Effects of light therapy on amygdala connectivity and serotoninergic system in young adults with subthreshold depression by Pan Chen, Guanmao Chen, Guixian Tang, Zibin Yang, Wenhao Ma, Chao Chen, Shilin Sun, Yuan Zhang, Shu Zhang, Zhangzhang Qi, Wenjie Fang, Lijun Jiang, Li Huang, Junxian Ma, Qian Tao, Ying Wang

“…Depression severity was assessed using HAM-D, Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) pre-/post-8-week intervention. Structural/resting-state fMRI scan was conducted. Seed-based static FC (sFC) and dynamic FC (dFC) analyses of the bilateral amygdala and their subfields were conducted.Results Compared to placebo, BLT showed reduced depression scale, and increased sFC of right basolateral amygdala (BLA)/superficial amygdala (SFA)-right middle temporal gyrus (MTG) and dFC of right centralmedial amygdala (CMA) and right inferior orbital frontal gyrus, and decreased sFC of right amygdalostriatal transition/CMA- left thalamus and dFC of right SFA- right medial prefrontal cortex after intervention; while the whole amygdala and its subnuclei volume did not change significantly after BLT. …”
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Development of Machine Learning Atomistic Potential for Molecular Simulation of Hematite–Water Interfaces by Mozhdeh Shiranirad, Niall J. English

“…Molecular dynamics simulations were performed using this DFT-based PES to characterize the structural and energetic properties of the system. …”
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Uvarinol and Dichamanetin Derived from <i>Uvaria chamae</i> as Potential Dual-Site Inhibitors Against PBP2a in Methicillin Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>: An In Silico Stud... by Emmanuel Ayodeji Agbebi, Shalom Oluwafunke Adeyemi, Adetola Ibukunoluwa Adewale, Omolara Seun Ajofoyinbo, Ezekiel Abiola Olugbogi, Oluwatoyin Mary Oyinloye, Iyadunni Adesola Anuoluwa, Timothy Oluwaseyi Agbebi, Basiru Olaitan Ajiboye, Babatunji Emmanuel Oyinloye

“…This study explores the potential of phytochemicals from <i>Uvaria chamae</i>, a plant with known medicinal properties, to serve as dual-site inhibitors of PBP2a, targeting both the active and allosteric sites. <b>Methods</b>: Phytochemicals previously identified in <i>U. chamae</i> were subjected to molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations to evaluate their binding affinities and stability at PBP2a’s active and allosteric sites. …”
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Causal Discovery in Astrophysics: Unraveling Supermassive Black Hole and Galaxy Coevolution by Zehao Jin, Mario Pasquato, Benjamin L. Davis, Tristan Deleu, Yu Luo, Changhyun Cho, Pablo Lemos, Laurence Perreault-Levasseur, Yoshua Bengio, Xi Kang, Andrea Valerio Macciò, Yashar Hezaveh

“…This study, using advanced causal discovery techniques and an up-to-date data set, reveals a causal link between galaxy properties and dynamically measured SMBH masses. We apply a score-based Bayesian framework to compute the exact conditional probabilities of every causal structure that could possibly describe our galaxy sample. …”
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Interactions of tree size, competition, and tree species drive carbon accumulation in subtropical mixed forests: A case study of the coniferous-broadleaved mixed forest in Tianmu M... by Xiaowen Dou, Mengping Tang

“…Factors like tree size, species, and competition affect carbon sequestration, but their interactive dynamics and impacts on carbon accumulation are not fully understood. …”
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Cellulosic-based microneedles for sensing heavy metals in fish samples by Houman Kholafazad, Mahdiyeh Pazhuhi, Mohammad Hasanzadeh, Nicolas H. Voelcker, Nasrin Shadju, Azadeh Nilghaz

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Comparative evaluation of chitosan-based multifunctional wound dressings: a multistage randomised controlled experimental trial by D. I. Ushmarov, S. E. Gumenyuk, A. S. Gumenyuk, T. V. Gayvoronskaya, S. Ya. Karablina, А. V. Pomortsev, A. S. Sotnichenko, K. I. Melkonyan, T. Е. Grigoriev

“…The developed chitosan-based wound dressings exhibited efficacy in an experimental model of the soft tissues wound process.The use of ultrasound to study dynamics of the wound process and coating biodegradation provided an adequate congruence between the imaging and tissue histomorphology data, as well as the structure and properties of coating material.…”
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Modification of Epidemiological Model for Predicting the Development of a Socially Significant Infection (by the Example of Chronic Viral Hepatitis C) by R. A. Yakhina

“…Purpose of the study: to develop, evaluate the effectiveness and applicability of an epidemiological model for the development of chronic viral hepatitis C, with the ability to predict the number of people who need to be tested for the presence of the virus.Materials and methods. In our study, we used official data for the Republic of Bashkortostan on the spread of chronic viral hepatitis C (annual dynamics of cases) in the period from 2005 to 2020, which were provided at our request by the Republican Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital. …”
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Novel HIV-1 recombinants spreading across multiple risk groups in the United Kingdom: the identification and phylogeography of Circulating Recombinant Form (CRF) 50_A1D. by Geraldine M Foster, John C Ambrose, Stéphane Hué, Valerie C Delpech, Esther Fearnhill, Ana B Abecasis, Andrew J Leigh Brown, Anna Maria Geretti, UK HIV Drug Resistance Database

