Transcriptome Profiling Reveals Genetic Basis of Muscle Development and Meat Quality Traits in Chinese Congjiang Xiang and Landrace Pigs by Jiada Yang, Qiaowen Tang, Chunying Sun, Qiuyue Li, Xiaoyu Li, Lu Hou, Yi Yang, Kang Yang

“…RNA sequencing was performed on muscle tissues from ten individuals of each breed, generating 874.5 million raw reads with an average mapping rate of 89.3% to the pig reference genome. (3) Results: Transcriptional profiling revealed distinct expression patterns with 785 genes exclusively expressed in CX pigs and 457 genes unique to LAN pigs, while 7099 co-expressed genes were shared by both breeds. …”
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An interpretable XAI deep EEG model for schizophrenia diagnosis using feature selection and attention mechanisms by Ahmad Almadhor, Stephen Ojo, Thomas I. Nathaniel, Shtwai Alsubai, Abdullah Alharthi, Abdullah Al Hejaili, Gabriel Avelino Sampedro

“…The study proposes a novel automated technique for diagnosing Schizophrenia based on electroencephalogram (EEG) sensor data, aiming to enhance interpretability and prediction performance.MethodsThis research utilizes Deep Learning (DL) models, including the Deep Neural Network (DNN), Bi-Directional Long Short-Term Memory-Gated Recurrent Unit (BiLSTM- GRU), and BiLSTM with Attention, for the detection of Schizophrenia based on EEG data. …”
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Gesture recognition for hearing impaired people using an ensemble of deep learning models with improving beluga whale optimization-based hyperparameter tuning by Mohammed Assiri, Mahmoud M. Selim

“…For the feature extraction process, the squeeze-and-excitation capsule network (SE-CapsNet) effectively captures spatial hierarchies and complex relationships within gesture patterns. In addition, an ensemble of classification processes, such as bidirectional gated recurrent unit (BiGRU), Variational Autoencoder (VAE), and bidirectional long short-term memory (BiLSTM) technique, is employed. …”
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An Overview of Deep Learning Applications in Groundwater Level Modeling: Bridging the Gap between Academic Research and Industry Applications by Ahmed Shakir Ali Ali, Farhad Jazaei, Peyman Babakhani, Muhammad Masood Ashiq, Alireza Bakhshaee, Brian Waldron

“…Later, this article delves specifically into the latest advancements in DL for modeling GWL, including recurrent neural network (RNN), long short-term memory (LSTM), and gated recurrent unit (GRU), and discusses their technical promising performance and advantages. …”
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Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus mediates resistance to ethanol through Cav3.1 T-type Ca2+ regulation of neural activity by Charles-francois V Latchoumane, Joon-Hyuk Lee, Seong-Wook Kim, Jinhyun Kim, Hee-Sup Shin

“…Thalamocortical activity is known to orchestrate sensory gating and consciousness switching. The precise thalamic regions involved, or the firing patterns related to the unconsciousness, remain unclear. …”
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Clinical benefit of tafasitamab plus lenalidomide in relapsed or refractory diffuse large Bcell lymphoma: real-world data from the EarlyMIND study by Gabriel Brisou, Jérôme Paillassa, Sophie Bernard, Olivier Tournilhac, Luc-Matthieu Fornecker, Frédéric Maloisel, Lauris Gastaud, Eric Durot, Adrian Tempescul, Thorsten Braun, Vadim Ivanov, Brieuc Cherel, Caroline Serrier, Jeremy Delage, Abderrazak El Yamani, Baptiste Delapierre, Laure Lebras, Elsa Lestang, Camille Villesuzanne, Philippe Agape, Guillaume Escure, Ludovic Fouillet, Christophe Nicol, Gaëlle Olivier, Anthony Levy, Anne-Sophie Le Bris, Ophélie Cassuto, Laura Jacquemelle, Corinne Haioun, Charles Herbaux

