Habitat conditions of reef-forming corals directly affect the spatial distribution and stability in fish and macroinvertebrate communities: A case study of Mischief Reef by Peng Xu, Jianfeng Gan, Lintao Huang, Danping Xie, Feilong Li, Hui Huang

“…Overall, we highlight that eDNA is a reliable tool for detecting differences in community structure across small-scale habitats and provides valuable insights into ecosystem functioning and resilience under varying coral reef conditions.…”
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Surgical field contamination analysis in various artificial joint arthroplasties by Akihito Oya, Noboru Matsumura, Atsuhiro Fujie, Shu Kobayashi, Kengo Harato, Kazuya Kaneda, Tatsuaki Matsumoto, Mitsuru Yagi, Taku Suzuki, Robert Nakayama, Morio Matsumoto, Masaya Nakamura

“…However, bacterial contamination was detected in 7 cases (4.7%), primarily in surgical trays. …”
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Identification of Toxoplasma gondii antigenic proteins using an in vivo approach and in silico investigation of their polymorphism by J. Denis, C. Gommenginger, L. Beal, B. Cimon, A. S. Deleplancque, H. Fricker Hidalgo, C. L'Ollivier, L. Paris, H. Pelloux, C. Pomares, S. Houze, A. W. Pfaff, I. Villena, O. Villard

“…We showed that none of the 986 non-silent SNPs detected is specific to the strain type. The in vivo approach is the first that allowed the identification of such a large panel of antigenic proteins. …”
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Cardiovascular abnormalities already occurred in newly-diagnosed patients with early-onset type 2 diabetes by Hong Lian, Qian Ren, Wei Liu, Rui Zhang, Xiantong Zou, Simin Zhang, Yingying Luo, Wei Deng, Qiuping Wang, Lin Qi, Yufeng Li, Wenbo Wang, Liyong Zhong, Pengkai Zhang, Chengcheng Guo, Li Li, Yating Li, Tianhao Ba, Chaochao Yang, Lili Huo, Yan’ai Wang, Chunxia Li, Dejun Hao, Yajing Zhang, Yan Xu, Fang Wang, Xiangqing Wang, Fang Zhang, Siqian Gong, Wenjia Yang, Xueyao Han, Linong Ji

“…Result Carotid artery abnormalities were detected in 26.3% of patients, and echocardiography abnormalities were observed in 20.0%. …”
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High spatial resolution crop type and land use land cover classification without labels: A framework using multi-temporal PlanetScope images and variational Bayesian Gaussian mixtu... by Minh Tri Le, Khuong H. Tran, Phuong D. Dao, Hesham El-Askary, Tuyen V. Ha, Taejin Park

“…This study proposed a new unsupervised framework to generate crop type and LULC maps at high spatial resolution (<5 m) using available PlanetScope data solely without requiring ground truths. We used PlanetScope surface reflectance images and their derived spectral indices during growing seasons to create multi-temporal input features, which were fed into an unsupervised Variational Bayesian Gaussian Mixture Model (VBGMM). …”
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Environmentally friendly synthesis of nanoporous silica materials using quercetin as a morphogenetic agent by A.R. Zare Hoseinabadi, E. Rafiei Taqanaki, S. Hafez Ghoran, A.M. Amani, H. Kamyab, A. Razmfarsa, E. Khalili, M. Yusuf, S. Rajendran

“…According to calculations based on the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller method, the specific surface area of Quercetin-templated mesoporous silica nanoparticles was determined to be 55.227 cubic meters. …”
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Impact of Climate Change on Groundwater in Cham Anjir Aquifer by Maryam Aryasadr, Dariush Rahimi, Hadi Amiri, Mehran Zand

“…Given the reliance on groundwater due to limited surface water resources, the impacts of climate change on both the quality and quantity of groundwater were significant. …”
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The cutting type of vegetables influences the spontaneous fermentation rate by Valence, Florence, Junker, Romane, Baty, Céline, Rué, Olivier, Mariadassou, Mahendra, Madec, Marie Noëlle, Maillard, Marie-Bernadette, Bage, Anne-Sophie, Chuat, Victoria, Marché, Laurent, Thierry, Anne

“…Leuconostoc was only detected with gyrB and vice-versa for Clostridium. …”
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ASKAP Observations of the Radio Shell in the Composite Supernova Remnant G310.6-1.6 by Wenhui Jing, Jennifer L. West, Xiaohui Sun, Wasim Raja, Xianghua Li, Lingxiao Dang, Ping Zhou, Miroslav D. Filipović, Andrew M. Hopkins, Roland Kothes, Sanja Lazarević, Denis Leahy, Emil Lenc, Yik Ki Ma, Cameron L. Van Eck

