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Many developing countries have experienced rapid industrial and urban expansion over the last two decades, raising concerns about ecological degradation. However, quantitative assessments linking urbanization and ecologi...

Abstract B and T lymphocyte attenuator (BTLA) and herpes virus entry mediator (HVEM) are emerging immune checkpoint molecules implicated in immune dysregulation during critical illness. We investigated the prognostic rel...

This study characterizes wet and dry conditions in southern South America, defined through the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI), considering short and long timescales. Prior to analysis, a regio...

The paper focuses on the analysis of meat consumption patterns and the level and structure of consumption of individual types of meat, on segmenting consumers according to consumption patterns and determining the key fac...

Forest fires in the Amazon, particularly in protected areas, pose significant challenges related to CO _2 emissions and deforestation. This study aimed to evaluate fire foci and their driving factors in the Jamanxim Nati...

Although soil C is a critical component of soil health, studies robustly exploring the agronomic and pedoclimatic effects on soil C are limited, especially at the landscape scale. Therefore, a dataset of 1490 topsoil ...

Traditional rice varieties are known to exhibit anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, anti-cancer, and cardioprotective properties due to their nutritional profile and diverse phytochemical composition. The pre...

Background: Barrett's esophagus (BE) represents a critical precancerous lesion arising from chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), with significant risk of progression to esophageal adenocarcinoma. Despite advan...

Intra-specific color variation is often underestimated by researchers, and among mammalian species, intra-specific differences in coloration are poorly documented for most species. The main goal of this study was to appl...

O objetivo deste estudo é descrever a construção e validação de uma escala de satisfação em relacionamento de casal, composta por subescalas capazes de medir aspectos componentes da satisfação com relacionamento...

BackgroundSarcopenia has a high incidence in older patients with sepsis and is closely associated with poor prognosis, but its metabolic characteristics under this specific stress state remain unclear. This study aims to...

The Jebel El Onk region presents a complex geological history, starting with Maastrichtian limestones. Early Paleocene subsidence intensified, leading to the deposition of thick marly horizons and black marl shales durin...

Abstract Primary endothelial cells (e.g., HUVEC) are essential in basic research and drug development, yet contradictory or poorly reproducible experimental results are common in the literature. We investigated whether s...

Abstract Background Radiomics analysis of 18F-FDG PET/CT enables extraction of high-dimensional quantitative features that may serve as imaging biomarkers for tumor biology. In particular, in non-small cell lung cancer (...

Abstract The purpose of this study was to use 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) to quantify taste-active and bioactive compounds in chicken breasts and thighs from Korean native chicken (KNC) [newly developed KNCs (...

ABSTRACT The current study aimed to identify the variables that best explain performance using Principal Component Analysis (PCA), in addition to detecting gastrointestinal proteins, amylase, and lipase in juvenile tamba...

Abstract This study investigated the effects of ultra-ground seaweed powders (USP) on the physicochemical properties (proximate composition, mineral contents, pH, color, shear force, sensory evaluation, electronic nose, ...

After 1950s, a continuous decline in the population of Oryctolagus cuniculus has urged the IUCN to declare it an endangered species. There is a serious need to take conservational steps for Oryctolagus cuniculus breeds b...

The article contains a feasibility analysis of using big data of payment systems for building forecasting models for the dynamics of consumer demand as a core factor of the retail turnover. The relevance of this research...

Lakes play an important role in biogeochemical, ecological and hydrological processes in the river-floodplain system. The aim of this study was to evaluate the dynamics of the limnological conditions of Catalão Lake, an...

Sensorimotor synchronization (SMS) is a form of referential behavior in which an action is coordinated with a predictable external stimulus. The neural bases of the synchronization ability remain unknown, even in the sim...

ABSTRACT Sexual dimorfism refers to morphological differences between males and females of a species. It may be a result of different selection pressures acting on either or both sexes and may occur in any sexually-repro...

Peronema canescens Jack is a species of tropical plant utilized for its empirical applications, such as an antipyretic, antimalarial, immune stimulant, cold medicine, and mouthwash for its antiseptic properties. The obje...

Abstract Residues of pharmaceuticals are gradually accumulating in surface water resources because of the disposal of wastewater effluent. For the present study, four surface water resources (rivers and streams) that rec...