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Morphophysiological hormonal and molecular mechanisms of rice adaptation to drought and salinity stress

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important global food crop; however, its production is continuously susceptible to drought and salinity. The present review presents the complex morpho-physiological, hormonal and molecular mechanisms adopted by rice employs to survive the drought and...

Reflex Abdominal Syncope: A Case Series

The etiology of syncope in the acute care setting requires considerable input from numerous specialties. During a recent analysis of patients presenting to the acute care setting with syncope and identification of underlying associated disorders, we identified a subdiagnosis pres...

Hepatic steatosis assessed by transient elastography in patients with significant coronary artery disease: a cross-sectional study

While metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and coronary artery disease (CAD) share metabolic risk factors, it remains unclear whether the anatomical severity of CAD predicts the severity of hepatic steatosis or fibrosis. This study aimed to estimate MA...

The Effects of Oral Health-Related Quality of Life on Depression in Older Adults: Using Fixed Effects Model

본 연구는 노인의 구강건강 관련 삶의 질이 우울에 미치는 영향을 검증하였다. 이를 위해 고령화연구패널(Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging: KLoSA) 7~10차 자료를 활용하여 총 17,749명의 노인을 대상으로 분석을 실시하였다. 본 연구를 위해 고정효과모형을 활용하여 구강건강 관련 삶의 질이 우...

Successful surgical retrieval of an intracranial sewing needle retained for more than 45 years since infancy with complete fibrous encapsulation: a case report and literature review

Intracranial sewing needles are an extremely rare neurosurgical condition. Such injuries mostly occur during infancy, with the sewing needle penetrating intracranially through unclosed fontanelles. The clinical manifestations of intracranially retained sewing needles are often in...

Primary Family Caregivers’ Intentions to Use Long-Term Care Facilities for Older Adults: Differences by Family Relationship

요양시설 이용은 가족 돌봄자의 부담을 완화하는 한편, 국가의 재정적 부담과 노인의 삶의 질에 대한 우려도 동반하곤 한다. 요양시설의 공급과 수요를 적절히 조절하고, 노인이 지역사회에서 계속 살아갈 수 있도록 하기 위해서는 어떤 요인이 노인의 요양시설 입소에 영향을 미치는지 파악하고, 입소...

Cumulative effects of multiple anthropogenic stressors on the health of an intertidal clam (Austrovenus stutchburyi)

Worldwide pressures arising from anthropogenic activities are causing the degradation of estuarine soft-sediment ecosystems. Among the most prominent stressors are sedimentation, nutrient enrichment and trace metal contamination, which often co-occur causing non-linear ecosystem...

Synergies and trade-offs for reaching global biodiversity and climate commitments

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework strives to expand high-quality protected areas globally, yet faces economic constraints, climate change and human pressures. This requires integrating biological and socio-economic complexity while ensuring equity. We explore mul...

Endothelial Bmal1 coordinates intrinsic and paracrine mechanisms to limit post-injury vascular restenosis

Circadian rhythms have been implicated in the regulation of cardiovascular physiology and disease. Disruption of circadian signaling has been linked to exaggerated neointimal hyperplasia and delayed endothelial repair. Bmal1, a core component of the molecular clock, plays a criti...

Atomically dispersed Ti on MnOx-Fe2O3 tailors O 2p orbitals for CO oxidation and H2O/SO2 resistance

Transition-metal oxides offer a low-cost alternative to precious metals for environmental catalysis, yet CO oxidation under humid and sulfur-laden conditions remains challenging due to rapid poisoning. Herein, we report an atomic dispersion of Ti‑decorated MnOx-Fe2O3 catalyst tha...

SETTLE Settlement Effects, Trough Topology and Local Evolution Assessment

This paper presents SETTLE — Settlement Effects, Trough Topology and Local Evolution Assessment, the current terrain-side assessment module of the integrated IAS-DX framework for deep excavations. SETTLE represents the current and canonical methodological development of the earli...

PARP inhibition induces a redox-dependent dormant reservoir vulnerable to disulfiram in high-grade serous ovarian cancer

Resistance to poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPi) in high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) is increasingly driven by non-genetic drug-tolerant dormant cell populations, yet the adaptive programs sustaining these cells remain poorly understood. Here, we established a...

Affinity-tuned anti-idiotypic masking enables protease-activatable HER2-targeting antibodies with an optimized masked–unmasked dynamic range

Activatable antibodies aim to minimize on-target off-tumor toxicity by suppressing antigen binding through a masking domain that is released only upon encountering a tumor-associated stimulus. Anti-idiotypic single-domain antibodies (dAbs) raised against the complementarity-deter...

Studying the influence of electrode height-to-width ratio for optimal overall efficiency in vanadium redox flow batteries

Electrode configuration is one of the key factors affecting the performance of a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB). Therefore, it should be carefully designed in accordance with the operating conditions to achieve optimal system efficiency. In this study, multiple electrode aspe...

Association between self-reported oral health issues and autoimmune diseases: evidence from UK biobank

Oral microbiome dysbiosis may contribute to autoimmune disease development, but epidemiological evidence linking oral health and autoimmune disease risk is limited. To evaluate the association between self-reported oral health issues by questionnaire—defined as the presence of pa...

Cerebral thrombosis and abscess: A child with 2 rare complications of tetralogy of Fallot

Tetralogy of Fallot is the most common cyanotic congenital heart disease. Rare cerebrovascular complications include brain abscess and cerebral thrombosis. Herein, we discuss a case of uncorrected tetralogy of Fallot presenting with cerebral thrombosis and multiple brain abscesse...

Remnant cholesterol–incorporating dual-axis lipid risk stratification using apolipoprotein B and the LDL-C to total cholesterol ratio: a prospective cohort study from the UK Biobank

Atherogenic lipid-related risk may not be fully characterized by a single lipid measure. A dual-axis framework combining apolipoprotein B (ApoB), a measure of atherogenic particle number, with the LDL-C to total cholesterol ratio (LDL-C/TC), a derived measure of cholesterol parti...

Depression in people with epilepsy: reliability and validity of the Czech version of Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) and Beck Depression Fast Screen (BDI-FS) for major depressive episode

Objective Depression affects up to 55% of people with epilepsy (PWE) yet remains systematically underdiagnosed. This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Czech versions of the Beck Depression Inventory–II (BDI-II) and Beck Depression Inventory–Fast Screen (B...

Post-Craniotomy Headache: Current Concepts and Emerging Procedural Therapies

Post-craniotomy headache (PCH) is a common complication following neurosurgery, yet there remains limited consensus regarding the mechanism, classification, and optimal management. This review summarizes the current literature and highlights recent trends in procedural therapies....

Color stability of polyetheretherketone and graphene-reinforced polymethyl methacrylate after in-office bleaching

This in vitro study evaluated the color stability of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and graphene-reinforced polymethyl methacrylate (G-CAM) following direct exposure to a high-concentration in-office bleaching gel. Thirty square-shaped specimens (10 × 10 × 3 mm) were prepared: 15 PE...