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Original Research

Published on 14 May 2026

Associations of changes in waist-to-height ratio with all-cause mortality among Chinese older adults: a national cohort study

in Nutritional Epidemiology

Juanxia Miao
Xue Wang
Kun Huang
Yiwen Wang
Shuang Zang

Frontiers in Nutrition

doi 10.3389/fnut.2026.1839686

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Original Research

Published on 14 May 2026

Profiling dysregulated circRNA expression in diabetic retinopathy: elucidating putative mediators via a streptozotocin-induced mouse model

in Diabetes: Molecular Mechanisms

Conghui Zhang
Le Feng
Qian Li
Hongping Cui

Frontiers in Endocrinology

doi 10.3389/fendo.2026.1804009

300 views

Original Research

Published on 14 May 2026

Evaluating the diagnostic and prognostic utility of serum DLL1 in acute-on-chronic liver failure patients with bacterial infections

in Hepatobiliary Diseases

Juanjun Huang
Zhi Wang
Wei Zhu
Jian Chen

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2026.1735014

230 views

Original Research

Published on 14 May 2026

From desert margins to irrigated oases: spatiotemporal dynamics and driving mechanisms of integrated ecological risk in an arid river basin using coupled RSEI-LERI and XGBoost-SHAP frameworks (2001–2025)

in Conservation and Restoration Ecology

Yuanqing Cao
Huihui Wang
Xuan Chen
Zhanfeng Shen
Haoyu Wang
Maolin Li

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2026.1835673

212 views

Original Research

Published on 14 May 2026

The effect of staphylococcal infection on cathelicidin and β-defensin mRNA levels in epithelial cells lining the mammary gland cistern

in Cytokines and Soluble Mediators in Immunity

Emilia Bagnicka
Adrianna Szprynca
Ewa Kościuczuk
Justyna Jarczak
Magdalena Rzewuska
Tomasz Sakowski
Magdalena Zalewska

Frontiers in Immunology

doi 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1804785

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Original Research

Published on 14 May 2026

An ultrasonographic tumor location-based model for predicting central lymph node metastasis in unifocal papillary thyroid microcarcinoma

in Thyroid Endocrinology

Nan Pang
Ranglamu Cai
Wenhui Zhang
Ruoyao Zhang
Qian Sun
Yuyuan Huang
Jie Zhang

Frontiers in Endocrinology

doi 10.3389/fendo.2026.1785660

574 views

Case Report

Published on 14 May 2026

Case Report: Long-term survival with erlotinib for lung cancer with secondary leptomeningeal carcinomatosis

in Thoracic Oncology

Diego Neira
Paloma Ruiz
Barbara Nuñez
Gonzalo Navarrete
Rodrigo Vasquez
Luis Villanueva
Olga Barajas

Frontiers in Oncology

doi 10.3389/fonc.2026.1739717

187 views

Review

Published on 14 May 2026

Advances in cryptococcal infections-associated immunopathology and potential therapeutic strategies

in Pharmacology of Infectious Diseases

Nadezhda Sachivkina
Sarmistha Saha
Regina Gurina
Olga Kuznetsova
Natallia Zhabo
Marina Avdonina
Olga Pilshchikova

Frontiers in Pharmacology

doi 10.3389/fphar.2026.1776489

365 views

Original Research

Published on 14 May 2026

SSD-12 somatic symptom disorder scale: replication of validation and introduction of a parent version SSD-12-P

in Psychopathology

Marlene Abel
Stefanie M. Jungmann

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1816120

299 views

Original Research

Published on 14 May 2026

Effect of stress-induced hyperglycaemia on clinical outcome in paitients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

in Coronary Artery Disease

Kaidong Zeng
Zhixiong Liao
Yanming Du
Jianping Ding

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

doi 10.3389/fcvm.2026.1763222

329 views

Original Research

Published on 14 May 2026

Clinical characterization and molecular analysis of X-linked juvenile retinoschisis in a northern Chinese cohort

in Genetics of Common and Rare Diseases

Huihui Sun
Jindou Shi
Jiancang Wang
Suling Yang
Xiexie Liu
Peiyao Jin
Zheng Zheng

