Effects of immersive virtual reality training on the adaptive skills of children and adolescents with high functioning autism spectrum disorder: a mixed-methods pre-post study by Wenjie Yan, Tianyu Zhai, Yan Li, Jing Chen, Zhixin Sun, Yuxiong Lin, Xiyan Zhang, Yasong Du

“…This study developed an IVR system to enhance adaptive skills in children and adolescents with high-functioning ASD.MethodsThirty-three individuals with high-functioning ASD (ages 8–18) were enrolled based on clinical diagnoses confirmed by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) and Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R), with an intelligence quotient ≥ 80. …”
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Effects of Different Interventions Using Taekwondo, Boxing, and Elastic Band Training on Body Composition and Physical Function in Chilean Older Women: A Randomized Controlled Tria... by Edgar Vásquez-Carrasco, Jordan Hernandez-Martinez, Izham Cid-Calfucura, Eduardo Guzmán-Muñoz, Camila Ruiz, Camila Baeza, María José Márquez, Tomás Herrera-Valenzuela, Braulio Henrique Magnani Branco, Eduardo Carmine-Peña, Paulina Sepúlveda, Cristian Sandoval, Pablo Valdés-Badilla

“…Elastic bands training (EBT), by contrast, is a safe and cost-effective method that has demonstrated positive effects on functional physical parameters in this population. This study aimed to compare the effects of TKD and BOX interventions, relative to EBT, on body composition and physical function in Chilean older women. …”
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Roles of inflammatory cytokines in the pathogenesis of hepatitis B virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure and CAR-T therapy by Yan Wang, Jing Gu, Guanghua Chen, Yanfeng Jiang, Ying Xu, Xiaoping Huang, Wei Sun, Jianhe Gan

“…Notably, IL-6 levels remained stable across clinical stages, with HBV-ACLF patients without secondary infection showing lower IL-6 levels than pre-HBV-ACLF patients (p < 0.05). …”
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Purification and Functional Characterization of a New Endoglucanase from <i>Pleurotus djamor</i> PLO13 Produced by Solid-State Fermentation of Agro-Industrial Waste by Monizy da Costa Silva, Ricardo Bezerra Costa, Marta Maria Oliveira dos Santos Gomes, Josiel Santos do Nascimento, Andreza Heloiza da Silva Gonçalves, Jéssica Alves Nunes, Marta Angelo dos Santos, Francis Soares Gomes, José Maria Rodrigues da Luz, Luciano Aparecido Meireles Grillo, Hugo Juarez Vieira Pereira

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Calculation of radiative thickness using spherical harmonic methods for the radiative transfer equation by Halide Koklu

“…The results indicate that the AG phase function produces outcomes highly consistent with the HG function, demonstrating numerical robustness and stability for both methods. …”
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Age-, body surface area-, and sex-specific reference values for cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging derived ventricular and atrial size and function for Chinese healthy child... by Ke Xu, Wei Bai, Zhi Yang, Rong Xu, Lin-jun Xie, Ling-yi Wen, Chuan Fu, Jie-qian Zheng, Xin-mao Ma, Hang Fu, Zhong-qin Zhou, Cheng-cheng Zhu, Xiao-yue Zhou, Hua-yan Xu, Ying-kun Guo

“…We sought to establish reference values for ventricular and atrial size and function parameters using CMR in healthy Chinese children across a broad age range. …”
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Recent Sarcopenia Definitions‐Variability in Prevalence and Disability Associations in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients by Sasiwimon Meenetkum, Sarinya Boongird, Piyatida Chuengsaman, Sirinapa Songsrakaew, Sirarat Katesomboon, Kanda Sriudom, Prapimporn Chattranukulchai Shantavasinkul, Wisit Chaveepojnkamjorn, Jiraluck Nontarak, Chagriya Kitiyakara

“…Conclusions Sarcopenia is common in PD patients, with substantial variability in prevalence and associations with functional limitations across definitions. Functional impairment was more frequent in low muscle strength. …”
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Application of Protein Structure Encodings and Sequence Embeddings for Transporter Substrate Prediction by Andreas Denger, Volkhard Helms

