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December 16, 2025

Biostimulant effects of titanium dioxide nanoparticles on germination and initial growth of tomato: evidence of hormesis

Víctor Hugo Carbajal-Vázquez, Libia Iris Trejo-Téllez, Jorge Luis Mejía-Méndez, Josafhat Salinas-Ruiz, Fernando Carlos Gómez-Merino

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20516

December 16, 2025

Experimental tests of habitat preferences in the Comal Springs dryopid beetle, Stygoparnus comalensis

Matthew R. Pintar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20507

December 16, 2025

Impact of bacterial culture medium on composition and characteristics of Burkholderia pseudomallei extracellular polymeric substances

Suthantip Srithabut, Thotsapol Chaianunporn, Sorujsiri Chareonsudjai, Pisit Chareonsudjai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20488

December 16, 2025

Multiomics analysis reveals flavonoid accumulation and biosynthesis across different cultivation years and localities of Gongronemopsis tenacissima (Dai-Bai-Jie)

Mengqi Wang, Yunxia Gu, Liming Shan, Chunyu Li, Ertai Yuan, Ge Li, Xiaoli Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20439

December 16, 2025

Effects of different rehydration temperatures on rehydration and nutritional quality of dried daylily

Pei-Zhuo Liu, Ya-Hui Wang, De-Bao Xu, Jing-Wen Li, Jie-Xia Liu, Li-Xiang Wang, Ai-Sheng Xiong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20408

December 16, 2025

Acclimation and degradation characteristic of the microbial system in corn straw

Jiang Yu, Chun Wang, Yuena Qi, Jie Lian, Zhenhua Yu, Guoquan Fan, Jianming Sun, Xitao Liu, Xiaofei Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20386

December 15, 2025

Development and characterization of SSR markers in Phoebe zhennan

Qing Liang, Yuhuan Jia, Ruxia Shi, Dan Zhao, Mei Luo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20434

December 12, 2025

gllvm 2.0: fast fitting of advanced ordination methods and joint species distribution models

Pekka Korhonen, Francis K.C. Hui, Jenni Niku, Sara Taskinen, Bert van der Veen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20338 PubMed 41403760

December 12, 2025

Revisiting the Poison Dart Frog Ameerega ingeri (Anura: Dendrobatidae): external morphology, tadpoles, natural history, distribution, advertisement call, phylogenetic position and conservation

Juan C. Diaz-Ricaurte, Alejandro Navarro-Morales, César Malambo, Junner F. González-Ibarra, Yulfreiler Garavito-David, Felipe Silva de Andrade, Mario A. Madrid-Ordoñez, Maykoll J. Parra-Olarte, Diego Huseth Ruiz-Valderrama, Betselene Murcia-Ordoñez, Amanda Varago, Diego J. Santana

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20078 PubMed 41403759

December 11, 2025

Retrospective on decadal progress of the NOAA/NPS ocean noise reference station network

Samara M. Haver, Robert P. Dziak, Leila T. Hatch, Joseph Haxel, Christopher Kavanagh, Haru Matsumoto, Megan F. McKenna, Lauren Roche, Sofie M. Van Parijs, Carrie C. Wall, Jason Gedamke

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20382 PubMed 41399651

December 11, 2025

Alleviation of cold stress impacts on grapes by the chitosan-salicylic acid nanocomposite (CS-SA NCs) application

Mohammad Ali Aazami, Lamia Vojodi Mehrabani, Mohammad Bagher Hassanpouraghdam, Farzad Rasouli, Gholam Reza Mahdavinia, Sona Skrovankova, Sezai Ercisli, Jiri Mlcek

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20368 PubMed 41399650

December 10, 2025

Human-mediated dispersal of Geniotrigona thoracica (Apidae: Meliponini) colonies promotes high genetic diversity and reduces population structuring in managed populations

Orawan Duangphakdee, Ekgachai Jeratthitikul, Pisit Poolprasert, Rujira Pongkitsittiporn, Chama Inson, Atsalek Rattanawannee

