Fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations during music-evoked autobiographical memories in neurotypical older adults by Teresa Lesiuk, Kaitlyn Dillon, Giulia Ripani, Ioannis Iliadis, Gabriel Perez, Bonnie Levin, Xiaoyan Sun, Roger McIntosh

“…The current findings for the familiar (MEAM) condition have implications for cognitive aging as persons experiencing age-related memory decline are particularly susceptible to volumetric reduction in the parahippocampal cortex. …”
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Dropout and completion in iCBT for university students: Insights from a thematic analysis by Jurrijn A. Koelen, Lisa de Koning, Matilda K. Nottage, Anke M. Klein, Claudia M. van der Heijde, Peter Vonk, Reinout W. Wiers

“…Semi-structured phone interviews were conducted with 32 students who dropped out early (n = 9), midway (n = 12), or completed (n = 11) guided or unguided iCBT in the context of a randomized controlled trial. Data were analyzed using Braun and Clarke's (2012) thematic analysis. …”
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Barriers and facilitators of infectious disease outbreak reporting: a One Health scoping review by Amish Talwar, Md. Abu Sayeed, Tambri Housen, Rebecca Katz, Martyn D. Kirk

“…Results Among 5,177 records examined, we selected 151 matched parameters for data abstraction and analysis. The most employed methodology was qualitative (56 studies), and the East Asia and Pacific (43 studies) and Sub-Saharan Africa (40 studies) regions were the most studied. …”
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Study on the willingness to enroll in the urban and rural residents basic medical insurance: from the perspectives of policy awareness and institutional trust by Qunjun Yu, Ya He, Luyan Li, Danni Xu, Yalin Li, Qin Yin, Ye Lu, Mei He, Sha Ma

“…Policy education and communication should be refined, leveraging big data for targeted outreach and flexible payment options to enhance enrollment and system sustainability.…”
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Prognostic Factors for Pregnancy and Patency Rates After Microsurgery for Obstruction of the Upper Seminal Tract: A Retrospective Single-surgeon Series of 336 Cases by Marco A. Sieber, Jan Blaser, Roland Seiler, Dominik Abt, Jennifer Blarer, Adrian Sieber

“…Conclusions and clinical implications: Patency and pregnancy rates in our series are similar to rates reported in the literature. …”
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A first scoring approach for evaluating the European Ocean Observing Community by Abed El Rahman Hassoun, Toste Tanhua, Emma Heslop, Inga Lips, Marta Álvarez, George Petihakis, Maribel I. García-Ibáñez, Dimitris Velaoras, Michele Giani, Hermann W. Bange, Christian Lønborg, Johannes Karstensen

“…A closer examination exposes critical shortages predominantly in the coordination and observational facets (Process), and data management and information products (Output). …”
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Influence and Predictors of Anxiety on Health Status ≥ 5 Years Beyond Breast Cancer Diagnosis in Spain: A Cross-Sectional Study by Francisco Álvarez-Salvago, Clara Pujol-Fuentes, Jose Medina-Luque, Maria Figueroa-Mayordomo, Carmen Boquete-Pumar, Sandra Atienzar-Aroca

“…The analysis focused on variables assessed at least five years after diagnosis, including sociodemographic and clinical data, mood, cancer-related fatigue (CRF), pain, self-perceived physical fitness, physical activity (PA), and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). …”
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Nucleosome organization of mouse embryos during pre-implantation development by Jitao Zeng, Xiaojuan Tu, Siming Qu, Xichan Chen, Ying Wang, Xiaona Liu, Enchuan Kang, Yi Tian, Qianming Xiang, Binbin Lai, Weiwu Gao, Bing Ni, Wei He

“…By integrating H3K4me3 localization and transcriptomic data, we revealed that nucleosome sparsity at transcription start sites (TSS) and flanking regions correlated with expression levels of genes critical for preimplantation development. …”
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Trends and geographic distribution of bacterial zoonoses in veterinary cases in the Eastern Cape: A ten-year retrospective analysis by Chika Felicitas Nnadozie, Oghenekaro Nelson Odume

“…This study employed monthly reports on livestock disease from the Ruminant Veterinary Association of South Africa (RuVASA) website. The data was aggregated by month and scale of importance to summarise the trend in scale of importance over time. …”
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Unveiling ac4C modification pattern: a prospective target for improving the response to immunotherapeutic strategies in melanoma by Jianlan Liu, Pengpeng Zhang, Chaoqin Wu, Binlin Luo, Xiaojian Cao, Jian Tang

