Mapping Social Capital in Vocational Education and Training: A Multi-Perspective Egocentric Social Network Analysis in a European Innovation Project by Lisa Meyne, Christine Siemer

“…Approach: To answer the research questions, the first step was to combine theoretical approaches from a social network perspective from psychology in relation to the analysis of interpersonal trust, sociology regarding the social capital approach and business administration by addressing the roles of actors in innovation processes. Among others, the social network perspective in this study is based on the work of Granovetter as well as Marsden and Campbell. …”
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Analisis Kinerja Model Deteksi Objek Yolo, Ssd, dan Faster R-Cnn pada Citra Penglihatan Malam untuk Pengenalan Tindak Kejahatan by Hendriyawan Achmad, Arif Pramudwiatmoko, Muhammad Satrio Gumilang, Bahrul Al Karim, Hadi Wiyono

“…The dataset utilized for this investigation comprises 1,006 photographic images obtained from various klitih crime occurrences. The data processing procedures encompassed multiple phases, commencing with preprocessing wherein all images were standardized to dimensions of 640x640 pixels. …”
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Evaluation of new or repurposed treatments for COVID-19: protocol for the phase Ib/IIa DEFINE trial platform by Ahsan Akram, Tom Quinn, Jean Antonelli, Oliver Koch, Kevin Dhaliwal, Nik Hirani, Erin Gaughan, Annya Bruce, Vikki Young, Joanne Mair, Claire Mackintosh

“…Introduction COVID-19 is a new viral-induced pneumonia caused by infection with a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. At present, there are few proven effective treatments. …”
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Human Action Recognition Method Based on Multi-channel Fusion by Zhiyong TAO, Xijun GUO, Xiaokui REN, Ying LIU, Zemin WANG

“…This results in incompleteness and generalization issues in feature extraction and action classification processes. Therefore, designing an effective mechanism to extract and classify human actions in complex MIMO environments is critical. …”
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From plants to patterns: Constructing a comprehensive online strontium isoscape for Belgium (IsoBel) using high density grid mapping by Amanda Sengeløv, Giacomo Capuzzo, Sarah Dalle, Hannah F. James, Charlotte Sabaux, Elisavet Stamataki, Marta Hlad, Carina T. Gerritzen, Emma M. Legrand, Barbara Veselka, Guy De Mulder, Rica Annaert, Mathieu Boudin, Kevin Salesse, Eugène Warmenbol, Nadine Mattielli, Christophe Snoeck, Martine Vercauteren

“…This study aims to create a detailed dynamic strontium isoscape for Belgium through high-density plant sampling, presented in a web application (IsoBel) that serves the mentioned research fields. …”
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Worlds Next Door: A Candidate Giant Planet Imaged in the Habitable Zone of α Centauri A. II. Binary Star Modeling, Planet and Exozodi Search, and Sensitivity Analysis by Aniket Sanghi, Charles Beichman, Dimitri Mawet, William O. Balmer, Nicolas Godoy, Laurent Pueyo, Anthony Boccaletti, Max Sommer, Alexis Bidot, Elodie Choquet, Pierre Kervella, Pierre-Olivier Lagage, Jarron Leisenring, Jorge Llop-Sayson, Michael Ressler, Kevin Wagner, Mark Wyatt

“…Additionally, postprocessing with the principal-component-analysis-based Karhunen–Loéve image processing algorithm reveals a point source, called S 1, in 2024 August, detected at signal-to-noise ratio of 4–6 (3.3–4.3 σ ), a projected separation of ≈1 $\mathop{.}…”
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Laminar organization of the anterior olfactory nucleus—the interplay between neurogenesis timing and neuroblast migration by Eduardo Martin-Lopez, Eduardo Martin-Lopez, Bowen Brennan, Bowen Brennan, Marion Lefèvre, Marion Lefèvre, Natalie J. Spence, Natalie J. Spence, Kimberly Han, Kimberly Han, Charles A. Greer, Charles A. Greer, Charles A. Greer

