“It’s like going through life at a mediocre level”: a qualitative study of the meaning and impact of fatigue in children and young people with sickle cell disease by Brenda Agyeiwaa Poku, Karl Michael Atkin, John David Grainger, Iyamide Thomas, Rachael Oshinbolu, Abubakar Mohammed, Edith Kyewalyanga, Susan Kirk

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Association analysis between polygenic risk scores and traits: practical guidelines and tutorial with an illustrative data set of schizophrenia by Itziar Irigoien, Patricia Mas-Bermejo, Patricia Mas-Bermejo, Sergi Papiol, Sergi Papiol, Sergi Papiol, Neus Barrantes-Vidal, Neus Barrantes-Vidal, Neus Barrantes-Vidal, Araceli Rosa, Araceli Rosa, Araceli Rosa, Concepción Arenas

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SMARTGEO – MOBILE LEARNING IN GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION by Anna Chatel, Gregor C. Falk

“…The applications promote Geography in the wider context for different target groups like refugees, children or seniors in the sense of Service Learning. …”
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Safeguarding the Integrity of Online Social Networks (OSN): Leveraging the Efficacy of Conv-LSTM-Based Siamese Network to Predict Hate Speech in Low Resource Hindi-English Code-Mix... by Shankar Biradar, Sunil Saumya, Sanjana Kavatagi

“…In multilingual and culturally diverse countries like India, the challenge is heightened by the presence of code-mixed language. …”
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“You feel like you come up short over and over again”: a qualitative study of provider perspectives of barriers to respectful maternity care in Boston by Katherine Fachon, Sahana Narayan, Samantha Truong, Christina Duzyj, Katherine Vergara Kruczynski, Amber Trujillo Lalla, Autumn Cohen, Patricia Barbosa, Amanda Flynn, Annekathryn Goodman

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Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist use prior to spinal surgery results in reduced postoperative length of stay: A propensity-score matched analysis by Samuel N. Goldman, BS, Kyle Mani, BE, Thomas Scharfenberger, BS, Emily Kleinbart, BA, Aaron T. Hui, BS, Rafael De la Garza Ramos, MD, Mitchell S. Fourman, MD, MPhil, Ananth S. Eleswarapu, MD

“…ABSTRACT: Background: While glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) have demonstrated benefits in reducing complications following total knee and hip arthroplasty, their effects in spinal surgery remain unclear. …”
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Functional characterization of a novel protein-coding circular RNA, circRNA_1193, from the mAAP gene in silkworm and its role in antiviral defense against BmCPV by Song Li, Zeen Shen, Hongchuan Zhao, Xialing Chen, Qunnan Qiu, Xinyu Tong, Min Zhu, Xing Zhang, Chengliang Gong, Xiaolong Hu

“…ABSTRACT A novel circular RNA, circRNA_1193, which originates from the membrane alanyl aminopeptidase-like gene in silkworms, was explored for its potential function and regulatory mechanism. …”
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"Removing an Ogiek from the Forest is like removing a fish from water": A qualitative examination on Ogiek community impacts from forced land eviction for conservation. by Mau Forest, Daniel M Kobei, Samson L Luari, Danya Carroll, Samrawit Gougsa, Victoria Pratt, Nicole Redvers

“…The interviews and sharing circle were transcribed verbatim, then reflexive thematic analysis was carried out through iterative coding to identify key themes. Six themes were characterized including: 1) Our cultural practices, ceremonies, and spirituality are tied to our identity as Ogiek; 2) Our foods and plants are our medicines; 3) Maintaining our culture in an everchanging world; 4) The Forest and Ogiek are as one in a reciprocal relationship; 5) Removing an Ogiek from the Forest is like removing a fish from water; and 6) Hope that our rights will be recognized. …”
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Comparison of Some Carcass Components of Selected Japanese Quail Lines in terms of SNP Haplotypes by Kemal Karabağ, Emel Tüten Sevim, Taki Karslı, Sezai Alkan

“…In this study, we investigated the effect of SNP haplotypes on insulin-like growth factor gene (IGF-1) related with weights of body, back, chest, leg and wing in the fifteen generation selected Japanese quail (C. coturnix japonica) lines according to the 5th week live weight. 8 SNP haplotypes were identified in the 167-bp DNA sequence of the IGF-1 gene coding region identified in a total of 108 individuals from three quail lines (control, high body weight: HBW and low body weight: LBW). …”
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Unraveling the key drivers of bacterial progesterone degradation by Gabriel Hernández-Fernández, Juan Ibero, José L. García, Beatriz Galán

