Article
Geography, Physical
Samuel T. Turvey, Vijay Sathe, Jennifer J. Crees, Advait M. Jukar, Prateek Chakraborty, Adrian M. Lister
Summary: Understanding the dynamics of late Quaternary megafaunal extinctions in India is challenging due to taxonomic uncertainty and lack of reliable chronological data. Further research and exploration are needed to accurately reconstruct regional extinction patterns.
QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2021)
Review
Oncology
Samah Mutasim Alfadul, Egor M. Matnurov, Alexander E. Varakutin, Maria V. Babak
Summary: Metal complexes are potential alternatives to small organic molecules for cancer treatment. The structure of metal complexes can be easily modified due to the variety of metal oxidation states and geometries. This article aims to discuss their potential as p53-targeting drugs.
Article
Forestry
Felipe Balocchi, Michael J. Wingfield, Trudy Paap, Rodrigo Ahumada, Irene Barnes
Summary: The Araucariaceae is a family of ancient conifers containing iconic tree species from diverse parts of the world. Many of these species have experienced significant reduction in natural populations due to human disturbances, resulting in most species being at some level of extinction risk. In recent decades, several diseases have emerged on trees in this family, revealing a lack of knowledge regarding the factors impacting the health of Araucariaceae. Globalization and climate change are potential threats that can affect the emergence of current and future diseases, and the limited research carried out on this topic highlights the need for further studies.
CURRENT FORESTRY REPORTS
(2022)
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Stanislaw H. Czyz
Summary: Information processing plays a crucial role in decision-making and reaction time, and different practice conditions can have an impact on this. Variable practice conditions prompt individuals to react more quickly and can positively affect the effectiveness of the decision-making process. Constant practice conditions limit the possibilities of choice and response, which may result in longer reaction times.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Guadalupe Garcia-Llatas, Dario Mercatante, Gabriel Lopez-Garcia, Maria T. Rodriguez-Estrada
Summary: Oxysterols are formed in foods during processing and storage, impacting the nutritional profile and health, and should be monitored for more realistic data. Further understanding of oxysterol absorption mechanism and metabolism, through bioavailability studies, could provide new insights for the food-health axis. Suitable technological solutions and antioxidants may help prevent in vivo oxidation.
CURRENT OPINION IN FOOD SCIENCE
(2021)
Review
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Aritra Bandyopadhyay, Ricardo L. S. Farias
Summary: This review discusses the progress in understanding the phase transitions of quark matter in the presence of a strong magnetic field and finite temperature. It covers topics such as Magnetic catalysis (MC), inverse magnetic catalysis (IMC), and modifications to the QCD effective models to reproduce observed phenomena. Emphasizing the importance of thermomagnetic effects on the NJL model coupling constant and its effectiveness in describing magnetized quark matter.
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL-SPECIAL TOPICS
(2021)
Review
Critical Care Medicine
Yuan-Wei Zhang, Yun-Feng Rui
Summary: Logsplitter injury, a proposed type of ankle joint injury, lacks definitive consensuses on diagnosis and management. Falls from height and traffic accidents are the top causes of injury, with clinical outcomes measured using AOFAS score. More multicenter research with larger sample size is needed to better understand and treat this novel concept.
INJURY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE CARE OF THE INJURED
(2021)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Kishor Aryal, Tek Maraseni, Armando Apan
Summary: This study systematically reviews the trade-offs in ecosystem services over the past 16 years, revealing issues such as geographical bias, limited involvement of government institutions, and a focus on biophysical constraints rather than utility function divergence among stakeholders. It also identifies conflicting ecosystem services pairs, major drivers, and stakeholders of trade-offs, and proposes research trajectories to guide the future direction of sustainability science.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Gongbing Shan
Summary: This paper provides an up-to-date overview of the biomechanical studies on soccer scoring techniques, including relevant discoveries, investigation directions, and methodology progresses. It also discusses the challenges faced by SST studies and aims to promote further research in this field.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Alison Cheung, Sidrah Shah, Jack Parker, Pavandeep Soor, Anu Limbu, Matin Sheriff, Stergios Boussios
Summary: This article provides an update on the clinical presentation, pathology, genetics, treatment, and survival of the main histological subtypes of non-epithelial ovarian cancers (NEOC), including germ cell tumors (GCT), sex cord-stromal tumors (SCST), and ovarian small cell carcinomas. It also discusses miRNA expression profiles of NEOC and reports ongoing clinical trials involving NEOC.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Management
Alexei Arbona, Sebastian Lopez-Estrada, Diego Prior, Josep Rialp
Summary: In this study, the impact of various types of private contributions to public schools on their performance is evaluated. It is argued that greater involvement of businesses in their social role is crucial for accelerating development goals. While existing literature has measured the effects of private aid to education on an individual level, this study provides an aggregate measure of simultaneous interventions. Using a benchmarking approach on a sample of 269,117 Colombian students from 1,224 schools, with 53% receiving some form of assistance, the findings suggest that stimulating companies to participate in solving development problems and considering social criteria can improve resource allocative efficiency. The study also highlights the need for a consistent accountability process to quantify the real impact of these contributions.
