Bone-Specific Alkaline Phosphatase as a Complementary Diagnostic Marker for the Assessment of Children and Adolescents with Secondary Osteoporosis.

: With increasing cases of osteoporosis in children and adolescents, the need for timely diagnosis, management, and follow-up has become important. This study aimed to determine whether bone turnover markers (BTMs), particularly serum bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (BsALP) and serum C-telopeptide of collagen type 1 (CTx), accurately reflect BMD. : In this retrospective study, 280 post-puberty males and females who were previously diagnosed with hemato-oncologic, rheumatic, gastrointestinal, and endocrinologic diseases at a single tertiary care center were reviewed.

Estimation of optimal culture conditions for Gedaniella panicellus GPYS21 (Fragilariaceae) as a high-yield bioresource for palmitoleic acid and fucoxanthin production.

Gedaniella panicellus, a marine diatom belonging to the family Fragilariaceae, has not yet been explored for its biotechnological potential. This study aimed to optimize the growth of G. panicellus using response surface methodology and assess its cellular biochemical composition to verify the production of value-added compounds.

Beliefs and attitudes of family caregivers of People with dementia toward advance care planning: A Q methodology study.

Family caregivers' perspectives for advance care planning (ACP) are critically important to reflect the end-of-life wishes of people with dementia. Culture can influence ACP practice and people's perspectives toward it. Little is known about family caregivers' perspectives toward ACP in Asian countries, especially in Korea.

Enhancement of the phytoremediation performance in heavy metal-contaminated soil using a multifunctional EPS-producing bacterium Kosakonia sp. W18.

The use of exopolysaccharide (EPS)-producing bacteria for the phytoremediation of heavy metal-contaminated soil is emerging as a promising approach. This study explores the potential of Kosakonia sp. W18, an EPS-producing bacterium isolated from Suaeda japonica habitat, in the phytoremediation of heavy metal-contaminated soils.

Restored streams recover food web properties but with different scaling relationships when compared with natural streams.

Despite extensive studies revealing differences in the composition of aquatic assemblages between restored streams and natural or pre-restoration states, understanding the ecological consequences and trajectories of stream restoration remains challenging. Food webs are an important way of mapping biodiversity to ecosystem functioning by describing feeding linkages and energy transfer pathways. Describing food webs can provide ecological insights into stream restoration.