Periodontal Indices as Predictors of Cognitive Decline: Insights from the PerioMind Colombia Cohort by Catalina Arévalo-Caro, Diego López, Jose Antonio Sánchez Milán, Cristina Lorca, María Mulet, Humberto Arboleda, Sergio Losada Amaya, Aida Serra, Xavier Gallart-Palau

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Machine Learning-Based Alzheimer’s Disease Stage Diagnosis Utilizing Blood Gene Expression and Clinical Data: A Comparative Investigation by Manash Sarma, Subarna Chatterjee

“…We obtained the best multiclassification result in both modalities of the ADNI data in terms of F1-score and were able to identify new genetic biomarkers. <b>Methods:</b> The combination of the XGBoost and SFBS (Sequential Floating Backward Selection) methods was used to select the features. …”
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Dietary Thymol Improved Growth, Body Composition, Digestive Enzyme Activities, Hematology, Immunity, Antioxidant Defense, and Resistance to Streptococcus iniae in the Rainbow Trout... by Hafsan Hafsan, Marwan Mahmood Saleh, Rahman S. Zabibah, Rasha Fadhel Obaid, Hijran Sanaan Jabbar, Yasser Fakri Mustafa, Mohammed Q. Sultan, Gamal A. Gabr, Andrés Alexis Ramírez-Coronel, Mohammad Khodadadi, Mahnaz Dadras

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Comparative evaluation of antifungal susceptibility testing methods of invasive Candida species and detection of FKS genes mutations in caspofungin intermediate and resistant isola... by Dalia Saad ElFeky, Doaa Mahdy El-Wakil, Mai M. Mwafy, Mohamed M.A. Atia, Noha Mahmoud Gohar

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Development of Attenuated Total Reflectance Mid-Infrared (ATR-MIR) and Near-Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy for the Determination of Resistant Starch Content in Wheat Grains by Rong Wang, Xia Wei, Hongpan Wang, Linshu Zhao, Cengli Zeng, Bingrui Wang, Wenying Zhang, Luxiang Liu, Yanhao Xu

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Unveiling the nutraceutical potential of indigenous and exotic eggplant for bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity as well as its suitability to the nutraceutical industry by Yvonne Angel Lyngdoh, Yvonne Angel Lyngdoh, Partha Saha, Partha Saha, Bhoopal Singh Tomar, Rakesh Bhardwaj, Laxman L. Nandi, Mohita Srivastava, Bishal Gurung, Jeetendra Kumar Ranjan, Paresh Chaukhande

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Differentiations in Illness Duration, Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone, Glucose and P300 Latency Between Drug-Na&iuml;ve Unipolar and Bipolar Depression: A Comparative Cross-Sectional S... by Li C, Yang L, Zhang Q, Zhang Y, Li R, Jia F, Wang L, Ma X, Yao K, Tian H, Liu Z, Zhuo C

“…Chao Li,1,2 Lei Yang,1,2 Qiuyu Zhang,1,2 Ying Zhang,1,2 Ranli Li,1,2 Feng Jia,1,2 Lina Wang,1,2 Xiaoyan Ma,1,2 Kaifang Yao,1,2 Hongjun Tian,3,&ast; Zengxun Liu,4,&ast; Chuanjun Zhuo1,2,&ast; 1Computational Biology and Animal Imaging Center (CBAC), Tianjin Anding Hospital, Nankai University Affiliated Tianjin Anding Hospital, Tianjin Medical University Affiliated Tianjin Anding Hospital, Tianjin Medical University Affiliated Tianjin Mental Health Center, Tianjin, 300222, People’s Republic of China; 2Laboratory of Psychiatric-Neuroimaging-Genetic and Co-morbidity (PNGC_Lab), Tianjin Anding Hospital, Tianjin Mental Health Center of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300222, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Psychiatry, Tianjin Fourth Center Hospital, Nankai University Affiliated Tianjin Fourth Center Hospital, Tianjin, 300140, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Psychiatry, Shandong Mental Health Center, Jinan, 250014, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Chuanjun Zhuo, Tianjin Anding Hospital, Nankai University Affiliated Tianjin Anding Hospital, Tianjin Medical University Affiliated Tianjin Anding Hospital, Tianjin Medical University Affiliated Tianjin Mental Health Center, Tianjin, 300222, People’s Republic of China, Tel/Fax +86-22-24394542, Email chuanjunzhuotjmh@163.comBackground: Distinguishing bipolar depression (BD) from unipolar depression (UD) remains a major clinical challenge, especially in drug-naïve patients. …”
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Isoacid supplementation influences feed sorting, chewing behaviors, and enteric methane emissions differentially in mid-lactation dairy cows depending on dietary forage level by M.R.A. Redoy, S. Ahmed, M. Bulnes, D.H. Kleinschmit, M.E. Uddin

“…Parity, DIM, and prior milk yield (MY) for multiparous cows or genetic merit for primiparous cows were used as blocking factors. …”
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Whether Detection of Gene Mutations Could Identify Low- or High-Risk Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma? Data from 393 Cases Using the Next-Generation Sequencing by Lei Jin, Liang Zhou, Jian-Biao Wang, Li Tao, Xiao-Xiao Lu, Na Yan, Qian-Ming Chen, Li-Ping Cao, Lei Xie

