Assessing Nitrate Leaching During Drought and Extreme Precipitation: Exploring Deep Vadose‐Zone Monitoring, Groundwater Observations, and Field Mass Balance by Iael Raij‐Hoffman, Ofer Dahan, Helen E. Dahlke, Thomas Harter, Isaya Kisekka

“…The primary objective of the study was to assess nitrate leaching from an intensively cropped processing tomato rotation field using three different methods. …”
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Does botulinum therapy affect the urine microbiome of patients with neurogenic bladder? Metagenomic sequencing results by E. S. Philippova, I. V. Bazhenov, A. V. Zyrianov

“…Standard urine analysis, urine culture and 16S rRNA gene sequencing were performed. a total of 144,562 quality-filtered 16S rDNA sequence reads were processed through an Illumina MiSeq platform.Results. …”
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Geophysical surveys in the vicinity of the Progress station, East Antarctica, performed during the 63rd RAE season (2017/18) by A. A. Sukhanova, S. V. Popov, A. S. Boronina, S. D. Grigorieva, M. P. Kashkevich

“…One example of the impact of these processes on transport communications in Antarctica is the breakthrough of an intraglacial reservoir in the Dolk glacier near the station Progress (Larsemann Hills, Eastern Antarctica) in the season of the 62nd RAE (2016/17). …”
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СLINICAL PRESENTATION AND CONCENTRATION OF CYTOKINES SERUM OF PATIENTS WITH FORM WITHOUT ERYTHEMA OF LYME DISEASE by A. L. Bondarenko, V. V. Sapozhnikova

“…Patients with form without erythema have inflammatory processes limited moderately by inflammatory reactions on the part of Treg-system (lack of IL-35 production).…”
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Distribution of Available Silicon of Volcanic Ash Soils in Jeju Island by Won-Pyo Park, Kwan-Cheol Song, Bon-Jun Koo, Hae-Nam Hyun

“…With increasing elevation, we detected a decrease in the available Si and allophane content in Andisols, whereas Al-humus complexes increased with increasing elevation. …”
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Determination of the therapeutic effectiveness of the drug against siphonaptero-sis of cats based on selamectin and praziquantel by R. V. Petrov, O. V. Derevianchenko

“…The drug was used in cats in which the presence of fleas was detected during the examination. Siphonapterosis was suspected in the presence of characteristic clinical signs of the disease. …”
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Early spring testing of environments quality in the Novik Bay (Russky Island, Peter the Great Bay, Japan Sea) in April, 2023 by N. K. Khristoforova, A. Yu. Lazaryuk, T. V. Boychenko, A. A. Emelyanov

“…Good ecological state of the bay waters was detected. Stable density stratification was already formed, with the water temperature range from 2.3oС at the bottom to 10.0oС on the sea surface and salinity from 33.6 to 31.1, respectively. …”
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Exploring associations between metabolites and gene transcripts of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in response to rust (Uromyces appendiculatus) infection by Penny Makhumbila, Molemi Rauwane, Hangwani Muedi, Ntakadzeni E. Madala, Sandiswa Figlan

“…Integrative metabolome and transcriptome analysis showed that rust infection enriched metabolomic pathways, biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, protein processing in the endoplasmic reticulum, and purine metabolism among others. …”
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SSegRef2Surf—Near Real-Time Photogrammetric Flood Monitoring and Refinement of Classified Water Surfaces by Michael Kögel, Lilly Feile, Fabian Möldner, Dirk Carstensen

“…This tool reduces data requirements for AI training and minimizes postprocessing time, enabling near real-time flood monitoring. All processes necessary for SSegRef2Surf were optimized through sensitivity and accuracy analyses to reduce postprocessing duration to a minimum. …”
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The challenges of genome-wide interaction studies: lessons to learn from the analysis of HDL blood levels. by Elisabeth M van Leeuwen, Françoise A S Smouter, Tony Kam-Thong, Nazanin Karbalai, Albert V Smith, Tamara B Harris, Lenore J Launer, Colleen M Sitlani, Guo Li, Jennifer A Brody, Joshua C Bis, Charles C White, Alok Jaiswal, Ben A Oostra, Albert Hofman, Fernando Rivadeneira, Andre G Uitterlinden, Eric Boerwinkle, Christie M Ballantyne, Vilmundur Gudnason, Bruce M Psaty, L Adrienne Cupples, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Samuli Ripatti, Aaron Isaacs, Bertram Müller-Myhsok, Lennart C Karssen, Cornelia M van Duijn

