Factors affecting detection probability: Insights from banding data in a long-term continent-wide monitoring program by Morgane Gicquel, Juan C. Alonso, Lovisa Nilsson, Matthew Low, Javier A. Alonso, Dmitrijs Boiko, Damon Bridge, Patrick Dulau, Thomas Heinicke, Anne Kettner, Yosef Kiat, Petras Kurlavičius, Sigvard Lundgren, Michael Modrow, Günter Nowald, Ivar Ojaste, Alain Salvi, Jostein Sandvik, Markéta Ticháčková, Antonio Torrijo, Jari Valkama, Zsolt Végvári, Johan Månsson

“…In this study we investigate factors influencing detection rates of colour-banded Eurasian cranes (Grus grus), from a monitoring program spanning 35 years, involving 5049 marked individuals using four different types of bands (ELSA, ‘Finnish’, ‘Spanish’ and alphanumeric) with 172,725 resightings along migratory flyways. …”
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Regreening Practices and Effectiveness Evaluation for Rocky Slope Drawdown Zones in Pumped Storage Power Station Reservoirs by YANG Zhi-chao, MA Xiao-xiao, CHANG Shi-ju, TANG Yu-shuang, ZHAO Rui-yi, WAN Dan, ZHANG Qian-zhu

“…Plants exhibited strong resilience in terms of post-submersion recovery, expansion, and colonization, achieving an overall survival rate of 83.2%. Bamboo Willow (Salix sp), Bamboo Willow cuttings (Salix sp), Zhongshan Fir (Taxodium hybrid), Wallich Willow (Salix wallichiana), Chaste Tree (Vitex negundo), Lax-flowered Myricaria (Myricaria laxiflora), Variegated Willow cuttings (Salix variegata), Small Dogwood (Swida paucinervis), and Chinese Distylium (Distylium chinense) all achieved survival rates exceeding 85% and exhibited long-term tolerance to complete submersion. …”
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Trends in Antihypertensive Drug Use and Irrational Prescriptions Among Elderly Patients in China (2016–2023): A Nationwide Multi-Center Cross-Sectional Survey Study by Hong D, Chen W, Du S, Ren J, Lv D, Shan W, Lu X, Zhao Q

“…The overall proportion of first-line antihypertensive prescriptions was 97.47% but showed a slight declining trend (APC=− 0.66%, P=0.004). The rates of inappropriate combination medication and overall irrational prescriptions decreased, while the rate of contraindicated medication prescriptions increased (P< 0.001). …”
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Global burden of tuberculosis among adults aged 60 years and older, 1990-2021: Findings from the global burden of disease study 2021 by Junping Liu, Yue Zhou, Juan Guan, Yaping Liu, Weijian Song, Wei Liu, Xinle Yin, Yuqin Liu, Ting Li, Long Jin, Lihan Zhang, Yunkai Li, Lin Wu, Nan Wang, Zhaoyue Liu, Xinru Liu, Yanfu Wang, Qunhong Wu, Libo Liang

“…Results: A decreasing trend in age-standardized incidence rate, age-standardized mortality rate, and disability-adjusted life-years rates for TB and drug-susceptible TB was observed among the elderly population worldwide, whereas an upward trend was noted for MDR-TB and XDR-TB. …”
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Solar dryers: A review of mechanism, methods and critical analysis of transport models applicable in solar drying of product by Onyinyechi Nnamchi, Cyprian Tom, Godwin Akpan, Murphy Umunna, David Ubong, Mathew Ibeh, Adindu Linus–Chibuezeh, Leonard Akuwueke, Stephen Nnamchi, Augustine Ben, Macmanus Ndukwu

“…Solar drying has been demonstrated to be a sustainable and eco-friendly drying process for drying and preserving agricultural products, offering advantages over traditional methods that include faster drying rates, improved product quality, and reduced energy costs. …”
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Assessing Natural Variation as a Baseline for Biodiversity Monitoring: The Case of an East Mediterranean Canyon by Meir Finkel, Ariel Leib Leonid Friedman, Hagar Leschner, Ben Cohen, Hoshen Inbar, Shai Gelbert, Agam Rozen, Eitan Barak, Ido Livne, Ittai Renan, Gilad Ben-Zvi, Orr Comay

