Derivation and external validation of a risk score for clinically important declines in health and function among two longitudinal cohorts of women in the mid-life by Daniel H Solomon, Bernhard Haring, JoAnn E Manson, Rebecca Jackson, Aladdin Shadyab, Carrie Karvonen-Gutierrez, Kristine Ruppert, Leah Santacroce, Sherri-Ann M Burnett-Bowie, Alicia Colvin, Meryl S LeBoff, Celina I Valencia, Nancy E Avis

“…Objectives Women in mid-life often develop chronic conditions and experience declines in physical health and function. Identifying factors associated with declines provides opportunity for targeted interventions. …”
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Analysis of the CHS Gene Family Reveals Its Functional Responses to Hormones, Salinity, and Drought Stress in Moso Bamboo (<i>Phyllostachys edulis</i>) by Shiying Su, Xueyun Xuan, Jiaqi Tan, Zhen Yu, Yang Jiao, Zhijun Zhang, Muthusamy Ramakrishnan

“…Further analysis of <i>PeCHS</i> genes across nine scaffolds revealed that most expansion occurred through tandem duplications. …”
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Comprehensive identification of cotton EPF/EPFL receptors and functional characterization of the GhEPFL1-1-GhER1 module in drought tolerance by Shichang He, Huijian Sun, Qing Chen, Yanlong Yang, Zixin Zhou, Saiwen Chang, Shuaiqi Lu, Zhencai Liang, Julan Yang, Xiao fei

“…Bioinformatics analyses—including gene collinearity, protein domain structure, cis-regulatory elements, and protein–protein interaction predictions—revealed functional divergence and stress-related regulatory potential across these families. …”
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Genome-wide association and functional annotation analyses reveal candidate genes and pathways associated with various ewe longevity indicators in U.S. Katahdin sheep by Luis F. B. Pinto, Luis F. B. Pinto, Ronald M. Lewis, Artur O. Rocha, Brad A. Freking, Tom W. Murphy, Carrie S. Wilson, Sara M. Nilson, Joan M. Burke, Luiz F. Brito

“…These associations involved 86 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located across 22 chromosomes, with 24 of these SNPs associated with two or more traits. …”
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Applying evidence-based cross-disciplinary concepts helps to explain the heterogeneity in pain, function, and biological measures in individuals with knee pain with/at risk of oste... by Angela M. Mickle, Jared J. Tanner, Udell Holmes, III, Ahmed Rashid, Olivier Barolette, Brittany Addison, Nicola Sambuco, Cynthia Garvan, Song Lai, Christoph Seubert, Siegfried Schmidt, Roland Staud, Jeffrey C. Edberg, David Redden, Burel R. Goodin, Catherine C. Price, Roger B. Fillingim, Kimberly T. Sibille

“…With sex, study site, Kellgren–Lawrence score, and age/or image quality as covariates, significant group differences were observed across clinical pain (P < 0.001), functional limitations (P ≤ 0.001), and brain age (P ≤ 0.002) measures. …”
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Acute changes in functional connectivity associated with first osteopathic manual treatment in chronic low back pain spatially overlap with opioid receptor expression by Federica Tomaiuolo, Francesco Cerritelli, Carlo Sestieri, Jordan Keys, Teresa Paolucci, Stefano L. Sensi, Antonio Ferretti, Stefano Delli Pizzi

“…Previous Magnetic Resonance (MR) studies have demonstrated that four weeks of OMT alter resting-state functional connectivity (rs-FC) in the somatosensory cortex, prefrontal regions, and frontal operculum/insula. …”
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A dataset of Zostera marina and Zostera noltei structure and functioning in four sites along the French coast over a period of 18 months by Lacoste, Elise, Ouisse, Vincent, Desroy, Nicolas, Allano, Lionel, Auby, Isabelle, Bajjouk, Touria, Bourdier, Constance, Caisey, Xavier, De Casamajor, Marie-Noelle, Cimiterra, Nicolas, Cordier, Céline, Curd, Amélia, Derrien, Lauriane, Droual, Gabin, Dubois, Stanislas, Foucault, Elodie, Foveau, Aurélie, Gaffet, Jean-Dominique, Ganthy, Florian, Gionaroli, Camille, Ignacio-Cifre, Rachel, Liabot, Pierre-Olivier, Messiaen, Gregory, Meteigner, Claire, Monnier, Benjamin, Van Paemelen, Robin, Pasquier, Marine, Rigouin, Loic, Rollet, Claire, Royer, Aurélien, Soissons, Laura, Tancray, Aurélien, Blanchet-Aurigny, Aline

