The Physicochemical and Rheological Properties of Green Banana Flour–Wheat Flour Bread Substitutions by Yasmeen M. Bashmil, Frank Bekes, Michael Ruderman, Hafiz A. R. Suleria, Rudi Appels, Frank R. Dunshea

“…Functional foods are currently receiving increasing popularity in diet modification. …”
Get full text

The market potential of a club as an indicator for the size of a new relocated football arena : The case KAA Gent by Trudo Dejonghe

“…In the case of professional football a functional substitution has taken place and the top team is located in Brugge. …”
Get full text

Enhanced cortical activity of swallowing under acid stimulation in normal individuals: an fNIRS study by Shuang Gong, WeiJun Sun, LingLing Wu, JiLiang Kang, JiLiang Kang, Min Tang

“…Paired t-tests revealed that the activation levels during the swallowing of acidic liquid were higher than those during the swallowing of distilled water in the bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, left primary somatosensory cortex, and left premotor/supplementary motor area.ConclusionFunctional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) can be applied to research on brain functions related to swallowing. …”
Get full text

Nutritional quality profiles of six microgreens by Sibel Balik, Farah Elgudayem, Hayriye Yildiz Dasgan, Nesibe Ebru Kafkas, Nazim S. Gruda

Get full text

Assessing Practical General English Textbook: An Analysis of Overall Quality and Intercultural Communicative Competence Attributes [In English] by Hamed Badpa, Esmail Zare Behtash

Get full text

Prevalence and Fall Risk of Sarcopenia Based on the 2023 Korean Working Group on Sarcopenia Criteria by Minjung Kim, Seongmin Choi, Dong Hwan Yun, Yunsoo Soh, Chang Won Won

“…The 2023 Korean Working Group on Sarcopenia (KWGS) introduced revised definitions, including functional sarcopenia, which considers low strength and performance despite normal muscle mass. …”
Get full text

Exploring Litter Decomposition, Nutrient Retention, and Sensitivity to Nitrogen Deposition Among Ancient and Recently Evolved Tree Species by Chaozhi Peng, Tong Chen, Wei He, Li Mei, Zeyao Zhao, Jie Fan

“…ABSTRACT Investigating the differences among plant functional types (PFTs) and their responses to N deposition is crucial for predicting carbon and nutrient cycles and improving forest management strategies. …”
Get full text

Tissue-Specific Expression Analysis and Functional Validation of <i>SiSCR</i> Genes in Foxtail Millet (<i>Setaria italica</i>) Under Hormone and Drought Stresses, and Heterologous... by Yingying Qin, Ruifu Wang, Shuwan Chen, Qian Gao, Yiru Zhao, Shuo Chang, Mao Li, Fangfang Ma, Xuemei Ren

“…These data delineate the functional divergence and evolutionary conservation of <i>SiSCR</i> genes, providing critical insights into their roles in root/shoot development and abiotic stress signaling in foxtail millet.…”
Get full text

Temporal Dynamics and Disturbance Responses in Coral‐Dwelling Decapods Provide a Novel Perspective on Their Ecological Role in Coral Reef Systems by Susanne Bähr, Natalie Dunn, Sancia E. T. van derMeij, Joydeep Chowdhury, Francesca Benzoni

“…However, their ecological functions within this ecosystem remain understudied due to limited knowledge of the interplay among lifehistory strategies, host density and condition, population variations, and mortality rates. …”
Get full text

Charge transfer complexes: a review survey by Vahideh Hadigheh Rezvan

“…It highlights recent advancements in the utilization of CTCs across various sectors and explores their potential for future applications, as well as the challenges that must be addressed to develop new CTCs and investigate their uses. …”
Get full text

Further N-Frame networking dynamics of conscious observer-self agents via a functional contextual interface: predictive coding, double-slit quantum mechanical experiment, and decis... by Darren J. Edwards

“…However, existing benchmarks assess reasoning abilities across various domains but fail to directly address consciousness. …”
Get full text

Improved whole-brain reconfiguration efficiency reveals mechanisms of speech rehabilitation in cleft lip and palate patients: an fMRI study by Wenjing Zhang, Qian Si, Zhongtian Guan, Lei Cao, Mengyue Wang, Cui Zhao, Liwei Sun, Xu Zhang, Zhixi Zhang, Chunlin Li, Weiqun Song

