Alterations of white matter functional networks in pediatric drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy: A graph theory analysis study by Kexin Huang, Yuxin Xie, Haifeng Ran, Jie Hu, Yulun He, Gaoqiang Xu, Guiqin Chen, Qiane Yu, Xuhong Li, Junwei Liu, Heng Liu, Tijiang Zhang

“…We included 91 children (43 with DRTLE and 48 healthy controls), acquiring structural and functional MRI data to construct WM functional networks. …”
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Assessing flash flood occurrences and hazard zones along the mediterranean coasts: a GIS and mapping techniques approach in the Wadi Saf Saf Basin, Northeast Algeria by Amal Maou, Amal Maou, Sabrina Souadnia, Sabrina Souadnia, Khadeijah Faqeih, Afaf AlAmri, Riheb Hadji, Riheb Hadji, Somayah moshrif Alamri, Khaled Harizi, Eman Alamery, Griche Sonia, Griche Sonia, Boubazine Leila, Boubazine Leila, Jamilah Altwaiher

“…This integrated approach highlights the spatial variability of flood vulnerability across the Saf Saf watershed and offers essential support for disaster risk reduction, structural mitigation planning, and informed land-use management in Mediterranean catchments.…”
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Bringing a health systems modelling approach to complex evaluations: multicountry applications in HIV, TB and malaria by Adama Faye, Stephen S Lim, Bernardo Hernandez Prado, Herbert Duber, David E Phillips, Guillermo Ambrosio, Audrey Batzel, Carmen Cerezo, Ibrahima Gaye, Bethany Huntley, Edgar Kestler, Constant Kingongo, Emily Linebarger, Jorge Matute, Godefroid Mpanya, Salva Mulongo, Caitlin O'Brien-Carelli, Erin Palmisano, Francisco Rios Casas, Roger Tine, Daniel Whitaker, Jennifer M Ross

“…We collated available data to measure framework indicators and developed models for malaria in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and tuberculosis in Guatemala and Senegal using Bayesian structural equation modelling. …”
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Engagement of Indigenous peoples in commercial tobacco reform strategies: a scoping review protocol by Andrew Waa, Raglan Maddox, El-Shadan Tautolo, Michelle Kennedy, Patricia Nez Henderson, Hershel Clark, Priscilla Nez, Penney Upton, Andrew Daniel Perusco, Sydney A. Martinez, Sierra Wilcox, Jeyasakthi Venugopal

“…This review supports the global goal of eradicating commercial tobacco-related harms – reframing commercial tobacco use as a structurally imposed harm sustained by colonial and commercial forces rather than personal choice. …”
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Social Determinants of Health Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Testing and Vaccine Attitudes in a Cross-Sectional Study of Latinx Individuals in Oregon by Elizabeth L. Budd, PhD, MPH, Stephanie De Anda, PhD, Sven Halvorson, MS, Leslie D. Leve, PhD, Anne Marie Mauricio, PhD, Ellen H. McWhirter, PhD, Jorge I. Ramírez García, PhD, David S. DeGarmo, PhD

“…Methods: Cross-sectional survey data were collected between January and December 2022. …”
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White matter and cortical gray matter microstructural alterations in migraine: a NODDI and DTI analysis by Zhilei Li, Yanliang Mei, Lei Wang, Tianhua Fan, Cheng Peng, Kaibo Zhang, Shouyi Wu, Tong Chen, Zhenchang Zhang, Binbin Sui, Yonggang Wang, Xueying Yu

“…The plasticity changes in neuronal structures and neurotransmitter system dysregulations potentially play a crucial role in migraine onset and chronicity of migraine. …”
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Case Report: Phenotypic heterogeneity within an NF1 family: assessment of the pathogenicity of a de novo c.6640dupA shift mutation and a splice variant with an epilepsy phenotype by Sijing Ren, Sijing Ren, Sijing Ren, Yanling Wang, Xinhua Tong, Xiaoyu Wu, Xiaoyu Wu, Huan Yan, Huan Yan, Qing-Xia Kong, Qing-Xia Kong, Qing-Xia Kong