“…This manuscript describes the methodology associated with the dataset entitled: A dataset of Zostera marina and Zostera noltei structure and functioning in four sites along the French coast over a period of 18 months. …”
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Exploring UAV narrow-band hyperspectral indices and crop functional traits derived from radiative transfer models to detect wheat powdery mildew by Yang Liu, Xiaoyang Ma, Lulu An, Hong Sun, Fangkui Zhao, Xiaojing Yan, Yuntao Ma, Minzan Li

“…The decrease in N and LAI was accompanied by a reduction in reflectance across the entire spectral range and the near-infrared area, which was exactly the opposite of Deg. …”
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Automatic approach-avoidance tendency toward physical activity, sedentary, and neutral stimuli as a function of age, explicit affective attitude, and intention to be active by Farajzadeh, Ata, Goubran, Miriam, Beehler, Alexa, Cherkaoui, Noura, Morrison, Paula, de Chanaleilles, Margaux, Maltagliati, Silvio, Cheval, Boris, Miller, Matthew W., Sheehy, Lisa, Bilodeau, Martin, Orsholits, Dan, Boisgontier, Matthieu P.

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Time-domain brain: temporal mechanisms for brain functions using time-delay nets, holographic processes, radio communications, and emergent oscillatory sequences by Janet M. Baker, Peter Cariani

“…The principles postulated here may apply broadly for local and global oscillation interactions across the cortex. Sequences of oscillatory interactions can serve many functions, e.g., to regulate the flow and interaction of bottom-up, gamma-mediated and top-down, beta-mediated neural signals, to enable cross-frequency coupling. …”
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Transcriptome Analysis and Functional Characterization of the <i>HvLRR_8-1</i> Gene Involved in Barley Resistance to <i>Pyrenophora graminea</i> by Wenjuan Yang, Ming Guo, Yan Li, Qinglan Yang, Huaizhi Zhang, Chengdao Li, Juncheng Wang, Yaxiong Meng, Xiaole Ma, Baochun Li, Lirong Yao, Hong Zhang, Ke Yang, Xunwu Shang, Erjing Si, Huajun Wang

“…Barley leaf stripe, caused by <i>Pyrenophora graminea</i> (<i>Pg</i>), significantly reduces yields across various regions globally. Understanding the resistance mechanisms of barley to <i>Pg</i> is crucial for advancing disease resistance breeding efforts. …”
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GLIMPSE: An Ultrafaint ≃105 M⊙ Pop III Galaxy Candidate and First Constraints on the Pop III UV Luminosity Function at z ≃ 6–7 by Seiji Fujimoto, Rohan P. Naidu, John Chisholm, Hakim Atek, Ryan Endsley, Vasily Kokorev, Lukas J. Furtak, Richard Pan, Boyuan Liu, Volker Bromm, Alessandra Venditti, Eli Visbal, Richard Sarmento, Andrea Weibel, Pascal A. Oesch, Gabriel Brammer, Daniel Schaerer, Angela Adamo, Danielle A. Berg, Rachel Bezanson, Rychard Bouwens, Iryna Chemerynska, Adélaïde Claeyssens, Miroslava Dessauges-Zavadsky, Anna Frebel, Damien Korber, Ivo Labbe, Rui Marques-Chaves, Jorryt Matthee, Kristen B. W. McQuinn, Julian B. Muñoz, Priyamvada Natarajan, Alberto Saldana-Lopez, Katherine A. Suess, Marta Volonteri, Adi Zitrin

