Assessment of L-cysteine Reductase Activity as an Indicator of Soil Health in Different Climatic Zones After Pollution by Oil.

The sulfur cycle in the soil regulates many vital processes in plants since it enters the composition of amino acids, vitamins, phytochelatins, and other substances. Soils of different climatic zones have different physicochemical properties and sulfur reserves, which, therefore, stipulates various activities of soil enzymes. The aim of the study was the assessment of L-cysteine reductase activity as an indicator of soil health in different climatic zones after oil pollution: semi-desert types, steppe types and forest types of soils.

Comparison of Kettlebell and Cycling Exercise on Heart Rate Variability.

Background: Kettlebells, dating back to 1703 in Russia, offer a full-body workout for strength, endurance, and flexibility. They activate back and hip musculature, reduce low back injury risk, and improve postural coordination. Cycling induces muscle hypertrophy, guiding exercise prescription.

Some Open Mathematical Problems on Fullerenes.

Fullerenes are hollow carbon molecules where each atom is connected to exactly three other atoms, arranged in pentagonal and hexagonal rings. Mathematically, they can be combinatorially modeled as planar, 3-regular graphs with facets composed only of pentagons and hexagons. In this work, we outline a few of the many open questions about fullerenes, beginning with the problem of generating fullerenes randomly.

Prevalence of homologous recombination deficiency among women with newly diagnosed ovarian, primary peritoneal, and/or fallopian tube cancer: the international HALO study.

Objective: The HALO study (NCT04991051) determined the prevalence of homologous recombination deficiency and its associated factors in patients with high-grade serous/endometrioid ovarian, primary peritoneal, and/or fallopian tube cancers across Asia, the Middle East, and Russia.

Methods: This multinational, cross-sectional, real-world study enrolled adult women with newly diagnosed stage III or IV high-grade serous/endometrioid ovarian, primary peritoneal, and/or fallopian tube cancers. Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor blocks were collected within 120 days of enrollment.

Opposite causal effects of type 2 diabetes and metformin on Alzheimer's disease.

Background: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is commonly co-morbid with Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, it remains unclear whether T2D itself or the antidiabetic drug metformin contributes to the progression of AD.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the overall and independent effects of T2D and metformin use on the risk of AD.

Atomic Structure, Dynamics, Changes in Chemical Bonding and Semiconductor-Metal Transition in SbSe: A Remarkable Material for Quantum Networks and Energy Applications.

Antimony sesquiselenide has become an outstanding functional material for photovoltaics, energy storage and transformation, memory and photonic applications. SbSe is one of the most successful emerging solar light absorbers and has also been identified as a highly promising ultralow-loss phase-change material (PCM) for next-generation coherent nanophotonic processors, photonic tensor cores, quantum and neuromorphic networks. Unlike benchmark telluride PCMs, SbSe features a quasi-one-dimensional (1D) crystalline structure consisting of (Sb Se) ribbons, lacks the typical PCM chemical bonding, and undergoes an extended semiconductor-metal transition above the melting point.

Reducing risks through regulatory cooperation: A review of bilateral regulatory cooperation between the Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority and corresponding authorities in countries of the former Soviet Union.

The Norwegian government has maintained a plan of action on nuclear safety and security for over 25 years. The need for such a plan grew from extensive nuclear activities during the Cold War, both civil and military, that led eventually to significant amounts of radioactive waste and nuclear material being stored in unsafe conditions in northwest Russia. As part of the program to implement the plan of action, the Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority has maintained a program of bilateral regulatory cooperation with corresponding authorities in countries of the former Soviet Union for over 25 years.

Beliefs in Misinformation About COVID-19 and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Are Linked: Evidence From a Nationally Representative Survey Study.

Background: Detrimental effects of misinformation were observed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Presently, amid Russia's military aggression in Ukraine, another wave of misinformation is spreading on the web and impacting our daily lives, with many citizens and politicians embracing Russian propaganda narratives. Despite the lack of an objective connection between these 2 societal issues, anecdotal observations suggest that supporters of misinformation regarding COVID-19 (BM-C) have also adopted misinformation about the war in Ukraine (BM-U) while sharing similar media use patterns and political attitudes.

