Relationship Between Evolutionary Diversity and Aboveground Biomass During 150 Years of Natural Vegetation Regeneration in Temperate China by Qilong Tian, Xiaoping Zhang, Miaoqian Wang, Jie He, Xiaoming Xu, Liang He, Haijie Yi, Haojia Wang

“…ABSTRACT While the link between plant species diversity and biomass has been well‐studied, the impact of evolutionary diversity on community biomass across long timescales or ongoing change remains a subject of debate. …”
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Ductile Fracture Prediction in Mg-ZM51M Alloy Using Inverse-Calibrated Damage Models by Thamer Sami Alhalaybeh, Ashiq Iqbal Chowdhury, Hammad Akhtar, Yanshan Lou

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The effect of Torreya grandis inter-cropping with Polygonatum sibiricum on soil microbial community by Quanchao Wang, Xiaojie Peng, Yuxuan Yuan, Xudong Zhou, Jianqin Huang, Haonan Wang

“…However, there is currently limited knowledge on the response of soil microbial communities to this practice.MethodsIn this study, we employed Illumina MiSeq sequencing coupled with Functional Annotation of Prokaryotic Taxa (FAPROTAX) and Fungi Functional Guild (FUNGuild) analyses to investigate the dynamic changes in soil microbial communities across seven treated groups [the bulk soil of the T. grandis inter-cropping with P. sibiricum (IB), the bulk soil for mono-cropping of P. sibiricum (PB), the bulk soil for mono-cropping of T. grandis (TB), the P. grandis rhizosphere soil of the T. grandis inter-cropping with P. sibiricum (IPR), the rhizosphere soil for mono-cropping of P. sibiricum (PR), the T. grandis rhizosphere soil of the T. grandis inter-cropping with P. sibiricum (ITR), and the rhizosphere soil for mono-cropping of T. grandis (TR)].ResultsThe results showed that the rhizosphere soil of Torreya-Polygonatum inter-cropping exhibited higher microbial community richness, diversity and evenness than mono-cropping (ITR > TR, IPR > PR). …”
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Association between COVID-19 and the development of chronic kidney disease in patients without initial acute kidney injury by I-Wen Chen, Li-Chen Chang, Chun-Ning Ho, Jheng-Yan Wu, Ya-Wen Tsai, Chien-Ming Lin, Ying-Jen Chang, Kuo-Chuan Hung

“…Subgroup analyses showed consistently elevated risks across sexes and in patients over 45 years, while younger patients did not demonstrate an increased risk of advanced CKD at the 12-month follow-up. …”
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Limited Short-Term Impact of Annual Cover Crops on Soil Carbon and Soil Enzyme Activity in Subtropical Tree Crop Systems by Abraham J. Gibson, Lee J. Kearney, Karina Griffin, Michael T. Rose, Terry J. Rose

“…However, they had no effect on biomass production in either season at the macadamia site. Soil functional parameters changed with season (i.e., time of sampling), with few significant effects of cover crop treatments on soil function parameters across the three sits. …”
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The role of Seladelpar in primary biliary cholangitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Taimoor Ashraf, Omar Abunada, Nandlal Seerani, Kashif Ali, Areej Muhammad, Syeda Lamiya Mir, Syed Adil Mir Shah, Muhammad Hassaan, Vikash Kumar, Waseem Abbas, Simran Bajaj, Asfia Qammar, F. N. U. Deepak, Salih Abdella Yusuf

“…Conclusion Seladelpar appears to be an effective treatment for PBC, demonstrating significant improvements in key liver function markers. While it has shown therapeutic benefits, further research is warranted to evaluate its long-term safety, particularly regarding adverse event incidence, and to determine its efficacy across different dosages.…”
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The impact of cardiac rehabilitation exercises incorporating music movement therapy on atrial fibrillation patients: a forward-looking investigation by Yue Zhang, Li Dong, Liya Zhang, Ailing Tang, Yuhan Xing, Haoyong Zhang, Fanglei Xu