“…Approval was based on the L-MIND study, which demonstrated a 57.5% overall response rate (ORR), 41.3% complete response (CR) rate, 12.1 months median progression-free survival (PFS), and 33.5 months median overall survival (OS) at five years. …”
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GPC3: a novel mutated gene in pleuropulmonary blastoma by Jiahang Zeng, Xinying Wang, Yingyi Xu, Qinglin Yang, Junzheng Peng, Fenghua Wang, Jue Tang, Dongmei Huang, Jiachi Liao, Yunyu He, Lin Huang, Jianhua Liang, Le Li, Zefeng Lin

“…Survival analysis revealed that patients with high GPC3 expression (GPC3+++) exhibited a markedly lower two-year survival rate (30%) compared to moderate (GPC3++, 75%) and low (GPC3+, 90.9%) expression groups (p = 0.0035). …”
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[Translated article] Fixation of adult femoral neck fractures: Retrospective comparison between cannulated screws and femoral neck system (FNS) by E. Guillén Botaya, Á. Soler García, J.L. Aparicio Martínez, A. Tejeda Gómez, F. Segura Llopis, A. Silvestre Muñoz

“…Results: No significant differences were found in age (p-value 0.32), fracture patterns (p-value 0.77), surgical delay (p-value 0.28), surgical time (p-value 0.226), length of hospital stay (p-value 0.921) and blood loss (p-value 0.086) between the two groups.A significantly higher overall complication rate was observed in the group treated with cannulated screws (p-value 0.004). …”
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Differential Cortical Responses of Functional and Sensory Electrical Stimulation in Closed-Loop Tremor Suppression for Parkinson’s Disease by Xiaoqi Zhao, Tinglan Huang, Mengyue Jin, Hongbo Zhao, Yu Shi, Yanlin Wang, Xiao Shen, Zhen Li, Qingqing Shi, Xiaodong Zhu, Lin Meng

“…Both FES and SES significantly reduced tremor amplitude, with FES showing overall greater suppression (hand suppression rate: 60.72% vs. 48.31%, p >0.05; forearm suppression rate: 62.25% vs. 54.41%, p >0.05) where substantial inter-individual variability was observed. …”
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Timing of Surgery and Preoperative Predictors of Surgical Site Infections for Patients with Depressed Skull Fractures in a Sub-Saharan Tertiary Hospital: A Prospective Cohort Study by Hervé Monka Lekuya, Jelle Vandersteene, Larrey Kasereka Kamabu, Rose Nantambi, Ronald Mbiine, Anthony Kirabira, Fredrick Makumbi, Stephen Cose, David Patrick Kateete, Mark Kaddumukasa, Edward Baert, Moses Galukande, Jean-Pierre Okito Kalala

“…The outcome variables were the incidence risk of SSI, types of SSI, microbial culture patterns of wound isolates, and hospital length of stay. …”
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Annual dialysis data report 2022, Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy (JSDT) Renal Data Registry by Norio Hanafusa, Masanori Abe, Nobuhiko Joki, Junichi Hoshino, Masatomo Taniguchi, Kan Kikuchi, Takeshi Hasegawa, Shunsuke Goto, Tetsuya Ogawa, Eiichiro Kanda, Shigeru Nakai, Toshihide Naganuma, Kenichiro Miura, Atsushi Wada, Yoshiaki Takemoto

“…The results obtained for each condition provide evidence for developing more clinically effective practice patterns for these conditions.…”
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Multi-modal remote sensory learning for multi-objects over autonomous devices by Aysha Naseer, Naif Almudawi, Hanan Aljuaid, Abdulwahab Alazeb, Yahay AlQahtani, Asaad Algarni, Ahmad Jalal, Ahmad Jalal, Hui Liu, Hui Liu, Hui Liu

“…The assessment findings show a remarkable recognition rate of around 97.90% and 98.90%, on the AID and the UC Merced Land datasets, respectively.…”
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Immune-related adverse events of neoadjuvant immunotherapy in patients with perioperative cancer: a machine-learning-driven, decade-long informatics investigation by Yuan Meng, Rong Hu, Song-Bin Guo, Deng-Yao Liu, Zhen-Zhong Zhou, Hai-Long Li, Wei-Juan Huang, Xiao-Peng Tian

