Large diversity in the O-chain biosynthetic cluster within populations of Pelagibacterales by Jose M. Haro-Moreno, Mario López-Pérez, Carmen Molina-Pardines, Francisco Rodriguez-Valera

“…It evolves at a similar rate to the rest of the genome and does not seem to be affected by an arms race with phages. …”
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Clinical Efficacy and Safety of the Herbal Prescription, HH333, in Preventing Recurrent Stroke in Patients With Ischemic Stroke Induced by Small-Vessel Disease: Protocol for Multic... by Han-Gyul Lee, Seungwon Kwon, Woo-Sang Jung, Sang-Kwan Moon, Cheol-Hyun Kim, Dong-Jun Choi

“…Efficacy will be assessed using the recurrence rate of ischemic stroke, which will be assessed on days 30, 90, 180, 270, 360, 450, 540, 630, 720, and 750 after starting the medication. …”
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Biomarkers of inflammation in patients with myocardial infarction and heart failure with preserved and mid-range ejection fraction: 5-year prospective follow-up by N. A. Musikhina, T. I. Petelina, A. I. Kostousova, L. I. Gapon, E. A. Gorbatenko, I. S. Bessonov

“…Eighteen people died during the follow-up period. The survival rate of patients in the compared groups after 60 months did not differ (group 1 — 85,0%; group 2 — 89,1%, p=0,492). …”
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Effect of Tadalafil on cardiac function and left ventricular dimensions in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: safety and cardiac MRI substudy results from a randomized, placebo-controlle... by David Cox, Barry Byrne, David W. Hammers, John Landry, H. Lee Sweeney

“…Ejection fraction (EF), fractional shortening, and M-mode ventricular dimensions were measured on echocardiograms. 12-lead ECGs were centrally evaluated for heart rate and intervals, and qualitative diagnoses. Vital signs and unsolicited adverse events were collected throughout the study. …”
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An Epidemiological Review of the Impact of COVID-19 on Achilles Tendon Rupture Injuries, Experience from a Large London District General Hospital by Lena Al-Hilfi, Irrum Afzal, Sarkhell Radha, Mohamed Abdalla, Mohammed Al-Maiyah

“…As lockdown measures began to ease, hospitals experienced a high admission rate of patients presenting with Achilles Tendon Rupture [ATR]. …”
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Water yield service in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin: Cross-border changes and driving factors by Chenli Liu, Daming He, Hong Wang, Ronghua Zhong, Xingwu Duan, Bowen Deng, Enwei Zhang, Yawen Li

“…However, China shows a lower decrease rate in the WY (3.81 mm/yr) than the whole basin and downstream regions. …”
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LcTRB1, a telomere repeat binding protein, enhances litchi seed development under low temperature by triggering the transcription of LcASHR1 by Zhi-Chan Liao, Dan-Rong Xie, Alam Intikhab, Fang Qiao, Farhat Abbas, Ren-Fang Zeng, Xu-Ming Huang, Hui-Cong Wang

“…Among them, only the knockdown of LcASHR1 in litchi resulted in tiny seeds and a higher level of seed abortion rate. Conversely, overexpression of LcASHR1 in Arabidopsis lines led to the production of larger seeds. …”
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Paradigm shift of respiratory viruses causing lower respiratory tract infection in children during COVID-19 pandemic in India by Mannat Kang, Subhabrata Sarkar, Suresh Kumar Angurana, Pankaj Singh, Meenakshi Rana, Ishani Bora, Rishi Chetanya, Bharatendu Singh, Jayashree Muralidharan, Radha Kanta Ratho