JOURNAL OF THE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY
(2023)
Review
Anatomy & Morphology
Amir Hossein Mohammadi, Mohammad Karimian, Hamed Mirzaei, Alireza Milajerdi
Summary: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a chronic, severe disabling neuropsychiatric disorder with unclear pathophysiology. It usually manifests in pre-adult years and affects various aspects of life, including work and social relationships. While evidence suggests genetic factors in the etiology of OCD, the mechanisms are not fully understood. Thus, exploring the interplay between genes and environmental risk factors through epigenetic mechanisms is important. This review focuses on the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of OCD, specifically examining the regulation of crucial genes in the central nervous system to identify potential biomarkers.
BRAIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION
(2023)
Review
Virology
Michalina Bartak, Anna Slonska, Marcin W. Banbura, Joanna Cymerys
Summary: SDAV is known to cause infections in laboratory rats, while research on its infections is lacking. The Coronavirus family has been once again proven to be dangerous etiological agents of human zoonoses, highlighting the importance of characterizing SDAV infections.
Article
Business
Weng Marc Lim, Sheau-Fen Yap, Marian Makkar
Summary: This paper reviews and proposes an agenda for home sharing in marketing and tourism through a framework-based systematic review, providing an overview of the theories, contexts, and methods employed to gain this understanding. It concludes by discussing the extant knowledge gaps and suggesting ways to address them for future research in marketing and tourism on home sharing.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Plant Sciences
Sofia Daniela Reposi, Adan Alberto Avalos, Marina Maria Gotelli, Sandra Silvina Aliscioni, Juan Pablo Torretta
Summary: This study gathered existing information on the reproductive biology, megagametophyte development, and apomixis of Malpighiaceae species. It found limited and fragmented knowledge about the reproductive biology of these species and emphasized the need for further research on inter-population variations to understand their evolutionary traits and mechanisms of population differentiation.
PLANT SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Christian Gluck, Sangwon Min, Akinsola Oyelakin, Kirsten Smalley, Satrajit Sinha, Rose-Anne Romano
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
J. M. Rizzo, A. Oyelakin, S. Min, K. Smalley, J. Bard, W. Luo, J. Nyquist, E. Guttman-Yassky, T. Yoshida, A. De Benedetto, L. A. Beck, S. Sinha, R-A Romano
CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION
(2016)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sangwon Min, Eun-Ah Christine Song, Akinsola Oyelakin, Christian Gluck, Kirsten Smalley, Rose-Anne Romano
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Christopher A. Jackson, Neelu Yadav, Sangwon Min, Jun Li, Eric J. Milliman, Jun Qu, Yin-Chu Chen, Michael C. Yu
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Eun-Ah Christine Song, Sangwon Min, Akinsola Oyelakin, Kirsten Smalley, Jonathan E. Bard, Lan Liao, Jianming Xu, Rose-Anne Romano
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2018)
Article
Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
A. Oyelakin, E. A. C. Song, S. Min, J. E. Bard, J. Kann, E. Horeth, K. Smalley, J. M. Kramer, S. Sinha, R. A. Romano
JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH
(2019)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sangwon Min, Akinsola Oyelakin, Christian Gluck, Jonathan E. Bard, Eun-Ah Christine Song, Kirsten Smalley, Monika Che, Elsa Flores, Satrajit Sinha, Rose-Anne Romano
Article
Immunology
Akinsola Oyelakin, Erich Horeth, Eun-Ah Christine Song, Sangwon Min, Monika Che, Brandon Marzullo, Christopher J. Lessard, Astrid Rasmussen, Lida Radfar, R. Hal Scofield, David M. Lewis, Donald U. Stone, Kiely Grundahl, Scott S. De Rossi, Zoya Kurago, A. Darise Farris, Kathy L. Sivils, Satrajit Sinha, Jill M. Kramer, Rose-Anne Romano
Summary: Primary Sjogren's syndrome is a systemic autoimmune disease primarily affecting women, leading to loss of saliva and tears. Currently, there is no effective cure due to limited understanding of disease etiology and pathology.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
C. Gluck, S. Min, A. Oyelakin, M. Che, E. Horeth, E. A. C. Song, J. Bard, N. Lamb, S. Sinha, R. A. Romano
Summary: This study identified critical enhancers and super-enhancers of the mouse submandibular salivary gland through chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing experiments. Additionally, it uncovered transcription factors that are likely to play important roles in SMG biology.
JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Immunology
Erich Horeth, Akinsola Oyelakin, Eun-Ah Christine Song, Monika Che, Jonathan Bard, Sangwon Min, Jeremy Kiripolsky, Jill M. Kramer, Satrajit Sinha, Rose-Anne Romano
Summary: Sjogren's Syndrome is a chronic autoimmune disease affecting salivary and lacrimal glands. RNA sequencing and single-cell RNA sequencing have revealed important pathways and regulatory networks in the pathobiology of SS, as well as the diversity in activated state of salivary gland epithelial cells.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Ophthalmology
Thomas M. Malikowski, Jessica B. Bosch, Sangwon Min, Michael E. Duffey, Sangita P. Patel
INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE
(2014)
