The effect of high-altitude on human skeletal muscle energetics: P-MRS results from the Caudwell Xtreme Everest expedition. by Lindsay M Edwards, Andrew J Murray, Damian J Tyler, Graham J Kemp, Cameron J Holloway, Peter A Robbins, Stefan Neubauer, Denny Levett, Hugh E Montgomery, Mike P Grocott, Kieran Clarke, Caudwell Xtreme Everest Research Group

“…Climbers had higher resting [Pi] than trekkers before the expedition and resting [Pi] was raised across both groups on their return (PRE: 2.6+/-0.2 vs. …”
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Efficacy and safety of dietary polyphenol supplements for COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Dongsheng Wu, Dongsheng Wu, Yuang Dong, Dongyang Zhang, Tongtong Wang, Haipeng Ye, Wei Zhang

“…However, current clinical evidence remains inconclusive, with meta-analyses revealing heterogeneity in intervention outcomes across randomized controlled trials. This systematic investigation employs a triple-blind, placebo-controlled design to rigorously evaluate the clinical efficacy of standardized oral polyphenol supplementation in COPD patients (GOLD stages II-III), incorporating advanced biomarkers including 8-isoprostane quantification and pulmonary function trajectory analysis.MethodsLiterature on dietary polyphenols for the treatment of COPD published in PubMed, Cochrane, Medline, CNKI and other databases before December 26, 2024 (in Chinese and English) was searched. …”
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Evaluating the Accuracy and Performance of ChatGPT-4o in Solving Japanese National Dental Technician Examination by Hikaru Fukuda, Masaki Morishita, Kosuke Muraoka, Shino Yamaguchi, Taiji Nakamura, Manabu Habu, Izumi Yoshioka, Shuji Awano, Kentaro Ono

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Adapting Machine Learning Models for Indoor Temperature Prediction from Kuwait to the French Riviera Climate by Sedaghat Ahmad, Nazififard Mohammad, Franquet Erwin, Kalbasi Rasool, Mostafaeipour Ali

“…The Matern 5/2 Gaussian process regression model has done somewhat better at modeling interior temperature; all models are shown to function well. In this work, the predicted indoor temperatures are presented and discussed for Kuwait and Nice, highlighting the similarity of temperature profiles across these two distinct climate regions. …”
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A paired CT and MRI dataset for advanced medical imaging applicationsKaggle by Zakaria Shams Siam, Md Younus Akon, Israt Jahan Munmun, Abdullah Al-Amin, Md. Abdus Salam, Ishtiak Al Mamoon

“…The existence of paired datasets across modalities is essential for the validation and progression of image-to-image translation techniques; nevertheless, such datasets are exceedingly rare. …”
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The evolution of musical terminology: From specialised to non-professional usage by Alexandra G. Anisimova, Ekaterina D. Kozhemyakina

“…Drawing upon sources including seminal works by Charles Ives, Charles Stanford, John Mauceri and Norman Lebrecht, the study explores how musical terms function across genres and registers. The findings reveal three primary categories of musical terms: universal, unique and author. …”
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Global nighttime light dataset from 1992 to 2022 with focus on low-light areas by Hui Tang, Yongde Zhong, Jinyang Deng, Hongling Xia, Juan Wei

“…Our study employs a novel approach combining a residual neural network with a raster function model to tackle key challenges, including NTL restoration in high-latitude regions, long-term data continuity, and gap alignment across different sensor types. …”
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A Meta-Analysis of Determinants of Success and Failure of Economic Sanctions by Binyam Afewerk Demena, Peter A. G. van Bergeijk

“…Political scientists and economists often assert that they understand how economic sanctions function as a foreign policy tool and claim to have backed their theories with compelling statistical evidence. …”
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Expeditious Dynamic Clustering in Preprocessing for High-Performance Classification by Anamika Pimpa, Narissara Eiamkanitchat

“…The accuracy of classification algorithms across different applications is significantly influenced by data preprocessing. …”
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The Impact of Rock Morphology on Gas Dispersion in Underground Hydrogen Storage by Tri Pham, Rouhi Farajzadeh, Quoc P. Nguyen

