The maturity of cannabis flowers at harvest critically influences cannabinoid yield and product quality. However, conventional assessment methods rely on subjective visual inspection of trichomes and stigmas, making them inherently inconsistent. This...
The stigma exsertion rate (SER) is one of the important factors affecting the seed production of hybrid rice. In the genus Oryza, wild rice species usually show higher SERs than cultivars. We previously identified one novel SER-QTL, qSERg-1b, from th...
Background/Objectives: an estimated 1.8 billion people worldwide menstruate, and many face difficulties managing. Young adults often encounter stigma, exclusion, and a lack of resources to manage menstruation comfortably. A review of studies on colle...
Suicide is commonly approached through clinical and psychological frameworks centred on the individual, alongside social explanations emphasising collective conditions. These perspectives offer complementary leverage for understanding and preventing...
Despite the availability of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the United Kingdom (UK), uptake among men who have sex with men (MSM) remains inconsistent, signalling a persistent ‘PrEP Gap’. Empirical studies show the important role of ps...
The allopolyploid complexes in Crocus series Verni represent taxonomic challenges due to their variable or mostly overlapping morphology with one parental species. Moreover, their diploid ancestors remain unidentified, even with genome-wide SNP data....
19 March 2025
The impacts of COVID-19 among men who have sex with men (MSM), who face limited access to HIV services due to stigma, discrimination, and violence, need to be assessed and quantified in terms of HIV treatment outcomes for future pandemic preparedness...
The MADS-box transcription factors are known to be involved in several aspects of plant growth and development, especially in floral organ specification. However, little is known in eggplant. Here, 120 eggplant MADS-box genes were identified and cate...
13 March 2026
Background: Nurses, the largest segment of the global health workforce, play vital roles in managing disease outbreaks and boosting community resilience during public health emergencies. Purpose: This study explored the experiences of senior nurses i...
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have substantially improved outcomes in advanced melanoma but are frequently linked to immune-related adverse events (irAEs). Vitiligo is a common cutaneous irAE and has been consistently associated with improved p...
FT-interacting proteins (FTIPs) function in signal transduction and metabolite transport, which are important to plant growth, development, and reproduction. Their bioinformatic characteristics and functions in Medicago ruthenica, a forage crop used...
This paper revisits assimilation theory—developed to explain immigrant incorporation into U.S. society—and advances a reformulation centered on reciprocal assimilation. Classical models describe a linear convergence toward dominant Anglo-...
Background/Objectives: The TOPLESS (TPL) and TOPLESS-related (TPR) proteins represent a highly conserved class of transcriptional co-repressors in plants, playing pivotal roles in modulating growth, development, and stress responses through the repre...
Introgression lines (ILs) of eggplant (Solanum melongena) represent a resource of high value for breeding and the genetic analysis of important traits. We have conducted a phenotypic evaluation in two environments (open field and screenhouse) of 16 I...
Heading date (HD) is one of the agronomic traits that influence maturity, regional adaptability, and grain yield. The present study was a follow-up of a previous quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping study conducted on three populations, which uncove...
Purpose: Health disparities for minority groups include a low rate of physical activity and underserved urban minority youth with chronic disease are among the least active population segments, as exemplified by sickle cell disease (SCD). “Exer...
Background/Objectives: Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is characterised by progressive decline in language and communication. However, existing diagnostic frameworks and assessment tools are largely based on Indo-European languages, which limits th...
23 December 2016
Background & objectives: Despite the wide interest surrounding drug repurposing, no common terminology has been yet agreed for these products and their full potential value is not always recognised and rewarded, creating a disincentive for furthe...