Role of LncRNA in Trauma Susceptibility and Resilience to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A Pilot Study in the African American Population by Sadhukhan T, Rai N, Misiak-Christian M, Hipolito MMS, Sadhukhan S, Shelby M, Mejía Mondragón CI, Idowu A, Gondringer A, Kalejaiye A, Li J, Islam MN, Ressom HW, Nwulia EA

“…Participants were divided into three groups: those who experienced childhood trauma and developed PTSD, those with similar trauma but did not develop PTSD, and a control group who did not experience childhood trauma. Olfactory mucosa samples were collected through nasal brushings, and neurobehavioral assessments were conducted. …”
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De-stress your physiological activation by compressing your imagination: a brief session of hypnosis decreases sympathetic stress response in moderately stressed dentists by Luca Queirolo, Luca Queirolo, Luca Queirolo, Enrico Facco, Enrico Facco, Andrea Roccon, Elisa Pistollato, Adolfo Di Fiore, Teresa Fazia, Christian Bacci, Gastone Zanette

“…AimThis study aims to explore the effect of hypnosis on dentists’ physiological stress management.MethodsThe study included 20 dentists (mean = 30, SD = 7.37) from the Dental Clinic of the University of Padua. …”
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Healthcare Workers and Nonhealthcare Workers Pro-Vaccination Attitude and Its Associated Factors towards COVID-19 Vaccine Globally: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Addisu Dabi Wake

“…The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis were to determine the global pro-vaccination attitude and associated factors towards COVID-19 vaccine among healthcare workers (HCWs) and nonhealthcare workers (non-HCWs). Methods. Different databases such as PubMed, Scopus, EMBASE, and Google Scholar were used. …”
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Changes in tree-ring wood density of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), silver fir (Abies alba Mill.), and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.) in European mountain forests... by Chiara Torresan, Torben Hilmers, Admir Avdagić, Edmondo Di Giuseppe, Matija Klopčič, Mathieu Lévesque, Florian Motte, Enno Uhl, Tzvetan Zlatanov, Hans Pretzsch

“…., tree-ring width, current tree diameter, and latewood to earlywood ratio) and drought events on wood density. Methods In total, 150 tree cores were sampled from mountain forests in Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Switzerland, and Germany. …”
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Proposing a two-stage screening approach to distinguish between transient and enduring postnatal depressive symptoms: A prospective cohort study by Johanne Smith-Nielsen, Ida Egmose, Stephen Matthey, Maria Stougård, Sophie Reijman, Mette Skovgaard Væver

“…What are the implications of adopting a two-stage screening approach? Methods: In a prospective cohort study, 427 postnatal women in Copenhagen who scored above the cut-off on their initial EPDS screening (EPDS-1) underwent a second screening (EPDS-2) 1–4 weeks later, without intervention in between. …”
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An Interpretable Siamese Attention Res-CNN for Fingerprint Spoofing Detection by Chengsheng Yuan, Zhenyu Xu, Xinting Li, Zhili Zhou, Junhao Huang, Ping Guo

“…Moreover, our method exhibits remarkable capabilities in PAD tasks, including cross-material experiments and cross-sensor experiments. …”
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You Only Attack Once: Single-Step DeepFool Algorithm by Jun Li, Yanwei Xu, Yaocun Hu, Yongyong Ma, Xin Yin

“…Adversarial attacks expose the latent vulnerabilities within artificial intelligence systems, necessitating a reassessment and enhancement of model robustness to ensure the reliability and security of deep learning models against malicious attacks. We propose a fast method designed to efficiently find sample points close to the decision boundary. …”
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Lighting preferences of Iberian sausages for Spanish observers by Okuda Shino, Nagata Masahito, Okajima Katsunori, Rodríguez-Pulido Francisco José, Heredia Francisco José, Ortega-Velázquez Rocío, Gaviño-Nadal María Dolores, Casado-González Jesús, García Pedro Antonio, Rivas María José, Tejada-Casado María, Yebra Ana, Melgosa Manuel

“…Visual results from the pair comparison and magnitude estimation psychophysical methods used in our experiment showed a high correlation (Pearson’s linear correlation coefficient r = 0.915). …”
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Study on the Wettability and Spontaneous Imbibition Characteristics of Lacustrine Shale by Haitao Xue, Guozhi Ding, Zhentao Dong, Rixin Zhao, Ce An, Boheng Li, Yuan Zhou, Penglei Yan, Jinliang Yan, Chunlei Li, Yuxi Jin

“…The pores composed of inorganic minerals have water wettability, while the pores composed of organic matter show the characteristics of oil wetting. The contact angle experiment and the spontaneous imbibition experiment are the most commonly used methods for characterizing wettability. …”
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Computer Viewing Model for Classification of Erythrocytes Infected with <i>Plasmodium</i> spp. Applied to Malaria Diagnosis Using Optical Microscope by Eduardo Rojas, Irene Cartas-Espinel, Priscila Álvarez, Matías Moris, Manuel Salazar, Rodrigo Boguen, Pablo Letelier, Lucia San Martín, Valeria San Martín, Camilo Morales, Neftalí Guzmán

