Results of a feasibility study of the FReSH START intervention to improve quality of life and other outcomes in people who repeatedly self-harm (Function REplacement in repeated Se... by Bethan Copsey, Alexandra Wright-Hughes, Amanda Farrin, Cara Gates, Kate Farley, Cathy Brennan, Dean McMillan, Christopher D. Graham, Chris Bojke, Richard Mattock, Adam Martin, Petra Bijsterveld, Judith Horrocks, Suzanne Hartley, Marsha McAdam, Dafydd Hammond-Jones, Louise D. Bryant, Allan House, Elspeth Guthrie, the FReSH START lived experience group

“…Considering multiple possible functions of self-harm, we modified three existing psychological therapies for use with people who self-harm multiple times. …”
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Mechanisms of Soil Microbial Community Adaptation in Cold-Region Wetlands Under Retrogressive Succession by Junnan Ding, Shaopeng Yu

“…These results demonstrate that microbial communities adapt to changing soil environments during retrogressive succession, highlighting their role in ecosystem function and resilience in cold-region wetlands.…”
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A new extension of the Rayleigh distribution: Methodology, classical, and Bayes estimation, with application to industrial data by Alanazi Talal Abdulrahman, Khudhayr A. Rashedi, Tariq S. Alshammari, Eslam Hussam, Amirah Saeed Alharthi, Ramlah H Albayyat

“…Several key mathematical and statistical results were investigated, including moments, moment-generating functions, variance, dispersion index, skewness, and kurtosis for the suggested model. …”
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Control of Vehicle Lateral Handling Stability Considering Time-Varying Full-State Constraints by Lizhe Wu, Dingxuan Zhao

“…By constructing a time-varying symmetric Barrier Lyapunov Function (TS-BLF), this method imposes time-varying nonlinear constraints on both the sideslip angle and yaw rate, thereby ensuring full-state constrained stability control of vehicles under complex operating conditions. …”
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Analysis on gut microbiota diversity of wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) from three regions of Yunnan Province by Zeya Yang, Yixuan Wang, Yuhan Wang, Jiuxuan Zhou, Ruimei Wang, Mingfei Shi, Mingwei Bao, Binghui Wang, Ruiling Yuan

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Intelligent trajectory tracking algorithm for autonomous robots under membrane computing by YAO Jiangyun, WU Fangyuan

“…Finally, based on the multi-step parallel membrane structure, a feasible autonomous robot trajectory path was found, and a sliding mode variable structure function was used to design the control rate. The position error was adjusted by the control rate to achieve autonomous robot trajectory tracking. …”
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Toward a Blood Sensor for an IoT Monitoring: A New Approach for the Design and Implementation of Blood Light Absorption Systems Based on the Finite Element Method and the Diffusion... by Mouna Dhmiri, Yassine Manai, Tahar Ezzedine

“…The fluence computing function solves the diffusion equation to model light intensity attenuation due to RBCs, and the SIL function compares computed results with real-time measurements, ensuring accuracy for potential real-time embedded system applications. …”
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Research on Small-Target Detection of Flax Pests and Diseases in Natural Environment by Integrating Similarity-Aware Activation Module and Bidirectional Feature Pyramid Network Mod... by Manxi Zhong, Yue Li, Yuhong Gao

“…Additionally, this paper adopts the EIOU loss function to further optimize the model’s bounding box regression, reducing the distortion of bounding boxes caused by high sample variability. …”
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Issues of Designing Effective Educational Programs in the Field of “Applied Informatics” in the Conditions of Innovative Development by Yu. F. Telnov, M. S. Gasparian, M. A. Filyuk

“…Therefore, when developing and updating educational programs, higher education institutions will have to clarify the composition of professional competencies that must meet both the needs for effective performance of generalized labor functions and labor functions fixed in professional standards, and many educational parameters fixed in the regulatory framework of Russian higher education. …”
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Features of steroid hormone levels in girls with menstrual cycle disorders and mental health disorders by V.O. Dynnik, O.O. Dynnik, O.H. Verhoshanova, T.M. Matkovska, O.Y. Sheludko, H.O. Havenko

“…Objectives of the study: to investigate the peculiarities of the steroid hormone status in girls with menstrual function disorders, depending on comorbid psychopathology. …”
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Thoraco-abdominal biomechanical model and dual-layer control method for soft robotic system with application to respiratory assistance by Wenzhuo Zhi, Wenzhuo Zhi, Wei Zhao, Wei Zhao, Yan Zhang, Enming Shi, Enming Shi, Yangfan Zhou, Yangfan Zhou, Bi Zhang