“…Despite substantial species turnover rates between periods in all the taxa, almost no change was found regarding the biogeographical origins of plant and beetle species composition. …”
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Deep learning enhanced road traffic analysis: Scalable vehicle detection and velocity estimation using PlanetScope imagery by Maciej Adamiak, Yulia Grinblat, Julian Psotta, Nir Fulman, Himshikhar Mazumdar, Shiyu Tang, Alexander Zipf

“…Satellite-based approaches provide broad spatial coverage, but face challenges, including high costs, low frame rates, and difficulty detecting small vehicles in medium-resolution imagery. …”
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Antitumor power of oncolytic HSV engineered with IL-12 and IL-15 by Lei Zhang, Yanbin Zhu, Kunpeng Zheng, Xinyu Zhang, Chunxue Fu, Dan Wang, Xinqiang Zhang, Tong Wu, Shuxin Han, Zhenghai Ma

“…Treatment with RG2006 significantly reduced tumor growth and extended survival rates compared to other forms of oHSV-1. Analyses indicated a marked elevation in T cell and NK cell activation in mice receiving RG2006. …”
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<i>SHROOM3</i> Deficiency Aggravates Adriamycin-Induced Nephropathy Accompanied by Focal Adhesion Disassembly and Stress Fiber Disorganization by Li-Nan Xu, Ying-Ying Sun, Yan-Feng Tan, Xin-Yue Zhou, Tian-Chao Xiang, Ye Fang, Fei Li, Qian Shen, Hong Xu, Jia Rao

“…Clinically, the glomerular <i>SHROOM3</i> expression positively correlated with glomerular filtration rates in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis patients. …”
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Satellite-Based Prediction of Water Turbidity Using Surface Reflectance and Field Spectral Data in a Dynamic Tropical Lake by Elsa Pereyra-Laguna, Valeria Ojeda-Castillo, Enrique J. Herrera-López, Jorge del Real-Olvera, Leonel Hernández-Mena, Ramiro Vallejo-Rodríguez, Jesús Díaz

“…In this study, we utilized Landsat satellite imagery in conjunction with near-synchronous in situ reflectance measurements to monitor spatial and seasonal turbidity patterns between 2023 and 2025. The surface reflectance was radiometrically corrected and validated using spectroradiometer data collected across eight sampling sites in the eastern sector of the lake, the area where the highest rates of horizontal change in turbidity occur. …”
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Nutritional status, body indices, and somatotype in Aymara and Quechua children from high Andean areas of Peru by Lidia Sofia Caballero Gutiérrez, Rodolfo Adrian Núñez Postigo, Juber Chávez Dominguez, Vilma Lucrecia Tapia Aguirre, José Oscar Alberto Begazo Miranda

“…Among the findings, most children presented normal nutritional status according to BMI-for-age and height-for-age Z-scores. However, high rates of overweight and obesity were observed in Aymara (39%) and Quechua (28.4%) children, with differences in fat content between ethnic groups at the 5th, 10th, 50th, and 75th percentiles. …”
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Mutation Profiling of Premalignant Colorectal Neoplasia by Jakub Karczmarski, Krzysztof Goryca, Jacek Pachlewski, Michalina Dabrowska, Kazimiera Pysniak, Agnieszka Paziewska, Maria Kulecka, Malgorzata Lenarcik, Andrzej Mroz, Michal Mikula, Jerzy Ostrowski

“…HGD adenomas had significantly higher mutation rates than LGD adenomas, while LGD-H adenomas exhibited mutation frequencies similar to those of LGD adenomas. …”
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Real-world effectiveness and safety of CDK4/6i in elderly and BIPOC patients with HR+/HER2- advanced/metastatic breast cancer: an updated systematic literature review by Nadia Harbeck, Adam Brufsky, Chloe Grace Rose, Beata Korytowsky, Connie Chen, Krista Tantakoun, Endri Jazexhi, Do Hoang Vien Nguyen, Meaghan Bartlett, Imtiaz A. Samjoo, Timothy Pluard

“…Key outcomes for synthesis were effectiveness, treatment patterns, and safety.ResultsThis review included 23 unique studies. …”
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Improvement of Oral Anticoagulant Prescription and Long‐Term Clinical Outcomes of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation After Implementation of a Clinical Decision Support System in Ou... by Po‐Tseng Lee, Mu‐Hsiang Huang, Ting‐Chun Huang, Pi‐Shan Sung, Chi‐Hui Hsu, Ya‐Ling Huang, Sheng‐Hsian Lin, Ping‐Yen Liu

