Effects of a 12-Week Semi-Immersive Virtual Reality-Based Exercise Program on the Quality of Life of Older Adults Across Different Age Groups: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Li-Ting Wang, Yu-Wen Wang

“…Each participant’s psychological QOL was assessed using the World Health Organization’s QOL Instrument-Older Adults Module (WHOQOL-OLD). Results: Compared with their CG counterparts, the EG older adults exhibited significantly higher QOL scores in four WHOQOL-OLD dimensions (i.e., sensory abilities, autonomy, social participation/isolation, and death and dying) and had a superior overall QOL. …”
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Steel Surface Defect Detection Based on Improved GCHS-YOLO Algorithm by Ruiqiang Guo, Peiyong Ji, Yapin Zhang, Jingqi Hu, Wenlong Liu, Xuejian Li, Min Li

“…Additionally, the Haar Wavelet Downsampling (HWD) module is incorporated to reduce the spatial resolution of feature maps while retaining important information. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of <i>Crithmum maritimum</i> and <i>Origanum dictamnus</i> Cultivation on an Extensive Urban Green Roof by Aikaterini N. Martini, Maria Papafotiou

“…Considering that urban horticulture benefits from green roof technology, the effects of substrate type (compost-perlite-pumice 3:3:4, <i>v/v</i> and compost-perlite-pumice-soil 3:3:2:2, <i>v</i>/<i>v</i>) and depth (7.5 cm and 15 cm) were comparatively evaluated in the cultivation of <i>Crithmum maritimum</i> and <i>Origanum dictamnus</i> on an urban green roof in modules that included a green roof infrastructure layering. …”
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CUL4-Based Ubiquitin Ligases in Chromatin Regulation: An Evolutionary Perspective by Makiko Nakagawa, Tadashi Nakagawa

“…Ubiquitylation is a post-translational modification that modulates protein function and stability. It is orchestrated by the concerted action of three types of enzymes, with substrate specificity governed by ubiquitin ligases (E3s), which may exist as single proteins or as part of multi-protein complexes. …”
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Anti-Inflammatory Prostanoids: Focus on the Interactions between Electrophile Signaling and Resolution of Inflammation by Beatriz Díez-Dacal, Dolores Pérez-Sala

“…Moreover, cellular redox status modulates cyPG addition to proteins; thus, a reciprocal regulation exists between these two factors. …”
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Model of quality of life in a group of people with chronic low back pain by Urszula Ziętalewicz, Kamilla Bargiel-Matusiewicz

“…We conducted a cross-sectional study in which a multi-module self-administered questionnaire examining biological factors, personality traits, personal values, body assessment, symptoms of depression and anxiety, functional status, general perception of health, life satisfaction, received social support, economic support, satisfaction of health care and sociodemographic factors was adopted. …”
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Maximizing Electric Power Recovery through Advanced Compensation with MPPT Algorithms by Souad Touairi, Mustapha Zekraoui, Mustapha Mabrouki

“…Moreover, the vehicle’s road handling is significantly augmented through the incorporation of a robust steering front and an active differential control system. Leveraging the MPPT module, the rectifier consistently achieves a power recovery efficiency exceeding 85%, independent of varying load conditions. …”
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Exploring Advances in Natural Plant Molecules for Allergic Rhinitis Immunomodulation in Vivo and in Vitro by Li B, Dong B, Xie L, Li Y

“…This review presents a comprehensive analysis of both in vivo and in vitro studies on natural plant molecules that modulate immunity for treating AR. Additionally, we examine their specific mechanisms of action in animal models to provide new insights for developing safe and effective targeted therapies while guiding experimental and clinical applications against AR. …”
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Region-Dependent Alterations in Cognitive Function and ERK1/2 Signaling in the PFC in Rats after Social Defeat Stress by Qiong Wang, Feng Shao, Weiwen Wang

“…Impairments of cognitive flexibility, which are modulated by the monoaminergic system of the prefrontal cortex (PFC), are increasingly recognized as an important component of the pathophysiology and treatment of depression. …”
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Lightweight object detection model for food freezer warehouses by Jiayu Yang, Zhihong Liang, Mingming Qin, Xingyu Tong, Fei Xiong, Hao An