“…The object of this study was therefore to establish computer viewing models able to classify blood cells infected with <i>Plasmodium</i> spp. to support malaria diagnosis by optical microscope. <i>Materials and Methods:</i> A total of 27,558 images of human blood sample extensions were obtained from a public data bank for analysis; half were of parasite-infected red cells (<i>n</i> = 13,779), and the other half were of uninfected erythrocytes (<i>n</i> = 13,779). …”
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Rank revealing‐based tensor completion using improved generalized tensor multi‐rank minimization by Wei Z. Sun, Peng Zhang, Bo Zhao

“…A rank‐decreasing method is derived to reveal the tensor rank in order to avoid the troublesome user defined hyper‐parameter selection. …”
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Prediction of Remaining Useful Life of Operating Mechanism Driven by Deep Feature in Classification Model by Xilei Dong, Fuping Zhang, Yunyang Ye, Huan Zhang

“…For a given sample, with the principal component analysis method, the extracted deep features from the trained network can be further optimized. …”
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Complementary Local–Global Optimization for Few-Shot Object Detection in Remote Sensing by Yutong Zhang, Xin Lyu, Xin Li, Siqi Zhou, Yiwei Fang, Chenlong Ding, Shengkai Gao, Jiale Chen

“…In addition, a Teacher-Guided Dual-Branch Head (TG-DH) is developed to supervise both classification and regression using pseudo-labels generated by the teacher model to further stabilize and enhance the semantic features of novel classes. Extensive experiments on DlOR and iSAlD datasets demonstrate that our method achieves superior performance compared to existing state-of-the-art FSOD approaches and simultaneously validate the effectiveness of all proposed components.…”
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Microstudy of the Anisotropy of Sandy Material by Kunyong Zhang, Zhenjun Zang, Leslie Okine, Jose Luis Chavez Torres

“…Through numerical simulation based on the particle flow method, DEM numerical test samples were generated with the results of laboratory tests on standard sand. …”
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Evaluation of the Performance and Growth Indices of Green Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and Black Cumin (Nigella sativa L.) in a Replacement Intercropping System by Mahna sadat Ghotb Sharif, Ghorbanali Asadi, Mohammad Javad Mostafavi

“…Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate and compare the yield and growth indices of green bean and black seed in sole culture and replacement intercropping ratios. Materials and MethodsThe experiment was conducted based on RCBD design during the growing season 2018-19. …”
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Effect of sowing depth and mulching types on soil water storage at different growth stages of chickpea under rainfed farming by moslem fetri, Mohammad Eghbal Ghobadi, Mokhtar Ghobadi, Gholamreza Mohammadi

“…In this work, some types of mulch and their impact on soil moisture and yield of chickpea are evaluated in dryland conditions. Materials & Methods This experiment was carried out on chickpea (var. …”
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24-Epibrasinolid and Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) Extract Effect on Grain Yield and Some Morphophysiologycal Characteristics of the Sensitive and Tolerant Quinoa (... by R Sohrabi, A Pirzad, M Niazkhani, T MirMahmoodi

“…For this reason, the introduction of planting pattern of new plants with high yield potential, which have good agricultural performance in dry and salty conditions, and the production product, is of high quality is on the agenda. Materials and Methods In order to investigate the effect of 24-epibrassinolide and cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) extract on some biochemical characteristics and related to the forage quality of Quinoa cultivars at salinity levels, a factorial experiment in the form of a completely randomized design (CRD) with four replications in the greenhouse of the Faculty of Agriculture of Azad University of Mahabad in the spring and summer of the year 1401 was done. …”
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Effects of taurine on growth performance, body composition and physiological responses of western white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei broodstock by Vahid Morshedi, Mahmoud Nafisi Bahabadi, Mansour Torfi Mozanzadeh, Amin Oujifard, Naser Agh, Khalegh Maneii, Ahmad Qasemi, Nehzat Bakhshi, Hadi Ebrahimi, Rezvan Tamadoni, Shirin Hamedi, Reza Bagherpour, Fatemeh Solimani

“…To evaluate the effects of Tau on growth, body composition, digestive enzymes, and haemolymph biochemical parameters, sampling was taken at the end of the experiment. Results and discussion: The results showed that final weight, specific growth rate, weight gain, condition factor, and survival of shrimp fed with the supplemented diets with Tau had no significant differences than the control group (p>0.05). …”
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Effects of Supplementary Irrigation and some Stress Modifiers (Vermicompost, Nano Iron Oxide, and Humic Acid) on Grain Filling Components, Nodulation and Grain Yield of Chickpea (C... by R Seyed Sharifi, R Seyedsharifi

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of supplementary irrigation and stress modifiers (such as humic acid, nano iron oxide and vermicompost) on nodulation and yield of chickpeas under rain fed conditions.Materials and MethodsA factorial experiment was performed at a farm near Ardabil city in 2023 using a RCBD with three replications. …”
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Study of wound-healing properties of humic substance – zinc complexes in the aseptic wound model in vivo by M. V. Zykova, V. V. Ivanov, K. S. Larionov, L. A. Azarkina, E. E. Buyko, K. A. Bratishko, A. A. Ufandeev, E. S. Rabtsevich, D. A. Mikhalev, I. S. Kopnov, I. V. Perminova, M. V. Belousov

“…The aim was to investigate wound-healing properties of zinc-containing biocomposites based on humic ligands (humic substance (HS) – Zn) in the in vivo experiment on the aseptic wound model and to evaluate their resorptive properties.Materials and methods. …”
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