“…No significant difference in positivity rate of Inf A pdmH1N1, Inf A H3N2 and Inf B was seen. …”
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Distinct brain atrophy progression subtypes underlie phenoconversion in isolated REM sleep behaviour disorderResearch in context by Stephen Joza, Aline Delva, Christina Tremblay, Andrew Vo, Marie Filiatrault, Max Tweedale, Jean-François Gagnon, Ronald B. Postuma, Alain Dagher, Johannes Klein, Michele Hu, Petr Dusek, Stanislav Marecek, Zsoka Varga, John-Paul Taylor, John T. O'Brien, Michael Firbank, Alan Thomas, Paul C. Donaghy, Stéphane Lehéricy, Marie Vidailhet, Jean-Christophe Corvol, ICEBERG Study Group, Richard Camicioli, Howard Chertkow, Simon Lewis, Elie Matar, Kaylena A. Ehgoetz Martens, Lachlan Churchill, Michael Sommerauer, Sinah Röttgen, Per Borghammer, Karoline Knudsen, Allan K. Hansen, Dario Arnaldi, Beatrice Orso, Pietro Mattioli, Luca Roccatagliata, Oury Monchi, Shady Rahayel, Isabelle Arnulf, Samir Bekadar, Eve Benchetrit, Alexis Brice, Vanessa Brochard, Alizé Chalançon, Benoit Colsch, Florence Cormier-Dequaire, Jean-Christophe Corvol, Virginie Czernecki, Bertrand Degos, Cécile Delorme, Pauline Dodet, Carole Dongmo-Kenfack, Marie-Odile Habert, Farid Ichou, Jonas Ihle, Cécile Galléa, Rahul Gaurav, Marie-Alexandrine Glachant, Manon Gomes, David Grabli, Elodie Hainque, Laetitia Jeancolas, Christelle Laganot, Stéphane Lehéricy, Suzanne Lesage, Smaranda Leu-Semenescu, Richard Levy, Valentine Maheo, Graziella Mangone, Louise Laure Mariani, Aurelie Méneret, Poornima Menon, Fanny Mochel, Vincent Perlbarg, Dijana Petrovska, Fanny Pineau, Nadya Pyatigorskaya, Sophie Rivaud-Pechoux, Emmanuel Roze, Sara Sambin, Julie Socha, Arthur Tenenhaus, Romain Valabregue, Marie Vidailhet, Lydia Yahia-Cherif

“…Distinct brain atrophy patterns may already be seen in iRBD; however, how brain atrophy begins and progresses remains unclear. …”
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Course of Chronic Trypanosoma cruzi Infection after Treatment Based on Parasitological and Serological Tests: A Systematic Review of Follow-Up Studies. by Yanina Sguassero, Cristina B Cuesta, Karen N Roberts, Elizabeth Hicks, Daniel Comandé, Agustín Ciapponi, Sergio Sosa-Estani

“…In the long-term, the rate of negativization was between 20% and 45%. The main sources of bias identified across cohort studies were the lack of control for confounding and attrition bias. …”
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Heritability and Genetics of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Evans Adu Asamoah, Christian Obirikorang, Emmanuel Acheampong, Max Efui Annani-Akollor, Edwin Ferguson Laing, Eddie-Williams Owiredu, Enoch Odame Anto

“…Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is observing an accelerating prevalence rate of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) influenced by gene-environment interaction of modifiable and nonmodifiable factors. …”
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Sedentary Behavior and Its Association With Psychological Well-Being and Sleep Quality in Adolescents: Evidence from a Propensity Score Analysis by Zhang L, Zhao S, Zhao S, Zheng H, Ke Y, Yang W, Lei M

“…Data on demographics, exercise habits, eating patterns, sedentary behavior, psychological health, sleep health, self-esteem, and social support were collected. …”
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Low-frequency rTMS modulates small-world network properties in an AVH-related brain network in schizophrenia by Lin Zhang, Li Guo, Xiaohui Liu, Jing Han, Yuanqiang Zhu, Chaozong Ma, Ye Li, Weiliang Ye

