TRACtion: A collaborative, community-researcher agenda-setting approach by Adam Millard-Ball, Juan Matute, Monisha Reginald, Carolyn Pugh, Chase Engelhardt, tamika l butler

“…We then used the working group priorities as the starting point for focused literature reviews, identifying questions that are already well researched and those where future research could address the themes raised by the working groups. …”
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Persistent and emerging threats to Arctic biodiversity and ways to overcome them: a horizon scan by Tanya A. Lemieux, Jackson D.R. Coles, Anne L. Haley, Michelle L. LaFlamme, Sara K. Steel, Kara M. Scott, Jennifer F. Provencher, Courtney Price, Joseph R. Bennett, Isabel C. Barrio, Helen S. Findlay, Simon J. Goodman, Blake Matthews, Joacim Näslund, David. A. Pearce, Robert D. Hollister, Mark L. Mallory, Paul A. Smith, Gabriela Schaepman-Strub, Steven J. Cooke

“…Here, we identify research priorities to serve as a starting point for addressing the most pressing threats to Arctic biodiversity. …”
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European Guideline on IgG4-related Digestive Disease — UEG and SGF Evidence-based Recommendations by J.-M. Lohr, U. Beuers, M. Vujasinovic, D. Alvaro, J. B. Frøkjær, F. Buttgereit, G. Capurso, E. L. Culver, E. de-Madaria, E. Della-Torre, S. Detlefsen, E. Dominguez-Munoz, P. Czubkowski, N. Ewald, L. Frulloni, N. Gubergrits, D. G. Duman, Th. Hackert, J. Iglesias-Garcia, N. Kartalis, A. Laghi, F. Lammert, F. Lindgren, A. Okhlobystin, G. Oracz, A. Parniczky, R. M. P. Mucelli, V. Rebours, J. Rosendahl, N. Schleinitz, A. Schneider, E. FH van Bommel, C. S. Verbeke, M. P. Vullierme, H. Witt, the UEG guideline working group

“…Treatment with glucocorticoids should be weight-based and initiated at a dose of 0.6-0.8 mg/kg body weight/day orally (typical starting dose 30-40 mg/day prednisone equivalent) for 1 month to induce remission and then be tapered within two additional months. …”
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PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF GEO-ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH OBTAINED DURING THE 3rd INTERNATIONAL EXPEDITION OF THE R/V “MARE NIGRUM” (01.06.2024 – 15.06.2024) by M.M. Ievlev, O.V. Chubenko, V.O. Iemelianov, N.O. Fedoronchuk

“…The DOORS-3 program was developed as part of Work Package 4. The project started on June 1, 2021 and will end on May 31, 2025, and will last 48 months. …”
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A novel isothermal whole genome sequencing approach for Monkeypox Virus by Matthias Licheri, Manon Flore Licheri, Lukas Probst, Cora Sägesser, Pascal Bittel, Franziska Suter-Riniker, Ronald Dijkman

“…This approach yielded from 88% up to 100% genome coverage using either alkaline denatured extracted DNA or clinical material as starting material, with the highest coverage generated by clinical material. …”
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APMAT analysis reveals the association between CD8 T cell receptors, cognate antigen, and T cell phenotype and persistence by Jingyi Xie, Daniel G. Chen, William Chour, Rachel H. Ng, Rongyu Zhang, Dan Yuan, Jongchan Choi, Michaela McKasson, Pamela Troisch, Brett Smith, Lesley Jones, Andrew Webster, Yusuf Rasheed, Sarah Li, Rick Edmark, Sunga Hong, Kim M. Murray, Jennifer K. Logue, Nicholas M. Franko, Christopher G. Lausted, Brian Piening, Heather Algren, Julie Wallick, Andrew T. Magis, Kino Watanabe, Phil Mease, Philip D. Greenberg, Helen Chu, Jason D. Goldman, Yapeng Su, James R. Heath

“…Here, we describe Antigen-TCR Pairing and Multiomic Analysis of T-cells (APMAT), an integrated experimental-computational framework designed for the high-throughput capture and analysis of CD8 T cells, with paired antigen, TCR sequence, and single-cell transcriptome. Starting with 951 putative antigens representing a comprehensive survey of the SARS-CoV-2 viral proteome, we utilize APMAT for the capture and single cell analysis of CD8 T cells from 62 HLA A*02:01 COVID-19 participants. …”
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Role of the CHADS-VASc score in predicting hospital stay and 90-day readmission among patients with atrial fibrillation in Syria by Ibrahim Antoun, Alamer Alkhayer, Alkassem Alkhayer, Yaman Mahfoud, Ahmed Kotb, Riyaz Somani, G André Ng, Mustafa Zakkar

“…There was an increase in the incident rate ratio (IRR) of LOS starting from a CHA 2 DS 2 -VASc of 2 (IRR: 2, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.7–2.2) to a score of >6 (IRR: 5, 95% CI: 1.8–10.7), compared with a score of 0. …”
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Mobile ad-hoc networks: MANET by Mikarić Bratislav, Spalević Petar, Jakšić Branimir

