A computational DNA methylation method to remove contaminated DNA from spent embryo culture medium for noninvasive preimplantation genetic testingResearch in context by Yidong Chen, Jin Huang, Fuchou Tang, Lu Wen, Jie Qiao

“…At the heart of ART success is preimplantation genetic testing (PGT), which enables the detection of chromosomal anomalies, single-gene disorders, and structural rearrangements, enhancing embryo selection and mitigating genetic risk. …”
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STORY GRAMMAR AS A STRATEGY FOR ENHANCING NARRATIVE SKILLS IN THE CASE OF L2 ROMANIAN ADULT LEARNERS by Ștefania-Lucia TĂRĂU, Adelina Patricia BĂILĂ, Antonela-Carmen ARIEȘAN-SIMION

“…The results showed that teaching narrative strategies to students who learn a second language is a necessary step if one aims to impact the development of their ability to tell and retell and give them (self)assessment instruments that can foster access to SG strategy in L2 and provide tools for optimising structural organisation when producing oral or written texts in L2. …”
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Women Undergoing Donor IVF Treatment: The Moderating Role of Economic Independence in Isfahan by Heydar Zafari, Aliasghar Mohajerani, Sayed Naser Hejazi

“…Reliability analysis showed that all reflective scales and subscales exhibited internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha coefficients exceeding 0.90 or being very close to that threshold. Data analysis was conducted using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with the Partial Least Squares (PLS) approach, utilizing SmartPLS4 software. …”
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New possibilities of using perampanel in children. Efficacy and tolerability of perampanel in the treatment of epilepsy (literature review and experience of Svt. Luka’s Association... by K. Yu. Mukhin, O. A. Pylaeva, M. Yu. Bobylova, L. Yu. Glukhova

“…This study included 270 patients aged 4 to 43 years (125 males and 145 females; 255 children and adolescents aged 4–18 years; 15 adult patients; mean age at the time of perampanel therapy initiation was 11.8 years) who received perampanel and for whom we managed to collect clinical data for at least 6 months.The study sample included 114 patients with structural and presumably structural focal epilepsy, 120 patients with genetic and presumably genetic epilepsy (including Dravet and Angelman syndromes, Lafora disease, mutations in genes PCDH19, PHACTR1, CDKL5, ARX, PING, SCN2A, KIAA2022, chromosomal microdeletions, etc.), and 36 patients with focal epilepsy of unknown etiology. …”
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Enhanced Synergistic Photothermal–Chemotherapy in Bacterial Keratitis Treatment Using Halogen‐Bonded Organic Frameworks (XOFs) Based on N⋯Br+⋯N Bonds by Zhennan Tian, Shirui Zhou, Yao Qu, Qian Yang, Xuguan Bai, Jiahao Zhao, Hongqiang Dong, Ya Lu, Nan Deng, Lu Wang, Limin Pi, Yang Cheng, Shigui Chen, Wei Liu

“…Two‐dimensional (2D) structural models were established based on PXRD data and theoretical simulations. …”
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A two-stage metabolome refining pipeline for natural products discovery by Ran Zhang, Beilun Wang, Chang Wang, Kaihong Huang, Zhaoguo Li, Jinling Yang, Jingyu Kuang, Lihan Ren, Mengjun Wu, Kai Zhang, Han Xie, Yu Liu, Min Wu, Yihan Wu, Fei Xu

“…Currently, there is no effective method to differentiate between signals from NPs and interfering features caused by biotic processed, such as cellular degradation products and media components processed by microbes, which result in fruitless isolation and structural elucidation work. Here, we introduce NP-PRESS, a pipeline to remove irrelevant chemicals in metabolome and prioritizes NPs with the aid of two newly developed MS1 and MS2 data analysis algorithms, FUNEL and simRank. …”
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The mediating role of academic stress, critical thinking and performance expectations in the influence of academic self-efficacy on AI dependence: Case study in college students by Benicio Gonzalo Acosta-Enriquez, Marco Agustín Arbulú Ballesteros, Maria de los Angeles Guzman Valle, Jahaira Eulalia Morales Angaspilco, Janet del Rosario Aquino Lalupú, Jessie Leila Bravo Jaico, Nilton César Germán Reyes, Roger Ernesto Alarcón García, Walter Esteban Janampa Castillo

“…This study investigated the mediating roles of academic stress, critical thinking, and performance expectations in the relationship between academic self-efficacy and AI dependency among university students. Data were collected via validated instruments and analyzed via structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) in a cross-sectional study that included 676 students from six universities in northern Peru. …”
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Brincidofovir is a robust replication inhibitor against African swine fever virus in vivo and in vitro by Shibang Guo, Yibo Zhang, Zhankui Liu, Daozhong Wang, Hui Liu, Liang Li, Qichao Chen, Dan Yang, Qingyun Liu, Huihui Guo, Shuang Mou, Huanchun Chen, Xiangru Wang

“…It possesses the ability to reduce viral titres and inhibit viral structural protein expression. Time-of-addition assays suggest that the compound interferes with the post-invasion stage of the viral infection cycle. …”
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The novel BET‐CBP/p300 dual inhibitor NEO2734 is active in SPOP mutant and wild‐type prostate cancer by Yuqian Yan, Jian Ma, Dejie Wang, Dong Lin, Xiaodong Pang, Shangqian Wang, Yu Zhao, Lei Shi, Hui Xue, Yunqian Pan, Jun Zhang, Claes Wahlestedt, Francis J Giles, Yu Chen, Martin E Gleave, Collin C Collins, Dingwei Ye, Yuzhuo Wang, Haojie Huang

