Nourishing change in Houston, Texas: exploring grocery shopping behaviours and fruit and vegetable consumption among low-income families in the Brighter Bites program by Victoria Kwentua, Allison Marshall, Ru-Jye Chuang, Jessica Chen, Christine Markham, Mallika Mathur, Mike Pomeroy, Megan Hall, Shreela Sharma

“…Exposure and opportunities to try new fruits and vegetables can lead to future purchases of new produce. Findings can also inform grocery stores’ efforts to understand low-income families’ purchasing habits, preferences and priorities. …”
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mbctools: A User-Friendly Metabarcoding and Cross-Platform Pipeline for Analyzing Multiple Amplicon Sequencing Data across a Large Diversity of Organisms by Barnabé, Christian, Sempéré, Guilhem, Manzanilla, Vincent, Millan, Joel Moo, Amblard-Rambert, Antoine, Waleckx, Etienne

“…To adapt to the diversity of projects in metabarcoding, we facilitate the reprocessing of datasets with the possibility to adjust parameters. mbctools can also be launched in a headless mode, making it suited for integration into pipelines running on High-Performance Computing environments. mbctools is available at https://github.com/GuilhemSempere/mbctools, https://pypi.org/project/mbctools/.…”
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Highly Thermally Conductive and Flame-Retardant Waterborne Polyurethane Composites with 3D BNNS Bridging Structures via Magnetic Field Assistance by Hao Jiang, Yuhui Xie, Mukun He, Jindao Li, Feng Wu, Hua Guo, Yongqiang Guo, Delong Xie, Yi Mei, Junwei Gu

“…The 3D-bridging architecture composite also demonstrates excellent flame retardancy, attributed to the synergistic mechanisms of condensed and gas phases, effectively mitigating the risks of thermal runaway in electronic devices.…”
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Co-obligate symbioses have repeatedly evolved across aphids, but partner identity and nutritional contributions vary across lineages by Manzano-Marín, Alejandro, Coeur d’acier, Armelle, Clamens, Anne-Laure, Cruaud, Corinne, Barbe, Valérie, Jousselin, Emmanuelle

“…Here, using metagenomics on 25 aphid species from nine subfamilies, re-assembly and re-annotation of 20 aphid symbionts previously sequenced, and 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing on 223 aphid samples (147 species from 12 subfamilies), we show that dual symbioses have evolved anew at least six times. We also show that these secondary co-obligate symbionts have typically evolved from facultative symbiotic taxa. …”
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From bench to bedside: Developing CRISPR/Cas-based therapy for ocular diseases by Qing Zhao, Linxin Wei, Youxin Chen

“…Current obstacles and future directions regarding the bench-to-bedside transition are also discussed.…”
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Cancer-associated fibroblast-derived COL17A1 promotes gemcitabine resistance and tumorigenesis in pancreatic cancer cells by interacting with ACTN4 by Rongyu Shi, Ning Zhang, Han Li, Hu Zhong, Chengcheng Zhong, Wei Du, Xi Yang

“…Mechanistically, COL17A1 interacted with ACTN4 protein, and the anticancer effects mediated by COL17A1-decreased CAFs in resistant PC cells were reversed by ACTN4 overexpression. In vivo assay also showed that COL17A1-decreased CAFs suppressed the growth and GEM resistance in PC by ACTN4. …”
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Trends in genome diversity of small populations under a conservation program: a case study of two French chicken breeds by Bortoluzzi, Chiara, Restoux, Gwendal, Rouger, Romuald, Desnoues, Benoit, Petitjean, Florence, Bosse, Mirte, Tixier-Boichard, Michèle

“…This was true for both pedigree and genomic inbreeding but also for the genetic load estimated from functionally important genome-wide variants. …”
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Klasifikasi Mutu Telur Burung Puyuh Berdasarkan Warna dan Tekstur Menggunakan Metode K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) dan Fusi Informasi by Arwin Datumaya Wahyudi Sumari, Putri Indah Mawarni, Arie Rachmad Syulistyo

“…In addition, the classification with information fusion was able to outperform the classification without information fusion by 11.11% at the same  value of 7 and information fusion is also able to accelerate classification process by 0.22 seconds compared to that of without information fusion. …”
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Ethics and end-of-life in pediatric and neonatal ICUs: a systematic review of recommendations by Diana Špoljar, Sunčana Janković, Dina Vrkić, Geraldine McNamara, Marko Ćurković, Milivoj Novak, Boris Filipović-Grčić, Stefan Grosek, Chris Gastmans, Bert Gordijn, Ana Borovečki

“…The international, national, or institutional papers providing expert guidelines and recommendations comprehensively addressing either withholding/withdrawing of life sustaining treatment, palliative care, and/or intentional life terminating actions in NICUs and PICUs were included in analysis. Also, only papers published in English language were considered. …”
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Establishing primary care physician commitment in Canadian long-term care homes: a protocol for a modified e-Delphi study by Andrew P Costa, Aaron Jones, Darly Dash, Paula Rochon, Patrick Quail, Rachel D Savage, Henry Yu-Hin Siu, Lisa M McCarthy, Nathan Stall, Dee Tripp, Maya Potter, Paul Katz, Samantha Peck

“…The first round evaluates the relevance and feasibility of candidate statements through an online questionnaire. Panellists may also write open-ended, qualitative responses to add rationales, suggest alternatives and share new ideas. …”
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Report on the Academic Symposium: Youth Quotas − The Answer to Changes in Age Demographics? by Igor Dimitrijoski

