Novel Von Hippel-Lindau Germline Variants in Iranian Patients with Retinal Capillary Hemangioblastoma by Fatemeh Azimi, Kowsar Bagherzadeh, Golnaz Khakpoor, Saeed Talebi, Ahad Sedaghat, Reza Mirshahi, Hengameh Kasraei, Reza Afshar Kiaee, Masood Naseripour

“…Molecular dynamics (MDs) simulations were conducted to analyze conformational changes resulting from variants in VHL protein structure and were compared with that of the native structure. Novel variant sites, including c.511A>C, c.511A>T, and c.514C>T in exon 3 of the VHL gene were identified. …”
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Estimates of Effective Number of Breeders Identify Drivers of Decline in Mid‐Atlantic Brook Trout Populations by Zachary L. Robinson, Jason A. Coombs, Mark Hudy, Keith H. Nislow, Andrew R. Whiteley

“…We found significant support for three of our hypotheses including the positive influences of available habitat and base flow index and negative effect of temperature. …”
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SMC-like Wadjet system prevents plasmid transfer into Clostridium cellulovorans by Aline I. Schöllkopf, Armin Ehrenreich, Wolfgang Liebl

“…A Clostridium cellulovorans mutant with dramatically improved efficiency to receive plasmid DNA by conjugation was isolated and sequenced. Three spontaneous chromosomal deletions included a type II restriction-modification system, a putative CRISPR system, and a cluster of ORFs named jetABCD encoding a putative Wadjet system. …”
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Parasitoids of Agrilus spp. in Europe: Anticipating the arrival of Agrilus planipennis by Marc Kenis, Michael Eisenring, Martin M. Gossner, M. Lukas Seehausen

“…EAB is also invasive in Western Russia and Ukraine, and it continues to spread towards Central and Western Europe where all three native ash species are susceptible. Biological control approaches offer sustainable solutions to control invasive pests. …”
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The cascading impact of an invasive snake on arthropod communities by Julien C. Piquet, Borja Maestresalas, Marta López-Darias

“…More broadly, our results demonstrate the capacity of invasive snakes to disrupt native ecosystems by depleting native reptiles.…”
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UNDERSTANDING LEARNERS’ INCONSISTENCIES WITH THE ‘O’ VOWEL AND ‘O-KAR’ IN BANGLA LANGUAGE by Mohd Twarique Ahsan, Mohammad Torikul Islam

“…Three separate sets of word—each with 15 target words featuring inherent O consonant—were presented both with and without the O-Kar diacritic in the initial, medial, and final positions. …”
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The Effect of Split Nitrogen Application on the Transport of Residue-Derived Carbon in Different Carbon Pools in Black Soil by Xianni Chen, Shanglong Zhang, Shaofei Jin, Jiakai Gao, Siyu Dong, Minggang Xu, Xugang Wang, Dayong Guo, Xiaofeng Xu

“…To discriminate the transport characteristics of residue-derived carbon (C_res) from soil native carbon (C_soil) in black soil with split nitrogen application, a 540-day incubation study was conducted with four treatments: Control (unamended soil), R (soil + residue), RN1 (soil + residue + one-time application of nitrogen fertilizer), and RN3 (soil + residue + three-time application of nitrogen fertilizer). …”
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Taxonomic and molecular characterization of 15 wild-growing tulip species of Greece using the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) nuclear marker in combination with the psbA-trnH and... by Ioulietta Samartza, Aphrodite Tsaballa, Michalia Sakellariou, Panaiot Mahnev, Ioannis Tsiripidis, Nikos Krigas, Georgios Tsoktouridis

“…Phylogenetic dendrograms were constructed for all the above-mentioned molecular markers, and the DNA sequences were analyzed separately and jointly, leading to three distinct clusters for the 15 wild-growing Greek tulips. …”
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A History of The Six-Year Primary Project in the Use of Yoruba as the Medium of Primary Education by Toyin Falola, Michael Oladejo Afolayan

“…Maintaining one’s language allows one to strengthen relationships with family and community members who perhaps do not speak English (or the majority language) or who prefer to speak in their native language. Tis allows for one to keep a reliable social network bound by a common tongue. 3. …”
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Differences in Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke Incidence Among Single‐Race and Multiracial Asian and Pacific Islander Subgroups in Hawaii and California: A Retrospective Cohort S... by Yihe G. Daida, Ana Gabriela Rosales, Timothy B. Frankland, Adrian Matias Bacong, Beth Waitzfelder, Jiang Li, Joseph Keawe'aimoku Kaholokula, Latha Palaniappan, Stephen P. Fortmann

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Characterization of nuclear DNA content and chromosome numbers of Tulipa luanica Millaku, T. kosovarica Kit Tan, Shuka & Krasniqi and T. albanica Kit Tan & Shuka by Mirsade OSMANI, Metin TUNA, Isa ELEZAJ

“…The current study aims at the investigating the nuclear DNA content and chromosome number of these three tulipa species in order to provide for the first time data on their genome size and differences among these three Tulipa species. …”
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Eastern grasslands: Conservation challenges and opportunities on private lands by Patrick D. Keyser, David A. Buehler, Kyle Hedges, Jef Hodges, Christopher M. Lituma, Frank Loncarich, James A. Martin

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EFL Teacher Professionalism and Identity: Between Local/Global ELT Tensions by Julio Cesar Torres-Rocha

“… This article of reflection considers socio-political issues such as linguistic imperialism, native speakerism, English as an International language, and appropriate teaching methodologies, which are currently contentious issues in the ELT community. …”
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Sázka na nejistou kartu. Armádní služba a sociální úpadek Raduitů de Souches na přelomu 17. a 18. století by Vítězslav Prchal

“… The paper sets a goal to clarify, by the form of a case study into the destiny of the three generations of the native French family of the Raduits, the connection between the economic resources, which the mentioned family could gain and mobilize, and the economic and financial aspects of army service. …”
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Chinese Sci-Tech Journal Databases by Linda R. Musser, Yurong Y. Atwill

“…This article introduces three academic journal databases from China that are available for North American and other institutions. …”
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Control and Management of Wild Hogs in Florida by William M. Giuliano, George W. Tanner

“… Florida's wild hogs (Figure 1) are often referred to as feral hogs or swine and are of three general types. These include free-ranging swine that come from domesticated stock, Eurasian wild boar, and hybrids of the two. …”
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Control and Management of Wild Hogs in Florida by William M. Giuliano, George W. Tanner

“… Florida's wild hogs (Figure 1) are often referred to as feral hogs or swine and are of three general types. These include free-ranging swine that come from domesticated stock, Eurasian wild boar, and hybrids of the two. …”
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Naturalness in language by John Sinclair

“…The argument in this paper is that there exist a very large number of well-formed sentences which do not seem natural to a sensitive native speaker; therefore these sentences must violate some restrictions which are not among the criteria for well-formedness. …”
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Les familles, l’école et le quechua. Vers une nouvelle réception de l’éducation interculturelle bilingue dans les Andes péruviennes ? by Raphaël Colliaux

“…For twenty years in Peru, reform of Intercultural Bilingual Education (IEB) tries to integrate native languages in classrooms, in addition to Spanish. …”
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Cohort fertility of immigrants to Israel from the former Soviet Union by Gustavo Shifris, Barbara S. Okun

“…Our findings highlight the importance of explicitly considering heterogeneity among immigrant and native-born groups. …”
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