“…Effluent hydrogen concentrations were measured to generate elution curves as a function of injected pore volumes (PV). This approach enables the assessment of the relationship between the dispersion coefficient and pore structure parameters across all rock samples at consistent average interstitial velocities. …”
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Analyzing Uncertainty and Hesitation in Refereeing Decision using Neutrosophic Vague N-Soft Sets: A Case Study of Officiating Ability Evaluation for National-Level Volleyball Refer... by Haikui Zhou, Xiang Zhong

“…Our framework integrated expert linguistic evaluations across multiple criteria into a structured NVNSS decision matrix. …”
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Seeking Optimal Region-Of-Interest (ROI) Single-Value Summary Measures for fMRI Studies in Imaging Genetics. by Yunxia Tong, Qiang Chen, Thomas E Nichols, Roberta Rasetti, Joseph H Callicott, Karen F Berman, Daniel R Weinberger, Venkata S Mattay

“…Four different fMRI databases were tested and comparisons across different groups (patients with schizophrenia, their siblings, vs. normal control subjects; across genotype groups) were conducted. …”
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Social and non-social risk-taking in adolescence by Weike Wang, Kylie Evans, Susanne Schweizer

“…The results showed that adolescents took more risks in social compared to individual contexts. Risk-taking across social and individual contexts also varied as a function of self-perceived social value. …”
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A morphometric exploration of the taxonomic utility of scale osteoderms in southern African fossorial skinks (Acontinae, Acontias) by Zhongning Zhao, Lucas Thibedi, Mphalile Mokone, Neil Heideman

“…This study investigates the morphometric variation of osteoderms across species and populations within the genus Acontias, especially in the A. meleagris species complex. …”
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Supply chain and logistics for COVID-19 vaccines: Challenges and opportunities by Shanay Rab, Afjal Hayat, Abid Haleem, Mohd Javaid, Mukesh Kumar Hasija

“…Our prior understanding of the structure and function of the coronavirus family has also contributed to the quick development of several vaccination technologies. …”
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Apparent differences between human and chimp proteomes are reduced when considering human population: Human specific variants are enriched in disordered and compositionally biased... by Pablo Mier, Miguel A Andrade-Navarro, Enrique Morett

“…Accordingly, the set of proteins holding them was significantly enriched in proteins with disordered regions and with protein binding functions. We found that a subset of these residues is not only different in humans but also conserved across non-human primates, further supporting their potential importance in making us different from other primates.…”
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Time-varying MVAR algorithms for directed connectivity analysis: Critical comparison in simulations and benchmark EEG data. by Mattia F Pagnotta, Gijs Plomp

“…Human brain function depends on directed interactions between multiple areas that evolve in the subsecond range. …”
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Development of a Fuzzy Logic-Based Tool for Evaluating KPIs in a Lean, Agile, Resilient, and Green (LARG) Supply Chain by Laura Monferdini, Giorgia Casella, Eleonora Bottani

“…The results show that lean and resilient practices are consistently well-established across all supply chain phases, while agility and green practices vary significantly depending on the operational area—particularly between internal function (i.e., production and reverse logistics) and external ones (i.e., procurement and distribution). …”
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Delays reduce culprit-presence detection but do not affect guessing-based selection in response to lineups by Amelie Therre, Raoul Bell, Nicola Marie Menne, Carolin Mayer, Ulla Lichtenhagen, Axel Buchner

“…The form of the decline is best described by a power function with the most rapid decline occurring at short crime-to-lineup delays. …”
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Hedgehog Signaling Pathway in Fibrosis and Targeted Therapies by Yuchen Hu, Linrui Peng, Xinyu Zhuo, Chan Yang, Yuwei Zhang

“…We summarize the latest advances in our understanding of the roles of Hh signaling in fibrogenesis across the liver, kidneys, airways, and lungs, as well as other tissues and organs, with an emphasis on both the shared features and, more critically, the distinct functional variations observed across these tissues and organs. …”
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