Resurgence of common respiratory viruses and mycoplasma pneumoniae after ending the zero-COVID policy in Shanghai by Pengcheng Liu, Menghua Xu, Lijuan Lu, Xunhua Zhu, Ran Jia, Niuniu Dong, Liyun Su, Jin Xu

“…Children hospitalized with acute respiratory tract infections were enrolled from January 2022 to December 2023. Nine common respiratory viruses and 2 atypical bacteria were detected in respiratory specimens from the enrolled patients using a multiplex PCR-based assay. …”
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A randomized comparative effectiveness trial to evaluate two programs for promotion of physical activity after spinal cord injury in manual wheelchair users by Jenna M. Martinez, Jenna M. Martinez, Lisa L. Haubert, Valerie J. Eberly, Walter B. Weiss, Jeffery W. Rankin

“…., San Francisco, CA).DesignLongitudinal, randomized, comparative effectiveness trial with collaborative goal setting.SettingResearch laboratory at a rehabilitation hospital and in participants' homes and communities.ParticipantsForty-nine manual wheelchair users with paraplegia.Outcome measuresPhysical activity measurements and cardiometabolic data were collected before, during, and after the program. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and preventive practices towards soil-transmitted helminthiases among teachers in schools implementing the home-grown school feeding program in Enugu Metropoli... by Daniel Chukwuemeka Obi, Blessing Hafizetu Nwazulu, Susan Chioma Udeh

“…Methods This analytical cross-sectional study, conducted from September 2023 to January 2024, involved 108 primary school teachers from nine randomly selected schools in Enugu Metropolis, Nigeria. …”
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Telomere Length and Oxidative Damage in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Leping Ma, Cui Liu, Ran Song, Yeping Qian, Feng Zhang

“…However, whether telomere length (TL) and oxidative indicators are significantly changed in ASD patients compared with controls remains controversial. …”
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High genetic gains in wood volume and fecundity can be both achieved by direct selection in half-sib families of Pinus yunnanensis Franch by Chengjie Gao, Zhongmu Li, Jin Li, Kai Cui

“…These findings provide a valuable foundation for refining P. yunnanensis breeding strategies that meet the dual demands of economic utility and environmental adaptation in a changing climate.…”
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Gene Mining and Genetic Effect Analysis Reveal Novel Loci, <i>TaZn-2DS</i> Associated with Zinc Content in Wheat Grain by Zhuangzhuang Hong, Zhankui Zeng, Jiaojiao Li, Xuefang Yan, Junqiao Song, Qunxiang Yan, Qiong Li, Yue Zhao, Chang Liu, Xueyan Jing, Chunping Wang

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TIPOLOGI BUKAAN PADA RUMAH TRADISIONAL BUGIS DI BENTENG SOMBA OPU MAKASSAR by Marwati Marwati, Sri Andriani

“…In terms of size, materials and ornaments used at home. Objects studied are nine traditional houses of ethnic bugis, covering traditional Bugis, Luwu, Bone, Wajo, Sidrap, Pinrang, Barru, and two traditional Soppeng houses using descriptive methods with crosstabs analysis. …”
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Preparing physiotherapists for the future: the development and evaluation of an innovative curriculum by Niki Stolwijk, Anne van Bergen, Evy Jetten, Marjo Maas

“…Thematic analysis of interviews and focus groups resulted in three themes and nine subthemes: 1) navigating a personalized curriculum, 2) caring and sharing, and 3) shaping professional identity. …”
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A meta-analysis of whole blood transcriptome reveals genes associated with increased neutrophil activity and T cell suppression in sepsis by T. N. Shruthi, Anbazhagan Kolandaswamy, Prabakara Somanna

“…Through network and functional enrichment analysis, 20 hub genes were found, 11 genes were up-regulated, and nine genes were down-regulated. The up-regulated genes (CD177, MMP8, ARG1, IL18R1, RETN, LTF, S100A12, S100A8, S1000A9, MMP9, and ELANE) were associated with the innate immune system and regulate neutrophil activity. …”
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Citizen engagement in public food procurement, a novel choose-your-own-adventure canteen campaign case study by Luke John Schafer, Anna Gundorph, Carla Mingolla, Christian Bugge Henriksen, Marin Lysak, Reni Todorova Boncheva, Maarten Crivits

“…Public Food Procurement provides an opportunity to drive systemic change by prioritsing local, nutritious, and sustainable food purchasing on an institutional level. …”
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High-dose dual therapy for Helicobacter pylori eradication inducing less impact on the gut microbiota by Jia-Lun Guan, Ting-Ting Xu, Ya Lin, Yan-Shuai Mo, Bi-Yu He, Ying-Ying Han, Ji-Yan Li, Su-Hong Xia, Ya-Ni Zhou, Jia-Zhi Liao, Pei-Yuan Li

