Paralanguage as a tool for shaping stress response in Listeners: Multimodal physiological sensing study by Marina Saskovets, Mykhailo Lohachov, Zilu Liang

“…Prefrontal cortex (PFC) hemodynamic activity was recorded using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), while stress biomarkers, including salivary cortisol and electrodermal activity (EDA), were measured at multiple time points. …”
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Goal adjustment processes as coping responses to a blocked goal: the sample case of ostracism by Farina Rühs, Farina Rühs, Werner Greve, Cathleen Kappes

“…Taken together, the study contributes to a conceptual and functional clarification of GD processes and, at the same time, offers a fruitful new perspective on coping with ostracism.…”
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The state of oral mucosa in patients with type 2 diabetes by S. A. Shnaider, V. Ya. Skyba, O. V. Skyba, H. O. Babenya, S. D. Varzhapetian

“…In 63.6% of patients with diabetes, changes in the oral mucosa were noted. 25.7% of patients noted the development of candidal stomatitis / glossitis in the past. The functional activity of the salivary glands was reduced by 38.1%. …”
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Joint Reconstruction using Tricortical Iliac Crest Bone Graft Block for Intra-Articular Extension of Aneurysmal Bone Cyst of Distal Tibia in a Skeletally Mature Patient – A Case Re... by Shaswat Mishra, Manish Jain, Vishal Lalchandani, Mrinal Kambli, Satyajeet Dash

“…We describe a case of distal tibia ABC with intra-articular extension, managed with curettage and iliac crest allograft auto-graft block reconstruction of the joint with excellent functional outcome. Case Report: The authors report a case of a 20-year-old lady presenting with swelling and pain in her ankle joint. …”
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Time-frequency feature calculation of multi-stage audiovisual neural processing via electroencephalogram microstates by Yang Xi, Lu Zhang, Cunzhen Li, Xiaopeng Lv, Zhu Lan

“…This involved segmenting the EEG into functional sub-stages by applying hierarchical clustering to global field power-peak topographic maps. …”
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EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPMENT MEDICAL KITS FOR MEDICAL SERVICES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ARMED FORCES by E. O. Rodionov, Yu. V. Miroshnichenko, V. N. Kononov, A. V. Tikhonov, I. V. Klochkova

“…The study used methods like: retrospective, content analysis, comparison and description, logical, structural and functional analysis, expert assessments, decision-making, as well as the methods of the theory of constraints and other systems. …”
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BEHAVIOR OF BAKER'S AND BREWER'S YEAST UNDER TECHNOLOGICAL CONDITIONS USING ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVATED AQUEOUS SOLUTION by Alexander G. Pogorelov, Larisa G. Ipatova, Artem I. Panait, Maria A. Pogorelova, Anna A. Stankevich, Oleg A. Suvorov

“…The aim is to show the effect on the growth and functional activity of yeast of the ECAS fractions on which the sponge and beer wort were prepared. …”
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Neural Responses to Monetary Gain and Loss in Individuals Recovering From Opioid Use Disorder Compared with Controls by Jamil P. Bhanji, Bilal Husain, Jaleesa Stringfellow, Mauricio R. Delgado, Suchismita Ray

“…Methods: Twenty-three individuals in an early stage of recovery from POUD (abstinent 2–3 weeks after admission to an inpatient treatment facility, no other substance use disorder), and 21 neurotypical controls group individuals without prior history of substance use completed a card guessing task during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), gaining or losing small monetary amounts after each guess. …”
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PERIODONTAL TISSUES STATUS OF PATIENTS WITH ORTHODONTIC PATHOLOGY by M. Falinskyy, S. Boitsaniuk, P. Ostrovskyi

“…There is a trend of increased prevalence of teeth anomalies in recent years and, as well, it is accompanied by increased degree of severity of their aesthetic, functional and morphological manifestations. Orthodontic procedure has dual impact on periodontal status, which may be sometimes very significant in increasing of periodontal health, and may be sometimes harmful procedure that can be followed by periodontal problems. …”
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Bayesian approach for localizing cardiac sources in Magnetocardiography using Vectorcardiography based total variational priors by Vikas R. Bhat, Karunakar Kotegar, H. Anitha

