The passport database of VIR’s bean collection as a tool for systemizing bean genetic diversity, studying the collection’s history, and monitoring the crop’s worldwide breeding (an... by T. V. Buravtseva, G. P. Egorova, M. A. Vishnyakova

“…The largest percentage in the collection belongs to the accessions of European origin (61%). The accessions from North and South Americas (over 600 and 460 entries, respectively) make up 17% of the collection, while the gene pool of Asian countries, 16%. …”
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Exome-wide genetic risk score (ExGRS) to predict high myopia across multi-ancestry populations by Jian Yuan, Ruowen Qiu, Yuhan Wang, Zhen Ji Chen, Haojun Sun, Wei Dai, Yinghao Yao, Ran Zhuo, Kai Li, Shilai Xing, Myopia Associated Genetics and Intervention Consortium, Xiaoguang Yu, Liya Qiao, Jia Qu, Jianzhong Su

“…This study enrolled two independent cohorts: 12,600 unrelated individuals of Han Chinese ancestry from Myopia Associated Genetics and Intervention Consortium (MAGIC) and 8682 individuals of European ancestry from UK Biobank (UKB). Results Here, we first estimate the heritability of HM resulting in 0.53 (standard error, 0.06) in the MAGIC cohort and 0.21 (standard error, 0.10) in the UKB cohort by using whole-exome sequencing (WES) data. …”
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A descriptive analysis of sarcopenia markers in young adults with down syndrome by Brett S. Nickerson, Michael R. Esco, George Schaefer, Elroy J. Aguiar, Stefan A. Czerwinski

“…Sarcopenia was computed using the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People revised definition (EWGSOP2). …”
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Inheritance of ornamental traits in bird cherry families with the cultivar ‘Nezhnost’ in their pedigree by A. V. Lokteva, V. S. Simagin

“…‘Colorata’ (source of the spring red leaf trait), ‘Purpurnaya Svecha’ (summer/autumn red leaf), ‘Pamyati Salamatova’ (number of flowers, and brush length), accessions Nos. 1-1-8 and 11-1-8 from the Central Siberian Botanical Garden’s collection (diameter of flowers and inflorescences), and selected forms “Tereshkovoy 38” and “Tereshkovoy 48/2” planted in Akademgorodok (brush length, number of flowers, and flower diameter).Results. Unlike European genotypes, these cultivars and hybrids are adapted to the conditions of Siberia. …”
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The Interpretation and Research of Neo-Latin Literature in the Hungarian historia litteraria Tradition between 1711 and 2010 by Piroska Balogh

“…In the view of the author, the historical overview of Hungarian Neo-Latin studies may be considered a paradigmatic example not only for Hungary but also for the Central and Eastern European region. …”
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Competition for food in macroplankton animals in the Vistula Lagoon by Krzysztof W. Opaliński

“…This is the time of mass occurrence of early developmental stages of the Baltic Sea herring, the European smelt, perch, and stickleback. Additionally, some quantities of the shrimp Neomysis integer can be found. …”
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Metabarcoding the night sky: Monitoring landscape-scale insect diversity through bat diet by Cynthia Tobisch, Svenja Dege, Bernd Panassiti, Julian Treffler, Christoph Moning

“…In this study, we analyzed the diet of a common European bat species (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) to investigate patterns in insect richness and composition at the landscape scale. …”
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Management of Canine Leishmaniasis and the Treatment Trends of Veterinarians in Aegean Region of Türkiye: A Questionnaire-based Survey by Metin Pekağırbaş, Mehmet Karakuş, Elif Dönmez, Hüseyin Gökhan Özdemir, Yusuf Özbel, Seray Töz

“…However, the preference for less advanced diagnostic methods over those employed by their European counterparts may result in insufficient detection of particularly asymptomatic patients. …”
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General Principles of Anti-Corruption in V4 Visegrad Countries: Experience of Hungary by V. S. Makarenko

“…The purpose of this article is to clarify the origins of the formation and to study general experience in implementing activities aimed at preventing and combating corruption in one of the countries of V4 Visegrad Group – Hungary, a neighbor of Ukraine, post-socialist country and member of the European Union since 2004, as well as to analyze its results and the possibility of implementing certain provisions into national legal system. …”
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Genome-Wide Association Study on Imputed Genotypes of 180 Eurasian Soybean <i>Glycine max</i> Varieties for Oil and Protein Contents in Seeds by Nadezhda A. Potapova, Irina V. Zorkoltseva, Alexander S. Zlobin, Andrey B. Shcherban, Anna V. Fedyaeva, Elena A. Salina, Gulnara R. Svishcheva, Tatiana I. Aksenovich, Yakov A. Tsepilov

“…This dataset encompassed 87 Russian and European cultivars and 93 breeding lines from Western Siberia. …”
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THE CONCEPT "SINN DES LEBENS" IN PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY by V. Y. Popov, Е. V. Popova

