Vaccination and its social and behavioural drivers in children with disability in Fiji by Susan Woolfenden, Nadia Badawi, Sarah Mcintyre, Israt Jahan, Gulam Khandaker, Kristine Macartney, Margie Danchin, Hayley Smithers-Sheedy, Donald Wilson, William May, Meru Sheel, Ilisapeci Tuibeqa, Rachel Devi, Litiana Volavola, Rosalie Power, Unise Vakaloloma, Sureni Perera, Lanieta Tuimabu

“…Caregivers were interviewed using a questionnaire to collect data on sociodemographic, functional characteristics (UNICEF’s child-functioning tool), child’s vaccination status according to Fiji’s National Immunisation Programme (NIP), and drivers of vaccination using the WHO-UNICEF Behavioural and Social Drivers Tool. …”
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Tunable electrical properties of lignin: morphology-dependent ionic conduction in Kraft and organosolv-derived materials by Rosarita D’Orsi, Sebastiano De Stefano, Ofelia Durante, Marianna Ambrico, Domenico Aceto, Paolo Francesco Ambrico, Nadia Martucciello, Filippo Giubileo, Sandra Rivas, Alessandra Operamolla, Antonio Di Bartolomeo

“…Lignin, a by-product of the pulp and paper industry and biomass processing, features a chemical structure rich in aromatic rings and functional groups such as ethers, alcohols, phenols and carboxyls, as well as electrical properties that can make it a promising material for various uses in a waste-to-application approach. …”
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Environmental DNA as a tool for soil health monitoring and unveiling new ecological frontiers by Yuan Zhang, Weijun Lu, Kaihang Xing, Fen Guo, Qingping Du, Xinfei Zhang, Fan Zhang, Zongyao Qian, Feilong Li

“…Soil health is essential for sustainable agricultural practices, biodiversity conservation, and ecosystem functioning. Recent advancements in environmental DNA (eDNA) technology have revolutionized soil health monitoring by enabling sensitive, non-invasive assessments of soil biodiversity. …”
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Analysis of RBP expression and binding sites identifies PTBP1 as a regulator of CD19 expression in B-ALL by Nicole Ziegler, Mariela Cortés-López, Francesca Alt, Maximilian Sprang, Arsenij Ustjanzew, Nadine Lehmann, Khalifa El Malki, Arthur Wingerter, Alexandra Russo, Olaf Beck, Sebastian Attig, Lea Roth, Julian König, Claudia Paret, Jörg Faber

“…Their expression is highly heterogeneous across B-ALL molecular subtypes as shown by analyzing 706 B-ALL samples accessed via the St. …”
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Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries by Richard John Lessells, David McCoy, Alimuddin Zumla, Leonard Mboera, Palwasha Khan, Thomas Czypionka, Richard Kock, Blandina T Mmbaga, David Musoke, Elizabeth Henry Shayo, Najmul Haider, Abdinasir Yusuf Osman, Audrey Gadzekpo, George O Akipede, Rashid Ansumana, Muzamil Mahdi Abdel Hamid, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Mark Urassa, Nathan Kapata, Rashida Abbas Ferrand, Pascalina-Chanda Kapata, Florian Stigler

“…However, there are signs of lockdown harming health by affecting the functioning of the health system and causing social and economic disruption.…”
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Host-driven remodeling of rumen microbiota supports lactation metabolism in buffalo by Zixu Ding, Zixu Ding, Yixue Xu, Yan Wang, Miaoer Liu, Peng Zhu, Kuiqing Cui, Chunyan Yang, Changlong Xu, Tong Feng, Tong Feng, Qingyou Liu, Qingyou Liu

“…In contrast, Butyrivibrio, Fibrobacter, and Eubacterium_Q were predominant during the dry period, contributing to fiber degradation and butyrate synthesis. Functional pathways related to niacin metabolism, bicarbonate reabsorption, and neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction were significantly upregulated during lactation. …”
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Endothelial cell Piezo1 promotes vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation on large arteries by Javier Abello, Ying Yin, Yonghui Zhao, Josh Maurer, Jihui Lee, Cherokee Bodell, Jahmiera Richee, Abigail J. Clevenger, Zarek Burton, Megan E. Goeckel, Michelle Lin, Stephanie Grainger, Carmen M. Halabi, Shreya A. Raghavan, Rajan Sah, Amber N. Stratman

