Longitudinal evaluation of common and unique brain-networks in variants of primary progressive aphasia by Rajan Kashyap, Rose Dawn Bharath, Changsong Zhou, Kyrana Tsapkini, John E. Desmond, SH Annabel Chen, Kaviraja Udupa, PT Sivakumar, Sagarika Bhattacharjee

“…To validate the rsfMRI networks and the longitudinal changes, we evaluated the grey matter (GM) volume, GM atrophy and the rate-of-atrophy of the brain areas. To corroborate the findings, we applied persistent homology on the structural networks derived from diffusion tensor images. …”
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Individualized Estimation of Baseline Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Using Conditional Variational Autoencoder by Ou Tan, PhD, Keke Liu, MD, Aiyin Chen, MD, Dongseok Choi, PhD, Jonathan C.H. Chan, MD, Bonnie N.K. Choy, MD, Kendrick C. Shih, MD, Jasper K.W. Wong, MD, Alex L.K. Ng, MD, Janice J.C. Cheung, MD, Michael Y. Ni, MD, Jimmy S.M. Lai, MD, Gabriel M. Leung, MD, Ian Y.H. Wong, MD, David Huang, MD, PhD

“…Compared with the population means, both DL models significantly reduced the prediction error for overall and quadrant NFLT and decreased the false-positive rate of identifying abnormal NFLT thinning in both myopia groups (from 13.0%-27.0% to 6.3%∼9.4%). …”
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Metal–organic nanostructures based on sono/chemo-nanodynamic synergy of TixOy/Ru reaction units: for ultrasound-induced dynamic cancer therapy by Tao Jiang, Zixiang Tang, Shumiao Tian, Haitian Tang, Zhekun Jia, Fangjian Li, Chenyue Qiu, Lin Deng, Lang Ke, Pan He, Gang Liu, Chengchao Chu, Yongfu Xiong

“…Remarkably, ultrasound irradiation induced substantial oxidative stress and immunogenic cell death, promoting the release of damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), which elevated the maturation rate of tumor-infiltrating dendritic cells (DCs) and significantly increased the proportion of CD8⁺ T cells. …”
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Modeling heterogeneity in cognitive trajectories in the Framingham Heart Study by Yuan Fang, Jiachen Chen, Jesse Mez, Jesse Mez, Jesse Mez, Claudia L. Satizabal, Claudia L. Satizabal, Claudia L. Satizabal, Michael L. Alosco, Michael L. Alosco, Michael L. Alosco, Wei Qiao Qiu, Wei Qiao Qiu, Wei Qiao Qiu, Margaret F. Doyle, Joanne M. Murabito, Joanne M. Murabito, Joanne M. Murabito, Kathryn L. Lunetta

“…IntroductionThe prevalence of cognitive impairment in the population is growing; however, there is substantial heterogeneity in the rate of decline across different cognitive domains. …”
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Language-Based Engineering Considering the Trade-off among Words in Design Reflecting User’s Emotion by Nobuhisa KATSUMATA, Sonosuke HARADA, So FUKUHARA, Masao ARAKAWA, Shogo NAKAO, Masahiko FUJIWARA

“…We analyzed the relationship between user ratings and design elements using Quantification Theory Type I and created a database of these relationships. …”
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Features of the functioning of regional airports in the context of the development of the Russian air transportation market by I. N. Rykova, A. A. Alaev, R. S. Gubanov

“…The applied methods of monographic and economic-statistical analysis, rating assessment provided the identification of patterns of changes in the results of airport operations. …”
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Data-Driven Insights into LEED Certification Trends: Saudi Arabia's Path to Sustainability by Hala Sirror, Zeinab Alhassan, Malathe Hamid

“…It analyzes trends over the past decade, focusing on certification growth, building types, rating levels (Certified, Silver, Gold, Platinum), and regional distribution. …”
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Electroencephalographic (EEG) analysis of hue perception differences between art and non-art majors: insights from the P2 and P3 components by Liting Song, Guanghui Zhang, Johanna Silvennoinen, Fengyu Cong

“…Participants completed color perception tasks involving cool, warm, and neutral hues while EEG data were recorded with a 65-electrode system. Behavioral ratings and ERP components (P2 and P3) were analyzed, supplemented by decoding analysis to uncover neural processing patterns. …”
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An epigenome-wide association study in the case-control study to explore early development identifies differential DNA methylation near ZFP57 as associated with autistic traits by Ellen M. Howerton, Valerie Morrill, Rose Schrott, Jason Daniels, Ashley Y. Song, Kelly Benke, Heather Volk, Homayoon Farzadegan, Aimee Anido Alexander, Amanda L. Tapia, Gabriel S. Dichter, Lisa A. Croen, Lisa Wiggins, Genevieve Wojcik, M. Daniele Fallin, Christine Ladd-Acosta

“…Results We identified a region about 3.5 kb upstream of ZFP57 on chromosome 6 as differentially methylated (family-wise error rate [fwer] < 0.1) by continuous SRS T-score in the full sample (N = 857; fwer = 0.074) and among ASD cases only (N = 390; fwer = 0.021). …”
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Potential role of a cognitive rehabilitation program following left temporal lobe epilepsy surgery by Camila de Vasconcelos Geraldi, Sara Escorsi-Rosset, Pamela Thompson, Ana C. Gargaro Silva, Américo Ceiki Sakamoto

“…Verbal learning efficiency, naming abilities, memory subjective ratings, ecological activity measures and a language fMRI paradigm were used as outcome measures. …”
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Information Transparency:  Approaches to Evaluation, Key Features, Trends by R. P. Bulyga, I. V. Safonova

