Mycolichenological portrait of alder forest: alpha diversity revealed in 1ha plot in the Samursky National Park (Republic of Dagestan, Russia) by S. V. Volobuev, A. B. Ismailov, Yu. Yu. Ivanushenko

“…Most of species were recorded on dead wood of Alnus glutinosa as the main forest‐forming tree. At the same time, each of other substrates (Carpinus betulus and Corylus avellana) turned out to be the habitat of species new to the region. …”
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Biochar-based organic substrates enhance tomato growth by promoting specific microbial communities in rooftop farming by Miguel de Celis, Laura L. de Sosa, Giuseppe Picca, Noelia González-Polo, Cristina Gómez Ruano, Luciano Beneduce, Claudio Zaccone, Marco Panettieri

“…In addition, we identified specific microbes associated with each compost feedstock. The abundance of bacteria and fungi associated with composted seaweed biomass was positively associated with tomato yield. …”
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Structural and dynamic analysis of demographic processes in the Republic of Mari El by E. V. Kostromina

“…Using the age-shifting method, the following indicators were obtained: total population, working-age population, demographicburden factors, etc. Each indicator was presented in three variants of the forecast: high, low and medium, which allowed drawing conclusions about the future trends of socio-economic development under the infl uence ofvarious factors.…”
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Designing a Visual Analytics Tool to Support Data Analysis Tasks of Digital Mental Health Interventions: Case Study by Gyuwon Jung, Heejeong Lim, Kyungsik Han, Hyungsook Kim, Uichin Lee

“…On the basis of this model, we designed Maum Health Analytics, a medium-fidelity prototype of an interactive visual analytics tool. Each feature of the prototype was mapped one-to-one to the analysis task described in the model. …”
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Using Less Processed Food to Mimic a Standard American Diet Does Not Improve Nutrient Value and May Result in a Shorter Shelf Life at a Higher Financial Cost by Julie M Hess, Madeline E Comeau, Angela J Scheett, Anne Bodensteiner, Allen S Levine

“…The “per person” cost reflecting only the amount of the food used in the menu was $15.91/d for the LPW and $9.85/d for the MPW. …”
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A multi-function glass shield for neutrons and gamma rays of boron- and bismuth-reinforced silicate glass by Hadeer M. Nasr El Din, Aly Saeed, Eman Salem, R. M. El Shazly, Magda Abdel Wahab

“…Then, the proposed BSiBi0 was modified with 10, 20, 30, and 40 mol% of each of B2O3 and Bi2O3 (BSiBi1, BSiBi2, BSiBi3, and BSiBi4) simultaneously. …”
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Estimating an individual-level deprivation index for HIV/HCV coinfected persons in Canada. by Adam Palayew, Alexandra M Schmidt, Sahar Saeed, Curtis L Cooper, Alexander Wong, Valérie Martel-Laferrière, Sharon Walmsley, Joseph Cox, Marina B Klein, Canadian Coinfection Cohort Study Investigators

“…Overall, past incarceration, education, and unemployment had the highest discriminatory parameters. However, in each province different components of the index were associated with being deprived reflecting local epidemiology. …”
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Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study on the Functional Connectivity of Amygdalar Subregions in Patients with Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain by CHEN Xiaolin, LIU Hong, GAO Zhen, WU Mengjiao, FAN Cheng, JIANG Zheng

“…Pain visual analog scale (VAS) was used to evaluate pain intensity; Beck depression inventory-Ⅱ (BDI-Ⅱ), Beck anxiety inventory (BAI) and fear avoidance beliefs questionnaires (FABQ) were used to evaluate the negative emotion states; Brain imaging data was preprocessed by using CONN 20.b toolbox, three subregions of bilateral amygdala [centromedial (CM), laterobasal (LB) and superficial (SF) areas] were chosen as the regions of interest via using SPM Anatomy 2.2b toolbox, and whole brain functional connectivity was calculated for each subject. The correlations between functional connectivity values of brain regions with significant differences in the CNLBP group and clinical evaluation results were also analyzed.ResultsCompared with the healthy control group, the scores of BDI-Ⅱ and BAI in CNLBP group were observably higher, and the difference was statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001). …”
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Analysis and study on biomarkers of local muscle fatigue caused by repetitive lifting task by Siwu Zhong, Ning Jia, Ying Qu, Xueyan Zhang, Qing Xu, Yan Yang, Zhi Wang, Zhongxu Wang

“…The lifting task was designed for 4 periods which lasted for 12 min in each, and then paused for 3 min for sampling. Local muscle fatigue is assesed by the Rating of perceived exertion (RPE) and the Joint analysis of sEMG spectrum and amplitude (JASA). …”
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The Interplay Between Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Selected Serum Biomarkers in Various Stages of Chronic Kidney Disease by Mateusz Twardawa, Piotr Formanowicz, Dorota Formanowicz

“…To find markers associated with elevated IMT, the each group with CVD (ESRD, PRE and CARD) was separated into two subgroups with normal and elevated IMT and compared in the relation of the studied serum biomarkers. …”
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Multidimensional Comprehensive Evaluation Method for Sonar Detection Efficiency Based on Dynamic Spatiotemporal Interactions by Shizhe Wang, Weiyi Chen, Zongji Li, Xu Chen, Yanbing Su