“…We performed a GWIS in the Rotterdam Study (RS) cohort I (RS-I) using the GLIDE tool which leverages the massively parallel computing power of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) to perform linear regression on all genome-wide pairs of SNPs. …”
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Results of the Water Quality Study Within the Luga­-Balt-­2 International Project by Tuija Ranta-Korhonen, M. V. Markova, E. V. Vasilev, A. S. Ogluzdin, N. S. Vasileva

“…The authors used standard methods of processing statistical, field data. (Results and discussion) The authors revealed good, stable during the entire monitoring period, water quality in the Urpolanjoki River. …”
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Identification of Biomarkers Associated with Heart Failure Caused by Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy Using WGCNA and Machine Learning Algorithms by Mengyi Sun, Linping Li

“…At last, the biomarkers were validated and evaluated the diagnostic efficacy by the area under curve (AUC) value and further confirmed the differential expression in the IDCM-HF and NF groups using an external database. Results. We detected 490 genes exhibiting differential expression between IDCM-HF and NF specimens from the GSE57338 dataset, with most of them being concentrated in the extracellular matrix (ECM) of cells related to biological processes and pathways. …”
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Combined dynamic nuclear polarization and electron paramagnetic resonance at 0.34 T to investigate electrochemical lithium deposition on copper by Vera Michaela Barysch, Beatrice Wolff, Matthias Streun, Peter Jakes, Peter Philipp Maria Schleker, Josef Granwehr

“…Abstract Despite extensive research conducted on plating and dendrite formation in lithium batteries, the molecular formation processes are not yet fully understood. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) sensitively detects metallic Li species but misses non-paramagnetic ones. …”
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HR-LCMS based metabolites profiling, pharmacognostic study, and antimycotic activity of leaves of Ruellia asperula by Arshu Patel, J R Kudnar, R S Jadhav, B Ghuge

“…Methodology: Leaves and bark of Ruellia asperula were collected, authenticated, and processed for analysis. Physicochemical standards like moisture content, ash values, and extractive yields were determined. …”
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Actoprotective properties of 7'-((3-thio-4-methyl-4H-1,2,4-triazole-5-yl)methyl)theophylline derivatives by A. S. Gotsulya

“…The obtained results were statistically processed using the standard software package of Microsoft Office 2007 and «STATISTICA@ for Windows 6.0». …”
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A coupled physical-biogeochemical modeling approach to investigate the dynamics of the Benguela Upwelling System by Amr Talaat Salama, Tomas Lovato, Momme Butenschön, Marco Zavatarelli

“…This coupled modeling framework provides valuable insights into the Benguela Upwelling System and could serve as a basis for improving our understanding of the variability in physical and ecological processes over recent decades.…”
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Lactaptin induces p53-independent cell death associated with features of apoptosis and autophagy and delays growth of breast cancer cells in mouse xenografts. by Olga A Koval, Anastasiya V Tkachenko, Alexandr S Fomin, Dmitry V Semenov, Anna A Nushtaeva, Elena V Kuligina, Eugeny L Zavjalov, Vladimir A Richter

“…We also found that RL2 treatment induces LC3-processing, which is a hallmark of autophagy. The autophagy inhibitor chloroquine enhanced RL2 cytotoxicity to MDA-MB-231 cells, indicating the pro-survival effect of RL2-dependent autophagy. …”
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Integrated metabolome and transcriptome analysis of maize roots response to different degrees of drought stress by Yifan Wang, Luoluo Tong, Huiling Liu, Binyan Li, Renhe Zhang

“…Results Compared to the untreated control group, 460 differentially accumulated metabolites were detected in roots under MD and SD conditions. Among these metabolites, lignin compounds emerged as the primary response to drought. …”
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Dynamics of management of monogenic epilepsies, developmental and epileptic encephalopathies in routine clinical practice by О. A. Rakhmanina, I. V. Volkov, Т. R. Tomenko, O. I. Shestakova, О. К. Volkova

“…To describe and compare the spectrum of detected gene mutations in patients with epilepsy and developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEE) over the last 3 years of clinical practice of neurologists-epileptologists, including: analysis of diagnosed epileptic syndromes, timing of etiological diagnosis, treatment options and effectiveness.Materials and methods. …”
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Never lose sight of enemies: giant honeybees perceive troublemakers even in mass flight mode—a case study by Gerald Kastberger, Martin Ebner, Thomas Hötzl

“…Despite its temporary vulnerability during MFA, the colony can still detect and respond to external threats, although with reduced defense capabilities. …”
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