Genomic analysis of Enterobacter cloacae complex from Southern Thailand reveals insights into multidrug resistance genotypes and genetic diversity by Thunchanok Yaikhan, Kamonnut Singkhamanan, Pawarisa Luenglusontigit, Arnon Chukamnerd, Natakorn Nokchan, Nutwadee Chintakovid, Sarunyou Chusri, Rattanaruji Pomwised, Monwadee Wonglapsuwan, Kittinun Leetanaporn, Surasak Sangkhathat, Komwit Surachat

“…These genes confer a reduced susceptibility to colistin, a critical last-resort drug for the treatment of multidrug-resistant (MDR) infection. In addition to the AMR complexity, we found that three isolates carried the bla NDM gene on IncN2 plasmids, further emphasizing the urgency of monitoring and managing ECC-related infections. …”
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Digital transformation of relocated higher education institutions in Ukraine under martial law by Hanna Alieksieieva, Nataliia Kravchenko, Larysa Horbatiuk, Tetyana Nestorenko, Viktoriia Zhyhir, Antonina Kalinichenko, Yana Glazova

“…Over 85% of surveyed participants identified learning management systems’ platforms as pivotal in maintaining educational quality, while AI chatbots were instrumental during crises, offering real-time communication and support even during power outages. Additionally, cloud-based solutions enabled the preservation of critical data and ensured uninterrupted access to academic resources, facilitating smooth transitions for both faculty and students. …”
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Integrated Proteomic and Metabolomic Analysis of Muscle Atrophy Induced by Hindlimb Unloading by Yuan Wang, Xi Li, Na Li, Jiawei Du, Xiaodong Qin, Xiqing Sun, Yongchun Wang, Chengfei Li

“…The upregulation of proteins that are expressed in fast-twitch fibers indicates the conversion of slow-twitch fibers to fast-twitch fibers under hindlimb unloading. In addition, some differentially abundant metabolites and pathways revealed the important role of metabolism in muscle atrophy of the soleus. …”
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Selection of an optimal method for screening the collection of narrow-leaved lupine held by the Vavilov Institute for the qualitative and quantitative composition of seed alkaloids by A. V. Kushnareva, Т. V. Shelengа, I. N. Perchuk, G. P. Egorova, L. L. Malyshev, Yu. A. Kerv, A. L. Shavarda, M. A. Vishnyakova

“…However, the presence of secondary metabolites – alkaloids – in lupine seeds considerably affects the quality of raw produce, reducing its nutritive value; in addition, high concentrations of alkaloids are toxic to humans and animals. …”
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Set of 15 SNP-SNP Markers for Detection of Unbalanced Degraded DNA Mixtures and Noninvasive Prenatal Paternity Testing by Ranran Zhang, Yu Tan, Li Wang, Hui Jian, Jing Zhu, Yuanyuan Xiao, Mengyu Tan, Jiaming Xue, Fan Yang, Fan Yang, Weibo Liang

“…Fifteen SNP-SNPs detected minor DNA of homemade DNA mixtures, with a sensitivity of 0.025–0.05 ng and a specificity of 1:1,000. In addition, the panel successfully genotyped degraded DNA from single and mixed samples. …”
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Estimating population attributable risk fraction of determinants of pediatric obesity by Maryam Yazdi, Ibrahim Abdollahpour, Mostafa Qorbani, Saba Karimi, Mohammad Esmail Motlagh, Majid Khademian, Roya Kelishadi

“…In total, 33.2% of obesity in Iranian children and adolescents might be attributed to unhealthy dietary habits, moderate or high familial SES, body shape dissatisfaction, and prolonged screen time. …”
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A Multi-Year Study of Forchlorfenuron’s Effects on Physical Fruit Quality Parameters in <i>A. chinensis</i> var. <i>chinensis</i> by Giovanni Mian, Michele Consolini, Antonio Cellini, Andrea Strano, Tommaso Magoni, Marco Mastroleo, Irene Donati, Francesco Spinelli

