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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Joint Transmit-receive Beam Design of FDA-MIMO Dual-function Radar-communication Systems for Radio-frequency Stealth by Haozheng WU, Chenguang SHI, Jianjiang ZHOU

“…Simultaneously, this method can provide high clutter and interference suppression performance as well as a low communication bit error rate.…”
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Planting Strategy Optimization Can Increase Maize Yield by Delaying Leaf Senescence and Improving Photosynthetic Capacity by Li Zhao, Xinrong Duan, Xinping Zhang, Xin Zhang, Linzhuan Song, Pei Chen, Min Liang, Chang Zhang, Chuangyun Wang

“…The results show that with the increase in planting density, the net photosynthetic rate of maize leaves gradually decreased, and the transpiration rate gradually increased. …”
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Insights on the effect of mega-carcass abundance on the population dynamics of a facultative scavenger predator and its prey by Sidous, Mellina, Cubaynes, Sarah, Gimenez, Olivier, Drouet-Hoguet, Nolwenn, Dray, Stéphane, Bollache, Loïc, Madhlamoto, Daphine, Ngwenya, Nobesuthu Adelaide, Fritz, Hervé, Valeix, Marion

“…Models that allow hyaena and their prey populations’ growth rate to vary depending on these four periods contributed significantly to explain variations in their density, which is consistent with an effect of management measures on the population dynamics of hyaena and its prey.  …”
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Mutation Spectrum of the ABCA4 Gene in a Greek Cohort with Stargardt Disease: Identification of Novel Mutations and Evidence of Three Prevalent Mutated Alleles by Kamakari Smaragda, Kokkinou Vassiliki, Koutsodontis George, Stamatiou Polixeni, Giatzakis Christoforos, Anastasakis Anastasios, Aslanides Ioannis Minas, Koukoula Stavrenia, Panagiotoglou Theoni, Datseris Ioannis, Tsilimbaris K. Miltiadis

“…Results. An overall detection rate of at least one mutant allele was achieved in 52 of the 59 patients (88.1%). …”
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Wideband absorption with polarization and angular insensitive metamaterial for optical applications based on Tungsten-SiO2 composites by Md Raihan, Saif Hannan, Md Ismail Haque, Mohamed Ouda, Abdulmajeed M. Alenezi, Mohamed S. Soliman, Mohammad Tariqul Islam

“…A 96.93 % average absorption rate was found for visible 380 nm–700 nm, along with a maximum peak absorption point at 604.53 nm, which is 99.996 %. …”
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Effect of External Sensory Integration on Motor Functional Disorder In Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (Adhd) - A Pilot Study by Chhavi Kumar Sharma, Shahiduz Zafar

“…Specifically, the experimental group demonstrated a greater decrease in Conner’s Teacher Rating Scale scores (p=0.002) and a significant improvement in GMFM scores (p=0.001). …”
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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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Using confidence, decision time, and confidence entropy to predict accuracy for online and real eyewitnesses by Adele Quigley-McBride, Rachel Leigh Greenspan

“…Confidence was measured in three ways: human-coded verbal statements, AI-classified verbal statements, and numeric ratings. We compared the correspondence between these confidence metrics, how multiple reflector variables relate to accuracy, and whether these patterns differ across two datasets. …”
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Verbal fluency tasks and attention problems in children with ADHD: evidence from fNIRS by Zouji Bian, Xiquan Ma, Yanhan Wang, Xiaodan Yu

“…Associations with the Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham Rating Scale (SNAP-IV) and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-V) scores were examined.ResultsChildren with ADHD showed significantly lower DLPFC activation and widespread negative patterns compared to neurotypically developed peers (p < 0.05). …”
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Professional success as a criterion for assessing efficiency of football clubs’ intellectual capital management /Professional success as a criterion for assessing efficiency of foo... by H.V. Mysaka, I.A. Derun

“…In response to the latest realities and patterns of economic relations, intellectual capital confidently received the status of the fourth factor of production. …”
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Perceptions of canned wine drinkers in outdoor leisure settings: a vignette study with swiss residents by Nicolas Depetris Chauvin, Antoine Pinède, Heber Rodrigues

“…Our findings reveal that, overall, canned wine drinkers are judged negatively, particularly in the beach resort scenario, where traits like “health consciousness” and “environmental friendliness” are rated lower. Demographic factors, including age, gender, and education, as well as cultural background, significantly influence these judgements. …”
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Word skipping as an indicator of individual reading style during literary reading by Myrthe Faber, Marloes Mak, Roel Willems

