Child-therapist acoustic synchrony and response trajectories in autism intervention: an AI-based automated analysis using dynamic systems theory and affective computing by Giulio Bertamini, Silvia Perzolli, Arianna Bentenuto, Cesare Furlanello, Mohamed Chetouani, David Cohen, Paola Venuti

“…However, quantitatively studying fine-grained aspects such as the child-clinician synchrony patterns poses challenges, limiting translational research. …”
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Research on the Protection Status and Development Strategies for New Varieties of Lychee and Longan in China by Yingjie WEN, Zhixian TANG, Fachao SHI, Hailun LIU, Yonghua JIANG, Qian YAN

“…Of these, 21 litchi and 5 longan varieties were granted protection, yielding authorization rates of 33.3% and 19.2%. The average duration for examination and authorization was 30.5 months. …”
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Prevalence and sequence of chronic conditions in older people with dementia: a multi-province, population-based cohort study by Susan E. Bronskill, Azmina Artani, Laura C. Maclagan, Xuesong Wang, Hannah Chung, J. Michael Paterson, Andrea Gruneir, Karen A. Phillips, Rasaq Ojasanya, Xibiao Ye, Kayla McLean, Fernanda Ewerling, Claire Godard-Sebillotte, Victoria Massamba, Louis Rochette, Isabelle Vedel, Larry Shaver, Catherine Pelletier, Colleen J. Maxwell

“…While there is evidence demonstrating a strong association between coping and PMH, less is known about how coping patterns differ across age groups. Given that age can impact coping ability, addressing this knowledge gap is warranted. …”
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Clinical, epidemiological, and virological features of Mpox in Beijing, China – May 31–June 21, 2023 by Xiangfeng Dou, Fu Li, Zhenyong Ren, Daitao Zhang, Jia Li, Dan Li, Yulan Sun, Haoyuan Jin, Renqing Li, Weihong Li, Xin Zhang, Yang Yang, Lei Jia, Yu Han, Wai Li, Yang Pan, Wenjie Tan, Peng Yang, Quanyi Wang

“…There were high oropharyngeal swab (75.8%) and blood (84.6%) positivity rates. All MPXV strains belonged to the B.1.3 branch of the West African lineage. …”
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A low-cost mitigation system for ammonia removal from broiler house exhaust air by Jingjing Luo, Jinsheng Rong, Shizhen Zhou, Haoliang Wang, Miao Li, Xiliang Yan, Yingbao Wu, Yan Wang

“…In this study, we utilized computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations to model a broiler house and analyzed airflow patterns at varying screen distances to assess their effect on indoor ventilation. …”
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Infrared Compositional Measurements in Comet C/2017 K2 (Pan-STARRS) at Heliocentric Distances Beyond 2.3 au by Chemeda Ejeta, Erika Gibb, Michael A. DiSanti, Hideyo Kawakita, Boncho P. Bonev, Neil Dello Russo, Nathan X. Roth, Younas Khan, Adam J. McKay, Michael R. Combi, Lori Feaga, Mohammad Saki, Ronald J. Vervack Jr, Yinsi Shou

“…Comet C/2017 K2 (Pan-STARRS) provided a rare opportunity to investigate the evolution of coma composition and outgassing patterns over a transitional heliocentric distance ( R _h ) range where activity drivers in comets are thought to change from “hypervolatile” (CO, CH _4 , C _2 H _6 , and/or CO _2 )-dominated to H _2 O-dominated. …”
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Precision public health alliances as a model and method for community engagement by Margaret L. McGladrey, Mary Elizabeth Lacy, Kristen McQuerry, Rachel Hogg-Graham, Svetla Slavova, Emily R. Clear, Kory Heier, Caitline Phan, Megan Hall, Ryan Parker, Mindy Keeton, Jennifer Sword, Thomas Ard, Charbel Salem