“…During the past decade, the amount of research in the field of NAI safety has displayed a positive trend (annual growth rate: 30.2%), and it has achieved good global collaboration (international coauthorship: 17.43%). …”
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Lipidomic analyses reveal the dysregulation of oxidized fatty acids (OxFAs) and acyl-carnitines (CARs) in major depressive disorder: a case-control study by Lei He, Na Duan, Chong Wang, Ru Shan, Jing Li, Lin Wang, Qiuli Liu, Junwei Tao, Li Liu, Xiaoliang Ma, Bing Cao

“…Results Based on the filtering criteria of false discovery rate (FDR) -adjusted P < 0.05, variable importance in projection (VIP) > 1.5, and fold change (FC) > 2.0 or < 0.5, a total of 40 lipids were identified as significantly different. …”
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Clinicopathological characterization of Switch/Sucrose-non-fermentable (Swi/Snf) complex (ARID1A, SMARCA2, SMARCA4)-deficient endocervical adenocarcinoma by Chao Cao, Zi-Yun Wu, Wei Liao, Li-Jun Wei, Hao-Yu Liang, Xia Yang, Rong-Zhen Luo, Li-Li Liu

“…Defining Swi/Snf deficiency as loss of any subunit, the overall deficiency rate was 5.96% (36/604). Swi/Snf-deficient ECA tended to advanced FIGO stage (III-IV, P = 0.041), larger tumor size (P < 0.001), deeper stromal invasion (≥ 1/3, P = 0.046), and higher lymph node metastasis rate (P = 0.037). …”
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Identify suitable artificial groundwater recharge zones using hybrid deep learning models by Navaz Khalillollahi, Mohsen Isari, Hamed Faroqi, Kaywan Othman Ahmed, Kamran Nobakht Vakili, Miklas Scholz, Saad Sh. Sammeng

“…This study evaluated four deep learning models for delineating groundwater recharge zones: Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU), and hybrid deep learning Convolutional Neural Network-Gated Recurrent Unit (CNN-GRU). …”
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Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections in a trauma care facility in India: trend over ten years by Aparna Ningombam, Arpan Kumar Thakur, Ashish Kumar Srivastava, Sharin Varma, Madhavi Kirti, M. Nizam Ahmed, Vanlal Tluanpuii, Kapil Dev Soni, Richa Aggarwal, Gyanendra Pal Singh, Ashish Bindra, Navdeep Sokhal, Keshav Goyal, Kamran Farooque, Purva Mathur

“…This study focuses on the profile of CAUTI, the organism profile with antibiotic susceptibility patterns, and the clinical outcomes in the ICUs of a trauma care center. …”
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Prospective Study of the Association Between Frailty and Health Care Utilization in Patients With Advanced CKD by Alice L. Kennard, Alice M. Richardson, Suzanne Rainsford, Kelly L. Hamilton, Nicholas J. Glasgow, Kate L. Pumpa, Angela M. Douglas, Girish S. Talaulikar

“…Negative binomial regression was used to model health care utilization patterns. Frailty progression over study follow-up was described using Cox proportional hazards modelling. …”
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Watching live performances enhances subjective and physiological emotional responses compared to viewing the same performance on screen by Damien Gabriel, Julie Devos, Sandrine Chapuis, Alexandre Comte, Pierre-Edouard Billot

“…Heart rate increased with musical intensity in both conditions, while EEG data showed reduced arousal levels during the live performance, possibly reflecting deeper cognitive absorption. …”
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Conserved missense variant pathogenicity and correlated phenotypes across paralogous genes by Tobias Brünger, Alina Ivaniuk, Eduardo Pérez-Palma, Ludovica Montanucci, Stacey Cohen, Lacey Smith, Shridhar Parthasarathy, Ingo Helbig, Michael Nothnagel, Patrick May, Dennis Lal

“…For the gene family of voltage-gated sodium channels, where variants and expert-curated clinical phenotypes are available, we also assess whether phenotype patterns of multiple disorders for each gene are conserved across variant positions within the gene family. …”
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