“…Further, endothelial cell (EC)-specific Piezo1 knockout in mice was sufficient to decrease vSMC accumulation along the descending dorsal aorta during development, thus phenocopying our zebrafish data, and supporting functional conservation of Piezo1 in mammals. To determine the underlying mechanism, we used in vitro modeling assays to demonstrate that differential sensing of pulsatile versus laminar flow forces across endothelial cells changes the expression of mural cell differentiation genes. …”
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Effect of climate on traits of dominant and rare tree species in the world’s forests by Iris Hordijk, Lourens Poorter, Jingjing Liang, Peter B. Reich, Sergio de-Miguel, Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Javier G. P. Gamarra, Han Y. H. Chen, Mo Zhou, Susan K. Wiser, Hans Pretzsch, Alain Paquette, Nicolas Picard, Bruno Hérault, Jean-Francois Bastin, Giorgio Alberti, Meinrad Abegg, Yves C. Adou Yao, Angelica M. Almeyda Zambrano, Braulio V. Alvarado, Esteban Alvarez-Davila, Patricia Alvarez-Loayza, Luciana F. Alves, Iêda Amaral, Christian Ammer, Clara Antón-Fernández, Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Luzmila Arroyo, Valerio Avitabile, Gerardo A. Aymard C, Timothy Baker, Olaf Banki, Jorcely Barroso, Meredith L. Bastian, Luca Birigazzi, Philippe Birnbaum, Robert Bitariho, Pascal Boeckx, Frans Bongers, Olivier Bouriaud, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Susanne Brandl, Francis Q. Brearley, Roel Brienen, Eben N. Broadbent, Helge Bruelheide, Roberto Cazzolla Gatti, Ricardo G. Cesar, Goran Cesljar, Robin L. Chazdon, Chelsea Chisholm, Emil Cienciala, Connie J. Clark, David B. Clark, Gabriel Colletta, David Coomes, Fernando Cornejo Valverde, Jose J. Corral-Rivas, Philip Crim, Jonathan Cumming, Selvadurai Dayanandan, André L. de Gasper, Mathieu Decuyper, Géraldine Derroire, Ben DeVries, Ilija Djordjevic, Aurélie Dourdain, Jiri Dolezal, Nestor Laurier Engone Obiang, Brian Enquist, Teresa Eyre, Adandé Belarmain Fandohan, Tom M. Fayle, Leandro V. Ferreira, Ted R. Feldpausch, Leena Finér, Markus Fischer, Christine Fletcher, Lorenzo Frizzera, Damiano Gianelle, Henry B. Glick, David Harris, Andrew Hector, Andreas Hemp, John Herbohn, Annika Hillers, Eurídice N. Honorio Coronado, Cang Hui, Hyunkook Cho, Thomas Ibanez, Ilbin Jung, Nobuo Imai, Andrzej M. Jagodzinski, Bogdan Jaroszewicz, Vivian Johannsen, Carlos A. Joly, Tommaso Jucker, Viktor Karminov, Kuswata Kartawinata, Elizabeth Kearsley, David Kenfack, Deborah Kennard, Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas, Gunnar Keppel, Mohammed Latif Khan, Timothy Killeen, Hyun Seok Kim, Kanehiro Kitayama, Michael Köhl, Henn Korjus, Florian Kraxner, Diana Laarmann, Mait Lang, Simon Lewis, Huicui Lu, Natalia Lukina, Brian Maitner, Yadvinder Malhi, Eric Marcon, Beatriz Schwantes Marimon, Ben Hur Marimon-Junior, Andrew Robert Marshall, Emanuel Martin, Olga Martynenko, Jorge A. Meave, Omar Melo-Cruz, Casimiro Mendoza, Cory Merow, Stanislaw Miscicki, Abel Monteagudo Mendoza, Vanessa Moreno, Sharif A. Mukul, Philip Mundhenk, Maria G. Nava-Miranda, David Neill, Victor Neldner, Radovan Nevenic, Michael Ngugi, Pascal A. Niklaus, Jacek Oleksyn, Petr Ontikov, Edgar Ortiz-Malavasi, Yude Pan, Alexander Parada-Gutierrez, Elena Parfenova, Minjee Park, Marc Parren, Narayanaswamy Parthasarathy, Pablo L. Peri, Sebastian Pfautsch, Oliver L. Phillips, Maria Teresa Piedade, Daniel Piotto, Nigel C. A. Pitman, Martina Pollastrini, Irina Polo, Axel Dalberg Poulsen, John R. Poulsen, Freddy Ramirez Arevalo, Zorayda Restrepo-Correa, Mirco Rodeghiero, Samir Rolim, Anand Roopsind, Francesco Rovero, Ervan Rutishauser, Purabi Saikia, Christian Salas-Eljatib, Peter Schall, Dmitry Schepaschenko, Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, Bernhard Schmid, Jochen Schöngart, Eric B. Searle, Vladimír Seben, Federico Selvi, Josep M. Serra-Diaz, Douglas Sheil, Anatoly Shvidenko, Javier Silva-Espejo, Marcos Silveira, James Singh, Plinio Sist, Ferry Slik, Bonaventure Sonké, Alexandre F. Souza, Hans ter Steege, Krzysztof Stereńczak, Jens-Christian Svenning, Miroslav Svoboda, Ben Swanepoel, Natalia Targhetta, Nadja Tchebakova, Raquel Thomas, Elena Tikhonova, Peter Umunay, Vladimir Usoltsev, Renato Valencia, Fernando Valladares, Fons van der Plas, Tran Van Do, Michael E. Van Nuland, Rodolfo Vasquez Martinez, Hans Verbeeck, Helder Viana, Alexander C. Vibrans, Simone Vieira, Klaus von Gadow, Hua-Feng Wang, James Watson, Gijsbert D. A. Werner, Florian Wittmann, Verginia Wortel, Roderick Zagt, Tomasz Zawila-Niedzwiecki, Chunyu Zhang, Xiuhai Zhao, Zhi-Xin Zhu, Irie Casimir Zo-Bi, Daniel S. Maynard, Thomas W. Crowther