“…Using precision analytics approaches with population health data helps identify localized patterns of social determinants and comorbidities, supporting the design of tailored interventions. …”
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A platform for multisite immune profiling of premetastatic pancreatic cancer at single-cell resolution by Elishama N. Kanu, Ashley A. Fletcher, Jiayin Bao, Ethan S. Agritelley, Julia Button, Austin M. Eckhoff, Karrie Comatas, Tao Wang, Bin-Jin Hwang, Michael E. Lidsky, Sabino Zani, Dan G. Blazer, Peter J. Allen, Zhicheng Ji, Frank J. Lowery, Sri Krishna, Nicholas D. Klemen, Daniel P. Nussbaum, Erika J. Crosby

“…Abstract Background Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is characterized by exceedingly high rates of metastatic progression, with the liver representing the most common site of distant spread. …”
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Quality of life and clinical data in hemodialysis patients with different degrees of pruritus by Sebastián Mas Fontao, Paula Manso, Julia Audije-Gil, David Hernán Gascueña, Fabiola Dapena, Nuria Aresté, Emilio Sánchez-Álvarez, Pablo Molina, Raquel Ojeda, Marian Goicoechea, Vicent Esteve Simó, Guillermo Alcalde Bezhold, Mario Prieto-Velasco, María Jesús Lloret, Ana Blanco Santos, Juan Manuel Buades, Carlos Narváez, Rafael Sánchez-Villanueva, Rosa Elena Pérez-Morales, María Dolores Arenas Jiménez, Fundación Renal Española Working Group, Prurito Working Group

“…Each reporting period (morning, midday, evening, and night) revealed distinct patterns in pruritus prevalence and severity (p < 0.05). …”
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Prediction of Key Quality Parameters in Hot Air-Dried Jujubes Based on Hyperspectral Imaging by Quancheng Liu, Chunzhan Yu, Yuxuan Ma, Hongwei Zhang, Lei Yan, Shuxiang Fan

“…To further enhance modeling accuracy, deep learning models such as bidirectional long short-term memory (BiLSTM), bidirectional gated recurrent unit (BiGRU), and convolutional neural network–bidirectional gated recurrent unit (CNN-BiGRU) were introduced and compared comprehensively under the optimal spectral preprocessing conditions. …”
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Gut Microbiota and Lipid Metabolism in Bullfrog Tadpoles: A Comparative Study Across Nutritional Stages by Zhilong Wang, Pengxiang Liu, Jun Xie, Huirong Yang, Guangjun Wang, Kai Zhang, Rui Shu, Zhifei Li, Jingjing Tian, Hongyan Li, Wenping Xie, Wangbao Gong, Yun Xia

“…These insights provide a theoretical foundation for nutritional interventions aimed at enhancing tadpole growth and survival rates.…”
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Construction of high-density bin genetic map and QTL mapping of fruit aroma in longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.) by Wenshun Hu, Qing Zhang, Chaojun Deng, Qizhi Xu, Jimou Jiang, Xiuping Chen, Jianguo Li, Jisen Zhang, Shaoquan Zheng

“…These QTLs explained 19.8%–51.0% of the phenotypic variation rates and were distributed across 11 linkage groups, with two QTL-rich regions on LG7 and LG8. …”
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Dynamic immune response to Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli infection in broiler chickens: Insights into pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokine regulation by Xin Ye, Chuan-Yu Hsu, Linan Jia, Xue Zhang, Christopher Magee, Stephanie Whitham, Spencer Leigh, Jeffrey D. Evans, Li Zhang, Kelsy Robinson

“…This study investigates the dynamic immune responses to APEC infection in broiler chickens, with a focus on survival rates, airsac lesion scores, and cytokine gene expression patterns in lung tissue. …”
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Impact of Hepatic Steatosis on the Antiviral Effects of PEG-IFNα-2a in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B and the Associated Mechanism by Huiqing Liang, Yaoyu Liu, Xiaoqian Jiang, Xiaoting Zheng, Jinmo Tang, Jiaen Yang, Hongli Zhuang, Penghua Lai, Li Peng, Zhenying Guo, Shanshan Cai, Dan Luo, Lingxia Xu, Qianguo Mao, Shaodong Chen

“…After 48 weeks of treatment and 24 weeks of follow-up, the rates of CR, VR, and BR had gradually decreased, whereas the severity of hepatic steatosis had increased. …”
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Resistome and Phylogenomics of <i>Escherichia coli</i> Strains Obtained from Diverse Sources in Jimma, Ethiopia by Mulatu Gashaw, Esayas Kebede Gudina, Guenter Froeschl, Ralph Matar, Solomon Ali, Liegl Gabriele, Amelie Hohensee, Thomas Seeholzer, Arne Kroidl, Andreas Wieser

