Integrating high-throughput phenotyping and genome-wide association analyses to unravel Mediterranean maize resilience to combined drought and high temperatures by Rongli Shi, Ana López-Malvar, Dominic Knoch, Henning Tschiersch, Marc C. Heuermann, Salar Shaaf, Delphine Madur, Rogelio Santiago, Carlotta Balconi, Elisabetta Frascaroli, Sekip Erdal, Carine Palaffre, Alain Charcosset, Pedro Revilla, Thomas Altmann

“…Both, stress resistance and recovery contributed to maize resilience to D-HT, however they appear to be mediated through different processes. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) were performed to dissect the genetic basis of maize resilience to D-HT-stress. …”
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Proteomic analysis of infiltrating neutrophils from rheumatoid arthritis synovial fluid and their contribution to protein carbamylation by Xueting Chen, Rong Du, Pan Wang, WenLin Qiu, Lu Chen, Jian Wan, Hui Qiu, Li Xiong, Kutty Selva Nandakumar, Rikard Holmdahl, Rikard Holmdahl, Hui Geng

“…Elevated levels of neutrophil-derived proteins were detected in RA-SF. In addition, we specifically identified many carbamylated proteins and observed an increased frequency of protein carbamylation in RA-SF samples. …”
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Secretomes From Non‐Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells Induce Endothelial Plasticity Through a Partial Endothelial‐to‐Mesenchymal Transition by Clara Bourreau, Emilie Navarro, Marine Cotinat, Morgane Krejbich, François Guillonneau, Catherine Guette, Alice Boissard, Cécile Henry, Isabelle Corre, Lucas Treps, Nicolas Clere

“…Among the cells of the TME, endothelial cells are associated with the latter processes through endothelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition (EndMT). …”
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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

“…This study highlights the polygenic nature of LN tolerance and the importance of precise phenotyping in detecting stable genetic signals. The identified candidate genes are involved in nitrogen metabolism, autophagy, RNA processing, and amino acid transport, with transcriptomic evidence supporting the LN-responsive expression of BnaA09G0386000ZS. …”
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Genetic diversity of the pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus in Saudi Arabia by Norah Abdulhamed Uthman, Sayed Sartaj Sohrab, Ibrahim Hassan Kamal, Suha Abdulall Farraj, Badr Essa Masri, Ahmad Mohammad Ashshi, Taha Abdullah Kumosani, Esam Ibraheem Azhar

“…The influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus was detected in samples collected between May 2009 and November 2010 from Makkah region. …”
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Establishment of a non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease model by high fat diet in adult zebrafish by Xiang Li, Lei Zhou, Yuying Zheng, Taiping He, Honghui Guo, Jiangbin Li, Jingjing Zhang

“…RNA‐seq results indicated that several physiological processes, including endoplasmic reticulum stress, and glucolipid metabolism, were disrupted. …”
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High risk of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in patients attending public hospitals in Sokoto, Nigeria by Abdurrahman Hassan Jibril, Hassan Bawa, Kabiru Mohammed, Abdulrazak Nuhu, Abdulbariu Ogirima Uhuami

“…Methodology: Cross-sectional study approach was used to collect 204 clinical samples from patients attending these hospitals. Samples were processed using culture, biochemical, and PCR. Results: The overall prevalence of P. aeruginosa was found to be 12.8 %. …”
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Brain Reactivity and Vulnerability to Social Feedback Following Acute Stress in Early Adolescence by Zeynep Celen, Ryan J. Murray, Mariana Magnus Smith, Sondes Jouabli, Vladimira Ivanova, Eleonore Pham, Zoe Schilliger, Patrik Vuilleumier, Arnaud Merglen, Paul Klauser, Camille Piguet

“…Conclusion We show that social feedback after an acute stressor activates regions involved in self‐referential processing, with positive feedback eliciting generally higher activation and negative feedback impacting only individuals with vulnerable mood traits during early adolescence.…”
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Novel Quanvolutional Neural Network-Based COVID-19 Diagnosis From Raman Spectroscopic Signals of Human Serum by Shivanya Shomir Dutta, Sahil Sandeep, S. Sridevi, Rajiv Mistry, Jonathan Ortega, Gorkem Kar

“…Although the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technique is effective for identifying the genetic material of the pathogens causing SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19, its longer processing time has led to the emergence of Raman spectroscopy as a promising alternative, a non-destructive method that provides detailed molecular insights for detecting COVID-19 through human serum samples. …”
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Machine Learning-Driven Discovery and Evaluation of Antimicrobial Peptides from <i>Crassostrea gigas</i> Mucus Proteome by Jingchen Song, Kelin Liu, Xiaoyang Jin, Ke Huang, Shiwei Fu, Wenjie Yi, Yijie Cai, Ziniu Yu, Fan Mao, Yang Zhang

“…However, traditional drug discovery methods face challenges such as time-consuming processes and high costs. Therefore, leveraging machine learning techniques to expedite the discovery of marine AMPs holds significant promise. …”
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POLIPHONE: A Dataset for Smartphone Model Identification From Audio Recordings by Davide Salvi, Daniele Ugo Leonzio, Antonio Giganti, Claudio Eutizi, Sara Mandelli, Paolo Bestagini, Stefano Tubaro

