Evaluation of the physical-functional resilience of Isfahan City center using spatial statistics methods and ELECTRE* by Ahmad Rahimi Juneghani, Homayoon Nooraie

“…Therefore, for the first time, this study seeks to determine the physical-functional resilience in the center of Isfahan in terms of enduring a hypothetical earthquake. …”
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Vitamin D Antagonises the Suppressive Effect of Inflammatory Cytokines on CTLA-4 Expression and Regulatory Function. by Louisa E Jeffery, Omar S Qureshi, David Gardner, Tie Z Hou, Zoe Briggs, Blagoje Soskic, Jennifer Baker, Karim Raza, David M Sansom

“…Therefore, in this study we have examined the effects of Th17 polarising conditions on CTLA-4 expression and function in human T cells and show that Th17 conditions can suppress the expression of CTLA-4 and its transendocytic function. …”
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A comprehensive machine learning for high throughput Tuberculosis sequence analysis, functional annotation, and visualization by Md. Saddam Hossain, Md. Parvez Khandocar, Farzana Akter Riti, Md. Yeakub Ali, Prithbey Raj Dey, S M Jahurul Haque, Amira Metouekel, Atrsaw Asrat Mengistie, Mohammed Bourhia, Farid Khallouki, Khalid S. Almaary

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Responses of Soil Microbial Communities and Functions in an Alpine Grassland of the Qinghai Lake Basin With Grazing Disturbance by Caicai Sun, Quanmin Dong, Haitao An, Yuzhen Liu, Weidong Lv, Wenting Liu, Haiming Ji, Xiaoxia Yang

“…In this study, we utilized the scientific and technological platform “Alpine Grassland‐Livestock Adaptive Management Technology Platform” in Qinghai Province to examine the effects of grazing intensity on soil microbial communities and functions. …”
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Differential changes in anatomical, molecular and functional determinants of intestinal glucose absorption during murine pregnancy by T. Sebastian Overduin, Georgia S. Clarke, Hui Li, Richard L. Young, Kathryn L. Gatford, Amanda J. Page

“…The timing and regional specificity of adaptations in small intestinal (SI) anatomy and transport, and their functional consequences, remain unclear. …”
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Spatio‐Temporal Dynamics of Invasive Spartina Alterniflora and Its Functional Traits' Responding to Hydro‐Meteorology by Bolin Fu, Bingyan Yuan, Hang Yao, Weiwei Sun, Mingming Jia, Zuofang Yao, Yeqiao Wang

“…Finally, we explored the phenological rhythm of S. alterniflora functional traits, and clarified the response mechanisms of its vegetation functional traits to hydro‐meteorological factors. …”
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Single-cell transcriptomics reveals metabolic remodeling and functional specialization in the immune microenvironment of bone tumors by Jun Chen, Na Cui, Shao-Hui He, Chun-Yan Xia, Wei-Qing Li

“…Abstract Objective To investigate the metabolic remodeling and functional specialization of immune cells within the tumor microenvironment (TME) of bone tumors, including Ewing’s sarcoma, osteosarcoma, and giant cell tumor of bone, through high-resolution single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) analysis. …”
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Counterfactual explanations of tree based ensemble models for brain disease analysis with structure function coupling by Shaolong Wei, Zhen Gao, Hongcheng Yao, Xiaoyu Qi, Mingliang Wang, Jiashuang Huang

“…Abstract Convergent evidence has suggested that the disruption of either structural connectivity (SC) or functional connectivity (FC) in the brain can lead to various neuropsychiatric disorders. …”
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Intraspecific variation in the functional responses of an invasive tropical freshwater fish under increasing temperature regimes by Matteo Ventura, Simone Cittadino, Edoardo Calizza, Giulio Careddu, Simona Sporta Caputi, Loreto Rossi, Maria Letizia Costantini

“…Increasing water temperatures may thus exacerbate the impact of non-native fish, particularly those adapted to warmer conditions, on prey populations. …”
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Genetic Improvement and Functional Characterization of AAP1 Gene for Enhancing Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Maize by Mo Zhu, Ziyu Wang, Shijie Li, Siping Han

“…Through systematic evolutionary analysis of 55 maize inbred lines, we discovered that the <i>ZmAAP1</i> gene family exhibits distinct chromosomal localization (Chr7 and Chr9) and functional domain diversification (e.g., group 10-specific motifs 11/12), indicating species-specific adaptive evolution. …”
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Common single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes related to immune function and risk of papillary thyroid cancer. by Alina V Brenner, Gila Neta, Erich M Sturgis, Ruth M Pfeiffer, Amy Hutchinson, Meredith Yeager, Li Xu, Cindy Zhou, William Wheeler, Margaret A Tucker, Stephen J Chanock, Alice J Sigurdson

