Designing and modeling an intelligent system for managing the distribution and scheduling of farmed fish feed using the Arduino Uno microcontroller by Shayesteh Tabatabaei

“…Consequently, the feed is uniformly distributed across the pond's surface. Results and discussion: In the realm of fish farming, one of the main challenges is the efficient and effective management of fish nutrition. …”
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Physiological, environmental, and life-history drivers of haemosporidian infections in non-passerine birds from a rehabilitation center by Lis Marques de Carvalho e Vieira, Victor Aguiar de Souza Penha, Kevin J. McGraw, Amanda Vitória Dornelas da Silva, Erika Martins Braga

“…IntroductionPathogens and parasites play a crucial role in shaping ecological and evolutionary processes, influencing the behavior, physiology, and survival of their hosts across diverse ecosystems. Despite their taxonomic and functional diversity, non-passerine birds remain underrepresented in pathogen/parasite ecological research, providing an opportunity to explore how their unique life histories influence host-parasite dynamics. …”
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Integrating multi-omics and experimental techniques to decode ubiquitinated protein modifications in hepatocellular carcinoma by Haikun Yang, Yuan Chen, Yuan Chen, Zheng Zhou, Yanjing Wang, Peng Li, Yang Li

“…Ubiquitination not only supports proliferation and anti-apoptotic functions within tumor cells but also promotes tumor progression by modulating the activity of immune and stromal cells. …”
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Cocreating a Mobile Health App Providing Physical Activity Recommendations for Older People Living With Parkinson Disease or Dementia: User-Centered Pilot Study by Ellen Bentlage, Alberto del Río Ponce, Mona Ahmed, Pilar Gangas, Michael Brach, Jorge Alfonso Kurano, José Manuel Menéndez

“…The intervention development was based on user needs and used comparable methodology across user profiles and pilot phases. All in all, users were positive about the content. …”
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Investigating amygdala nuclei volumes in military personnel with post-traumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder, and adjustment disorder: A retrospective cross-sectional... by Thiemo Knaust, Dagmar Tarnogorski, Matthias B D Siebler, Philipp Skiberowski, Christian Moritz, Helge Höllmer, Holger Schulz

“…Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) models compared amygdala nuclei volumes across diagnostic groups, controlling for estimated total intracranial volume (eTIV), age, and gender. …”
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Pharmacologic inhibition of CSF-1R suppresses intrinsic tumor cell growth in osteosarcoma with CSF-1R overexpression by Cheng Dai, Bin Shen, Shenyan Liu, Cong Li, Shuqun Yang, Jie Wang, Jie Zhang, Manqi Liu, Zhixuan Zhu, Wan Shi, Qi Zhang, Zhui Chen, Nannan Zhang

“…Methods CSF-1, CSF-1R, and IL-34 expression across cancer types were evaluated using public database. …”
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Inter-protomer opening cooperativity of envelope trimers positively correlates with HIV-1 entry stoichiometry by Revansiddha H. Katte, Wang Xu, Yang Han, Xinyu Hong, Maolin Lu

“…Our results demonstrated that the quantity of required functional trimers positively correlates with inter-protomer opening cooperativity, a feature conserved across various strains. …”
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Empowering Recovery: A Co‐Designed Intervention to Transform Care for Operable Lung Cancer by Georgina A. Whish‐Wilson, Lara Edbrooke, Vinicius Cavalheri, Zoe T. Calulo Rivera, Madeline Cavallaro, Daniel R. Seller, Catherine L. Granger, Selina M. Parry

“…Design, Setting and Participants An experience‐based co‐design (EBCD) study involving patients, caregivers, clinicians, consumer advocates and researchers from across Australia. Two rounds of EBCD workshops were held between November 2023 and May 2024. …”
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Effectiveness of eHealth for Medication Adherence in Renal Transplant Recipients: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Lili Zhou, Ke Cheng, Linbin Chen, Xinyi Hou, Jingjing Wan

“…Conflicting results or nonsignificant differences (P>.05) were identified across other outcome measures and subgroup analyses. …”
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Early-life immunomodulation by carvacrol delivered in ovo in broiler chickens by Mila M.Y. Meijer, Henry van den Brand, Chiara Palmieri, Shahram Niknafs, Asad A. Khaskheli, Eugeni Roura

“…Carvacrol has been reported to improve digestive and immune functions. This study aimed to optimize immune development of broiler chickens by delivering carvacrol in ovo. …”
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Longitudinal DNA methylation profiles in saliva of offspring from mothers with gestational diabetes: associations with early childhood growth patterns by Teresa M. Linares-Pineda, Alfonso Lendínez-Jurado, Alberto Piserra-López, María Suárez-Arana, María Pozo, María Molina-Vega, María José Picón-César, Sonsoles Morcillo

