Indoor Particulate Matters Measured in Residential Homes in the Southeastern United States: Effects of Pandemic Lockdown and Holiday Cooking by Sierra Laltrello, Azita Amiri, Shan-Hu Lee

“…Abstract Although humans spend a majority of their lives in indoor environments, indoor air quality is immensely understudied, compared to ambient air. …”
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Multi-omics approach in tea polyphenol research regarding tea plant growth, development and tea processing: current technologies and perspectives by Jingwen Li, Yu Wang, Joon Hyuk Suh

“…Recent advances in multi-omics approaches and data analysis have enabled mining and mapping of enormous number of datasets at different biological scales from genotypes to phenotypes of living organisms. …”
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Utilisation des sécrétions de myriapodes chez les lémurs et les sapajous : fonction curative ou signalisation sociale ? by Bruno Simmen, Laurent Tarnaud

“…Body-rubbing with millipedes is repeatedly documented in primates living under natural conditions, mainly in capuchin monkeys (Cebus spp.). …”
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Gorilla habituation and the role of animal agency in conservation and tourism development at Bwindi, South Western Uganda by Christine, Ampumuza, Clemens, Driessen

“…In this paper, we use insights from Actor Network Theory and more-than-human geography to explore and reconstruct the practice of gorilla habituation in order to understand gorillas as actors in habituation, conservation and tourism development at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (here- after Bwindi), Uganda. …”
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Successful Kidney Transplantation for End-Stage Renal Disease in Marfan's Syndrome by Makoto Ryosaka, Kazuya Omoto, Taiji Nozaki, Kazuhiko Yoshida, Yugo Sawada, Hajime Hirano, Tomokazu Shimizu, Hideki Ishida, Kazunari Tanabe

“…Kidney transplantation for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in patients with Marfan’s syndrome has not been reported in the literature, and the rate of the incidence of dissection or aneurysm in the iliac artery is unknown. Here, we present a patient with Marfan’s syndrome with ESRD due to severe renal ischemia caused by massive bleeding from thoracoabdominal aortic dissection leading to transplant surgery of a living kidney procured from the patient’s mother. …”
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Progress in the application of motor imagery therapy in upper limb motor function rehabilitation of stroke patients with hemiplegia by Shuying Shen, Tianchen Chu, Jing Wang, Hangyu Zhao, Jinli Tang, Linya Xu, Wei Ni, Liping Tan, Yu Chen

“…We summarize the available evidence, arising from Chinese experience, to support the implementation of this method in medical and rehabilitation institutions.…”
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Quantifying the sources and health risks of groundwater nitrate via dual NO isotopes and Monte Carlo simulations in a developed planting-breeding area by Jianwei Liu, Shuo Qiao, Shilong Zhao, Hui Chen, Yong Wu, Donghao Li, Ping Liu, Ling Li

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Multidimensional patterns of bird diversity and its driving forces in the Yangtze River Basin of China by Wei Liu, Tong Mu, Sijia Yuan, Jianfeng Yi, Dandan Yu, Jiaqi Li, Fangzhou Ma, Yaqiong Wan, Jing Chen, Riquan Zhang, David S. Wilcove, Haigen Xu

“…However, the long-term changes in the region's biodiversity remain poorly understood. Here, we constructed an optimized living planet index (LPIO) by combining Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling and Random Forest Modeling. …”
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It’s Hard to Prepare for Task Novelty: Cueing the Novelty of Upcoming Tasks Does Not Facilitate Task Performance by Mengqiao Chai, Ana F. Palenciano, Ravi Mill, Michael W. Cole, Senne Braem

“…Rapidly learning new tasks, such as using new technology or playing a new game, is ubiquitous in our daily lives. Previous studies suggest that our brain relies on different networks for rapid task learning versus retrieving known tasks from memory, and behavioral studies have shown that novel versus practiced tasks may rely on different task configuration processes. …”
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Predicting metabolite response to dietary intervention using deep learning by Tong Wang, Hannah D. Holscher, Sergei Maslov, Frank B. Hu, Scott T. Weiss, Yang-Yu Liu

“…In particular, the gut microbiota, a collection of trillions of microorganisms living in the gastrointestinal tract, is highly personalized and plays a key role in the metabolite responses to foods and nutrients. …”
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A Dynamic Analysis of the Role of the Planetary- and Synoptic-Scale in the Summer of 2010 Blocking Episodes over the European Part of Russia by Anthony R. Lupo, Igor I. Mokhov, Merseid G. Akperov, Alexander V. Chernokulsky, H. Athar

