Roles of health promotion researchers in the planning stages of a global urban health promotion initiative: understandings identified from an interview-based case study by Sophie Meyer, Sophie Meyer, Nathalia González-Jaramillo, Annika Frahsa, Annika Frahsa

“…Amid this epistemology, researchers’ understanding of their roles in specific projects and programs led by different stakeholders is essential. …”
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Effects of diets using fruit and vegetables by-products and fishmeal, on the proximate and fatty acid composition of edible insect powder by João Reis, Margarida Oliveira, Ana Neves, Marta Abreu, Rafaela Andrade, Cristina Ramos, Cristina Roseiro, Ana Partidário, Manuela Vida, Gonçalo Costa, Raphael Lucas, Nuno Alvarenga, Igor Dias

“…SPIN-Sustainable Protein project, funded by RRF, aims to explore sustainable protein production from alternate sources and incorporate them into the Mediterranean Diet. …”
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Brain-based gene expression and corresponding behavioural relevance of risk genes for broad antisocial behaviour by Jaroslav Rokicki, Megan L. Campbell, Dennis van der Meer, Alina I. Sartorius, Natalia Tesli, Piotr Jahołkowski, Alexey Shadrin, Ole Andreassen, Lars T. Westlye, Daniel S. Quintana, Unn K. Haukvik

“…Our investigation of fifteen genes associated with ASB examined their biological role and distribution across tissues, integrating post-mortem brain sample data from the Allen-Human-Brain Atlas and the Genotype-Tissue Expression project. …”
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Identifying New High-confidence Polluted White Dwarf Candidates Using Gaia XP Spectra and Self-organizing Maps by Xabier Pérez-Couto, Lara Pallas-Quintela, Minia Manteiga, Eva Villaver, Carlos Dafonte

“…In our approach, a nonlinear high-dimensional data set is projected on a 2D grid map where similar elements fall into the same neuron. …”
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International consensus-based core outcome set for airway management clinical trials and observational studies: the Airway Terminology and Outcome Measures (ATOM) protocol by Robert Greif, Kate Rivett, Kariem El-Boghdadly, Alexander Fuchs, Jan Hansel, David J Brewster, Rosanna Grimes, Tim M Cook, Markus Fally, Wenxian Li, Andreas Sotiriou, Sheila N Myatra, Gillian Radcliffe, Vera Bohnenblust, Daniel Perin, Ross Hofmeyr, Guillermo J Navarro, Gerardo Cortese, Sandeep Sudan

“…The Airway Terminology and Outcome Measures project aims to define a core outcome set and select outcome measurement instruments for future airway management research.Methods and analysis Following a systematic literature search, we generated a list of candidate outcomes by extracting outcomes and their measurement instruments from a random sample of included studies until saturation was reached and no new outcomes emerged. …”
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Shear damage constitutive model of rock-like joint surface considering the coupling effect of cyclic water intrusion and loading by Zhe Qin, Runchang Zhang, Ke Wang, Lixue Cao, Yushui Yan

“…To investigate its impact on joint shear damage evolution, joint samples were prepared using three representative roughness curves and subjected to direct shear testing following cyclic water intrusion. …”
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Nutrition biomarker assessment and exploration of the role of country foods to improve food security in the Sahtú Region, Canada by Mylene Ratelle, Breanna Phillipps, Kelly Skinner, Yvonne Lamers, Larisse Melo, Brian Laird, Leon Andrew, Jessie Yakeleya, Alyssa Bougie, Kirsten Jensen, Deborah Simmons

“…In response to community concerns, a project was implemented from 2019 to 2021 in the Sahtú region, Northwest Territories, Canada, to: 1) analyse nutrition biomarkers (vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, B12, D, E, folate, P, Na) in blood samples, in order to assess nutritional status and identify nutrient deficiencies, and 2) use a survey to document how access to country foods may improve food security in the community of Tulı́t’a. …”
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Spatial–Temporal Characterization of Microplastics in the Surface Water of an Urban Ephemeral River by Andre Felton, Salem Farner, Logan Day, Sue Ellen Gibbs-Huerta, Briaunna Zamarripa, Jeffrey Hutchinson

“…In this study, surface water samples were collected monthly from 12 sites along an urban ephemeral river (Leon Creek) in San Antonio between June 2021 and May 2022 to characterize and evaluate the spatiotemporal distribution of microplastics. …”
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Characteristics of the Mare-Uterine-Culture-Based Bacterial Composition Using Practical Clinical Evaluation Methods by Inês B. Carvalho, Sandra Branco, Marta Laranjo, Maria Cristina Queiroga, Elisa Bettencourt

“…Uterine health is paramount to fertility in broodmares and for the success of a breeding project, and the Lusitano breed is no exception. This study aimed to characterize the mare uterine microbiota using practical clinical evaluation methods. …”
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Assessing the Carbon Footprint: Key Principles and Local Case Studies Based on Questionnaire Data by Kaywan Othman Ahmed, Ahsan Abdalkhaliq Taha, Jamil Bahrami, Peshang Hama Karim, Shan Hussein Sabri

“…To achieve this, survey samples were collected from strategically selected urban and rural locations. …”
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Personality traits vary in their association with brain activity across situations by Samyogita Hardikar, Brontë McKeown, Adam Turnbull, Ting Xu, Sofie L. Valk, Boris C. Bernhardt, Daniel S. Margulies, Michael P. Milham, Elizabeth Jefferies, Robert Leech, Arno Villringer, Jonathan Smallwood