“…This way of accessing the Internet while on the go-via a laptop computer would require an infrastructure like the GSM network. That is why we started to develop a different network model, which are ad-hoc networks, that is, Mobile Ad-hoc Networks, as an ad-hoc network.…”
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Chronic abdominal pain and persistent disorder of nutritional status by V. T. Ivashkin, Ye. A. Poluyektova

“…Symptoms included epigastric pain, sometimes belt-like, not related to food intake, posture or defecation, sensation of bitter taste, fever up to 37,2–37,4 °С without relation to time of day, physical activity or pain intensity. Symptoms started in childhood, onset of disease patient associated to irregular and improper nutrition. …”
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The Role of Architectural Preservation Processes on the Permanence of Heritage Buildings of Value by Sham Mustafa Qadir, Banaz N. Muhealdeen, Mahmood Ahmed Khayat, Sherko Karim Kader Maruf, Shava Shirwan Ibrahim Agha

“…The research problem is the fragile focus on the importance of functional value when starting the architectural preservation work, even though it requires an in-depth study of the extent of the impact of this change on preserving the heritage value of the building. …”
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Anticipating The Return of Foreign Terrorist Fighters: Indonesia-Australia’s Initiative on Sub-Regional Meetings on Counterterrorism by Nuri Widiastuti Veronika

“…Despite the Indonesian-Australian “turbulent” history of their bilateral relationship, the two countries have initiated a high-level meeting called the Sub-Regional Meeting (SRM) on Counter-Terrorism. Starting with six participants in 2017 (Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, and the Philippines), Indonesia-Australia’s co-leadership has attracted Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand to join the 2018 Jakarta meeting and the 2020 virtual meeting. …”
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Economic Analysis of Water Treatments for Phosphorus Removal in Florida by Daisuke Sano, Alan Hodges, Robert Degner

“…Reservoir-Assisted STA, which treated 540 ppb to 40 ppb phosphorus concentration in Central Florida, had an estimated cost of $77. STAs starting with concentrations ranging from 40 to 180 ppb and facing a target of 10 ppb phosphorus concentration in South Florida had much higher cost estimates, ranging between $268 and $1,346 per kg. …”
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The promised potential of blockchain technology for transparency and fairness in agri-food chains: insights from the coffee sector by Antonella Samoggia, Andrea Fantini, Rino Ghelfi

“…This research contributes to the ongoing discourse on the implications of adopting blockchain, by addressing the issue of the potential of blockchain technology to contribute to fairness within the coffee chains. Starting from a theoretical framework that conceptualizes agrifood fairness and its relationship with blockchain, the research proceeds with an exploration of adopted blockchains’ fairness relevant information in 47 coffee products commercialized by 25 coffee roaster companies. …”
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Study of Life Events and Quality of Life in Patients of Major Depressive Disorder by Alkesh Patil, Aparna Sengupta, Ashwini Mule, Sagar Karia

“…Other steps comprise of starting early treatment, ensuring treatment adherence, reducing severity, and reducing relapse. …”
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Three-Dimensional Virtual Model for Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy (RAPN): Development of Study Protocol for Evaluation of the Learning Curve to Optimize the Precision and Accu... by Traverso P, Mantica G, Giasotto V, Terrone C

“…In this light, the aim of the study is to evaluate the accuracy, the interpersonal variability of the precision and the learning curve for the segmentation of RAPN 3D preoperative models starting from CT images. This study will identify the influence of operator experience and learning curves on the accuracy of 3D preoperative models in RAPN, optimizing workflows for broader clinical adoption.Keywords: 3D surgery, RAPN, three-dimensional, virtual model, nephrectomy…”
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Predator–prey interaction in insects and arachnids: a chemical ecology perspective by Vivek Kempraj, Soo Jean Park

“…Predator–prey interaction has sequential stages starting with initial detection, attack by the predator or either evasion or counterattack by the prey, capture by the predator or escape by the prey, and ingestion by the predator or alarm by the prey. …”
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Development of Applied Linguistics by Meilutė Ramonienė

“…The article focuses on the work started after the restoration of independence of the Republic of Lithuania in 1990, because only from that time onwards did the work of Lithuanian applied linguistics enter the international mainstream of this science. …”
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Comment on “Neutrino interaction with matter in a noninertial frame” by R. R. S. Oliveira

“…So, using Studenikin’s paper [19] as a starting point (as well as others in the literature), we write one of the equations from Dvornikov’s paper [1] in a matrix form. …”
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THE POLITICS OF INSECURITY REPORTAGE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA by ISA SA’IDU

“…In the geopolitical North, it started as mere conflict over access to land largely involving herders and farmers. …”
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Evaluation of acitretin side effects on Iraqi psoriatic patients by Ahmed H. Kadhim‎, Dhia'a A. Hassan‎, Amer H. Chyad‎, Abdulstaar M. Khudyar‎

“…Twenty  psoriatic outpatient were treated with a dose of 25mg/ day for three continuous months in outpatient clinic of al- noor hospital during 2009 , their lipid profiles , liver and kidney function tests before starting treatment with acitretin considered as a control values. …”
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