“…We used molecular mapping to characterize the importance of such recombinants to the UK HIV epidemic, in order to gain insights into transmission dynamics that can inform control strategies.<h4>Methods and results</h4>A total of 55,556 pol (reverse transcriptase and protease) sequences in the UK HIV Drug Resistance Database were analyzed using Subtype Classification Using Evolutionary Algorithms (SCUEAL). …”
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Exploring collaborative governance and community participation in tourism and conservation—insights from Waiheke Island, New Zealand by Mahmoud Sarhan, Tomas Pernecky, Mark Orams, Michael Lück

“…The island's hybrid governance structure, blending formal institutions with informal networks, provides stability but requires more equitable power distribution to be fully effective. …”
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Matrix Metalloproteinase-2-Responsive Peptide-Modified Cleavable PEGylated Liposomes for Paclitaxel Delivery by Xingyu Zhao, Yinghuan Li

“…In this study, we engineered MMP-2-responsive GPLGVRG peptide-modified cleavable PEGylated liposomes for targeted paclitaxel (PTX) delivery. <b>Methods</b>: Molecular docking simulations employed the MMP-2 crystal structure (PDB ID: 7XJO) to assess GPLGVRG peptide binding affinity. …”
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Serbia’s foreign policy and relations with Russia as one of the priorities by Dušan Proroković

“…The methodological framework is based on discourse analysis, content analysis, but also the use of the comparative method, induction and deduction methods.…”
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Relationship between height of cheer basket toss and specific physical ability of bases from a kinematic perspective by Xiaojun Qin, Haike Li

“…This study aims to address the lack of theoretical research on improving the height of the basket toss. Structural observations and a video recording were made of the straight ride. …”
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THE TERM COMBINATION AND THE METAPHOR IN THE OFFICIAL BUSINESS DOCUMENT: COGNITIVE ASPECT by Yuliya I. Demyanchuk.

“…In this paper, the military term combinations and military metaphors in the official documents are identified and analyzed by the methods of corpus and cognitive linguistics. The comparative approach was pursued to show their common usage in the unified official document of NATO. …”
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Family planning and preimplantation testing: family experiences in congenital adrenal hyperplasia by Jessica L. Sandy, Jessica L. Sandy, Jessica L. Sandy, Grant Betts, Jessica L. Harper, Suzanne M. Nevin, Suzanne M. Nevin, Suzanne M. Nevin, Rebecca Deans, Rebecca Deans, Rebecca Deans, Kristen A. Neville, Kristen A. Neville

“…A better healthcare professional understanding of these experiences may subsequently help guide clinicians to better manage and support families of children with CAH and other autosomal recessive conditions.MethodsAll parents of current children of a tertiary service in 2020 with 21-hydroxylase deficient CAH who made an active decision regarding family planning after diagnosis of their index child were invited to participate in a semi-structured interview. …”
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A Novel Hybrid Approach to Forecasting Crude Oil Prices Using Local Mean Decomposition, ARIMA, and XGBoost by Jawaria Nasir, Muhammad Aamir, Soofia Iftikhar, A. B. Albidah, Ohud A. Alqasem, Maysaa E. A. Elwahab, Ilyas Khan, Wei Sin Koh

“…Using the XGBOOST approach, deep dynamic learning features, augmented with autoregressive moving average (ARIMA), it is possible to predict each reconstructed segment. …”
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Choroidal blood flow in glaucoma patients in conditions of ophthalmic hypertension and compensated intraocular pressure by T. N. Yureva, S. I. Zhukova, I. V. Pomkina

“…IOP measurement was performed by dynamic bidirectional applanation using the Ocular Response Analyzer (Reichert Inc., USA). …”
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Restoration of limited defects of the cartilage with the use of cell-engineered constructs by S. A. Gerasimov, N. A. Tenilin, D. Ia. Aleynik, S. N. Bugrov, N. Iu. Shirokova, A. A. Zykin

“…Aim: to develop a three-dimensional composite cell-engineered constructs (CEC) for restoration of limited defects of the cartilage in experiment.Materials and methods. To create a cell-engineered constructs (CEC), were used collagenic carriers: «Chondro Gide» impermeable bilayer membrane and «Osteoplast» permeable matrix. …”
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Comparison of wind-farm control strategies under realistic offshore wind conditions: wake quantities of interest by K. Brown, G. Yalla, L. Cheung, J. Frederik, D. Houck, N. deVelder, E. Simley, P. Fleming

“…Two inherently different wind-farm control methods have been identified in the literature: wake steering (WS) and active wake mixing (AWM). …”
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Effects of Stretching and Resistance Training on Psychophysical Awareness: A Pilot Study by Giovanni Esposito, Rosario Ceruso, Pietro Luigi Invernizzi, Vincenzo Manzi, Gaetano Raiola

“…Such findings offer practical implications for coaches seeking to optimize flexibility training by integrating alternative methods that promote both physical and perceptual adaptations.…”
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