Traditional ecological knowledge for great ape conservation in Gabon by Mohamed H. Mohamed-Djawad, Neil M. Longo-Pendy, Serge Ely Dibakou, Costanza Puppo, Jean Nzue-Nguema, Désiré Otsaghe-Ekore, Patrice Makouloutou-Nzassi, Cyr Moussadji-Kinga, Alain P. Kouga, Barthelemy Ngoubangoye, Pape Ibnou Ndiaye, Larson Boundenga

“…Seven primary criteria underpinned identifications; colour (100%) and odour (86.4%) were most frequently evoked. Twelve of 24 sub-criteria differed significantly between species. …”
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Inserció laboral i empleabilitat en el marc de l'Espai Europeu d'Educació Superior: el ca s de la facultat de pedagogia de la Universitat de Barcelona by Javier Ventura Blanco, Francesc Martínez Olmo

“…It explores the findings of a study involving graduates in Pedagogy from the University of Barcelona in 2001-02 and 2002-03, and includes details on the design of the study, as well as on the analysis and interpretation of its most noteworthy results. Sociodemographic background, academic career, experience of work prior to or during teacher training studies, experience of work following completion of teacher training, teaching practice (employability and entering the workplace, organizational models and evaluation), and further training following completion of the course are all considered.…”
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New Clues on the Extended He ii Ionization in IZw18 from GTC/MEGARA and JWST/MIRI by A. Arroyo-Polonio, C. Kehrig, J. M. Vílchez, J. Iglesias-Páramo, E. Pérez-Montero, S. Duarte Puertas, J. Gallego, D. Reverte

“…This indicates distinct locations for the most extreme ionizing sources compared to moderate ionizing sources. …”
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Non-invasive diagnostics of endometriosis based on plasma miRNA expression by I. M. Ordiyants, D. S. Novginov, Z. V. Zyukina, A. M. Khachatryan, S. E. Titov

“…Comparison of the expression of 10 mi-croRNAs between the two groups revealed statistically significant differences only in miR-183: its expression in patients with EGE was statistically 1.5 times higher than that in women of the control group (p=0.017).We have not detected a difference in the expression of mir-200a, while according to other researchers, representatives of the mir-200 family are among the most frequent whose expression changes with endometriosis. …”
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A randomised controlled feasibility trial comparing culturally adapted psychoeducation and treatment as usual for persons with bipolar disorders in Nigeria by Dung Ezekiel Jidong, M. Ishrat Husain, Tarela Juliet Ike, Ameer Khoso, Maigari Yusufu Taru, Charles Nnaemeka Nwoga, Christopher Francis, Shadrack B. Mwankon, John Ezekiel Jidong, Juliet Y. Pwajok, Suleman Shakoor, Atta Muhammad Asif, Siqi Xue, Nusrat Husain

“… Background Bipolar disorders are a major cause of disability worldwide, with most of the disease burden attributed to those in low- and middle-income countries, including Nigeria. …”
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Whole-Genome Sequencing and Comparative Genomic Analysis of Three Clinical Bloodstream Infection Isolates of <i>Trichosporon austroamericanum</i> by Takanori Horiguchi, Takashi Umeyama, Hiroko Tomuro, Amato Otani, Takayuki Shinohara, Masahiro Abe, Shogo Takatsuka, Ken Miyazawa, Minoru Nagi, Yasunori Muraosa, Yasutaka Hoshino, Takashi Sakoh, Hideki Araoka, Naoyuki Uchida, Tomoyoshi Kaneko, Yuko Nagano, Hiroki Tsukada, Taiga Miyazaki, Yoshitsugu Miyazaki

“…The three isolates yielded high-quality assemblies of 9–10 scaffolds (~21 Mb), facilitating reliable comparisons. While most species had comparable genome sizes, <i>Trichosporon ovoides</i>, <i>Trichosporon coremiiforme</i>, and <i>Cutaneotrichosporon mucoides</i> displayed large, fragmented genomes, suggestive of polyploidy. …”
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In silico analysis reveals distinct changes in markers of epithelial to mesenchymal transition in glioma subtypes by Nives Pećina-Šlaus, Alja Zottel, Željko Škripek, Borna Puljko, Fran Dumančić, Anja Bukovac, Ivana Jovčevska, Anja Kafka

