Monitoring Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) distribution in the Southern Ocean: environmental DNA (eDNA) adds to the toolbox by Leonie Suter, Leonie Suter, Alicia Burns, Alicia Burns, Alicia Burns, Sophie Bestley, Sophie Bestley, Jez Bird, Madeleine J. Brasier, Madeleine J. Brasier, Martin Cox, Martin Cox, Derek Hamer, Olivia J. Johnson, So Kawaguchi, So Kawaguchi, So Kawaguchi, Rob King, Rob King, Andreas Klocker, Jessica Melvin, Christine K. Weldrick, Christine K. Weldrick, Simon Wotherspoon, Ben Raymond, Ben Raymond

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LA-ICP-MS Mapping and Element Distribution Characteristics of Garnet from the Altered Wall-rock of the Gongchangling Iron Deposit in Liaoning Province by Xuke HE, Yan LUAN, Xiaohui SUN, Wei CHEN, Aobin NIU, Longqiang GAO

“…The result was semi-quantitative and the color brightness was used to represent the elemental content. …”
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Colorimetric assay of uric acid in serum based on DNA-Ag/Pt bimetallic nanoclusters with enzyme-like activity by Wanrong HONG, Xianghe PAN, Yingfeng QIN, Jinwen LIU

“…The concentration of uric acid was quantitatively determined based on the color changes and the measurement results by UV-vis spectrometer. …”
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Application of Iterative Updating Geological Modeling Method in Geological Guidance of Shale Oil Horizontal Wells by LI Zhihong, LEI Qihong, WU Yingzhang, HE Youan, CHENG Hao, WANG Bo, ZHOU Jingping, ZHAO Yi

“…In the Ordos basin Longdong area, the Chang 7 memeber of Yanchang formation is a typical interbedded shale oil reservoir with thin single oil layer, fast lateral and vertical changes, and strong heterogeneity. …”
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Strategies for Regulating the Bioavailability and Mobility of Se and Cd in Cd-Contaminated Seleniferous Soils: Coupling the Bioavailable Se:Cd Molar Ratio with Soil Properties by Zebin Tan, Qinlei Rong, Wenfeng Wang, Haiyan Jiang, Luyao Yu, Jingrui Hu, Jie Chen, Xuefeng Liang, Xiaomin Zhao, Chunhuo Zhou

“…Spearman correlation analysis and partial least squares path modeling revealed that soil type and land use type modulated the morphological transformation of soil Se and Cd by influencing changes in free Fe-Al oxides and soil organic matter content, which in turn altered the AMR-Se:Cd. …”
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Co-designing interventions to improve emergency department discharge communication with youths, parents and healthcare providers: a process evaluation by Allyson J Gallant, Janet A Curran, Mari Somerville, Lori Wozney, Christine Cassidy, Alannah Delahunty-Pike, Rebecca Mackay, Shannon MacPhee, Emma Burns, Helen Wong, Melanie Doyle, Amy Plint, Roger Zemek

“…Co-design teams followed a structured meeting process guided by the Behaviour Change Wheel to facilitate priority setting and intervention design. …”
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Microbe-mediated stress resistance in plants: the roles played by core and stress-specific microbiota by Sijia Liu, Jiadong Wu, Zhen Cheng, Haofei Wang, Zhelun Jin, Xiang Zhang, Deqiang Zhang, Jianbo Xie

“…Through co-occurrence network analysis, the dynamic change networks of microbial communities under the four treatments were constructed, revealing distinct change trajectories corresponding to different treatments. …”
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Spatio-temporal Evolution of Land Surface Temperature and Its Response to LULC in the Urban Agglomeration of Central Yunnan by LIN Zhiqiang, PENG Shuangyun, SHI Shuangfu, HUANG Bangmei, MA Dongling, ZHU Ziyi, MA Xiaoliang, GONG Luping

