Systematic review of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) applications in the preoperative planning and treatment assessment of brain tumors by Hamad Yahia Abu Mhanna, Ahmad Fairuz Omar, Yasmin Md Radzi, Ammar A. Oglat, Hanan Fawaz Akhdar, Haytham Al Ewaidat, Abdallah Almahmoud, Abdel-Baset Bani Yaseen, Laith Al Badarneh, Omar Alhamad, Laith Alhamad

“…Recently, fMRI has undergone significant progress, allowing for its integration into clinical workflows to facilitate precise mapping of brain functions. This extensive analysis encompasses the scrutiny of resting-state fMRI (Rs-fMRI) as a method of capturing functional connectivity, thereby providing significant insights into the management of patients with brain tumors. …”
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Investigating the impact of the regularization parameter on EEG resting-state source reconstruction and functional connectivity using real and simulated data by F. Leone, A. Caporali, A. Pascarella, C. Perciballi, O. Maddaluno, A. Basti, P. Belardinelli, L. Marzetti, G. Di Lorenzo, V. Betti

“…Accurate EEG source localization is crucial for mapping resting-state network dynamics and it plays a key role in estimating source-level functional connectivity. …”
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Dual-functional silver nanoparticle-enhanced ZnO nanorods for improved reactive oxygen species generation and cancer treatment by Yichao Tao, Wenbin Zhuang, Wensi Fan, Longxiang Zhou, Lihong Fan, Huanlong Qin, Yefei Zhu

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Copper (II) anchored on guanidine-functionalized graphene oxide as a high-performance supercapacitor electrode: An experimental and theoretical investigation by Samira Mohammadi, Seyed Morteza Mousavi-Khoshdel, Mohammad Ali Hedayati

“…For this purpose, copper (II) anchored on guanidine-functionalized graphene oxide (GGO/Cu) was synthesized via a facile two-step route. …”
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Longitudinal single-subject neuroimaging study reveals effects of daily environmental, physiological, and lifestyle factors on functional brain connectivity. by Ana María Triana, Juha Salmi, Nicholas Mark Edward Alexander Hayward, Jari Saramäki, Enrico Glerean

“…However, little is known about the response of brain functional connectivity to environmental, physiological, and behavioral changes on different timescales, from days to months. …”
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Disability in sustainability theories, models, and frameworks: a scoping review guided by the international classification of functioning and the sustainable development goals by John C. Hayvon

“…This review builds upon existing policy and research synergies between the World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Classification of Functioning (ICF), the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the Social Determinants of Health (SDH) Framework to identify contributions of a disability perspective to sustainability. …”
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Structure–function relationships in unspecific peroxygenases revealed by a comparative study of their action on the phenolic lignin monomer 4-propylguaiacol by Marta Barros-Reguera, Esteban Lopez-Tavera, Gabriela C. Schröder, Greta Nardini, Kenneth A. Kristoffersen, Iván Ayuso-Fernández, Vincent G. H. Eijsink, Morten Sørlie

“…Our study provides valuable insights into the structure–function relationships underpinning enhanced peroxygenase activity of UPOs and provides a functional mapping of a broad UPO-sequence space for 4-PG, highlighting these enzymes as promising catalysts for the selective oxyfunctionalization of a phenolic lignin monomer.…”
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The Characteristics and Functions of SSRs and SNPs Based on the Transcriptome of <i>Tuta absoluta</i> Exposed to Different Concentrations of Abamectin and Chlorantraniliprole by Fanxue Zhang, Meimei Mu, Zonglin Wang, Haoran Zhang, Yilan Song, Rong Xiao

“…These findings provide valuable data for constructing genetic maps, assessing genetic diversity, and determining functional orientation in insects, and they also provide basic data for the molecular mechanism of <i>T. absoluta</i> ‘s response to pesticide susceptibility.…”
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The multiscale brain structural re-organization that occurs from childhood to adolescence correlates with cortical morphology maturation and functional specialization. by Yirong He, Debin Zeng, Qiongling Li, Lei Chu, Xiaoxi Dong, Xinyuan Liang, Lianglong Sun, Xuhong Liao, Tengda Zhao, Xiaodan Chen, Tianyuan Lei, Weiwei Men, Yanpei Wang, Daoyang Wang, Mingming Hu, Zhiying Pan, Haibo Zhang, Ningyu Liu, Shuping Tan, Jia-Hong Gao, Shaozheng Qin, Sha Tao, Qi Dong, Yong He, Shuyu Li

“…Furthermore, the developmental changes in coupling between multiscale structural and functional connectivity were correlated with functional specialization refinement, as evidenced by changes in the participation coefficient. …”
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Mean Field Initialization of the Annealed Importance Sampling Algorithm for an Efficient Evaluation of the Partition Function Using Restricted Boltzmann Machines by Arnau Prat Pou, Enrique Romero, Jordi Martí, Ferran Mazzanti