“…The article provides a detailed review of the current methods and practices of reputable international and Russian rating agencies and professional communities for assessing information transparency of economic entities, it also defines and systemizes the basic characteristics disclosed by companies. …”
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Gradience and optionality in the syntactic realization of focus by Silvio Cruschina, Laia Mayol

“…In addition, while Catalan is insensitive to the grammatical function of the focus, in both Spanish and Italian preverbal subjects are rated higher than preverbal objects. These asymmetries are reminiscent of Leonetti’s dichotomy between restrictive and permissive languages, the former imposing a straightforward mapping between syntax and information structure and the later not doing so.  …”
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Temperature-VPD-evapotranspiration interactions modulated asynchronous dynamics of vegetation photosynthesis and net ecosystem production in Eurasia by Rui Yang, Hao Yuan, Ruohua Du, Litao Zhou, Jianjun Wu, Liang Gao, Ting Mao

“…The results showed that the rate of increase in NEP standardized anomalies (0.004 yr−1, p < 0.05) lagged behind NDVI/SIF/GPP standardized anomalies (0.009 − 0.014 yr−1, p < 0.01), particularly after 2000, and it was more pronounced in drylands. …”
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Is there evidence for changes in antibiotic resistance of microorganisms causing postcataract surgery endophthalmitis: a systematic review by Justine R Smith, Nieraj Jain, Maureen G Maguire, Leo A Kim, Christina J Flaxel, Steven Yeh, Stephen Jae Kim, Christina Y Weng

“…Reviewed studies were rated based on the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine grading system. …”
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Large-scale genome-wide association studies and meta-analyses of longitudinal change in adult lung function. by Wenbo Tang, Matthew Kowgier, Daan W Loth, María Soler Artigas, Bonnie R Joubert, Emily Hodge, Sina A Gharib, Albert V Smith, Ingo Ruczinski, Vilmundur Gudnason, Rasika A Mathias, Tamara B Harris, Nadia N Hansel, Lenore J Launer, Kathleen C Barnes, Joyanna G Hansen, Eva Albrecht, Melinda C Aldrich, Michael Allerhand, R Graham Barr, Guy G Brusselle, David J Couper, Ivan Curjuric, Gail Davies, Ian J Deary, Josée Dupuis, Tove Fall, Millennia Foy, Nora Franceschini, Wei Gao, Sven Gläser, Xiangjun Gu, Dana B Hancock, Joachim Heinrich, Albert Hofman, Medea Imboden, Erik Ingelsson, Alan James, Stefan Karrasch, Beate Koch, Stephen B Kritchevsky, Ashish Kumar, Lies Lahousse, Guo Li, Lars Lind, Cecilia Lindgren, Yongmei Liu, Kurt Lohman, Thomas Lumley, Wendy L McArdle, Bernd Meibohm, Andrew P Morris, Alanna C Morrison, Bill Musk, Kari E North, Lyle J Palmer, Nicole M Probst-Hensch, Bruce M Psaty, Fernando Rivadeneira, Jerome I Rotter, Holger Schulz, Lewis J Smith, Akshay Sood, John M Starr, David P Strachan, Alexander Teumer, André G Uitterlinden, Henry Völzke, Arend Voorman, Louise V Wain, Martin T Wells, Jemma B Wilk, O Dale Williams, Susan R Heckbert, Bruno H Stricker, Stephanie J London, Myriam Fornage, Martin D Tobin, George T O'Connor, Ian P Hall, Patricia A Cassano

“…As a secondary aim, we estimated the mean rate of decline in FEV1 by smoking pattern, irrespective of genotypes, across these 14 studies using meta-analysis.…”
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Artificial Ventilation-Induced Acute Lung Lesion: Experimental, Morphological Study by A. M. Golubev, V. V. Moroz, D. V. Lysenko, A. N. Kuzovlev, D. A. Ostapchenko

“…Objective: to elucidate the pattern of morphological changes in the lung during artificial ventilation.Materials and methods. …”
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Massive Water Production from Cryogenic Icy Lunar Regolith by a Microwave Heating Method by Qinggong Wang, Yong Pang, Juping Gu, Zhongxian Zhao, Qichen Sun, Mengfei Yang

“…Once the liquid water begins to collect, the water collection rate is comparable to that at the high-power heating pattern. …”
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Optimizing fertilizer application and straw return to fields to minimize nitrogen and phosphorus runoff losses in double-rice cropping systems by Ying Zhang, Jian Zhu, Changjun Li, Hua Peng, Ji Liu, Yue Luo, Min Song, Yanjiao Dai, Kai Deng, Xionghui Ji

“…Unknown of long-term patterns of losses and mechanisms driving runoff N and P in double-rice cropping systems limited the development of effective mitigation strategies. …”
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Research on Strata Movement Control in Deep Composite Lithologic Gangue Backfill Mining of Super-Thick and Weak Cementation Overburden Based on PFC–FLAC Coupling Simulation by Yonglei Li, Jiangning Gan, Guojian Zhang, Zhiyong Liu, Guangli Guo, Baode Guo, Shuo Sun

“…In addition, after calculation, the secondary compression rate of the composite rock gangue reaches 7% to 8%, ultimately leading to a secondary surface subsidence rate of 19%. …”
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Vegetation variations and driving mechanisms in northern China based on kNDVI by Zhuxia Xu, Weicheng Liu, Haiyan Li, Sanjie Qin, Tao Wen

“…Vegetation cover in northern China exhibits a fluctuating upward trend, with the northern Loess Plateau showing the highest rate of increase at 0.0032 per year and Southern Xinjiang and the Hexi Corridor showing the lowest rate of increase at 0.0003 per year. …”
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