Global Lipidomics Reveals the Lipid Composition Heterogeneity of Extracellular Vesicles from Drug-Resistant <i>Leishmania</i> by Sehyeon (Erica) Kim, Ana Victoria Ibarra-Meneses, Christopher Fernandez-Prada, Tao Huan

“…EVs were isolated through ultracentrifugation, and their lipid content was extracted using a modified Matyash protocol. LC-MS analysis was performed, and data processing in MS-DIAL enabled lipid identification and quantification. …”
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Uptake of COVID-19 vaccine among female healthcare workers in Syria: results from a 2022 cross-sectional survey by Zlatko Nikoloski, Elnur Aliyev, Robert Bain, Leonardo Menchini, Sahar Hegazi, Mai Zalkha, Shaza Mouawad, Neha Kapil, Amaya Gillespie

“…Using data from a wider national survey of 17,000 respondents conducted between October and November 2022, we analysed a sub-sample of 4136 responses from female healthcare workers, across 14 Governorates. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD: a mixed-methods systematic review by Hua Qin, Ping Jia, Qilin Yan, Xi Li, Yan Zhang, Hong Jiang, Hongmei Yang, Linzhang Li

“…Methods Following PRISMA guidelines, 29 studies (2006–2023) from eight databases were analyzed using the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) convergent integrated approach for data integration. …”
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Genome-Wide Identification of the CIPK Gene Family in Jasmine and Expression Analysis Under Salt Stress by Shuang Zhang, Xin Huang, Lili Yin, Jiawei Li, Jiacan Xu, Ruigang Wu

“…Various CBL-interacting protein kinases (CIPKs) are involved in abiotic stress responses in plants. …”
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Comprehensive transcriptome, miRNA and kinome profiling identifies new treatment options for personalized lung cancer therapy by Shen Zhong, Yvonne Börgeling, Patrick Zardo, Danny Jonigk, Jürgen Borlak

“…We confirmed results based on cross‐linked immunoprecipitation‐sequencing data, and used N = 524 adeno‐ and 497 squamous cell carcinomas as validation sets. …”
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Causal associations between iron levels in subcortical brain regions and psychiatric disorders: a Mendelian randomization study by Wei Du, Biqiu Tang, Senhao Liu, Wenjing Zhang, Su Lui

“…Bidirectional causal estimation was primarily obtained using the inverse variance weighting (IVW) method. …”
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Impact of imported COVID-19 cases on South Korea’s response: variant transitions and regional patterns (2020–2023) by Haram Seo, Minchan Choi, Gerardo Chowell, Hyosun Lee, Byul Nim Kim, Sunmi Lee

“…Abstract Background The global spread of infectious diseases like COVID-19, accelerated by globalization and frequent international interactions, poses a serious threat to public health. …”
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Decadal Trends and Drivers of Dust Emissions in East Asia: Integrating Statistical and SHAP-Based Interpretability Approaches by Ziwei Yi, Yaqiang Wang, Zhaoliang Zeng, Weijie Li, Huizheng Che, Xiaoye Zhang

“…This study integrates multi-source reanalysis and remote sensing data (1980–2023) to analyze dust emissions across East Asian source regions using statistical methods and SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) interpretability. …”
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RETRACTED: Combined Effects of Artificial Surface and Urban Blue-Green Space on Land Surface Temperature in 28 Major Cities in China by Liang Chen, Xuelei Wang, Xiaobin Cai, Chao Yang, Xiaorong Lu

“…An urban land cover map and LST distribution map were produced using Sentinel-2 images and Landsat-8 LST data, respectively, covering 28 major cities in China. …”
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Single-cell transcriptomics analysis reveals dynamic changes and prognostic signature in tumor microenvironment of PDAC by Yongsheng Li, Zhilong Ding, Tingxin Cheng, Yihuai Hu, Fei Zhong, Shiying Ren, Shiyan Wang

“…This study aims to elucidate the dynamic changes in the TME during PDAC progression and develop a prognostic model using single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data. …”
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Experimental Study on Bond Fatigue Between Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Bars and Seawater–Sea Sand Concrete Under Seawater Immersion and Dry–Wet Cycle Conditions by Fu Yang, Weiquan Gan, Bingsan Chen, Jiangchuan Wu, Shiwen Yuan