“…In this work, we evaluate the partition function of magnetic spin and spin-like systems mapped into RBMs using AIS. …”
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The controllable of BODIPY dimers without installing blocking groups as both fluorescence and singlet oxygen generators by Jianfang Cao, Tianci Zhang, Xinyu Chen, Xue Ma, Jiangli Fan

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Structural and functional brain abnormal alteration in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A coordinate-based meta-analysis by Di He, Zeqi Hao, Mengqi Zhao, Mengting Li, Na Hou, Yang Yu, Lulu Cheng, Xize Jia

“…Therefore, we aim to examine common functional and structural alterations in patients with T2DM. …”
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A Novel Wild-Type <i>Lacticaseibacillus paracasei</i> Strain Suitable for the Production of Functional Yoghurt and Ayran Products by Ioanna Prapa, Chrysoula Pavlatou, Vasiliki Kompoura, Anastasios Nikolaou, Electra Stylianopoulou, George Skavdis, Maria E. Grigoriou, Yiannis Kourkoutas

“…After testing hemolytic activity and resistance to antibiotics, specific functional properties were evaluated; <i>Lactococcus lactis</i> subsp. …”
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SEGT-GO: a graph transformer method based on PPI serialization and explanatory artificial intelligence for protein function prediction by Yansong Wang, Yundong Sun, Baohui Lin, Haotian Zhang, Xiaoling Luo, Yumeng Liu, Xiaopeng Jin, Dongjie Zhu

“…The multi-hop neighborhood serialization maps multi-hop information in the PPI Network into serialized feature embeddings, enabling the Graph Transformer to learn deeper functional features within the PPI Network. …”
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Gene Localization and Functional Validation of <i>GmPDH1</i> in Soybean Against Cyst Nematode Race 4 by Yuehua Dai, Yue Zhang, Chuhui Li, Kun Wan, Yan Chen, Mengen Nie, Haiping Zhang

“…Through phenotypic characterization and a genome-wide association study (GWAS), a genomic region (Gm18:1,223,546–1,782,241) on chromosome 18 was mapped, yielding 14 candidate genes. <i>GmPDH1</i> was validated as a critical resistance gene using reverse transcription quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) and Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR (KASP) marker M0526. …”
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From Metagenomes to Functional Expression of Resistance: <i>floR</i> Gene Diversity in Bacteria from Salmon Farms by Javiera Ortiz-Severín, Iñaki Hojas, Felipe Redin, Ervin Serón, Jorge Santana, Alejandro Maass, Verónica Cambiazo

“…Total DNA from bacterial communities was used as a template to recover <i>floR</i> gene variants, which were tested by heterologous expression and functional characterization of phenicol resistance. …”
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Multimodal abnormalities of brain function in chronic low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies by Xingyao Chen, Xingyao Chen, Xingyao Chen, Nuo Chen, Nuo Chen, Nuo Chen, Peng Lai, Peng Lai, Yiqi Sun, Jie Yu, Ming Xin, Deliang Zhu, Fanrong Liang, Fanrong Liang, Fanrong Liang, Qian Song, Shirui Cheng, Shirui Cheng, Shirui Cheng, Zhengjie Li, Zhengjie Li, Zhengjie Li, Zhengjie Li

“…ObjectivesNeuroimaging investigations into chronic low back pain (CLBP) have detected functional abnormalities across a spectrum of brain regions, yet the findings have often been inconsistent. …”
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Common neural patterns of substance use disorder: a seed-based resting-state functional connectivity meta-analysis by Xiaonan Zhang, Haoyu Zhang, Yingbo Shao, Yang Li, Feifei Zhang, Hui Zhang

“…Abstract Background Substance use disorder (SUD) shares common clinical features, including impulsive and compulsive behaviors, which are associated with dysfunctions in the brain’s reward circuit. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) studies have shown inconsistent results due to variability in the substances and stages of addiction. …”
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An Improved Wavelet Soft-Threshold Function Integrated with SVMD Dual-Parameter Joint Denoising for Ancient Building Deformation Monitoring by Jiaxing Zhao, Houzeng Han, Yang Deng, Youqiang Dong, Jian Wang, Wenjin Chen

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ESCRT may function as a tumor biomarker, transitioning from pan-cancer analysis to validation within breast cancer by Xiao-rui Chen, Xiao-rui Chen, Xue-ying Tan, Zong-liang Zhang, Jiang-shui Yuan, Wei-qing Song, Wei-qing Song

“…BRCA was used to explore its effects on tumor prognosis and therapy.MethodsThe data sets of Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), Genome-Tissue Expression Plan (GTEX), Human Protein Mapping (HPA), Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO), Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC), R software package, and bioinformatics methods were used to mine the potential carcinogenic effects of ESCRT, including the expression level, prognostic value, and immune value of ESCRT in various types of tumor tissues, and the potential function of ESCRT family genes was further verified in breast cancer.ResultsESCRT showed significant differential expression in various cancers, such as bladder urothelial carcinoma and liver, cervical, renal, esophageal, head, and neck cancers (P &lt;0.05). …”
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