Phenotypic Variability of Local Latvian Common Bean (<i>Phaseolus vulgaris</i> L.) and Its Position Within European Germplasm by Gunārs Lācis, Shreya Jagtap, Laila Dubova, Tetiana Harbovska, Daniels Udalovs, Liene Ziediņa, Ina Alsiņa

“…Traditionally, common beans are also grown in most parts of Europe, including Latvia, where cultivation areas have remained relatively constant since the middle of the last century. …”
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Soil Chemical Properties under Various Land-Use Types in the Karst Area with a Case Study in Shibing County of China by Shizhen Xiao, Jianghu He, Cheng Zeng, Jialu Wang

“…Of the four types of land use most strongly affected by human activities, pear orchard had the best soil quality. …”
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SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC DETERMINATION OF ACETYLCYSTEINE IN PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS USING 2,3-DICHLORO-1,4-NAPTHOQUINONE by A. O. Donchenko, S. O. Vasyuk, K. P. Portna

“…Spectrophotometry is the most widely used technique in pharmaceutical analysis because it is simple, economic, and easily available to most quality control laboratories. …”
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Still waters run deep in large-scale genome rearrangements of morphologically conservative Polyplacophora by Julia D Sigwart, Yunlong Li, Zeyuan Chen, Katarzyna Vončina, Jin Sun

“…The extreme and dynamic genome rearrangements in this class stands in contrast to most other animals, demonstrating that chitons have overcome evolutionary constraints acting on other animal groups. …”
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One-hour extraction-free loop-mediated isothermal amplification HPV DNA assay for point-of-care testing in Maputo, Mozambique by Maria J. Barra, Alexis F. Wilkinson, Ariel E. Ma, Karthik Goli, Hira Atif, Nafissa M.R.B. Osman, Cesaltina Lorenzoni, Guilhermina Tivir, Eva H. Lathrop, Philip E. Castle, Ming Guo, Jane R. Montealegre, Ellen S. Baker, Mila P. Salcedo, Kathleen M. Schmeler, Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum

“…Affordable point-of-care DNA testing is needed for cervical cancer screening in low- and middle-income countries, where most cervical cancer cases occur. HPV DNA testing typically requires complex lab infrastructure and trained personnel. …”
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In-silico analysis of potential phytochemicals targeting mitogen activating protein kinase-14 (MAPK14) gene in colorectal cancer by Meerab Khalid, Rana Muhammad Mateen, Mohsin Javed, Muhammad Ali, Mohammed Arif Nadeem Saqab, Rukhsana Parveen, Ahmed Asimov, Safura Bibi, Ali Bahadur, Shahid Iqbal, Sajid Mahmood, Salah Knani, Abeer Ahmed Alghamdi, Randa A. Althobiti, Lamiaa Galal Amin

“…It is overexpressed in most cases of colorectal cancer (CRC) and is an important factor for tumor development. …”
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A scoping review of HIV epidemiologic, sociocultural and programmatic studies related to transgender women and men who have sex with men in Cambodia, 1999-2019. by Jan W de Lind van Wijngaarden, Frits van Griensven, Ly Penh Sun, Stephen Wignall

“…<h4>Results</h4>Twenty-seven relevant studies and papers were found and reviewed; most were epidemiological in nature. Recent epidemiological studies and reports show an increase in HIV prevalence among Cambodian MSM and TGW. …”
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Risk Assessment and Dynamic Monitoring of China’s Agricultural Investment in Countries Along the Belt and Road Under the Guidance of Cultivated Land Resources by Yameng Wang, Guanglu Zhu, Mingyue Zhang, Songxiang Wang, Yuxin Han, Linyan Ma

“…The research shows that China’s agricultural investment risk to most of the countries along the route (61.22%) is at a normal level, and risk in bilateral diplomatic and economic relations with China is the most critical influencing factor. …”
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Traumatismo craniencefálico em crianças e adolescentes na cidade do Salvador - Bahia Traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents at Salvador City, Bahia, Brazil by José Roberto Tude Melo, Diana Lara Pinto de Santana, Júlio Leonardo Barbosa Pereira, Tiago Freire Ribeiro

“…The main age of the victims was between 10 to 19 years (adolescents) with 177 patients (45.4%). The most common cause of trauma was height falls (34.4%). …”
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Mapping Biodiversity Conservation Priorities for Protected Areas for Spatial Optimization: A Case Study in the Songnen Plain, China by Qiaoyun Sun, Jianqi Yu, Yingran Zeng, Yifang Gai, Jia Wang, Yujun Zhang

“…ABSTRACT The decline in biodiversity poses a serious threat to natural ecosystems and has become one of the most pressing global environmental issues. Establishing conservation priorities for protected areas (PAs) is one of the most direct and effective biodiversity conservation measures. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Pesticide Use among Vegetable Farmers in Madhyapur Thimi Municipality, Nepal: An Observational Study by Rajan Suwal, Ajay Kumar Rajbhandari, Vijaya Laxmi Shrestha, Mahima Bataju, Mahesh Sharma, Bijay Khatri