“…Tbr1 and NeuroD1 first appeared embryonically at E12, while Ctip2 and Sox5 were present at E13, following a dorsal-ventral pattern. …”
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Earth's future climate and its variability simulated at 9 km global resolution by J.-Y. Moon, J.-Y. Moon, J. Streffing, J. Streffing, J. Streffing, S.-S. Lee, S.-S. Lee, T. Semmler, T. Semmler, M. Andrés-Martínez, M. Andrés-Martínez, J. Chen, E.-B. Cho, E.-B. Cho, J.-E. Chu, C. L. E. Franzke, C. L. E. Franzke, J. P. Gärtner, R. Ghosh, J. Hegewald, J. Hegewald, S. Hong, D.-W. Kim, D.-W. Kim, N. Koldunov, J.-Y. Lee, J.-Y. Lee, Z. Lin, C. Liu, S. N. Loza, W. Park, W. Park, W. Roh, W. Roh, D. V. Sein, D. V. Sein, D. V. Sein, S. Sharma, S. Sharma, D. Sidorenko, J.-H. Son, J.-H. Son, J.-H. Son, M. F. Stuecker, Q. Wang, G. Yi, G. Yi, M. Zapponini, T. Jung, T. Jung, A. Timmermann, A. Timmermann

“…To close this important knowledge gap and consider the impact of small-scale processes on the global scale, we adopted a novel iterative global earth system modeling protocol. …”
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Microphysiological gut-on-chip enables extended in vitro development of Cryptosporidium hominis by Samantha Gunasekera, Benjamin Thierry, Brendon King, Paul Monis, Jillian M. Carr, Abha Chopra, Mark Watson, Mark O’Dea, Edward Cheah, Ramesh Ram, Peta L. Clode, Nawal Hijjawi, Una Ryan

“…Transcriptomes of HCT-8 cells infected with C hominis revealed upregulation of biological processes associated with cell cycle regulation and cell signalling in C. hominis-infected cells under fluid shear stress compared to static culture. …”
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A bibliometric analysis of the global status of platelet-rich plasma in regenerative medicine from 2004 to 2023 by Siwen Zhang, Xudong Zhang, Haochen Zhang, Shengqing Zhang, Zichen Liu, Shanshan Wu, Yimeng Lu, Chao Han, Jichun Tan

“…Then, the top 10 countries, top 10 productive journals, top 10 WoS categories, and top 10 most cited articles were listed. The data was processed, and the relative contributions of the top 10 productive countries in each year were presented in a line chart and a heatmap. …”
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Normal values of high-resolution transmural perfusion distribution metrics for automated quantitative pixel-wise myocardial perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance by Christel H. Kamani, Louise Brown, Thomas Anderton, Raluca Tomoaia, Chin Soo, Gaurav S. Gulsin, David A. Broadbent, Jian L. Yeo, Alice L. Wood, Christopher E.D. Saunderson, Ioannis Botis, Arka Das, Nicholas Jex, Amrit Chowdhary, Sharmaine Thirunavukarasu, Noor Sharrack, Peter P. Swoboda, Hui Xue, John P. Greenwood, David Adlam, Eylem Levelt, Gerry P. McCann, Peter Kellman, Sven Plein

“…Global and myocardial slice-specific stress/rest ENDO- and EPI-MBF values were derived using pixel-wise in-line automatic post-processing, and transmural perfusion metrics (ENDO and EPI myocardial perfusion reserve [MPRENDO, MPREPI]; stress and rest ENDO-to-EPI gradient [sGRAD and rGRAD]) were computed using the Gadgetron software. …”
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Comparative abundance and diversity of populations of the Pseudomonas syringae and Soft Rot Pectobacteriaceae species complexes throughout the Durance River catchment from its Fren... by Morris, C.E., Lacroix, C., Chandeysson, C., Guilbaud, C., Monteil, C., Piry, S., Rochelle Newall, E., Fiorini, S., Van Gijsegem, F., Barny, M.A., Berge, O.

“…Rivers, creeks, streams are integrators of biological, chemical and physical processes occurring in a catchment linking land cover from the headwaters to the outlet.  …”
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GP73 reinforces cytotoxic T-cell function by regulating HIF-1α and increasing antitumor efficacy by Xiaoli Yang, Yong Li, Min Min, Nan Jiang, Lijuan Sun, Dandan Zhang, Yuan Cao, Yanhong Zhang, Yufei Wang, Hui Zhong, Xueping Ma, Qi Gao, Jialong Liu, Chao Feng, Ruzhou Zhao, Hongbin Song, Linfei Huang, Xiaopan Yang, Lanlan Liu, Cuijuan Duan, Luming Wan, Xufeng Hou, Muyi Liu, Xuemiao Zhang, Congwen Wei

“…Golgi protein 73 (GP73), a Golgi membrane protein, has been implicated in various cellular processes, including immune regulation. Recent studies suggested that GP73 may play a role in modulating the immune response in patients with cancer. …”
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Pharmacophore-based virtual screening and in silico investigations of small molecule library for discovery of human hepatic ketohexokinase inhibitors for the treatment of fructose... by Tilal Elsaman, Magdi Awadalla Mohamed, Abozer Y. Elderdery, Abdullah Alsrhani, Badr Alzahrani, Heba Bassiony Ghanem, Jeremy Mills, Musaed Rayzah, Nasser A. N. Alzerwi, Afnan Al-sultan, Bandar Idrees, Fares Rayzah

