Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Regarding Antibiotic Usage and Resistance among Dental Postgraduate Students and Interns: A Cross-sectional Questionnaire-based Study by Poonam Narang, Milind Wasnik, RK Chevvuri, Sopan Singh, Abhinav Parakh, Neha Rani

“…Early integration of antimicrobial stewardship into medical, dental, pharmacy, and nursing curricula is key, and baseline assessments of knowledge and practices are necessary for effective training programs. Aim: To evaluate the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) related to antibiotic use and resistance among dental Postgraduate (PG) students and interns, with the goal of informing targeted educational interventions to promote responsible antibiotic usage and combat resistance. …”
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Inventory of timber and non-timber forest products through remote sensing and mapping: The example of bamboo resources in chad by Tchoutezou Guy Herman Zanguim, Tanougong Nkondjoua Armand Delanot, René Kaam, Henry Ouya Bondoro, Ngoh-Allah Odjimbaye, Nyong Princely Awazi, Martin Ngankam Tchamba

“…We recommend that bamboo research and development programs be pursued in order to maximize its economic potential while preserving its ecological integrity. …”
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Interventions designed to increase scholarly activity and achieve promotion among primarily junior clinical faculty in the United States: a scoping review by Heather A. Billings, Ashlee Mills Duffy, Gary L. Beck Dallaghan, Emily J. Glenn, Eric S. Peeples, Matthew R. Sandbulte, Jason F. Shiffermiller, Carrie Valenta, Bethany R. Lowndes, Jana L. Wardian

“…Conclusions Mentoring was the most common strategy to support scholarly activity of junior clinical faculty followed by faculty development programs. Scholarly activity is often measured by publications, grant funding, and presentations. …”
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PD-1 is conserved from sharks to humans: new insights into PD-1, PD-L1, PD-L2, and SHP-2 evolution by Ryohei Kondo, Kohei Kondo, Kei Nabeshima, Akihiko Nishikimi, Yasumasa Ishida, Toshiaki Shigeoka, Johannes M. Dijkstra

“…Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) is an immune checkpoint molecule until recently believed to exist only in tetrapod species. …”
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The association between the COVID-19 pandemic and interpersonal relationships among youth with a child maltreatment history by Julie-Anne McCarthy, Ana M. Osorio, Tamara L. Taillieu, Ashley Stewart-Tufescu, Tracie O. Afifi, Tracie O. Afifi

“…Given the importance of healthy relationships during adolescence and early adulthood, the significant impact the pandemic had on youth, and the potential disproportionate challenges for youth with a child maltreatment history, the purpose of the present study was to better understand changes in relational conflict among youth with and without a child maltreatment history from the perspectives of youth themselves. …”
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AI-Driven Smart Agriculture: An Integrated Approach for Soil Analysis, Irrigation, and Crop-Fertilizer Recommendations by Ayesha Khaliq, Atif Khan, Salman Jan, Muhammad Umair, Asad Gulshair, Ahmad Ali, Usman Ali Shah

“…A weather Application Programming Interface (API) is integrated to support timely irrigation decisions through accurate forecasting. …”
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Long-term follow-up of combination therapy with pembrolizumab and anlotinib in thoracic SMARCA4-deficient undifferentiated tumor: a case report and molecular features by Ting Duan, Mingxin Xu, Haibo Zhang, Shengchang Wu, Haochu Wang, Zhenying Guo

“…A 56-year-old male non-smoker presented with a mass in the superior lobe of left lung and left hilar adenopathy. …”
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Deciphering Codon Usage Patterns in the Mitochondrial Genome of the <i>Oryza</i> Species by Yuyang Zhang, Yunqi Ma, Huanxi Yu, Yu Han, Tao Yu

“…But rice mitochondrial codon usage patterns have received little attention. The present study systematically analyzed the codon usage patterns and sources of variance in the mitochondrial genome sequences of five rice species by the CodonW and R software programs. …”
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Linking Anopheles bionomics and human behaviour in the Lao PDR by Sebastien Marcombe, Santi Maithaviphet, Rita Reyburn, Khamfong Kunlaya, Khambang Silavong, Bouasy Hongvanthong, Viengxay Vanisaveth, Viengphone Sengsavath, Vilasack Banouvong, Keobouphaphone Chindavongsa, Boualam Khamlome, Élodie A. Vajda, Edward Thomsen, Timothy Finn, Neil F. Lobo, Matthew Shortus