“…The source attribution problem has been addressed in different domains, from identifying the camera model used to capture specific photographs to detecting the synthetic speech generator or microphone model used to create or record given audio tracks. …”
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Classifying and Localizing Abnormalities in Brain MRI Using Channel Attention Based Semi-Bayesian Ensemble Voting Mechanism and Convolutional Auto-Encoder by Syed Muhammad Ahmed Hassan Shah, Asad Ullah, Jawaid Iqbal, Sami Bourouis, Syed Sajid Ullah, Saddam Hussain, Muhammad Qasim Khan, Yaser Ali Shah, Ghulam Mustafa

“…By automating these processes, the proposed system aims to enhance the accuracy and effectiveness of brain tumor diagnosis and treatment planning. …”
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In-depth chromatographic and spectrally defined phytocompounds in super-critical-CO2 extracted Phyllanthus emblica seeds oil show robust anti-microbial/biofilm effects in the non-m... by Acharya Balkrishna, Priya Rani Maheswari, Monali Joshi, Yash Varshney, Himanshu Jangid, Manisha Kabdwal, Savita Lochab, Pardeep Nain, Anurag Varshney

“…GC-MS/MS analysis identified eight non-polar and eight unsaponifiable compounds, whereas GC-FID detected five fatty acids, with linolenic acid (33.5 %) being the major polyunsaturated fatty acid. …”
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Proteomic mechanism of sugar and organic acid metabolism during Korla fragrant pear (Pyrus sinkiangensis Yü) fruit development by Yi Wang, Yonghui Deng, Wei Jiang, Shijie An, Ling Ma, Zhendong Wang, Qiangqing Zheng, Pan Yan, Qiling Chen

“…Abstract Korla fragrant pear (Pyrus sinkiangensis Yü) fruit development involves complex physiological and biochemical processes; however, few data are available at the proteomic and metabolomic levels, which would be helpful for understanding the molecular mechanisms of fruit and quality development. …”
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Identification of jarosite and other major mineral Fe phases in acidic environments affected by mining-metallurgy using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy: With special emphasis on the... by Ingrid Nayeli Escobar-Quiroz, Mario Villalobos-Peñalosa, Teresa Pi-Puig, Francisco Martín Romero, Javier Aguilar-Carrillo de Albornoz

“…In addition, several other samples of mining-metallurgical wastes were analyzed by the same three techniques, suggesting many of the findings from the secondary Fe mineralogy of the Buenavista del Cobre mine acid spill as common processes occurring in mining-affected environments. …”
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The Relation between AGN and Host-galaxy Properties in the JWST Era. I. Seyferts at Cosmic Noon are Obscured and Disturbed by Nina Bonaventura, Jianwei Lyu, George H. Rieke, Stacey Alberts, Christopher N. A. Willmer, Pablo G. Pérez-González, Andrew J. Bunker, Meredith Stone, Francesco D’Eugenio, Christina C. Williams, Michael V. Maseda, Chris J. Willott, Zhiyuan Ji, William M. Baker, Stefano Carniani, Stephane Charlot, Jacopo Chevallard, Emma Curtis-Lake, Daniel J. Eisenstein, Kevin Hainline, Ryan Hausen, Erica J. Nelson, Marcia J. Rieke, Brant Robertson, Irene Shivaei

“…The morphology of a galaxy reflects the mix of physical processes occurring within and around it, offering indirect clues to its formation and evolution. …”
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Initial Screening of Extrachromosomal Circular DNA Candidates for Pork Meat Quality Traits Using Circle-Seq and RNA-Seq Analysis by Liyao Bai, Jiahao Wu, Tengfei Dou, Donghui Chu, Xinjian Li, Xuelei Han, Ruimin Qiao, Kejun Wang, Feng Yang, Xiuling Li

“…The Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) and Gene Ontology (GO) analysis enriched many lipid-related pathways, such as chemokine signals and ADP metabolic processes. By constructing a regulatory network, several potential regulatory networks that might be related to pork quality, for example, ecc_sus_8665/ssc-miR-212/ADAMTS16, were identified. …”
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The Role of Mesenchymal Stem Cells with Ascorbic Acid and N-Acetylcysteine on TNF-α, IL 1β, and NF-κβ Expressions in Acute Pancreatitis in Albino Rats by Dalia Abdelhafez, Elshimaa Aboelkomsan, Abir El Sadik, Noha Lasheen, Sara Ashur, Amal Elshimy, George N. B. Morcos

“…It could be concluded that treatment with BM-MSCs combined with antioxidants could provide a promising therapy for acute pancreatitis and improve the degeneration, apoptosis, necrosis, and inflammatory processes of the islets of Langerhans. TNF-α, IL 1β, and NF-κβ are essential biomarkers for the evaluation of MSC regenerative effectiveness.…”
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Proactive dynamic flooding regulations for river basins in China’s arid and semi-arid region of Xinjiang by Xintong Gong, Qiang Zhang, Senlin Tang, Yungang Bai, Vijay P. Singh, Zhenlin Lu

“…Seasonal flash floods due to heavy rainfall and snowmelt processes necessitate reservoir regulations in arid regions, whereas previous studies have focused mainly on humid regions. …”
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MCT4: a key player influencing gastric cancer metastasis and participating in the regulation of the metastatic immune microenvironment by Tao Jiang, Jingcheng Zhang, Sicheng Zhao, Mingsi Zhang, Yunhai Wei, Xiaojuan Liu, Shuo Zhang, Wei Fan, Yueying Liu, Yuanlin Lv, Guangji Zhang

“…Abstract Background MCT4 is a lactate transporter associated with glycolysis, which has been found to be associated with various tumorigenesis and development processes. Gastric cancer is a malignant disease with high incidence and mortality. …”
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