The Renewing Biodiversity Longitudinal Survey (ReBLS): Protocol for a panel study by Benjamin B. Phillips, Joanne K. Garrett, Lewis R. Elliott, Rebecca Lovell, Fränze Kibowski, Ruth Lamont, Kevin J. Gaston

“…Research to date has established that exposure to nature is linked to health and well‐being, as well as to pro‐environmental behaviours. However, most studies have been cross‐sectional, hindering causal inference, or have focused on attitudes and behaviours relating to the environment in general, rather than on the impacts of biodiversity or environmental improvement efforts. …”
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Cardiorespiratory fitness after correction of pectus excavatum: a systematic review with meta-analysis by Ara S. Media, Peter Juhl-Olesen, Thomas Decker Christensen, Niels Katballe, Henrik Vad, René Horsleben Petersen, Henrik Wiggers, Stefan Nygaard Hansen, Jean Farup, Kristian Overgaard, Frank Vincenzo de Paoli

“…Abstract Pectus excavatum or funnel chest is the most prevalent chest wall deformity. Surgical correction is the treatment of choice which is predominantly performed on children and adolescents, often with significant surgical complication rates. …”
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Practice and Associated Factors among Adult Residents towards Traditional Eye Medicine in Gondar City, North West Ethiopia by Minychil Bantihun Munaw, Natnael Lakachew Assefa, Dereje Hayilu Anbesse, Mebratu Mulusew Tegegne

“…The proportion of traditional eye medicine practice was low in the past two years in Gondar city, Ethiopia, as compared to most African and Asian studies like south East Nigeria and Nepal, respectively. …”
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Ground‐Truth: Can Forest Carbon Protocols Ensure High‐Quality Credits? by R. Sanders‐DeMott, L. R. Hutyra, M. D. Hurteau, W. S. Keeton, K. S. Fallon, W. R. L. Anderegg, D. Y. Hollinger, S. E. Kuebbing, M. S. Lucash, E. M. Ordway, R. Vargas, W. S. Walker

“…We included protocols for forest projects engaging in improved forest management, afforestation/reforestation, and avoided planned forest conversion. Most protocols score poorly overall, and none were assessed as robust. …”
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Strategic Indicators in the Development of Original Medicinal Products in 2024: Analysis of Pipelines of International Pharmaceutical Leaders by L. S. Litvin, E. A. Kulikova

“…During the analyzed period, 17 out of 20 leading pharmaceutical companies-initiated Phase 1 trials for a total of 84 original medicines. The most active research areas included oncology, endocrinology and metabolism, cardiovascular system, and immunology. …”
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The Technique for the Development of Basic Preschool Teacher and Parental Competencies by V. B. Veretennikova, O. F. Shikhova, Yu. A. Shikhov

“…Social partnership is considered as the most productive form of relations between the specialists of pedagogical sphere and parents, who are experts in upbringing and understanding of the child. …”
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Mapping Illegal Dumping Sites in a Low-Resource Region Using GIS and Remote Sensing: The Case of Blantyre City, Malawi by Richard Lizwe Steven Mvula, Yanjanani Miston Banda, Mike Allan Njunju, Harineck Mayamiko Tholo, Chikondi Chisenga, Jabulani Nyengere, John Njalam’mano, Fasil Ejigu Eregno, Wilfred Kadewa

“…Zonal statistics identified rivers as the most significant contributor to PIDS identification. …”
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Evaluating Mastoid Involvement in Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media: Diagnostic Accuracy of High-Resolution Computed Tomography in Southern Iraq by Suhail Najm Alareer Hayder, Ahmed Mohamedbaqer Easa, Basman Radhi Majeed, Nabeel Naeem Hasan Almaalei, Reda Elsaman, M.M Abou Halaka, Raad Ajeel Bustan, Hussein Abed Dakhil

“…The results demonstrate that while HRCT is a reliable tool for assessing most aspects of middle ear involvement in CSOM, certain areas such as scutum erosion and stapes erosion require careful intraoperative evaluation for comprehensive diagnosis and management. …”
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THE POST-SEDIMENTARY CHARACTER OF DEVELOPMENT OF INTRAPLATE DISLOCATIONS AS A REFLECTION OF IMPULSIVENESS OF DEFORMATION PROCESSES by V. I. Popkov

“…It is shown that only during the above four periods of sedimentation gaps and accompanying erosion-denudation processes, the regional structures gained from 50 to 80% of their current amplitudes at the bottom of the cover, and the Pre-Danish and Pre-Middle Miocene washout periods were most important.Local uplift also developed impulsively and primarily due to the post-sedimentation movements. …”
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Robustness of ecological indicators to species misidentification in the national forest inventory of the United States by Jonathan Knott, Jianmin Wang, David Walker, Grant Domke, Songlin Fei

“…Two SPCD correction methods—adjusting a tree's SPCD based on either the earliest or the most recently recorded SPCD—led to species range centroids that differed by 0.3–24.5 km. …”
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Multi-model radiomics and machine learning for differentiating lipid-poor adrenal adenomas from metastases using automatic segmentation by Shengnan Yin, Ning Ding, Shaocai Wang, Mengjuan Li, Yichi Zhang, Jiacheng Shen, Haitao Hu, Yiding Ji, Long Jin