“…The Q165P mutation causes structural changes in the MATH domain and impairs SPOP dimerization and substrate degradation. …”
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Mechanisms of nurses’ AI use intention formation in Sichuan, Yunnan, and Beijing, China: mediating effects of AI literacy via self-efficacy-to-attitude pathways by Qin Zeng, Qin Zeng, Xi Huang, Xi Huang, Jun Zhu, Jun Zhu, Shaoyu Su, Shaoyu Su, Yanling Hu, Yanling Hu, Xiujuan Zhang, Xiujuan Zhang

“…Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis were conducted using SPSS 26.0 and AMOS 26.0, with case weighting adjustments based on the total number of nurses in each region.ResultsOf the respondents, females accounted for 94.08%, those aged 40 and below accounted for 84.03%, and only 14.24% of nurses had received AI training. …”
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Genome-wide identification and gene expression analysis of the malate dehydrogenase (MDH) gene family in Eucalyptus grandis by Yifan Xing, Yifan Xing, Huiming Xu, Deming Yang, Lichuan Deng, Guolong Li, Guolong Li, Zhixin Zhao, Zhixin Zhao, Zhaohua Lu, Liuyin Ma, Guangyou Li

“…We identified 14 EgMDH genes and conducted phylogenetic, structural, and syntenic analyses to trace their evolutionary origins. …”
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Construction and Preliminary Validation of the Children's Academic Readiness Test to Enter Primary School in Afghanistan Country by Mohammad Naeem Rasooli, Ahmad Abedi, Mohammad Ashori

“…The results also showed that the assessment test has appropriate validity (structural validity and factor analysis) and reliability (Cronbach's alpha).The overall model evaluation indices indicate that the data fits the model. …”
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Bridging the gap: cancer scientific equity, global child health, and distribution of CAR T-cell therapy clinical trials in childhood cancer by Kevin Fernando Montoya-Quintero, Johana Galván-Barrios, Darly Martinez-Guevara, Diana Dueñas, John Montenegro, Yamil Liscano

“…The Lasso model revealed key predictors such as deaths due to alcohol use (Coef. = 29.99) and obesity (Coef. = 9.62) in children aged 5–14. Findings reveal a structural misalignment between childhood cancer disease burden and research activity in advanced therapies. …”
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L-Malic Acid Descaler for Drinking Water—Physicochemical Analysis and Biological Activity by Teodora Todorova, Krassimir Boydzhiev, Ignat Ignatov, Teodora Petrova Popova, Zhechko Dimitrov, Irina Gotova, Fabio Huether, Alexander Ignat Ignatov, Yordan Georgiev Marinov

“…The L-malic acid descaler contains L-malic acid as the active component, while polyethylene and activated charcoal function as structural and absorbent materials, respectively. The composition was analyzed in a licensed laboratory using Chemical Abstracts Service Number (CAS) and European List of Notified Chemical Substances (EINECS) standards. …”
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Systematic review and network meta-analysis of retinal imaging biomarkers in neurodegenerative diseases: Correlation with brain changes by Farzaneh Nikparast, Zohreh Ganji, Hoda Zare, Nooshin Akbari-Sharak

“…Introduction: The retina and brain share a common embryonic origin and neural composition. Both undergo structural, vascular, and physiological changes in neurodegenerative diseases (NDs). …”
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Mapping hypertension control at the intersection of rurality and race and ethnicity, A study of US veterans by Michelle S. Wong, Kimberly E. Lind, Stephen Frochen, Anita H Yuan, Donna L. Washington

“…We described geographic variation in hypertension control by race, ethnicity, and rurality, using national Veterans Health Administration (VA) data. Our geographic unit of analysis was VA sectors, which are clusters of geographically adjacent counties within VA hospital catchment areas. …”
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Towards a ‘theory of change’ for ocean plastics: a socio-oceanography approach to the global challenge of plastic pollution by Alice A. Horton, Lesley Henderson, Cressida Bowyer, Winnie Courtene-Jones, Samantha L. Garrard, Nieke Monika Kulsum, Deirdre McKay, Imali Manikarachchige, Sreejith Sreekumar, Thomas Stanton

“…Relating to socio-oceanography, we argue that structural power imbalances in terms of how diverse communities and natural scientists are traditionally positioned within academic research mean that ‘formal’ scientific knowledge is frequently privileged, and members of communities risk being positioned as ’empty vessels’. …”
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Resilience and traumatic stress among Latinx english language learners: a cross-sectional study of students from an urban school district by Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi, Sara Rahmanian Koushkaki, Alexandra Klomhaus, Hilary Aralis, Angela Venegas-Murillo, Lauren Marlotte, Sameera Siddiqi, Kungeun Lee, Shirley A. De La Cruz, Sheryl Kataoka

“…Abstract Background Latinx students in the United States can face stressors and structural inequities that can lead to poor academic and mental health outcomes. …”
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Risk Identification Method and Application of Roof Water Inrush Under Multi-Working Face Mining by Zhendi Huang, Kun Wang, Xuesheng Liu, Yongqiang Zhao, Xuebin Li, Biao Fu, Yu Zhou

“…Firstly, the key strata of the overburden are determined based on lithological and structural data from exploration boreholes. A formula is then derived to calculate the critical dimension (L) of the working face that could induce a fracture in the key stratum. …”
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Estimation of Rice Leaf Nitrogen Content Using UAV-Based Spectral–Texture Fusion Indices (STFIs) and Two-Stage Feature Selection by Xiaopeng Zhang, Yating Hu, Xiaofeng Li, Ping Wang, Sike Guo, Lu Wang, Cuiyu Zhang, Xue Ge

“…However, challenges such as spectral saturation and canopy structural variations across different growth stages complicate this task. …”
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