Identification of CaVβ1 Isoforms Required for Neuromuscular Junction Formation and Maintenance by Amélie Vergnol, Aly Bourguiba, Stephanie Bauché, Massiré Traoré, Maxime Gelin, Christel Gentil, Sonia Pezet, Lucile Saillard, Pierre Meunier, Mégane Lemaitre, Julianne Perronnet, Frederic Tores, Candice Gautier, Zoheir Guesmia, Eric Allemand, Eric Batsché, France Pietri-Rouxel, Sestina Falcone

“…Voltage-gated Ca²⁺ channels (VGCCs) are regulated by four CaVβ subunits (CaVβ1–CaVβ4), each showing specific expression patterns in excitable cells. …”
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Global burden and trends of self-harm from 1990 to 2021, with predictions to 2050 by Li Xie, Liangchen Tang, Yixin Liu, Zhenchao Dong, Xiaojun Zhang

“…Globally, the burden of self-harm was higher for males than for females. DALYs rates were highest among adolescents and young adults (20-29 years), whereas mortality rates showed a predominantly age-progressive pattern with the highest burden observed in middle-aged and older populations, albeit with a modest decline in the oldest age groups. …”
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Screening for psychosocial distress and depression among cancer patients in a regional cancer centre in Nigeria: a cross-sectional study by Nwosu et al.

“…We aimed to determine the prevalence, pattern, and predictors of psychosocial distress and depression among cancer patients. …”

Gene expression in uterine leiomyoma from tumors likely to be growing (from black women over 35) and tumors likely to be non-growing (from white women over 35). by Barbara J Davis, John I Risinger, Gadisetti V R Chandramouli, Pierre R Bushel, Donna Day Baird, Shyamal D Peddada

“…Growth rates for leiomyoma were on average much higher from older black women than for older white women, and we now report gene expression pattern differences in tumors from these two groups of study participants. …”
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Economic Clues to Crime: Insights from Mongolia by Dagvasuren Ganbold, Enkhbayar Jamsranjav, Young-Rae Kim, Erdenechuluun Jargalsaikhan

“…The empirical findings reveal that detection rates exert a statistically significant deterrent effect on robbery in the short term, while incarceration rates are effective in reducing theft. …”
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Automation of multicriteria ranking of students using ePortfolio by L. A. Ponomareva, O. N. Romashkova, A. N. Belyakova, V. S. Zabolotnikova

“…The authors described the scheme of the information system (IS) operation “ePortfolio”, presented a process interaction pattern for the portfolio formation, as well as a diagram of business processes under calculating an individual rating. …”
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Numerical Simulation Study on the Dynamic Processes and Evolution Laws of Multiple Granular Flows in a Gully by LEI Ming, ZHANG Liang, YE Chen, WANG Xiekang

“…Compared with the first granular flow, subsequent ones feature shorter durations and higher energy dissipation rates. The velocity and displacement of base granules increase significantly as the friction coefficient decreases and the secondary slope increases. …”
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Pain chronobiology in clinical trial participants with fibromyalgia: a comparison with neuropathic pain by Ryan Navarro, Wilma Hopman, Ian Gilron

“…In these trials, pain intensity (0–10 scale) was rated at 8:00 am and 8:00 pm during a 7-day pretrial baseline period and throughout each trial. …”
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The influence of spatial variability of solar radiation on the mass balance of glaciers in the Grønfjorden Bay area (the Svalbard archipelago) by A. V. Terekhov, U. V. Prokhorova, V. E. Demidov

“…In this article, we investigate how the irregular insolation of two low-elevated Svalbard glaciers exerts effect on rates of their surface melting. We compare the spatial distribution of rates of the surface lowering of glaciers Vøringbreen (0.76 km2) and Aldegondabreen (5.5 km2), both are located near Barentsburg settlement in the western part of Nordenskiöld Land (the Spitsbergen Island). …”
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Volcanic Pumice Rafts at Sea: Buoyancy and Infiltration with Micro-particles by Sho Sawada, Christopher Gomez, Takashi Koi