“…The identified genes were validated using Sanger sequencing, and alterations in the tertiary structural physicochemical properties of the mutant proteins were analyzed using AlphaFold2 bioinformatics software.ResultsWe identified two mutation sites in the NF1 gene of the patient. …”
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The relationship between educational and scientific regulatory interventions and socio-economic development in military conflict-affected countries: A Sustainable Development Goals... by Dariusz Krawczyk, Nadiia Artyukhova, Dmytro Svynarenko, Anna Vorontsova, Artem Artyukhov, Robert Rehak, Tetiana Vasylieva

“…Type of the article: Research Article AbstractThis study investigates the structural relationships between educational and scientific regulatory interventions and socio-economic development in countries affected by armed conflict and political instability, using the framework of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically SDG 4 (Quality Education), SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), and SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure). …”
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Evaluating the long-term impact of a distance learning course on attitudes, skills, practices, and knowledge in gender-affirming healthcare among healthcare professionals in Italy by Matteo Marconi, Ughetta Maria Favazzi, Pietro Carbone, Debora Guerrera, Angela Ruocco, Martina Manoli, Martina Manoli, Cristiana Barbati, Francesca Molinaro, Federica Maria Regini, Andrea Vittozzi, Alfonso Mazzaccara, Marina Pierdominici

“…The findings underscore the need for structural support and integrated reinforcement to embed gender-affirming care into routine practice.…”
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The risk associated with ultra-processed food intake on depressive symptoms and mental health in older adults: a target trial emulation by Belayneh Mengist, Mojtaba Lotfaliany, Julie A. Pasco, Bruno Agustini, Michael Berk, Malcolm Forbes, Melissa M. Lane, Suzanne G. Orchard, Joanne Ryan, Alice J. Owen, Robyn L. Woods, John J. McNeil, Mohammadreza Mohebbi

“…We applied inverse probability treatment weighting to balance confounders. Marginal structural models were employed to estimate the population-level average effect of intervention using generalised estimated equations. …”
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Exploring key factors related to child well-being: a community-based participatory research together with children with migration background residing in socio-economically disadvan... by Louise Burenby Yxne, Louise Burenby Yxne, Rathi Ramji, Rathi Ramji, Elisabeth Mangrio, Elisabeth Mangrio, Elisabeth Mangrio, Katarina Sjögren Forss, Katarina Sjögren Forss, Therese Sterner, Therese Sterner, Margareta Rämgård, Margareta Rämgård

“…The themes covered structural aspects, such as school, healthcare and human rights, but also more personal dimensions, like close relations and the near environment, related to Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory of human development.ConclusionThe dialogs with the children provided a deeper understanding and a holistic view of the perceptions of children with migration backgrounds residing in socio-economically disadvantaged areas regarding essential factors for their well-being. …”
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Understanding Associations Between Patient‐Level Factors and Participation in a Breast Cancer Clinical Trial by Nicole E. Caston, Luqin Deng, Courtney P. Williams, Emily B. Levitan, Andres Azuero, Russell Griffin, Karen L. Smith, Antonio C. Wolff, Michelle E. Melisko, Eileen H. Shinn, Kathleen Gallagher, Rebekah Angove, Stephanie B. Wheeler, Gabrielle B. Rocque

“…Standardized total effects (bTot) were estimated using a prespecified Structural Equation Model with 0.1, 0.3, and 0.5 indicating weak, medium, and large magnitude, respectively. …”
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CHANGES IN MORPHODENSITOMETRIC PARAMETERS OF THE PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS OF THE HYPOTHALAMUS IN RATS UNDER STRESS OF DIFFERENT DURATIONS by І. Федоряк, Р. Булик