“…Abstract Background Laos aims to eliminate malaria by 2030, with residual transmission present in the south. Understanding how LLINs function in relation to vector and human behaviours, and linking this to epidemiological outcomes, is critical for improving vector control strategies. …”
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Pharmaceutical properties of novel 3-((diisopropylamino)methyl)-5-(4-((4-(dimethylamino) benzylidene) imino) phenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2(3 H)-thione by Khalida F. Al-azawi, Butheina A. Hasoon, Raid A. Ismail, Khetam H. Rasool, Majid S. Jabir, Suaad S. Shaker, Kareem H. Jawad, Ahmed Mutanabbi Abdula, Suresh Ghotekar, Ayman A. Swelum

“…Furthermore, the MTT assay showed significant cytotoxic effects against PC-3 cells, indicating that the compound stimulates programmed cell death. The docking study confirmed the interaction of DMDBIPOT with the target binding pocket, validating its efficacy as a therapeutic agent. …”
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Knowledge, attitude, and practice of frailty management among clinical nurses: a cross-sectional study by Xueyan Huang, Haifang Zhou, Ying Feng, Mengchi Li, Rui Wang, Ge Fang, Lumeng Lu, Jian’ao Chen, Wenhui Jiang

“…The model was useful to explain practices in frailty management, thereby providing a theoretical basis for development of targeted training programs. Clinical trial number Not applicable.…”
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The influence of entrepreneurial role model on entrepreneurial intention: a cross-level investigation by Mu Xuan, Liu Yankai

“…Moreover, the authors believe that the media's promotion of entrepreneurial role models and entrepreneurial activities needs to be enhanced, for example, by incorporating entrepreneurship education in television programs, allowing youth to meet face-to-face with successful entrepreneurs, and developing entrepreneurship lectures or interview programs. …”
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The Role of Local Communities in Conserving Endangered Species (Case study: Persian Fallow Deer in Khuzestan Province, Iran) by Mohammad Reza Ashrafzadeh, Sara Salem