“…We systematically search ≃ 500 arcmin ^2 across JWST legacy fields for Pop III candidates, including GLIMPSE, which, assisted by gravitational lensing, has produced JWST’s deepest NIRCam imaging thus far. …”
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DRL-Driven Intelligent SFC Deployment in MEC Workload for Dynamic IoT Networks by Seyha Ros, Intae Ryoo, Seokhoon Kim

“…The dynamic resource orchestration process, Service Function Chaining (SFC) for Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) placement, and routing path determination optimize service execution across the network. …”
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Health inequalities for China’s low-income population: trends, subgroup differences, and influencing factors, 2010–2022 by Qiwei Feng, Ying Wang, Xinbin Xia

“…Recentered Influence Function (RIF) regression and RIF-Oaxaca decomposition were employed to examine influencing factors of health inequalities and sources of disparities across urban–rural, gender, and age dimensions.ResultsFrom 2010 to 2022, the degree of health inequality was significantly higher for the low-income group compared to the middle and high-income groups in China. …”
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Evaluating the Impact of Environmental Factors on Bacterial Populations in Riverine, Estuarine, and Coastal Sediments by Ramganesh Selvarajan, Ming Yang, Henry J. O. Ogola, Timothy Sibanda, Akebe Luther King Abia

“…Furthermore, co-occurrence network analysis indicated that bacterial communities exhibit a strong modular structure with complex species interactions across the three sediment types. These findings highlight bacterial communities’ critical role and the key drivers in estuarine ecosystems, establishing a baseline for further investigations into the functional ecology of these vulnerable ecosystems.…”
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Left Atrial Strain—Current Review of Clinical Applications by Constantin Andrei Rusali, Ioana Caterina Lupu, Lavinia Maria Rusali, Lucia Cojocaru

“…Left atrial strain emerges as a promising non-invasive marker for evaluating atrial function and guiding clinical decision-making. However, further research must fully establish its role across diverse patient populations and clinical settings.…”
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Assessment of hydrological loading displacement from GNSS and GRACE data using deep learning algorithms by Changshou Wei, Maosheng Zhou, Zhixing Du, Lijing Han, Hao Gao

“…The 3D-CNN method demonstrates markedly higher inversion precision compared to conventional load Green’s function inversion techniques. This improvement is evidenced by substantial reductions in deviations from GNSS observations across various statistical metrics: the maximum deviation decreased by 1.34 millimeters, the absolute minimum deviation by 1.47 millimeters, the absolute mean deviation by 79.6%, and the standard deviation by 31.4%. …”
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Cardiorenal outcomes after herpes zoster reactivation in COVID-19 survivors from a global TriNetX study by Chien-Lin Lu, Joshua Wang, Ya-Chieh Chang, Kuo-Cheng Lu

“…Subgroup analyses consistently identified older age, chronic comorbidities, impaired renal function, and systemic inflammation as risk enhancers across outcomes. …”
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Unraveling progressive verbal memory deficits in Huntington’s disease: insights from the LASSI-L by Luis A. Sierra, Japleen Kaur, Samuel A. Frank, Samuel A. Frank, Mark A. Halko, Mark A. Halko, Rosie E. Curiel Cid, David A. Loewenstein, Jody Corey-Bloom, Simon Laganiere, Simon Laganiere

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Melt analysis of mismatch amplification mutation assays (Melt-MAMA): a functional study of a cost-effective SNP genotyping assay in bacterial models. by Dawn N Birdsell, Talima Pearson, Erin P Price, Heidie M Hornstra, Roxanne D Nera, Nathan Stone, Jeffrey Gruendike, Emily L Kaufman, Amanda H Pettus, Audriana N Hurbon, Jordan L Buchhagen, N Jane Harms, Gvantsa Chanturia, Miklos Gyuranecz, David M Wagner, Paul S Keim

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