Identification of candidate genes for reproductive traits in Xinjiang sheep breeds based on genomic structural variation by Jiaqi Li, Sulaiman Yiming, Wenxin Zheng, Weiwei Wu, Jingdong Bi, Fengming Li, Mengting Zhu

“…Selection signal analysis, gene annotation, and enrichment analysis led to the identification of potential functional SVs associated with reproductive traits, including FSHR, ADCY5, and MTNR1A. …”
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SNP-SNP Interactions and Gastric Cancer Susceptibility in Ardabil Province by Homa Akhavan Aghghaleh, Najmeh Ranji, Hadi Habibollahi

“…Symptoms of gastric cancer are often hard to detect in the early stages, and become more noticeable only after cancer cells have grown inside the stomach wall and spread to other parts of the body. …”
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On the issue of psychodiagnosis of Internet addiction against the background of social isolation and security crisis by A. M. Stoliarenko, A. D. Horodokin

“…The study was conducted on a contingent of 120 respondents aged 18 to 23 students, who have an experience of permanent stay in conditions of social isolation in Ukraine during 2020–2023. The distribution of the contingent by gender was symmetrical. …”
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Deep analysis of CD4 T cells in the rhesus CNS during SIV infection. by Sonny R Elizaldi, Anil Verma, Zhong-Min Ma, Sean Ott, Dhivyaa Rajasundaram, Chase E Hawes, Yashavanth Shaan Lakshmanappa, Mackenzie L Cottrell, Angela D M Kashuba, Zandrea Ambrose, Jeffrey D Lifson, John H Morrison, Smita S Iyer

“…These observations underscore the functional involvement of CD4 T cells within the CNS during SIV infection, enhancing our understanding of their role in establishing CNS viral presence. …”
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Reduced representation sequencing reveals genetic diversity and adaptive genetic divergence in Calamus rhabdocladus by Rui Gu, Ruijing Xu, Songpo Wei, Pär K. Ingvarsson, Shaohui Fan, Guanglu Liu

“…Calamus rhabdocladus has a scattered and fragmented natural distribution across South China, where only a few relict populations still exist. …”
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Resilience in the Internet of Medical Things: A Review and Case Study by Vikas Tomer, Sachin Sharma, Mark Davis

“…SDN can be used for monitoring and control, and ML can be used for anomaly detection and diagnosis, whereas MSA can be used for bringing distributed functionality and recovery into the IoMT networks. …”
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Insights into climate variability of the meteorological records from a background monitoring station: the Giordan lighthouse, Gozo [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 3 approved w... by Martin Saliba, Ryan Vella, Alfred Micallef, Raymond Ellul, Aaron Micallef, Erika Coppola, David Mifsud, James Ciarlo`

“…The study examined diurnal and annual cycles, probability distribution functions, and climate indices to characterise local climate dynamics. …”
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Cloning of nucleobindin-2/Nesfatin-1 gene and its differential expression in diencephalon and hepatopancreas of Chinese sucker (Myxocyprinus asiaticus) by SU Shiping, LI Qingqing, XIE Qiming, LIU Fan, ZHANG Jun, LI Xilei

“…The strong positive immunofluorescence signal was detected in the pancreatic cells instead of hepatocytes in the hepatopancreas. …”
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Empirical Analysis of Vulnerabilities in Blockchain-based Smart Contracts by Dr. Kashif Mehboob Khan, Ansha Zahid

“…The Ethereum network’s computing capabilities and functionalities are founded on the basis of SC. A smart contract is a self-executing agreement between buyer and seller with the terms of the settlement between them, written directly as lines of code, existing across a distributed decentralized blockchain network. …”
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Correlation Between Interleukin IL-6/IL-6 Receptor Polymorphisms (<i>IL6</i>–174C>G and <i>IL6R</i> 1073A>C) and RAS/BRAF Mutations in Patients with Colorectal Cancer by Ekaterina Smagina, Dar’ya Polit’ko, Vadim Kumeiko, Lyudmila Gurina, Anna Stenkova

“…Some of the genetic markers characterizing the IL-6/STAT3/JAK pathway are functional polymorphisms in <i>IL6</i> and <i>IL6R</i> genes. …”
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Self-organized Criticality across 13 Orders of Magnitude in the Solar–Stellar Connection by Markus J. Aschwanden, Carolus J. Schrijver