“…Tests on healthy subjects in the effective operating range show that the robotic system can enhance subjects' overall respiratory function and ventilation function, offering a technical reference for future respiratory-assist robot development.…”
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Tad pili with adaptable tips mediate contact-dependent killing during bacterial predation by Julien Herrou, Laetitia My, Caroline L. Monteil, Marine Bergot, Rikesh Jain, Emmanuelle Martinez, Tâm Mignot

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Adaptation of Natural Killer Cells to Hypoxia: A Review of the Transcriptional, Translational, and Metabolic Processes by Chang TD, Chen YJ, Luo JL, Zhang C, Chen SY, Lin ZQ, Zhang PD, Shen YX, Tang TX, Li H, Dong LM, Tang ZH, Chen D, Wang YM

“…A comprehensive understanding of how NK cells adapt to hypoxia can provide valuable insights into how the functional capacity of NK cells may be restored. …”
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Adopting a green strategy and related practices: Lessons from small food establishments in an emerging economy by Vanessa Eva-Ann Green, Alet C. Erasmus

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A dual-branch deep learning model based on fNIRS for assessing 3D visual fatigue by Yan Wu, Yan Wu, Yan Wu, TianQi Mu, SongNan Qu, XiuJun Li, XiuJun Li, XiuJun Li, Qi Li, Qi Li, Qi Li

“…Thus, fatigue assessment is crucial for enhancing the user experience and optimizing the performance of stereoscopic 3D technology. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) has emerged as a promising tool for evaluating 3D visual fatigue by capturing hemodynamic responses within the cerebral region. …”
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Groundbreaking Technologies and the Biocontrol of Fungal Vascular Plant Pathogens by Carmen Gómez-Lama Cabanás, Jesús Mercado-Blanco

“…Other technologies such as genome editing, RNA interference (RNAi), and functional peptides can enhance BCA efficacy against pathogenic fungi. …”
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Atomistic insights into the intermolecular interactions of Cistanoside A from Cistanche deserticola with natural deep eutectic solvents by Dilnur Tussipkan, Cheng Chaohua, Kairat Aidarkhan, Qiu Caisheng, Song Xixia, Tang Lili, Liu Dandan, Zhexenbek Toktarbay, Ali Zhalel, Shuga Manabayeva

“…In this study, we employ density functional theory (DFT) calculations and classical all-atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to investigate the intermolecular interactions between Cistanoside A, a key bioactive component from Cistanche deserticola, and NADES. …”
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The dynamics of the gut microbiota in prediabetes during a four-year follow-up among European patients—an IMI-DIRECT prospective study by Liwei Lyu, Yong Fan, Josef Korbinian Vogt, Marc Clos-Garcia, Amelie Bonnefond, Helle Krogh Pedersen, Avirup Dutta, Robert Koivula, Sapna Sharma, Kristine Højgaard Allin, Caroline Brorsson, Henna Cederberg, Elizaveta Chabanova, Federico De Masi, Emmanouil Dermitzakis, Petra J. Elders, Marieke T. Blom, Monika Hollander, Rebeca Eriksen, Ian Forgie, Gary Frost, Giuseppe N. Giordano, Harald Grallert, Mark Haid, Tue Haldor Hansen, Bernd Jablonka, Tarja Kokkola, Anubha Mahajan, Andrea Mari, Timothy J. McDonald, Petra B. Musholt, Imre Pavo, Cornelia Prehn, Martin Ridderstråle, Hartmut Ruetten, Leen M.‘t Hart, Jochen M. Schwenk, Evelina Stankevic, Henrik S. Thomsen, Jagadish Vangipurapu, Henrik Vestergaard, Ana Viñuela, Mark Walker, Torben Hansen, Allan Linneberg, Henrik Bjørn Nielsen, Søren Brunak, Mark I. McCarthy, Philippe Froguel, Jerzy Adamski, Paul W. Franks, Marku Laakso, Joline W. J. Beulens, Ewan Pearson, Oluf Pedersen

“…Conclusions In this 4-year prospective study of European patients with prediabetes, the gut microbiota exhibited major changes in taxonomic composition, bacterial species genetics, and microbial functional potentials, many of which paralleled an aggravation of host metabolism. …”
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Adaptive differential current relay based on form/ripple factors for busbar current signals by R. A. Mahmoud

“…Moreover, the main protection function differentiates between internal and external faults with or without CT saturation. …”
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AMFEF-DETR: An End-to-End Adaptive Multi-Scale Feature Extraction and Fusion Object Detection Network Based on UAV Aerial Images by Sen Wang, Huiping Jiang, Jixiang Yang, Xuan Ma, Jiamin Chen

“…The Inner-Shape-IoU loss function, designed to focus on bounding box shapes and incorporate auxiliary boxes, is introduced to accelerate convergence and improve regression accuracy. …”
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