“…Accumulating evidence suggests that alterations in immune function may be important in the etiology of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). …”
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Plastic Responses of <i>Iris pumila</i> Functional and Mechanistic Leaf Traits to Experimental Warming by Katarina Hočevar, Ana Vuleta, Sanja Manitašević Jovanović

“…In particular, we investigated important functional and mechanistic leaf traits: specific leaf area (SLA), leaf dry matter content (LDMC), specific leaf water content (SLWC), stomatal density (SD), leaf thickness (LT), and chlorophyll content. …”
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Resilient service function chain initial deployment and dynamic replacement towards 6G networks by Deqiang Zhou, Xinsheng Ji, Wei You, Yu Zhao, Hang Qiu, Mingyan Xu

“…Resilience requires that a service can anticipate, withstand, recover from, and adapt to attacks, thereby ensuring the basic function of the service. …”
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Dynamic time-varying transfer function for cancer gene expression data feature selection problem by Hao-Ming Song, Yu-Cai Wang, Jie-Sheng Wang, Yu-Wei Song, Shi Li, Yu-Liang Qi, Jia-Ning Hou

“…By employing the concept of dynamic adjustment, an adaptive adjustment strategy based on population diversity was introduced, which is then integrated with the time-varying transfer function to yield the dynamic time-varying transfer function. …”
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Effects of exogenous chitosan concentrations on photosynthesis and functional physiological traits of hibiscus under salt stress by Yangfan Cao, Ruiyang Yan, Mingcong Sun, Jing Guo, Shuyong Zhang

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Individuals co-exposed to sand fly saliva and filarial parasites exhibit altered monocyte function. by Moussa Sangare, Yaya Ibrahim Coulibaly, Naureen Huda, Silvia Vidal, Sameha Tariq, Michel Emmanuel Coulibaly, Siaka Yamoussa Coulibaly, Lamine Soumaoro, Ilo Dicko, Bourama Traore, Ibrahim Moussa Sissoko, Sekou Fantamady Traore, Ousmane Faye, Thomas B Nutman, Jesus G Valenzuela, Fabiano Oliveira, Seydou Doumbia, Shaden Kamhawi, Roshanak Tolouei Semnani

“…<h4>Conclusions/significance</h4>Together, our data suggest that SG or recombinant salivary proteins from Pd alter human monocyte function by upregulating selective inflammatory cytokines.…”
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Integrating Drone Truthing and Functional Classification of Remote Sensing Time Series for Supervised Vegetation Mapping by Giacomo Quattrini, Simone Pesaresi, Nicole Hofmann, Adriano Mancini, Simona Casavecchia

“…This study proposes an approach to enhance the efficiency of supervised vegetation mapping in complex landscapes, integrating Multivariate Functional Principal Component Analysis (MFPCA) applied to the Sentinel-2 time series with drone-based ground truthing. …”
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Comparison of the efficacy of empowering executive functions and teaching emotion regulation skills on academic anxiety in adolescents by Khadijeh Hafezi, Nabiolah Akbarnataj, Jamal Sadeghi, Rajabali Mohammadzade

“…Data were collected using the Academic Anxiety Questionnaire (Albert & Haher, 1960). The executive functions enhancement training, adapted from Barkley (1997), comprised 10 sessions lasting 60 minutes each, while the emotion regulation skills training, based on Gross (2007), consisted of 10 sessions lasting 90 minutes each. …”
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Research progress on resistance exercise therapy for improving cognitive function in patients with AD and muscle atrophy by Wenyao Li, Wei Fang, Yier Zhang, Yier Zhang, Qiulu Chen, Wuyue Shentu, Qilun Lai, Lin Cheng, Sicheng Yan, Qi Kong, Song Qiao

“…Individuals exhibiting lower cognitive function demonstrate more pronounced adaptive responses in physical performance over time. …”
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Atmospheric Modulation Transfer Function Calculation and Error Evaluation for the Panchromatic Band of the Gaofen-2 Satellite by Zhengqiang Li, Mingjun Liang, Yan Ma, Yang Zheng, Zhaozhou Li, Zhenting Chen

“…In the optical satellite on-orbit imaging quality estimation system, the calculation of Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) is not fully standardized, and the influence of atmosphere is often simplified, making it difficult to obtain completely consistent on-orbit MTF measurements and comparisons. …”
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