“…However, excessively high stresses may lead to bond fatigue failures. Using experimental data and existing fatigue bond–slip constitutive models, a customized model for CFRP bars in SWSSC was developed. …”
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Quantum Resistance Saber-Based Group Key Exchange Protocol for IoT by Fouzia Samiullah, Ming-Lee Gan, Sedat Akleylek, Y. Aun

“…The performance data validate that the Saber-GAKE protocol can effectively and safely function on IoT devices with limited resources, offering strong protection against quantum computing assaults.…”
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Identification of key ferroptosis genes in hepatocellular carcinoma and type 2 diabetes mellitus through bioinformatics analysis by Jinjin Zhou, Yage Shi, Yulun Jian, Yuhan Li, Wenya Yu, Wei Mu, Yang Ge

“…To explore the complex interactions between ferritin deposition, T2DM, and HCC, we performed bioinformatics analysis on publicly available gene expression data and identified 23 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) that are commonly expressed in both T2DM and HCC. …”
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Study on Pressure Oscillation Characteristic of Steam Low-velocity Jet under Seawater Condition by Study on Pressure Oscillation Characteristic of Steam Low-velocity Jet under Seawater Condition

“…In order to address the research gap in steam-seawater interactions and evaluate the feasibility of using seawater as a coolant in marine nuclear power systems, the pressure oscillation characteristics of steam low-velocity jet in seawater have been investigated. …”
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Gut Microbiome dysbiosis and immune activation correlate with somatic and neuropsychiatric symptoms in COVID-19 patients by Paula L. Scalzo, Austin G. Marshall, Sirena Soriano, Kristen Curry, Mario Dulay, Timea Hodics, Eamonn M. M. Quigley, Todd J. Treangen, María M. Piskorz, Sonia Villapol

“…Gut microbiome profiling was performed using full-length 16 S rRNA gene sequencing to evaluate microbial diversity and composition. …”
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Determinants of improvement trends in health workers' compliance with outpatient malaria case-management guidelines at health facilities with available "test and treat" commodities... by Beatrice Amboko, Kasia Stepniewska, Lucas Malla, Beatrice Machini, Philip Bejon, Robert W Snow, Dejan Zurovac

“…Association between 31 determinants and improvement trends in five outpatient compliance outcomes were examined using interactions between each determinant and time in multilevel logistic regression models and reported as an adjusted odds ratio of annual trends (T-aOR).…”
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Evaluating the influence of anti-PD-1 immunotherapy combined with IMRT on thyroid dysfunction in nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Liqianqi Chen, Zihuang Li, Xianming Li, Shihai Wu, Long Gong, Gang Xu, Shanyi Chen, Yucong Zhang

“…Data collected included smoking status, BMI, presence of thyroid nodules, staging, treatment modality, thyroid mean dose (Dmean), percentage of thyroid volume receiving more than x Gy, pituitary mean dose (Dmean), and TSH and FT4 levels per cycle. …”
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Culturomics of the pig tonsil microbiome identifies new species and an untapped source of novel antimicrobials by Isabela Maria Fernandes de Oliveira, Simen Fredriksen, Marcela Fernández Gutiérrez, Hermie J. M. Harmsen, Jos Boekhorst, Peter van Baarlen, Jerry M. Wells

“…Results Data on tonsil microbiota composition from over 100 piglets from 11 farms and 3 countries revealed a core microbiota comprising Actinobacillus, Streptococcus, and Moraxella and 11 other less abundant but prevalent genera. …”
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Transcriptome analyses for revealing leaf abscission of Cyclocarya paliurus stem segments in vitro by Gaoyin Wu, Zhongcheng Peng, Qiuying Li, Xiang Zhang, Shuanggui Geng, Shuang Wang, Enrong Lu, Yingying Liu, Congjun Yuan, Xiaoli Wei, Yingliang Liu

“…The emerged leaves of C. paliurus stem segments were cultured for 22 days (T0) in vitro; leaves at 27 days (T1) and leaves that had fallen after ≥ 32 days (T2) were used as materials for analysis of the physiological characteristics and transcriptome data. …”
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Pleiotrophin promote glioma proliferation and invasion by enhancing NF-κB/SLUG mediated epithelial–mesenchymal transition by Hong-Xing Ye, Chao Zhang, Long-Yuan He, Ping Lan, Feng Wang, Ren-Ya Zhan, Xiu-Jue Zheng

“…Methods The expression levels of PTN in glioma samples were analyzed using data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and the Chinese Glioma Genome Atlas (CGGA). …”
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