The Role of Glutamatergic Neurons in Changes of Synaptic Plasticity Induced by THz Waves by Lequan Song, Ji Dong, Wenjing Cheng, Zhengjie Fei, Rui Wang, Zhiwei He, Junmiao Pan, Li Zhao, Hui Wang, Ruiyun Peng

“…The calcium activity of excitatory neurons, glutamate receptor currents, and glutamate neuron marker expression was also assessed using calcium imaging, a patch clamp, and Western blotting (WB). Optogenetics and chemogenetics were used to determine the role of excitatory neurons in synaptic plasticity impairment after THz wave exposure. …”
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Preclinical extracellular matrix-based treatment strategies for myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Atze van der Pol, Marijn C. Peters, Ignasi Jorba, Anke M. Smits, Niels P. van der Kaaij, Marie-Jose Goumans, Kimberley E. Wever, Carlijn V. C. Bouten

“…Most studies employ permanent MI models (85%) over ischemia reperfusion models (15%), and deliver ECM via intramyocardial injection (59%), cardiac patch (39%), cardiac sleeve (1%), or osmotic pump (1%). …”
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Fastest Prostate Cancer Prediction on Whole-Mount Pathological Slides Using Self-Reform Multilayer Transformer by Linjie Xu, Xiaotian Yu, Haoming Luo, Jili Wang, Wenjie Liang, Jing Zhang, Zunlei Feng, Cheng Lu, Xiuming Zhang

“…The current approach of cropping each slide into patches results in extensive time and storage consumption. …”
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How to Achieve the Ecological Sustainability Goal of Ecologically Fragile Areas on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: A Multi-Scenario Simulation of Lanzhou-Xining Urban Agglomerations by Zeyuan Gong, Wei Liu, Jing Guo, Yi Su, Yapei Gao, Wanru Bu, Jun Ren, Chengying Li

“…Following the logical main line of “history-present-future”, the Patch-level Land Use Simulation (PLUS) model, which explores potential factors of historical land use, and the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs (InVEST) model were used to construct three future scenarios for the modernization stage in 2031 dominated by different land use policies in this study. …”
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The impact of the Grain-for-Green Programme on carbon storage in the Upper Yangtze River Basin based on the PLUS-InVEST model by Minghong Peng, Ye Yang, Yuanjie Deng, Dingdi Jize, Hang Chen, Yifeng Hai, Guojie Liu, Haijun Wang, Tianhui Xie, Hu Li, Ji Luo

“…In this study, we integrated the Patch-generating Land Use Simulation (PLUS) model with the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) framework to investigate LUCC dynamics and their implications for carbon storage across the Upper Yangtze River Basin (UYRB) between 2000 and 2020. …”
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Chronic post-dural puncture headache–a serious and underrated complication following lumbar puncture: a cohort study by Luisa Mona Kraus, Luisa Mona Kraus, Levin Häni, Levin Häni, Amir El Rahal, Ioannis Vasilikos, Mateo Tomas Fariña Nuñez, Mateo Tomas Fariña Nuñez, Florian Volz, Horst Urbach, Niklas Lützen, Christian Ulrich, Jürgen Beck, Christian Fung, Christian Fung

“…In the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD)-3 headaches lasting longer than 14 days or persisting after epidural blood patch (EBP) are not even considered. We illustrate that there may be many patients with persisting headaches and a large disease burden.MethodsIn a retrospective, single center analysis from 04/2018 to 03/2022 we assessed patients with a dural puncture and orthostatic headache of >14 days duration, resistant to one or more EBPs. …”
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A Multi-Modal Approach Using a Hybrid Vision Transformer and Temporal Fusion Transformer Model for Stock Price Movement Classification by Ibanga Kpereobong Friday, Sarada Prasanna Pati, Debahuti Mishra

