Parallelization of Rainbow Tables Generation Using Message Passing Interface: A Study on NTLMv2, MD5, SHA-256 and SHA-512 Cryptographic Hash Functions by Mark Vainer, Arnas Kačeniauskas, Nikolaj Goranin

“…We conducted three experiments to evaluate the performance of the parallel rainbow tables generation algorithm for four cryptographic hash functions: NTLMv2, MD5, SHA-256 and SHA-512. The first experiment assessed parallel performance, showing near-linear speedup and 95–99% efficiency across varying numbers of nodes. …”
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Lost and found: dynamics of relationship and employment status over time in people with affective and psychotic spectrum disorders by Fanny Senner, Lisa Kerkhoff, Kristina Adorjan, Michael Lauseker, Monika Budde, Maria Heilbronner, Janos L. Kalman, Mojtaba Oraki Kohshour, Sergi Papiol, Daniela Reich-Erkelenz, Sabrina K. Schaupp, Eva C. Schulte, Thomas Vogl, Ion-George Anghelescu, Volker Arolt, Bernhardt T. Baune, Udo Dannlowski, Nina Dalkner, Detlef E. Dietrich, Andreas J. Fallgatter, Christian Figge, Carsten Konrad, Fabian U. Lang, Jens Reimer, Eva Z. Reinighaus, Max Schmauß, Andrea Schmitt, Simon Senner, Carsten Spitzer, Jörg Zimmermann, Alkomiet Hasan, Peter Falkai, Thomas G. Schulze, Urs Heilbronner, Sophie-Kathrin Greiner

“…Aims We investigated employment and relationship status changes among patients across the affective and psychotic spectrum – in comparison with healthy controls, examining whether diagnostic groups or functional levels influence these transitions. …”
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A based Cistanche deserticola polysaccharide functional-nanoparticle delivery system for effective oral vaccine to facilitate both systemic and mucosal immunity through enhancing o... by Jin He, Tianyu Zhu, Lin Yu, Ningning Mao, Xuanqi Lu, Xiaofeng Shi, Xiangwen Deng, Yang Yang, Deyun Wang

“…Herein, we developed a novel delivery system based on nanoparticles functionalized by plant polysaccharides to address the above challenges. …”
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Evaluating interprofessional primary care teams in high-income countries: A scoping review protocol on the conceptualization and measurement of team functioning, effectiveness, per... by Monica Aggarwal, Ivy Bourgeault, Sara Dalo, Kristina M Kokorelias, Leslie Greenberg, Bill Kreutzweiser, Kevin Samson, Leslie Sorensen, Connor Kemp, David Schieck, Ross E G Upshur

“…2) What are measures of team functioning, performance, effectiveness, and collaboration? …”
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Association of ERCC2/XPD polymorphisms and the risk of head and neck carcinoma: a systematic review, meta-analysis, trial sequential analysis, network analysis, and functional effe... by Mohammad Moslem Imani, Ali Ashabi, Farzad Rezaei, Atefe Saffar Shahroudi, Sadegh Kashkouli, Edris Sadeghi, Masoud Sadeghi

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Community burden and prognostic impact of reduced kidney function among patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC)... by Kunihiro Matsushita, Lucia Kwak, Noorie Hyun, Marina Bessel, Sunil K Agarwal, Laura R Loehr, Hanyu Ni, Patricia P Chang, Josef Coresh, Lisa M Wruck, Wayne Rosamond

“…The association was largely consistent across demographic subgroups. Of interest, when both eGFR and BUN were modeled together, only BUN remained significant.…”
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Efficient Removal of Micro-Sized Degradable PHBV Microplastics from Wastewater by a Functionalized Magnetic Nano Iron Oxides-Biochar Composite: Performance, Mechanisms, and Materia... by Huaguo Xia, Nini Duan, Beisi Song, Yuan Li, Hongbin Xu, Ying Geng, Xin Wang

“…The co-occurrence of the synthesis of a functionalized magnetic nano iron oxides–biochar composite (MFe@BC) via impregnation–thermal pyrolysis and its use to remove micro-sized poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) microplastics from simulated wastewater was demonstrated in this study. …”
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Post‐hoc analysis of the tofogliflozin post‐marketing surveillance study (J‐STEP/LT): Tofogliflozin improves liver function in type 2 diabetes patients regardless of BMI by Hiroyuki Uchinuma, Mitsunori Matsushita, Masaya Tanahashi, Hideki Suganami, Kazunori Utsunomiya, Kohei Kaku, Kyoichiro Tsuchiya

“…Tofogliflozin significantly reduced alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels in participants with baseline ALT levels >30 U/L across all BMI groups, with median changes of −12, −16, −13, −15, and −15 U/L, respectively (P = 0.9291 for trends). …”
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Genome-Wide Identification of the <em>ALMT</em> Gene Family in Nine Rosaceae Species and Functional Analysis Associated with Organic Acid Accumulation in <em>Prunus mume</em> by Ximeng Lin, Pengyu Zhou, Yin Wu, Ziqi Wang, Yuying Lu, Silas Segbo, Feng Gao, Chengdong Ma, Xiao Huang, Zhaojun Ni, Ting Shi, Zhihong Gao