“…Some key questions to be addressed at the symposium were: Should youth quotas be limited to the political arena (political parties, parliaments, etc.) or should they also be implemented in other fields (economic activity, companies, associations, organisations, etc.)? …”
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Disentangling the effects of eutrophication and natural variability on macrobenthic communities across French coastal lagoons by Jones, Auriane G., Schaal, Gauthier, Boyé, Aurélien, Creemers, Marie, Derolez, Valérie, Desroy, Nicolas, Fiandrino, Annie, Mouton, Théophile L., Simier, Monique, Smith, Niamh, Ouisse, Vincent

“…Owing to their position at the interface between land and sea, they are also subject to increasing human impacts, which alter their ecological functioning. …”
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Annual cycle variations in the gut microbiota of migratory black-necked cranes by Yujia Zhang, Ruifeng Ma, Suolangduoerji, Shujuan Ma, Shujuan Ma, Akebota Nuertai, Ke He, Hongyi Liu, Ying Zhu

“…The dispersal limitation during random processes also significantly influenced gut microbial community assembly. …”
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MetALD: Clinical aspects, pathophysiology and treatmentKeypoints by Jordi Gratacós-Ginès, Silvia Ariño, Pau Sancho-Bru, Ramon Bataller, Elisa Pose

“…A few cohort studies have also assessed the prognosis of this patient population, with preliminary data suggesting that MetALD is associated with an intermediate risk of liver fibrosis, decompensation and mortality among steatotic liver disease subtypes. …”
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Prevalence, risk factors, and prognostic implications of intraoperative bleeding during CF-LVAD implant by Ibrahim Mortada, MD, Christos Kourek, MD, PhD, Rupesh Kshetri, MD, Arun Singhal, MD, Anthony Panos, MD, Alexandros Briasoulis, MD, PhD, Mohammed Mhanna, MD, MPH, Shareef Mansour, MD, Kristine Yumul, MD, Paulino Alvarez, MD, Ernesto Ruiz Duque, MD

“…Intraoperative bleeding is also correlated with worse clinical outcomes, higher 90-day mortality (hazard ratio [HR] 10.4, p < 0.01, CI 95% 3.28-33.38) 206 subjects with 14 failures. …”
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Ejaculatory abstinence duration impacts semen parameters: Insights from a retrospective analysis in male infertility on 23,527 analyses by Giorgio Ivan Russo, Maria Giovanna Asmundo, Andrea Cocci, Ali Saber Abdelhameed, Annalisa Liprino, Filippo Giacone, Debora Lombardo, Antonino Guglielmino, Sandrine Chamayou

“…Interestingly, we found a significant trend decrease of motility (A+B) (28.0% vs. 21.0%; p&lt;0.01) and pH (8.1 vs. 7.9; p&lt;0.01) In patients affected by asthenospermia, motility (A+B) dropped significantly from day 1 to day 7 (11.8% vs. 6.1%; p&lt;0.01) and also in patients with teratospermia morphology dropped significantly (2.13% vs. 1.26%; p&lt;0.01).ConclusionThe findings support the use of tailored abstinence guidelines to optimize semen quality based on patient-specific semen profiles, with normospermic men benefiting from longer abstinence durations to increase concentrations, while patients with motility or morphology impairments, may benefit from shorter abstinence periods to mitigate sperm quality declines.…”
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The impact on productivity costs of reducing unemployment in patients with advanced breast cancer: A model estimation based on a Portuguese nationwide observational study by Leonor Vasconcelos de Matos, Margarida Borges, Ana Teresa Oliveira, Carolina Bulhosa, Luís Silva Miguel, Tiago Fidalgo de Freitas, Renato Cunha, Ana Duarte Mendes, Ana Júlia Arede, Cristiana Marques, Diogo Alpuim Costa, Jorge Alves Correia, Margarida Brito, Mário Fontes e Sousa, Teresa Guimarães, Fatima Cardoso

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Scopoletin as a cardioprotective agent against cisplatin-induced oxidative stress and inflammation by Esam Qnais, Omar Gammoh, Yousra Bsieso, Mohammad Alqudah, Mohammad Wedyan, Sara Altaber, Alaa A.A. Aljabali, Abdelrahim Alqudah, Taher Hatahet

“…The efficacy of scopoletin in modulating the p62/Keap1/Nrf2 pathway was also examined. Results: Histopathological assessments showed less tissue damage in scopoletin-treated groups (p < 0.01). …”
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Effect of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol and high phytase doses on performance, vitamin D status, bone mineralization, and mechanistic target of rapamycin gene expression of broilers by L.S. Bassi, C.C.S. Martins, C.A. Lozano-Poveda, I.C. Dias, S.G. Oliveira, A. Maiorka

“…Phytase did not affect growth performance from 1 to 21 d, but a higher dose (2 000 FYT/kg) reduced feed intake and FCR from 22 to 42 d compared to 600 FYT/kg, also reducing FCR in the total period (P < 0.05). …”
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Relationship between prenatal metals exposure and neurodevelopment in one-year-old infants in the CLIMB study by Xiao-Yuan Fan, Xian-Shu Lin, Bing-Rui Yang, Han-Wen Zhang, Feng Tang, Jia-Jia Tang, He-Bin Chi, Toby Mansell, Noora Kartiosuo, Yin-Yin Xia, Ting-Li Han, Hua Zhang, Philip Baker, Richard Saffery

“…Interactions between certain metals were also identified. Metals mixture had an overall negative effect on both PDI and MDI scores, with Mn being the primary contributor. …”
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