“…[Methods] Based on Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform, LST was inverted using Landsat satellite image data of central Yunnan urban agglomeration region from 1990 to 2020, and was analyzed using Sen-MK trend analysis, mean-standard deviation method, urban thermal field variance index (UTFVI) and correlation analysis were used to quantitatively analyze the spatial and temporal variations of LST and its response to LULC types in central Yunnan urban agglomeration from 1990 to 2020. …”
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Trading Community Analysis of Countries’ Roll-On/Roll-Off Shipping Networks Using Fine-Grained Vessel Trajectory Data by Shichen Huang, Tengda Sun, Jing Shi, Piqiang Gong, Xue Yang, Jun Zheng, Huanshuai Zhuang, Qi Ouyang

“…We construct a method based on the complex network theory and the graph feature extraction method to quantitatively assess the features of the RO/RO shipping network. …”
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New Perspectives on the Causes of Stagnation and Decline in the Sharing Economy: Application of the Hybrid Multi-Attribute Decision-Making Method by Hsu-Hua Lee, Chien-Hua Chen, Ling-Ya Kao, Wen-Tsung Wu, Chu-Hung Liu

“…Against the backdrop of global economic changes and rapid technological innovation, the sharing economy model is gradually transforming the operational mechanisms of traditional industries. …”
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A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled assessment of BMS-936558, a fully human monoclonal antibody to programmed death-1 (PD-1), in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus... by David Gardiner, Jay Lalezari, Eric Lawitz, Michael DiMicco, Rheem Ghalib, K Rajender Reddy, Kyong-Mi Chang, Mark Sulkowski, Steven O' Marro, Jeffrey Anderson, Bing He, Vikram Kansra, Fiona McPhee, Megan Wind-Rotolo, Dennis Grasela, Mark Selby, Alan J Korman, Israel Lowy

“…No clinically relevant changes in immunoglobulin subsets or treatment-related trends in circulating cytokines were noted. …”
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Histological response and blood glucose level in a diabetic animal model after the oral administration of Mucuna pruriens: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Tri Wahyu Pangestiningsih, Dian Meididewi Nuraini, Morsid Andityas, Ariana Ariana

“…This study systematically evaluated the dual impact of orally administered MP extract on histopathological changes and blood glucose levels in diabetic animal models through a systematic review and meta-analysis. …”
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Variation of Extreme Precipitation and Its Influence on Sediment Transport in Xiangjiang River Basin by KANG Zihan, MO Shuhong, WANG Jingjing, JIANG Kaixin, JIANG Yubo

“…The temporal characteristics were observed from the linear exponential change and the five-year moving average process line. …”
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Regional adaptation of the education in palliative and end‐of‐life Care Pediatrics (EPEC‐Pediatrics) curriculum in Eurasia by Michael J. McNeil, Bella Ehrlich, Taisiya Yakimkova, Huiqi Wang, Volha Mishkova, Zhanna Bezler, Ella Kumirova, Arshia Madni, Narine Movsisyan, Karen Williams, Baglan Baizakova, Marina Borisevich, Georgia Chatman, Indira Erimbetova, Ximena Garcia Quintero, Rodica Golban, Brandi Kirby, Paola Nunez, Radhikesh Ranadive, Nadezhda Sakhar, Jason Sonnenfelt, Alisa Volkova, Daniel Moreira, Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf, Joanne Wolfe, Stacy Remke, Joshua Hauser, Meenakshi Devidas, Justin N. Baker, Asya Agulnik

“…Questions were mostly quantitative with multiple choice or Likert scale options, supplemented by free‐text responses. …”
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Understanding the Broad-line Region of Active Galactic Nuclei with Photoionization. I. The Moderate-accretion Regime by Qiaoya Wu, Yue Shen, Hengxiao Guo, Scott F. Anderson, W. N. Brandt, Catherine J. Grier, Patrick B. Hall, Luis C. Ho, Yasaman Homayouni, Keith Horne, Jennifer I-Hsiu Li, Donald P. Schneider

