Research on cephalopod early ontogeny has significantly advanced in recent decades, including embryo organogenesis and neurogenesis and early behavioural adaptations, particularly in commercially important and coastal species. Within this context, here we compiled current knowledge on the collection, handling and care under experimental conditions and monitoring in the field of cephalopod eggs and egg masses. It covers field o...

Purpose Breast cancer is a significant global health issue, with resistance to doxorubicin (DOX) posing a major challenge to effective treatment. SUMOylation, a post-translational modification process, is linked to cancer progression and therapy resistance. PIAS4, a SUMO E3 ligase involved in maintaining genome stability and stress response, may play a role in these mechanisms. However, its function in breast cancer progressio...

This study examines changes in flooding characteristics in Lagos, Nigeria, through comparative analysis of major flooding events in July 2011 and July 2021. Satellite data from NASA’s IMERG and MODIS platforms were used to analyse precipitation patterns, aerosol concentrations, and land surface temperatures through spatial autocorrelation and regression analysis. The comparison reveals substantial changes in flood characterist...

In the United States, colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality rates are higher in African Americans compared to non-Hispanic whites, partly due to advanced stage cancer diagnosis. Timely CRC screening helps to increase CRC early detection and survival in this population. The objective of this monitoring study was to survey African American patients of Community Health Centers (CHC) in north Florida and to monitor CRC screening adher...

Dune Russet (COTX08063-2Ru) is the first French fry russet potato cultivar released by the Texas A&M Potato Breeding Program. It derives from a cross made by the Colorado State University Potato Program between Premier Russet and A99073-1 and was subsequently selected and advanced by the Texas Program. Dune Russet has oblong potato tubers with light russet skin texture and white flesh. It is characterized by having excellent F...

6-Cyanodopamine (6-CYD) is a recently identified endogenous catecholamine that exerts positive chronotropic and inotropic actions, but its occurrence in vascular tissue and effects on vascular reactivity are unknown. In endothelium-intact and endothelium-denuded rabbit isolated aortic rings, we investigated the basal release of 6-CYD and its effects on aortic smooth muscle reactivity. 6-Cyanodopamine release was quantified by...

Here we examine the variability of precipitation in Iraq, focusing on the differences between arid and wet years as well as on the intensity of extreme events. This is done analysing several long precipitation records—84 years of monthly precipitation in four stations (1938–2023, except 2003 and 2004) and 19 years of daily precipitation data (2005–2023) in the Baghdad station—together with reanalysis weather data. The long tim...

An accurate medium-term streamflow forecast is one of the significant functions for managing and planning water resources. Considering the characteristics of trend, periodicity, and stochasticity of streamflow into account. So, this research aims to develop a new strategy, including a singular spectrum analysis (SSA) technique and a linear autoregressive (AR) model to predict monthly Tigris River streamflow data with three sce...