Soil flooding filters evolutionary lineages of tree communities in Amazonian riparian forests by Sthefanie do Nascimento Gomes deSouza, Darlisson Mesquita Batista, Adriano Costa Quaresma, Ana Luiza Costa, Layon Oreste Demarchi, Bianca Weiss Albuquerque, Viviane Pagnussat Klein, Gildo Feitoza, Angélica Faria de Resende, Gisele Biem Mori, Florian Wittmann, Leidiane Leão Oliveira, Amanda Frederico Mortati, Alan Cavalcanti daCunha, Jochen Schongart, Aline Lopes, Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade, Thiago André

“…We investigated whether Amazonian tree communities are phylogenetically structured and distributed along a flooding gradient from irregularly flooded forests along streams embedded within upland (terra‐firme) forest to seasonally flooded floodplains of large rivers (igapós). …”
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Disentangling the effects of eutrophication and natural variability on macrobenthic communities across French coastal lagoons by Jones, Auriane G., Schaal, Gauthier, Boyé, Aurélien, Creemers, Marie, Derolez, Valérie, Desroy, Nicolas, Fiandrino, Annie, Mouton, Théophile L., Simier, Monique, Smith, Niamh, Ouisse, Vincent

“…Here, we analyze a dataset composed of macrobenthic invertebrate abundances and environmental variables (hydro-morphology, water, sediment and macrophytes) gathered across 29 Mediterranean coastal lagoons located in France, to characterize the main drivers of community composition and structure. Using correlograms, linear models and variance partitioning, we found that lagoon hydro-morphology (connection to the sea and lagoon surface), which affects the level of environmental variability (salinity and temperature), as well as lagoon-scale benthic habitat diversity (using macrophyte morphotypes) seemed to regulate macrofauna distribution, while eutrophication and associated stressors like low dissolved oxygen, acted upon the existing communities, mainly by reducing species richness and diversity. …”
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Trait-mediated responses and co-occurrence patterns of breeding steppe birds under human footprint in Inner Mongolia by Wenyu Xu, Chunlu Wang, Yanqi Wang, Xi Yang, Lishi Zhang, Piotr Tryjanowski, Frédéric Jiguet, Zheng Han, Haitao Wang

“…This study investigates how human impacts affect the distribution and community structure of breeding steppe birds in Inner Mongolia, a biodiversity hotspot in Asia. …”
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Articular cartilage degeneration and aberrant osteocyte perilacunar/canalicular remodeling in subchondral bone of patients with developmental dysplasia of the hip by Teng Ye, Jiren Yan, Tianyou Kan, Guoming Xie, Zhichang Zhang, Wenjing Yin, Bizeng Zhao, Zhifeng Yu, Linyang Chu

“…Conclusions Our findings indicate that the abnormal osteocyte activity in subchondral bone might contribute to the deterioration of subchondral bone structure, which accelerates cartilage degeneration and DDH progression. …”
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Improved Technique in Arabic Handwriting Recognition by Ammar A. Al-Hamadani, Maad Kamal Al-Anni, Gamil R. S. Qaid, Najran Nasser Hamood

“…Hybrid methods, statistical features, and structural features are typical feature extraction strategies. …”
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Genomic regions of Solanum tuberosum L. associated with the tuber eye depth by I. V. Totsky, I. V. Rozanova, A. D. Safonova, A. S. Batov, Yu. A. Gureeva, A. V. Kochetov, E. K. Khlestkina

“…The 24 significant markers associated with the “eye depth” trait were identified using 15,214 SNP markers genotyped with the Illumina 22K SNP potato array chip and the general linear model (GLM) taking into account the population structure. …”
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Coffee Consumption Correlates With Better Cognitive Performance in Patients With a High Incidence for Stroke by Massimo Barbagallo, Anne Springer, Chiara Vanetta, Meret Allemann, Pratintip Lee, Soheil Saeedi, Stefanie Aeschbacher, Marco Luciani, Leo H. Bonati, Giorgio Moschovitis, Victor Scheu, Jonas Rutishauser, Richard Kobza, Marcello Di Valentino, Pascal B. Meyre, Nicolas Rodondi, David Conen, Michael Kühne, Stefan Osswald, Jürg H. Beer

“…Methods and Results Daily coffee consumption was assessed using a structured nutrition questionnaire, and cognitive function was evaluated by a detailed neurocognitive‐test‐battery, including the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Trail‐Making Test, semantic fluency, and Digit‐Symbol‐Substitution Test. …”
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Spatio-temporal dynamics of Isoberlinia-dominated woodlands in disturbance-prone landscapes over 15 years by Shègoun Eudes Idjigbèrou, Eméline Sêssi Pélagie Assédé, Séverin Biaou, Gérard Nounagnon Gouwakinnou, Armand Kuyema Natta, Samadori Sorotori Honoré Biaou

“…Productivity and disturbance influence species richness and structure, enhancing our understanding of vegetation dynamics and species coexistence over time. …”
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Relationships between Plant Biodiversity and Soil Fertility in a Mature Tropical Forest, Costa Rica by Martin B. Nadeau, Thomas P. Sullivan

“…Furthermore, species richness, Shannon-Wiener and Simpson’s species diversities, structural richness, and structural diversity were calculated for each plot. …”
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Optimizing XGBoost Hyperparameters for Credit Scoring Classification Using Weighted Cognitive Avoidance Particle Swarm by Atul Vikas Lakra, Sudarson Jena, Kaushik Mishra