“…A similar trend was observed in fruit dry weight, where CPPU had a greater impact under standard crop loads. …”
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Large-Scale Experimental Validation of Real-Time Monitoring in Underground Gas Storage Wells Using Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing by Linqing Luo, Diana Abdulhameed, Gang Tao, Tianchen Xu, Jiangnan Wang, David Xu, Kenichi Soga, Yuxin Wu

“…During simulated pressure cycles, the DFOS system detected small strain changes and minor tubing deformations, highlighting its potential for early detection of tubing failure. Additionally, the optical fiber remained intact after 500 pressure cycles demonstrating the robustness of the proposed installation method. …”
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Revisiting Near-infrared Features of Kilonovae: The Importance of Gadolinium by Salma Rahmouni, Masaomi Tanaka, Nanae Domoto, Daiji Kato, Kenta Hotokezaka, Wako Aoki, Teruyuki Hirano, Takayuki Kotani, Masayuki Kuzuhara, Motohide Tamura

“…While our results confirm that these two elements show strong infrared features, we additionally identify Gd iii as the next most promising species. …”
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Influence of Hospital Bed Count on the Positioning of Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology (IR) Nurses: Online Questionnaire Survey of Japanese IR-Specialized Radiological Techn... by Tomoko Kuriyama, Takashi Moritake, Go Hitomi, Koichi Nakagami, Koichi Morota, Satoru Matsuzaki, Hajime Sakamoto, Kazuma Matsumoto, Mamoru Kato, Hiroko Kitamura

“…The results of this study confirmed our earlier findings, showing that both the number of physicians performing IR procedures and the distance from the X-ray irradiation field to the IR nurse’s position are influenced by the number of hospital beds. Additionally, factors such as the type of hospital, emergency medical system, annual number of IR sessions, location of medical equipment, and the positioning of IR nurses appear to be associated with the number of hospital beds. …”
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Investigation of natural infection of BALB C mice by Bartonella henselae by Luciene Silva dos Santos, Sayros Akyro Soares Martins, Francine Ramos Scheffer, Alexandre Seiji Maekawa, Rafaela de Paula Silva, Gabriel Rabelo de Araújo, Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira Velho, Marina Rovani Drummond

“…More studies are needed to understand and confirm the natural infection in experimental animals by Bartonella spp.. To date, no additional published reports of contamination of experimental animals by these bacteria have been identified.…”
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Dynamic changes in the skin transcriptome for the melanin pigmentation in embryonic chickens by Dong Leng, Maosen Yang, Xiaomeng Miao, Zhiying Huang, Mengmeng Li, Jia Liu, Tao Wang, Diyan Li, Chungang Feng

“…At this stage, melanocytes formed dendritic forms and transferred melanin to keratinocytes, while the dorsal skin became visibly dark. In addition, CDH3, which is a core factor involved in a variety of biological processes, may have an important impact on skin melanin pigmentation. …”
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Development of boron carbide concrete for enhanced radiation shielding in nuclear reactors by P. Gokul, J. Ashok Kumar, R. Preetha, Sudipta Chattopadhyaya, Pew Basu, M. Menaka, V. Subramanian, B. Venkatraman, Dhanya Sathyan, K. Jayanarayanan, Mini K. Madhavan

“…Hence the results demonstrate a substantial improvement in neutron shielding with minimal strength reduction. Additionally, gamma shielding showed comparable performance to normal concrete. …”
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In silico design of a multi-epitope vaccine against Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis by Weiqi Guo, Weiqi Guo, Xinyu Wang, Jiangang Hu, Beibei Zhang, Luru Zhao, Luru Zhao, Guangdong Zhang, Jingjing Qi, Zuzhang Wei, Yanqing Bao, Mingxing Tian, Shaohui Wang

