Analysis of genetic relationships in the breeding material of <i>Prunus armeniaca</i> L. from the collection of the Mountain Botanical Garden, Dagestan by D. M. Anatov, I. I. Suprun, I. V. Stepanov, R. M. Osmanov, S. V. Tokmakov

“…Dagestan boasts a long tradition of apricot cultivation that resulted in a unique gene pool of this fruit tree. However, the potential of local apricot cultivars for breeding still remains poorly investigated. …”
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The gut microbiota of three avian species living in sympatry by Hugo Pereira, Nayden Chakarov, Barbara A. Caspers, Marc Gilles, William Jones, Tafitasoa Mijoro, Sama Zefania, Tamás Székely, Oliver Krüger, Joseph I. Hoffman

“…However, A. thoracicus exhibited higher intraspecific compositional similarity (i.e. lower pairwise distances) than the other two species; this pattern was especially pronounced among juveniles. …”
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Comparison of tumor assessments using RECIST 1.1 and irRECIST, and association with overall survival by James L Gulley, Sandra P D'Angelo, Marcis Bajars, Andrea B Apolo, Juliane Manitz, S Peter Eggleton, Oliver Bohnsack

“…Immune-response criteria were developed to better capture novel response patterns seen with ICIs.Methods We pooled data from 1765 patients with 12 types of advanced solid tumors treated with avelumab (an anti-programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) monoclonal antibody) monotherapy in the JAVELIN Solid Tumor and JAVELIN Merkel 200 trials, conducted a comparative analysis of tumor assessments by investigators according to RECIST 1.1 and immune-related RECIST (irRECIST), and evaluated the correlation between progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS).Results In total, 147 patients (8.3%) had a best overall response (BOR) of PD by RECIST 1.1 but had immune-related disease control by irRECIST (defined as immune-related BOR (irBOR) of immune-related stable disease or better). …”
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Context specific effects of substrate composition on the taxonomic and functional diversity of macroinvertebrate communities in temperate lowland streams by Kate L. Mathers, Patrick D. Armitage, Matthew Hill, Melanie Bickerton, Morwenna Mckenzie, Isabel Pardo, David Tickner, Paul J. Wood

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In Vitro and In Situ Evaluation of Fermented High Moisture Corn and Ear Corn as Alternative Feedstuffs for Feedlot Calves by H. Rajaei-Sharifabadi, D. Villalba, J. Mora, G. de la Fuente, J. Balcells, A. R. Seradj

“…Ammonia nitrogen concentrations remained above microbial requirements across all treatments, with HMG and HME showing similar patterns. Volatile fatty acid profiles indicated enhanced fiber degradability in high-moisture products compared to CG. …”
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Intramedullary nailing with and without cerclage in subtrochanteric fractures: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis by Ahmed Oun, Omar Abdelaziz, Islam Saeed Elhois, Mohamed Al-Badaineh, Karim Zinhom, George Jabrieh, Hamza S. Al-Himyari, Abdullah A. Nada

“…The risk of bias was assessed using the Newcastle–Ottawa scale and meta-analytical techniques were employed to calculate pooled effect sizes and statistical significance. …”
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Genetic analysis of citrus fruit-related traits in the progeny of HB Pomelo × Huagan No.4 hybrids by CHENG Hanyuan, ZHENG Jierong, XU Chenyu, YI Hualin, WU Juxun

“…[Objective] The inheritance pattern of fruit-related traits in the cross progeny population with HB Pomelo as the female parent and Huagan No.4 as the male parent was determined to provide a theoretical basis for the selection of parents for cross breeding. …”
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Time-Domain Versus Frequency-Embedded EEG Sequences for Sensorimotor BCI Using 1D-CNN by Simanto Saha, Mathias Baumert, Alistair Mcewan

“…We used dataset IVa from BCI Competition III in 5&#x2212;fold cross-validation settings to evaluate intra-subject, inter-subject (pairwise) and inter-subject (pooled) BCI classification accuracies. We compared the performance of the proposed methods with classification algorithms featuring common spatial patterns (CSP) for benchmarking. …”
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Dissecting the properties of circulating IgG against streptococcal pathogens through a combined systems antigenomics-serology workflow by Alejandro Gomez Toledo, Sounak Chowdhury, Elisabeth Hjortswang, James T. Sorrentino, Nathan E. Lewis, Anna Bläckberg, Simon Ekström, Sven Kjellström, Arman Izadi, Berit Olofsson, Pontus Nordenfelt, Lars Malmström, Magnus Rasmussen, Johan Malmström

“…This strategy involves using antibodies circulating in plasma to affinity-enrich antigenic proteins in biochemically fractionated pools of bacterial proteins, followed by their identification and quantification using mass spectrometry. …”
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Atypical causes of respiratory virus infections in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2013– 2023: a systematic review and meta-analysis by George Agyei, Philip El-Duah, Jonathan Mawutor Gmanyami, Oscar Lambert, Brice Armel Nembot Fogang, Sherihane Aryeetey, Augustina Sylverken, Rexford Mawunyo Dumevi, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Richard Odame Phillips, Christian Drosten, Michael Owusu