“…Concurrently, the vision transformer (ViT) model is used to process the images using an embedded projection and multi-head self-attention to extract salient spatial features into a non-overlapping patch of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$16\times 16$ </tex-math></inline-formula> pixels, which are treated as input tokens for the model. …”
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High-gain miniaturized comb-shaped microstrip antenna for 60 GHz band applications: Design and analysis by AbdulGuddoos S.A. Gaid, Mohammed N. Taher, S.N. Abdullah Faisal, Mohammad Ahmed Alomari, Faez M.B. Abdo, Ala’a N.S. Ali, Anas A.G. Mohammed, Ehab F.A. Mahyoub, Eslam T.Y. Mohammed

“…The ground plane and the patch are made of copper with a thickness of 0.035 mm. …”
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Presentation of a residual post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect; a literature review based on a case report by Mehrdad Jafari, Mohammad Khani, Tooba Akbari, Elham Farahani, Fariba Bayat, Abdulhamid bagheri, Amir Nasrollahizadeh, Pedram Ramezani, Pouya Ebrahimi, Mohammad Hossein Mandegar

“…This bulging contained a defect with a left-to-right shunt, identified as a residual defect in the area of the repaired patch, along with a myocardial aneurysm. Due to the inconsequential findings from the echocardiogram study, the patient was scheduled for a follow-up echocardiogram, which showed no changes after six months. …”
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Deep learning-based evaluation of the severity of mitral regurgitation in canine myxomatous mitral valve disease patients using digital stethoscope recordings by Soh-Yeon Lee, Sully Lee, Se-Hoon Kim, HyeSun Chang, Won-Yang Cho, Min-Ok Ryu, Jihye Choi, Hwa-Young Yoon, Kyoung-Won Seo

“…Phonocardiogram signals were recorded using digital stethoscopes and analyzed using the deep models CNN6, patch-mix audio spectrogram transformer (PaSST), and residual neural network (ResNET38), which were trained to categorize MR severity into mild, moderate, and severe based on MINE score. …”
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A multi-modal multi-branch framework for retinal vessel segmentation using ultra-widefield fundus photographs by Qihang Xie, Qihang Xie, Xuefei Li, Yuanyuan Li, Yuanyuan Li, Jiayi Lu, Jiayi Lu, Shaodong Ma, Yitian Zhao, Yitian Zhao, Jiong Zhang, Jiong Zhang

“…To further address the challenges of high-resolution UWF fundus images, we introduce a Local Perception Fusion Module (LPFM) to mitigate context loss during the segmentation cut-patch process. Complementing this, the Attention-Guided Upsampling Module (AUM) enhances segmentation performance through convolution operations guided by attention mechanisms.ResultsExtensive experimental evaluations demonstrate that our approach significantly outperforms existing state-of-the-art methods for UWF fundus image segmentation.…”
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A type-specific B-cell epitope at the apex of outer surface protein C (OspC) of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borreliella burgdorferi by David J. Vance, Grace Freeman-Gallant, Kathleen McCarthy, Carol Lyn Piazza, Yang Chen, Clint Vorauer, Beatrice Muriuki, Michael J. Rudolph, Lisa Cavacini, Miklos Guttman, Nicholas J. Mantis

“…Alanine scanning pinpointed 8C1’s core binding motif to a solvent exposed patch consisting of residues K141, H142, T143, and D144. …”
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Carotid endarterectomy in Russia. What if current guidelines do not answer difficult questions? by A. V. Sukhareva, V. A. Raikonen, S. V. Lenskaya, K. V. Chelpanova, D. V. Shmatov, A. V. Korotkikh, O. V. Lebedev, S. V. Artyukhov, O. Sh. Mukhtorov, R. Yu. Lider, Sh. Wang, L. V. Roshkovskaya, M. A. Khetagurov, V. M. Unguryan, A. N. Kazantsev, Yu. V. Belov

