The establishment of lipid profiles reference ranges during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Liyun Sun, Bingrui Gao, Mingyue Wang, Yuqi Liu, Zhongyan Shan, Weiping Teng, Dongdong Luo, Jing Li

“…Further region-specific and method-specific TSRIs for women with singleton pregnancies using the latest data are needed in order to enhance the diagnostic capability of dyslipidaemia in pregnant women during three trimesters.…”
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The Morphology and Kinematics of a Giant, Symmetric Nebula around a Radio-loud Quasar 3C 57: Extended Rotating Gas or Biconical Outflows? by Zhuoqi (Will) Liu, Sean D. Johnson, Jennifer I-Hsiu Li, Benoît Epinat, Gwen C. Rudie, Ana Monreal-Ibero, Sebastiano Cantalupo, Zhijie Qu, Mandy C. Chen, Wolfram Kollatschny, Sowgat Muzahid, Fakhri S. Zahedy, Elise Kesler, Nishant Mishra

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Identification of the Rhizopus sp. Fungi as an Alternative Lactic Acid Production Source by Ainil Hawa Jasni, Azlin Suhaida Azmi, Noor Illi Mohamad Puad, Fathilah Ali, Yusilawati Ahmad Nor

“…Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahawa kultur pemula komersial Ragi tempeh hanya mengandungi satu strain sahaja, iaitu Rhizopus microsporus (disahkan melalui penjujukan ITS rRNA dengan 99.8% kesamaan dengan pangkalan data GenBank). Kehadiran satu spesies ini memudahkan kawalan pertumbuhan kulat dan berpotensi meningkatkan konsistensi hasil pengeluaran. …”
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Synergistic Effects of BaTiO₃ and MFe₂O₄ (M = Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, and Co) Nanoparticles as Artificial Pinning Centers on the Performance of YBa<sub>2</... by Amjad S. Dair, Yassine Slimani, Essia Hannachi, Faten Ben Azzouz, Munirah A. Almessiere

“…Large-scale superconductor applications necessitate a superconducting matrix with pinning sites (PSs) that immobilize vortices at elevated temperatures and magnetic fields. …”
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Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Physicians or Augment Their Capabilities? by Sara Rahmati Roodsari, Alireza Zali, Mohammad Rahmati-Roodsari, Behina Forouzanmehr

“…A key issue raised by increased artificial intelligence (AI) applications in healthcare is whether robots will replace physicians or work alongside them. …”
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Development, Validation and Approbation Analytical Method for the Quantitative Determination of Taurine by HPLC-UV Method in the Test of Comparative Dissolution Kinetics by A. M. Poluyanov, A. Kochug, L. S. Mitrofanova, I. D. Nikitin, O. Yu. Vergasov, I. E. Shohin, E. N. Fisher

“…Were used a Shim-pack Velox C18 5 μm 4.6 × 150 mm column (Shimadzu Corporation, Japan) and a Shim-pack Velox C18 EXP Guard Column Cartridge 5 μm 4.6 × 5 mm (Shimadzu Corporation, Japan). Primary data were processed using LabSolutions Single LC software (Shimadzu Corporation, Japan).Results and discussion. …”
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Incidence, Prediction, and Prevention of Fractures After Kidney Transplantation: A Systematic Review Protocol by Andrea C. Cowan, Karla Solo, Victoria Lebedeva, Yasaman Mohammadi Kamalabadi, Maha El-Shimy, Aayushi Joshi, Edith Ginika Olalike, Misa Tanaka, Adam G. R. Klotz, Hatoun Wahid Elazhary, Antonia Zhu, Adam Forster, Shafaz Veettil, Sachin G. Nair, Maria Fernanda Servin Martinez, Dweeti Nayak, V. Nikhila Priya, Catherine Wellan, Diana Maria Cespedes Arcani, Pavel S. Roshanov

“…Single reviewers will extract data and evaluate risk of bias for each included study using one of the following tools as appropriate: the Quality of Prognostic Studies tool, the Prediction model Risk Of Bias ASsessment tool, the Risk Of Bias In Non-randomised Studies—of Interventions tool, and the Cochrane Risk of Bias 2.0 tool. …”
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Paediatric endoscopy in Spain: current situation and recent developments by María Navalón Rubio, Carmen Jovani Casano, Marta Soria López, Alfonso Rodríguez Herrera, Miguel Ángel López Casado, Víctor Manuel Navas-López, Víctor Vila Miravet