Frontiers in Genetics

doi 10.3389/fgene.2026.1796743

363 views

Original Research

Published on 14 May 2026

Microplastic contamination in remote mountain lakes of the americas: a baseline assessment from Patagonia and Northern California

in Environmental Toxicology

María B. Alfonso
Facundo Scordo
Carina Seitz
Andrés H. Arias
Ana C. Ronda
Gian M. Mavo Manstretta
Sudeep Chandra
Gerardo M. E. Perillo
María C. Piccolo

Frontiers in Toxicology

doi 10.3389/ftox.2026.1851245

358 views

Perspective

Published on 14 May 2026

Rethinking Germany’s energy transition: a role for nuclear power to meet climate targets and keep economic competitiveness

in Nuclear Reactor Design

Friedbert Pflüger

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1837826

442 views

Original Research

Published on 14 May 2026

Association of organ dysfunction trajectories and major adverse cardiovascular events using clinical obesity in UK Biobank

in Cardiovascular Endocrinology

Yohwan Lim
Su Kyoung Lee

Frontiers in Endocrinology

doi 10.3389/fendo.2026.1844870

271 views

Original Research

Published on 14 May 2026

Development of novel quality control charts for individual observations using Haar and Dmey wavelet transforms

in Statistics and Probability

Azzah Mustafa Abdulqader
Jihan Fakhre Salih
Taha Hussein Ali

Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics

doi 10.3389/fams.2026.1765200

303 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 14 May 2026

A case study of sea turtle hybridization in the north-western Caribbean verified by mitochondrial and multilocus nuclear sequences

in Marine Biology

Iván G. Hernández-Ávila
Danielle E. Leeman-Suastegui
Víctor H. Beltrán-Ramírez
Juan C. Sanabria-Juárez
Jatziri Y. Montero-Bautista
Gerardo A. Rivas-Hernández

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2026.1827717

266 views

Articles

Associations of changes in waist-to-height ratio with all-cause mortality among Chinese older adults: a national cohort study

Profiling dysregulated circRNA expression in diabetic retinopathy: elucidating putative mediators via a streptozotocin-induced mouse model

Evaluating the diagnostic and prognostic utility of serum DLL1 in acute-on-chronic liver failure patients with bacterial infections

From desert margins to irrigated oases: spatiotemporal dynamics and driving mechanisms of integrated ecological risk in an arid river basin using coupled RSEI-LERI and XGBoost-SHAP frameworks (2001–2025)

The effect of staphylococcal infection on cathelicidin and β-defensin mRNA levels in epithelial cells lining the mammary gland cistern

An ultrasonographic tumor location-based model for predicting central lymph node metastasis in unifocal papillary thyroid microcarcinoma

Case Report: Long-term survival with erlotinib for lung cancer with secondary leptomeningeal carcinomatosis

Advances in cryptococcal infections-associated immunopathology and potential therapeutic strategies

SSD-12 somatic symptom disorder scale: replication of validation and introduction of a parent version SSD-12-P

Effect of stress-induced hyperglycaemia on clinical outcome in paitients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

Clinical characterization and molecular analysis of X-linked juvenile retinoschisis in a northern Chinese cohort

Microplastic contamination in remote mountain lakes of the americas: a baseline assessment from Patagonia and Northern California

Rethinking Germany’s energy transition: a role for nuclear power to meet climate targets and keep economic competitiveness

Association of organ dysfunction trajectories and major adverse cardiovascular events using clinical obesity in UK Biobank

Development of novel quality control charts for individual observations using Haar and Dmey wavelet transforms

A case study of sea turtle hybridization in the north-western Caribbean verified by mitochondrial and multilocus nuclear sequences