Association Between Digital Addiction and Physical Activity in Korean Adults Across Age Groups: An Analysis of Community Health Survey Data by Kyungsin Lee, Inmyung Song

“…This study investigated the prevalence of digital addiction among Korean adults and explored its association with PA across various age groups. Methods: Using data from the 2023 Community Health Survey (n=231 752), this study estimated the prevalence of digital addiction, defined as experiencing impaired daily functioning due to excessive internet, gaming, or smartphone use. …”
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A scalable framework for soil property mapping tested across a highly diverse tropical data-scarce regionZENODO by Rodrigo de Q. Miranda, Rodolfo L.B. Nóbrega, Anne Verhoef, Estevão L.R. da Silva, Jadson F. da Silva, José C. de Araújo Filho, Magna S.B. de Moura, Alexandre H.C. Barros, Alzira G.S.S. Souza, Wanhong Yang, Hui Shao, Raghavan Srinivasan, Feras Ziadat, Suzana M.G.L. Montenegro, Maria do S.B. Araújo, Josiclêda D. Galvíncio

“…Moreover, we used our soil parameters combined with multiple pedotransfer functions (PTFs) to derive soil hydraulic properties. …”
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Bioinformatics analysis across pan-cancer and experimental validation in hepatocellular carcinoma revealed the oncogenic role of SF3B6 by Linshuang Tu, Jiefu Luo, Ya Yin, Huihong Yu

“…The elevated expression of SF3B6 demonstrated predictive value for cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and responses to immunotherapy. Functional enrichment analysis suggests that SF3B6 was closely associated with pathways related to tumor immunity, tumor metabolism, and cell cycle. …”
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A scRNA-seq reference contrasting living and early post-mortem human retina across diverse donor states by Luning Yang, Yiwen Tao, Qi Pan, Tengda Cai, Yunyan Ye, Jianhui Liu, Yang Zhou, Yongqing Shao, Quanyong Yi, Zen Huat Lu, Lie Chen, Gareth McKay, Richard Rankin, Weihua Meng

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Cardiac remodeling and global longitudinal strain in young male competitive athletes: A comparative study across different training modes by Damirbek A.Abibillaev, Fuat Kocyigit, Aida K.Baatyrbekova, Aisanam K. Abdurasulova, Kudaibergen R. Osmonaliev, Samatbek A. Satybaldyev, Zhenishbek K. Ismailov, Ryskul B.Kydyralieva, Oskon A.Salibaev, Taalaibek Z.Kudaiberdiev

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Maximum likelihood DOA estimation based on improved ant colony optimization algorithm by JIAO Yameng, LI Wenping, WU Yue, CUI Lin

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Frequencies and functions of vocalizations and gestures in the second year of life. by Megan M Burkhardt-Reed, Edina R Bene, D Kimbrough Oller

“…Now we bring longitudinal data on the second year (13, 16 and 20 mo), showing again that vocalizations predominated, and especially in conventional (learned) communication; > 9 times more spoken words were observed than gestures that could be viewed as functionally equivalent to words (i.e., signs). Our observations also showed that about ¾ of gestures across these second-year data were deictics (primarily pointing and reaching), acts that while significant in supporting the establishment of referential vocabulary in both spoken and signed languages, are not signs, but have single universal deictic functions in the here and now. …”
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Optimization of non-smooth functions via differentiable surrogates. by Shikun Chen, Zebin Huang, Wenlong Zheng

“…Mathematical optimization is fundamental across many scientific and engineering applications. …”
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Water Market Functionality: Evidence From the Australian Experience by Maruge Zhao, Tiho Ancev, R. Willem Vervoort

“…Our findings show that the price mechanism in the water market functions as intended, as the water prices signal the level of scarcity and reflect value that can be derived from water resources. …”
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Structure function in photoplethysmographic signal dynamics for physiological assessment by Javier de Pedro-Carracedo, David Fuentes-Jimenez, María Fernanda Cabrera-Umpiérrez, Ana Pilar González-Marcos