“…Glioblastoma and diffuse glioma harbored changes in all 13 analyzed genes, while anaplastic oligodendroglioma and anaplastic astrocytoma in 46.15%, oligodendroglioma in 23.08%, and oligoastrocytoma in 15.38%. NOTCH1 and SOX2 were most affected by changes. The NOTCH1 gene was statistically more frequently changed compared to CDH1, CTNNB1, and ZEB1 (p < 0.05). …”
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Factors associated with knowledge, attitudes, and practices of mixed crop-livestock farmers on Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) and other zoonoses in Burkina Faso by Abdoul Kader Ilboudo, Michel Dione, Ard M. Nijhof, Martin H. Groschup, Ousmane Traoré, Guy S. Ilboudo, Zekiba Tarnagda, Madi Savadogo, Bernard Bett

“…Background: The burden of zoonotic diseases remains high in low and middle-income countries. Among the most prevalent zoonoses, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) can pose economic and health threats, particularly among at-risk professionals. …”
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Three-Year On-Orbit Radiometric Performance of the SDGSAT-1 Multispectral Imager (MSI) by Lin Yan, Enchuan Qiao, Changyong Dou, Hao Zhang, Zhenzhen Cui, Yonghong Hu, Xiao-Ming Li, Jinlong Ai

“…Absolute calibration accuracy falls within <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\pm$</tex-math></inline-formula>7% for most bands, except B6 (7.2% <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\pm$</tex-math></inline-formula>6.6% ), meeting the design specifications. …”
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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of suicidality in opioid use disorder: a pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial by Victor M. Tang, Bernard Le Foll, Zafiris J. Daskalakis, An-Li Wang, Leslie Buckley, Daniel M. Blumberger, Daphne Voineskos

“…Results Eighty-seven individuals were pre-screened. The most common reasons for ineligibility included being unreachable by the study team, difficulty with scheduling/travel requirements, and medical/psychiatric instability. …”
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Novel sponge formulation of mesenchymal stem cell secretome and hyaluronic acid: a safe and effective topical therapy for Psoriasis vulgaris by Estefanía Elgueta, Catalina P. Prieto, Dan Hartmann, Daniela Carrillo, Natalie Edwards, Constanza Martínez, Dan Pérez, Bárbara Casas, Luis Vergara, Fernando Valenzuela, Verónica Catalán, José Lattus, Felipe Oyarzun-Ampuero, Verónica Palma

“…Abstract Background Psoriasis vulgaris is the most common form of psoriasis, yet current treatments often lead to significant side effects, resulting in a high rate of therapy desertion. …”
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Epidemiological Analysis of the COVID-19 Clusters in the Early Stages of the Epidemic in Shanghai, China: Pandemic-to-Epidemic Response Shift by Dechuan Kong, Qiwen Fang, Jian Chen, Linjie Hu, Yihan Lu, Yaxu Zheng, Yiyi Zhu, Bihong Jin, Wenjia Xiao, Shenghua Mao, Chenyan Jiang, Xiaohuan Gong, Sheng Lin, Ruobing Han, Xiao Yu, Qi Qiu, Xiaodong Sun, Hao Pan, Huanyu Wu

“…A total of 381 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed and 67 clusters were identified. Most clusters (58.21%, 39/67) only had two cases, with a declining proportion held by clusters of more cases. …”
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The mediating role of professional values and self-efficacy in the relationship between organizational justice and quality of working life among nurses in southwestern Iran by Sahar Ansari, Zinat Mohebbi, Camellia Torabizadeh, Alimohammad Keshtavarz Hesam Abadi

“…Results 376 operating room nursing and nurse anesthetists with a mean age of 33.92 ± 7.02 years and a mean work experience of 9.98 ± 7.76 years participated in this study; most of them were female, married, and held a bachelor’s degree. …”
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Cinnamic acid alleviates hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy by antagonizing the vasopressor activity and the pro-cardiac hypertrophic signaling of angiotensin II by Yimeng Cui, Yawei Yang, Xinmiao Tang, Peiwei Wang, Peiwei Wang, Jingang Cui, Jingang Cui, Yu Chen, Yu Chen, Yu Chen, Teng Zhang, Teng Zhang

