Benchmarking miRNA reference genes in B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia by Teresa Mack, Tommaso Gianferri, Alexandra Niedermayer, Klaus-Michael Debatin, Lüder H. Meyer, Vera Muench

“…Precise assessment of miRNA levels is crucial for understanding their role and function in gene regulation. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) is a reliable, rapid, and cost-effective method for analyzing miRNA expression, assuming that appropriate normalization to stable references is performed to ensure valid data. …”
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The use of dance to improve the health and wellbeing of older adults: A global scoping review of research trials. by Martha Waugh, Gregory Youdan, Courtney Casale, Rachel Balaban, Emily S Cross, Dafna Merom

“…Stronger reporting practices will facilitate comparisons across studies and more robust evidence synthesis. …”
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Associations between monthly temperature anomalies and mortality among children younger than five years in low- and middle-income countries by Pengfei Li, Jingyi Wu, Tao Xue, Tong Zhu

“…Methods Between 1998 and 2019, data were collected on 1,745,132 live births across 56 LMICs. The median age was 27.0 months (interquartile range: 12.0, 43.0), and 51.0% were male. …”
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Intelligent Priority-Aware Spectrum Access in 5G Vehicular IoT: A Reinforcement Learning Approach by Adeel Iqbal, Tahir Khurshaid, Yazdan Ahmad Qadri

“…RL-PASM dynamically allocates spectrum resources across three traffic classes: high-priority (HP), low-priority (LP), and best-effort (BE), utilizing reinforcement learning (RL). …”
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IMMUNOGLOBULIN A (IgA) AND ITS RECEPTORS by V. B. Klimovich, M. P. Samoilovich

“…If transferred across epithelium, IgA may neutralize the viruses penetrating the cells, like as bind and deliver proteins and other antigens to the mucosal surface. …”
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Spatiotemporal profiling reveals the impact of caloric restriction in the aging mammalian brain by Zehao Zhang, Alexander Epstein, Chloe Schaefer, Abdulraouf Abdulraouf, Weirong Jiang, Wei Zhou, Junyue Cao

“…Summary: Caloric restriction (CR) is a well-studied intervention that extends lifespan and slows cognitive decline across species, yet the specific cell populations and molecular pathways involved remain elusive. …”
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Accounting for effects of growth rate when measuring ecological stability in response to pulse perturbations by Andrea Mentges, Adam Thomas Clark, Shane A. Blowes, Charlotte Kunze, Helmut Hillebrand, Jonathan M. Chase

“…Furthermore, there is increasing interest in making comparisons of stability values across sites, systems and taxonomic groups, often using comparative synthetic approaches, such as meta‐analysis. …”
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A Convolutional Mixer-Based Deep Learning Network for Alzheimer’s Disease Classification from Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging by M. Krithika Alias Anbu Devi, K. Suganthi

“…<b>Objective:</b> Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that severely impairs cognitive function across various age groups, ranging from early to late sixties. …”
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Carbon flow tracking and network reconfiguration: a network evolution analysis of embodied carbon emissions from belt and road trade under regional and industry perspectives by Ying Wang, Ruohan Zhang, Shali Wang, Liya Wang, Xinglan Dai, Zishuai Zu

“…Industries such as electricity, gas and water dominate the network, while electrical and machinery plays important regulatory function, exerting strong control over embodied carbon flows across sectors. …”
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Creatine in women’s health: bridging the gap from menstruation through pregnancy to menopause by Abbie E. Smith-Ryan, Gabrielle M. DelBiondo, Ann F. Brown, Susan M. Kleiner, Nhi T. Tran, Stacey J. Ellery

“…Additionally, creatine may improve mood and cognitive function, potentially alleviating symptoms of depression. …”
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Association between non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and hand grip strength in U.S. adults by Huimin Wang, Qihui Huang, Xiaojia Feng, Xiaowei Zheng

“…Interaction tests showed that the negative correlation between NHHR and HGS differed significantly across age, gender, and stratification by diabetes status. …”
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Divergent Molecular Responses to Heavy Water in <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> Compared to Bacteria and Yeast by Pengxi Wang, Jan Novák, Romana Kopecká, Petr Čičmanec, Martin Černý

“…Shared adaptive mechanisms across these species were identified, including changes in ribosomal protein abundances, accumulation of chaperones, and altered metabolism of polyamines and amino acids. …”
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Single-cell and multi-omics analysis reveals the role of stem cells in prognosis and immunotherapy of lung adenocarcinoma patients by Jianan Zheng, Haoran Lin, Wei Ye, Mingjun Du, Chenjun Huang, Jun Fan

“…The predictive performance of the model was validated across seven independent LUAD cohorts and immunotherapy datasets. …”
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No support for solar radiation as a major evolutionary driver of malar stripes in falcons by Michelle Vrettos, Chevonne Reynolds, Arjun Amar

“…The malar stripes of falcons (Falco spp.) are often hypothesised to function by reducing the amount of solar glare reflected into the falcon's eyes while hunting, thereby aiding foraging efficiency in bright conditions. …”
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Short distances dominate connectivity patterns of coral communities in the North-West Arabian Sea by Michel R. Claereboudt, Gerd Bruss

“…The exchange of larvae across Ras Al-Hadd between the coral communities of the Arabian Sea and those of the Gulf of Oman is very low. …”
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Orangutans and chimpanzees produce morphologically varied laugh faces in response to the age and sex of their social partners by Fabio Crepaldi, Florence Rocque, Guillaume Dezecache, Leanne Proops, Marina Davila-Ross

“…Although it was found that laugh faces show evolutionary continuity across humans and non-human great apes according to the Principle of Maximum Parsimony, little is known about the function of laugh face variations from an evolutionary perspective. …”
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Habitat use and densities of two sympatric foxes in the Mburucuyá National Park (Iberá Wetlands ecoregion, Argentina) during the winter season by Verónica L. Romero, Martín M. Kowalewski, Javier A. Pereira

“… In Argentina, two fox species —Lycalopex gymnocercus and Cerdocyon thous— are generally considered abundant and coexist across various natural, transitional and anthropogenic environments. …”
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Assessment of a non-invasive approach for pressure volume loop prediction in mice by Liliana Jelú Reyes, Maria Emilia Alfaro, Janet Akoth Kireta, Michele Lynn Joyner, Soumya Ullas, Brianna LaViolette, Dinesh Hirenallur-Shanthappa, Nessy Tania

“…Abstract Left ventricular pressure-volume (PV) loop measurement provides insights into cardiac function by mapping the relationship between left ventricular pressure and volume throughout the cardiac cycle. …”
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A collection of field-based indicators for assessing ecosystem services in crop fields by Lola Leveau, Nicolas Biot, Guillaume Lobet, Pierre Bertin

“…It was derived from an exhaustive previously published list, which included 507 indicators applicable across various ecosystem types and linked to various data collection methods. …”
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A Gene Ontology-Based Pipeline for Selecting Significant Gene Subsets in Biomedical Applications by Sergii Babichev, Oleg Yarema, Igor Liakh, Nataliia Shumylo

“…The pipeline employs the non-parametric Kruskal–Wallis test to identify differentially expressed genes, followed by dual enrichment analysis using both Fisher’s exact test and the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test across three GO categories: Biological Process (BP), Molecular Function (MF), and Cellular Component (CC). …”
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