“…The results of this paper demonstrate the potential of the ASKAP EMU and POSSUM surveys to discover more objects of small angular size and low surface brightness.…”
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Observational Parameters of Blue Large-amplitude Pulsators by Paweł Pietrukowicz, Marilyn Latour, Igor Soszyński, Francesco Di Mille, Piera Soto King, Rodolfo Angeloni, Radosław Poleski, Andrzej Udalski, Michał K. Szymański, Krzysztof Ulaczyk, Szymon Kozłowski, Jan Skowron, Dorota M. Skowron, Przemek Mróz, Krzysztof Rybicki, Patryk Iwanek, Marcin Wrona, Mariusz Gromadzki

“…The spectroscopic data indicate that BLAPs form a homogeneous group in the period, surface gravity, and effective temperature spaces. …”
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Small nucleolar RNA SNORD13H suppresses tumor progression via FBL-dependent 2′-O-methylation in hepatocellular carcinoma by Minglu Zhang, Minglu Zhang, Minglu Zhang, Minglu Zhang, Jianbo He, Jianbo He, Jianbo He, Jianbo He, Rao Fu, Rao Fu, Rao Fu, Rao Fu, Guojian Bao, Guojian Bao, Guojian Bao, Yijun Lu, Yijun Lu, Yijun Lu, Zechuan Zhang, Zechuan Zhang, Zechuan Zhang, Jiawu Yan, Jiawu Yan, Jiawu Yan, Jialu Ding, Jialu Ding, Jialu Ding, Fei Yang, Fei Yang, Fei Yang, Fei Yang, Beicheng Sun, Beicheng Sun, Beicheng Sun, Beicheng Sun

“…Furthermore, our findings indicate that SNORD13H is detectable in plasma, highlighting its potential utility in tumor screening.…”
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Millinovae: A New Class of Transient Supersoft X-Ray Sources without a Classical Nova Eruption by Przemek Mróz, Krzysztof Król, Hélène Szegedi, Philip Charles, Kim L. Page, Andrzej Udalski, David A. H. Buckley, Gulab Dewangan, Pieter Meintjes, Michał K. Szymański, Igor Soszyński, Paweł Pietrukowicz, Szymon Kozłowski, Radosław Poleski, Jan Skowron, Krzysztof Ulaczyk, Mariusz Gromadzki, Krzysztof Rybicki, Patryk Iwanek, Marcin Wrona, Mateusz J. Mróz

“…These X-rays are thought to originate from nuclear burning on the white dwarf surface, either caused by a thermonuclear runaway (classical novae) or a high mass-accretion rate that sustains steady nuclear burning (persistent sources). …”
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Photometry of Outer Solar System Objects from the Dark Energy Survey. II. A Joint Analysis of Trans-Neptunian Absolute Magnitudes, Colors, Light Curves and Dynamics by Pedro H. Bernardinelli, Gary M. Bernstein, T. M. C. Abbott, M. Aguena, S. S. Allam, D. Brooks, A. Carnero Rosell, J. Carretero, L. N. da Costa, M. E. S. Pereira, T. M. Davis, J. De Vicente, S. Desai, H. T. Diehl, P. Doel, S. Everett, B. Flaugher, J. Frieman, J. García-Bellido, E. Gaztanaga, R. A. Gruendl, G. Gutierrez, K. Herner, S. R. Hinton, D. L. Hollowood, K. Honscheid, D. J. James, K. Kuehn, O. Lahav, S. Lee, J. L. Marshall, J. Mena-Fernández, R. Miquel, J. Myles, A. A. Plazas Malagón, S. Samuroff, E. Sanchez, B. Santiago, I. Sevilla-Noarbe, M. Smith, E. Suchyta, G. Tarle, D. L. Tucker, V. Vikram, A. R. Walker, N. Weaverdyck, (The DES Collaboration)

“…For the 696 trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) with absolute magnitudes 5.5 <  H _r  < 8.2 detected in the Dark Energy Survey, we characterize the relationships between their dynamical state and physical properties—namely H _r , indicating size; colors, indicating surface composition; and flux variation semiamplitude A , indicating asphericity and surface inhomogeneity. …”
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Synergistic Effects of UVB and Ionizing Radiation on Human Non-Malignant Cells: Implications for Ozone Depletion and Secondary Cosmic Radiation Exposure by Angeliki Gkikoudi, Gina Manda, Christina Beinke, Ulrich Giesen, Amer Al-Qaaod, Elena-Mihaela Dragnea, Maria Dobre, Ionela Victoria Neagoe, Traimate Sangsuwan, Siamak Haghdoost, Spyridon N. Vasilopoulos, Sotiria Triantopoulou, Anna Georgakopoulou, Ioanna Tremi, Paraskevi N. Koutsoudaki, Sophia Havaki, Vassilis G. Gorgoulis, Michael Kokkoris, Faton Krasniqi, Georgia I. Terzoudi, Alexandros G. Georgakilas

