1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 enhances the expression of phosphorus transporters via vitamin D receptor in ligated duodenal loops of Arbor Acres male broilers by Weiyun Zhang, Yanqiang Geng, Ke Yang, Yangyang Hu, Mengxiao Xue, Xiaoyan Cui, Liyang Zhang, Shengchen Wang, Tingting Li, Xugang Luo, Yun Hu

“…These findings suggest that 1,25-(OH)2D3 increased P absorption possibly through VDR-mediated transactivation of NaPi-IIb and PiT-2 genes in the duodenum of Arbor Acres male broilers.…”
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Investigation of Anti-Mycobacterial Activity of Orientin and Vitexin on the Six Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains by Tülin Aşkun

“…Orientin and vitexin have not been tested on current clinical strains of M. tuberculosis before. …”
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Glycosphingolipids and their impact on platelet activity in a murine model of fabry disease by Adam J. Kanack, Eve Prodoehl, Mayumi Ishihara-Aoki, Kazuhiro Aoki, Nancy M. Dahms

“…Notably, treatment of platelets from wild-type animals with globotriaosylceramide (Gb3) increased baseline platelet activation and aggregation. …”
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18F-FDG PET/CT revealed primary malignant giant cell tumor of the sacrum: a case report by Zelong Feng, Ronghua Yu, Xianwen Hu

“…Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/CT imaging showed increased 18F-FDG uptake in the lesion. Subsequently, the patient underwent CT-guided biopsy and was diagnosed with PMGCTB by pathology. …”
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Correlation of disease severity with body weight and high fat diet in the FATZO/Pco mouse. by Brian A Droz, Bria L Sneed, Charles V Jackson, Karen M Zimmerman, M Dodson Michael, Paul J Emmerson, Tamer Coskun, Richard G Peterson

“…Obesity in many current pre-clinical animal models of obesity and diabetes is mediated by monogenic mutations; these are rarely associated with the development of human obesity. …”
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Fabrication of Sol Gel Solution-Based Zinc–Tin Oxide/Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Thin-Film for Thin-Film Transistors by Yong-Jae Kim, Woon-Seop Choi

“…Among the samples, the ZTO TFT with an SWNT concentration of 0.07 wt.% showed a field-effect mobility (μsat) of 13.12 cm²/Vs (increased by a factor of 3) and an I_on/I_off current ratio of 7.66 × 10⁷ with a lower threshold voltage. …”
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Commercial bioinoculants improve colonization but do not alter the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community of greenhouse-grown grapevine roots by Mariam P. Berdeja, Nicole K. Reynolds, Teresa Pawlowska, Justine E. Vanden Heuvel

“…However, inoculation induced positive changes in root traits as well as increased AMF colonization, plant biomass, and leaf nitrogen. …”
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Early mental health intervention and supported self-care for LGBTQ+ young people in the UK: a mixed-methods study by Elizabeth McDermott, Rachael Eastham, Elizabeth Hughes, Emily Pattison, Katherine Johnson, Stephanie Davis, Steven Pryjmachuk, Ceu Mateus, Olu Jenzen, Felix McNulty

“…Objectives To produce a model of what works for early intervention mental health support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer/questioning, plus young people and increase understanding of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer/questioning, plus young people’s access to, navigation of, and engagement with mental health support. …”
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A new species and updates on Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Veliidae) in Brazil by Evaldo Alves Joaquim, Juliana Mourão dos Santos Rodrigues, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo Moreira, Leandro Lourenço Dumas

“…It has gone through revisions since the 1990s, with several species being transferred to other genera, and currently contains 46 species distributed from Mexico to Argentina, 35 of which occur in Brazil. …”
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Vertical distribution of ¹³⁷Cs in soddy-podzolic sandy soil in grasslands and forests of the Bryansk region in 2015–2016 by V. P. Ramzaev, A. N. Barkovsky, K V. Varfolomeeva

“…The three other meadows showed a relatively uniform distribution of 137Cs in the upper 4–6 cm, followed by a decrease in activity concentration with an increase in depth. …”
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Monkeypox virus (MPXV) isolation from longitudinal samples of 11 patients to infer risk of onwards transmission by Dr Helen Callaby, Dr Janie Olver, Ms Kirsty Emery, Dr Kevin Richards, Dr Marian Killip, Dr Natalie Groves, Dr Jake Dunning, Professor Malcolm G Semple, Professor J Kenneth Baillie, Dr Tommy Rampling, Dr Catherine F Houlihan

