Effects of Larval Starvation Stress on the Life History and Adult Fitness of Fall Webworm, <i>Hyphantria Cunea</i> by Yuan Zhang, Lin Zhang, Junchao Zheng, Tongpu Li, Lvquan Zhao

“…These results suggested that <i>H. cunea</i> larvae were highly resistant to starvation, that starvation stress negatively affected their larval life history and adult fitness, and that the pattern of the effects of post-starvation refeeding on larval and adult fitness was related to the duration of starvation and the refeeding mode. …”
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Mediterranean-Oriented Dietary Intervention Is Effective to Reduce Liver Steatosis in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Results from an Italian Clinical Trial by Barbara Zanini, Federica Benini, Monica Marullo, Anna Simonetto, Angelo Rossi, Paola Cavagnoli, Alessia Bonalumi, Silvia Marconi, Marie Graciella Pigozzi, Gianni Gilioli, Alessandra Valerio, Francesco Donato, Maurizio Castellano, Chiara Ricci

“…In this clinical trial, NAFLD patients were enrolled in a 12-month dietary intervention aimed to improve their eating habits according to the Mediterranean pattern, with scheduled appointments every three months. …”
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Germinated Spores of the Probiotic Bacterium <i>Bacillus coagulans</i> JBI-YZ6.3 Support Dynamic Changes in Intestinal Epithelial Communication and Resilience to Mechanical Woundin... by Sage V. McGarry, Earvin A. F. Grinage, Krista Sanchez, Dina Cruickshank, Liang Anderson, Gitte S. Jensen

“…The spore-forming probiotic <i>Bacillus coagulans</i> JBI-YZ6.3 interacts with the gut epithelium via its secreted metabolites as well as its cell walls, engaging pattern-recognition receptors on the epithelium. We evaluated its effects on human T84 gut epithelial cells using in vitro co-cultures, comparing metabolically active germinated spores to the isolated metabolite fraction and cell wall fraction under unstressed versus inflamed conditions. …”
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B-Scan and “En-Face” Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging for the Diagnosis and Followup of Acute Retinal Pigment Epitheliitis by Flore De Bats, Benjamin Wolff, Martine Mauget-Faÿsse, Claire Scemama, Laurent Kodjikian

“…“En-face” OCT showed the same cockade-like appearance with a hyporeflective center and a hyperreflective border matching the pattern observed on ICGA. At followup, as vision improved without treatment, B-scan OCT demonstrated progressive resolution of the hyperreflective and disrupted lesions; “en-face” OCT also showed disappearance of the macular cockade-like halo with a transient discrete hyperreflective macular star at the RPE level in one eye. …”
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Molecular Adjuvant Potential of <i>GCSF</i> and <i>MCSF</i> in Starry Flounder Challenged with <i>Streptococcus parauberis</i> by Min-Young Sohn, Gyoungsik Kang, Kyung-Ho Kim, Ha-Jeong Son, Chan-Il Park

“…Quantitative real-time PCR revealed that <i>GCSF</i> is highly expressed in the skin, peripheral blood leukocytes, and muscle, with significant up-regulation in immune organs following <i>Streptococcus parauberis</i> infection; <i>MCSF</i> exhibited a similar tissue-specific expression pattern. Recombinant <i>GCSF</i> (<i>rGCSF</i>) was produced using a cell-free system and effectively enhanced leukocyte phagocytic activity at an optimal concentration of 150 μg/mL, without causing cytotoxicity in hemolytic assays. …”
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Identifying urban prone areas to flash floods: The case of Santa Cruz de Tenerife by Nerea Martín-Raya, Jaime Díaz-Pacheco, Pedro Dorta Antequera, Abel López-Díez

“…Its typically Mediterranean rainfall pattern, characterized by extreme precipitation events in short periods of time, together with its orography of steep ravines, short length and width, as well as its disorderly growth, make it a space prone to the occurrence of flash floods. …”
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Supplementing the Build Activity in Design Science Research with Soft Systems Methodology: A Technique of Creating Frameworks for Guiding Interventions Against Unstructured Problem... by Agnes Nakakawa, Fiona P. M. Tulinayo, Geoffrey O. Tabo, Patrick van Bommel, Hans B. F. Mulder, Henderik A. Proper

“…In addition, there is no an elaborate procedure or logical thinking pattern that can be followed when building a DSR artifact, particularly a framework for solving an unstructured problem. …”
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Congenital Radioulnar Synostosis Review: Recommendations and Treatment Outcomes by Sergi Alabau-Rodriguez, Jose Felix Garrido Ferrer, Xavier Bulló Mir, Lidia Ana Martín Dominguez, Albert Pardo Pol, Francisco Soldado Carrera

“…<b>Relevant sections</b>: While CRS often occurs sporadically, there are familial cases with an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern. The diagnosis is established through a combination of clinical evaluation and radiological imaging, which confirms the presence and extent of the synostosis. …”
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Double-Butter: A Cementation Technique That Significantly Reduces Lipid Contamination of the Tibial Baseplate in Total Knee Arthroplasty by Jacob M. Wilson, MD, Aleksander P. Mika, MD, William W. Gilbert, MD, J. Bohannon Mason, MD, Gregory G. Polkowski, MD, J. Ryan Martin, MD