“…However, there are no reliable data for the species from these regions in recent years. The present study aims to assess the knowledge of local communities and the importance of the endangered species from the perspective of the human communities. …”
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First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole by The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration, Kazunori Akiyama, Antxon Alberdi, Walter Alef, Keiichi Asada, Rebecca Azulay, Anne-Kathrin Baczko, David Ball, Mislav Baloković, John Barrett, Dan Bintley, Lindy Blackburn, Wilfred Boland, Katherine L. Bouman, Geoffrey C. Bower, Michael Bremer, Christiaan D. Brinkerink, Roger Brissenden, Silke Britzen, Avery E. Broderick, Dominique Broguiere, Thomas Bronzwaer, Do-Young Byun, John E. Carlstrom, Andrew Chael, Chi-kwan Chan, Shami Chatterjee, Koushik Chatterjee, Ming-Tang Chen, Yongjun Chen, Ilje Cho, Pierre Christian, John E. Conway, James M. Cordes, Geoffrey B. Crew, Yuzhu Cui, Jordy Davelaar, Mariafelicia De Laurentis, Roger Deane, Jessica Dempsey, Gregory Desvignes, Jason Dexter, Sheperd S. Doeleman, Ralph P. Eatough, Heino Falcke, Vincent L. Fish, Ed Fomalont, Raquel Fraga-Encinas, William T. Freeman, Per Friberg, Christian M. Fromm, José L. Gómez, Peter Galison, Charles F. Gammie, Roberto García, Olivier Gentaz, Boris Georgiev, Ciriaco Goddi, Roman Gold, Minfeng Gu, Mark Gurwell, Kazuhiro Hada, Michael H. Hecht, Ronald Hesper, Luis C. Ho, Paul Ho, Mareki Honma, Chih-Wei L. Huang, Lei Huang, David H. Hughes, Shiro Ikeda, Makoto Inoue, Sara Issaoun, David J. James, Buell T. Jannuzi, Michael Janssen, Britton Jeter, Wu Jiang, Michael D. Johnson, Svetlana Jorstad, Taehyun Jung, Mansour Karami, Ramesh Karuppusamy, Tomohisa Kawashima, Garrett K. Keating, Mark Kettenis, Jae-Young Kim, Junhan Kim, Jongsoo Kim, Motoki Kino, Jun Yi Koay, Patrick M. Koch, Shoko Koyama, Michael Kramer, Carsten Kramer, Thomas P. Krichbaum, Cheng-Yu Kuo, Tod R. Lauer, Sang-Sung Lee, Yan-Rong Li, Zhiyuan Li, Michael Lindqvist, Kuo Liu, Elisabetta Liuzzo, Wen-Ping Lo, Andrei P. Lobanov, Laurent Loinard, Colin Lonsdale, Ru-Sen Lu, Nicholas R. MacDonald, Jirong Mao, Sera Markoff, Daniel P. Marrone, Alan P. Marscher, Iván Martí-Vidal, Satoki Matsushita, Lynn D. Matthews, Lia Medeiros, Karl M. Menten, Yosuke Mizuno, Izumi Mizuno, James M. Moran, Kotaro Moriyama, Monika Moscibrodzka, Cornelia Müller, Hiroshi Nagai, Neil M. Nagar, Masanori Nakamura, Ramesh Narayan, Gopal Narayanan, Iniyan Natarajan, Roberto Neri, Chunchong Ni, Aristeidis Noutsos, Hiroki Okino, Héctor Olivares, Gisela N. Ortiz-León, Tomoaki Oyama, Feryal Özel, Daniel C. M. Palumbo, Nimesh Patel, Ue-Li Pen, Dominic W. Pesce, Vincent Piétu, Richard Plambeck, Aleksandar PopStefanija, Oliver Porth, Ben Prather, Jorge A. Preciado-López, Dimitrios Psaltis, Hung-Yi Pu, Venkatessh Ramakrishnan, Ramprasad Rao, Mark G. Rawlings, Alexander W. Raymond, Luciano Rezzolla, Bart Ripperda, Freek Roelofs, Alan Rogers, Eduardo Ros, Mel Rose, Arash Roshanineshat, Helge Rottmann, Alan L. Roy, Chet Ruszczyk, Benjamin R. Ryan, Kazi L. J. Rygl, Salvador Sánchez, David Sánchez-Arguelles, Mahito Sasada, Tuomas Savolainen, F. Peter Schloerb, Karl-Friedrich Schuster, Lijing Shao, Zhiqiang Shen, Des Small, Bong Won Sohn, Jason SooHoo, Fumie Tazaki, Paul Tiede, Remo P. J. Tilanus, Michael Titus, Kenji Toma, Pablo Torne, Tyler Trent, Sascha Trippe, Shuichiro Tsuda, Ilse van Bemmel, Huib Jan van Langevelde, Daniel R. van Rossum, Jan Wagner, John Wardle, Jonathan Weintroub, Norbert Wex, Robert Wharton, Maciek Wielgus, George N. Wong, Qingwen Wu, Ken Young, André Young, Ziri Younsi, Feng Yuan, Ye-Fei Yuan, J. Anton Zensus, Guangyao Zhao, Shan-Shan Zhao, Ziyan Zhu, Juan-Carlos Algaba, Alexander Allardi, Rodrigo Amestica, Jadyn Anczarski, Uwe Bach, Frederick K. Baganoff, Christopher Beaudoin, Bradford A. Benson, Ryan Berthold, Jay M. Blanchard, Ray Blundell, Sandra Bustamente, Roger Cappallo, Edgar Castillo-Domínguez, Chih-Cheng Chang, Shu-Hao Chang, Song-Chu Chang, Chung-Chen Chen, Ryan Chilson, Tim C. Chuter, Rodrigo Córdova Rosado, Iain M. Coulson, Thomas M. Crawford, Joseph Crowley, John David, Mark Derome, Matthew Dexter, Sven Dornbusch, Kevin A. Dudevoir, Sergio A. Dzib, Andreas Eckart, Chris Eckert, Neal R. Erickson, Wendeline B. Everett, Aaron Faber, Joseph R. Farah, Vernon Fath, Thomas W. Folkers, David C. Forbes, Robert Freund, Arturo I. Gómez-Ruiz, David M. Gale, Feng Gao, Gertie Geertsema, David A. Graham, Christopher H. Greer, Ronald Grosslein, Frédéric Gueth, Daryl Haggard, Nils W. Halverson, Chih-Chiang Han, Kuo-Chang Han, Jinchi Hao, Yutaka Hasegawa, Jason W. Henning, Antonio Hernández-Gómez, Rubén Herrero-Illana, Stefan Heyminck, Akihiko Hirota, James Hoge, Yau-De Huang, C. M. Violette Impellizzeri, Homin Jiang, Atish Kamble, Ryan Keisler, Kimihiro Kimura, Yusuke Kono, Derek Kubo, John Kuroda, Richard Lacasse, Robert A. Laing, Erik M. Leitch, Chao-Te Li, Lupin C.-C. Lin, Ching-Tang Liu, Kuan-Yu Liu, Li-Ming Lu, Ralph G. Marson, Pierre L. Martin-Cocher, Kyle D. Massingill, Callie Matulonis, Martin P. McColl, Stephen R. McWhirter, Hugo Messias, Zheng Meyer-Zhao, Daniel Michalik, Alfredo Montaña, William Montgomerie, Matias Mora-Klein, Dirk Muders, Andrew Nadolski, Santiago Navarro, Joseph Neilsen, Chi H. Nguyen, Hiroaki Nishioka, Timothy Norton, Michael A. Nowak, George Nystrom, Hideo Ogawa, Peter Oshiro, Tomoaki Oyama, Harriet Parsons, Scott N. Paine, Juan Peñalver, Neil M. Phillips, Michael Poirier, Nicolas Pradel, Rurik A. Primiani, Philippe A. Raffin, Alexandra S. Rahlin, George Reiland, Christopher Risacher, Ignacio Ruiz, Alejandro F. Sáez-Madaín, Remi Sassella, Pim Schellart, Paul Shaw, Kevin M. Silva, Hotaka Shiokawa, David R. Smith, William Snow, Kamal Souccar, Don Sousa, T. K. Sridharan, Ranjani Srinivasan, William Stahm, Anthony A. Stark, Kyle Story, Sjoerd T. Timmer, Laura Vertatschitsch, Craig Walther, Ta-Shun Wei, Nathan Whitehorn, Alan R. Whitney, David P. Woody, Jan G. A. Wouterloot, Melvin Wright, Paul Yamaguchi, Chen-Yu Yu, Milagros Zeballos, Shuo Zhang, Lucy Ziurys