“…The transcriptomic analyses in the presence of PROG showed the overexpression of EGO55_13845 and EGO55_13860 genes, coding a Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase (BVMO) and a luciferase-like monooxygenase (LLM), respectively. …”
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Juanbi Qianggu Formula inhibits fibroblast-like synovicytes activation via repressing LncRNA ITSN1-2 to promote RIP2 K48 ubiquitination by Yanqin Bian, Fang Li, Xinyu A, Zheng Xiang, Nanshan Ma, Jianye Wang, Boran Cao, Pengfei Xin, Xuan Cheng, Chang Liu, Bei Xiang, Jun Shen, Qigui Lu, Lianbo Xiao

“…Abstract Background Long non-coding RNA ITSN1-2(lncRNA ITSN1-2) promotes fibroblast-like synovicytes (FLS) proliferation and suppress apoptosis through activation of the NOD2/RIP2 signaling pathway, thereby exacerbating synovitis in Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pathology. …”
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Long non-coding RNA NEAT1 promotes ovarian granulosa cell proliferation and cell cycle progression via the miR-29a-3p/IGF1 axis by Lina He, Jie Lin, Zhengwen Qin, Qing Xu, Li Hao, Yanhong Fu, Xu Ran, Wei Chen

“…Abstract Background Granulosa cell proliferation and survival are essential for normal ovarian function and follicular development. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have emerged as important regulators of cell proliferation and differentiation. …”
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Patient-reported outcomes and home-based self-swabs for influenza-like illness events - lessons learned from the 2023/2024 DANFLU-2 Homeswab PRO substudy by Filip Soeskov Davidovski, Kristoffer Grundtvig Skaarup, Niklas Dyrby Johansen, Daniel Modin, Nabila Shaikh, Jose Bartelt-Hofer, Matthew M. Loiacono, Rebecca C. Harris, Carsten Schade Larsen, Lykke Larsen, Lothar Wiese, Michael Dalager-Pedersen, Randi Jessen, Nina Steenhard, Brian L. Claggett, Scott D. Solomon, Lars Køber, Pradeesh Sivapalan, Jens Ulrik Staehr Jensen, Cyril Jean-Marie Martel, Tor Biering-Sørensen

“…The DANFLU-2 HomeSwab PRO substudy evaluated the feasibility of using these methods for tracking influenza-like illness (ILI) within a large-scale, pragmatic, randomized trial. …”
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DIVISIONS AND SEGREGATIONS OF THE PATRIMONY by CRISTIAN GHEORGHE

“…For a long time, dispute resolution and alternative techniques like mediation have been dealing with a classic conception: every part involved in dispute resolution was carrying exactly one patrimony. …”
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UK APAP R-Matrix Electron-Impact Excitation Cross-Sections for Modelling Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasma by Giulio Del Zanna, Guiyun Liang, Junjie Mao, Nigel R. Badnell

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Examining the effectiveness of dissuasive taxes as a policy tool for reducing tobacco and alcohol consumption in Cameroon: A welfare and microsimulation analysis by Paul Tadzong Mouafo, Hilaire Nkengfack, Rodrigue Nobosse Tchoffo, Nelson Derrick Nguepi, Edmond Noubissi Domguia

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Noisy neuronal populations effectively encode sound localization in the dorsal inferior colliculus of awake mice by Juan Carlos Boffi, Brice Bathellier, Hiroki Asari, Robert Prevedel

“…However, this population code has not been extensively characterized on the single-trial level with simultaneous recordings or at other anatomical regions like the dorsal cortex of inferior colliculus (DCIC), which is relevant for learning-induced experience dependent plasticity. …”
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Relationship between Receipt of the Samples of Breast Milk Substitutes in Hospitals and Breastfeeding Practice in Japan by Kaho Hisamatsu, Keiko Nanishi, Midori Matsushima, Sumiyo Okawa, Takahiro Tabuchi

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Maturation of small nucleolar RNAs: from production to function by Sarah F. Webster, Homa Ghalei

“…Small Nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) are an abundant group of non-coding RNAs with well-defined roles in ribosomal RNA processing, folding and chemical modification. …”
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LINC02679 regulates TRIML2 to promote gastric cancer proliferation and invasion via targeting miR-5004-3p by Yingying Wang, Wenbo Liu, Xiaohan Zhao, Yong Li, Chao Song, Bingjie Huo, Yanru Song, Bibo Tan

“…As a key protein, Tripartite motif family-like 2 (TRIML2) is crucial to the p53-mediated apoptosis and is correlated with tumorigenesis. …”
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