Unique Function in Cancer Stemness and Prognostic Significance of <i>EMX2</i> in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Shoichi Fumoto, Keiji Tanimoto, Takuya Noguchi, Jun Hihara, Eiso Hiyama, Keiko Otani, Megu Ohtaki, Yutaka Shimada, Masahiko Nishiyama, Keiko Hiyama

“…Dysregulation of EMX2 expression has been implicated in various pathological conditions, including cancer, but the precise molecular mechanisms underlying EMX2 functions in cancer remain incompletely understood. …”
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Functional Trait Responses of <i>Brasenia schreberi</i> to Water and Soil Conditions Reveal Its Endangered Status by Jingyu Yao, Zhenya Liu, Junbao Yu, Yun Zhang, Rui Xu, Jiahua Li, Yang Xu, Mei Sun

“…By measuring the key functional traits of <i>B. schreberi</i> and detecting the water and soil parameters at the collecting sites, the responses of these functional traits to the water and soil conditions have been investigated. …”
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Abnormal Gray Matter Volume and Functional Connectivity in Parkinson’s Disease with Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder by Xu Jiang, Zhuang Wu, Min Zhong, Bo Shen, Jun Zhu, Yang Pan, Jun Yan, Wenbin Zhang, Pingyi Xu, Chaoyong Xiao, Li Zhang

“…Therefore, this study aimed to detect the structural and functional differences in patients with PD-RBD and PD without RBD (PD-nRBD). …”
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Myocardial impairment in rheumatoid arthritis patients with normal left ventricular function: findings from speckle tracking echocardiography by Rim Dhahri, Mahfoudhi Houaida, Ismail Dergaa, Lobna Ben Ammar, Halil İbrahim Ceylan, Youssef Ben Abderrazek, Insaf Fenniche, Sarra Chenik, Wafa Fehri, Raul Ioan Muntean, Imène Gharsallah

“…Timely identification of cardiac involvement is essential for reducing long-term cardiovascular risks in people with rheumatoid arthritis.ObjectivesThis study sought to (i) determine if STE can identify subclinical myocardial dysfunction in RA Patients with normal left ventricular function as assessed by transthoracic echocardiography and (ii) identify clinical and biological factors linked to this extra-articular manifestation.MethodsA total of 36 RA patients and 36 matching healthy controls were included. …”
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Preliminary study on the value of high-order functional magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of bone and soft tissue tumors by ZHANG Zhengjia, LI Xiaomin, ZHOU Xin, MA Hairong, AI Songtao

“…Objective·To preliminarily investigate the value of high-order functional magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of benign and malignant bone and soft tissue tumors and the changes after chemotherapy.Methods·Patients clinically diagnosed with bone and soft tissue tumors at the Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, from October 2014 to December 2024 were enrolled. …”
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Dual Attention-Based Global-Local Feature Extraction Network for Unsupervised Change Detection in PolSAR Images by Dazhi Xu, Ming Li, Yan Wu, Peng Zhang, Xinyue Xin

“…Finally, we employ a feature constraint-focal loss function including feature constraint loss and focal loss as the objective function of DA-GLN. …”
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Target-aware unregistered infrared and visible image fusion by Dengshu Hu, Ke Wang, Cuijin Zhang, Zheng Liu, Yukui Che, Shoubing Dong, Chuirui Kong

“…The core idea is to use the object detection loss, propagated via backpropagation, to guide the training of the fusion network, while a specially designed loss function mitigates the modality gap between infrared and visible images.ResultsComprehensive experiments on three public datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach.DiscussionIn addition, our approach can be used with other radiation frequencies where different modalities require image fusion like, for example, radio-frequency, x- and gamma rays used in medical imaging.…”
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Exposed conductor detection of 10 kV distribution line based on improved YOLOv8 by Qiwen JING, Sipeng HAO, Siyuan LI

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Tapping line detection and rubber tapping pose estimation for natural rubber trees based on improved YOLOv8 and RGB-D information fusion by Yaya Chen, Hui Yang, Junxiao Liu, Zhifu Zhang, Xirui Zhang

“…Firstly, YOLOv8n was improved by introducing the CFB module into the backbone, adding an output layer into the neck, fusing the EMA attention mechanism into the neck, and modifying the loss function as NWD to realize multi-object detection and segmentation. …”
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Effect of long-term exercise-based interventions on thyroid function in hypothyroidism: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Habiba Sundus, Sohrab Ahmad Khan, Sahar Zaidi, Charu Chhabra, Irshad Ahmad, Hiba Khan

