Optimized MaxEnt analysis revealing the change of potential distribution area of Lygodium japonicum in China driven by global warming by Yuxin Shan, Hongjian Shen, Ling Huang, Hamizah Shahirah Hamezah, Rongchun Han, Rongchun Han, Xia Ren, Chunhong Zhang, Xiaohui Tong, Xiaohui Tong

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Identification of key genes and immune infiltration mechanisms in limb ischemia-reperfusion injury: a bioinformatics and experimental study by Qiyun Shi, Taotao Tian, Yanfeng Li

“…Pharmacological inhibition confirmed their functional roles: Box5 and U-73122 treatment reduced expression of WNT5A and PLC versus IRI controls (P<0.05), showing IRI-induced muscle fiber disruption, edema, and inflammation. …”
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Elucidating the role of AC026412.3 in hepatocellular carcinoma: a prognostic disulfidptosis-related LncRNAs model perspective by Qinghua Ji, Chuanbing Shi, Xuefeng Gu, Ling Yang, Yintao Sun

“…Model discrimination was robust across multiple metrics: time-dependent receiver operating characteristic curves yielded AUCs of 0.750 (95% CI: 0.676–0.817) at 1 year, 0.709 (0.637–0.781) at 3 years, and 0.720 (0.641–0.799) at 5 years, outperforming established staging systems. …”
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Cross-validation for training and testing co-occurrence network inference algorithms by Daniel Agyapong, Jeffrey Ryan Propster, Jane Marks, Toby Dylan Hocking

“…These complex microbial communities form intricate ecological networks that are fundamental to ecosystem functioning and host health. Understanding these networks is crucial for developing targeted interventions in both environmental and clinical settings. …”
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Genome-wide association study on dairy goat milk production traits using three models by Zhengang Huang, Yuanping Tang, Jianyu Zhou, Dongliang Xu, Xiaokun Lin, Ming Cheng, Jianguang Wang, Qinan Zhao, Jianning He, Xiaoxiao Gao, Jinshan Zhao, Hegang Li

“…The goal was to identify SNPs and positional and functional candidate genes significantly associated with these traits.ResultsThe GWAS analysis results identified a total of 242 significant SNPs. …”
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Standardization of the individual Zulliger test on non-clinical Italian population by Riccardo Caporale, Cettina Allone, Antonio Maccarone, Palmira Faraci, Giuseppe Craparo

“…It offers the possibility to investigate personality, assessing cognitive, affective, and interpersonal functioning, and the presence of psychopathology. The lack of normative data on the individual administration mode have encouraged this work. …”
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Prioritising and including children in intersectoral policymaking: uncovering Immunity to Change in Ghana by Sarah L Dalglish, Aku Kwamie, Isabella Sagoe-Moses, Leonie Akofio-Sowah, Maria Lisa Soraghan, Srivatsan Rajagopalan, Kwame S Sakyi, Bethany Jennings, Florence Ayisi Quartey, Prince Owusu

“…Our study adds evidence on how to operationalise intersectoral partnerships, including by mapping mandates, budgets and roles across different functions and levels of government, with the mobilising participation of civil society. …”
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Brake rigging dynamic simulation under braking on a track section with irregularities (the case of a passenger car) by I. A. Yaitskov, V. V. Kosarevskii

“…This, in turn, should ensure uniform distribution of efforts across all brake rigging brakeblocks of a passenger car.…”
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Knockdown-resistance (kdr) mutations in Indian Aedes aegypti populations: Lack of recombination among haplotypes bearing V1016G, F1534C, and F1534L kdr alleles. by Taranjeet Kaur, Rajababu S Kushwah, Sabyasachi Pradhan, Manoj K Das, Madhavinadha P Kona, Anushrita, Radhika Mittal, David Weetman, Rajnikant Dixit, Om P Singh

“…<h4>Results</h4>Five kdr mutations namely S989P, V1016G, T1520I, F1534C, and F1534L were identified, each exhibiting varying distribution and frequencies across different geographical regions. Two distinct and stably-diverged intron haplotypes, designated as intron-A and intron-B, were identified between exons 20 and 21. …”
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Quantifying degradation in animal acoustic signals with the R package baRulho by Marcelo Araya‐Salas, Erin E. Grabarczyk, Marcos Quiroz‐Oliva, Adrián García‐Rodríguez, Alejandro Rico‐Guevara

