Material characteristic of Vetvisty creek placer gold and prospects for atypical-source deposits in the middle course of the Selennyakh river (Momsky and Abyisky district, Yakutia) by A. M. Prasolov, O. V. Vladimirtseva

“…Microprobe analysis (CSRF IGEM RAS) was used to study the composition of alluvial gold grains sampled during field works in the Vetvisty Creek, the right tributary of the Selennyakh River, conducted in 2020–2021. …”
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DLPLSR: Dual Label Propagation-Driven Least Squares Regression with Feature Selection for Semi-Supervised Learning by Shuanghao Zhang, Zhengtong Yang, Zhaoyin Shi

“…Meanwhile, a dual-feature selection mechanism is established by integrating orthogonal projection for maximizing feature information with an <i>ℓ</i>_2,1-norm regularization for eliminating redundancy, thereby jointly enhancing the discriminative power. …”
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Unraveling the dynamics of emotional regulation and parental warmth across early childhood: prediction of later behavioral problems by Aimé Isdahl-Troye, Paula Villar, María Álvarez-Voces, Estrella Romero

“…This study examines the bidirectional relationship between child ER and parental warmth during early childhood and investigates how their interconnected development predicts behavioral problems by school age. The sample, drawn from the longitudinal ELISA project, comprised 2,341 children (48.2% girls; ages 3–10). …”
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Characterization of Red Sandstone and Black Crust to Analyze Air Pollution Impacts on a Cultural Heritage Building: Red Fort, Delhi, India by Gaurav Kumar, Lucia Rusin, Pavan Kumar Nagar, Sanjay Kumar Manjul, Michele Back, Alvise Benedetti, Bhola Ram Gurjar, Chandra Shekhar Prasad Ojha, Mukesh Sharma, Eleonora Balliana

“…This study was developed in the framework of the MAECI (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and the Department of Science and Technology under the Ministry of Science and Technology, India, project: Indo—Italian Centre of Excellence for Restoration and Assessment of Environmental Impacts on Cultural Heritage Monuments. …”
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AI-aided short-term decision making of rockburst damage scale in underground engineering by Chukwuemeka Daniel, Shouye Cheng, Xin Yin, Zakaria Mohamed Barrie, Yucong Pan, Quansheng Liu, Feng Gao, Minsheng Li, Xing Huang

“…Rockbursts pose severe risks to underground engineering projects, including mining and tunnelling, where sudden rock failures can lead to substantial infrastructure damage and loss of human lives. …”
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Transcriptional profiling reveals H.pylori-associated genes induced inflammatory cell infiltration and chemoresistance in gastric cancer by Jinshui Tan, Jinshui Tan, Zhengxin Wu, Yuankun Liu, Wei Wang, Wei Wang, Wenjuan Qin, Guangchao Pan, Guangchao Pan, Yubo Xiong, Yubo Xiong, Jingsong Ma, Jingsong Ma, Jiabao Zhao, Jiabao Zhao, Huiwen Zhou, Huiwen Zhou, ZhengJin Liu, Haijie Lu, Huiqin Zhuo, Huiqin Zhuo, Xuehui Hong, Xuehui Hong

“…Further, we validated the transcriptional profiling findings by examining drug sensitivity transfected with siACSM5 and siHSPB2 and analyzing scRNA-seq data and clinical patient samples.ResultsACSM5 and HSPB2 were identified as correlates of H. pylori infection in GC. …”
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A simple method for removal of toxic dyes such as Brilliant Green and Acid Red from the aquatic environment using Halloysite nanoclay by Mohamed A. Abdel-Fadeel, Naif S. Aljohani, Saedah R. Al-Mhyawi, Riyadh F. Halawani, Enas H. Aljuhani, Mohamed Abdel Salam

“…This project explains an easy, simple and eco-friendly method to remove some toxic dyes like Brilliant Green and Acid Red from aquatic solution by technique of solid-phase extraction that uses Halloysite nanoclay eco-friendly solid phase as absorbent surface for adsorption of dye. …”
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Evaluation of the organoleptic characteristics of chocolate made with cocoa beans from three main production areas in Côte d'Ivoire by Kouakou Brou Julien, Kobenan Koffi Christophe, Ouattara Tièba Victor, N’goran Kouadio Emmanuel

“…To evaluate the quality of chocolate produced with Ivorian cocoa beans, the study was carried out in the country's three main production areas (East, Centre-West, and South-West). The project involved collecting data on fermentation times and sourcing samples of cocoa beans from which chocolate had been produced and tasted. …”
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Preeclampsia and level of oxidative stress in the first trimester of pregnancy by Bogavac Mirjana, Jakovljević Ana, Stajić Zoran, Nikolić Aleksandra, Milošević-Tošić Mirjana, Dejanović Jadranka, Lozanov-Crvenković Zagorka

“…The control group (n = 74) included healthy pregnant women. Blood samples were taken between 11th and 14th weeks of gestation, and the values of superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and total antioxidant status (TAS) were determined in serum by enzymatic colorimetric methods. …”
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Pathways to optimising antibiotic use in rural China: identifying key determinants in community and clinical settings, a mixed methods study protocol by Helen Lambert, Rui Feng, Jing Chai, Caroline Coope, Jing Cheng, Isabel Oliver, DeBin Wang, Alasdair MacGowan, Matthew Hickman, Christie Cabral, Linhai Zhao, Rachel Marie Kwiatkowska, Meixuan Chen, Karen Bowker, Jilu Shen, XingRong Shen, Paul Kadetz