The role of psychoeducation for the physical and mental health of future specialists in wartime conditions.

Objective: Aim: The aim is to analyze the possibilities of coaching technologies for training future specialists in the field of education for sustainable development in war conditions, to characterise the role of psychoeducation in this process..

Patients And Methods: Materials and Methods: The research used a number of scientific methods: general scientific (analysis, synthesis, generalization), specific search, and analysis of the source base, made it possible to determine the general trends in the study of the problem of the psychoeducation in the process of professional training of future specialists for sustainable development in wartime conditions, analyze the achievements of Ukrainian and foreign scientists, to distinguish the common and the different in the scientific research of scientists.

The clade in the Holarctic region: existing names evaluated and seven new species described.

is a commonly reported species, characterized by a yellow pileus, yellow colors on the stipe, pleurocystidia provided with digitiform excrescences, and a pileipellis composed of long, fusiform elements. Several species related to have been described from the temperate and boreal areas of the Northern Hemisphere, and previous phylogenetic studies have shown that more than one species can be recognized around , but it was unclear how many, or which names, would be correct for them. We studied 141 holarctic collections in the /leoninus clade and available type collections of species in this group.

Gilteritinib versus salvage chemotherapy in predominantly Asian patients with relapsed/refractory FLT3-mutated acute myeloid leukemia: a regional analysis of COMMODORE in China, South-East Asia, and Russia.

The COMMODORE study demonstrated the efficacy and safety of gilteritinib versus salvage chemotherapy (SC) treatment in a predominantly Asian population with relapsed/refractory (R/R) FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3)-mutated() acute myeloid leukemia (AML); here we present an exploratory analysis of the study stratified by region (China, South-East Asia and Russia). COMMODORE was a Phase 3, open-label, randomized (1:1), multicenter trial. There were 151, 50, and 33 patients in the China, South-East Asia, and Russia cohorts, respectively.

Global Burden of Major Chronic Liver Diseases in 2021.

Background: This study utilised the Global Burden of Disease data (2010-2021) to analyse the rates and trends in point prevalence, annual incidence and years lived with disability (YLDs) for major chronic liver diseases, such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, metabolic dysfunction-associated liver disease, cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases.

Methods: Age-standardised rates per 100,000 population for prevalence, annual incidence and YLDs were compared across regions and countries, as well as the socio-demographic index (SDI). Trends were expressed as percentage changes (PC) and estimates were reported with uncertainty intervals (UI).

Unveiling the physical mechanisms underpinning bandgap variations in chalcopyrite crystals (ABX) using interpretable artificial intelligence.

We propose an interpretable AI approach integrating hybrid DFT, symbolic regression, and data mining to predict chalcopyrite (ABX) bandgaps. Key factors, including atomic size, molar volume, and electron affinity, are identified, offering insights into bandgap-composition relationship and guiding high-performance materials design.

Handgrip strength and endurance in female healthcare professional workers.

. The first aim of this study was to examine the differences between dominant and non-dominant hand and finger muscle contractile abilities. The secondary aim was to assess the relationship between variables used in assessing healthcare workers' hand and finger muscle contractile abilities.

The function of T cells in immune thrombocytopenia.

Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an autoimmune disease, characterized by increased bleeding due to a reduced platelet count. The pathogenesis of ITP is very complex and involves autoantibody production and T-cell-mediated immune abnormalities. An imbalance of effector and regulatory CD4 T cells and the breach of tolerance primarily cause ITP, leading to the dysfunctional development of autoreactive Th cells (including Th1, Th2, and Th17 cells) and Tregs.

Trend analysis of pediatric urolithiasis prevalence from 1990 to 2021 in the BRICS.