“…Ketohexokinase C (KHK-C), a pivotal enzyme in fructose metabolism, catalyzes the phosphorylation of fructose to fructose-1-phosphate, initiating a cascade of downstream metabolic processes. In contrast to glucose metabolism, KHK-C lacks negative feedback regulation, allowing the continuous phosphorylation of fructose, which leads to heightened levels of glucose, glycogen, and triglycerides in the bloodstream and liver. …”
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Anticholinergic burden and behavioral and psychological symptoms in older patients with cognitive impairment by Sabrina Pistorio, Gianluca Scotto di Tella, Vittoria Canzanella, Raffaella Merenda, Gianluigi Cuomo, Paola Iacotucci, Vincenzo Carnovale, Leonardo Bencivenga, Maria Vargas, Annalaura Manes, Mauro Cataldi, Giuseppe Rengo, Giuseppe Rengo, Michela Zanetti, Grazia Daniela Femminella, Grazia Daniela Femminella

“…The cholinergic system plays an important role in learning processes, memory, and emotions regulation. The aim of this research is to report use of anticholinergic drugs in a clinical population and to investigate the correlation between the use of anticholinergic drugs and the risk of presenting with more severe behavioral and psychological symptoms (BPSD).MethodPatients with a diagnosis of subjective cognitive impairment, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia were recruited. …”
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Two-Layer Retrieval-Augmented Generation Framework for Low-Resource Medical Question Answering Using Reddit Data: Proof-of-Concept Study by Sudeshna Das, Yao Ge, Yuting Guo, Swati Rajwal, JaMor Hairston, Jeanne Powell, Drew Walker, Snigdha Peddireddy, Sahithi Lakamana, Selen Bozkurt, Matthew Reyna, Reza Sameni, Yunyu Xiao, Sangmi Kim, Rasheeta Chandler, Natalie Hernandez, Danielle Mowery, Rachel Wightman, Jennifer Love, Anthony Spadaro, Jeanmarie Perrone, Abeed Sarker

“…However, due to the large volume of data, obtaining useful insights through natural language processing technologies such as large language models is challenging. …”
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Formation and Characterization of Xylitol-Modified Glycidyl Methacrylate-<i>co</i>-Ethyl Methacrylate Matrices for Controlled Release of Antimicrobial Compounds by Adam Chyzy, Przemysław Gnatowski, Edyta Piłat, Maciej Sienkiewicz, Katarzyna Wozniak, Marta Wojnicka, Krzysztof Brzezinski, Marta E. Plonska-Brzezinska

“…The outcome of this study suggests that the presented acrylate-based gel is a promising candidate for developing wound dressings.…”
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White matter integrity and cognitive performance in the subacute phase after ischemic stroke in young adults by Mijntje M.I. Schellekens, Hao Li, Esther M. Boot, Jamie I. Verhoeven, Merel S. Ekker, Frederick J.A. Meijer, Roy P.C. Kessels, Frank-Erik de Leeuw, Anil M. Tuladhar

“…Tissue changes in the white matter outside the lesion are present in both hemispheres, but are more pronounced in the hemisphere affected by the stroke, and may contribute to worse cognitive performance.…”
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Antibiotic-persistent bacterial cells exhibiting low-level ROS are eradicated by ROS-independent membrane disruption by Yanghui Ye, Yuanqing Tian, Mingxin Duan, Weiwei Zhu, Jingyun Wu, Yilin Chen, Feng Xu, Xilin Zhao, Karl Drlica, Yuzhi Hong

“…Restoration of nutrients to stationary-phase cultures restored these three processes for phenotypically tolerant cells but not for persister cells. …”
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Filling the gaps: Original chronologies of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) living trees in the French PyreneesDataverse by Mélanie Saulnier, Vincent Labbas, Roberta D’Andréa, Sylvain Burri, Laurent Larrieu, Sylvain Morvan, Nicolas Martin, Caroline Scotti-Saintagne, Frédéric Jean, Nicolas Poirier, Vanessa Py-Saragaglia

“…., 2020), or to represent the full range of diameter at breast height (DBH) available in the 1 ha circular plots. All samples were processed using standard dendrochronological techniques at the GEODE laboratory in Toulouse (PANGEME analysis platform). …”
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