck (Airviz Inc., Pittsburgh, PA) low-cost monitors (LCMs). …”
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A Novel CGM Metric-Gradient and Combining Mean Sensor Glucose Enable to Improve the Prediction of Nocturnal Hypoglycemic Events in Patients with Diabetes by Jingzhen Li, Xiaojing Ma, Igbe Tobore, Yuhang Liu, Abhishek Kandwal, Lei Wang, Jingyi Lu, Wei Lu, Yuqian Bao, Jian Zhou, Zedong Nie

“…For this purpose, the data from continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) encompassing 1,921 patients with diabetes were analyzed, and a total of 302 nocturnal hypoglycemic events were recorded. …”
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