<i>Puccinia striiformis</i> f. sp. <i>tritici</i> Exhibited a Significant Change in Virulence and Race Frequency in Xinjiang, China by Hong Yang, Muhammad Awais, Feifei Deng, Li Li, Jinbiao Ma, Guangkuo Li, Kemei Li, Haifeng Gao

“…To gain a better understanding, we compared the race data from spring and winter wheat crops of 2022 with that of 2021. …”
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Plasmid-driven clonal expansion of multidrug-resistant monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium in a Global Food Trade Hub by Dingjie Huang, Ziqi Wu, Yixiang Jiang, Lulu Hu, Rui Cai, Xi Yang, Chen Du, Shiting Chen, Panpan Yang, Bingchan Guo, Xiaolu Shi, Shuang Wu, Yinghui Li, Zhemin Zhou, Qinghua Hu

“…This study integrates 17 years of genomic, epidemiological, and food safety data. We explored the serovar’s population structure, antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) patterns, and transmission dynamics locally and globally. …”
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Artificial neural network-based forecasting of air temperature reduction in a tube bank under electric field by Ekuong Tang, Attakorn Asanakham, Thoranis Deethayat, Tanongkiat Kiatsiriroat

“…The study evaluated the optimal ANN model structure, including the appropriate number of neurons in the hidden layer, the number of epochs, and the suitable activation function for predicting heat transfer performance under an electric field. …”
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Effect of environmentally relevant concentrations of estrogens on the aggressive response of male zebrafish by Ying–Ying Zhang, Ying–Ying Zhang, Hong Tao, Hong Tao, Yan–Jun Shen, Yan–Jun Shen, Qi–Liang Chen, Qi–Liang Chen, Zhi–Hao Liu, Zhi–Hao Liu

“…This, in turn, could undermine the competitive and then survival abilities of zebrafish, and potentially affect their population number and structure.…”
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Betulinic acid protects against ovarian impairment by decreasing F-2 toxin-induced oxidative stress and inflammation associated with the downregulation of p38 expression in mice by Li Kong, Xinyu Gao, Lijuan Zhu, Xing Lin, You Huang, Chunlin Huang, Wenjiang Yang, Yazhi Chen, Haoqiang Zhao, Jing Wu, Zhihang Yuan, Jin’e Yi

“…Betulinic acid (BA) is a natural pentacyclic lupane-structure triterpenoid that has diverse pharmacological activities. …”
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Is malathion oncogenic for mosquitoes? A transcriptomic and histological study of adults derived from malathion exposed larvae by Audrey Arnal, Erika Burioli, Lisa Jacquin, Sophie Labrut, Stéphane Duchon, Marie Rossignol, Delphine Nicolas, Beata Ujvari, Antoine Dujon, Jordan Meliani, Jérôme Abadie, Frédéric Thomas, Vincent Corbel

“…Here, we quantitatively investigated whether larval exposure to environmentally realistic concentrations of malathion could affect mosquito tissue structure and gene expression profiles of adult Aedes aegypti (yellow fever mosquitoes), using both RNA-seq and histological approaches. …”
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The interaction of UBR4, LRP1, and OPHN1 in refractory epilepsy: Drosophila model to investigate the oligogenic effect on epilepsy by Rui-Na Huang, Si-Yuan Luo, Tao Huang, Xiong-Sheng Li, Fan-Chao Zhou, Wei-Hao Yin, Ze-Ru Chen, Shi-Zhan Yuan, Ling-Ying Li, Bin Tang, Jing-Da Qiao

“…This study established a novel framework to clarify the multiple genetic structure of epileptogenicity in refractory epilepsy with oligogenic background, which could be critical to translational medicine and precision therapy development.…”
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Jet-fuel range hydrocarbon production from Reutealis trisperma oil over Al-MCM-41 derived from Indonesian Kaolin with different Si/Al ratio by Reva Edra Nugraha, Didik Prasetyoko, Nabila Argya Nareswari, Abdul Aziz, Holilah Holilah, Hasliza Bahruji, Muhammad Rahimi Yusop, Nurul Asikin-Mijan, Suprapto Suprapto, Yun Hin Taufiq-Yap, Aishah Abdul Jalil, Santi Wulan Purnami, Hartati Hartati

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Dynamics of Reconnection Nanojets in Eruptive and Confined Solar Flares by Annu Bura, Arpit Kumar Shrivastav, Ritesh Patel, Tanmoy Samanta, Sushree S Nayak, Ananya Ghosh, Shanwlee Sow Mondal, Vaibhav Pant, Daniel B. Seaton

“…We infer that this sheared arcade configuration in the eruptive event creates favorable conditions for higher speeds and kinetic energies, unlike the less braided structure in the confined event. Our findings highlight the crucial role of the surrounding magnetic environment in regulating the energetics of nanoflare ejections in the solar atmosphere.…”
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PIEZO1 mechanical insensitivity in generalized lymphatic dysplasia with the potential for pharmacological rescue by Melanie J. Ludlow, Oleksandr V. Povstyan, Deborah M. Linley, Silvia Martin-Almedina, Charlotte Revill, Kevin Cuthbertson, Katie A. Smith, Emily Fay, Elisavet Fotiou, Andrew Bush, Claire Hogg, Tobias Linden, Natalie B. Tan, Susan M. White, Juan C. Del Rey Jimenez, Ege Sackey, Esther Dempsey, Sahar Mansour, Gregory Parsonage, Antreas C. Kalli, Richard Foster, Pia Ostergaard, David J. Beech