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Getting Blood out of a Stone: Vascularization via Spheroids and Organoids in 3D Bioprinting by Daria Revokatova, Polina Bikmulina, Zahra Heydari, Anna Solovieva, Massoud Vosough, Anastasia Shpichka, Peter Timashev

“…It is also responsible for inductive biochemical exchange, and provides a structural pattern for organ growth. In vitro systems, containing no perfusable vessels, suffer from the quick formation of a necrotic core of organoids, and further development does not occur due to increased metabolic demands. …”
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Sustainable analysis of COVID-19 Co-packaged paxlovid: exploring advanced sampling techniques and multivariate processing tools by Shymaa S. Soliman, Nisreen F Abo- Talib, Mohamed R. Elghobashy, Mona A. Abdel Rahman

“…The LHS technique was able to provide well-interpreted and informative samples by capturing essential variabilities across the input space without any increase in sample numbers. It was compared and outperformed the random sampling Monte Carlo technique. …”
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Impact of computed tomography parameters on radiation dose in chest imaging: a comparative study between tomographs by Warley Ferreira Felix, Adriana de Souza Medeiros Batista, Arno Heeren de Oliveira, Marcos Eugênio Silva Abrantes

“…Due to the declaration of the Covid-19 pandemic by the World Health Organization in 2020, there was a significant increase in imaging exams to evaluate lung problems, these being the organs most affected by the disease. …”
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The effect of high-sugar feeding on rodent metabolic phenotype: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Sophie Lucic Fisher, G. Jean Campbell, Alistair Senior, Kim Bell-Anderson

“…Abstract Dietary sugar consumption has been linked to increased cardiometabolic disease risk, although it is unclear if this is independent of increases in body weight and adiposity. …”
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Curcumin and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by Nasrin Sharifi, Somaye Kamarei, Hamed Mirzaei

“…The exact etiology of NAFLD remains unclear. Currently, lifestyle modifications, including diet and exercise, are the primary strategies for the prevention and treatment of NAFLD. …”
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Personalized Kodo Millet Rice Analogue (KMRA): Formulation, nutritional evaluation, and optimization by KVD Karthik, Benhur Dayakar Rao, Anamika Das, Enthoti Kiranmai, M. Dharini, Shreeja Reddy Mogulla, Deeksha Sharma

“…In addition, it was revealed that the nutrients increased in the rice analogue based on the percentage of KM semolina used in the formulation. …”
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Value propositions for improving the competitiveness of short food supply chains built on technological and non-technological innovations by Andras Sebok, Kinga Varsányi, Katalin Kujáni, Vilma Xhakolari, Ágnes Szegedyné Fricz, Alessanda Castellini, Diana Di Gioa, Francesca Gaggia, Maurizio Cannavari

“…The success factors and bottlenecks of each short food supply chain operation and their current value propositions were identified. From the inventory, those innovations were selected for each short food chain case study which can be applied to eliminate or reduce the bottlenecks or enhance the success factors leading to new, upgraded value propositions with increased added value for the consumers. …”
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Exploring the Role of Stent Strut Geometry in Cellular Behavior: An In Vitro Chip Model to Understand In‐Stent Restenosis by Emmie J.D. Schoutens, Juul Verbakel, Heleen M.M. van Beusekom, Jaap M.J. den Toonder, Olaf van der Sluis, Jan de Boer

“…Stent design plays a crucial role in ISR, yet current clinical research cannot isolate the effects of geometry alone. …”
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Disruption of small intestinal mucosal homeostasis in mice with amiodarone induced steatohepatitis by Shoji Kawauchi, Sayo Horibe, Toru Tanaka, Naoto Sasaki, Junichi Kunimasa, Yoshiyuki Rikitake

“…Abstract In the current study, we sought to investigate the pathogenesis of amiodarone (AMD)-induced steatohepatitis, focusing on the pathological changes in the small intestine and liver. …”
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