Spatial Measurements on USGS Topo Maps by Hartwig Hochmair, Adam Benjamin

“…Hochmair and published by the UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation explains and showcases the use of these geospatial readout functions. It also provides background information about and assistance with estimating point coordinates on the Universal Transverse Mercator grid cast on USGS topographic maps as an optional layer. …”
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Spatial Measurements on USGS Topo Maps by Hartwig Hochmair, Adam Benjamin

“…Hochmair and published by the UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation explains and showcases the use of these geospatial readout functions. It also provides background information about and assistance with estimating point coordinates on the Universal Transverse Mercator grid cast on USGS topographic maps as an optional layer. …”
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Dynamic Light Path and Bidirectional Reflectance Effects on Solar Noise in UAV-Borne Photon-Counting LiDAR by Kuifeng Luan, Jinhui Zheng, Wei Kong, Weidong Zhu, Lizhe Zhang, Peiyao Zhang, Lin Liu

Subjects: “…bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF)…”
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Association of Intraoperative Hemodynamic Parameters and Creatinine Levels with Early Graft Function Following Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Retrospective Study by Juni Kurniawaty, Novita Intan Arovah

“…Background: Intraoperative hemodynamic management is critical for optimizing graft function in kidney transplantation. The study aimed to investigate the association between intraoperative mean arterial pressure (MAP) and central venous pressure (CVP) with early graft function, as measured by postoperative serum creatinine levels, in patients undergoing living donor kidney transplantation. …”
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Analysis of Brain Activation and Effective Connectivity During Self-paced Unilateral and Bilateral Finger Tapping Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Tempo... by Bazli Md Yusoff, Mohd Ezane Aziz, Aini Ismafairus Abd Hamid, Husbani Mohd Amin Rebuan, Muhammad Riddha Abdul Rahman

“…Methods: This study involves 12 healthy subjects and 12 TLE patients who have undergone functional magnetic resonance imaging performing self-paced unilateral and bilateral finger tapping. …”
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Role of BDNF-TrkB signaling in the improvement of motor function and neuroplasticity after ischemic stroke in rats by transcranial direct current stimulation by Yu Chen, Lin Mao, Qinxiang Zhou, Dingqun Bai, Yuhan Kong

“…Results: After tDCS treatment, the mNSS was improved, and the motor function was restored. Moreover, tDCS decreased cell swelling after MCAO/R and enhanced the number of neurons. tDCS treatment increased: (1) BDNF, Gap-43, Map-2 expression, (2) KCC2, GABA, and (3) PLCγ, CaMK IV, CREB and ERK1/2, RSK. …”
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Functional dissection and assembly of a small, newly evolved, W chromosome-specific genomic region of the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis. by Caroline M S Cauret, Danielle C Jordan, Lindsey M Kukoly, Sarah R Burton, Emmanuela U Anele, Jacek M Kwiecien, Marie-Theres Gansauge, Sinthu Senthillmohan, Eli Greenbaum, Matthias Meyer, Marko E Horb, Ben J Evans

“…These findings map out a dynamic evolutionary history of a newly evolved W chromosome-specific genomic region, whose components have distinctive functions that frequently degraded during Xenopus diversification, and evidence the evolutionary consequences of recombination suppression.…”
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Impact of forest cover loss on forest dependent avian species in Kenya by Peggy Mutheu Ngila, Bello Adamu Danmallam, Iniunam Aniefiok Iniunam, Anthony Kuria, Rosie Trevelyan

“…Our objective was to determine how forest loss influences species richness and functional diversity indices, potentially leading to increased functional biotic homogenization. …”
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In situ deposition of MnO2 nanoparticles on cellulosic denim via KMnO4 reduction: Parametric optimization and functional assessment by Hamid Reza Jafari, Reza Mohammad Ali Malek, Majid Montazer

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In silico identification of potential calcium dynamics and sarcomere targets for recovering left ventricular function in rat heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. by Stefano Longobardi, Anna Sher, Steven A Niederer

“…However, the link between cellular level modulations and whole organ pump function is incompletely understood. Our goal is to develop and use a multi-scale computational cardiac mechanics model of the obese ZSF1 HFpEF rat to identify important biomechanical mechanisms that underpin impaired cardiac function and to predict how whole-heart mechanical function can be recovered through altering cellular calcium dynamics and/or cellular contraction. …”
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Loss Function Optimization Method and Unsupervised Extraction Approach D-DBSCAN for Improving the Moving Target Perception of 3D Imaging Sonar by Jingfeng Yu, Aigen Huang, Zhongju Sun, Rui Huang, Gao Huang, Qianchuan Zhao

“…This method automatically generates single-frame target detection boxes based on multi-frame joint segmentation, offering advantages in speed, cost, and accuracy. For loss function optimization, a density-based loss function is introduced to address the issue of overfitting in dense regions due to the uneven distribution of point cloud data. …”
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Genetic Variability in eIF2α Gene Is Associated with Islet β-Cell Function in the Development of Diabetes in a Chinese Han Population by Nan Gu, Xiaowei Ma, Jianwei Zhang, Mengmeng Jin, Nan Feng, Ruifen Deng, Ge Bai, Hong Zhang, Xiaohui Guo

