The effects of a large-scale nature-based solution on the macroinvertebrate diversity in a gravel river in The Netherlands by Maya M. Daumal, Rosan van Halsema, Dorine T.B.M. Dekkers, Roy H.J. Erkens, Edwin T.H.M. Peeters

“…Despite restoration efforts, taxa characteristic of fast-flowing gravel rivers remains largely absent.These results indicate that NbS measures in the Border Meuse, particularly the creation of side channels, had limited effectiveness in restoring aquatic biodiversity. …”
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Blood pressure behavior during mechanical thrombectomy and drugs used for conscious sedation or general anesthesia by Ráissa Soraya Souza de Oliveira, Vinícius Boaratti Ciarlariello, Hanna Nery Ferraz Martins, Michelle dos Santos Lobato, Renata Carolina Acri Nunes Miranda, Flávia Fernandes Manfredi de Freitas, Rodrigo Meirelles Massaud, Thiago Giansante Abud, Carlos Eduardo Baccin, Gisele Sampaio Silva

“…Patients treated with neuromuscular blocking drugs had more oscillation in systolic BP from hospital admission to procedure (51.1 versus 26.2 mmHg, P=0.06). …”
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Effect of butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea) flower extract on qualities, sensory properties, and antioxidant activity of wet noodles with various composite flour proportions by Paini Sri Widyawati, Thomas Indarto Putut Suseno, Felicia Ivana, Evelyne Natania, Sutee Wangtueai

“…Improvement of wet noodles' qualities, sensory, and functional properties was carried out using a composite flour base with the butterfly pea flower extract added. …”
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Oat Okara Fermentation: New Insights into the Microbiological and Metabolomic Characterization by Federica Meanti, Chiara Mussio, Gabriele Rocchetti, Annalisa Rebecchi, Luigi Lucini, Lorenzo Morelli

“…Two bioactive compounds, such as gamma-aminobutyric acid and 3-phenyl-lactic acid had accumulated at the end of fermentation. Taken together, our findings showed that oat okara flour can be considered an excellent raw material for formulating more sustainable and functional foods due to fermentation promoted by autochthonous microbiota.…”
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Endovascular thrombectomy: an effective and safe therapy for perioperative ischemic stroke by Feng Wang, Xiaoping Xu, Lin Zheng, Jiawei Zhong, En Wang, Yang Liu, Yang Liu, Shaofa Ke

“…In addition, perioperative stroke patients had higher prevalence of atrial fibrillation (42.9% vs. 26.7%; p = 0.038) and intracranial cerebral artery stenosis without clear embolism (17.1% vs. 3.8%; p < 0.001) than community-onset stroke patients.ConclusionEndovascular thrombectomy is an effective and safe therapeutic approach for patients with perioperative ischemic stroke, although the results need to be validated by further studies with larger populations. …”
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Effect of Dry, Vacuum, and Modified Atmosphere Ageing on Physicochemical Properties of Roe Deer Meat by Natalia Kasałka-Czarna, Róża Biegańska-Marecik, Jędrzej Proch, Aleksandra Orłowska, Magdalena Montowska

“…The selection of suitable storage conditions and times plays an important role in a deterioration of the meat's functional and nutritional values. The knowledge about oxidation processes in roe deer meat stored and packed deploying different methods is limited. …”
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Semaphorin 3F inhibits breast cancer metastasis by regulating the Akt-mTOR and TGFβ signaling pathways via neuropilin-2 by Hironao Nakayama, Akari Murakami, Hisayo Nishida-Fukuda, Shinji Fukuda, Erina Matsugi, Masako Nakahara, Chiaki Kusumoto, Yoshiaki Kamei, Shigeki Higashiyama

“…Recent studies indicate that semaphorin 3F (SEMA3F) is a potent inhibitor of metastasis; however, its functional role in breast cancer is not fully understood. …”
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Unveiling the pivotal role of Ni doping in ilmenite as oxygen carrier to realize simultaneous enhanced oxygen release and inhibited phase segregation in chemical looping process by Haochen Sun, Susanna T. Maanoja, Lujiang Xu, Huan Liu, Daofeng Mei, Wen-Da Oh, Chao He

“…Interestingly, Ni exhibited a higher promoting effect than Ca, whereas Co had little promotion on ilmenite reactivity. The superior performance of Ni doping could be attributed to the incorporation of Ni2+ element in Fe-O-Ti structure rather than Ni0, which was validated by pre-activation and cyclic experiments, and density functional theory calculations. …”
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Effects of Cellulase and <i>Lactiplantibacillus plantarum</i> on Chemical Composition, Fermentation Characteristics, and Bacterial Community of <i>Pennisetum giganteum</i> z.x.lin... by Zhili Wu, Xiongfei Zhang, Rongnuo Li, Jingtao Hui, Lu Deng, Inho Kim, Jie Wei, Junhu Yao, Xinjian Lei

“…Compared with CE and LP, LPCE more effectively promoted the transformation of microbial functions, resulting in an upregulated (<i>p</i> < 0.05) carbohydrate metabolism and a downregulated (<i>p</i> < 0.05) membrane transport. …”
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Development of Speech and Communication in Polish Children with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study by Natalia Moćko, Marcin Rudzki, Zuzanna Miodońska, Julia Olesiak, Katarzyna Jochymczyk-Woźniak, Michał Kręcichwost