“…Improvements in the Music-Movement CR group were also consistently superior to the Movement CR group across these metrics (all p < 0.05 or lower). Conclusion Implementing CR training that incorporates music and movement therapy for AF patients demonstrably enhances cardiac function, curtails AF duration and complication rates, and ameliorates emotional states, sleep quality, and overall quality of life.…”
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Exploring the role of metabolomics in kidney transplantation: a systematic review of the literature by Cezar Valeriu Băluţă, Cezar Valeriu Băluţă, Luminiţa Voroneanu, Luminiţa Voroneanu, Ionuţ Nistor, Ionuţ Nistor, Lucian Siriteanu, Lucian Siriteanu, Andreea Simona Covic, Andreea Simona Covic, Raluca Erika Irimie-Băluţă, Raluca Erika Irimie-Băluţă, Mehmet Kanbay, Adelina Vasilica Miron, Adelina Vasilica Miron, Adrian Constantin Covic, Adrian Constantin Covic

“…BackgroundSerum creatinine and proteinuria remain the most frequently used test for monitoring allograft function. However, they are non-specific and insensitive markers. …”
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Comparing the Inspiratory Capacity Measurements Obtained by Incentive Spirometry and Ultrasonic Spirography in the Early Postoperative Period in Cardiac Surgery Patients by A. A. Eremenko, T. P. Zyulyaeva, D. V. Ryabova, M. S. Grekova, A. P. Alferova, A. V. Goncharova, O. O. Grin, S. S. Dmitrieva, A. S. Dmitrieva

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The relationship between the triglyceride-glucose index and lung function in healthy individuals: a cross-sectional study of 89,809 participants from Kangbuk Samsung health study by Hyun-Il Gil, Sungwon Lim, Min-Jung Kwon, Soo-Youn Ham, Jonghoo Lee, Jae-Uk Song

“…While the relationship between metabolic health and respiratory function has been established, the association between TyG and lung function remains unclear, particularly in Asian populations. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Islet Auto-Transplantation Outcome Classification Systems: Evaluating Concordance, Feasibility, and a Data-Driven Approach by Davide Catarinella, Paola Magistretti, Raffaella Melzi, Alessia Mercalli, Stefano Tentori, Chiara Gremizzi, Vera Paloschi, Simona Sala, Libera Valla, Francesca Aleotti, Sabrina Costa, Francesco De Cobelli, Francesco De Cobelli, Rossana Caldara, Lorenzo Piemonti, Lorenzo Piemonti

“…Fasting C-peptide levels emerged as a highly reliable predictor of graft function, with the arginine test proving more effective than Mixed Meal Tolerance Test for additional evaluation. …”
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Exploration of mortality-associated creatinine thresholds for acute kidney injury in cardiac surgery patients with impaired kidney function: a single-center retrospective cohort st... by Wuhua Jiang, Jiarui Xu, Zhe Luo, Xialian Xu, Xiaoqiang Ding, Yi Fang

“…Abstract Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent and severe complication following cardiac surgery, particularly in patients with impaired kidney function. The existing Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) criteria do not specifically address acute-on-chronic kidney injury in this high-risk population. …”
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Alterations in skeletal muscle health and biomechanical properties in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: an exploratory cross-sectional study by Brian J. Andonian, Brian J. Andonian, Hailee Patel, Hailee Patel, Mingzhi Xu, Alyssa M. Sudnick, Johanna L. Johnson, William E. Kraus, George A. Truskey, Kim M. Huffman, Kim M. Huffman