“…For all other blocking events studied here and previously, the planetary-scale became stable around onset. …”
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Stroke survivors’ health literacy is not associated with caregiver burden: a cross-sectional study by Andrea Hess Engström, Sebastian Lindblom, Maria Flink, Susanna Söderberg, Lena von Koch, Charlotte Ytterberg

“…Data were collected one year after the stroke survivors’ discharge from hospital and analysed using ordinal logistic regression. …”
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Investigating the Efficacy of Topologically Derived Time Series for Flare Forecasting. I. Data Set Preparation by Thomas Williams, Christopher B. Prior, David MacTaggart

“…This study develops time series that are derived from the spatial fluxes of helicity and winding that show significant potential for solar flare prediction. …”
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A sensitive ERK fluorescent probe reveals the significance of minimal EGF-induced transcription by Zhang Weisheng, Jun Nakayama, Yukino Inomata, Shigeki Higashiyama, Toru Hiratsuka

“…Genetically encoded fluorescent probes are instrumental in dissecting the ERK activity dynamics in living cells. Here we modified a previously reported Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) probe for ERK, EKAREN5 by replacing its mTurquoise2 and YPet sequences with mTurquoise-GL and a synonymous codon variant of YPet, respectively. …”
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Observations on Adıyaman Gölbaşı after the Earthquake and Architecture by Rojat Aksoy Işık

“…Earthquakes, which are considered to be one of the natural disasters/hazards that cannot be prevented, are movements that shake the environments where vibrations arising from fractures in the earth's crust spread in the form of waves. …”
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Old Vilnius in the Perspektive of Nations' Historical Consciousness by Alfredas Bumblauskas

“…Vilnius could be called "Northern Jerusalem" not only because of its phenomenal role in Jewish culture but also because it is very difficult to find so many nations and confessions living so close to each other as here at the end of the 20th century. …”
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New Insights on Biosynthesis of Nanoparticles Using Plants Emphasizing the Use of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) by Inese Kokina, Ilona Plaksenkova, Lauris Jankovskis, Marija Jermaļonoka, Renata Galek

“…Synthesis with plant extracts from their parts or callus cultures is a widely used method since extracts contain the most significant number of biomolecules. …”
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Differential use of multiple food sources at a bathyal benthic ecosystem in the central Sagami Bay revealed by amino acid nitrogen isotopic compositions by Hidetaka Nomaki, Yoshito Chikaraishi, Nanako O. Ogawa, Koh Maki, Motohiro Shimanaga, Hisami Suga, Masashi Tsuchiya, Toshi Nagata, Naohiko Ohkouchi

“…Sagami Bay, Japan, is located at the tectonic plate boundary and have complex bottom topography, making multiple sources of organic matter to bathyal deep-sea ecosystems. Here, we applied this method to benthic animals (meiofauna, macrofauna, and megafauna) living at 1430 m deep in the central Sagami Bay, Japan. …”
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Potato spindle tuber viroid by A. V. Kochetov, A. Y. Pronozin, N. V. Shatskaya, D. A. Afonnikov, O. S. Afanasenko

“…Viroids belong to a very interesting class of molecules attracting researchers in phytopathology and molecular evolution. Here we review recent literature data concerning the genetics of Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) and the mechanisms related to its pathological effect on the host plants. …”
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Placental malaria infection is associated with downregulation of STAT-6 and ANG-1 in decidual macrophages by Fred Owino, Fred Owino, Fred Owino, Caroline Kijogi, Caroline Kijogi, Caroline Kijogi, Omu Anzala, Omu Anzala, Edwin Walong, Obiero Jael, Steven G. Nyanjom, Agola Lelo Eric, Bernard N. Kanoi, Bernard N. Kanoi, Jesse Gitaka, Jesse Gitaka

“…Placental malaria infection may cause dysfunction in decidual macrophages which then culminates in the associated pregnancy complications. Here, we determined the influence of placental malaria on decidual macrophages, by assessing their distribution based on their unique phenotypes, and examining their expression levels of transcription factors as well as angiogenic factors, in placentas from women living in a malaria-endemic area.MethodsWe compared these macrophage parameters in placentas from malaria infected women to those from the uninfected women. …”
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