“…Rehabilitation caused local brain activation levels of CLP patients to converge toward those of controls, indicating rehabilitative effects on brain function. Analysis of reconfiguration efficiency across tasks at the local and whole-brain levels identified underlying recovery mechanisms. …”
Get full text

Associations of changes in physical activity and well-being among cancer survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic by Natalie Cuda, Allyson Tabaczynski, Denise Bastas, Alexis Whitehorn, Golnaz Ghazinour, Linda Trinh

“…PA abstainers had significantly worse physical functioning (−19.3 points, p < 0.01; −14.0 points, p < 0.01), and role functioning (−16.6 points, p = 0.02; −12.9 points, p < 0.01) outcomes compared to adopters and maintainers, respectively. …”
Get full text

Dual roles of pear EARLY FLOWERING 4 -like genes in regulating flowering and leaf senescence by Zhe Liu, Weijuan Liu, Qiong Wu, Zhihua Xie, Kaijie Qi, Shaoling Zhang, Juyou Wu, Peng Wang

“…Expression profiling across various pear tissues revealed diverse expression patterns. …”
Get full text

Transcriptome Sequencing and Bioinformatic Analysis of Astragalus sinicus ‘Yuelvfei No. 1’ by Jingyu LI, Yan GU, Liping GONG, Zijian FU, Jiahao ZHONG, Jihua WANG

“…Guangdong Province has promoted the "winter cultivation of Chinese milk vetch followed by spring ploughing and deep tillage" model across 30, 000 hm2, establishing a "green manure-emission reduction-yield increase" eco-economic system. …”
Get full text

Exploring cortical excitability in children with cerebral palsy through lower limb robot training based on MI-BCI by Weihang Qi, Yi Zhang, Yuwei Su, Zhichong Hui, ShaoQing Li, HaoChong Wang, Jiamei Zhang, Kaili Shi, Mingmei Wang, Liang Zhou, Dengna Zhu

“…Abstract This study aims to compare brain activity differences under the motor imagery-brain-computer interface (MI-BCI), motor imagery (MI), and resting (REST) paradigms through EEG microstate and functional connectivity (FC) analysis, providing a theoretical basis for applying MI-BCI in the rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy (CP). …”
Get full text

Data resource profile: the disability statistics questionnaire review database (DS-QR Database): a database of population censuses and household surveys with internationally compar... by Bradley Carpenter, Sureshkumar Kamalakannan, Pavani Saikam, David Vicente Alvarez, Jill Hanass-Hancock, GVS Murthy, Monica Pinilla-Roncancio, Minerva Rivas Velarde, Douglas Teodoro, Sophie Mitra

“…It can also assist in identifying which datasets use functional difficulty questions and can be used to research and monitor disability rights over time and across countries. …”
Get full text

Metabolomic Analysis of Different Parts of Black Wax Gourd (<i>Cucurbita pepo</i>) by Jun Li, Haocheng Liu, Yujuan Xu, Jiguo Yang, Yuanshan Yu, Jing Wen, Dasen Xie, Yujuan Zhong, Jijun Wu, Manqin Fu

“…Significant metabolic divergence was observed across tissues: 658, 674, and 433 differential metabolites were identified between the peel and the pulp, the peel and the seeds, and the pulp and the seeds, respectively. …”
Get full text

The Impact of Urbanization on Avian Communities During the Breeding Season in the Huanghuai Plain of China by Meiting Liu, Jiayi Shi, Ziruo Zhang, Xinyi Zhang, Xiaohan Li, Ruohui Tang, Chunna Zhang, Siyu Wu, Chenfang Wu, Junpo Zhu, Zhirong He, Yujia Sun, Yuehuan Wang, Supen Wang, Na Zhao

“…We found significant differences in species diversity and functional traits among three habitats along the urban–rural continuum (i.e., urban, suburban, and rural). …”
Get full text

Modelling the Spatial Dependence of Multi‐Species Point Patterns by Chathuri L. Samarasekara, Ian Flint, Yan Wang

“…Using synthetic and real datasets, we assessed both models based on their predictive accuracy of the empirical K function. Our analysis revealed that both MLGCP and SPIGPP effectively identify and capture mild to moderate clustering and regulations. …”
Get full text