“…While 3D bioengineered myobundle force production and passive stiffness were similar to controls, early RA myobundle stiffness correlated with swollen joint count (rho = −0.67, p = 0.04).ConclusionIn this exploratory study, patients with early RA exhibited multiple skeletal muscle deficits across clinical, physiologic, and biomechanical domains compared to controls with similar muscle mass and physical activity. …”
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Mapping variants in thyroid hormone transporter MCT8 to disease severity by genomic, phenotypic, functional, structural and deep learning integration by Stefan Groeneweg, Ferdy S. van Geest, Mariano Martín, Mafalda Dias, Jonathan Frazer, Carolina Medina-Gomez, Rosalie B. T. M. Sterenborg, Hao Wang, Anna Dolcetta-Capuzzo, Linda J. de Rooij, Alexander Teumer, Ayhan Abaci, Erica L. T. van den Akker, Gautam P. Ambegaonkar, Christine M. Armour, Iiuliu Bacos, Priyanka Bakhtiani, Diana Barca, Andrew J. Bauer, Sjoerd A. A. van den Berg, Amanda van den Berge, Enrico Bertini, Ingrid M. van Beynum, Nicola Brunetti-Pierri, Doris Brunner, Marco Cappa, Gerarda Cappuccio, Barbara Castellotti, Claudia Castiglioni, Krishna Chatterjee, Alexander Chesover, Peter Christian, Jet Coenen-van der Spek, Irenaeus F. M. de Coo, Regis Coutant, Dana Craiu, Patricia Crock, Christian DeGoede, Korcan Demir, Cheyenne Dewey, Alice Dica, Paul Dimitri, Marjolein H. G. Dremmen, Rachana Dubey, Anina Enderli, Jan Fairchild, Jonathan Gallichan, Luigi Garibaldi, Belinda George, Evelien F. Gevers, Erin Greenup, Annette Hackenberg, Zita Halász, Bianka Heinrich, Anna C. Hurst, Tony Huynh, Amber R. Isaza, Anna Klosowska, Marieke M. van der Knoop, Daniel Konrad, David A. Koolen, Heiko Krude, Abhishek Kulkarni, Alexander Laemmle, Stephen H. LaFranchi, Amy Lawson-Yuen, Jan Lebl, Selmar Leeuwenburgh, Michaela Linder-Lucht, Anna López Martí, Cláudia F. Lorea, Charles M. Lourenço, Roelineke J. Lunsing, Greta Lyons, Jana Krenek Malikova, Edna E. Mancilla, Kenneth L. McCormick, Anne McGowan, Veronica Mericq, Felipe Monti Lora, Carla Moran, Katalin E. Muller, Lindsey E. Nicol, Isabelle Oliver-Petit, Laura Paone, Praveen G. Paul, Michel Polak, Francesco Porta, Fabiano O. Poswar, Christina Reinauer, Klara Rozenkova, Rowen Seckold, Tuba Seven Menevse, Peter Simm, Anna Simon, Yogen Singh, Marco Spada, Milou A. M. Stals, Merel T. Stegenga, Athanasia Stoupa, Gopinath M. Subramanian, Lilla Szeifert, Davide Tonduti, Serap Turan, Joel Vanderniet, Adri van der Walt, Jean-Louis Wémeau, Anne-Marie van Wermeskerken, Jolanta Wierzba, Marie-Claire Y. de Wit, Nicole I. Wolf, Michael Wurm, Federica Zibordi, Amnon Zung, Nitash Zwaveling-Soonawala, Fernando Rivadeneira, Marcel E. Meima, Debora S. Marks, Juan P. Nicola, Chi-Hua Chen, Marco Medici, W. Edward Visser

“…The combination of deep phenotyping data with functional and computational tests and with outcomes in population cohorts, enabled us to: (i) identify the genetic aetiology of divergent clinical phenotypes of MCT8 deficiency with genotype-phenotype relationships present across survival and 24 out of 32 disease features; (ii) demonstrate a mild phenocopy in ~400,000 individuals with common genetic variants in MCT8; (iii) assess therapeutic effectiveness, which did not differ among LoF-categories; (iv) advance structural insights in normal and mutated MCT8 by delineating seven critical functional domains; (v) create a pathogenicity-severity MCT8 variant classifier that accurately predicted pathogenicity (AUC:0.91) and severity (AUC:0.86) for 8151 variants. …”
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Are caffeine effects equivalent between different modes of administration: the acute effects of 3 mg.kg−1 caffeine on the muscular strength and power of male university Rugby Union... by Jason Tallis, Michael, J. Duncan, Neil, D. Clarke, Rhys O. Morris, Ryan, A. Tamilio

