Ultrasound-Assisted Optimal Development and Characterization of Stevia-Sweetened Functional Beverage by Muhammad Kamran Khan, Muhammad Naveed Asif, Muhammad Haseeb Ahmad, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Sajid Arshad, Sadia Hassan, Muhammad Imran Khan, Mahr-un Nisa, Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal, Niaz Muhammad

“…According to the observation, the treatment US60 (60% amplitude for 15 min) showed better retention for total phenolic content (78.65 ± 1.37 mg GAE/100 mL), total flavonoid content (23.53 ± 0.15 mg CE/100 mL), DPPH (66.43 ± 1.45 %), and FRAP (65.17 ± 1.10 mmol Trolox/100 mL) as compared to pasteurized and control samples while keeping other physicochemical properties in range. …”
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Assessing Lung and Skin Cancer Risks for Steel and Iron Manufacturing Industry Workers Exposed to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Ying-Fang Wang, Yu-Chieh Kuo, Ming-Yeng Lin, Perng-Jy Tsai

“…The estimated lifetime excessive lung cancer risks for the latter (2.09 × 10−3) were lower than that of the former (3.43 × 10-3–8.84 × 10−3), they were all higher than the significant risk (10−3) defined by the US Supreme Court. The mean whole-body total PAH dermal exposure levels were 2.84 × 105–7.45 × 105 ng day−1, and those body surfaces uncovered by clothes were found with higher exposure levels. …”
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Improving explainability of post-separation suicide attempt prediction models for transitioning service members: insights from the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servi... by Emily R. Edwards, Joseph C. Geraci, Sarah M. Gildea, Claire Houtsma, Jacob A. Holdcraft, Chris J. Kennedy, Andrew J. King, Alex Luedtke, Brian P. Marx, James A. Naifeh, Nancy A. Sampson, Murray B. Stein, Robert J. Ursano, Ronald C. Kessler

“…Abstract Risk of U.S. Army soldier suicide-related behaviors increases substantially after separation from service. …”
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Wastewater-based estimation of temporal variation in shedding amount of influenza A virus and clinically identified cases using the PRESENS model by Hiroki Ando, Michio Murakami, Masaaki Kitajima, Kelly A. Reynolds

“…In this study, we applied two mathematical models to previously collected wastewater and clinical data from four U.S. states during the 2022/2023 influenza season, dominated by the H3N2 subtype. …”
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Factors Associated With Missing Biological Samples in the Dog Aging Project by Sydney N. Holland, Amanda K. Tinkle, Jena N. Prescott, Brianna L. Blattman, Robyn L. McClelland, Yunbi Nam, Dog Aging Project Consortium, Kate E. Creevy, Virginia R. Fajt

“…ABSTRACT Background The Dog Aging Project (DAP) is a longitudinal study examining aging in US companion dogs, where missing data pose a challenge to result validity and statistical power. …”
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Voxel Volumes and Biomass: Estimating Vegetation Volume and Litter Accumulation of Exotic Annual Grasses Using Automated Ultra‐High‐Resolution SfM and Advanced Classification Techn... by Josh Enterkine, Ahmad Hojatimalekshah, Monica Vermillion, Thomas Van Der Weide, Sergio A. Arispe, William J. Price, April Hulet, Nancy F. Glenn

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Cost-effectiveness of targeted next-generation sequencing (tNGS) for detection of tuberculosis drug resistance in India, South Africa and Georgia: a modeling analysisResearch in co... by Suvesh Shrestha, Angelina Addae, Cecily Miller, Nazir Ismail, Alice Zwerling

“…The primary outcome was incremental cost (2021 US$) per disability-adjusted life year (DALY) averted. …”
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Effects of dam fear and stress on metrics of puppy welfare in commercial breeding kennels by Aynsley C. Romaniuk, Shanis Barnard, Traci Shreyer, Candace Croney

“…However, maternal effects have not been extensively explored in US commercial breeding kennels (CBKs). Therefore, the objective of this study was to identify if fear and stress in dams affected puppy welfare metrics in CBKs. …”
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Economic evaluation of pan-genotypic generic direct-acting antiviral regimens for treatment of chronic hepatitis C in Iran: a cost-effectiveness study by Seyed Moayed Alavian, Mohammad Tasavon Gholamhoseini, Heidar Sharafi, Helena HL Borba, Asma Sabermahani, Behzad Hajarizadeh

“…Costs were converted to US dollars using purchasing power parity exchange rate ($PPP). …”
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On the nature of picobirnaviruses by A. Yu. Kashnikov, N. V. Epifanova, N. A. Novikova

“…The genome saturation with the Shine–Dalgarno sequences, as well as the preservation of this saturation in the progeny, according to scientists, allows us to attribute PBVs to prokaryotic viruses. On the other hand, there is a possibility that PBVs belong to viruses of eukaryotic hosts – fungi or invertebrates, since PBV­like sequences similar to the genome of fungal viruses from the families of mitoviruses and partitiviruses have been identified. …”
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Genetic diversity of potato varieties bred in Russia and near-abroad countries based on polymorphism of SSR-loci and markers associated with resistance R-genes by O. Y. Antonova, N. A. Shvachko, L. Y. Novikova, O. Y. Shuvalov, L. I. Kostina, N. S. Klimenko, A. R. Shuvalova, T. A. Gavrilenko