“…Experiments were conducted in both still and slurry water conditions to examine the effects of particle size and sediment concentration on water infiltration rates. Results showed that density variations follow a two-phase pattern: a rapid initial increase (+0.43 g/cm³ and 0.3931 g/cm³ in the first 30s for small and large pumice, respectively) followed by a plateau phase (+0.022 g/cm³ and 0.0197 g/cm³ in the next 60s). …”
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A speech emotion recognition algorithm based on DN-ResNet11 by YING Na, ZOU Yujian, YANG Xueying, SUN Wensheng, YE Xueyi, JIANG Yinhe

“…Experiments on the CASIA, EMO-DB, and IEMOCAP speech emotion datasets show emotion recognition rates of 94.58%, 85.59%, and 65.72%, respectively. …”
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Canopy‐Mediated Dynamics of Moss Communities in Primary Succession: Coupling of N2‐Fixation and Biomass Accumulation in Subalpine Forests Following Glacial Retreat by Jie Deng, Genxu Wang, Shouqin Sun, Wentian Xie, Feng Long, Zhaoyong Hu, Juying Sun, Xiangyang Sun, Thomas H. DeLuca

“…Transplantation of moss carpets from open to denser canopy stages or canopy litter additions enhanced photosynthetic rates, but suppressed N2‐fixation rates and moss growth. …”
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Experimental hut resting and entrance behaviour of Anopheles darlingi from Zungarococha, a malaria endemic community in Loreto, Northern Peruvian Amazon by Fanny Castro-Llanos, Craig A. Stoops, John P. Grieco, Karin Escobedo-Vargas, Victor Lopez-Sifuentes, Audrey Lenhart, Frederick M. Stell, Ryan T. Larson, Nicole L. Achee, Gissella M. Vásquez

“…Wild An. darlingi hourly house-entry rates were quantified using interception traps affixed to an experimental hut and indoor HLC from May to August 2015. …”
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The Influence of Biochar on Growth of Lettuce and Potato by Kalika P Upadhyay, Doug George, Roger S Swift, Victor Galea

“…Pot experiments were conducted in a glasshouse to determine the growth pattern of lettuce, true potato seedlings (TPS) and single node cuttings of TPS in response to biochar. …”
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Assessing aesthetic impressions with pictorial measures: A novel approach in empirical aesthetics by Ivan Z. Stojilović

“…Modern figural paintings demonstrated a hybrid pattern, emphasizing both individual details and broader compositions. …”
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Sex differences in the course of schizophrenia across diverse regions of the world by Novick D, Montgomery W, Treuer T, Moneta MV, Haro JM

“…Overall, females had slightly higher rates of clinical remission (58.0% vs 51.8%), functional remission (22.8% vs 16.0%), and recovery (16.5% vs 16.0%) at 36 months (P<0.001 for all). …”
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Trends in visits to a 24-hour walk-in crisis mental health centre during the COVID-19 pandemic by Jocelyne Lemoine, Depeng Jiang, Tanvi Vakil, James M. Bolton, Jennifer M. Hensel

“…Mean weekly visits had the pandemic not occurred were predicted with an autoregressive integrated moving average model and compared with observed rates.ResultsTotal pre-pandemic CRC visits (14,280) decreased 22.1%–11,122 total post-pandemic CRC visits. …”
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Silent Revolution in Research for Sustainability by Bruce Alder

“…A variety of new arrangements have come into existence that promote international collaboration, including Horizon 2020 with its emphasis on societal challenges, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation which has inspired a family of grand challenges funds on health and development, and the Future Earth joint program of research for global sustainability. …”
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Clear cell endometrial carcinoma: analysis of the results of a 20-year follow-up by K. P. Laktionov, G. M. Abdullayeva, O. A. Anurova, S. M. Gadzhiyeva

“…The paper presents data on the clinical and morphological characteristics, clinical presentation, and treatment of clear cell carcinoma, as well as survival rates in patients with this condition. It shows an association of the expression of the intercellular adhesion molecules E-cadhedrin, α- and β-catenins, the molecule of Her-2/neu with the clinical and morphological pattern of the disease, which has been determined by an immunohisto- chemical assay.…”
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Optimizing security and energy efficiency in IoT-Based health monitoring systems for wireless body area networks by Mohammed Naif Alatawi

“…Additionally, a trust aggregation engine is implemented to quantify the trustworthiness of nodes using both global and local ratings. The healthcare provider assigns global ratings, while local ratings are crowdsourced from remote users or monitoring agents. …”
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