“…Strength endurance was measured across two sets of CP, SP, DL, and SQ at 70% 1RM until failure. …”
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Predictors of uveitic macular edema and functional prognostic outcomes: real-life data from the international AIDA Network uveitis registry by Jurgen Sota, Germán Mejía-Salgado, Silvana Guerriero, Gaafar Ragab, Gaafar Ragab, Stefania Costi, Maria Pia Paroli, Andrea Hinojosa-Azaola, Giuseppe Lopalco, Luciana Breda, Henrique Ayres Mayrink Giardini, Alex Fonollosa, Maria Sole Chimenti, Antonio Vitale, Carla Gaggiano, Blanca Aguilar-Barrera, Laura Daniela Rodríguez-Camelo, Guillermo Arturo Guaracha-Basañez, Mohamed Tharwat Hegazy, Mohamed Tharwat Hegazy, Rosanna Dammacco, Valeria Albano, Eduardo Martín-Nares, Santiago Espinosa-Lugo, Mahmoud Ghanema, Maria Morrone, Saverio La Bella, Rafael Alves Cordeiro, Francesco Carubbi, Alessandro Conforti, Piero Ruscitti, Ibrahim AlMaglouth, Rosaria Talarico, Stefano Gentileschi, Petros P. Sfikakis, Valeria Caggiano, Matteo Piga, Adele Civino, Francesca Ricci, Maissa Thabet, Marcello Govoni, Abdurrahman Tufan, Francesca Crisafulli, Jessica Sbalchiero, Sulaiman M. Al-Mayouf, Angela Mauro, Angela Mauro, Soad Hashad, Soad Hashad, Francesca Minoia, Alma Nunzia Olivieri, Samar Tharwat, Samar Tharwat, Maria Cristina Maggio, Abdelhfeez Moshrif, Gian Domenico Sebastiani, Daniela Opris-Belinski, Gülen Hatemi, Gülen Hatemi, Haner Direskeneli, Fatma Alibaz-Öner, Lampros Fotis, José Hernández-Rodríguez, Giovanni Conti, Piercarlo Sarzi Puttini, Ombretta Viapiana, Annarita Giardina, Patrizia Barone, Kalpana Babu, Rana Hussein Amin, Perla Ayumi Kawakami-Campos, Vishali Gupta, Annamaria Iagnocco, Ali Şahin, Antonella Insalaco, Andrés González-García, Ezgi Deniz Batu, Ester Carreño, Emanuela Del Giudice, Cecilia Beatrice Chighizola, Cecilia Beatrice Chighizola, Fabrizio Conti, Alberto Balistreri, Bruno Frediani, Luca Cantarini, Alejandra de-la-Torre, Claudia Fabiani

“…Mean ± SD BCVA was significantly lower in eyes with ME (0.82 ± 0.30) compared to eyes without ME (0.71 ± 0.33).ConclusionME can develop across all NIU types, but is more likely in cases involving the posterior segment and retinal vasculitis. …”
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Association between thyroid function and thyroid homeostasis parameters and the prevalence and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality of chronic kidney disease: a population-based... by Xue Liu, Yuhao Zhang, Yuchen Li, Xiude Fan, Haiqing Zhang

“…Kaplan–Meier curves compared survival across the quartiles of the thyroid function and thyroid homeostasis parameters among CKD patients. …”
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Germplasm Selection and Comprehensive Evaluation of Maize Inbred Lines at Germination and Seedling Stage for Saline–Alkali Tolerance by Shaoqi Ren, Jian Tan, Shuna Zhou, Haixiao Sun, Honggang Li, Wenjin Li, Nuo Li, Jinfeng Wu, Xuejiao Ren, Jiabin Ci, Weiguang Yang

“…Principal component analysis and the membership function value method were employed to evaluate the salt–alkali tolerance of these lines. …”
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Effects of proprioceptive exercise for knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yaoyu Lin, Debiao Yu, Debiao Yu, Debiao Yu, Xiaoting Chen, Peng Chen, Nan Chen, Bin Shao, Bin Shao, Bin Shao, Bin Shao, Qiuxiang Lin, Qiuxiang Lin, Fuchun Wu, Fuchun Wu, Fuchun Wu, Fuchun Wu

“…The present study sought to systematically evaluate the effects of proprioceptive exercise on symptoms and functional outcomes in patients with KOA, with a particular focus on balance performance.MethodsFollowing PRISMA guidelines, a comprehensive search was conducted across six electronic databases from the establishment of the database to January 21, 2025. …”
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A shared spatial topography links the functional connectome correlates of cocaine use disorder and dopamine D2/3 receptor densities by Jocelyn A. Ricard, Loïc Labache, Ashlea Segal, Elvisha Dhamala, Carrisa V. Cocuzza, Grant Jones, Sarah W. Yip, Sidhant Chopra, Avram J. Holmes

“…Profiles of functional connectivity in cocaine use disorder reliably linked with spatial densities of dopamine D2/3 receptors across independent datasets. …”
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