“…Conclusions This study’s longitudinal design reveals stable DNA methylation patterns in saliva samples that differentiate GDM-exposed children from controls across the first year of life, highlighting the feasibility of saliva as a minimally invasive biomarker source. …”
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Enabling participation in community-dwelling children and young people with acquired brain injuries and their families: a theory-based, evidence-based and person-based approach to... by Jane Williams, Rachel Keetley, Emily Bennett, Joseph C Manning, Victoria Lyon, Jade Kettlewell, Kate Radford

“…‘ABI-Participate’ is a novel, multifaceted intervention, developed with CYP with ABI, their parents and professionals from across health, education, social care and charity sectors. …”
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Prevalence of pain and literacy in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy in Portugal: the REGENERAR registry study by Filipe Antunes, Emanuel Airosa, Samara Rubio Rodriguez, Igor Faria, Diogo Anes, Teresa Cruz, José Miguel Oliveira, João Simões, Lisandra Dias, Carina Faria, Pedro Xavier, Patrícia Alves, Jacinta Pereira, Inês Lima, Raul Marques Pereira

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Developing a Multisensor-Based Machine Learning Technology (Aidar Decompensation Index) for Real-Time Automated Detection of Post–COVID-19 Condition: Protocol for an Observational... by Jenny Mathew, Jaclyn A Pagliaro, Sathyanarayanan Elumalai, Lauren K Wash, Ka Ly, Alison J Leibowitz, Varsha G Vimalananda

“…Information about demographics, symptoms (Medical Research Council Dyspnea Scale and Post-COVID-19 Functional Status Scale), comorbidities, and other clinical characteristics will be tagged and added to the biomarker data. …”
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CRISPR/Cas9 screening identifies SUV39H2 as a key regulator of oHSV-1 resistance in oral squamous cell carcinoma by Manman Qiu, Qicheng Zhang, Rui Li, Rongrong Wei, Jiawei Zhao, Juan Tan, Hongkai Zhang, Wentao Qiao

“…TCGA database analysis revealed that SUV39H2 is associated with distinct immune cell infiltration patterns across different cancer types and correlates with immune checkpoint expression. …”
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Unveiling Theranostics: Nanocomplex-Assisted Photodynamic Eradication of Aggressive Cancer Cells and Modulation of Tumor-Associated Macrophages by Butkute A, Kazlauske E, Mlynska A, Peciukaityte E, Karabanovas V, Rotomskis R, Steponkiene S

“…The nanocomplex accumulated efficiently and uniformly across all CRC cell lines, regardless of their aggressiveness or drug sensitivity. …”
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The interlinked trajectories of interpersonal attachment and maladaptive behaviors among Chinese adolescents—a latent growth modeling approach by He Xiao, Pei Chen, Huiyi Xiao, Peizhi Zhong, Jiajie He, Yangang Nie

“…Interventions may need to leverage these trajectory-related characteristics to better enhance adolescents’ psychosocial functioning.…”
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Clinicopathological analysis of eyelid malignancies - A review of 85 cases by Satish M. Kale, Surendra B. Patil, Nishant Khare, Mahantesh Math, Arvind Jain, Sumeet Jaiswal

“…Background: Resection of eyelid malignancies leads to complex reconstructive problems due to the functional and aesthetic importance of an eyelid. Hence, a large number of such cases are referred to plastic surgery facilities. …”
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Brain expression genome-wide association study (eGWAS) identifies human disease-associated variants. by Fanggeng Zou, High Seng Chai, Curtis S Younkin, Mariet Allen, Julia Crook, V Shane Pankratz, Minerva M Carrasquillo, Christopher N Rowley, Asha A Nair, Sumit Middha, Sooraj Maharjan, Thuy Nguyen, Li Ma, Kimberly G Malphrus, Ryan Palusak, Sarah Lincoln, Gina Bisceglio, Constantin Georgescu, Naomi Kouri, Christopher P Kolbert, Jin Jen, Jonathan L Haines, Richard Mayeux, Margaret A Pericak-Vance, Lindsay A Farrer, Gerard D Schellenberg, Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Consortium, Ronald C Petersen, Neill R Graff-Radford, Dennis W Dickson, Steven G Younkin, Nilüfer Ertekin-Taner

“…Combined assessment of expression and disease GWAS may provide complementary information in discovery of human disease variants with functional implications. Our findings have implications for the design and interpretation of eGWAS in general and the use of brain expression quantitative trait loci in the study of human disease genetics.…”
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Characterizing stroke presenting to a regional referral hospital before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda: a retrospective analysis by Josephine Nambi Najjuma, Timothy Mwanje Kintu, Jane Nakibuuka, Mark Kaddumukasa, Scovia N. Mbalinda, Martin Kaddumukasa, Christopher Burant, Shirley Moore, Martha Sajatovic, Edwin Nuwagira

“…Data analysis was performed using R-Studio, employing descriptive statistics and inferential analyses to compare stroke characteristics and outcomes across the two periods. Results Data from 175 stroke patients was analyzed, with higher admission numbers in 2020 (69.7%), but a slightly higher mortality rate in 2019 as compared to 2020 (22.6% versus 18.9%, p = 0.711). …”
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