“…Out of the total number of cases studied, 8 cases (2.3%) showed signs of tumor recurrence, all of which were localized and regional. Genetic alterations were detected in 342 cases (87.0%), with 336 cases revealing single mutations and 6 cases manifesting compound mutations. 332 cases (84.5%) had BRAFV600E mutation, 2 cases had KRASQ61K mutation, 2 cases had NRASQ61R mutation, 8 cases had RET/PTC1 rearrangement, 3 cases had RET/PTC3 rearrangement, and 1 case had TERT promoter mutation. …”
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Comparison of sialic acid content in bovine and buffalo milk and meat by Michela Contò, Simona Rinaldi, Sebastiana Failla

“…Neu5Ac differs from Neu5Gc by a single oxygen atom, but humans cannot synthesize the Neu5Gc due to a genetic mutation. Thus, Neu5Gc causes a human antibody response, which promotes the inflammatory processes. …”
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Larvicidal activity of Bacillus thuringiensis strains against Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes by Prakai Rajchanuwong, Sawaporn Peaboon, Ratchadawan Ngoen-Klan, Atsalek Rattanawannee, Atirat Noosidum, Boonhiang Promdonkoy, Jariya Chanpaisaeng, Theeraphap Chareonviriyaphap

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Cutting-edge Bioinformatics strategies for synthesizing Cyclotriazadisulfonamide (CADA) analogs in next-Generation HIV therapies by Jay Gabriel B. Larga, Wrynan T. Munabirul, Abu Tayab Moin, Md Maisum Sarwar Jyoti, Mst Sanjida Nasrin, Minhaz Abdullah Al Mueid, Abdul Ahad, Anwar Parvez, Mst Sabrina Yeasmin, Rupali M. Barhate, Rajesh B. Patil, Margel C. Bonifacio

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The analysis of risk factors for diabetic kidney disease progression: a single-centre and cross-sectional experiment in Shanghai by Shan Huang, Juan Du, Nan Zhao, Wen Liu, Fan Hu, Xiaoxu Ge, Xiaohong Jiang, Wenfang Peng, Lisha Shen, Lili Xia

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Control of Ectoparasitic Monogenean Infestation on GIFT Tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) using Salt Addition by Yani Hadiroseyani, L.S. Harti, Sri Nuryati

“…The objectives of this study were to examine monogenean parasites species in GIFT (Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia) tilapia, their tolerance to salt concentration and the most effective salt concentration to control the parasites. …”
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100 essential questions for the future of agriculture by Yuming Hu, Taolan Zhao, Yafang Guo, Meng Wang, Kerstin Brachhold, Chengcai Chu, Andrew Hanson, Sachin Kumar, Rongcheng Lin, Wenjin Long, Ming Luo, Jian Feng Ma, Yansong Miao, Shaoping Nie, Yu Sheng, Weiming Shi, James Whelan, Qingyu Wu, Ziping Wu, Wei Xie, Yinong Yang, Chao Zhao, Lei Lei, Yong‐Guan Zhu, Qifa Zhang

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Evaluation of Panicle Exsertion and Identification of QTL for Long Panicle Neck in Single-segment Substitution Lines of Wild Rice by Jiamei MOU, Chengxia LI, Rui TANG, Yanjie LIU, Xingxin DAI, Xuelin FU

“…In this study, by using the single-segment substitution lines (SSSLs) of Oryza meridionalis and O. barthii developed in our laboratory, the trait of panicle exsertion was investigated and the QTLs controlling panicle exsertion were identified, in order to lay a foundation for further cloning of the elite genes for panicle exsertion from wild rice, and to provide the genetic resources for the molecular breeding of the panicle exsertion in rice.…”
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Co-infection of SARS‐CoV‐2 and influenza A/B among patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Monireh Golpour, Hossein Jalali, Reza Alizadeh-Navaei, Masoumeh Rezaei Talarposhti, Tahoora Mousavi, Ali Asghar Nadi Ghara

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Optimization of chemical transfection in airway epithelial cell lines by Tony J. F. Guo, Wan Yi Liang, Gurpreet K. Singhera, Jasmine Memar Vaghri, Janice M. Leung, Del R. Dorscheid

“…Consideration and optimization of cell line and transfection conditions may be useful for improving nonviral genetic techniques in vitro.…”
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Intricating connections: the role of ferroptosis in systemic lupus erythematosus by Guowang Zhao, Xinghai Li, Ying Zhang, Ying Zhang, Xingzi Wang, Li Deng, Juan Xu, Shumei Jin, Zan Zuo, Zan Zuo, Linting Xun, Linting Xun, Mei Luo, Mei Luo, Fan Yang, Jialong Qi, Jialong Qi, Jialong Qi, Jialong Qi, Ping Fu

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Potency of sponge-associated bacteria producing bioactive compounds as biological control of vibriosis on shrimp by Adityawati Fajar Rini, Munti Yuhana, Aris Tri Wahyudi

“…Results of challenge test with Vibrio harveyi have a significant difference survival (70±5.0–90±0.0%) (P<0.05) compared with positive control (38.3±2.9%). Genetic analysis based on 16S-rRNA revealed the groups of three genera belonged to Pseudomonas, Staphylococcus, and Alcaligenes. …”
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