Spatial evolution of international air cargo network connectivity in China: 1996–2019 by Xu Xu, Jicheng Liu, Jialin Jiang, Bo Lin, Linna Li

“…Using OAG global flight schedule data from five representative years (1996, 2002, 2008, 2014, and 2019), we apply complex network theory and graph-theoretical methods, incorporating tools such as UciNet and ArcMap. Three key indicators, weighted degree centrality, betweenness centrality, and K-core decomposition, are employed to analyze changes, evolutionary patterns, and driving factors of network connectivity. …”
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Recurrent Heatwaves Slow Down the Recovery of a Phytoplankton Community by Francesco Polazzo, Markus Hermann, Melina Crettaz‐Minaglia, Andreu Rico

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Purification and Molecular Characterization of a Mammalian Neurotoxin as a Pharmaceutical Tool from the Venom of Iranian Scorpion Androctonus crassicauda by Hadi Rabiei, Abbas Zare Mirakabadi, Bita Mohtat, Behrooz Mirza

“…Phylogenetic analysis displays the toxin has 97% sequence similarity with alpha toxins reported from north African scorpions that affect voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSC), also proposed that differentiation among the scorpions of family Buthidae is affected by the geographical conditions and efficiency in evolutionary varia­tions. AnCra2 exposed binding residues have a high affinity for receptor residues in site-3 (segment-3) of VGSC that are approved by three-dimensional structure and homology modeling. …”
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Population structure and evolution of Rhinoviruses. by Vaishali P Waman, Pandurang S Kolekar, Mohan M Kale, Urmila Kulkarni-Kale

“…Rhinoviruses belong to the family Picornaviridae and are divided into three species namely, Rhinovirus A, -B and -C, which are antigenically diverse. …”
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Boulder Migration in the Khonsu Region of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko by Xiang Tang, Xian Shi, Mohamed Ramy El-Maarry

“…Previous works found the boulder's ∼140 m displacement occurred during the three months from 2015 August to October, and several triggering mechanisms were proposed, including outburst at the boulder site, seismic vibrations from nearby activities, or surface erosion of the slope beneath the boulder. …”
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Evidence for the circulation and inter-hemispheric movement of the H14 subtype influenza A virus. by Anthony C Fries, Jacqueline M Nolting, Angela Danner, Robert G Webster, Andrew S Bowman, Scott Krauss, Richard D Slemons

“…Three H14 influenza A virus (IAV) isolates recovered in 2010 during routine virus surveillance along the Mississippi Migratory Bird Flyway in Wisconsin, U.S.A. raised questions about the natural history of these rare viruses. …”
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The first report of Haplomitrium gibbsiae (Steph.) R.M. Schust. (Haplomitriaceae) from Guangxi, China by Wei Han, Haifeng Luo, Yuqing Li, Nanqiang Li, Fei Tan, Xiangju Huang, Qiang He

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Ecolinguistic dynamics of English loanwords in Chinese: a case study on terms for cement by Ruifeng Mo, Hao-Zhang Xiao

“…This study examines five cement-related English loanwords in Chinese to uncover the evolutionary mechanisms governing the adaptation of these loanwords by analyzing their ecological dynamics. …”
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A conserved HOTAIRM1-HOXA1 regulatory axis contributes early to neuronal differentiation by Dana Segal, Samy Coulombe, Jasper Sim, Josée Dostie

“…We found that it regulates 3’ HOXA gene expression by a mechanism involving epigenetic and three-dimensional chromatin changes. …”
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Network structure and influencing factors of the quality of inbound tourism flows circulation by MA Lijun, LIANG Xiaoyao

“…Using inbound tourism sampling survey data from 2005 to 2019 and complex network analysis methods, this study comprehensively revealed the topological structure and evolutionary characteristics of the inbound tourism flows circulation quality network from three levels: overall, individual, and community. …”
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Metavirome survey of eight ray-finned fishes: Domination of giant viral members from pandoravirus and megaviricetes by Fatemeh Sana Askari, Alireza Mohebbi