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Antecedents and consequences affecting job plateau among school employees in Tehran by Nafiseh Ghasemi Zargar, parivash jafari, Nadergholi Ghourchian, AmirHossein Mohammaddavoudi

“…Also, job plateauing was related to other variables, including age, gender, job history, race, and role ambiguity.Based on the research results, the following suggestions are presented:1- Considering the importance of education and awareness, school administrators should set up workshops according to the needs and methods of the day based on the development of employees and put targeted and continuous training programs in the executive agenda of their organization.2- Paying attention, recognizing and appreciating the small and big successes of employees will have a positive effect on the work process ahead of them. …”
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Development and application of a quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection and genotyping of bovine leukemia virus in cattle from Kazakhstan by Alexandr Ostrovskii, Alexandr Shevtsov, Marat Kuibagarov, Dinara Kamalova, Ayan Dauletov, Aralbek Rsaliyev, Yergali Abduraimov, Kassym Mukanov

“…This molecular surveillance provides essential baseline data for national BLV eradication programs and contributes to global BLV epidemiological mapping.…”
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Interpreting machine learning models based on SHAP values in predicting suspended sediment concentration by Houda Lamane, Latifa Mouhir, Rachid Moussadek, Bouamar Baghdad, Ozgur Kisi, Ali El Bilali

“…In this regard, the current study presents a novel framework involving four standalone ML models (extra trees (ET), random forest (RF), categorical boosting (CatBoost), and extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost)) and their combination with genetic programming (GP). …”
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Composition and Diversity Variation of Avifauna, along Different Vegetative Habitat Types in a Human-Modified Area, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka by B. K. A. Bellanthudawa, N. M. S. K. Nawalage, S. Subanky, P. A. B. G. Panagoda, H. W. G. A. S. Weerasinghe, L. K. D. N. Tharaka, H. M. A. K. Handapangoda, H. K. A. D. Silva, D. M. S. N. Dissanayake, M. S. J. Abeywickrama

“…Awareness and monitoring programs are recommended for sustainable conservation of bird species in Kelaniya.…”
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Predicting 30-day survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest: a nationwide cohort study using machine learning and SHAP analysis by Truls Råmunddal, Mats Borjesson, Erik Andersson, Per Nordberg, Kristofer Skoglund, Johan Herlitz, Araz Rawshani, Therese Djärv, Aidin Rawshani, Peter Lundgren, Antros Louca, Vibha Gupta, Joakim Sundström, Carl Magnusson

“…Objective In-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) presents a critical challenge with low survival rates and limited prediction tools. …”
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Smoking increases breast toxicity despite adjuvant hypofractionated IMRT in early breast cancer by Ana A. Díaz-Gavela, E. del Cerro, S. Sanchez-Garcia, C. Andreu-Vázquez, I. J. Thuissard-Vasallo, D. Sanz-Rosa, M. Pena-Huertas, C. Ruiz-Morales, L. L. Guerrero-Gomez, V. Duque-Santana, G. Hernandez-Cortés, L. Gonzalez-Cortijo, F. Counago

“…This study underscores the urgent need for comprehensive smoking cessation programs as part of cancer care, addressing lifestyle factors to improve patient outcomes and quality of life.…”
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