“…Abstract Species’ traits and environmental conditions determine the abundance of tree species across the globe. The extent to which traits of dominant and rare tree species differ remains untested across a broad environmental range, limiting our understanding of how species traits and the environment shape forest functional composition. …”
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RBP7 knockdown inhibits proliferation of human hepatocellular carcinoma and activates the p38 MAPK pathway by Jinhai Li, Jinhai Li, Huawei Zhai, Fujing Cai, Xian Zhang, Xian Zhang, Yu Zhou, Shuqun Li, Shuqun Li, Huachun Song, Haifeng Zhang, Guangzheng Sun, Minghui Zhu, Jing Yuan, Ningxin Zhang, Ningxin Zhang, Maolin Yan, Maolin Yan

“…Retinol binding protein 7 (RBP7) involves in retinoids transport, particularly in liver, indicating its importance in hepatic functions. However, its specific role in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tumorigenesis remains unclear and needs to further investigation.MethodsBioinformatics was employed to assess RBP7 expression across different cohorts. …”
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Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous Thrombolysis by Infarct Type in Patients with No Visible Occlusion: A Secondary Analysis of the AcT Trial by A. Zohaib Siddiqi, Katrina Ignacio, Chitapa Kaveeta, Fouzi Bala, Ayoola Ademola, Aleksander Tkach, Brian H. Buck, Luciana Catanese, Gary Hunter, Dar Dowlatshahi, Michel Shamy, Atif Zafar, Thalia S. Field, Ramana Appireddy, Ankur Wadhwa, Tolulope Sajobi, Rick Swartz, Mohammed Almekhlafi, Andrew Demchuk, Bijoy Menon, Nishita Singh

“…Conclusions In the AcT trial, safety of intravenous thrombolysis was similar across all infarct types in patients with no visible occlusion but functional outcomes were worst in patients with nonlacunar infarct. …”
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A Comprehensive Analysis In Silico of <i>KCS</i> Genes in Maize Revealed Their Potential Role in Response to Abiotic Stress by Xinyi Chen, Aixia Zhang, Chenyan Liu, Muhammad Saeed, Junyi Li, Ying Wu, Yunhao Wu, Haijing Gu, Jinchao Yuan, Baohua Wang, Ping Li, Hui Fang