“…Recent literature suggests that the implant-cement interface is the “weak-link” in fixation and lipid contamination may drive this debonding pattern. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine if the “double-butter” technique would significantly decrease lipid contamination of the tibial tray. …”
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Variable Polarization of WR 31a: Binary Companion or Corotating Interaction Region? by Christiana Erba, Richard Ignace, Faith Simmons, Ben Davies

“…After mean subtraction, the four loops align to form a single overall pattern. Such loops can be expected to arise from binary systems. …”
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Expression profiles of miR-411 and SPRY4 as indicators of disease progression and treatment in chronic myelogenous leukemia by Ashkan Shabannezhad, Nasrin Alizadghandforoush, Majid Safa, Shahrbano Rostami, Bahram Chahardouli, Ali Amini

“…This study suggests that SPRY4 and miR-411 may exert phase-specific roles in CML progression probably with reverse pattern, although further studies are needed to clarify the role of these two genes in hematological malignancies such as CML.…”
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Biological Decline of Alfalfa Is Accompanied by Negative Succession of Rhizosphere Soil Microbial Communities by Yuanyuan Ma, Yan Shen, Xiaoping Zhou, Hongbin Ma, Jian Lan, Bingzhe Fu, Quanhong Xue

“…This study explored the successional pattern of rhizosphere microbial communities across different aged alfalfa stands and its relationship with alfalfa decline. …”
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Unveiling Ionospheric Response to the May 2024 Superstorm With Low‐Earth‐Orbit Satellite Observations by Irina Zakharenkova, Iurii Cherniak, John J. Braun, Jan‐Peter Weiss, Qian Wu, Teresa VanHove, Douglas Hunt, Maggie Sleziak‐Sallee

“…We found that ionospheric response followed a classical development pattern with the largest positive effects occurred at low and middle latitudes in daytime and evening sectors, associated with significant intensification of the Equatorial Ionization Anomaly (EIA) by the super fountain effect. …”
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Study on the influence mechanism of calcination time on cementitious activity of coal gangue-based grouting material by Xiaoyu HU, Xiaodong WANG, Shibin ZHU, Boqiang WU, Yuehong ZHANG, Le HAN, Chen XU

“…The coal gangue-based geopolymers were prepared through alkaline activation, and their compressive strength, X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns, and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra were analyzed to systematically elucidate the effect of calcination time on the gelling activity of coal gangue. …”
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Shell-Stripping Mechanism of Red Sandstone Under Hypervelocity Impact with Aluminum Spheres by Yizhe Liu, Quanyu Jiang, Zishang Liu, Minqiang Jiang, Yadong Li, Zhenghua Chang, Kun Zhang, Bingchen Wei

“…Unique stripping of sandstone target was observed, revealing that free-surface unloading waves govern peak pressure attenuation and fragmentation patterns. By establishing a shock wave attenuation model, the typical failure characteristics of different regions were distinguished, including jetting, crushing, and cracking. …”
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Microbial Interactions in Food Fermentation: Interactions, Analysis Strategies, and Quality Enhancement by Wenjing Liu, Yunxuan Tang, Jiayan Zhang, Juan Bai, Ying Zhu, Lin Zhu, Yansheng Zhao, Maria Daglia, Xiang Xiao, Yufeng He

“…Based on these interaction patterns, the safety, nutritional composition, and flavor quality of food can be effectively improved. …”
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Dynamic tensile properties of cement mortar reinforced with face mask fibers: Performance evaluation and mechanism analysis by Zheng Wang, Tongge Cui, Bangbiao Wu, Wei Yao

“…The fracture energy density of the mortars showed significant improvement at higher loading rates (0.25–0.45 J/cm2 at 250 GPa/s), exhibiting pronounced rate sensitivity due to mask inclusion. The crushing pattern of the specimen also changes and shows certain microscopic characteristics. …”
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IRF-3, IRF-5, and IRF-7 coordinately regulate the type I IFN response in myeloid dendritic cells downstream of MAVS signaling. by Helen M Lazear, Alissa Lancaster, Courtney Wilkins, Mehul S Suthar, Albert Huang, Sarah C Vick, Lisa Clepper, Larissa Thackray, Margaret M Brassil, Herbert W Virgin, Janko Nikolich-Zugich, Ashlee V Moses, Michael Gale, Klaus Früh, Michael S Diamond

“…Whereas the gene induction pattern in DKO mDC was similar to WT cells, remarkably, almost no ISG induction was detected in TKO or Mavs(-/-) mDC. …”
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Cardiorenal outcomes after herpes zoster reactivation in COVID-19 survivors from a global TriNetX study by Chien-Lin Lu, Joshua Wang, Ya-Chieh Chang, Kuo-Cheng Lu

“…Although no significant difference in overall all-cause mortality was observed across the full follow-up period, time-stratified analysis revealed a biphasic pattern: patients with HZ had lower mortality risk during the first 90 days but showed significantly higher mortality from day 91 to three years post-COVID-19 (HR: 1.33, 95% CI: 1.24–1.44). …”
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Camouflage or Coincidence? Investigating the Effects of Spatial and Temporal Environmental Features on Feral Cat Morphology in Tasmania by Alexandra J. Paton, Barry W. Brook, Jessie C. Buettel

“…We used 24,657 camera‐trap images of feral cats in Tasmania, Australia, and assigned each cat observation a coat colour and pattern. We analysed these data to examine how different spatial features affect the modal coat type present at a site. …”
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