“…At 02:00 h, no significant differences in neuron size or its structural parameters were found compared to those in the LD group. …”
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Augmented Reality Navigation in Craniomaxillofacial/Head and Neck Surgery by E. Brandon Strong, Anuj Patel, Alexander P. Marston, Cameron Sadegh, Jeffrey Potts, Darin Johnston, David Ahn, Shae Bryant, Michael Li, Osama Raslan, Steven A. Lucero, Marc J. Fischer, Marike Zwienenberg, Neha Sharma, Florian Thieringer, Christian El Amm, Kiarash Shahlaie, Marc Metzger, E. Bradley Strong

“…Virtual surgical plans were generated from computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging data and uploaded onto the AR platform. A reference array was mounted to the patient, and the virtual plan was registered to the patient intraoperatively. …”
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PLB2Tau mice are impaired in novel and temporal object recognition and show corresponding traits in brain MRI by Jacques Micheau, Gwenaelle Catheline, Elodie Barse, Bassem Hiba, Anne Marcilhac, Michèle Allard, Bettina Platt, Gernot Riedel

“…Upon completion of their behavioural testing, animals were recorded in a 7 T MRI for brain structural integrity and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) analysis. …”
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The Robust Detection and Spatial Distribution of Acetaldehyde in Orion KL: Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array Observations and Chemical Modeling by Miwha Jin, Anthony J. Remijan, Robin T. Garrod, Giseon Baek, Martin Cordiner, Steven Charnley, Eric Herbst, Jeong-Eun Lee

“…We analyze extensive Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array archival data sets (142–355 GHz) to search for acetaldehyde, revealing two distinct acetaldehyde emission peaks and one component with more complex kinematic structures. …”
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Cardiovascular resource utilization in patients with diastolic dysfunction: A retrospective cohort analysis by Ato Howard, Paulomi Gohel, Virginia Singla, Aditi Naniwadekar, Floyd Thoma, Suresh Mulukutla, Aditya Bhonsale, Krishna Kancharla, Andrew Voigt, Alaa Shalaby, N.A. Mark Estes, III, Sandeep Jain, Samir Saba

“…HCRU included cardiac interventional, structural, surgical, and electrophysiology procedures, as well as diagnostic monitoring and imaging tests. …”
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Zipper-interacting protein kinase mediates neuronal cell death and cognitive dysfunction in traumatic brain injury via regulating DEDD by Yingxue Mei, Fei She, Ling Zhang, Gamin Kim, Ruomeng Li, Xiuzhi Zheng, Zonghai Wang, Renxuan Chen, Long Wang, Dongmei Chen, Jungho Kim, Tao Zhang, Tae Ho Lee

“…Abstract Neuronal cell death is a causative process in traumatic brain injury (TBI)-induced structural and functional impairment of the central nervous system. …”
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Systematic evaluation of single-cell RNA-seq analyses performance based on long-read sequencing platforms by Enze Deng, Qingmei Shen, Jingna Zhang, Yaowei Fang, Lei Chang, Guanzheng Luo, Xiaoying Fan

“…However, the NGS-based scRNA-seq only quantifies gene expression and cannot reveal the exact transcript structures (isoforms) of each gene due to the limited read length. …”
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Recovery and study of human remains at the Chapel of S. Domenico – Al-Tahira Cathedral of the Syro-Catholic Archdiocese of Mosul located in Quaraqosh, Iraq: Medico-legal and foren... by Laura Donato, Douglas H Ubelaker, Rossana Cecchi, Jessika Camatti, Marco Albore, Gianpiero D'Antonio, Gabriele Napoletano, Letizia Sorace, Michele Treglia, Luigi Tonino Marsella, Costantino Ciallella

“…C2 showed a cranial disintegration with fracture fragments affecting the structures of the left neuro- and splanchnic skull and to a greater extent the left hemifacial, orbital, zygomatic regions and thethe same side of the face. …”
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