“…BackgroundHypertension is the most common cause of pathological left ventricular hypertrophy, a condition causally associated with debilitating heart failure and cardiovascular events in hypertensive patients. …”
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Rumen metagenome profiles are heritable and rank the New Zealand national sheep flock for enteric methane emissions by Timothy P. Bilton, Setegn W. Alemu, Ken G. Dodds, Hannah Henry, Melanie K. Hess, Ronan Jordan, Fern Booker, Sharon M. Hickey, Neville Amyes, Kevin Knowler, Edgar Sandoval, Jacqueline Peers-Adams, Tracey C. van Stijn, Hayley Baird, Trevor Watson, Wendy Bain, Barry Veenvliet, Gerard Pile, Brooke Bryson, Shannon M. Clarke, Patricia L. Johnson, John C. McEwan, Suzanne J. Rowe

“…The genetic correlation between methane predicted from RMC profiles and PAC methane was 0.75 ± 0.12 for CH4 and 0.64 ± 0.11 for CH4Ratio when using a validation set consisting of the animals with the most recent year of birth in the dataset. Conclusions RMC profiles are predictive of, and genetically correlated, with PAC methane measures. …”
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Suicide, Psychoactive Substances, and Homelessness: A Scoping Review by Dalvan Antonio de Campos, Adriano Alberti, Carlos Eduardo Seganfredo Camargo, Andréia Biolchi Mayer, João Batista de Oliveira Junior, Nayara Lisboa Almeida Schonmeier, Rose Lampert, Gabriela Kades, Bruna Becker da Silva, Graziela Marques Leão, Duanne Alves Pereira Crivilim, Ben Hur Soares, Josiane Aparecida de Jesus, Eloel Benetti Zavorski, Renan Souza, Risoni Pereira Dias de Carvalho, Ana Patricia Alves Vieira, Lília Aparecida Kanan, Natalia Veronez da Cunha

“…Opioids and alcohol were the most frequently reported substances in this context. …”
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RAB5B: explore its carcinogenic potential and understand its role, prognostic value and biological significance in pan-cancer by Jing Zhu, Chun Yu, Xin Xu, Chu Zou, Jiaqi Li, Rui Wang, Xinchao Li, Aijun Sun, Shiyan Wang, Chao Jiang

“…In vitro wound healing assays were performed to validate RAB5B’s role in modulating cellular migration dynamics, complementing bioinformatics findings with experimental evidence.ResultsRAB5B protein expression varied significantly across tumors, with different prognostic values. In most malignancies, RAB5B expression correlated positively with Copy Number Variation (CNV) and methylation. …”
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Health and economic burden of disease of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in four Latin American and Caribbean countries: a modelling study by Paula Johns, Federico Augustovski, Andrea Alcaraz, Ariel Esteban Bardach, Natalia Espinola, Lucas Perelli, Federico Rodriguez Cairoli, Althea La Foucade, Cid Manso de Mello Vianna, Giovanni Guevara, Kimberly-Ann Gittens-Baynes, Vyjanti Beharry, Darío Javier Balán, Alfredo Palacios, Andres Pichon-Riviere

“…The Trinidad and Tobago population were the most affected by disease events.Conclusions The study results indicate that the consumption of SSBs is associated with a significant burden of disease and death in Latin America and the Caribbean.…”
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Structural features of somatic and germline retrotransposition events in humans by Päivi Nummi, Tatiana Cajuso, Tuukka Norri, Aurora Taira, Heli Kuisma, Niko Välimäki, Anna Lepistö, Laura Renkonen-Sinisalo, Selja Koskensalo, Toni T. Seppälä, Ari Ristimäki, Kyösti Tahkola, Anne Mattila, Jan Böhm, Jukka-Pekka Mecklin, Emma Siili, Annukka Pasanen, Oskari Heikinheimo, Ralf Bützow, Auli Karhu, Kathleen H. Burns, Kimmo Palin, Lauri A. Aaltonen

“…Although transposon-derived sequences account for half of the human genome, most elements are no longer transposition competent. …”
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Effect of Polygonatum sibiricum on the Volatile Flavor Compounds of Wheat Qu and Its Brewed Huangjiu by Jianwei DONG, Guotai ZHANG, Huiying LIAO, Honglei TIAN, Jingzhang GENG, Xinpeng ZHU, Zaixiang LOU

“…Flavor compounds with significant differences included 2-butanol, (E)-2-hexenal, 1-hexandehyde, 2-methylbutyrate-3-methylbutyl ester, 2,3-butanediol, and most ketones. Three types of Huangjiu were classified into 9 categories and 37 volatile flavor compounds, mainly including esters (35%), alcohols (27%), and aldehydes (11%). …”
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