Hand-Related Activities of Daily Living Challenges Among Individuals With Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: A Scoping Review by Noor Aziella Mohd Nayan, Chi-Wen Chien, Najihah Lokman, Mohammed Alrashdi, Ahmad Zamir Che Daud

“…This review employed the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) framework to assess hand function issues. …”
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Ultrasound for evaluating gastrointestinal symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome patients: A systematic review by Anas Elgenidy, Ramez M. Odat, Mohamed Hesn, Asmaa Abodaif, Mohamed S. Elgendy, Mohammad Alzu'bi, Abdelrahman R. Youssef, Shady Sapoor, Mahmoud Mohamed AlSanafini, Moustafa Elnewishy, Paula Gamal Wassef

“…Conclusion: This comprehensive review underscores the value of ultrasound in diagnosing and managing IBS, offering insights into its diverse applications and diagnostic accuracies across various aspects of gastrointestinal function. …”
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Computational design of diverse nuclear factor erythroid 2 activators with cellular antioxidative activity by Mingyue Yuwen, Xiaoning Gao, Junli Ba, Jiayang Wu, Jun Kang, Sheng Ye, Cheng Zhu

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Associations Between Female Sex Hormones and Skeletal Muscle Ageing: The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging by Annabel J. Critchlow, Sarah E. Alexander, Danielle S. Hiam, Luigi Ferrucci, David Scott, Séverine Lamon

“…Using secondary data from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, this study aimed to investigate cross‐sectional and longitudinal associations between circulating sex hormones and skeletal muscle mass and function across a continuum of ages. Methods Multiple and binomial linear regression was used to map cross‐sectional (n = 319) and longitudinal (n = 83) associations between circulating sex hormones (oestradiol (E2), free oestradiol index (FEI), total (TT) and bioavailable (BioT), testosterone, testosterone/oestradiol ratio (TT/E2)) and skeletal muscle mass and function in healthy females. …”
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Homocysteine levels and cardiovascular disease risk factors in chronic kidney disease (CKD), hypertensive and healthy Nigerian adults: a comparative retrospective study by Hanady Hamdallah, Marvellous Adeoye, Abiodun Moshood Adeoye

“…A strong positive correlation between Hcy levels and FGF was identified across all groups (p<0.001).Conclusions The present study indicates that Hcy levels may not serve as a reliable predictor of CVD outcomes across populations with varying kidney function and CVD risk profiles.…”
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Does renewable energy reduce energy intensity? A matter of income inequality by Rongrong Li, Zhuang Yang, Qiang Wang

“…Abstract This study investigates the complex relationships between income inequality, renewable energy utilization, and energy efficiency across 104 countries from 2010 to 2020. By employing the Panel Threshold Model and Unconditional Quantile Regression based on the Re-centered Influence Function, the analysis focuses on the moderating role of income inequality in shaping the impact of renewable energy consumption on energy intensity. …”
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Microbial community structure in lake and wetland sediments from a high Arctic polar desert revealed by targeted transcriptomics. by Magdalena K Stoeva, Stéphane Aris-Brosou, John Chételat, Holger Hintelmann, Philip Pelletier, Alexandre J Poulain

“…While microbial communities play a key role in the geochemical cycling of nutrients and contaminants in anaerobic freshwater sediments, their structure and activity in polar desert ecosystems are still poorly understood, both across heterogeneous freshwater environments such as lakes and wetlands, and across sediment depths. …”
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Machine learning models highlight environmental and genetic factors associated with the Arabidopsis circadian clock by Connor Reynolds, Joshua Colmer, Hannah Rees, Ehsan Khajouei, Rachel Rusholme-Pilcher, Hiroshi Kudoh, Antony N. Dodd, Anthony Hall

“…However, understanding clock function at the transcriptome level and its response to the environment requires assaying across high resolution time-course experiments. …”
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The key pillars of psychosocial disability: a European perspective on challenges and solutions by Alessandra Martinelli