“…Protein kinase-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK)/eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 alpha (eIF2α) pathway mutations lead to failure of β-cell function. The aim of this article was to assess the association between eIF2α and the risk of glucose metabolism abnormalities. …”
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Regional lung function assessment using electrical impedance tomography in COPD, PRISm, and normal spirometry subjects: insights into early diagnostic potential by Jiayi Li, Zhanqi Zhao, Runze He, Yuhong Xie, Zhihao Xu, Chunwei Ni, Ting Jiang, Huiqing Ge

“…Abstract Purpose This study utilizes electrical impedance tomography (EIT) to explore spatial–temporal heterogeneity in regional lung function among patients with chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD), preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm), and those with normal lung function. …”
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Functional Role of Fatty Acid Synthase for Signal Transduction in Core-Binding Factor Acute Myeloid Leukemia with an Activating c-Kit Mutation by Ruimeng Zhuang, Bente Siebels, Konstantin Hoffer, Anna Worthmann, Stefan Horn, Nikolas Christian Cornelius von Bubnoff, Cyrus Khandanpour, Niklas Gebauer, Sivahari Prasad Gorantla, Hanna Voss, Hartmut Schlüter, Malte Kriegs, Walter Fiedler, Carsten Bokemeyer, Manfred Jücker, Maxim Kebenko

“…<b>Methods</b>: In this study, we investigated the role of FASN in two c-Kit-N822K-mutated AML cell lines using FASN knockdown via shRNA and the FASN inhibitor TVB-3166. Functional implications, including cell proliferation, were assessed through Western blotting, mass spectrometry, and PamGene. …”
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Reprogrammed human lateral ganglionic eminence precursors generate striatal neurons and restore motor function in a rat model of Huntington’s disease by Amy McCaughey-Chapman, Anne Lieke Burgers, Catharina Combrinck, Laura Marriott, David Gordon, Bronwen Connor

“…We investigated the ability for hiLGEPs to survive transplantation, differentiate to medium spiny-like striatal neurons and improve motor function in the QA lesion rat model of HD. Fourteen weeks after transplantation, we observed STEM121 + neurons co-expressing MAP2, DARPP32, GAD65/67, or GABA. …”
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A theoretical insight into graphene-based materials: A DFT study by Gunja Prasad, Suveksha Tamang, Sangeeta Jha, Nayan Kamal Bhattacharyya, Joydeep Biswas

“…The methodology involves the theoretical study of all three systems using the Density Functional Theory (DFT) associated with Becke 3-parameter Lee-Yang-Paar as a functional with 6311G(d,p) basis set. …”
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Structural and functional alterations of neurons derived from sporadic Alzheimer’s disease hiPSCs are associated with downregulation of the LIMK1-cofilin axis by Raimondo Sollazzo, Domenica Donatella Li Puma, Giuseppe Aceto, Fabiola Paciello, Claudia Colussi, Maria Gabriella Vita, Guido Maria Giuffrè, Francesco Pastore, Alessia Casamassa, Jessica Rosati, Agnese Novelli, Sabrina Maietta, Francesco Danilo Tiziano, Camillo Marra, Cristian Ripoli, Claudio Grassi

“…We then focused on PAK1-LIMK1-Cofilin signaling, which plays a key role in regulating synaptic structure and function, both of which are disrupted in neurodegenerative diseases such as AD. …”
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Executive functions in english second language learning: a systematic mapping review = Funções executivas no aprendizado de inglês como segunda língua: um mapeamento sistemático da literatura = Funciones ejecutivas en el aprendizaje del inglés como segundo idioma: un mapeo sistemático de la literatura by Musskopf, Ângela

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PTCDet: advanced UAV imagery target detection by Jia Su, Yichang Qin, Ze Jia, Yanli Hou

“…Based on the multiscale feature fusion structure, an enhanced scale fusion detection (ESFD) module is used to improve small object detection by generating larger scale feature maps. Ultimately, the inner focaler IoU loss (INFL) function effectively accelerates the regression of detection bounding boxes, enhancing the generalization ability and overall detection performance of the model. …”
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Conceptual foundations of a REFRAME-based approach to discriminate across total knee implant designs based on the positions of functional centres of rotation by Adrian Sauer, Ariana Ortigas-Vásquez, Christoph Thorwaechter, Peter E. Müller, Henning Windhagen, Allan Maas, Thomas M. Grupp, William R. Taylor, Matthias Woiczinski

“…The kinematic signals of these five configurations were compared to determine whether key differences between implants could be detected leveraging two methodological approaches: (1) statistical parametric mapping to directly compare waveforms and (2) simple paired t-tests to compare the three-dimensional coordinates of the functional centres of rotation determined using a previously published REference FRame Alignment Method (REFRAME). …”
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