“…Word skipping was significantly positively associated with print exposure but not with self-rated attention and story-world absorption, suggesting that more experienced readers are more likely to skip words, and do so in a comparable fashion. …”
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Rethinking the Bebras Challenge in Virtual Reality: Implementation and Usability Study of a Computational Thinking Game by Jelena Nakić, Ivana Rogulj, Lada Maleš

“…The overall usability rating was classified as “good”, suggesting that ThinkLand holds promise as a platform for supporting computational thinking education. …”
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Crystal Form Investigation and Morphology Control of Salbutamol Sulfate via Spherulitic Growth by Xinyue Qiu, Hongcheng Li, Yanni Du, Xuan Chen, Shichao Du, Yan Wang, Fumin Xue

“…In addition, the effects of crystallization temperature, solute concentration, ratio of antisolvent to solvent, feeding rate, and stirring rate on the morphology of spherical particles were investigated in different antisolvents. …”
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Analyzing pregnancy course and outcomes in women with varying degrees of severity of novel coronavirus infection COVID-19 in Saint Petersburg: the lessons from pandemic by V. F. Bezhenar, M. L. Romanova, I. M. Nesterov, I. A. Dobrovolskaya

“…Group 3 showed significantly fewer natural births – 33 (57.8 %) and 42 (80.8 %) (χ2 = 6.63) respectively, but a greater rate of caesarean section – 24 (42.0 %) and 10 (19.2 %) (χ2 = 6.63). …”
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Dynamics of HBsAb persistence and associated BCR IgG-H CDR3 repertoire features in ultra-high versus extremely low responders to HBV vaccination by Ting-Wen Yang, Ting-Wen Yang, Li-Na Sun, Ting Zhang, Yu-Rong Pan, Jun Li, Yang-Yang Li, Zhi-Yong Han, Wan-Bang Sun, Xin-Sheng Yao, Xiao-Yan He

“…Additionally, the average mutation rate of the IgG-H CDR3 repertoire in Group H was slightly higher than that in Group L after the third vaccination. …”
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<i>ZmNLR</i><i>-7</i>-Mediated Synergistic Regulation of ROS, Hormonal Signaling, and Defense Gene Networks Drives Maize Immunity to Southern Corn Leaf Blight by Bo Su, Xiaolan Yang, Rui Zhang, Shijie Dong, Ying Liu, Hubiao Jiang, Guichun Wu, Ting Ding

“…Upon inoculating the <i>ZmNLR-7</i> EMS mutants with <i>Bipolaris maydis</i>, the disease index was increased to 33.89 and 43.33, respectively, and the lesion expansion rate was higher than that in the wild type, indicating enhanced susceptibility to southern corn leaf blight. …”
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Surgeon Sex and Postoperative Resource Utilization: A Population-Based Cohort Study by Kiyan Heybati, BHSc, Raj Satkunasivam, MD, MS, Khatereh Aminoltejari, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Hannah S. Thomas, MBChB, MS, Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD, Natalie Coburn, MD, MPH, Frances C. Wright, MD, Med, FRCSC, Lesley Gotlib Conn, PhD, Amy N. Luckenbaugh, MD, Sanjana Ranganathan, MD, Carlos Riveros, MD, Jason Sutherland, PhD, Colin McCartney, MBChB, PhD, FRCA, FFARCSI, FRCPC, Kathleen Armstrong, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Barbara Bass, MD, Allan S. Detsky, MD, PhD, CM, Angela Jerath, MD, MSc, Christopher J. D. Wallis, MD, PhD

“…Patients treated by male surgeons had higher use of postoperative resources versus those with female surgeons within 30 days (adjusted rate 33.1; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 28.0–39.2 versus 31.2; 95% CI: 25.8–37.7), 90 days, and 1 year. …”
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A novel wound dressing material with prolonged action by S. M. Dronov, V. Yo. Mamchur, I. P. Koshova, D. O. Stepanskyi, H. M. Kremenchutskyi, V. M. Toropin, B. V. Murashevych, K. S. Burmistrov

“…Acute toxicity pharmacological studies of material test-samples containing 6 % and 9 % active chlorine in a single application on the skin of rats and rabbits found that these applications did not lead to deaths, as well as changes in their behavioral pattern, consumption of feed and water. The epithelization rate of uninfected wound surface in application of dressings containing both sodium N-chlorosulfonamide and N, N-dichlorosulfonamide was significantly, on average 1.5 times, faster at the end of the observational period (day 14) in comparison with the control group animals. …”
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