“…However, in the HDDT group, the diversities at week 2 changed mildly without statistical significance, compared to baseline. …”
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DIA-based quantitative proteomic analysis on porcine meat quality at different chilling rates by Yuqiang Bai, Tongjing Yan, Fei Fang, Xin Li, Su Wang, Juan Li, Chengli Hou, Dequan Zhang

“…Results showed that tenderness was improved significantly in meat at the chilling rate of 14.43 ℃/h. Seventy-nine differential abundant proteins (fold change &gt;1.5, P &lt;0.05), including 46 up-regulated and 33 down-regulated proteins, were identified and mainly involved in carbon metabolism, pyruvate metabolism and proteasome pathways. …”
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Deciphering the heterogeneity and plasticity of the tumor microenvironment in liver cancer provides insights for prognosis by Yihao Sun, Yihao Sun, Guojuan Shi, Jian Yang, Chun-Zhong Zhou, Chuhan Peng, Yu-Hong Luo, Ying Pan, Rui-Qi Wang

“…In this study, we thoroughly examined the liver cancer tumor environment by analyzing data from 419,866 individual cells across nine datasets involving 99 patients. By categorizing patients into different groups based on their immune cell profiles, including immune deficiency, B cells-enriched, T cells-enriched and macrophages-enriched, we better understood how these cells change in various patient subgroups. …”
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Competing sexual-asexual generic names in Agaricomycotina (Basidiomycota) with recommendations for use by Joost A. Stalpers, Scott A. Redhead, Tom W. May, Amy Y. Rossman, Jo Anne Crouch, Marc A. Cubeta, Yu-Cheng Dai, Roland Kirschner, Gitta Jutta Langer, Karl-Henrik Larsson, Jonathan Mack, Lorelei L. Norvell, Franz Oberwinkler, Viktor Papp, Peter Roberts, Mario Rajchenberg, Keith A. Seifert, R. Greg Thorn

“…Abstract With the change to one scientific name for fungal taxa, generic names typified by species with sexual or asexual morph types are being evaluated to determine which names represent the same genus and thus compete for use. …”
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Predictors of the Short‐Term Outcomes of Guillain–Barré Syndrome: Exploring Electrodiagnostic and Clinical Features by Yi‐Hsiang Chen, Chia‐Lun Wu, Wei‐Chieh Weng, Yi‐Chia Wei

“…Methods We retrospectively analyzed the data of patients with GBS who had received treatment at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, between 1998 and 2022. …”
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Can Clinical Measures of Postoperative Binocular Function Predict the Long-Term Stability of Postoperative Alignment in Intermittent Exotropia? by Yidong Wu, Meiping Xu, Junxiao Zhang, Jinjing Zhou, Minghui Wan, Zhiyue Dai, Tingting Peng, Seung Hyun Min, Fang Hou, Jiawei Zhou, Xinping Yu

“…A retrospective study was performed in thirty-nine children (median: 7 years) who have been surgically treated from intermittent exotropia without overcorrection (less than 10 prism diopters [pd] of exodeviation at 1 month postoperatively). …”
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Evaluation of the Efficacy of Lusutrombopag for Chronic Liver Disease Based on Pre‐Treatment Platelet Counts: A Retrospective Multicenter Study by Takayoshi Suga, Satoru Kakizaki, Atsushi Naganuma, Takeshi Hatanaka, Satoshi Takakusagi, Daichi Takizawa, Hirotaka Arai, Takashi Ueno, Keisuke Iizuka, Toru Fukuchi, Shuichi Saito, Hiroki Tojima, Yuichi Yamazaki, Toshio Uraoka

“…Methods Patients treated at nine hospitals from December 2015 to December 2023 were included. …”
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Effects of plant- and animal-based-protein meals for a day on serum nitric oxide and peroxynitrite levels in healthy young men by Tomoko Kaneko, Masaki Yoshioka, Futo Kawahara, Natsumi Nishitani, Shoya Mori, Jiyeon Park, Takashi Tarumi, Keisei Kosaki, Seiji Maeda

“…A crossover trial of two meal conditions involving nine healthy men was performed. Participants ate standard meals during day 1. …”
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Extreme drought-heatwave exacerbates water quality deterioration in China by Jie Jiang, Zhaoli Wang, Zhenxing Zhang, Xushu Wu, Chengguang Lai, Zhaoyang Zeng, Xiaohong Chen

“…The spatiotemporal development was characterized by using meteorological drought index and drought centroid tracking, and the responses of nine water quality constituents to this event were quantified. …”
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Growth and Productivity Assessment of Short-Duration Rice (Oryza sativa L. and Upland NERICA) Genotypes in Semiarid North-Central Namibia by Simon K. Awala, Kudakwashe Hove, Vistorina Shivute, Johanna S. Valombola, Pamwenafye I. Nanhapo, Yoshihiro Hirooka, Osmund D. Mwandemele, Morio Iijima

“…Twelve short-duration rice genotypes, nine from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and three locally grown upland NERICA genotypes, were used. …”
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