“…This research integrated single-cell sequencing data and transcriptomics to pinpoint ac4C-related genes (acRG) linked to melanoma progression and evaluate their clinical implications. …”
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Distance caregiving using smart home technologies: balancing ethical priorities in family decision-making by only children by Yi Jiao Angelina Tian, Michael Dunn, Silke Schicktanz, Julian Savulescu, Tenzin Wangmo

“…We used the applied thematic analysis methodology to analyze the data. Results We highlight two ethical considerations. …”
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Serpentirhabdias orientalis sp. nov. (nematoda: rhabdiasidae), a new lungworm species in naja kaouthia from Thailand: the first record of the genus from the oriental region and an... by Vachirapong Charoennitiwat, Supakit Tongpon, Phatthariya Suksuwan, Kittipong Chaisiri, Panithi Laoungbua, Tanapong Tawan, Urusa Thaenkham, Napat Ratnarathorn

“…Phylogenetic analysis, reinforced by morphological data, revealed a close relationship between S. orientalis sp. nov. and Neotropical species, raising intriguing questions about the biogeography and evolutionary history of lungworms. …”
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Occupational noise-induced hearing loss in high-income countries: A multi-country analysis of compensation records by Nyasha Makaruse, Michael R.D. Maslin, Ziva Shai Campbell

“…Materials and Methods: A retrospective analysis of ONIHL compensation data sourced from governmental compensation records in five high-income countries was conducted. …”
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A comparison of educational events for physicians and nurses in Australia sponsored by opioid manufacturers. by Quinn Grundy, Sasha Mazzarello, Sarah Brennenstuhl, Emily A Karanges

“…However, the implications of promotion to nurses are poorly understood. …”
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Generative artificial intelligence in physiotherapy education: great potential amidst challenges- a qualitative interview study by Yvonne Lindbäck, Karin Schröder, Torkel Engström, Karin Valeskog, Sofi Sonesson

“…The 15 students were organized into three focus groups, one for each education year. The data was analyzed using inductive content analysis. …”
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Immune biomarker differences and changes comparing HCV mono-infected, HIV/HCV co-infected, and HCV spontaneously cleared patients. by Lauren E Kushner, Aaron M Wendelboe, Laura C Lazzeroni, Aarthi Chary, Mark A Winters, Anu Osinusi, Shyam Kottilil, Michael A Polis, Mark Holodniy

“…Few studies have evaluated HIV/HCV co-infection, and little longitudinal data exists describing a broader antiviral cytokine response.…”
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Mechanical stability of individual bacterial cells under different osmotic pressure conditions: a nanoindentation study of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Lizeth García-Torres, Idania De Alba Montero, Eleazar Samuel Kolosovas-Machuca, Facundo Ruiz, Sumati Bhatia, Jose Luis Cuellar Camacho, Jaime Ruiz-García

“…Application of a contact mechanics model to account for the minute differences in mechanical behavior upon deformation provided Young’s moduli in the range of 0.7–1.1 kPa. Implications of the presented results with previously reported data in the literature are discussed.…”
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Permissive immunosuppression facilitates the expansion of ex vivo administered regulatory T cells in the lung allograft by Akihiro Takahagi, Ei Miyamoto, Christina Lam, Mingyao Liu, Betty Joe, Xiaomin Wang, David Hwang, Tereza Martinu, Marcelo Cypel, Shaf Keshavjee, Stephen Juvet

“…Graft Treg content and Treg-to-effector T cell ratio (Treg/Teff) at day 7 was highest in animals receiving Treg/IL-2 C/Tac, which has important implications for long-term immunomodulation. Our data suggest that pre-transplant administration of graft-directed Treg cell therapy combined with Treg-permissive immunosuppression may be a viable therapeutic approach to modulate rejection in LT.…”
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Temporal dynamics of soil microbial symbioses in the root zone of wolfberry: deciphering the effects of biotic and abiotic factors on bacterial and fungal ecological networks by Mengyuan He, Mengyuan He, Mengyuan He, Qianqian Wang, Yiming Wang, Junhua Zhang

“…The study offers valuable data for improving the soil quality and fruit yield of L. barbarum under long-term continuous cropping, which has implications for the sustainable development of the L. barbarum industry.…”
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Adoption of environmentally friendly urban freight logistics practices: the role of communication and governance by Sheila Namagembe, Shamim Nantumbwe

“…Design/methodology/approach – Data for the study were collected in a single time period from central procuring and disposing entities (public sector firms) in the urban areas. …”
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