“…To simulate the actual sensor working state, we add observation error to the sensor, which significantly improves the authenticity of the target’s trajectories. For each discrete time point, the minimum mean square error is used to estimate the sonar detection probability and cumulative detection probability. …”
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Longitudinal analysis of academic stress and its effects on salivary cortisol, alpha-amylase, and academic outcomes: Study protocol. by Juan Luis Castillo-Navarrete, Alejandra Guzmán-Castillo, Claudio Bustos

“…Data will be collected in three assessment cycles, each consisting of three consecutive weeks during the academic semester.…”
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sVCAM-1 as a Marker of Endothelial Dysfunction associated with Severe Course of a Novel Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19) by V. I. Podzolkov, A. E. Pokrovskaya, D. D. Vanina, I. I. Shvedov

“…An increase in the plasma sVCAM-1 concentration reflects the progression of endothelial dysfunction, one of the key factors in the pathogenesis of COVID-19. …”
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Predictive value of bioelectrical impedance analysis and CT in cancer cachexia by WANG Yu, DUAN Ruonan, SONG Bin

“…Compared with CT-SMI, the IDI of SMI measured by BIA for predicting cachexia was 0.031 [95%CI(-0.011, 0.073)], and the NRI was -0.080 [95%CI(-0.241, 0.081)], reflecting that the diagnostic efficacy of BIA for cachexia was not superior to that of CT, but was not inferior to that of CT.Conclusion The decrease of PhA, FFM, BMR, SMI, VFA, CT-SMI and CT-FMI were related risk factors for cancer cachexia. …”
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Remote Sensing Drought Monitoring and Assessment in Southwestern China based on Machine Learning by Hejia JIA, Xiehui LI, Lei WANG, Yuting XUE, Huiquan LIN

“…Due to the complexity of drought and the diversity of influencing factors， the accurate monitoring of drought still faces many problems， especially the increasing frequency and aggravation of drought in Southwestern China， and the formation and disaster causing process have certain particularity.However， the traditional drought monitoring methods cannot meet the requirements of regional drought monitoring， so more scientific monitoring methods and means are needed.Since machine learning can comprehensively consider a variety of disaster causing factors to establish a comprehensive drought monitoring model， it undoubtedly provides a new technical means for drought monitoring.Therefore， this paper used multi-source remote sensing data from 2010 -2019 and meteorological station data from 1980-2019 to first construct a random forest monitoring model to reconstruct and supplement the surface temperature in Southwestern China， and then constructed XGBoost monitoring model to monitor， evaluate and validate the drought in Southwestern China.The results showed that： （1） The correlation coefficients between the training set and test set of the random forest model and the actual surface temperature of the stations exceeded 0.9， which reached a significant correlation.The spatial distribution of LST reconstruction values was similar to that of remote sensing monitoring values， and the values were close to the observed values of meteorological stations.（2） The correlation coefficients between the monitoring values of XGBoost model training set and test set and the SPEI calculated values at the stations were more than 0.86， with significant correlation.The overall consistency rate of drought grade between the monitored value and the calculated SPEI values exceeded 85%.（3） The overall consistent rate between the monitored values of the XGBoost model and the MCI values was above 67.88%， which was more consistent.The consistent rate of all months exceeded 58%， with the highest consistent rate of 75.07% in September and the lowest consistent rate of 58.26% in February.（4） The drought in each season monitored by the model was basically consistent with the actual drought， which could better reflect the spatial distribution and drought in Southwestern China.…”
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Perception of extreme musical dissonance in cochlear implant users using a novel listening task by Melanie L. Gilbert, Charles J. Limb, Eric K. Kim, Mickael L. D. Deroche, Rebecca M. Lewis

“…Additionally, we hypothesized that CI recipients will be able to distinguish between the most consonant and most dissonant music samples, although with more variability and less contrast between each condition than the NH cohort and with lower overall ratings of sound quality. …”
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Inequities in HIV prevention among trans and/or non-binary people: a cross-sectional survey analysis of PrEP and PEP awareness and use in Spain by Sara Moreno-García, Paule González-Recio, Marta Donat, Carlos Iniesta, Cinta Folch, María Alonso-Colón, Juan Miguel Guerras, María José Belza

“…The prevalence of awareness, knowledge of how to access both PrEP and PEP through the public healthcare system, and use of each strategy were estimated. Factors associated with awareness and use were analysed using Poisson regressions with robust variance. …”
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Social inequalities in COVID-19-related years of life lost in metropolitan France, 2020 by Romana Haneef, Nour Mahrouseh, Pascal Bessonneau, Stephanie Vandentorren, Nicolas Minier, Francis Chin, Olivier Bruyère, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Grant M. A. Wyper

“…Results In 2020, the overall age standardized YLL rate related to COVID-19 per 100 000 population was 836, ranging from 831 in the least deprived quintile (Q1) to 1058 in the most deprived quintile (Q5), reflecting the non-linear distribution between deprivation quintiles and COVID-19 YLL. …”
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Training Socially-Conscious Dentists: Development and Integration of Community Service-Learning in Dental Curricula in Ontario, Canada by Abbas Jessani, Alexia Athanasakos, Randy Peltz, Rifat Hussain, Amani Radhaa, Martin McIntosh, Althaf Lathif, Sarah McLean

“…Eight learners rotated through each site. All fourth-year learners rotated through one community site in Woodstock, Ontario. …”
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Pollution, a Relevant Exposome Factor in Skin Aging and the Role of Multi-benefit Photoprotection by J. Santamaria, Y. Gilaberte, L. Prudkin, J. Piquero-Casals

“…Intrinsic skin aging occurs naturally over time and reflects each person's genetic makeup, or heredity. …”
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