“…We performed a state-space analysis where tasks from the Human Connectome Project (HCP) were organized into a low-dimensional space based on how they activated different large-scale neural systems. …”
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A Donor Registry: Genomic Analyses of Posidonia australis Seagrass Meadows Identifies Adaptive Genotypes for Future‐Proofing by Matt J. Nimbs, Tim M. Glasby, Elizabeth A. Sinclair, Daniel Swadling, Tom R. Davis, Melinda A. Coleman

“…We developed a preliminary ‘donor registry’ of pre‐adapted P. australis genotypes by mapping the distribution of alleles to visualise allelic composition of each sampled seagrass meadow. The registry could be used as a first step to select source material for future‐proofing restoration projects. …”
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Short-Wave Infrared Hyperspectral Image-Based Quality Grading of Dried Laver (<i>Pyropia</i> spp.) by Jong Bong Lee, Yeon Joo Bae, Ga Yeon Kwon, Suk Kyung Sohn, Hyo Rim Lee, Hyeong Jun Kim, Min Jae Kim, Ha Eun Park, Kil Bo Shim

“…The performance of PLS-DA was compared with that of the variable importance in projection score and nonlinear regression analysis methods. …”
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Personality Factors and Subjective Cognitive Decline: The FACEHBI Cohort by Nathalia Muñoz, Montserrat Gomà-i-Freixanet, Sergi Valero, Octavio Rodríguez-Gómez, Angela Sanabria, Alba Pérez-Cordón, Isabel Hernández, Marta Marquié, Iolao Mir, Elvira Martín, Alba Benaque, Agustín Ruiz, Lluís Tarraga, Mercè Boada, Montserrat Alegret, on behalf of the FACEHBI study

“…Both samples included 71 men and 116 women with a mean age of 65.9 years. …”
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What keeps them invested? Social identity and group formation in blockchain by Annika Aebli, Fabienne Silberstein-Bamford, Fabienne Silberstein-Bamford, Joshua S. Bamford, Joshua S. Bamford, Joshua S. Bamford

“…One notable aspect of crypto spaces is the emergence of vibrant communities that form around specific projects, with supporters gathering on interactive online platforms and demonstrating a strong sense of collective identity. …”
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Changes in Bioactive Constituents in Black Rice Metabolites Under Different Processing Treatments by Bin Hong, Shan Zhang, Di Yuan, Shan Shan, Jing-Yi Zhang, Di-Xin Sha, Da-Peng Chen, Wei-Wei Yin, Shu-Wen Lu, Chuan-Ying Ren

“…A total of 6988 positive ions and 7099 negative ions (multiple difference ≥1.2 or ≤0.8333, <i>p</i> < 0.05, and variable importance in projection ≥1) were isolated, and 98 and 100 differential metabolic pathways were identified between the different samples in the positive and negative ion modes, respectively. …”
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Sensory and Omics approaches reveal the impact of heat treatment before fermentation on kiwi wine by Qiuyu Lan, Zhibo Yang, Lu Lin, Chuan Song, Junni Tang, Yuan Liu, Zonghua Ao, Suyi Zhang, Xin Du, Chenglin Zhu, Luca Laghi

“…A total of 97 volatile components were characterized using GC-MS and GC-IMS, 12 of them were identified as key volatile compounds based on a combination of t-tests (p < 0.05) and variable importance in projection (VIP) scores. GC-MS and GC-IMS results demonstrated that PFHT significantly altered volatile profiles, specifically decreasing ester content while increasing aldehyde levels in comparison to untreated samples. …”
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Gamified Engagement for Data Crowdsourcing and AI Literacy: An Investigation in Affective Communication Through Speech Emotion Recognition by Eleni Siamtanidou, Lazaros Vrysis, Nikolaos Vryzas, Charalampos A. Dimoulas

“…This application facilitates the enjoyable, efficient, and high-quality collection of emotionally tagged speech samples, enhancing the performance and robustness of speech emotion recognition (SER) systems. …”
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Potentially causal associations between placental DNA methylation and schizophrenia and other neuropsychiatric disorders by Ariadna Cilleros-Portet, Corina Lesseur, Sergi Marí, Marta Cosin-Tomas, Manuel Lozano, Amaia Irizar, Amber Burt, Iraia García-Santisteban, Diego Garrido-Martín, Geòrgia Escaramís, Alba Hernangomez-Laderas, Raquel Soler-Blasco, Charles E. Breeze, Bárbara P. Gonzalez-Garcia, Loreto Santa-Marina, Jia Chen, Sabrina Llop, Mariana F. Fernández, Martine Vrijheid, Jesús Ibarluzea, Mònica Guxens, Carmen Marsit, Mariona Bustamante, Jose Ramon Bilbao, Nora Fernandez-Jimenez

“…We construct a public placental cis-mQTL database including 214,830 CpG sites calculated in 368 fetal placenta DNA samples from the INMA project, and run cell type-, gestational age- and sex-imQTL models. …”
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Fault-Affected Fluid Circulation Revealed by Hydrochemistry and Isotopes in a Large-Scale Utilized Geothermal Reservoir by Yanlong Kong, Zhonghe Pang, Jumei Pang, Jie Li, Min Lyu, Sheng Pan

“…A total of 25 water samples were collected, and temperature loggings were conducted in 16 of these wells. …”
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