“…Weighted cognitive avoidance particle swarm optimization for the XGBoost (WCAPSO-XGB) model has been proposed for credit score classification. The structure of the XGBoost (XGB) model is determined by the hyperparameters, which must be initialized prior to model evaluation. …”
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The intersection between circulatory microRNAs and biomarkers of neurodegeneration by Amber Yaqub, Rima Mustafa, M. Arfan Ikram, Mohsen Ghanbari

“…To account for the high-dimensional structure of miRNAs, we repeated the analysis using elastic net regularization models. …”
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Some New Optimal Skew Cyclic Codes With Derivation by Asia Noor, Atif Hasan Soori, Muhammad Shoaib Arif, Kamaleldin Abodayeh

“…These codes are modules over the ring <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mathcal {R}{[x,\alpha,\delta _{\alpha,\zeta }]}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> with automorphism <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\alpha $ </tex-math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\alpha $ </tex-math></inline-formula>-derivation <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\delta _{\alpha,\zeta }$ </tex-math></inline-formula>(where <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\zeta \in \mathcal {R}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>). The structure of ring <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mathcal {R}{[x,\alpha,\delta _{\alpha,\zeta }]}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> is presented to develop linear codes over the ring. …”
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Uric Acid Metabolism and Its Relationship with Glucose and Lipid Metabolism in Overweight and Obese Children and Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study in South China by Tang B, Li Y, Lin J, Zhu Y, Chen D, Mou Y, Zhu S

“…A dendrogram was generated to visualize the cluster structure.Results: Among 172 participants (96 males, 76 females), the mean age was 10.88± 2.70 years. …”
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Antibacterial Effect of Solenocera crassicornis Processing By-products Fermentation on Specific Spoilage Organisms of Squid Refrigeration by Ting SHU, Lin WANG, Xiaoyu ZOU, Ru SONG

“…However, the membrane structure of SR-SSOs did not undergo complete lysis. …”
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PREDICTION OF VERTICAL IMPACTION OF LOWER WISDOM TOOTH ACCORDING ORTHOPANTOMOGRAPHY OF LOWER JAW by A.M. Hohol, A.I. Pankevych, I.A. Kolisnyk, D.S. Machulenko, Ya.A. Hohol

“…To predict the nature of the impaction of the third lower molars, the authors provide indicators of the angle of the tooth, the structure of their roots, the degree of impact and age of the patient. …”
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Predicting OSA Using Radiographs of the Airway Anatomy by Du M, Gui Y, Guo Y, Liu J, Deng W, Huang J, Liu T, Zhang X, Pang F

“…The correlation between the Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI) and these upper airway anatomical factors was analyzed using both univariate and multivariate analyses to develop a predictive model for OSA.Results: The anatomical structure of the upper airway in patients with OSA is narrower compared to non-OSA individuals, and these patients exhibit a longer and thicker tongue. …”
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Breast cancer is a threatening scenario resulting from the development of endometriosis and benign breast disease overlap syndrome: literature review by T.A. Lunko, O.O. Lytvynenko, A.S. Lunko, S.V. Konovalenko, A.V. Khmel

“…According to the National Cancer Registry of Ukraine, mortality from breast cancer (BC) continues to be at the first places in the structure of oncological pathology among the female population. …”
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Development of a formative index for precarious employment in Denmark by Per Høgh Poulsen, Jesper Medom Vestergaard, Trine Nøhr Winding, Karin Biering, Johan Hviid Andersen, Rasmus Juul Møberg

“…Exploratory factor analysis was conducted to explore factor structure of the PE Index. To assess reliability and inter-item correlation of the individual dimensions, Cronbach's Alpha and Kendall's Tau were applied. …”
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Ultra-processed food intake and brain health in middle-aged and older adults by Jiawei Gu, Linli Chen, Yujia Bao, Xueer Yang, Xuhua Chen, Zheshen Han, Yibin Zhou, Xiaobei Deng, Yuhua Li, Jinjun Ran

“…Given the increasing prevalence of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in modern diets and their links to various chronic diseases, this study investigates their associations with neurodegeneration and alterations in brain structure. Design: A prospective cohort study. Setting and participants: 58,423 participants aged 40–70 years from the UK Biobank cohort (enrolled from 2006 to 2010) were included to examine the associations between UPF intake and neurodegenerative diseases, with a subsample of 5,462 participants with neuroimaging data used to investigate associations with regional gray matter morphology, including volume, thickness, and surface area. …”
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Application of artificial muscle e-rubber for healthcare sensing: verification of measurement properties as a smart insole by Hidemasa Yoneda, Hidemasa Yoneda, Takashi Yamaga, Takeshi Fujiwara, Yoko Komori, Masatoshi Shimada, Yuki Kato, Shintaro Oyama, Shingo Shimoda, Michiro Yamamoto, Hitoshi Hirata

“…However, for the sensor embedded within the insole housing, the coefficient of variation increased to less than 8%, and the confidence interval was 1.5%, likely owing to the influence of gaps within the insole structure. Regarding the load estimation equation, a 5th-order polynomial approximation (R2 &gt;0.999) demonstrated the best fit, indicating that it is sufficiently accurate for healthcare sensing applications. …”
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