“…Results of molecular screening using six markers of the H1 and Gro1-4 genes allowed us to detect 6 haplotypes in the tested subset. …”
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<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Proteins Implicated in the Reduced Virulence of <i>sarA</i> and <i>sarA/agr</i> Mutants in Osteomyelitis by Karen E. Beenken, Mara J. Campbell, Stephanie D. Byrum, Rick D. Edmondson, Samuel G. Mackintosh, Alan J. Tackett, Mark S. Smeltzer

“…Based on this, we used a mass-based proteomics approach to compare the proteomes of LAC, its isogenic <i>agr</i>, <i>sarA</i>, and <i>sarA/agr</i> mutants, and isogenic derivatives of all four of these strains unable to produce the extracellular proteases aureolysin, SspA, SspB, ScpA, or SplA-F. This allowed us to identify proteins that were present in reduced amounts in <i>sarA</i>, and <i>sarA</i>/<i>agr</i> mutants owing to the increased production of extracellular proteases. …”
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Evaluation of needs and supply of emergency care in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: a cross-sectional household survey by Lee Wallis, Peter Hodkinson, Ken Diango, John Yangongo, Vera Sistenich, Eric Mafuta

“…Most households were economically disadvantaged (70.0% lived with &lt;US$100 per person per month) and had no health insurance (98.4%) in a country using a fee-for-service healthcare payment system. …”
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The Society of Orthodox Parishes of Petrograd and its Province (1920–1922): the Experience of Sobornost under Persecution by Goltsov, Nikita V.

“…Here, for the first time, the question of the organization’s relationship with the Petrograd Diocesan Council is posed, and analysis leads us to conclude that there was a conflict between the agencies of diocesan administration and the social movement within the church, which was clearly manifest in the late 1910s and early 1920s. …”
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The association between neutrophil to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and gallstones: a cross-sectional study by Yinkang Wang, Xingchen Shang, Yinchao Zhang, Yu Zhang, Wei Shen, Qian Wu, Wenyi Du

“…Methods This study investigated the correlation between NHR and gallstone prevalence among US adults using population-based data from the 2017–2020 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). …”
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Economic evaluation of integrated services for non-communicable diseases and HIV: costs and client outcomes in rural Malawi by Luckson Dullie, Emily B Wroe, Elizabeth L Dunbar, Noel Kalanga, Lawrence Nazimera, Adarsh Shah, Bright Mailosi, Chiyembekezo Kachimanga, Ryan K McBain, Natalie Price, Mahlet Gizaw, Chantelle Boudreaux, Liberty Neba

“…Objective To evaluate the costs and client outcomes associated with integrating screening and treatment for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) into HIV services in a rural and remote part in southeastern Africa.Design Prospective cohort study.Setting Primary and secondary level health facilities in Neno District, Malawi.Participants New adult enrollees in Integrated Chronic Care Clinics (IC3) between July 2016 and June 2017.Main outcome measures We quantified the annualised total and per capita economic cost (US$2017) of integrated chronic care, using activity-based costing from a health system perspective. …”
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Incorporation of κ-carrageenan improves the practical features of agar/konjac glucomannan/κ-carrageenan ternary system by Dongling Qiao, Hao Li, Fatang Jiang, Siming Zhao, Sheng Chen, Binjia Zhang

“…Consequently, the ternary composites with less κ-carrageenan (below 25 %) exhibited stabilized elongation at break and hydrophilicity at different RHs. This hints to us that agar/KGM/κ-carrageenan composite systems can display series applications with improved features, e.g., increased sol-gel transition point.…”
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SILAC-based quantification reveals modulation of the immunopeptidome in BRAF and MEK inhibitor sensitive and resistant melanoma cells by Melissa Bernhardt, Anne Rech, Marion Berthold, Melina Lappe, Jan-Niklas Herbel, Florian Erhard, Annette Paschen, Bastian Schilling, Bastian Schilling, Andreas Schlosser

“…Moreover, we identified putative tumor-specific cryptic HLA peptides linked to these processes that might represent exploitable targets for cancer immunotherapy.ConclusionsWe have developed a new mass spectrometric approach that allowed us to investigate the effects of common MAPK inhibitors on the immunopeptidome of melanoma cells. …”
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Bio-energy auditing, system productivity, energy efficiencies and economics of different direct-seeded basmati rice-based cropping systems and nutrient management options by Rakesh Kumar Verma, Yashbir Singh Shivay, Radha Prasanna, Prakash Chand Ghasal, Chiter Mal Parihar, Mukesh Choudhary, Raghavendra Madar

“…The maximum net return (5755 US$/ha) was obtained under CS4. Conclusion A cropping system involving DSBR-cabbage-onion and application of 50% RDF + 25% RDN through vermicompost + biofertilizers is identified as the most productive, energy efficient and profitable production system.…”
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The dynamics of sea otter prey selection under population growth and expansion by Clinton B. Leach, Benjamin P. Weitzman, James L. Bodkin, Daniel Esler, George G. Esslinger, Kimberly A. Kloecker, Daniel H. Monson, Jamie N. Womble, Mevin B. Hooten

“…This framework enabled us to estimate the sequence of sea otter prey selection and switching as prey populations responded to sea otter foraging pressure. …”
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