“…The FD-SOC model predicts a scaling law of L  ∝  E ^(2/9) for the length scale L as a function of the flare energy E , which limits the largest flare size to L _max  ≲ 0.14 R _⊙ for solar flares, and L _stellar  ≲ 1.04 R _⊙ for stellar flares on G-type stars. …”
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Characterization and Expression Analysis of the SABATH Gene Family Under Abiotic Stresses in Cucumber (<i>Cucumis sativus</i> L.) by Xinjie Zhang, Shanyu Li, Yang Zhou, Mengxin Chen, Lisi Jiang, Wei Fu

“…This study provides valuable insights into the molecular characteristics and evolutionary history of the SABATH gene family in cucumbers, laying a foundation for further analysis of the function of the CsSABATH gene in cucumbers.…”
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Impact of CD40 (rs1883832) and CD40L (rs1126535) gene variants on laryngeal cancer susceptibility and their association with serum biomarker levels of sCD40 and sCD40L. by Alper Gümüş, Dilara Sönmez, Şeyda Demirkol, Mehmet Tolgahan Hakan, Ayşegül Verim, Yusufhan Süoğlu, İlhan Yaylım, Arzu Ergen

“…Genetic predispositions that influence the functioning of the immune system can affect tumor development. …”
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The Results of the Treatment of the Recurrent “Inferior” Retinal Detachment Depending on the Volume of Surgical Intervention by T. N. Shevalova, S. V. Churashov, A. N. Kulikov, A. A. Mihin, R. L. Troyanovskiy

“…The volume of surgical treatment was assessed before recurrent RD, after the first and second recurrent «inferior» RD, the distribution of the grade and type of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) complicating these recurrents RD with different treatment tactics, analyzed the functional results and anatomical success (retinal reattachment) after surgical treatment of the first and second recurrents RD.Results. …”
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Contribuciones al conocimiento sobre la Ecología y distribución geográfica de Phrynops (Batrachemys) Dahli; (Testudinata, Pleurodira, Chelidae) Contribuciones al conocimiento sobre... by Medem Federico

“…Data on Ecology, Behavior and Geographical Distribution of the chelid turtle, <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Phrynops (Batrachemys) dahli, </span>are reported.…”
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Investigation of the October effect in very low-frequency (VLF) signals by M. Hansen, D. Banyś, M. Clilverd, D. Wenzel, T. Raita, M. M. Hoque

“…Although the amplitude of the received terrestrial VLF signal changes as a function of solar zenith angle over the course of the year, the VLF amplitude shows a distinctive sharp decrease around October, which is hence called the “October effect”. …”
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A Feasibility Study on Nano-Particle Properties for Signal Generation at NaI(Tl) Scintillation Detectors by Siamak Hooshmand Koochi, Ahmad Esmaili Torshabi

“…The experimental results confirmed variations in the frequency of the function generator, which was chosen as a typical signal. …”
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Identification of WRKY gene family and analysis of drought stress expression in Poncirus polyandra by ZHANG Shanshan, RUAN Sunmei, YANG Wenzhong

“…The purpose of this study is to analyse the function of WRKY genes and screen out the genes with potential drought resistances in P. polyandra. …”
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Natural Antisense Transcripts in Plants: A Review and Identification in Soybean Infected with Phakopsora pachyrhizi SuperSAGE Library by Suzana de Aragão Britto-Kido, José Ribamar Costa Ferreira Neto, Valesca Pandolfi, Francismar Corrêa Marcelino-Guimarães, Alexandre Lima Nepomuceno, Ricardo Vilela Abdelnoor, Ana Maria Benko-Iseppon, Ederson Akio Kido

“…The present study reviewed plant NAT aspects, including features, availability and genesis, conservation and distribution, coding capacity, NAT pair expression, and functions. …”
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Identification and Abiotic Stress Expression Profiling of Malic Enzyme-Associated Genes in Maize (<i>Zea mays</i> L.) by Haishan Yan, Yongsheng Li, Zengke Ma, Ruihong Wang, Yuqian Zhou, Wenqi Zhou, Haijun He, Xiaojuan Wang, Xiaorong Lian, Xiaoyun Dong, Lirong Yao

“…Chromosomal localization analysis demonstrated that <i>ME</i> genes were not detected on chromosomes 9 and 10, whereas the remaining eight chromosomes exhibited an uneven distribution of these genes. …”
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