“…We compared the results with data from 2015. Results: Eighty-one of the 103 invited hospitals participated (66.4%). …”
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Implementing Positive Youth Development in Primary Physical Education: The Learning Trajectories of a Physical Education Department Head (Fomentar el Desarrollo Positivo de los Jóv... by Fernando Santos, Cláudio Farias, Ivo van Hilvoorde, Daniel Gould, Paulo Pereira

“…A PYD intervention was conducted over four months, which included several cycles of theoretical inputs interspersed with a series of PYD field applications. The principal participant in this study was an experienced PE department head who was supervising the work of 63 primary school PE teachers. …”
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Valores de referencia de la velocidad de la marcha en mayores de 65 años (Reference values for gait speed in elderly over 65 years of age) by Xabier Río de Frutos, José Ramón Sánchez Isla, Aitor Santisteban Leguina, Patxi León Guereño, Iker Sáez Gomez de Cadiñanos, Aitor Coca

“…The four-metre GS test is simple and applicable in primary care for the early detection of frailty. …”
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Effects of dust fall on stigma and pollination and fertilization process of female flower in pistachio pistachii by ZHOU Xinyu, WANG Fengbo, Amanula Yimingniyazi, WANG Tian, Batur Bake

“…Based on the measured data of dustfall amounts during the flowering period in southern Xinjiang, the thickness of dustfall covering was set. …”
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Understanding the Broad-line Region of Active Galactic Nuclei with Photoionization. I. The Moderate-accretion Regime by Qiaoya Wu, Yue Shen, Hengxiao Guo, Scott F. Anderson, W. N. Brandt, Catherine J. Grier, Patrick B. Hall, Luis C. Ho, Yasaman Homayouni, Keith Horne, Jennifer I-Hsiu Li, Donald P. Schneider

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Promoting smoking cessation and preventing relapse to tobacco use following a smoke-free mental health inpatient stay (SCEPTRE feasibility study): a multicentre randomised controll... by Simon Gilbody, Catherine Hewitt, John Britton, Lion Shahab, Tim Coleman, Elena Ratschen, Judith Watson, Alex Mitchell, Gregor Russell, Steve Parrott, Lesley Sinclair, Peter A Coventry, Paul Galdas, Michelle Horspool, Samantha Brady, Emily Shoesmith, Petal Petersen Williams, Lisa Huddlestone, Victoria Exley, Fraser Wiggins, Jodi Pervin, Moira Leahy, Claire Paul, Lesley Colley, Simon Hough

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Introducing the pictogram-based ocular motor and visual-perceptual symptom scale: a multinational, cross-cultural feasibility study by Ali A. Melliti, Raymond Van de Berg, Evangelos Anagnostou, Ondrej Cakrt, Christian Chabbert, Wolfgang Heide, Christoph Helmchen, Jaroslav Jerabek, Erna Kentala, Hassen Kerkeni, Nehzat Koohi, Christophe Lopez, Leonel Luis, Dara Meldrum, Dusan Pavlovic, Maritta Spiegelberg, Luc Vereeck, Eva Grill, Eva Grill, Eva Grill, Klaus Jahn, Maja Striteska, Maja Striteska, Sophie Vanbelle, Andreas Zwergal, Andreas Zwergal, Johannes Gerb, Johannes Gerb

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MACRAMÉ – Advanced characterisation methodologies to assess and predict the health and environmental risks of advanced materials by Steffi Friedrichs, Christian Seitz, Eric Bleeker, Rob Vandebriel, Samia Ouhajji, Evert Duistermaat, Martin Wiemann, Antje Vennemann, Alberto Katsumiti, Tina Buerki-Thurnherr, Govind Gupta, Peter Wick, Luis Mauricio Ortiz-Galvez, Jimeng Wu, Klaus-Michael Weltring, Daniel Haase, Elisabeth Heunisch, Anna Pohl, Katie Reilly, Zhiling Guo, Iseult Lynch, Thomas Exner, Birgit Hagenhoff, Daniel Breitenstein

