Antimicrobial susceptibility and resistance mechanisms to antipseudomonal β-lactams in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from blood by Mika Murata, Kosuke Kosai, Fujiko Mitsumoto-Kaseida, Norihito Kaku, Hiroo Hasegawa, Koichi Izumikawa, Hiroshi Mukae, Katsunori Yanagihara

“…None of the isolates showed resistance to ceftolozane/tazobactam or cefiderocol, and only one isolate each showed intermediate resistance (susceptibility rate, 99.0% each). The susceptibility rate was lowest for aztreonam (71.1%). …”
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Carbon sequestration potential of tea garden soil in northwest Zhejiang and its accumulation characteristic on different fractions of organic carbon by KONG Zhangliang

“…Loss of organic carbon is generally regarded as undesirable, though some reports pointed out that low soil carbon contents can reduce application rates of pesticides in soil due to lower sorption. …”
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Dorsal epidural disc migration—MRI characteristics and surgical microdiscectomy treatment: Case report and review of the literature by Antonios Michailidis, MD, Ioannis Tsifountoudis, MD, PhD, Dimitrios Kitridis, MD, FEBOT, MSc, PhDc, Konstantinos Tasoulis, MD, Kostas Charatsis, MD, Giannetopoulos Dimitrios, MD

“…Surgical intervention, particularly microdiscectomy, has shown favorable outcomes in resolving symptoms associated with nerve compression and minimizing recurrence rates. This report presents a case of DEDM in a 39-year-old male with persistent sciatica, analyzing MRI characteristics and surgical treatment.…”
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Environmental Determinants of Foraging Site Revisitation by African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) by Suzanne Antoinette Jacob, Willem Frederik De Boer, Henrik Johan De Knegt, Cassander Cassijn Engelen, Michelle Henley

“…Moreover, phosphorus is the most important environmental variable influencing the revisitation rate. This study shows that analysing revisitation patterns gives valuable insight into how animals use specific sites within their home range, as the environmental covariates related to the selection of the revisitation sites differ from those related to the revisitation rate.…”
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MCM3 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma progression via Epithelial-mesenchymal Transition through AKT/Twist signaling pathway by Wei-Guo Tang, Jin-Feng Feng, Xian Li, Qi-Man Sun, Jin-Wu Hu, Xiao-Lu Ma, Yan-Yan Nie, Yang Xu, Jian Sun, Qi-Meng Chang

“…Introduction and Objectives: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a leading cause of cancer fatalities, challenges clinicians with high recurrence and metastasis rates, urging the need for novel prognostic markers and therapeutic avenues. …”
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Isokinetic Evaluation of Quadriceps and Hamstring Muscle Performance in the Rehabilitation Phase after ACL Reconstruction by Nicolae Stanciu, Razvan Marian Melinte, Mark Slevin, Octav Marius Russu, Cristian Trâmbițaș, Cezara Ilinca Stanciu, Elena Georgiana Bălănescu, Dan Avrămiuc, Gabriel Koszoruș, Klara Brînzaniuc

“…While male and athletic participants exhibited higher absolute and relative strength values (p < 0.05), recovery rates were consistent across subgroups. Adductor and abductor strength also showed post-rehabilitation symmetry and robustness, supporting their relevance in functional assessment.…”
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TS-InSAR assessment of groundwater overexploitation-land subsidence linkage: Hengshui case study by Yan An, Qiang Shen, C.K. Shum, Fan Gao, Xu Zhang, Liming Jiang, Hansheng Wang

“…New hydrological insights for the region: Results show subsidence dominates in Hengshui City, with rates up to 141 mm/year (2017–2024), mainly due to falling confined aquifer heads and delayed aquitard drainage. …”
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Effect of nonpharmaceutical interventions on the epidemic trends of scarlet fever in China: a population-based surveillance and modelling study by Xiaojuan Zhang, Yuanhai You, Jie Liu, Lu Sun, Haijian Zhou, Xingxing Zhang, Bike Zhang

“…Findings: During 2005-2024, 876,680 cases were reported (crude annual incidence: 3.22/100 000). The annual morbidity rates for three periods were 3.56, 1.58, and 3.25/100 000. …”
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Early-stage resectable non-small cell lung cancer in Hungary by Gabriella Gálffy, Réka Hécz, Réka Bujdosó, Eszter Gáspár, Réka Korompay, Judit Hoffer, Szilvia Szécsényi, Celia Blasszauer, Dániel Reibl, Erika Tóth, Krisztina Bogos, László Agócs, László Agócs, Ferenc Rényi-Vámos, Ferenc Rényi-Vámos, Éva Mórocz

“…This study provides a comprehensive analysis of early-stage resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in Hungary, investigating incidence rates, demographic trends, treatment patterns and survival outcomes. …”
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GNSS-Based Models of Displacement, Stress, and Strain in the SHETPENANT Region: Impact of Geodynamic Activity from the ORCA Submarine Volcano by Belén Rosado, Vanessa Jiménez, Alejandro Pérez-Peña, Rosa Martín, Amós de Gil, Enrique Carmona, Jorge Gárate, Manuel Berrocoso