“…Psychosocial disabilities refer to a range of mental health conditions that significantly impact an individual’s ability to function in daily life and participate fully in society. …”
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The Effectiveness of Computerized Cognitive Training in Patients With Poststroke Cognitive Impairment: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Min Gao, Lu Huang, Jiang Yi, Tianqi Zhang, Guangyao Zhu, Qi Zhang, Jiaxiao Tian, Rongxuan Zhao, Xiaoqin Duan, Zhongliang Liu

“…MethodsA comprehensive systematic search was performed across multiple databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Scopus, to identify randomized controlled trials conducted between 2010 and June 2024 that used CCT to enhance cognitive function in patients with PSCI. …”
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Optimizing Pretrained Autonomous Driving Models Using Deep Reinforcement Learning by Vasileios Kochliaridis, Ioannis Vlahavas

“…However, fine-tuning with DRL can lead to the Catastrophic Forgetting (CF) problem, where a policy forgets the expert behaviors learned from the demonstrations as it learns to optimize the new reward function. In this paper, we present CILRLv3, a DRL-based training method that is immune to CF, enabling pretrained navigation agents to improve their driving skills across new scenarios.…”
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On the phonetic implementation of syllabic consonants and vowel-less syllables in Tashlhiyt by Cécile Fougeron, Rachid Ridouane

“…Second, we consider the patterns of articulatory coordination between consonants as a function of their position within and across the syllable. …”
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Mechanism of small heat shock protein client sequestration and induced polydispersity by Adam P. Miller, Steve L. Reichow

“…Abstract Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) act as first responders during cellular stress, sequestering destabilized proteins (clients) to prevent aggregation and facilitate refolding or degradation. This critical function, conserved across all life, is linked to proteostasis and protein misfolding diseases. …”
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Sex Differences in the Associations Among Early Life Adversity, Inflammation, and Cognition by Erin Logue, Charles B. Nemeroff

“…This review discusses the influence of ELA on cognitive function across much of the lifespan, how inflammation is implicated in this process, and the current state of knowledge regarding sex differences in these relationships. …”
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Pan-cancer drivers of metastasis by Ryan Lusby, Engin Demirdizen, Mohammed Inayatullah, Paramita Kundu, Oscar Maiques, Ziyi Zhang, Mikkel Green Terp, Victoria Sanz-Moreno, Vijay K. Tiwari

“…Notably, the dissection of transcription factor networks active across different stages of metastasis, combined with functional perturbation, identified SP1 and KLF5 as key regulators, acting as drivers and suppressors of metastasis, respectively, at critical steps of this transition across multiple cancer types. …”
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Sex-heterogeneous SNPs disproportionately influence gene expression and health. by Michela Traglia, Margaux Bout, Lauren A Weiss

“…Phenotypic differences across sexes are pervasive, but the genetic architecture of sex differences within and across phenotypes is mostly unknown. …”
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Selective deletion of Tsc1 from mouse cerebellar Purkinje neurons drives sex-specific behavioral impairments linked to autism by Ryan J. Lawson, Nicholas J. Lipovsek, Samuel P. Brown, Achintya K. Jena, Joanna J. Osko, Joseph L. Ransdell

“…Loss of function mutations in TSC1 result in dysregulated mTORC1 signaling and underlie a multi-system disorder known as tuberous sclerosis (TSC). …”
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Maternal Oxytocin Is Linked to Close Mother-Infant Proximity in Grey Seals (Halichoerus grypus). by Kelly J Robinson, Sean D Twiss, Neil Hazon, Patrick P Pomeroy

“…Oxytocin's structure and function is widely conserved across mammalian mothers, including humans. …”
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The neuroreceptors and transporters underlying spontaneous brain activity by Johan Nakuci, Kanika Bansal

“…These findings demonstrate the framework’s potential to elucidate neuromodulatory mechanisms and advance our understanding of brain function across diverse states and conditions.…”
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Transnational entrepreneurship in the Global South: evidence from Southern Africa by Rogerson Jayne M., Mushawemhuka William J.

“…The most critical distinguishing feature of transnational entrepreneurs is bifocality or the ability to function across two different business environments. …”
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