“…The authors have proved that the problem of "meaning of life" is not an "eternal problem" of philosophy, but arises only in the early nineteenth century as a reflection on European secularization and widespread individualistic values and becomes extremely relevant gaining different interpretations at the beginning of the twentieth century based on the crisis of the sensory values of modern man. …”
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L’apport de la gestion intégrée des zones côtières (GIZC) à la gestion de l’érosion côtière : intérêt et exemple en Méditerranée française by Hélène Rey-Valette, Philippe Carbonnel, Sébastien Roussel, Alexandre Richard

“…To cope with the loss of the lido, an integrated management project is currently underway and is coordinated by the Département de l’Hérault as a part of the BEACHMED-e INTERREG III-C South European project (2005-2008). This depicts the significance of combining the analysis of sediment cells and territory scales, as well as defining several areas for integrating local particularisms and adapting scenarios to the diversity of issues and zones.…”
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Pediatric and adolescent chronic myeloid leukemia: A follow-up study in Western India by Sangita A. Vanik, Dhaval Jetly, Biren Parikh, Karthik Dhandapani, Rukmini Bezbaruah

“…The maximum number of patients had low Sokal and European treatment and Outcomes Study (EUTOS) scores. …”
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Hunting for Cold Exoplanets via Microlensing by Beaulieu, Jean-Philippe

“…If combined with the European Euclid Space mission, we will be able to probe for free-floating telluric planets and measure their masses.…”
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Consumer perceptions of antimicrobial use in animal husbandry: A scoping review. by Jaime R Barrett, Gabriel K Innes, Kelly A Johnson, Guillaume Lhermie, Renata Ivanek, Amelia Greiner Safi, David Lansing

“…We use a scoping review methodology to assess research on consumer perceptions of antimicrobial drugs in meat products in the United States, Canada, or the European Union. Evaluating peer-reviewed and grey literature, we included studies for assessment if they met these topical and geographic requirements, involved primary data collection, and were originally published in English. …”
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Circulating Levels of Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) in Schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Omran Davarinejad, Saeid Komasi, Mohammad-Taher Moradi, Farzaneh Golmohammadi, Maryam Bahrami, Hamed Esmaeil Lashgarian, Masumeh Jalalvand, Sara Hookari, Fatemeh Kazemisafa

“…Subgroup analyses indicated that the standardized mean difference of GDNF was larger in European samples (d = –1.01, p ≤ 0.001) than in the Asian population (d = –0.61, p = 0.011). …”
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The Rapidly Evolving Treatment Landscape in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma: Current Status and Future Directions by Yuxin Liu, Clifton Mo, Monique Hartley-Brown, Shonali Midha, Adam S. Sperling, Giada Bianchi, Omar Nadeem, Betsy O’Donnell, Jacob Laubach, Paul G. Richardson

“…Ongoing trials are also outlined, including the data presented at the 65th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting & Exposition, the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, the 2024 European Hematology Association (EHA) Congress and the 21st International Myeloma Society (IMS) Annual Meeting 2024. …”
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Investigating misclassification of type 1 diabetes in a population-based cohort of British Pakistanis and Bangladeshis using polygenic risk scores by Timing Liu, Alagu Sankareswaran, Gordon Paterson, Genes & Health Research Team, Diane P. Fraser, Sam Hodgson, Qin Qin Huang, Teng Hiang Heng, Meera Ladwa, Nick Thomas, David A. van Heel, Michael N. Weedon, Chittaranjan S. Yajnik, Richard A. Oram, Giriraj R. Chandak, Hilary C. Martin, Sarah Finer

“…Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) for T1D and T2D have been shown to work relatively well in South Asians, despite being derived from largely European-ancestry samples. Here we used PRSs to investigate the rate of potential misclassification of diabetes amongst British Bangladeshis and Pakistanis. …”
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Antipredator behaviour in semi-feral horses: innate response and the influence of external factors by Antoine Bercy, Francisco Ceacero, Martina Komárková

“…Abstract Rewilding can play a vital role in safeguarding biodiversity, with the grazing pressure exerted by large ungulates and controlled by their predators being a significant factor, particularly in European contexts. Domestic horses are becoming integral to such ungulates’ biomass, but they may differ from truly wild species due to their domesticated origin. …”
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Return to play following craniotomy for non-traumatic brain lesions by Jovanna A. Tracz, Matthew L. Farmer, Mark Hughes, Debraj Mukherjee, Paul M. Brennan

“…Methods: A patient scenario-based survey was distributed to U.S. and Europe-based neurosurgeons via the American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons Tumor Section and the European Association of Neuro-Oncology. From one core patient scenario, 5 further scenarios were developed involving patients of varying age, sport preference, tumor pathology, and craniotomy approach. …”
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