Modeling actinic flux and photolysis frequencies in dense biomass burning plumes by J.-L. Tirpitz, S. F. Colosimo, N. Brockway, R. Spurr, M. Christi, S. Hall, K. Ullmann, J. Hair, T. Shingler, R. Weber, J. Dibb, R. Moore, E. Wiggins, V. Natraj, N. Theys, J. Stutz

“…Strong reductions exceeding an order of magnitude in and below the plume occur for both spectral ranges but are more pronounced in the UV.</p>…”
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RETRACTED: Quantification and Evaluations of Catechin Hydrate Polymeric Nanoparticles Used in Brain Targeting for the Treatment of Epilepsy by Niyaz Ahmad, Rizwan Ahmad, Ridha Abdullah Alrasheed, Hassan Mohammed Ali Almatar, Abdullah Sami Al-Ramadan, Mohd Amir, Md Sarafroz

“…Independent and dependent variables helped to optimize the best nanoformulation based on the composition of PLGA (50.0 mg), PVA (1.10%), sonication time (90.0 s), and temperature (25.0 °C). …”
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Spatial distribution and determinants of children ever born among reproductive age women in Ethiopia: spatial and multilevel analysis of 2019 mini Ethiopian demographic health surv... by Ahmed Fentaw Ahmed, Bezawit Adane, Tilahun Degu Tsega, Mekides Nigusu, Kalaab Esubalew Sharew, Abebaw Molla, Mulugeta Tesfa

“…BackgroundUnderstanding population dynamics is essential since the number of children ever born (CEB) affects the growth, composition, and structure of a nation's population. …”
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Modeling Whole-Plant Carbon Stock in <i>Olea europaea</i> L. Plantations Using Logarithmic Nonlinear Seemingly Unrelated Regression by Yungang He, Weili Kou, Ning Lu, Yi Yang, Chunqin Duan, Ziyi Yang, Yongjun Song, Jiayue Gao, Weiyu Zhuang

“…<i>Olea europaea</i> L. is a species of high economic and ecological value, and its excellent nutritional composition, strong drought tolerance, sustainable production characteristics, and promotion of agrodiversity make it important in guaranteeing food security. …”
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Microarthropods communities as indicators of soil quality in a Mediterranean periurban forest using the QBS-ar index by Cristina Rodríguez-Pajares, E. Jordán Muñoz-Adalia, Mercedes Fernández-Fernández

“…These plots were characterized based on stand and soil composition. In each plot, five soil samples (three undisturbed and one disturbed for measuring soil parameters, and another disturbed for microarthropod identification) were collected following a systematic sampling. …”
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Anaerobutyricum soehngenii improves glycemic control and other markers of cardio-metabolic health in adults at risk of type 2 diabetes by Ilias Attaye, Julia K. Bird, Max Nieuwdorp, Sahin Gül, Jos F. M. L. Seegers, Steven Morrison, Stijn Hofkens, Hilde Herrema, Nam Bui, Marie-Luise Puhlmann, Willem M. de Vos

“…This potentially relates to a more severe prediabetic state in U.S. subjects, associated with significantly reduced (1.5–3.5-fold) relative abundance of Bifidobacterium, Coprococcus, Ruminococcus spp. and two-fold increased relative abundance of Lachnoclostridium spp. …”
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Environmental preferences of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) for egg-laying on a fringing reef pocket beach, Mayotte Island by Sophie Morisseau, Sophie Morisseau, Matthieu Jeanson, Matthieu Jeanson, Sarah Charroux, Sarah Charroux, Yann Mercky, Charles Le Bozec, Michel Charpentier, Lucas Le Gall, Cyrielle Delvenne, Marc Girondot, Elliott Sucré, Elliott Sucré, Damien Chevallier

“…This preference seems to be linked more to elevation, where black sand is mainly found at the top of the beach, rather than an intentional choice based on sand composition. …”
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Obtención de un mejorador de suelos como subproducto de la digestión anaerobia de desechos orgánicos en el TEC Obtention of a soil improver as subproduct from the anaerobic digesti... by Margie Faith Vargas, Olga Rivas Solano

“…</p> <p>Statistically significant differences were found for the first three variables, but not for the last one. In conclusion, the chemical fertilizer produced better results in the short term and the 50% diluted effluent was more effective than the fully concentrated one. …”
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The utility of dynamic forest structure from GEDI lidar fusion in tropical mammal species distribution models by Patrick Burns, Zaneta Kaszta, Samuel A. Cushman, Samuel A. Cushman, Jedediah F. Brodie, Jedediah F. Brodie, Christopher R. Hakkenberg, Patrick Jantz, Mairin Deith, Matthew Scott Luskin, James G. C. Ball, Jayasilan Mohd-Azlan, David F. R. P. Burslem, Susan M. Cheyne, Susan M. Cheyne, Iding Haidir, Iding Haidir, Andrew James Hearn, Eleanor Slade, Peter J. Williams, David W. Macdonald, Scott J. Goetz

“…However, when GEDI Fusion predictors were used in a smaller predictor set that is more suitable for hindcasting species probability of occurrence, more SDMs showed meaningful performance improvements relative to the baseline model (n = 9 for RF and n = 4 for GLM) and the relative importance of GEDI-based canopy structure predictors increased relative to when they were combined with the baseline predictor set. …”
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Soil-associated fungal and prokaryotic diversity influenced by stoniness, depth and vintage in a high-altitude vineyard by Daniela Mezzatesta, Mónica Oyuela Aguilar, Alex Gobbi, Mariano Pistorio, Lars Hestbjerg Hansen, Fernando Buscema, Patricia Piccoli, Frederico Berli