“…However, sound signals degrade as they transmit over space and across physical obstacles (e.g., vegetation or infrastructure), which affects communication potential. …”
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Aged‐Related Fibroblast Activation Protein Expression in Skeletal Muscles Evaluated by PET Imaging by Minseok Suh, Joonhyung Gil, Yeon‐Koo Kang, Hongyoon Choi, Gi Jeong Cheon

“…GTEx data supported these findings, showing a significant increase in FAP expression across age groups (p < 0.001), with the highest median FAP in the 70–79 age group. …”
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Testing Agronomic Treatments to Improve the Establishment of Novel Miscanthus Hybrids on Marginal Land by Eva Lewin, John Clifton-Brown, Elaine Jensen, Iris Lewandowski, Jacek Krzyżak, Marta Pogrzeba, Jens Hartung, Cedric Wolfmüller, Andreas Kiesel

“…These marginal conditions functioned as test cases for the improvement of miscanthus establishment agronomy. …”
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Genetic determinism of cortisol levels in pig by Elena Terenina, Nathalie Iannuccelli, Yvon Billon, Katia Fève, Laure Gress, Darya Bazovkina, Pierre Mormede, Catherine Larzul

“…The phenotypic effect of selection on body weight and growth rate was modest and/or inconsistent across generations. The HPA axis, a major neuroendocrine system involved in adaptation processes is highly heritable and responsive to genetic selection. …”
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Municipal healthcare providers’ perceptions of reasons for frequent and unplanned hospital admissions among home-dwelling older adults: a Norwegian focus group study by Jill-Marit Moholt, Cathrine Arntzen, Audhild Høyem, Bodil H. Blix

“…At the individual level, healthcare providers highlighted patient characteristics such as the severity of illness, reduced functional ability, living situation, and unmet psychosocial needs. …”
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Importance of ice algae versus phytoplankton in the diet of megabenthic organisms under contrasting sea ice conditions (Canadian Arctic): a dual biochemical approach (SIA and HBIs) by Thibaud Combaz, Thibaud Combaz, Ursula Witte, Thomas A. Brown, Philippe Archambault

“…Here, we investigated the importance of ice algae in the diet of megabenthic organisms belonging to several feeding guilds across several locations in the Canadian Arctic characterised by different sea ice conditions using two biochemical approaches i.e., stable isotope and highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) lipids analysis. …”
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Exploring urban garden ponds: considering chemical pollution as a limiting factor for insect diversity in cities by Johanna Bock, Marie Neske, Martin Krauss, Andrea Dombrowski, Jörg Oehlmann

“…Abstract Background Insects are experiencing a drastic biodiversity and biomass decline while providing important ecosystem functions. Therefore, it is of great concern to further uncover underlying causes, with the goal of identifying mechanisms to dampen biodiversity loss. …”
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Multi-Domain Environmental Quality of Indoor Mixed-Use Open Spaces and Insights into Healthy Living—A Quarantine Hotel Case Study by Han Wang, Wenjian Pan

“…Many hotels adopt mixed-use and open room spatial layouts, integrating diverse daily functions into a single tiny space, fostering flexible utilization and micro-scale space sharing; however, these also introduce potential health risks. …”
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Genome-Wide Identification and Heat Stress-Induced Expression Profiling of the <i>Hsp70</i> Gene Family in <i>Phoebe bournei</i> by Yiming Lin, Yan Jiang, Zhuoqun Li, Yuewang Niu, Chenyu Gong, Xin He, Shipin Chen, Shijiang Cao

“…The heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) family is a group of molecular chaperones that is broadly distributed across living organisms and play a critical role in processes like growth, development, and stress response. …”
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Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of Trehalose-6-Phosphate Synthase/Phosphatases Gene Family in Petunia and Their Expression Profiling Under Abiotic Stresses by Renwei Huang, Daofeng Liu, Gonzalo H. Villarino, Neil S. Mattson

“…Despite their established roles in abiotic stress responses across model plants, these gene families remain underexplored in ornamental species like <i>Petunia hybrida</i>. …”
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The mechanobiology of extracellular matrix: a focus on thrombospondins by Ying Zhao, Ting Lei, Xin Ge, Liumeizi Fan, Yinbin He, Zhou Yu, Sheng Hu

“…This review delineates the context-dependent functions of TSP isoforms in cardiovascular homeostasis maintenance, cardiovascular remodeling, musculoskeletal adaptation, and pathologies linked to ECM stiffening, including fibrosis and tumorigenesis. …”
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