“…However, such models fail to reproduce the observed decrease in BLR size with increasing L / L _Edd at fixed optical luminosity, implying that gas density or BLR structure may systematically change with accretion rate.…”
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Increased maternal consumption of methionine as its hydroxyl analog improves placental angiogenesis and antioxidative capacity in sows by Rui Zhou, Shanshan Lai, Peiqiang Yuan, Li Zhe, Lunxiang Yang, Yves Mercier, Liang Hu, Xiaoling Zhang, Lun Hua, Yong Zhuo, Shengyu Xu, Yan Lin, Bin Feng, Lianqiang Che, De Wu, Zhengfeng Fang

“…Placentas were collected immediately after expulsion, and extracted proteins were analyzed by tandem mass tag based quantitative proteomic analysis. Results We found that 0.15% OHMet consumption significantly increased placental vascular density compared with the control. …”
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Efficacy and safety of topical minocycline preparations for papulopustular rosacea: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Awadh Alamri, Awadh Alamri, Abdulrahman H. Alsamadani, Abdulrahman H. Alsamadani, Rose A. Alraddadi, Rose A. Alraddadi, Mulham Kalantan, Mulham Kalantan, Randa Khafaji, Randa Khafaji, Bader Bashrahil, Bader Bashrahil, Hassan Bogari, Hassan Bogari, Athoub Kadasa, Athoub Kadasa, Abdulhadi Jfri, Abdulhadi Jfri, Abdulhadi Jfri

“…Efficacy outcomes included the absolute change in inflammatory lesion counts, the percentage change in the inflammatory lesion count, the percentage of participants achieving Investigator Global Assessment (IGA) with improvement of at least two grades, and the proportion of individuals that achieved an IGA 0/1 score (“clear” or “almost clear”). …”
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Immune mediators as plasma biomarkers for identifying household contacts and classifying clinical forms and leprosy reactions by Jairo Campos Carvalho, Jairo Campos Carvalho, Marcelo Antônio Pascoal-Xavier, Marcelo Antônio Pascoal-Xavier, Marcelo Grossi Araújo, Júlia Pereira Martins, Andrea Teixeira-Carvalho, Matheus de Souza Gomes, Laurence Rodrigues Amaral, Vanessa Peruhype-Magalhães, Jordana Grazziela Alves Coelho-dos-Reis, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, Márcio Sobreira Silva Araújo

“…Higher frequencies but lower maximum magnitudes of increase (fold change according to NI) were observed for T1LR (63%, 6.1×) and T2LR (63%, 9.7×) compared with HHC (48%, 68.5×), L(PB) (56%, 8.5×), and L(MB) (48%, 37.9×). …”
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Optimizing crop production toward agricultural carbon neutrality in China by Tianxiang HAO, Yangyang ZHANG, Yulong YIN, Jingxia WANG, Zhenling CUI, Keith GOULDING, Xuejun LIU

“…Crop production is strategic for food security and climate change mitigation, and can provide a temporary soil carbon sink. …”
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Short-term effects of a virtual, community-based, task-oriented group exercise programme incorporating a healthcare–community partnership compared to a waitlist control on increasi... by Susan B Jaglal, Rahim Moineddin, Mark T Bayley, Sarah Munce, Jill I Cameron, Ruth Barclay, Heidi Sveistrup, Nancy Margaret Salbach, Elizabeth L Inness, Jennifer O’Neil, Heather M Hanson, C Allyson Jones, Lisa Sheehy, Jean Michelle Legasto-Mulvale, Renato Barbosa dos Santos, Joyce Fung, Robert W Teasell, Margot Catizzone, Nina Hovanec, Gayatri Aravind, Tai-Te Su

“…The primary outcome is the change in everyday function from 0 to 2 months, measured using the physical scale of the Subjective Index of Physical and Social Outcome. …”
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