“…Centralized in the MACRAMÉ Information Hub, all data will support regulatory frameworks and future research. …”
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Glycaemic control in labour with diabetes: GILD, a scoping study by Nia Wyn Jones, Eleanor J Mitchell, Kate F Walker, Susan Ayers, Lucy Bradshaw, Georgina Constantinou, Tasso Gazis, Shalini Ojha, Phoebe Pallotti, Stavros Petrou, Rachel Plachcinski, Michael Rimmer, Liz Schroeder, Jim G Thornton, Natalie Wakefield

“…Conclusions Data from all work packages have been used to determine the most appropriate design for a future trial. …”
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Mechanism-based modular psychotherapy versus cognitive behavioural therapy for adolescents and young adults with childhood trauma experiences: study protocol for a feasibility tria... by Till Bärnighausen, Hanna Zimmermann, Christian Schmahl, Stephanie Bauer, Beate Ditzen, Hans-Christoph Friederich, Markus W Haun, Astrid Berner-Rodoreda, Elisabeth Schramm, Svenja Taubner, Corina Aguilar-Raab, Sabine C Herpertz, Manuel Feisst, Frank Enning, Katja I Seitz, Niklas Schouler, Jan Hundertmark, Maximilian Wilhelm, Svea Franz, Christoph W Korn, Ruben Vonderlin, Eva Vonderlin, Josef Bailer, Elias Bopp, Sophia von Stockert, Laura Tabea Kristalis, Claudia Calvano

“…It comprises independent, flexibly applicable interventions from various theoretical backgrounds and evidence-based programmes within a systematic treatment algorithm, thereby tailoring module selection to the specific needs of traumatised adolescents.Methods and analysis In a randomised controlled feasibility trial (RCT), N=80 outpatients between 15 and 25 years of age diagnosed with various mental disorders will receive 28 individual sessions with MeMoPsy or standard cognitive behavioural therapy. …”
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Ice-nucleating particles active below −24&thinsp;°C in a Finnish boreal forest and their relationship to bioaerosols by F. Vogel, F. Vogel, M. P. Adams, L. Lacher, P. B. Foster, G. C. E. Porter, G. C. E. Porter, B. Bertozzi, B. Bertozzi, K. Höhler, J. Schneider, T. Schorr, N. S. Umo, J. Nadolny, Z. Brasseur, P. Heikkilä, E. S. Thomson, N. Büttner, M. I. Daily, R. Fösig, A. D. Harrison, J. Keskinen, U. Proske, U. Proske, U. Proske, J. Duplissy, J. Duplissy, M. Kulmala, T. Petäjä, O. Möhler, B. J. Murray

“…This study should motivate further work to establish whether the commonality in bioaerosol ice-nucleating properties between spring in Finland and summer in Colorado is more generally applicable to different coniferous forest locations and times and also to determine to what extent these bioaerosols are transported to locations where they may affect clouds.…”
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Building a DNA Reference for Madagascar’s Marine Fishes: Expanding the COI Barcode Library and Establishing the First 12S Dataset for eDNA Monitoring by Jean Jubrice Anissa Volanandiana, Dominique Ponton, Eliot Ruiz, Andriamahazosoa Elisé Marcel Fiadanamiarinjato, Fabien Rieuvilleneuve, Daniel Raberinary, Adeline Collet, Faustinato Behivoke, Henitsoa Jaonalison, Sandra Ranaivomanana, Marc Leopold, Roddy Michel Randriatsara, Jovial Mbony, Jamal Mahafina, Aaron Hartmann, Gildas Todinanahary, Jean-Dominique Durand

“…This study represents a major step forward in documenting and monitoring Madagascar’s marine biodiversity and provides a valuable genetic reference for future environmental DNA (eDNA) applications.…”
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The landscape in the gut microbiome of long-lived families reveals new insights on longevity and aging – relevant neural and immune function by Jingjing Wang, Jinlong Qie, Danrong Zhu, Xuemei Zhang, Qingqing Zhang, Yuyu Xu, Yipeng Wang, Kai Mi, Yang Pei, Yang Liu, Guozhong Ji, Xingyin Liu

“…Based on 16S rRNA and metagenomics sequencing data for 32 longevity families including three generations, centenarians, elderly, and young groups, we found centenarians showed increased diversity of gut microbiota, severely damaged connection among bacteria, depleted in microbial-associated essential amino acid function, and increased abundance of anti-inflammatory bacteria in comparison to young and elderly groups. …”
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