“…SHAP analysis was used to interpret the model’s predictions and identify the most influential features.ResultsThis study included 221 adenomas and 195 metastases. …”
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Real-World Experience of Bimekizumab in a Cohort of 109 Patients Over 48 Weeks and Identification of Predictive Factors for an Early Super Response and Risk of Adverse Events by Fratton Z, Bighetti S, Bettolini L, Maione V, Arisi M, Buligan C, Stinco G, Errichetti E

“…Candidiasis (7.3%) and eczema (4.6%) were the most common adverse events.Conclusion: Bimekizumab demonstrated significant effectiveness and an acceptable safety profile in a real-world setting. …”
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Enhancing Quality Control: A Study on AI and Human Performance in Flip Chip Defect Detection by Wannisa Cheamsiri, Anuchit Jitpattanakul, Paisarn Muneesawang, Konlakorn Wongpatikaseree, Narit Hnoohom

“…Results show that YOLOv5 and YOLOv8 required the shortest training time, clocking in at 0.86 hours (51 minutes 48 seconds), making them the most computationally efficient models. F1-score evaluations indicated that YOLOv5 achieved scores ranging from 0.948 to 0.981, outperforming the other models. …”
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THE DEPENDENCE OF DIRECT RESULTS OF DISTAL PANCREATECTOMIES ON DIFFERENT PANCREATIC STUMP CLOSURE TECHNIQUES by S. E. Voskanyan, E. V. Naydenov, I. Yu. Uteshev, A. I. Artemiev, Yu. D. Udalov, M. V. Zabelin

“…The  overall  rate  of postoperative  complications in the  control  group of patients was  45.8  %, and  was  due  to an  increase in the  frequency of specific  complications (35.4  %). The  most  frequent complication  in  the  control  group   of  patients  was   postoperative  pancreatic  fistulas   –  29.2   %.  …”
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An innovative hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy approach benefits CLN1 disease in the mouse model by Marco Peviani, Sabyasachi Das, Janki Patel, Odella Jno‐Charles, Rajesh Kumar, Ana Zguro, Tyler D Mathews, Paolo Cabras, Rita Milazzo, Eleonora Cavalca, Valentina Poletti, Alessandra Biffi

“…We exploited this approach to treat the severe CLN1 neurodegenerative disorder, which is the most aggressive form of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses due to palmitoyl‐protein thioesterase‐1 (PPT1) deficiency. …”
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Assessment of diabetes type 2 clients' self- care skills toward Blood glucose level control by Batool AL_Ani, Sameer Razzaq Oleiwi

“…Results: The study shows highest percent of the study samples (37.5) were (50-59) years old. with the mean age (52±7.1) years, (72.o%) of them are without of diabetes type 2 self-care skills toward blood glucose level control, most of them were married male, With low educational level, group's duration of type 2 DM diagnosis was (1-5) years, insufficient monthly income, unemployed, overweight, they had information from their physician, and diagnosed indecently. …”
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Endoscopic Removal of Acute Traumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage by I. M. Godkov, A. E. Talypov, V. V. Krylov, A. A. Grin, V. G. Dashyan, M. Yu. Savvin

“…The median of hematoma volume, that did not cause a loss of consciousness was 48 cm2, and in most of the patients the hematoma volume ranged 30–35 cm2. …”
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Personalised bactericidal combination regimens against carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Jocelyn Qimin Teo, Jing Heng Toh, Hong Yi Chang, Si Hui Tan, Jayden Jun-Yuan Ho, Zhi Wei Ong, Winnie Lee, Yen Ee Tan, Tse Hua Nicholas Wong, Shimin Jasmine Chung, Thuan Tong Tan, Tze Peng Lim, Andrea Lay-Hoon Kwa

“…Polymyxin-containing combinations exhibit the highest bactericidal activity [454/497 (91%) isolate-combination pairs] against 66 isolates tested. Most of the CRPA produce carbapenemases (73%). Polymyxin-sparing combinations exhibiting >60% bactericidal activity include fosfomycin + aztreonam (40/58) and fosfomycin + cefepime (37/58). …”
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Drivers of biosonar click rates in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) over the West Florida Shelf by Marzia Baldachini, Marzia Baldachini, Elena Papale, Elena Papale, Jeanne M. Shearer, Randall S. Wells, Frants H. Jensen, Frants H. Jensen, Frants H. Jensen, Frants H. Jensen

“…Within dives, dive depth was the most important in shaping click rates, reflecting that dolphins adjust their echolocation behavior to tailor their acoustic field of view based on both predator-prey distance and their proximity to other large reflectors such as the ocean bottom. …”
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Incidence and prevalence of organ toxicities in patients suffering from clear cell renal carcinoma treated with sunitinib and its impact on survival: a reference cancer center expe... by Agata Sałek-Zań, Mirosława Püsküllüoğlu, Justyna Jaworska, Agnieszka Pietruszka, Joanna Lompart, Marek Ziobro, Tomasz Banaś

“…The median number of treatment cycles was 11 (IQR: 19), and the median duration was 63 weeks (IQR: 95). The most common toxicities were gastrointestinal (76.0%), fatigue (61.5%), and cardiovascular (49.0%), with 81.3% of patients experiencing multi-organ toxicity. …”
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