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• A new comprehensive approach for regional drought monitoring.

  Authors:Rizwan Niaz, Mohammed M. A. Almazah, Ijaz Hussain, Muhammad Faisal, A. Y. Al-Rezami, and Mohammed A. NaserFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 10) Peer-Reviewed

  May 3, 20228,174 words Article 1270LThe Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) is a vital component of meteorological drought. Several researchers have been using SPI in their studies to develop new methodologies for drought assessment, monitoring, and...

• Microbial communities in carbonate precipitates from drip waters in Nerja Cave, Spain.

  Authors:Valme Jurado, Yolanda Del Rosal, Concepcion Jimenez de Cisneros, Cristina Liñan, Tamara Martin-Pozas, Jose Luis Gonzalez-Pimentel, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 10) Peer-Reviewed

  May 3, 20229,970 words Article 1290LResearch on cave microorganisms has mainly focused on the microbial communities thriving on speleothems, rocks and sediments; however, drip water bacteria and calcite precipitation has received less attention. In this...

• Glucocorticoids induce osteonecrosis of the femoral head in rats via PI3K/AKT/FOXO1 signaling pathway.

  Authors:Fei Sun, Jian Lin Zhou, Si Xing Wei, Ze Wen Jiang, and Hao PengFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 10) Peer-Reviewed

  May 3, 20226,139 words Article 1280LBackground Steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head (SONFH) is a disorder that causes severe disability in patients and has a high incidence worldwide. Although glucocorticoid (GC)-induced apoptosis of...

• Integrated lipidomics and RNA sequencing analysis reveal novel changes during 3T3-L1 cell adipogenesis.

  Authors:Yangli Pei, Yuxin Song, Bingyuan Wang, Chenghong Lin, Ying Yang, Hua Li, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 10) Peer-Reviewed

  May 3, 20225,949 words Article 1370LAfter adipogenic differentiation, key regulators of adipogenesis are stimulated and cells begin to accumulate lipids. To identify specific changes in lipid composition and gene expression patterns during 3T3-L1 cell...

• The association of plasma osteoprotegerin levels and functional outcomes post endovascular thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke patients: a retrospective observational study.

  Authors:Moo-Seok Park, Jin-Hee Park, Ahran Joo, Yoonkyung Chang, and Tae-Jin SongFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 10) Peer-Reviewed

  May 3, 20226,010 words Article 1500LBackground Osteoprotegerin (OPG), also known as osteoclastogenesis inhibitory factor, is a tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily component. There is an established relationship between OPG and cardiovascular...

• Climate change influences on the geographic distributional potential of the spotted fever vectors Amblyomma maculatum and Dermacentor andersoni.

  Authors:Abdelghafar Alkishe and A. Townsend PetersonFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 10) Peer-Reviewed

  May 3, 20224,342 words Article 1440LAmblyomma maculatum (Gulf Coast tick), and Dermacentor andersoni (Rocky Mountain wood tick) are two North American ticks that transmit spotted fevers associated Rickettsia. Amblyomma maculatum transmits Rickettsia...

• Spatial heterogeneity of soil nutrients in Yili River Valley.

  Authors:Guojun Sun, Haijun Liu, Dong Cui, and Chunmei ChaiFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 10) Peer-Reviewed

  May 3, 20225,084 words Article 1410LSoil nutrients are a vital reference index of soil fertility and are essential in studying spatial variability for the development of land resources. The traditional statistical methods including correlation analysis and...

• Impact of length and width of footwear on foot structure of preschool-aged children.

  Authors:Ewa Puszczalowska-Lizis, Sabina Lizis, Magdalena Prusak, and Jaroslaw OmorczykFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 10) Peer-Reviewed

  May 3, 20226,310 words Article 1340LBackground Due to the dynamics of developmental changes, the preschool age is of crucial importance for the later health and efficiency of the feet. The aim of this study was the analysis of the fitting of indoor...

• Reassessment of Faxinalipterus minimus, a purported Triassic pterosaur from southern Brazil with the description of a new taxon.

  Authors:Alexander W.A. Kellner, Borja Holgado, Orlando Grillo, Flávio Augusto Pretto, Leonardo Kerber, Felipe Lima Pinheiro, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 10) Peer-Reviewed

  May 3, 202212,356 words Article 1100LFaxinalipterus minimus was originally described as a purported pterosaur from the Late Triassic (early Norian) Caturrita Formation of southern Brazil. Its holotype comprises fragmentary postcranial elements, whereas a...

• Spatiotemporal changes of eutrophication and heavy metal pollution in the inflow river system of Baiyangdian after the establishment of Xiongan New Area.

  Authors:Yibing Wang, Yang Wang, Wenjie Zhang, Xu Yao, Bo Wang, and Zheng WangFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 10) Peer-Reviewed

  May 3, 20229,234 words Article 1350LPollution in inflow rivers seriously endangers the water environment in downstream lakes. In this study, an inflow river system of the Baiyangdian-Fuhe river system (FRS) was investigated to display timely pollution...

• miR-9-5p promotes myogenic differentiation via the Dlx3/Myf5 axis.

  Authors:Liying Dong, Meng Wang, Xiaolei Gao, Xuan Zheng, Yixin Zhang, Liangjie Sun, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 10) Peer-Reviewed

  May 3, 20225,501 words Article 1410LMicroRNAs play an important role in myogenic differentiation, they bind to target genes and regulate muscle formation. We previously found that miR-9-5p, which is related to bone formation, was increased over time during...

• HIF1[alpha] is dispensable for oocyte development and female fertility in mice.

  Authors:Yujia Chen, Siyu Du, Zhenyue Huang, Longsen Han, and Qiang WangFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 10) Peer-Reviewed

  May 3, 20224,792 words Article 1280LBackground It has been thought that oocyte may develop in a low oxygen environment, as changes in follicle structure and formation of a fluid-filled antrum. The survival of hypoxic tissues is controlled by...

• The response of geophytes to continuous human foraging on the Cape south coast, South Africa and its implications for early hunter-gatherer mobility patterns.

  Authors:M. Susan Botha, Richard M. Cowling, Jan C. De Vynck, Karen J. Esler, and Alastair J. PottsFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 10) Peer-Reviewed

  May 3, 202210,077 words Article 1470LCurrent ecological understanding of plants with underground storage organs (USOs) suggests they have, in general, low rates of recruitment and thus as a resource it should be rapidly exhausted, which likely had...

• Network subgraph-based approach for analyzing and comparing molecular networks.

  Authors:Chien-Hung Huang, Efendi Zaenudin, Jeffrey J.P. Tsai, Nilubon Kurubanjerdjit, and Ka-Lok NgFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 10) Peer-Reviewed

  May 3, 202210,956 words Article 1360LMolecular networks are built up from genetic elements that exhibit feedback interactions. Here, we studied the problem of measuring the similarity of directed networks by proposing a novel alignment-free approach: the...