“…Two of the variants encode amino acid changes in the channel’s cap structure (Ile2270Thr and Arg2335Gln), one in the ninth transmembrane helical unit (THU) below the cap (Gly1978Asp) and one in the fifth THU distant from the cap (Glu829Val). …”
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Association of cancer and outcomes of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 between 2020 and 2023 [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations, 1 not approved] by Robert F Terry, Rugiatu Z Kamara, Robert J Samuels, Donald S Grant, Sulaiman Lakoh, Mustapha Kabba, Innocent Nuwagira, Yusuf Sheku Tejan, Sia Morenike Tengbe, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Shermarke Hassan, Abdulai Tejan Jalloh, Divya Nair, Laura Merson

“…Methods We conducted an analysis on data collected in a large prospective cohort study set-up by the International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC). …”
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Tour of Asteroids for Characterization Observations (TACO): A Planetary Defense Asteroid Tour Concept by Angela M. Stickle, Andrew S. Rivkin, Justin Atchison, Jodi Berdis, Rylie Bull, Andy Cheng, R. Terik Daly, Carolyn M. Ernst, Patrick King, Meagan Leary, Emma S. G. Rainey, Ronald J. Vervack Jr., Nancy Chabot

“…The TACO tour concept is specifically designed to measure the most important asteroid properties for planetary defense, including mass, size/shape, surface and near-surface structure, presence of satellites, and composition. …”
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Endothelial soluble epoxide hydrolase links polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism to oxidative stress and atherosclerosis progression by Minghua Cao, Mengqing Li, Xixuan Li, Yuanyuan Li, Yunyun Chen, Maria-Kyriaki Drekolia, Xiang Cheng, Fredy Delgado Lagos, Sofia-Iris Bibli, Jiong Hu

“…Such inhibition, resulted in a lowering of the mitochondrial membrane potential and subsequent excessive mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production and disrupted mitochondrial structure. Heightened mitochondrial redox generation ultimately led to TGFβ activation and the subsequent stimulation of an athroprone and pro-inflammatory endothelial transcriptional programme. …”
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Reconciling species diversity in a tropical plant clade (Canarium, Burseraceae). by Sarah Federman, Michael J Donoghue, Douglas C Daly, Deren A R Eaton

“…We recognize at least six distinct clades based on genetic structure and species delimitation analyses that correspond clearly with geographic and discrete morphological differences. …”
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Using Natural Language Processing to Explore Patient Perspectives on AI Avatars in Support Materials for Patients With Breast Cancer: Survey Study by Eleanor Cheese, Raouef Ahmed Bichoo, Kartikae Grover, Dorin Dumitru, Alexandros Zenonos, Joanne Groark, Douglas Gibson, Rebecca Pope

“…We applied and evaluated different NLP machine learning techniques to draw insights from these unstructured data, namely sentiment analysis, topic modeling, summarization, and term frequency–inverse document frequency word clouds. …”
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Development and Application of a Senolytic Predictor for Discovery of Novel Senolytic Compounds and Herbs by Jinjun Li, Kai Zhao, Guotai Yang, Haohao Lv, Renxin Zhang, Shuhan Li, Zhiyuan Chen, Min Xu, Naixue Yang, Shaoxing Dai

“…In the DrugBank database, 98 structurally novel candidate compounds with potential senolytic activity were identified. …”
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Effect of low-moderate intensity traditional Chinese exercises combined with acupuncture on patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: study protocol for a randomi... by Hongxia Duan, Yidie Bao, Linhong Jiang, Peijun Li, Yingqi Wang, Yuchen He, Xinliao Deng, Weibing Wu, Wei Zhang, Xiaodan Liu, Xiaodan Liu

“…Secondary outcomes will include lung function, degree of dyspnea, diaphragmatic function, respiratory muscle strength, skeletal muscle structure, skeletal muscle function, psychological states, and quality of life. …”
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CORRECTION OF HYPODINAMY AS A FACTOR OF THE RISK OF OBESITY DEVELOPMENT IN FIRE-RESCUERS by E. V. BURDYUKOVA, A. N. ARKHANGELSKAYA, S. N. ALEKSEENKO, I. A. YAKIREVICH, E. A. DMITRIEVA, O. P. KARAZHELYASKOV, M. V. IVKINA, K. G. GUREVICH

“…A questionnaire was conducted to identify hypodynamia (according to the IPAQ questionnaire) and the nutrition structure (according to the questionnaire on the food label literacy questionnaire, past). …”
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Development and preliminary validation of a Chinese Physical Activity Parenting Practices Scale (3–6 years) by Ren Na, Ying Liang, Haiyue Zhang, Zhe Yang, Nan Li, Wei Zhang, Han Tang, Weiliang Ye, Linyuan Zhang, Xun Jiang, Lei Shang

“…We ultimately developed a formal version of the Chinese Physical Activity Parenting Practices Scale (CPAPPS) using the remaining 30 items. We examined the structure of the scale using factor analysis and evaluated its reliability, validity, and discriminant ability using data from 899 parents of children aged 3–6 years.ResultsThe CPAPPS includes 30 items in 6 dimensions scored on a 5-point Likert scale. …”
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Theory and engineering practice of coal-water coordinated mining based on constraints of formation bearing capacity by Zhenzhong PANG, Yifan ZENG, Keyao HAN, Qiang WU, Shouqiang LIU, Zhaolai HUA, Gangyi ZHAO, Shuai ZHANG, Huxiong YANG, Xuejun WANG, Feifan LI

“…Dominant factors controlling the formation structure damage were identified using the theory of simply supported beams and hydrogeological theories. …”
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