“…The pooled genome assay of ray-finned fishes revealed a significant abundance of viruses in three clades: the genus Pandoravirus (31%), the order Herpesvirales (23%), and the kingdom Bamfordvirae (10%). …”
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Genome-wide association between branch point properties and alternative splicing. by André Corvelo, Martina Hallegger, Christopher W J Smith, Eduardo Eyras

“…The branch point (BP) is one of the three obligatory signals required for pre-mRNA splicing. …”
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Integrating host biological and ecological variables to predict probability of haemosporidian infection in raptors by Kai Gao, Xuemei Yang, Xi Huang, Wenhong Deng

“…Instead, activity pattern, age, geographic range size, migration distance, and nest type were important predictors of the probability of haemosporidian infection, and the role of each predictor differed in the three main haemosporidian genera (Plasmodium, Haemoproteus, and Leucocytozoon). …”
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Experimental study on temperature and gas concentration evolution law during coal spontaneous combustion in the goaf by Qian Liu, Chuanjie Zhu, Ting Liu, Dong Ma, Yongming Lai

“…Through numerical simulation and field measurement data, the distribution ranges of the “three zones” in the goaf within the experimental platform were determined. …”
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Epigenomic diversification within the genus Lupinus. by Karolina Susek, Agnieszka Braszewska-Zalewska, Adam J Bewick, Robert Hasterok, Robert J Schmitz, Barbara Naganowska

“…We revealed variations in the patterns of chromatin modifications at the chromosomal level among three crop lupins, i.e. L. angustifolius (2n = 40), L. albus (2n = 50) and L. luteus (2n = 52), and the legume model plant Medicago truncatula (2n = 16). …”
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Identification of metal tolerance proteins (MTP) and their gene expression under drought stress in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) by Zahra HAJIBARAT, Abbas SAIDI

“…Here, 12 MTP genes in S. tuberosum were detected and categorized in three major clusters namely Fe/Zn-MTP, Zn-MTP, and Mn-MTP and seven groups (1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 11) according to phylogenetic relationships. …”
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Sniffing out chemosensory genes from the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata. by Paolo Siciliano, Francesca Scolari, Ludvik M Gomulski, Marco Falchetto, Mosè Manni, Paolo Gabrieli, Linda M Field, Jing-Jiang Zhou, Giuliano Gasperi, Anna R Malacrida

“…The identification of these medfly OBPs/PBPRPs permitted evolutionary and functional comparisons with homologous sequences from other tephritids of the genera Bactrocera and Rhagoletis.…”
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Revealing the Complexity of Host-Parasite Relationships Between Syringophilid Mites and Sunbirds in Their Global Range by Bozena Sikora, Markus Unsoeld, Roland R. Melzer, Stefan Friedrich, Martin Hromada

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Evolution Under Competition Increases Population Production by Reducing the Density‐Dependence of Net Energy Fluxes and Growth by Charlotte L. Briddon, Ricardo Estevens, Giulia Ghedini

“…One species was outcompeted during the evolution experiment. For the other three, we found the same evolutionary outcome: species evolved greater biovolume production regardless of competition treatment but did so either by increasing max. population size or individual cell size. …”
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Genomic and functional determinants of host spectrum in Group B Streptococcus. by Chiara Crestani, Taya L Forde, John Bell, Samantha J Lycett, Laura M A Oliveira, Tatiana C A Pinto, Claudia G Cobo-Ángel, Alejandro Ceballos-Márquez, Nguyen N Phuoc, Wanna Sirimanapong, Swaine L Chen, Dorota Jamrozy, Stephen D Bentley, Michael Fontaine, Ruth N Zadoks

“…Strikingly, the association of GBS genomes with the three major host groups (humans, cattle, fish) is driven by a single accessory gene cluster per host, regardless of sublineage or the breadth of host spectrum. …”
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