Background: The increasing epidemiological trend of pediatric urolithiasis over the past three decades has brought it to the forefront of public health attention. An analysis of the disease burden in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) countries, which share common characteristics such as large population base and limited public health resources, will provide an important reference for global public health policy development. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the trend of the prevalence of pediatric urolithiasis in BRICS countries during 1990-2021, which in turn will provide more valuable information for them and the world in the prevention and treatment of pediatric urolithiasis.

Updates in breathomics behavior in ischemic heart disease and heart failure, mass-spectrometry.

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and associated sequalae remain the leading cause of disability worldwide. Ischemic heart disease (IHD) and heart failure are the most common etiologies of morbidity and mortality worldwide. This is due to the poor diagnostic and management methods for heart failure and IHD.

A new remarkable representative of Uropodina mites from Seychelles (Acari, Mesostigmata, Trematuridae).

A new genus, (Mesostigmata: Uropodina: Trematuridae), with as its type species, is described, based on a female, males, and deutonymphs collected in soil samples from the Seychelle Islands. The new genus belongs to the family Trematuridae based on the shape of the corniculi, gnathosomal setae, tritosternum and chelicerae. Members of the new genus bear a preanal suture on the ventral shield, two pairs or more pairs of wide, robust and sword-like setae on the caudal part of the dorsal shield, very dense setation on the caudal area of the marginal shield and an incision on the anterior part of the dorsal shield.

Potassium channel-mediated NO-induced vasodilation during maturation: Dominance of Kv7 channels.

Maturation represents a process characterized by adaptive changes, particularly in the circulatory system. However, it is not known whether, in neonates, potassium channels contribute to NO-induced vasorelaxation at all and, if so, which potassium channels these are. Therefore, this study tested the hypothesis that potassium channels mediate NO-induced vasorelaxation in newborn rats.

Mutational pressure promotes release of public CD8 T cell epitopes by proteasome from SARS-CoV-2 RBD of Omicron and its current lineages.

The COVID-19 pandemic was the most dramatic in the newest history with nearly 7 million deaths and global impact on mankind. Here, we report binding index of 305 human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules from 18,771 unique haplotypes of 28,104 individuals to 821 peptides experimentally observed from spike protein receptor binding domain (RBD) of five main SARS-CoV-2 strains hydrolyzed by human proteasomes with constitutive and immune catalytic phenotypes. Our data read that mutations in the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (hACE2)-binding region RBD of Omicron B.

Population Structure of the Invasive Asian Tiger Mosquito, , in Europe.

The Asian tiger mosquito, , is currently the most widespread invasive mosquito species in the world. It poses a significant threat to human health, as it is a vector for several arboviruses. We used a SNP chip to genotype 748 mosquitoes from 41 localities across Europe, 28 localities in the native range in Asia, and 4 in the Americas.

Laparoscopic versus open parenchymal preserving liver resections in the posterosuperior segments (ORANGE Segments): a multicentre, single-blind, randomised controlled trial.

Background: An increasing number of liver resections are performed laparoscopically, while laparoscopic resection of lesions in the posterosuperior segments is technically challenging. We aimed to assess the outcomes of laparoscopic and open parenchymal preserving resection of lesions in the posterosuperior segments in a randomised controlled trial.

Methods: In this multicentre, patient-blinded, superiority randomised controlled trial, patients requiring parenchymal preserving liver resection for tumours in segment 4a, 7, or 8 were enrolled at 17 centres and randomised 1:1 to laparoscopic or open surgery using a minimisation scheme stratifying for centre and lesion size.

Personalized immunization against Mpox Clades I and Ib: Strategies to combat the emerging epidemic.

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is a zoonotic virus of the genus, with recent outbreaks of Clade I and Ib in Central Africa presenting a considerable global health threat. This study reviews current Mpox immunization approaches, focusing on the MVA-BN, LC16-KMB, and OrthopoxVac vaccines. MVA-BN vaccination has been successful in lowering infection risks, particularly in high-risk individuals and is widely used in the USA.