“…Methods: Individuals affected with 22q11DS may show difficulties in functioning, including speech and hearing. Therefore, we prepared a speech development questionnaire and employed it to obtain data from parents (or legal guardians) of 54 children with 22q11DS. …”
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Outcomes of Combined Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion and Transcatheter Mitral Edge-to-Edge Repair by Abdullah Al-Abcha, MD, Pietro Di Santo, MD, Charanjit S. Rihal, MD, MBA, Trevor Simard, MD, PhD, Benjamin Hibbert, MD, PhD, Mohamad Alkhouli, MD, MBA

“…At 45 days, most patients (68%) had ≤2+ mitral regurgitation, and 72% of patients were in NYHA functional class I-II symptoms. …”
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Determinants of outcomes in patients with hepatitis B virus-decompensated cirrhosis by Yi-Jie Huang, Jun-Sing Wang, Cheng-Hsu Chen, Shou-Wu Lee, Chung-Hsin Chang, Szu-Chia Liao, Yen-Chun Peng, Teng-Yu Lee, Tsai-Chung Li

“…Pre-treatment HBV DNA levels had an impact on short-term all-cause mortality, but not on long-term all-cause mortality.…”
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The relationship between e-Health literacy and cyberchondria in Iranian students of health sciences by Amirreza Kalantari, Saeideh Valizadeh-Haghi, Vladan Starcevic, Vladan Starcevic, Azam Shahbodaghi, Shahabedin Rahmatizadeh, Farid Zayeri, Yasser Khazaal

“…Students who reported having a chronic disease had a significantly higher mean total CSS score than those who considered themselves healthy. …”
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Pathogenomic Insights into <i>Xanthomonas oryzae</i> pv. <i>oryzae</i>’s Resistome, Virulome, and Diversity for Improved Rice Blight Management by Peter Adeolu Adedibu, Oksana Son, Liudmila Tekutyeva, Larissa Balabanova

“…Pangenome analysis revealed intraspecific variation among the population, with 112 unique CDS having diverse functional roles. Strains registered in the Philippines had the most unique genes. …”
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Assessment of efficacy of platelet-rich plasma application in regeneration of the facial nerve in rabbits by Gardašević Milka F., Petković-Ćurčin Aleksandra, Vojvodić Danilo V., Marjanović Uroš, Đurđević Dragan, Jović Saša, Vulović Dejan, Matijević Stevo

“…The injuries of the facial nerve lead to paralysis of the mimic musculature, which is conditioned by functional disorders accompanied by deformity of varying degrees depending on the intensity and location of the injury. …”
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Long-term results of medical treatment for lower extremity stress fractures by M. S. Ryazantsev, A. R. Zaripov, A. P. Afanasyev, M. N. Maysigov, N. E. Magnitskaya, D. O. Ilyin, A. N. Logvinov, A. V. Frolov, A. V. Korolev

“…Fifty-five patients who had received a medical treatment cycle in the European Clinic of Sports Traumatology and Orthopedics (ECSTO) in the period 2010 to 2016 were followed up. …”
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EIN3/EIL (Ethylene Insensitive3 / Ethylene Insensitive3 Like) Protein Family in Phaseolus vulgaris: Identification, Evolution and Expression Analysis within the Genome by Simay Ezgi Akbulut, Zehra Şafak, Aybüke Okay, Kimia Amirina, Ilker Büyük

“…It was determined that Pvul-EIL proteins had a length of 447-651 amino acids and a molecular weight of 51.08-70.68 kDa. …”
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Deep-Learning-Driven Insights into Nitrogen Leaching for Sustainable Land Use and Agricultural Practices by Caixia Hu, Jie Li, Yaxu Pang, Lan Luo, Fang Liu, Wenhao Wu, Yan Xu, Houyu Li, Bingcang Tan, Guilong Zhang

“…However, the performance improved significantly after integrating the four models with Bayesian optimization (all models had R² > 0.56), which realized quantitative prediction capabilities for nitrate leaching loss concentrations. …”
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Neurological post-COVID syndrome is associated with substantial impairment of verbal short-term and working memory by Jeyanthan Charles James, Hannah Schulze, Nadine Siems, Christian Prehn, Daniel R. Quast, Nadine Trampe, Ralf Gold, Simon Faissner

“…This was followed by a detailed neuropsychological test battery, including assessments of general orientation, motor and cognitive fatigue, screening of depressive and anxiety symptoms, information processing speed, concentration, visuomotor processing speed, attention, verbal short-term and working memory, cognitive flexibility, semantic and phonematic word fluency, as well as verbal and visual memory functions. Neurologic PCS patients had more complaints with significantly higher fatigue scores as well as higher levels of depressive and anxiety symptoms compared to Non-PCS and HC. …”
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Development of an interdisciplinary microtia‐atresia care model: A single‐center 20‐year experience by Krupa R. Patel, Liliya Benchetrit, Evette A. Ronner, Jessica Occhiogrosso, Tessa Hadlock, David Shaye, Alicia M. Quesnel, Michael S. Cohen

“…Abstract Objectives Microtia and aural atresia are congenital ear anomalies with a wide‐ranging spectrum of phenotypes and varied functional and psychosocial consequences for patients. …”
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