“…Clinical symptom severity was assessed using the Auditory Hallucination Rating Scale (AHRS).ResultsAt baseline, schizophrenia patients exhibited disrupted small-world properties, with significantly lower σ, Cp, El, and Eg compared to healthy controls, reflecting impaired network organization, reduced local clustering, and inefficient global communication. …”
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Repeated net-tDCS of the hypothalamus appetite-control network enhances inhibitory control and decreases sweet food intake in persons with overweight or obesity by Theresa Ester-Nacke, Ralf Veit, Julia Thomanek, Magdalena Book, Lukas Tamble, Marie Beermann, Dorina Löffler, Ricardo Salvador, Giulio Ruffini, Martin Heni, Andreas L. Birkenfeld, Christian Plewnia, Hubert Preissl, Stephanie Kullmann

“…Caloric intake of sweet food was lower in the anodal group versus sham, but no main effects between groups were observed on total and macronutrient intake, food craving ratings and desire to eat. At follow-up, no differences were observed between groups on peripheral metabolism. …”
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Influences of coal-rock interface morphology’s spatiotemporal evolutionary characteristics on top coal caving law by Yupeng Shen, Tuo Yang, Jianzhuang Liu, Yang Li, Jianqiao Luo, Xiaonan Zhang

“…The sinusoidal periodic change pattern in top coal caving volume became more evident, which decreased the top coal recovery rate. …”
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Monitoring and Assessment of Slope Hazards Susceptibility Around Sarez Lake in the Pamir by Integrating Small Baseline Subset InSAR with an Improved SVM Algorithm by Yang Yu, Changming Zhu, Majid Gulayozov, Junli Li, Bingqian Chen, Qian Shen, Hao Zhou, Wen Xiao, Jafar Niyazov, Aminjon Gulakhmadov

“…The maximum deformation rate along the shoreline increased from 280 mm/yr to 480 mm/yr, with a marked acceleration observed between 2022 and 2023. …”
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Reconfigurable optoelectronic neuromorphic properties of MoS2-based memristors decorated with Pt nanoparticles for low power spiking neural network applications by Chrysi Panagopoulou, Panagiotis Bousoulas, Georgia Iliani Papouli, Maria Kainourgiaki, Charalampos Tsioustas, Maria Karnachoriti, Athanassios G Kontos, Dimitris Tsoukalas

“…The underlying origins of this behavior were attributed to band bending in the Pt NPs-MoS _2 interface, leading to a trapping effect of electrons on the metallic NPs, evidenced by photoluminescence quenching, followed by a detrapping process, demonstrated by the reduced firing rate when using the Pt layer with the higher surface density. …”
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Photocatalytic Performances of Dip-Coated Ag Doped TiO2 Thin Films by M. Alharbi, H. Althubyani, E. Alarfaj, D. Dastan, A. Timoumi, L. Tao, H. Albetran, Ş. Ţălu

“…This improvement is due to the incorporation of Ag, which increases the lifetime of the electrons and the separated holes, that decreases the rate of recombination (electron-hole) and which also generates reactive oxygen species. …”
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Somatization symptoms and burnout: a correlational study among emergency nurses by Ningxiang Li, Ningxiang Li, Ningxiang Li, Nan Xie, Nan Xie, Nan Xie, Xiaoli Chen, Xiaoli Chen, Xiaoli Chen, Hao Zhang, Hao Zhang, Hao Zhang, Luying Zhong, Luying Zhong, Luying Zhong, Dongmei Diao, Dongmei Diao, Dongmei Diao, Ling Zhu, Ling Zhu, Ling Zhu, Yue Zhou, Yue Zhou, Yue Zhou

“…Data collection occurred between December 26, 2023, and January 18, 2024, using the Chinese versions of the Maslach burnout inventory–general survey (MBI-GS) and the somatic symptom disorder self-rating scale (SSD-CN). Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS version 25.0.ResultsThe mean SSD score was 39.58 ± 13.61, with 53.4% of participants exhibiting moderate to severe somatization symptoms. …”
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Criminal Law Challenged by Crossing into Virtual Reality by Mahdi Karimi

“…This information includes behavioral patterns, interests, preferences, biometric and physiological data such as heart rate, body energy consumption, etc., which are comprehensively collected to create a complete and accurate user profile, potentially resulting in severe violations of users' mental privacy. …”
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