“…When choosing a CEA technique, the classical technique with patch angioplasty should be avoided due to the high risk of ICA restenosis. 2. …”
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Deficiency of calretinin in prefrontal cortex causes behavioral deficits relevant to autism spectrum disorder in mice by Yaodong Zhang, Xiaotong Zhao, Chao Gao, Shengli Shi, Mengyuan Chen, Bin Guo, Shunan Hu, Daoqi Mei, Xujun Duan, Xiaona Wang

“…Concomitantly, mice with CR knockdown displayed ASD-like behavioral aberrations, such as social impairments, elevated stereotypes, anxiety and memory defects. Intriguingly, patch-clamp recordings revealed that CR knockdown provoked decreased neuronal excitability by increasing action potential discharge frequencies together with decreased action potential threshold and rheobase. …”
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Prevalence and perinatal risk factors of growth retardation in congenital diaphragmatic hernia survivors by Soo Hyun Kim, Sung Hyeon Park, Ha Na Lee, Jungbok Lee, Jiyoon Jeong, Hyunhee Kwon, Euiseok Jung, Jung-Man Namgung, Byong Sop Lee

“…The parameters that indicate disease severity, including observed-expected lung-to-head ratio, liver herniation, inhaled nitric oxide use, ECMO, patch repair did not differ between the two groups. …”
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Spatial Analysis of Bioclimatic Vulnerability of Kermanshah Facing Heat Wave by Hossein Yavari, Mstafa Karampour, Dariush Yarahmadi

“…The main objective of this research is to investigate the vulnerability of Kermanshah city in the face of heat waves as one of the emerging climatic hazards. 2-Materials and Methods Two types of data were used in this study. The first batch was observed daily air temperature data, and the second batch was Landsat 8 imagery. …”
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Silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) embedded in zeolite framework: A comprehensive study on bromide removal from water, including characterization, antibacterial properties, and adsorpti... by Aiman Eid Al-Rawajfeh, Albara Ibrahim Alrawashdeh, Mohammad Taha Etiwi, Ali Alnawaiseh, Muhammad Kashif Shahid, Mohanad H.M. Masad, Sumaia Omar Oran, Solhe F. Alshahateet

“…Under varying operational conditions, the batch experiments consistently exhibited the zeolite with Ag-NPs as superior in bromide removal efficacy compared to zeolite alone, both achieving over 96% removal efficiency. …”
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Understanding the Light-Driven Enhancement of CO₂ Hydrogenation over Ru/TiO₂ Catalysts by Yibin Bu, Kasper Wenderich, Nathália Tavares Costa, Kees-Jan C. J. Weststrate, Annemarie Huijser, Guido Mul

“…In-situ DRIFT experiments, performed in batch mode, demonstrate that the Ru–CO absorption frequency is shifted and the intensity reduced by combined UV/Vis illumination in the temperature range of 200–350 °C, which is more significant than can be explained by temperature enhancement alone. …”
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Modified Silica Particles Coated with Cu-Al Layered Double Hydroxide for Phosphate and Arsenate Removal in Water Treatment by Andrija Savić, Marija M. Vuksanović, Marjetka Savić, Nataša Knežević, Aleksandra Šaponjić, Svetlana Ilić, Adela Egelja

“…The sorption behavior was better described by the Freundlich isotherm model, which yielded K_F values of 15.4 L·mg⁻¹ for phosphate and 13.9 L·mg⁻¹ for arsenate. Both batch and kinetic experiments confirmed the high adsorption efficiency of the composite, demonstrating its potential as a promising material for water treatment applications.…”
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Microbial Valorization of Sunflower Husk for Sustainable Biohydrogen and Biomass Production by Liana Vanyan, Akerke Toleugazykyzy, Kaisar Yegizbay, Ayaulym Daniyarova, Lyudmila Zuloyan, Gayane Mikoyan, Anait Vassilian, Anna Poladyan, Kairat Bekbayev, Karen Trchounian

“…The highest H₂ yield was observed during batch growth at 50 g L⁻¹ SH hydrolysate with 5× dilution, reaching up to 5.7 mmol H₂ (g sugar)⁻¹ with glycerol supplementation. …”
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