“…In this study, we systematically analyzed the <i>ALMT</i> gene family across nine Rosaceae species to explore their evolutionary relationships, structural characteristics, and functional roles. …”
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Identification and functional analysis of a novel pathogenic variant in the MYO6 gene in a family with autosomal dominant non-syndromic hearing loss: A case report by Jianbo Shao, Xiao Zhang, Yuhua Wu, Lihua Zheng, Hao Sun, Yongli Guo, Jie Lu, Jun Zheng, Yang Yang

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Metagenomics-based analysis of microbial community structure and functional differences in fermented grains of Jiang-flavored baijiu from different production regions and policy re... by Jiaqi Shen, Jiaqi Shen, Yuanyan Hu, Yunjin Zhang, Lixia Li, Xiaofeng Deng, Manjing Chen, Laoda Li, Peiyun Xie, Mingbo Shao

“…Redundancy analysis showed that six environmental factors (relative humidity, daily temperature difference, elevation, annual mean temperature, extreme cold temperature, and annual precipitation) exerted complex effects on microbial functional genes in fermented grains. Carbon metabolism, antibiotic biosynthesis, and elevation were positively correlated with microbial functional genes. …”
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Examining functional sexual and reproductive health and right-based friendly services: perspectives from exit adolescents, caregivers, and health workers at health services deliver... by Gerald Kihwele, Michael Nienga Mbele, Walter C. Millanzi

“…Conclusion The results of this study have uncovered that there is disperities in the availability and accessibility of functional SRH right-based adolescent and youth-friendly services across the levels of health facilities; among adolescents and community members. …”
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Investigating the effects of closed kinetic chain exercises on joint position sense, functionality, range of motion, and pain in individuals with distal radius fracture: a randomiz... by Burak Menek, Emre Dansuk

“…This study aimed to investigate the effects of CKC exercises on pain, function, proprioception, and ROM in individuals recovering from conservatively treated DRFs. …”
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Plasma C-Peptide Levels and the Continuous Glucose Monitoring-Defined Coefficient of Variation in Risk Prediction for Hypoglycemia in Korean People with Diabetes Having Normal and... by So Yoon Kwon, Jiyun Park, So Hee Park, You-Bin Lee, Gyuri Kim, Kyu Yeon Hur, Jae Hyeon Kim, Sang-Man Jin

“…We explored correlations among CGM-defined CV, plasma C-peptide levels, and time below range at <70 and 54 mg/dL across different kidney function categories. Results In patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 1–2 (n=934), 89.3% who had a random plasma C-peptide level higher than 600 pmol/L exhibited a CV of ≤36%. …”
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The Canadian platform for research online to investigate health, quality of life, cognition, behaviour, function, and caregiving in aging (CAN-PROTECT): Study protocol, platform de... by Zahinoor Ismail, Dylan X. Guan, Daniella Vellone, Clive Ballard, Byron Creese, Anne Corbett, Ellie Pickering, Adam Bloomfield, Adam Hampshire, Ramnik Sekhon, Pamela Roach, Eric E. Smith

“…In participants, relationships between cognition, behaviour, function, and quality of life were examined using adjusted multivariable linear and negative binomial regression models. …”
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Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation combined with acupuncture therapy on brain network functional connectivity in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a single-center... by Qiu Nie, Fang He, Linghui Dong, Xikai Lin, Jingyi Lin, Yinxu Wang, Yulei Xie

“…The fNIRS results indicated a significant reduction in the mean cerebral functional connectivity strength based on oxyhemoglobin (HbO2) and deoxyhemoglobin (HbR) across all three groups following treatment (P < 0.05). …”
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A systematic review and coordinate-based meta-analysis of resting-state fMRI in athletes from open and closed skills sports by Zhurui Yan, Mengqi Zhao, Yapeng Qi, Antao Chen, Hong Mou, Xize Jia, Yingying Wang

“…Overall, our study reveals shared neural adaptations across different types of athletes, offering new insights into the effects of long-term specific training on brain functional connectivity in specialists.…”
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A Perturbation and Symmetry-Based Analysis of Mobile Malware Dynamics in Smartphone Networks by Mohammad Ababneh, Yousef AbuHour, Ammar Elhassan

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Computational Aspects of <i>L</i>₀ Linking in the Rasch Model by Alexander Robitzsch

“…Using the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>L</mi><mn>0</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> loss function offers the advantage of potential robustness against fixed differential item functioning effects. …”
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Systematic Evaluation of IMU Sensors for Application in Smart Glove System for Remote Monitoring of Hand Differences by Amy Harrison, Andrea Jester, Surej Mouli, Antonio Fratini, Ali Jabran

“…Accurate assessment of hand function, particularly digit movement, is vital for effective intervention and rehabilitation. …”
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