“…Abstract Physiological systems are inherently complex, driven by non-linear interactions among various subsystems that govern their function across diverse spatiotemporal scales. Understanding this interconnectedness is crucial; in this sense, the structure function enables us to dissect the dynamic intricacies of biological responses. …”
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Oxidative Stress: Signaling Pathways, Biological Functions, and Disease by Sixuan Liu, Jiachen Liu, Yinhuai Wang, Fei Deng, Zebin Deng

“…ABSTRACT The dysregulated accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species disrupts redox homeostasis, triggering oxidative stress (OS) and driving pathophysiological changes across multiple organ systems. OS modulates critical signaling pathways, induces inflammation, impairs mitochondrial function, alters metabolic homeostasis, and dysregulates autophagy, contributing to disease progression. …”
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Structure and function of the topsoil microbiome in Chinese terrestrial ecosystems by Yuqiang Li, Yuqiang Li, Yuqiang Li, Yulong Duan, Yulong Duan, Yulong Duan, Junbiao Zhang, Evangelos Petropoulos, Jianhua Zhao, Fasi Wu, Lilong Wang, Lilong Wang, Yun Chen, Yun Chen, Xuyang Wang, Xuyang Wang, Xuyang Wang

“…While soil microorganisms underpin terrestrial ecosystem functioning, how their functional potential adapts across environmental gradients remains poorly understood, particularly for ubiquitous taxa. …”
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On the structure of species-function participation in multilayer ecological networks by Sandra Hervías-Parejo, Mar Cuevas-Blanco, Lucas Lacasa, Anna Traveset, Isabel Donoso, Ruben Heleno, Manuel Nogales, Susana Rodríguez-Echeverría, Carlos J. Melián, Victor M. Eguíluz

“…Its application to recently collected data of an islet ecosystem—reporting 1537 interactions between 691 plants, animals and fungi across six different functions (pollination, herbivory, seed dispersal, decomposition, nutrient uptake, and fungal pathogenicity)—unveils a non-random, nested structure in the way plant species participate across different functions. …”
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Functional Connectome Fingerprinting Through Tucker Tensor Decomposition by Vitor Carvalho, Mintao Liu, Jaroslaw Harezlak, Ana María Estrada Gómez, Joaquín Goñi

“…Over the past decade, studies related to FC fingerprinting have sought to uncover functional patterns that enable uniquely identifying individuals across repeated scanning sessions, hence demonstrating the stability and distinctiveness of functional brain organization. …”
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Intraspecific Functional Trait Variation and Coordination in Schizachyrium scoparium by Jacob Zeldin, Tessa Dethlefs, Stacy Caeiro, Daniel Puga, Andrea Kramer

“…ABSTRACT Plant functional traits are vital tools in ecological restoration and biodiversity conservation. …”
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Effect Of Handedness On Functional Organization Of Bimanual Isometric Handgrip by Nikolai Kolev, Ljudmila Halacheva

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The Evolution of Functionally Redundant Species; Evidence from Beetles. by Marten Scheffer, Remi Vergnon, Egbert H van Nes, Jan G M Cuppen, Edwin T H M Peeters, Remko Leijs, Anders N Nilsson

“…While species fulfill many different roles in ecosystems, it has been suggested that numerous species might actually share the same function in a near neutral way. So-far, however, it is unclear whether such functional redundancy really exists. …”
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Evaluating the impact of agricultural abandonment on flood mitigation functions by Takeshi Osawa, Takaaki Nishida, Takashi Oka

“…We analyzed the relationship between abandonment ratios and flood frequency across 132 municipalities in Japan. Results indicated that abandonment had little or no impact on Eco-DRR functions both paddy fields and dry farmlands. …”
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Systemic functional linguistics and a theory of language in education by Frances Christie

“…Systemic functional linguistic (SFL) theory has never acknowledged a clearcut distinction between theoretical and applied interests. …”
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Generalized Derangetropy Functionals for Modeling Cyclical Information Flow by Masoud Ataei, Xiaogang Wang

“…In contrast to scalar entropy measures such as Shannon entropy, these operators act directly on probability densities, providing a topographical representation of information across the support of the distribution. The proposed framework captures periodic and self-referential aspects of information evolution through functional transformations governed by nonlinear differential equations. …”
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