“…Nearly three in ten (29.62%) were illiterate. Insecticide was the most common form (97.21%) of pesticides used and 89.87% farmers received information of pesticides from friends and family. …”
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Mapping temporal trends of pesticide use and identifying potential non-occupation population exposure using a geospatial approach by Elisa Jazan, Timothy Griffin, Mark Woodin

“…In 2017, the area where the most 2,4-D (30 kg) was applied to soybean crops represented 0.01% (14 people) of the population potentially exposed. …”
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Características clínicas e laboratoriais de 62 casos de meningoencefalite tuberculosa Clinical and laboratory characteristics of 62 tuberculous meningoencephalitis cases by Ceuci Nunes, Irenio Gomes, Adelci Tavares, Ailton Melo

“…The time length for the disease varied from 0 to 90 days, average around 13 days. The most common signs and symptoms were fever and neck stiffness in 86.7 and 81.8% of the cases respectively. …”
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Monitoring and detection of genetically modified soybean in animal feed using real-time PCR (2019-2024) by Pandžić Katarina, Steiner Zvonimir, Radović Čedomir, Duka Ksenija, Gantner Vesna

“…DNA extraction was carried out using the CTAB method, and GM sequences were detected using specific primers for the most common promoters, terminators, and transgenes, including P-35S, T-nos, GTS 40-3-2, and A5547-127. …”
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Experimental and Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation Study on the Performance of a Two-stroke Aviation Engine: A Comparative Analysis of Turbulence Models and Mesh Strategies by G. Coskun, Y. Delil, U. Demir

“…The numerical results were compared with experimental data to determine the most accurate simulation configuration. The findings indicate that decreasing the mesh size improves the accuracy of the simulations, with the Standard k-ε model using a 2 mm mesh producing the most precise predictions across multiple parameters. …”
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The Role of Marital Counselling on the Socio-Economic Welfare of Families in Kabale Municipality: A Case Study of All Saints Church. by Rugambwa, Johnbosco

“…I 5(25%) of the respondents who were interviewed noted that School dropout by children is the main challenge faced by most families. I 5(25%) of the total respondents mentioned that the absence of counseling in married couples results in Domestic violence and this happens because most of these couples end up fighting and quarreling. …”
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How proper names enter the lexicon – From the Central Intelligence Agency to CIA: the reduction of full denominative expressions interpreted as a means to achieve (greater) lexical... by Manon Philippe, Élise Mignot

“…We confirm their apparently abnormal inclusion in “common” dictionaries, despite their not being semantically or referentially modified, and analyse their distribution compared to that of other reduced units, marked abbr. in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary (our corpus of reference). We notice a strong tendency to include reduced names of institutions (hybrid between animate and inanimate reference, mostly collective). …”
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Invasive fungal diseases in patients with autoimmune diseases: a case series from the French RESSIF network by Vincent Poindron, Benjamin Terrier, François Maillot, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Nassim Kamar, Valéry Salle, Lilia Hasseine, François Danion, Lilia Merabet, Guillaume Desoubeaux, Éric Bailly, Milène Sasso, Antoine Néel, Simon Galmiche, Benjamin Thoreau, Stéphane Bretagne, Alexandre Alanio, André Paugam, Valérie Letscher-Bru, Sophie Cassaing, Hélène Guegan, Loïc Favennec, Alida Minoza, Florent Morio, Julie Bonhomme, Odile Eloy, Laurence Millon, Anne-Pauline Bellanger, Philippe Poirier, Maxime Moniot, Taieb Chouaki, Antoine Huguenin, Frédéric Dalle, Bernard Bouteille, Muriel Nicolas, Nicole Desbois-Nogard, Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux, Karine Boukris-Sitbon, Fanny Lanternier, Caroline Mahinc, Marc Pihet, Magalie Demar, Céline Damiani, Marie-Fleur Durieux, Elena Charpentier, Cécile Nourrisson, Benoit Suzon

“…Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitides (AAV) were the most frequent AID in PCP (n=55 and 25, respectively) and invasive aspergillosis (n=15 and 10, respectively), inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) were predominant in fungemia (n=36). …”
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Multi-cancer early detection tests for general population screening: a systematic literature review by Ros Wade, Sarah Nevitt, Yiwen Liu, Melissa Harden, Claire Khouja, Gary Raine, Rachel Churchill, Sofia Dias

“…All studies were considered to have high or unclear concerns relating to the applicability of study participants, index tests and reference standard tests. Outcomes relating to MCED test performance were reported in most studies. …”
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Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales among patients with bloodstream infections in South Africa: Consolidated surveillance data, 2015-2021. by Husna Ismail, Thembekile Buhle Christna Zwane, Elloise Du Toit, Renata Maria Augusto da Costa, François Franceschi, Olga Perovic

“…Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CREs), specifically Klebsiella pneumoniae are the most predominant Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) isolated among bloodstream infections (BSI). …”
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