“…Clinical isolates from 1550 sputum, throat swab and urine samples taken from consenting patients at village and township health centres will be analysed to identify bacterial pathogens and ascertain antibiotic susceptibilities. …”
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IoT Stingless Bee Colony Monitoring System by R. J. Arendela, R. A. Ebora, E. Arboleda, J. L. M. Ramos, M. Bono, D. Dimero

“…Hives equipped with the IoT system gained 3.414% more weight than those without it, indicating that the project succeeded in achieving its objectives.…”
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Molecular analysis highlights TREM2 as a discriminating biomarker for patients suffering from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by Dimitrios Papakonstantinou, Haiding Wang, Mohamed-Amine Bani, Kevin Mulder, Garett Dunsmore, Alice Boilève, Gérôme Jules-Clément, Leonardo Panunzi, Leslie Robert de Sousa, Carlos de la Calle Fabregat, Marc Deloger, Nicolas Signolle, Grégoire Gessain, Sergey I Nikolaev, Michel Ducreux, Antoine Hollebecque, Florent Ginhoux, Camille Blériot

“…Pancreatic cancer is projected to become the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths by 2030, with its mortality continuing to rise, unlike other common cancers such as breast or colorectal. …”
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Evaluating Impact of Image Transformations on Adversarial Examples by Pu Tian, Sathvik Poreddy, Charitha Danda, Chihnita Gowrineni, Yalong Wu, Weixian Liao

“…While methods, such as adversarial training, have been proposed to defend against adversarial attacks, they incur additional training costs, either extra input samples or auxiliary models. In this work, we propose an efficient approach to deploying robust models that utilize image transformations to remove adversarial noises. …”
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Varstrometry for Off-nucleus and Dual Sub-Kpc AGN (VODKA): Long-slit Optical Spectroscopic Follow-up with Gemini/GMOS and Hubble Space Telescope/STIS by Yu-Ching Chen, Arran C. Gross, Xin Liu, Yue Shen, Nadia L. Zakamska, Hsiang-Chih Hwang, Ming-Yang Zhuang

“…Without prior photometric or spectroscopic selection, we find the star contamination rate to be 41%–67%, while the dual/lensed quasar fraction is ≳26% in the follow-up VODKA sample. However, when combined with existing unresolved spectra and spatially resolved two-band color cuts, the dual/lensed quasar fraction can be increased to ≳67%. …”
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Comprehensive Characteristics of High-Performance Concrete with Nickel Slag as Fine and Coarse Aggregate by Lisa Oksri Nelfia, Ananda Bima Nurul Haq, Ananto Nugroho, Astri Rinanti, Bambang Endro Yuwono, Deprizon Syamsunur, Yohans Sunarno, Ouali Amiri

“…Additionally, XRD testing of Mix 2 samples identified the dominant compounds as C6H6O2, (Fe, Mg)SiO3, and SiO2. …”
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Hematology, Biochemistry, and Blood Gas Reference Intervals for Captive Anesthetized Long-Tailed Goral (<i>Naemorhedus caudatus</i>) by Ockju Im, Suk-Jin Lee, Hong-Cheol Kim, Jeong-Jin Yang, Jang-Ik Son, Doo-Ha Yang, Dong-Hyuk Jeong

“…The long-tailed goral (<i>Naemorhedus caudatus</i>) is classified as an endangered species globally, and national projects for conservation are underway in South Korea. …”
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Transformer-Based Vulnerability Detection in IoT Firmware Binaries Using Opcode Sequences by M. Nandish, Jalesh Kumar, H. G. Mohan, M. V. Manoj Kumar

“…The evaluation is conducted on IoT firmware binaries collected from real-world IoT projects, reflecting practical and diverse vulnerability scenarios. …”
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Stuctural correlation of creative thinking skills, problem-solving, and entrepreneurial self-efficacy in biology education students: PLS SEM analysis by Ika Wardani, Murni Sapta Sari, S. Sulisetijono, Abdul Gofur, Zainuddin bin Hassan, M. Arsyad

“…Entrepreneurship project-based learning model on the problem-solving skills of Biology Education study. …”
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Research Institute of Internal and Preventive Medicine, Branch, Federal Research Center, Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences by A. V. Titarenko, S. V. Shishkin, L. V. Shcherbakova, E. G. Verevkin, M. Holmes, M. Bobak, S. K. Malyutina

“…A random male and female sample of45-69-year-old Novosibirsk residents (n=9360; HAPIEE project) was surveyed. …”
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HBx integration in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma inhibits Caspase-3-PARP related apoptosis by Yanchun Wang, Xiaolin Guan, Fangfang Lv, Yi Rong, Xin Meng, Ying Tong, Xiaolu Ma, Hui Zheng, Cuncun Chen, Suhong Xie, Heng Zhang, Feng Dong, Lin Guo, Renquan Lu

“…Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common pathological type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and is closely associated with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection status and hepatitis B X (HBx) gene integration. This project investigated the cellular biological effects and molecular mechanisms responsible for lymphomagenesis and the progression of HBx integration in DLBCL. …”
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