“…The model incorporates the novel C2f_RDB module, which enhances detection accuracy while reducing parameter count and computational load. …”
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Lithuanian Conceptual Colour–Emotion Associations in the Global Context of 37 Nations by Domicelė Jonauskaitė

“…Future studies should look whether colours can modulate emotions, or whether such associations are purely abstract. …”
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Generalized Extension of Referred Trigeminal Pain due to Greater Occipital Nerve Entrapment by Jung-woo Hyung, Byung-chul Son

“…Another speculation is that spontaneous pain may occur throughout the body due to dysfunction of the descending brain stem pain-modulating pathway by sensitization and hyperexcitation of the MDH and trigeminal brainstem sensory nuclear complex (TBSNC).…”
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TMFN: a text-based multimodal fusion network with multi-scale feature extraction and unsupervised contrastive learning for multimodal sentiment analysis by Junsong Fu, Youjia Fu, Huixia Xue, Zihao Xu

“…Second, we design a text-based multimodal feature fusion module, which consists of a text gating unit (TGU) and a text-based channel-wise attention transformer (TCAT). …”
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MetaRange.jl: A Dynamic and Metabolic Species Range Model for Plant Species by Jana Blechschmidt, Juliano Sarmento Cabral

“…We translated and expanded a previously developed R metapopulation model to Julia language and published it as a Julia module. The model integrates species‐specific parameters such as preferred environmental conditions, biomass and dispersal ability with demographic rates (e.g., reproductive and mortality rates) derived from local temperature and biomass via the metabolic theory of ecology. …”
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Organ pedalboard as a rehabilitation tool: A qualitative exploratory study of healthcare providers' perceptions and recommendations. by Mandy M P Kan, Wai Hang Kwok, Eric C Fan, Fadi M Al Zoubi

“…At the outset of the interview, participants watched an organist playing musical notes on a pedalboard and had the opportunity to try on the pedalboard. A researcher then modulated the group discussion with the organist and asked questions following a semi-structured interview guide. …”
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Frequency-Aware Integrity Learning Network for Semantic Segmentation of Remote Sensing Images by Penghan Yang, Wujie Zhou, Yuanyuan Liu

“…This feature is assigned to multiscale features to enhance their integrity, leading to accurate predictions facilitated by an adaptive large kernel module. Experiments on the Vaihingen and Potsdam datasets demonstrate that our method outperforms current state-of-the-art segmentation techniques.…”
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Antifungal effect of Euphorbia prostrata ethyl acetate extract on Microsporum audounii-induced skin dysfunction diseases in male rats by Wuraola O. Familusi, Folashade O. Oyedeji, Jeffrey D. Musa

“…Overall, the study suggests the potential of Euphorbia prostrata extract in modulating erythropoiesis, immune function, and coagulation, thereby offering a promising avenue for addressing fungal infections and associated haematological disturbances.…”
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FTO effects the proliferation, invasion, and glycolytic metabolism of colon cancer by regulating PKM2 by Kongyan Zhang, Fei Zhang, Jiahe Wang

“…In vitro experiments utilized five human colon cancer cell lines and a normal colon epithelial cell line, with Western blotting and RT-PCR for protein and mRNA quantification, respectively, and lentiviral transfection to modulate FTO expression. Cellular behaviors such as proliferation, migration, invasion, and apoptosis were evaluated using various assays. …”
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A Novel Transformer-Based Object Detection Method With Geometric and Object Co-Occurrence Prior Knowledge for Remote Sensing Images by Nan Mo, Ruixi Zhu

“…Last, we design a graph convolutional reference module with co-occurrence prior knowledge to improve the inferential ability of the detector. …”
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N Management of European Grasslands: Can the Exchange of Gaseous N Species Be Influenced at the Operational Level? by P. Calanca, A. Neftel, J. Fuhrer

“…Emissions were strongly modulated by precipitation on time scales ranging from 1 day to 1 week. …”
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