“…Results OAC prescription rates increased from 47.3% to 67.5% after CDSS implementation. …”
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Exploring mobility data for enhancing HIV care engagement in Black/African American and Hispanic/Latinx individuals: a longitudinal observational study protocol by Katherine P Theall, Lisa Hightow-Weidman, Xiaoming Li, Sean Young, Lidia Flores, Seungjun Kim, Maryam Hassani, Cristina De Haro, Mohamed Emish, Zeyad Kelani, Dominic Arjuna Ugarte, Amanda Castel

“…Mobility data that measure individuals’ movements over time in combination with sociostructural data (eg, crime, census) can potentially identify barriers and facilitators to HIV care engagement and can enhance public health surveillance and inform interventions.Methods and analysis The proposed work is a longitudinal observational cohort study aiming to enrol 400 Black/African American and Hispanic/Latinx individuals living with HIV in areas of the USA with high prevalence rates of HIV. Each participant will be asked to share at least 14 consecutive days of mobility data per month through the study app for 1 year and complete surveys at five time points (baseline, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months). …”
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Lignin Unlocks Stealth Carbon Sinks in Cold Seeps via Microbial Enzymatic Gatekeeping by Jialing Li, Jingchun Feng, Pandeng Wang, Mengzhuo Zhu, Yongji Huang, Ying Wu, Junning Fan, Junlin Hu, Xiyang Dong, Yingli Zhou, Xuanyu Tao, Si Zhang

“…Our findings establish 3 paradigm shifts: (a) The turnover rates of terrestrial organic carbon are likely underestimated in deep-sea ecosystems; (b) microbial consortia employ combinatorial enzymatic strategies distinct from terrestrial decomposition regimes; (c) methyl shunting from lignin breakdown primes methanogenic precursors, revealing cryptic linkages between refractory carbon cycling and greenhouse gas reservoirs.…”
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Nutritional status, dietary inflammatory potential, and risk of osteosarcopenia: the Bushehr Elderly Health (BEH) program by Gita Shafiee, Mehrad Nasiri, Zhaleh Shadman, Mehdi Ebrahimi, Narges Zargar Balajam, Ramin Abdi Dezfouli, Iraj Nabipour, Ramin Heshmat

“…Abstract Background Osteosarcopenia is a growingly approved geriatric condition with a significant prevalence that contributes to higher rates of illness and death. Chronic inflammation and inadequate nutrition are key risk factors for numerous age-related diseases. …”
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Ultrasound-activated miR-195-5p/shikonin nanobubbles remodel immunosuppressive microenvironment via immunogenic cell death to potentiate PD-1/PD-L1 blockade in hepatocellular carci... by Yandi Tan, Qiao Xu, Yezi Chen, Yun Liu, Chaoqi Liu, Xinwu Cui, Yun Zhao

“…Despite the transformative clinical impact of programmed cell death ligand 1/programmed death 1 (PD-1/PD-L1) blockade in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), therapeutic efficacy remains limited by the tumor immunosuppressive microenvironment (TIME), with objective response rates persistently below 20 %. To address this critical clinical challenge, we engineered ultrasound (US)-responsive lipid nanobubbles (NBs) co-encapsulating microRNA (miR)-195-5p and shikonin (SK) (designated miR-195-5p/SK-NBs), a dual-functional platform designed to synergize PD-L1 suppression with immunogenic cell death (ICD). …”
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Machine Learning-Based Intrusion Detection Systems for the Internet of Drones: A Systematic Literature Review by Mostafa Ogab, Sofiane Zaidi, Abdelhabib Bourouis, Carlos T. Calafate

“…Existing Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) for IoD face several limitations, including high false positive rates, resource constraints of drones, limited adaptability to evolving attack patterns, and a lack of standardized datasets for benchmarking, despite ongoing research efforts. …”
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Global collaboration and innovation in malignant cerebral edema research: a bibliometric perspective by Xinhua Peng, Xinhua Peng, Rongrong Zhu, Ke Zhang, Jianghong Ji, Chuanguo Lv, Feng Feng, Feng Feng

“…AimMalignant cerebral edema (MCE) is a life-threatening complication of acute brain injuries, with mortality rates exceeding 80% in the absence of treatment. …”
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