“…Objective: This study aimed to assess the effects of exercise interventions of more than 8 weeks on thyroid function in adults with hypothyroidism through a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. …”
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How to measure functional connectivity using resting-state fMRI? A comprehensive empirical exploration of different connectivity metrics by Lukas Roell, Stephan Wunderlich, David Roell, Florian Raabe, Elias Wagner, Zhuanghua Shi, Andrea Schmitt, Peter Falkai, Sophia Stoecklein, Daniel Keeser

“…However, a recent interdisciplinary methodological work proposes >230 different metrics to measure similarity between different types of time series. Objective: Hence, we systematically evaluated how the results of typical research approaches in functional neuroimaging vary depending on the functional connectivity metric of choice. …”
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Study of disability weight among patients with permanent tooth caries in Shiyan city of Hubei province by TIAN Miao, JIA Luyang, KANG Ruiqi, BAO Sa, ZHANG Guocheng, KONG Zhu, LI Jinchao

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Tensiomyography, functional movement screen and counter movement jump for the assessment of injury risk in sport: a systematic review of original studies of diagnostic tests by Álvaro Velarde-Sotres, Álvaro Velarde-Sotres, Álvaro Velarde-Sotres, Antonio Bores-Cerezal, Josep Alemany-Iturriaga, Josep Alemany-Iturriaga, Josep Alemany-Iturriaga, Julio Calleja-González

“…For this purpose, new assessment technologies must be used to analyze and identify the risk factors for injury. The main objective of this systematic review was to compile, synthesize and integrate international research published in different scientific databases on Countermovement Jump (CMJ), Functional Movement Screen (FMS) and Tensiomyography (TMG) tests and technologies for the assessment of injury risk in sport. …”
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Optimized Design and Deep Vision-Based Operation Control of a Multi-Functional Robotic Gripper for an Automatic Loading System by Yaohui Wang, Sheng Guo, Jinliang Zhang, Hongbo Ding, Bo Zhang, Ao Cao, Xiaohu Sun, Guangxin Zhang, Shihe Tian, Yongxu Chen, Jixuan Ma, Guangrong Chen

“…A deep vision-based recognition system, enhanced by an improved YOLOv5 algorithm and multi-feature fusion, was employed for real-time object detection and pose estimation. Kinematic modeling and seventh-order polynomial trajectory planning ensured smooth and precise robotic arm movements. …”
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A Computerized Tomography-Based Analysis of Spinal Canal Diameter to Study Its Implication on Cervical Spine Stenosis in Western Indian Population: A Retrospective Study by Isha Purohit, Sitaram Barath, Anjana Verma, Kanishk Modi, Chelsi Purohit

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Significance of arthrosonography in the diagnosis of metatarsophalangeal joint injury in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by Rita Aleksandrovna Osipyants, D E Karateev, E Yu Panasyuk, G V Lukina, A V Smirnov, S I Glukhova, E N Aleksandrova, A V Volkov

“…Objective: to estimate the contribution of arthrosonography to the diagnosis of metatarsophalangeal joint (MTPJ) injury and to reveal predictors for functional impairments in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). …”
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Relationship between plasma VEGF level and left ventricular diastolic function in type 2 diabetic renal failure patients by HUANG Yu-jing, WU Jin-quan, HUANG Jia-li

“…Objective To investigate the relationship between plasma VEGF level and left ventricular diastolic function in type 2 diabetic renal failurepatients. …”
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Impact of Left Atrial Appendage Morphology and Function on Thrombosis Risk in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Insights from Transesophageal Echocardiography by Dung N. Q. Nguyen, Dung Thuong Ho, Thanh N. H. Tran

“…<b>Objective:</b> This study aims to investigate the correlation between the morphological and functional characteristics of the left atrial appendage (LAA) and the incidence of thromboembolic events by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in patients with acute ischemic stroke. …”
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Use of Indices Combining Diastolic and Systolic Tissue Doppler Variables to Evaluate Right Ventricular Function in Dogs With Pulmonary Stenosis by Randolph L. Winter, Kara L. Maneval, Claudio Serrano Ferrel

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Assessment of Isometric Shoulder Strength in Swimmers: A Validation and Reliability Study of the ASH and iASH Tests by Hugo Ogando-Berea, Santiago Virgós-Abelleira, Pablo Hernandez-Lucas, Fernando Zarzosa-Alonso

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