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Reversing Decline in Aging Muscles: Expected Trends, Impacts and Remedies by Matthew Halma, Paul Marik, Joseph Varon, Jack Tuszynski

“…<b>Background</b>: Age-related decline in musculoskeletal function is a significant concern, particularly in Western countries facing demographic shifts and increased healthcare demands. …”
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Biomolecules Interacting with Long Noncoding RNAs by Hidenori Tani

“…Unlike the majority of previous reviews that primarily focused on individual aspects of lncRNA biology, this comprehensive review uniquely integrates structural, functional, and mechanistic perspectives on lncRNA interactions across diverse biomolecules. …”
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Structural Damage Identification Using PID-Based Search Algorithm: A Control-Theory Inspired Application by Kuang Shi, Tingting Sun

“…The regularization term enables PSA to maintain noise-resistant damage identification even in a 70-element frame structure, demonstrating its potential for robust damage assessment across diverse structural types, scales, and noisy environments.…”
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Practical DU-CU Placement in an Enhanced Mobile BroadBand Request During 5G Traffic by Ange Joel Nounga Njanda, Joao Filipe Muchanga, Hojjat Baghban, Karcius Day R. Assis

“…The model is evaluated on a network topology in which radio units (RUs), candidate sites (CSs), and data centers (DCs) are distributed across a territory. The objective is to identify the optimal candidate sites for deploying the DU and CU functions to ensure a continuous service path from the RU to the DC. …”
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Ensembled evaluations of habitat suitability for prioritizing lesser prairie‐chicken conservation by Morgan J. Solomon, Kent A. Fricke, Carter Kruse, Lance B. McNew

“…We developed lek‐based relative habitat suitability models within the Mixed‐Grass Prairie Ecoregion using both resource selection function and Random Forest classification trees and calculated ensembled predictions of relative habitat suitability across all models. …”
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Three-Dimensional Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Path Planning in Simulated Rugged Mountainous Terrain Using Improved Enhanced Snake Optimizer (IESO) by Wuke Li, Kongwen Zhang, Qi Xiong, Xiaoxiao Chen

“…Comparative simulation experiments benchmarked IESO against five state-of-the-art biologically inspired optimization algorithms across test functions and path-planning simulated scenarios. …”
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Using phenotyping to visualize and identify selfish bacteria: a methods guide by G. Reintjes, G. Giljan, B. M. Fuchs, C. Arnosti, R. Amann

“…By identifying and studying selfish bacteria, we can gain detailed insights into how microbial communities function, how carbon flows through ecosystems, and how these processes impact global biogeochemical cycles.…”
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Modelling the effect of cardiac and respiratory fluctuations on the central autonomic network in a novel test-retest dataset by Mary Miedema, Rémi Dagenais, Mohammad Torabi, S. Emad Askarinejad, Siyu Long, Georgios D. Mitsis

“…The estimation of physiological response functions (PRFs) provides a tool to interrogate and minimize the effects of these noise processes on fMRI connectivity. …”
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Investments in Capital Asset at the Regions of Russia in 2019 by Yu. S. Pinkovetskaya

“…It is proved that the values of specific investments have a significant differentiation across the regions of the country. The results of our work have a certain theoretical and practical significance for the government, regional and local authorities. …”
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The association between social frailty, psychological resilience, and subsequent cognitive outcomes in older adults: A prospective cohort study by Yun-Jing Zhang, Cong Zhang, Qi-Yuan Lyu

“…Background: The associations among social frailty, psychological resilience, and cognitive function, as well as their variations across sex and age, remain to be explored. …”
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BRDF Correction in Landsat Directional Reflectance Data by Combining Optimal BRDF Archetype With Spectral Characteristics by Aojie Shen, Jie Shao, Xin Qi, Zhongzheng Zhu, Yujie Dai, Qi Zeng

“…However, due to variable solar and view geometries, Landsat&#x2019;s observations have directional reflectance effects over non-Lambertian surfaces across all spectral bands, known as bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) effects, which will become a significant source of noise for fine applications. …”
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Exploring the metabolic signature of intermittent explosive disorder: Preliminary evidence and potential mechanisms for altered bilirubin metabolism by Jeffrey B. Schwimmer, Murray B. Stein, Emil F. Coccaro, Alejandro D. Meruelo

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