“…<b>Introduction</b>: In recent years, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) rates have increased significantly in bacterial pathogens, particularly extended beta-lactam resistance. …”
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Multicenter study correlating molecular characteristics and clinical outcomes of cancer cases with patient-derived organoids by Paloma Navarro, Tatiana P. Grazioso, Arantzazu Barquín, Maria Barba, Mónica Yagüe, Carlos Millán, Irene López, Elena Sevillano, Miguel Quiralte, Paloma Fernández, Diego Losada, Eduardo Caleiras, Julia Calzas, Beatriz Jiménez, Sergio Ruiz-Llorente, Juan Justo, Félix Guerrero, Vital Hevia, Raquel Martín, Francisco José Pérez-Rodriguez, Julia Tejerina, Mario Prieto, Paula Comune, Juan Francisco Rodriguez-Moreno, Jesús García-Donás

“…PDOs reproduced pathological and immunohistochemical patterns of source tumors, with pathogenic variants confirmed in 84% (21/25). …”
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Burden of pulmonary arterial hypertension in Asia from 1990 to 2021: Findings from Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Shenshen Huang, Jiayong Qiu, Anyi Wang, Yuejiao Ma, Peiwen Wang, Dong Ding, Luhong Qiu, Shuangping Li, Mengyi Liu, Jiexin Zhang, Yimin Mao, Yi Yan, Xiqi Xu, Zhicheng Jing, Rongman Jia

“…Using the latest data from the Global Burden of Disease 2021, we evaluated and analyzed the distributions and patterns of PAH disease burden among various age groups, sexes, regions, and countries in Asia. …”
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Characteristics and risk factors for outcomes in patients with Mycoplasma pneumoniae mono- and coinfections: A multicenter surveillance study in Wuhan, China, 2023 by Banghua Chen, Jie Pan, Ying Peng, Yuanyuan Zhang, Yunan Wan, Hongjie Wei, Kangguo Li, Wentao Song, Yunkang Zhao, Kang Fang, Huiming Ye, Jiali Cao, Jia Rui, Zeyu Zhao, Tianmu Chen

“…Children aged 1–10 years had the highest incidence, whereas those over 60 years had elevated hospitalization, severe infection, and fatality rates. Coinfection patterns differed by age, with bacterial-viral-Chlamydia pneumoniae (C. pneumoniae) / other pathogens prevalent in infants, bacterial-viral pathogens prevalent in preschoolers, and viral-viral pathogens prevalent in school-aged children. …”
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Bridging micro and macroevolution: insights from chromosomal dynamics in plants by Carmen Benítez-Benítez, Ashwini V. Mohan, Rogelio Sánchez-Villegas, Inés Gómez-Ramos, Ana Valdés-Florido, Kay Lucek, Marek Slovák, Marek Slovák, Filip Kolář, Filip Kolář, Ilia J. Leitch, Modesto Luceño, Isabel Larridon, Angelino Carta, Angelino Carta, Joan Cuscó-Borràs, Enrique Maguilla, Alegría Montero-Ramírez, Patrick G. Meirmans, Alison Dawn Scott, Santiago Martín-Bravo, Marcial Escudero

“…At the macroevolutionary level, we investigated the association between karyotype diversity and diversification rates using evidence from comparative genomics, chromosomal evolution modelling across phylogenies, and the association with several traits across different angiosperm lineages. …”
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Progressive subcortical involvement as spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 advances by Pubing Yuan, Yonghua Huang, Minghui Dai, Xin Jin, Dingxin Zheng, Die Xiao, Lihua Deng, Peiling Ou, Linfeng Shi, Yifan Chen, Jian Wang, Wei Chen, Yuanchao Zhang, Chen Liu

“…Abstract Background and objectives Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by heterogeneous motor and nonmotor manifestations. The progressive pattern of subcortical shape abnormalities and their associations with the clinical phenotypes in SCA3 remain unknown. …”
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