“…These patterns align with the known structural framework of the region. …”
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Epidemiologic, microbiologic and imaging characteristics of urinary tract infections in hospitalized children < 2 years of age diagnosed with anatomic abnormalities of the urinary... by Zohar Landau, Evgenia Cherniavsky, Salman Abofreha, Ilan Linder, Ron Leibovitz, Diana Roif-Kaminsky, Michael Friger, Natalya Bilenko, Eugene Leibovitz

“…In the study group, Ec nonsusceptibility rates to ampicillin, amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, cefazolin, cefuroxime, TMP/SMX and ceftriaxone were 58%, 40%, 14%, 14%, 12% and 10%, respectively, with no differences vs. controls. …”
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Optimizing Effects of Organic Farming and Moderately Low Nitrogen Levels on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Pools by Guanghua Wang, Yu Yang, Yuqi Chen, Shilong Yu, Xiaomin Huang, Min Jiang, Zujian Zhang, Lifen Huang

“…Therefore, a field trial was conducted to elucidate the impacts of different cultivation patterns and nitrogen application rates on soil carbon and nitrogen pools, especially on how these factors affect the components of soil organic carbon. …”
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Role of TRP channels and HSPs in thermal stress response in the aphid parasitoid Aphelinus asychis (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) by Xiang LIU, Zhi-wei KANG, Xing-lin YU, Fan LI, Tong-xian LIU, Qiang LI

“…The results showed that the maximum temperature that allowed A. asychis survival was approximately 41°C; females had higher survival rates than that of the males at 40 and 41°C. Short-term heat-shock resulted in increased expression of Aasyshsp in males, and Aasyhsp40, Aasyhsp68, Aasyhsp70-4, Aasyhsp70-5 and Aasyhsp90 were upregulated and then downregulated, whereas Aasyhsp70-3 was upregulated at 41°C. …”
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Immune Escape and Drug Resistance Mutations in Patients with Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Clinical and Epidemiological Implications by Maria Antonia De Francesco, Franco Gargiulo, Francesca Dello Iaco, Laert Zeneli, Serena Zaltron, Giorgio Tiecco, Simone Pellizzeri, Emanuele Focà, Arnaldo Caruso, Eugenia Quiros-Roldan

“…Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genetic variability, shaped by high mutation rates and selective pressures, complicates its management and increases the emergence of drug-resistant and immune-escape variants. …”
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A Permutation Entropy Method for Sleep Disorder Screening by Cristina D. Duarte, Marcos M. Meo, Francisco R. Iaconis, Alejandro Wainselboim, Gustavo Gasaneo, Claudio Delrieux

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> The advantages of this approach, including compatibility with single-channel EEG (enabling potential wearable applications), independence from sleep-stage annotations, and generalizability across recording montages and sampling rates, stablish a framework for non-specific sleep pathology detection. …”
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Microbial hallmarks of the respiratory tract in lung cancer: a meta-analysis by Bin Zhu, Stephanie S. McHale, Michelle Van Scoyk, Gregory Riddick, Pei-Ying Wu, Chu-Fang Chou, Katherine Y. Tossas, Katherine Y. Tossas, Katherine Y. Tossas, Katherine Y. Tossas, Ching-Yi Chen, Robert A. Winn

“…., Streptococcus and Prevotella, with increased rates of dominance by these taxa in the BAL microbiota of lung cancer patients. …”
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Laboratory based antimicrobial resistance surveillance for Pseudomonas aeruginosa blood isolates from South Africa by Ashika Singh-Moodley, Adriano Duse, Preneshni Naicker, Ranmini Kularatne, Trusha Nana, Ruth Lekalakala, Nontombi Mbelle, Halima Dawood, Khine Swe Swe Han, Praksha Ramjathan, Prathna Bhola, Andrew Whitelaw, Olga Perovic

“…Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic healthcare-associated pathogen with high rates of morbidity and mortality and an extensive range of resistance mechanisms. …”
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Hemotropic pathogens in aborted fetuses of domestic ruminants: transplacental transmission and implications for reproductive loss by Daria Jurković Žilić, Šimun Naletilić, Željko Mihaljević, Ema Gagović, Silvio Špičić, Irena Reil, Sanja Duvnjak, Maja Zdelar Tuk, Adnan Hodžić, Relja Beck

“…The highest infection rates were observed in cattle (17.27%) and sheep (15.85%), while goats showed significantly lower prevalence (5.3%). …”
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Establishing Monoxenic Culture of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus <i>Glomus</i> sp. Through <i>In Vitro</i> Root Organ Culture and <i>Swietenia macrophylla</i> King <i>In Vitro</i> C... by Romero-Ceciliano Marysol, Andrade-Torres Antonio, Artavia-Salazar Evelyn, Solís-Ramos Laura Yesenia

“…Arbuscular colonization reached 41.49% at 30 days and 52.13% at 75 days, exceeding rates reported for other culture systems. Monoxenic cultures are a reliable, aseptic source of high-quality inoculum, supporting biofertilizer production and biotechnological applications. …”
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LLM based expert AI agent for mission operation management by Sobhana Mummaneni, Syama Sameera Gudipati, Satwik Panda

“…AI offers opportunities to reduce mission costs, improve success rates, and enhance the efficiency of space exploration programs. …”
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