Resource availability and competition shape pollinator trophic specialization in longleaf pine savannas by Pablo Moreno-García, Johanna E. Freeman, Benjamin Baiser, Joshua W. Campbell, Daijiang Li

“…Pollinators were more specialized in communities containing many conspecific pollinators, possibly reflecting pollinator preferences. Finally, in more diverse flowering plant assemblages, pollinators were taxonomic specialists in flower visitation but phylogenetic and functional generalists, providing pollination services across diverse plant assemblages.…”
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Investigating the Prevalence, Antibiotic Resistance Pattern, and Serotyping of Shigella Isolates from Traditional and Industrial Olivier Salads by Shiva Jahanbakhshi, Mohammad Mehdi Soltan Dallal, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Katayoun Samimi-Rad, Seyedeh Zohre Mirbagheri, Ahmad Nasser, Mohammad Reza Mohammadi

“…These samples were examined for bacterial isolation and identification, which was finally confirmed by the API-20E kit. Then, a serological reaction was used to confirm Shigella and determine the species. …”
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Advances in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Treatment From the Perspective of the Newest Mechanisms of Podocyte Injury by Zhu Y, Xu G

“…Corresponding targeted medications such as Abatacept, chemokine receptor (CCR) inhibitors, CDDO-Im (2-Cyano-3,12-dioxooleana-1,9-dien-28-imidazolide), adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activators, and Adalimumab are currently under investigation. …”
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A core set of risk factors in individuals at risk of rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic literature review informing the EULAR points to consider for conducting clinical trials and... by Daniel Aletaha, Kulveer Mankia, Paul Emery, Deshire Alpizar-Rodriguez, Andreas Kerschbaumer, Andrea Di Matteo, Heidi Siddle, Joel Kerry

“…After screening of titles, 138 abstracts were reviewed and 96 articles finally included. Fifty-three articles included data on risk factors including autoantibodies, subclinical inflammation on imaging, clinical features, serum and cellular biomarkers and genetic markers. …”
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Phillyrin ameliorates DSS-induced colitis in mice via modulating the gut microbiota and inhibiting the NF-κB/MLCK pathway by Tong Li, Guiqiu Hu, Shoupeng Fu, Di Qin, Zheyu Song

“…Molecular investigations have determined that PHY mitigates the nuclear translocation of nuclear factor kappa B, thereby downregulating myosin light-chain kinase-driven myosin light-chain phosphorylation. …”
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TNF Superfamily: A Growing Saga of Kidney Injury Modulators by Maria D. Sanchez-Niño, Alberto Benito-Martin, Sara Gonçalves, Ana B. Sanz, Alvaro C. Ucero, Maria C. Izquierdo, Adrian M. Ramos, Sergio Berzal, Rafael Selgas, Marta Ruiz-Ortega, Jesus Egido, Alberto Ortiz

“…TWEAK promotes the secretion of MCP-1 and RANTES through NF-kappaB RelA-containing complexes and upregulates CCl21 and CCL19 expression through NF-kappaB inducing kinase (NIK-) dependent RelB/NF-kappaB2 complexes. …”
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Dual-positive gastric cancer: an extremely malignant subtype of gastric cancer with high serum alpha-fetoprotein and carcinoembryonic antigen concentrations by Weixun Xie, Chengyu Hu, Hongming Liu, Zelai Wu, Bixian Luo, Xiaoying Wu, Xiaoying Wu, Chuanlei Tuo, Ziyin Deng, Han Liang, Yong Liu, Weihua Gong, Weihua Gong

“…Tumor characteristics and overall health conditions were analyzed to identify factors contributing to CEA elevation. Finally, the treatment responses of this group to different treatment modalities were also reviewed.ResultsApproximately 45% of gastric cancer patients with elevated serum AFP also show increased CEA levels, classifying them as the dual-positive gastric cancer (DPGC) subgroup. …”
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An action research study on the needs and perspectives of medical students and junior residents on peer physical examination guidelines to respect medical students’ autonomy and pr... by Emily Suzuki, Nobutoshi Nawa, Eriko Okada, Yu Akaishi, Ayako Kashimada, Mitsuyuki Numasawa, Kumiko Yamaguchi, Kazuki Takada, Masanaga Yamawaki

“…We then conducted interviews of 16 participants and revised our guidelines accordingly. Finally, we asked 632 medical students and 191 junior residents to fill out the form for obtaining informed consent (Questionnaire Survey 2) in order to check the feasibility of our PPE guidelines. …”
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Ex Vivo, In Vitro and In Vivo Bone Health Properties of Grana Padano Cheese by Cristina Martelli, Luisa Ottobrini, Anita Ferraretto, Paola Bendinelli, Stefano Cattaneo, Fabio Masotti, Milda Stuknytė, Margherita Dall’Asta, Angelo Del Sole, Ivano De Noni, Filippo Rossi

“…As a consequence, metabolized GP digest significantly increased the number of osteoblasts, whereas the metabolized water did not exert this effect. Finally, the mice were fed diets containing GP or CaCO₃ and pea isolate and the in vivo outcomes were assessed through fluorescent probe and computed tomography. …”
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An UPLC-MS/MS Method for Determination of Osimertinib in Rat Plasma: Application to Investigating the Effect of Ginsenoside Rg3 on the Pharmacokinetics of Osimertinib by Zhenzhen Ying, Jingyao Wei, Ruijuan Liu, Fang Zhao, Yifang Yu, Xin Tian