“…The prevalence of ARVs detected in SSA was as follows: HMPV pooled prevalence was 1.52% (95% CI: 1.07–2.00), EVs pooled prevalence was 15.0% (95% CI: 14.1–15.9), HBoV prevalence was 0.4%, PeV was 20%, and ICV was 1.3% in individuals with respiratory tract infection(s). …”
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The role of surrounding residential greenness in healthy behaviours: a systematic review and meta-analysis by I. Marcilla-Toribio, B. Bizzozero-Peroni, B. Notario-Pacheco, A. I. Ribeiro, M. P. Santos, M. Fernandez-Perez, S. Cekrezi, L. Lucas-de la Cruz, M. Martinez-Andres

“…Methods A systematic search was conducted in PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science from inception to June 2024. Pooled odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated via the DerSimonian and Laird random effects model. …”
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Prevalence of phenotypic drug resistance profiles and multi-drug-resistant Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter species recovered from clinical specimens in Ethiopia: a systematic review... by Mihret Tilahun, Alemu Gedefie, Abdurahaman Seid, Habtu Debash, Agumas Shibabaw

“…The high prevalence and resistance patterns of these bacteria need immediate action to inform treatment guidelines, increase infection control measure, and develop effective public health policies. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Cascaded Light Source Detection for Link Alignment in Underwater Wireless Optical Communication by Bowen Jia, Wenmin Ge, Jingxuan Cheng, Zihao Du, Renming Wang, Guangbin Song, Yufan Zhang, Chengye Cai, Sitong Qin, Jing Xu

“…This dataset comprises 2200 images captured in a standard swimming pool, covering a misalignment range far beyond existing studies. …”
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Investigating difficult to detect pancreatic lesions: Characterization of benign pancreatic islet cell tumors using multiparametric pancreatic 3-T MRI. by Kwadwo Antwi, Patricia Wiesner, Elmar M Merkle, Christoph J Zech, Daniel T Boll, Damian Wild, Emanuel Christ, Tobias Heye

“…All patients received a 3-T MRI and a 68Ga-DOTA-exendin-4-PET/CT. Pooled accuracy, sensitivity, specificity and inter-reader agreement were calculated. …”
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Photon Fluence Rate and Temperature Effects on Temperate Atlantic Kelp Species by Tomás F. Pinheiro, Silvia Chemello, Isabel Sousa-Pinto, Tânia R. Pereira

“…<i>S. polyschides</i>, a high light-requiring species, dominates the shallow subtidal region, while <i>L. ochroleuca</i>, also high light-requiring and temperature-tolerant, is abundant in both intertidal pools and shallow subtidal habitats. These findings raise new hypotheses regarding future distribution patterns under climate change: while <i>L. ochroleuca</i> may continue expanding polewards and potentially replace other <i>Laminaria</i> spp. at shallow depths, low-light-adapted, cold-water species may retain a competitive advantage in deeper zones.…”
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Structural mechanisms for centrosomal recruitment and organization of the microtubule nucleator γ-TuRC by Qi Gao, Florian W. Hofer, Sebastian Filbeck, Bram J. A. Vermeulen, Martin Würtz, Annett Neuner, Charlotte Kaplan, Maja Zezlina, Cornelia Sala, Hyesu Shin, Oliver J. Gruss, Elmar Schiebel, Stefan Pfeffer

“…NEDD1 forms a tetrameric structure at the γ-TuRC base through interactions with four GCP3/MZT1 modules and GCP5/6-specific extensions, while multiple copies of CDK5RAP2 engage the γ-TuRC in two distinct binding patterns to promote γ-TuRC closure and activation. …”
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Aedes-borne arboviral human infections in Europe from 2000 to 2023: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Nadja Hedrich, Maria Bekker-Nielsen Dunbar, Martin P. Grobusch, Patricia Schlagenhauf

“…The meta-analysis of 31 studies revealed a pooled prevalence of 0.047 (95 % CI: 0.03–0.07) in symptomatic returning travelers. …”
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Exploring the Relationship Between Adipocytokines and Endometrial Cancer: Identifying Correlations With Clinico‐Pathological Prognostic Factors by Irene Ray, Carla S. Möller‐Levet, Agnieszka Michael, Simon Butler‐Manuel, Jayanta Chatterjee, Anil Tailor, Ben Haagsma, Izhar Bagwan, Lisiane B. Meira, Patricia E. Ellis

“…Results Using qRT‐PCR analysis, endometrial cancer tissues (n = 39) exhibited higher expression levels of adiponectin, leptin, IL6, TNFα, and their receptors, IL6R and TNFRSF1A/B, compared to the calibrator sample, which consisted of five pooled benign endometrial control samples. Intriguingly, the adiponectin receptors, ADIPOR1 and ADIPOR2 demonstrated opposing correlations with cancer characteristics such as grade, histology, LVSI, and microcystic elongated and fragmented (MELF) pattern. …”
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Spatiotemporal dynamics of soil organic carbon in desert region and its response to climate change: A case study of Heihe river by Yuqing Chen, Haiyang Xi, Wenju Cheng

“…As global climate change intensifies, understanding the dynamics of the SOC pool becomes the key to assessing the potential for carbon sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems. …”
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Music medicine and music therapy in neonatal care: a scoping review of passive music listening research applications and findings on infant development and medical practice by Efthymios Papatzikis, Maria Agapaki, Rosari Naveena Selvan, Deanna Hanson-Abromeit, Christian Gold, Shulamit Epstein, U. Wun Vivian Lok, Evrykleia Barda, Varun Pandey

“…Objectives This scoping review aims to provide a comprehensive foundation by mapping the existing literature on passive music listening and identifying gaps, trends, and patterns that are crucial precursors to the development of best practices. …”
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