“…In this study, we present a comprehensive analysis of <i>ZmKCS</i> genes, identifying 29 <i>KCS</i> genes that are unevenly distributed across nine maize chromosomes through bioinformatics approaches. …”
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Aquaponics model can provide better productivity: Microorganisms affect the growth and health of tilapia by Dingyue Fan, Huimin Xu, Shunlong Meng, Limin Fan, Chao Song, Liping Qiu, Dandan Li, Longxiang Fang, Zhuping Liu, Xuwen Bing

“…The relationships between fish immunological and digestive functions, water quality, and bacterial populations were not well understood. …”
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Ultrafast complex-valued 4D fMRI reveals sleep-induced brain respiratory pulsation changes in both magnitude and phase signals by Saara Sofia Syväoja, Lauri Raitamaa, Heta Helakari, Jussi Kantola, Matti Järvelä, Janne Kananen, Ville Isokoski, Vesa Korhonen, Tommi Väyrynen, Timo Tuovinen, Jürgen Hennig, Vesa Kiviniemi

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Effects of electron beam irradiation on microbial loads, physicochemical properties, stability of active ingredients, and antioxidant activity in Angelica sinensis Radix by Yunxia Hu, Haijun Wang, Zhijun Xin, Wensheng Gou, Zhuanzi Wang, Xiao Liu, Xihong Lu, Aimei Yang, Xuehu Li, Libin Zhou

“…Meanwhile, 10 kGy irradiation enhances active compound release, providing high-quality raw materials for functional food and pharmaceutical applications. This multi-criteria evaluation framework advances standardized EBI protocols in traditional Chinese medicine processing.…”
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Genome-wide association study identifies candidate SNP markers and genes associated with low nitrogen tolerance in Brassica napus by Jingdong Chen, Jingdong Chen, Lingli Xie, Xianfei Hou, Rui Yang, Jin Liu, Xigang Dai, Tianyuan Xue, Shuai Yin, Benbo Xu, Xuekun Zhang, Changli Zeng, Jinsong Xu

“…Significant phenotypic variation was observed across accessions, and correlation analysis suggested that RFW and SFW are key traits associated with LN tolerance. …”
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Association of Immune and Metabolic Receptors C5aR and C5L2 with Adiposity in Women by Pegah Poursharifi, Reza Rezvani, Abhishek Gupta, Marc Lapointe, Picard Marceau, André Tchernof, Katherine Cianflone

“…Adipose tissue receptors C5aR and C5L2 and their heterodimerization/functionality and interaction with ligands C5a and acylation stimulating protein (ASP) have been evaluated in cell and rodent studies. …”
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Linking the genetic diversity of root traits and drought responses in wild Vitis species by E.R. Patin, U. Pérez-López, A. del Sol Iturralde, J. Valls-Fonayet, P. Pétriacq, P. Gastou, J.P. Tandonnet, M. Larrey, P. Vivin, E. Marguerit, N. Ollat, M. de Miguel

“…We also explored genetic variation in root functional trait plasticity in response to drought. …”
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GLUT3 enhances chemosensitivity in glioblastoma by transporting temozolomide and capecitabine by Honglin Diao, Yuxin Sun, Xiaojia Zhou, Qikai Wang, Mingyue Wang, Keyu Chen, Zhihua Huang, Jianlei Wei, Zeping Li, Yaxin Lou, Zebin Mao, Wenhua Yu

“…GLUT3, which is highly expressed in GBM and primarily functions as a glucose transporter, has emerged as a promising therapeutic target. …”
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Response Patterns of Three Types of Biocrust to Reduced Rainfall by Hongyu Jiang, Qianhai Ye, Siqing Wang, Liping Yang, Yali Ma, Yuhan Qi, Haoran Luo, Zhixin Zhou, Qinqin Chang, Li Ma, Hao Wang, Changming Zhao, Ning Chen

“…As the intensity of rainfall reduction increased, the moss biocrust cover decreased by 47%, 60%, 70%, and 87% across 4 rainfall reduction treatments over 4 years. …”
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Effects of Biofertilizer on Yield and Quality of Crops and Properties of Soil Under Field Conditions in China: A Meta-Analysis by Baolei Pei, Ting Liu, Ziyan Xue, Jian Cao, Yunpeng Zhang, Mulan Yu, Engang Liu, Jincheng Xing, Feibing Wang, Xuqin Ren, Zhenhua Zhang

“…These results show that biofertilizers boost productivity, quality, and soil functionality, depending on their production and field management practices. …”
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