“…These electrical impulses give rise to electric potentials on the body surface and tiny magnetic field around the thorax. These functional activities can be investigated using Electro/Magnetocardiogram (E/MCG). …”
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Hybrid Approach for Protein Secondary Structure Prediction with KNN, SVM, and Neural Network Algorithms by Benjamin Mukanya Ntumba, Jean Paul Ngbolua Koto-Te-Nyiwa, Blaise Bikandu Kapesa, Nathanael Kasoro Mulenda

“…This approach could have important implications for protein structure modeling, in particular for understanding their three-dimensional structure and function.…”
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Zero-Shot Learning for Accurate Project Duration Prediction in Crowdsourcing Software Development by Tahir Rashid, Inam Illahi, Qasim Umer, Muhammad Arfan Jaffar, Waheed Yousuf Ramay, Hanadi Hakami

“…Crowdsourcing Software Development (CSD) platforms, i.e., TopCoder, function as intermediaries connecting clients with developers. …”
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A Transformer-Based Symmetric Diffusion Segmentation Network for Wheat Growth Monitoring and Yield Counting by Ziyang Jin, Wenjie Hong, Yuru Wang, Chenlu Jiang, Boming Zhang, Zhengxi Sun, Shijie Liu, Chunli Lv

“…By introducing an aggregated loss function, the model effectively optimizes both segmentation accuracy and growth measurement performance. …”
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Jointly Optimizing Resource Allocation, User Scheduling, and Grouping in SBMA Networks: A PSO Approach by Jianjian Wu, Chanzi Liu, Xindi Wang, Chi-Tsun Cheng, Qingfeng Zhou

“…To tackle this NP-hard problem, we propose an effective algorithm based on Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), featuring a carefully designed update function tailored specifically for the joint US and UG decisions required in SBMA. …”
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Detection of Cognitive Performance Deterioration Due to Cold-Air Exposure in Females Using Wearable Electrodermal Activity and Electrocardiogram by Youngsun Kong, Riley McNaboe, Md Billal Hossain, Hugo F. Posada-Quintero, Krystina Diaz, Ki H. Chon, Jeffrey Bolkhovsky

“…Prolonged exposure to cold air can impair reaction time and cognitive function, which can lead to serious consequences. One mitigation strategy is to develop models that can predict cognitive performance by tracking physiological metrics associated with cold stress. …”
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Addressing the Return Visit Challenge in Autonomous Flying Ad Hoc Networks Linked to a Central Station by Ercan Erkalkan, Vedat Topuz, Ali Buldu

“…Our approach introduces a composite valuation function for target prioritization and a mathematical model for task assignment with relay allocation, allowing any UAV to visit various objectives and gain an advantage or incur a cost for each. …”
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Software complex for assessment and rehabilitation of motor disorders in patients with ischemic stroke by I. V. Tolmachev, V. M. Alifirova, S. D. Kаzakov, E. S. Koroleva

“…To evaluate the impact of visual stimuli created using the augmented reality system on the motor function, a software was developed that visualizes data via augmented reality glasses and processes data obtained from motion capture sensors. …”
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Optimal pseudorandom sequence selection for online c-VEP based BCI control applications. by Jonas L Isaksen, Ali Mohebbi, Sadasivan Puthusserypady

“…The Accuracy Score was higher when the template resembled a delta function the most and when repeated templates were consistent. …”
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Perceived Mental Workload and Psychological Variables in Elite Individual and Team Bulgarian Athletes: An Exploratory Study by Antonio Núñez, Milena Kuleva, Tatiana Iancheva, Alejandro García-Mas

“…The concept of mental workload (MW) is a conceptual framework for evaluating the balance between the cognitive resources allocated to a task and those available to an individual. MWis influenced by the effort expended, the complexity of the task, and the individuals total processing capacity and resources. …”
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Research on High-Reliability Energy-Aware Scheduling Strategy for Heterogeneous Distributed Systems by Ziyu Chen, Jing Wu, Lin Cheng, Tao Tao

“…This algorithm constructs a node priority function by incorporating in-degree/out-degree weighting factors and critical path analysis to enable multi-objective optimization. …”
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