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Global burden and risk factors of male cancers from 1990 to 2021, with forecasts to 2040
Integrating protein language models and automatic biofoundry for enhanced protein evolution
A promising AI based super resolution image reconstruction technique for early diagnosis of skin cancer
Liquid-like spin dynamics in a hybrid Heisenberg-Ising antiferromagnet
Author Correction: Relationship between risk of oral frailty and awareness of oral frailty among community-dwelling adults: a cross-sectional study
Multi-ancestry meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies discovers 67 new loci associated with chronic back pain
Abstract This multi-ancestry meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) investigated the genetic factors underlying chronic back pain (CBP) in a sample from the Million Veteran Program comprised of 553,601 Veterans of African (19.2%), European (72.6%), and Hispanic (8.2%) ancestry. The results revealed novel (N = 67) and known (N = 20) genome-wide significant loci associated with CBP, with 43 independent variants replicating in a non-overlapping contemporary meta-GWAS of the spinal pain dorsalgia phenotype. The most significant novel variant was rs12533005 (chr7:114416000, p = 1.61 × 10−20, OR = 0.96 (95% CI: 0.95–0.97), EA = C, EAF = 0.39), in an intron of the FOXP2 gene. In silico functional characterization revealed enrichment in brain and pituitary tissues. Mendelian randomization analysis of 62 variants for CBP-MVP revealed 48 with causal links to dorsalgia. Notably, four genes (INPP5B, DRD2, HTT, SLC30A6) associated with these variants are targets of existing drugs. Our findings more than double the number of previously reported genetic predictors across all spinal pain phenotypes.
Author Correction: Network structures and mitigation potential of trade linked global agricultural greenhouse gas emissions
Holographic tomographic volumetric additive manufacturing
Abstract Several 3D light-based printing technologies have been developed that rely on the photopolymerization of liquid resins. A recent method, so-called Tomographic Volumetric Additive Manufacturing, allows the fabrication of microscale objects within tens of seconds without the need for support structures. This method works by projecting intensity patterns, computed via a reverse tomography algorithm, into a photocurable resin from different angles to produce a desired 3D shape when the resin reaches the polymerization threshold. Printing using incoherent light patterning has been previously demonstrated. In this work, we show that a light engine with holographic phase modulation unlocks new potential for volumetric printing. The light projection efficiency is improved by at least a factor 20 over amplitude coding with diffraction-limited resolution and its flexibility allows precise light control across the entire printing volume. We show that computer-generated holograms implemented with tiled holograms and point-spread-function shaping mitigates the speckle noise which enables the fabrication of millimetric 3D objects exhibiting negative features of 31 μm in less than a minute with a 40 mW light source in acrylates and scattering materials, such as soft cell-laden hydrogels, with a concentration of 0.5 million cells per mL.
Alterations and resilience of intestinal microbiota to increased water temperature are accompanied by the recovery of immune function in Nile tilapia
Unveiling charge utilization mechanisms in ferroelectric for water splitting
Abstract Charge separation is a critical process for achieving high photocatalytic efficiency, and ferroelectrics hold significant potential for facilitating effective charge separation. However, few studies have demonstrated substantial photocatalytic activity in these materials. In this study, we demonstrate that in ferroelectric PbTiO3, surface Ti vacancy defects near the positively polarized facets impede photocatalytic performance by trapping electrons and inducing their recombination. To tackle this issue, we selectively grew SrTiO3 nanolayers on the polarized facets PbTiO3, effectively mitigating interface Ti defects. This modification establishes a efficient electron transfer pathway at the interface between the positively polarized facets and the cocatalyst, extending the electron lifetime from 50 microseconds to the millisecond scale and significantly increasing electron participation in water-splitting reactions. Consequently, the apparent quantum yield for overall water splitting achieves the highest values reported to date for ferroelectric photocatalytic materials. This work provides an effective strategy for designing advanced ferroelectric photocatalytic systems.
Transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses of Tartary buckwheat roots during cadmium stress
Correction for Knight and Zhang, Residential mobility and persistently depressed voting among disadvantaged adults in a large housing experiment
The spatiotemporal transcriptional profiling of murine brain during cerebral malaria progression and after artemisinin treatment
Supplementing NSP enzymes in high concentrate diets can prevent foamy rumen bloat in goats
Human and mouse proteomics reveals the shared pathways in Alzheimer’s disease and delayed protein turnover in the amyloidome
Identification of ARF gene family and functional analysis of CqARF05 under drought and salt stress in quinoa
Conserved GTPase OLA1 promotes efficient translation on D/E-rich mRNA
Early life factors and variation in adult kidney function in the Swedish LifeGene cohort
Abstract Intrauterine fetal programming determines cardiorenal interaction later in life. We hypothesize that early life factors affect adult glomerular filtration rate and mean arterial pressure (MAP) directly or by interacting with postnatal growth trajectories. The population-based LifeGene study (Sweden) randomly recruited individuals aged 18 to 43 years ( n = 12 167). They filled in a web-questionnaire and performed health tests (including bioimpedance measurements). Birth weight (BW), gestational age (GA), head circumference (HC), and birth length data were acquired from the Swedish Medical Birth Register. Postnatal growth was determined from BWz-scores and adult fat mass index. Creatinine and cystatin C-based kidney function were calculated (eGFRcr, eGFRcysC). After adjusting for sex, GA, adult age, and eGFRcr, a 1SD increase in BWz-score predicted a 1.15 mmHg increase in MAP. Meanwhile, every 1 cm decrease in HC was associated with an expected 0.29 mL/min/1.73m 2 decrease in eGFRcr. Lower birth weight-to-placenta ratio was inversely related to eGFRcysC ( p = 0.034). Postnatal down-regulation significantly affected a relatively lower eGFR but within normal range ( p < 0.001). The postnatal catch-up did not affect kidney function. This study reveals the complex interrelationship between early life factors and adult kidney function that could be directly and indirectly influenced by adult body fat accumulation.