“…A depletion of this ozone shield would permit hazardous levels of UV solar radiation, especially in the UVB range, to bombard Earth’s surface, resulting in potentially significant effects on human health. …”
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PSZ2 G181.06+48.47. II. Radio Analysis of a Low-mass Cluster with Exceptionally Distant Radio Relics by Kamlesh Rajpurohit, Andra Stroe, Ewan O’Sullivan, Eunmo Ahn, Wonki Lee, Hyejeon Cho, M. James Jee, Reinout van Weeren, Lorenzo Lovisari, Kyle Finner, Aurora Simionescu, William Forman, Timothy Shimwell, Christine Jones, Zhenlin Zhu, Scott Randall

“…This exceptional galaxy cluster hosts two megaparsec-scale diffuse sources, symmetrically located with respect to the cluster center and separated by about 2.6 Mpc in projection. We detect these low surface brightness sources in our new high-frequency observations (0.3–2 GHz) and classify them as radio relics associated with merger-driven shock fronts. …”
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Improved CAR internalization and recycling through transmembrane domain optimization reduces CAR-T cytokine release and exhaustion by Shufeng Xie, Shufeng Xie, Jinlan Long, Ruiheng Wang, Ruiheng Wang, Rufang Xiang, Rufang Xiang, Huajian Xian, Yixin Wang, Weiyu Dou, Wenjie Zhang, Dan Li, Ting Kang, Zhihong Chen, Zhihong Chen, Chunjun Zhao, Zhenshu Xu, Han Liu

“…RNA sequencing is used to detect the transcriptome of activated CAR-T cells. …”
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Antibacterial and cytotoxicity activity of green synthesized silver nanoparticles using aqueous extract of naartjie (Citrus unshiu) fruit peels by Livhuwani Mafhala, Nomcebo Khumalo, Nkosingiphile Excellent Zikalala, Shohreh Azizi, Karen Jacqueline Cloete, Garland Kgosi More, Ilunga Alain Kamika, Touhami Mokrani, Ali Akbar Zinatizadeh, Malik Maaza

“…The color change from yellow to dark brown was observed immediately when 20 ml of Citrus unshiu fruit peel extract was added to 0.5 g of silver nitrate. A surface plasmon resonance band at 424 nm revealed by ultra-violet spectroscopy was used as additional confirmation that AgNP had formed. …”
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Non-typhoidal Salmonella among slaughterhouse workers and in the pork value chain in selected districts of Uganda by Velma Kivali, Velma Kivali, Velma Kivali, Kristina Roesel, Kristina Roesel, Ian Dohoo, Lordrick Alinaitwe, Lordrick Alinaitwe, Lordrick Alinaitwe, Lordrick Alinaitwe, James Katamba Bugeza, James Katamba Bugeza, Jolly Justine Hoona, Denis Rwabiita Mugizi, Denis Rwabiita Mugizi, Clovice Kankya, Sinh Dang-Xuan, Sinh Dang-Xuan, Istvan Szabo, Uwe Rösler, Anika Friese, Elizabeth A. J. Cook, Elizabeth A. J. Cook

“…At retail, proportions were 33.8% in pork chopping surface, 33.1% in raw pork, 18.9% in hand swabs, 4.0% in cooked pork and 0.7% in vegetables. …”
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Interplay of coprecipitation and adsorption processes: deciphering amorphous mineral–organic associations under both forest and cropland conditions by F. Jamoteau, F. Jamoteau, F. Jamoteau, F. Jamoteau, E. Doelsch, E. Doelsch, N. Cam, C. Levard, T. Woignier, T. Woignier, A. Boulineau, F. Saint-Antonin, S. Swaraj, G. Gassier, A. Duvivier, D. Borschneck, M.-L. Pons, P. Chaurand, V. Vidal, N. Brouilly, I. Basile-Doelsch

“…Identifying the types of mineral–organic associations within a single soil is already challenging, and detecting those susceptible to disruption during forest-to-crop conversion is even more complex. …”
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EGFR and MUC1 as dual-TAA drug targets for lung cancer and colorectal cancer by Huilin Cui, Qianqian Yu, Qumiao Xu, Chen Lin, Long Zhang, Wei Ye, Yifei Yang, Sijia Tian, Yilu Zhou, Runzhe Sun, Yongsheng Meng, Ningning Yao, Haizhen Wang, Feilin Cao, Meilin Liu, Jinfeng Ma, Cheng Liao, Ruifang Sun

“…Tumor associated antigens (TAAs) were screened from the genes which were expressed on cell surface and could distinguish cancer cells from normal cells. …”
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