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20460 PubMed 41394416

December 10, 2025

High abundance of Early Miocene sea cows from Qatar shows repeated evolution of seagrass ecosystem engineers in Eastern Tethys

Nicholas D. Pyenson, Ferhan Sakal, Jacques LeBlanc, Jon Blundell, Katherine D. Klim, Christopher D. Marshall, Jorge Velez-Juarbe, Katherine Wolfe, Faisal Al-Naimi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20030 PubMed 41394419

December 9, 2025

Single-cell RNA-seq reveals breast cancer heterogeneity and identifies TCP1 as a therapeutic target in breast cancer

Houman Wu, Haiyang Du, Gao Si, Xuejie Song, Fuchun Si

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20451 PubMed 41394417

December 9, 2025

Knowledge, attitude, and practice toward perioperative neurocognitive disorders among healthcare workers in Shandong, China: a cross-sectional study

Ke Zhang, Xuefeng Gu, Xiaoru Li, Honghai Peng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20450 PubMed 41394412

December 9, 2025

Application of an interpretable machine learning model based on optimal feature selection for predicting triple-vessel coronary disease: a multicenter retrospective study

Ling Hou, Ke He, Jinbo Zhao, Ke Su, Changjiang Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20423 PubMed 41394415

December 9, 2025

Sex ratios in flux: seasonal dynamics and methodological insights in Rumex species

Barbara Pawełek, Dagmara Kwolek, Grzegorz Góralski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20391 PubMed 41394413

December 8, 2025

Chronic cervical instability in mice and rats: a reproducible model to simulate human intervertebral disc degeneration

Kewu Tu, Junhao Tan, Guanhai Zeng, Fuzhou Xu, Dongteng Liao, Weiqi Lu, Kun Zhao, Zhaomou Chen, Beidi Zhou, Xiangheng Dai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20465 PubMed 41394411

December 8, 2025

Effects and potential mechanisms of iron metabolism on vascular calcification

Hongyu Wang, Yanqiu Song, Qin Qin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20392 PubMed 41394423

December 8, 2025

In situ mechanical behavior of mineralized collagen fibrils in murine cortical bone is altered by aging and disuse

Fan Li, Fa Liu, Chenxi Ren, Shuyang Zhang, Zhe Wang, Pengfei Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20313 PubMed 41394421

December 5, 2025

Bond strength between layering ceramic and zirconia core: influence of various surface conditioning of zirconia

Abdulaziz A. AlHelal, Syed Rashid Habib, Saleh Alyousef, Nawaf Alhamzah, Meshal Alqahtani, Abdulaziz Alqahtani

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20480 PubMed 41368498

December 5, 2025

Development of a predictive model for severe hyperlipidemic acute pancreatitis based on LASSO regression: a retrospective study

Qingyu Zhang, Runping Han, Zhenxing Li, Kunfeng Yan, Xiaorong Dai, Gongchao Yu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20471 PubMed 41368506

December 5, 2025

Are we throwing away good data? Evaluation of chimera detection algorithms on long-read amplicons reveals high false-positive rates across algorithms

Ali Hakimzadeh, Vladimir Mikryukov, Martin Metsoja, Leho Tedersoo, Sten Anslan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20456 PubMed 41368503

December 5, 2025

Morpho-physiological traits and yield quality for cassava genotypes planted under drought during canopy establishment

Passamon Ittipong, Poramate Banterng, Nimitr Vorasoot, Sanun Jogloy, Piyada Theerakulpisut, Kochaphan Vongcharoen, Supranee Santanoo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20440 PubMed 41368507

December 5, 2025

Retrospective study on the clinical outcomes and characteristics of acute myeloid leukemia: different outcomes in the same risk group

Fanqiao Meng, Maoyuan Xiang, Huan Xie, Yu Liu, Yan Qi, Dongfeng Zeng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20436 PubMed 41368499