“…However, the effect of this variability on soil-associated microbial communities remains unclear. …”
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Identification of inoculated Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi resistant to lead and zinc and their effect on some morphological traits of the Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia L.) by Bahman Zamani Kebrabadi, Syed Mohammad Hojati, Farhad Rejali, Masoud Esmaeili Sharif, Hamid Reza Rahmani

“…Also, in plants that were inoculated with mycorrhizal fungi, the mean of all measured variables was significantly higher than the control treatment. …”
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Microbiome and metabolome association network analysis identifies Clostridium_sensu_stricto_1 as a stronger keystone genus candidate than Bifidobacterium in the gut of common marmo... by Jordan B. Hernandez, Shivdeep S. Hayer, Sophie Alvarez, Anne Fischer, Haley R. Hassenstab, Katherine Cooper, Zahraa W. Alsafwani, Andrew K. Benson, Mallory J. Suhr Van Haute, Jacques Izard, Hyun-Seob Song, Jonathan B. Clayton

“…The reasons for this inter-subject variability and how it relates to health in captivity are poorly understood, owing to a lack of knowledge regarding dynamic interactions between specific microbiota. …”
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Unveiling the effects of land use and intra-seasonal variation on bee and plant diversity and their ecological interactions in vegetation surrounding coffee plantations by Quebin Bosbely Casiá-Ajché, Natalia Escobedo-Kenefic, Denisse Escobar-González, Edson Cardona, Alfredo Mejía-Coroy, Javier Morales-Siná, Eunice Enríquez, Patricia Landaverde-González, Patricia Landaverde-González

“…Land use, local management, and seasonal variation significantly impact the ecological dynamics of bee–plant communities and their ecological interactions. These variables negatively affect diversity and ecological interaction networks within human-dominated landscapes. …”
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Influence of mining-induced ground fissures with different widths on soil anti-scourability in northern Shaanxi coal mining area in the middle reaches of the Yellow River by Shijie SONG, Hao RUAN, Shuangming WANG, Baodeng CHEN, Yuanhong LI, Lu LIU, Jiajie ZHANG

“…The surface soil with a horizontal distance of 0−80 cm was collected, and the soil mechanical composition, >0.25 mm water-stable aggregates and organic matter were measured. …”
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Impact of host factors and invasive meningococci on bacterial adhesion, proliferation, primary nasal epithelial barrier function, and immune response by Daan W. Arends, Debbie van Rooijen, Esther van Woudenbergh, Janine Wolf, Milou Ohm, Marien I. de Jonge, Gerco den Hartog

“…Most donor-strain combinations induced a TEER drop, with higher bacterial loads generally associated with lower TEER, indicative of a more permeable epithelial barrier. Cc11 strains induced slightly lower TEER levels than other strains. …”
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Anisotropic flexible stress sensors based on Loofah/CN/MWCNTs by 刘璐, 贾晓丽, 黄书童, 张景龙, 李守宝, 柯燎亮

“…Consequently, the loofah skeleton and conductive coating were compressed and released simultaneously, effectively functioning as a variable resistor. As applied stress increased, the loofah framework became more compact, gradually increasing the contact area between carbon-based materials of different sizes, thereby generating new current pathways. …”
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Cambios en fuerza explosiva y agilidad tras un entrenamiento online en jóvenes jugadores de baloncesto confinados por COVID-19 (Changes in explosive strength and agility after an... by Borja Ricart Luna, Pablo Monteagudo Chiner, Victor Pérez Puchades, Ana Cordellat Marzal, Ainoa Roldán Aliaga, Cristina Blasco Lafarga

“…Physical trainers should pay special attention to loads in confinement, as they may be insufficient for more capable and trained athletes. …”
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Artificial Intelligence-based Approaches for Characterizing Plaque Components From Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging: Integration Into Clinical Decision Support Sy... by Michela Sperti, Camilla Cardaci, Francesco Bruno, Syed Taimoor Hussain Shah, Konstantinos Panagiotopoulos, Karim Kassem, Giuseppe De Nisco, Umberto Morbiducci, Raffaele Piccolo, Francesco Burzotta, Fabrizio D’Ascenzo, Marco Agostino Deriu, Claudio Chiastra

“…This reduces the reliance on predefined criteria, which often require domain-specific expertise, and allow for more flexible and comprehensive plaque characterization. …”
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Evaluación piloto del programa «Transformem els patis» en escuelas de primaria de Barcelona by Jesús Periañez, Xavier Continente, Marta Sanz-Mas, Gemma Drou-Roget, Albert Espelt, Emma Cortés, María José López

“…The group size, group composition according to sex, physical activity, the carried-out activity and play structures or material use, and environmental variables were analyzed. …”
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HTAP3 Fires: towards a multi-model, multi-pollutant study of fire impacts by C. H. Whaley, T. Butler, J. A. Adame, R. Ambulkar, R. Ambulkar, S. R. Arnold, R. R. Buchholz, B. Gaubert, D. S. Hamilton, M. Huang, H. Hung, J. W. Kaiser, J. W. Kaminski, C. Knote, G. Koren, J.-L. Kouassi, M. Lin, T. Liu, J. Ma, K. Manomaiphiboon, E. Bergas Masso, E. Bergas Masso, J. L. McCarty, M. Mertens, M. Parrington, H. Peiro, P. Saxena, S. Sonwani, V. Surapipith, D. Y. T. Tan, D. Y. T. Tan, W. Tang, V. Tanpipat, K. Tsigaridis, K. Tsigaridis, C. Wiedinmyer, O. Wild, Y. Xie, P. Zuidema

“…Fire frequency, intensity, duration, and location are changing as the climate warms, and modelling these fires and their impacts is becoming more and more critical to inform climate adaptation and mitigation, as well as land management. …”
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