“…Osimertinib is a novel oral, potent, and irreversible epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) for treatment of advanced T790M mutation-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer, which is commonly combined with ginsenoside Rg3 in clinic to enhance the efficacy and minimize adverse reactions. …”
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Sustained response off treatment after fostamatinib in refractory immune thrombocytopenia: A series of four case reports by Waleed Ghanima, Francisco Javier Lucas Boronat, Valentina Carrai, Stefan Rackwitz

“…We present four cases describing treatment with the spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK) inhibitor, fostamatinib, that showed sustained response off treatment (SROT).Case presentations: Case 1 was a 66-year-old male with chronic ITP. …”
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Anti-IL-22 Antibody Attenuates Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease via Increasing Foxp3+ T Cell through Modulation of CD11b+ Cell Function by Jianbo Wu, Jian Gu, Shun Zhou, Hao Lu, Yunjie Lu, Ling Lu, Xuehao Wang

“…In vitro Treg induction was more efficient when CD4+CD25− T cells differentiated in the presence of CD11b+ cells obtained from IL-22Ab-treated GVHD mice, compared with cocultured untreated control cells. Finally, IL-22Ab modulated the expression of cytokines and costimulatory molecules in CD11b+ cells in aGVHD mice. …”
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Prediction model, risk factor score and ventilator-associated pneumonia: A two-stage case-control study by Hua Meng, Yuxin Shi, Kaming Xue, Di Liu, Xiongjing Cao, Yanyan Wu, Yunzhou Fan, Fang Gao, Ming Zhu, Lijuan Xiong

“…We constructed a prediction model by least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO), random forest (RF), and extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) models in 363 patients and 363 controls, and weighted RFS was calculated based on significant predictors. Finally, the diagnostic performance of the RFS was testified and further validated in another 177 pairs of VAP case-control study. …”
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Regulation of ofloxacin resistance in Escherichia coli strains causing calf diarrhea by quorum-sensing acyl-homoserine lactone signaling molecules by Zi Wang, Zi Wang, Zi Wang, Miao Sun, Yongqiang Wang, Yongqiang Wang, Jinchuan Shi, Wei Gao, Dongxu Han, Fanjun Zeng, Sanren, Liyin Du, Liyin Du, Hongxia Ma, Kai Liu, Kai Liu, Kai Liu

“…There were 125 differentially expressed genes between bacteria treated with a sub-inhibitory concentration of OFX and those treated with C8, of which 102 were up-regulated and 23 were down. Finally, It found that to adding the C8 significantly increased the resistance of tested bacteria to OFX. …”
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The Most Important Measures in Reducing Infection Control in the Anesthesia Work Environment: An Evidence-Based Study by Younes Barazesh, Parisa Moradimajd, Azam Saei, Jamileh Abolghasemi, Mohammad-Mahdi Azizi-Darbandi

“…To assess the validity of the approach used in calculating the content validity coefficient (CVR) and the content validity index (CVI), Finally, the Test-Retest method, and Cronbach's alpha coefficient were used to determine reliability. …”
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Investigation of the Protective Effect of Probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum Ep-M17 on the Hepatopancreas of Penaeus vannamei by Xiaoman Hu, Wenlong Xu, Hao Li, Bowen Lu, Yang Du, Jiong Chen

“…Furthermore, Ep-M17 stimulated gene transcription in crucial immune response-related signalling pathways like the mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathway and the antigen processing and presentation pathway. …”
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Identification of key regulators in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma using network theoretical approach. by Kankana Bhattacharjee, Aryya Ghosh

“…Our analysis revealed 33 key regulators were predominantly enriched in neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction, Cell adhesion molecules, Leukocyte transendothelial migration pathways; positive regulation of cell proliferation, positive regulation of protein kinase B signaling biological functions; G-protein beta-subunit binding, receptor binding molecular functions etc. …”
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PENERAPAN KONSEP ARSITEKTUR HIJAU PADA GEDUNG KOMITE OLAHRAGA NASIONAL INDONESIA DIMAKASSAR by Irma Rahayu, St. Aisyah Rahman, Mahesha Tifany Chandra Gunawan

“…KONI sebagai suatu organisasi memiliki struktur organisasi yang mengatur berbagai kegiatan olahraga yang ada di Indonesia, selain itu juga KONI bertugas untuk mengembangkan minat dan bakat olahraga yang ada pada masyarakat Indonesia . …”
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Three-Dimensional Digital Documentation for the Conservation of the Prambanan Temple Cluster Using Guided Multi-Sensor Techniques by Anindya Sricandra Prasidya, Irwan Gumilar, Irwan Meilano, Ikaputra Ikaputra, Rochmad Muryamto, Erlyna Nour Arrofiqoh

“…First, APDs were established from the literature to derive the associated multiple detail levels; then, multiple sensors and modes of light detection and ranging (Lidar) scanners and photogrammetry were utilized according to their detail requirements and, finally, point cloud data were processed, integrated, assessed, and validated by the proof of the existence of an APD. …”
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SFDA-MEF: An Unsupervised Spacecraft Feature Deformable Alignment Network for Multi-Exposure Image Fusion by Qianwen Xiong, Xiaoyuan Ren, Huanyu Yin, Libing Jiang, Canyu Wang, Zhuang Wang

“…We also design a feature point extraction loss function to render our output more conducive to subsequent IOS tasks. Finally, we present a multi-exposure spacecraft image dataset. …”
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