“…Immunological simulations showed an increase in both B-cell and T-cell populations after vaccination. Additionally, the vaccine candidate exhibited a codon adaptability index of 1.0 and a GC content of 53.64%, indicating strong potential for successful expression in Escherichia coli. …”
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Bisphenol A induces apoptosis and disrupts testosterone synthesis in TM3 cells via reactive oxygen species-mediated mitochondrial pathway and autophagic flux inhibition by Wenzhe Yang, Feilong Pan, Tong Zhao, Fangfang Chen, Wenqi Shao, Jinhao Wang, Shirui Wang, Zichen Zhao, Kexiang Liu, Shuchen Zhao, Lijia Zhao

“…The release of cytochrome C from damaged mitochondria into the cytoplasm activated a Caspase cascade reaction. In addition, excessive ROS levels impaired autophagic degradation by inhibiting the fusion of autophagosomes with lysosomes. …”
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Performance improvements and increased ruminal microbial interactions in Angus heifers via supplementation with native rumen bacteria during high-grain challenge by Fan Yang, Madison T. Henniger, Andrew S. Izzo, Emily A. Melchior, Brooke A. Clemmons, Mary A. Oliver, James R. Gaffney, Cameron Martino, Taylor B. Ault-Seay, Miranda L. Striluk, Jordan J. Embree, Juan F. Cordero-Llarena, Pierre-Yves Mulon, David E. Anderson, Mallory M. Embree, Phillip R. Myer

“…The combined 35 days of microbial supplementation resulted in an improved average daily gain (ADG) of 29% (P = 0.037) and a tendency toward a 19% decrease in the feed efficiency metric, gain to feed ratio (G: F) (P = 0.055). Additionally, administration of NRM to animals on a high-grain diet, improved ruminal microbiome stability (P < 0.001), potentially encouraging the conversion of rumen lactate to propionate over time via the succinate pathway and alleviating metabolic stress.…”
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FGF23-related hypophosphatemia in a patient with small cell lung cancer: a case report and literature review by Hajime Kato, Soichiro Kimura, Maho Taguchi, Takashi Sunouchi, Yoshitomo Hoshino, Naoko Hidaka, Nadia Edvige Foligno, Minae Koga, Katsunori Manaka, Hiroyuki Tamiya, Masanori Kawakami, Hidenori Kage, Yoichi Yasunaga, Masaomi Nangaku, Noriko Makita, Nobuaki Ito

“…These data suggested the overproduction of FGF23 in addition to ACTH and ADH. Because the octreotide loading test did not present a suppressive effect on ACTH or FGF23 levels, the patient was treated with phosphate supplementation, active vitamin D and metyrapone, which partially improved the serum phosphate and cortisol levels. …”
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Advances in carbon dioxide capture and conversion technologies: Industrial integration for sustainable chemical production by Okezie Emmanuel, Rozina, Thaddeus C. Ezeji

“…Innovative strategies, including integrated carbon capture and conversion (ICCC) and integrated carbon capture and utilization (ICCU), present promising pathways to reduce costs by combining capture and utilization processes within a single facility. Additionally, catalytic processes and biological systems, such as microalgae and microbial strains (e.g., acetogens), are paving the way for sustainable CO2 conversion into high-value products. …”
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Blood-based biomarkers suggest prolonged axonal Injury following pediatric mild traumatic brain injury by Andrew R. Mayer, Tracey V. Wick, Jessica R. McQuaid, Masen L. Boucher, Andrew B. Dodd, Cidney R. Robertson-Benta, Harm J. van der Horn, Erik B. Erhardt, Robert E. Sapien, Rawan Tarawneh, Rebekah Mannix

“…UCH-L1, GFAP and pTau181 did not differ between groups, but demonstrated negative associations with days post-injury (small to medium effect sizes) suggestive of a more rapid release/clearance. …”
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SSL-MBC: Self-Supervised Learning With Multibranch Consistency for Few-Shot PolSAR Image Classification by Wenmei Li, Hao Xia, Bin Xi, Yu Wang, Jing Lu, Yuhong He

“…Specifically, the data augmentation technique used in the pretext task involves a combination of various spatial transformations and channel transformations achieved through scattering feature extraction. In addition, the distinct scattering features of PolSAR data are considered as its unique multimodal representations. …”
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