Precipitation–fire functional interactions control biomass stocks and carbon exchanges across the world's largest savanna by M. Williams, M. Williams, D. T. Milodowski, D. T. Milodowski, T. L. Smallman, T. L. Smallman, K. G. Dexter, G. C. Hegerl, I. M. McNicol, M. O'Sullivan, C. M. Roesch, C. M. Ryan, C. M. Ryan, S. Sitch, A. Valade

“…Here we address three issues that hinder regional efforts to address international climate agreements: producing a state-of-the-art C budget of the SAW region; diagnosing C cycle functional variation and interactions with climate and fire across SAW; and evaluating SAW C cycle representation in land surface models (LSMs). …”
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Salivary mycobiome alterations in HIV-infected MSM: dominance of Pseudogymnoascus and functional shifts across disease stages by Ying Guo, Ying Guo, Lu Lin, Miao Zhang, Yixi Yu, Yan Wang, Jie Cao, Yuchen Li, Xintong Sun, Meilin Guan, Shuo Wen, Xin Wang, Zhen Fang, Wenshan Duan, Junyi Duan, Tao Huang, Wei Xia, Shan Guo, Feili Wei, Dongxiang Zheng, Xiaojie Huang

“…Notably, Auricularia exhibited a positive correlation with CD4 count (P ≤ 0.01), while Mucor showed a negative correlation (P = 0.0299).ConclusionsSalivary mycobiome composition and function shift significantly across HIV stages, reflecting immune decline. …”
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Functional genomics of trypanotolerant and trypanosusceptible cattle infected with Trypanosoma congolense across multiple time points and tissues. by Gillian P McHugo, James A Ward, John A Browne, Grace M O'Gorman, Kieran G Meade, Emmeline W Hill, Thomas J Hall, David E MacHugh

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Exploring the impact of APOE ɛ4 on functional connectivity in Alzheimer’s disease across cognitive impairment levels by Kangli Dong, Wei Liang, Ting Hou, Zhijie Lu, Yixuan Hao, Chenrui Li, Yue Qiu, Nan Kong, Yan Cheng, Yaqi Wen, Wanyin Ma, Wenbin Zheng, Jitian Guan, Yan Lin, Kai Huang, Lu Zhang, Siya Chen, Xiangyuan Ma, Renhua Wu, Naili Wei

“…However, how APOE ɛ4 regulates brain functional connectivity (FC) and consequently affects the levels of cognitive impairment in AD patients remains unknown. …”
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Static and dynamic functional connectome reveals reconfiguration profiles of whole-brain network across cognitive states by Heming Zhang, Chun Meng, Xin Di, Xiao Wu, Bharat Biswal

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The indirect effect of sleep quality on stress-related psychosocial outcomes in adolescents: an investigation across genders by Camila Koike, Bridget A. Nestor, Bridget A. Nestor, Bridget A. Nestor, Andreas M. Baumer, Andreas M. Baumer, Joe Kossowsky, Joe Kossowsky, Joe Kossowsky

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Multifaceted plant diversity patterns across the Himalaya: Status and outlook by Mustaqeem Ahmad, Ya-Huang Luo, Sonia Rathee, Robert A. Spicer, Jian Zhang, Moses C. Wambulwa, Guang-Fu Zhu, Marc W. Cadotte, Zeng-Yuan Wu, Shujaul Mulk Khan, Debabrata Maity, De-Zhu Li, Jie Liu

“…The Himalaya, a global biodiversity hotspot, hosts rich endemic flora, supports vital ecosystem functions, and offers a unique window into multifaceted plant diversity patterns. …”
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Quantifying the functional composition and potential resilience hotspots across a large latitudinal and environmental gradient in South American forests by Xiongjie Deng, Danny E. Carvajal, Rocío Urrutia-Jalabert, Waira S. Machida, Alice Rosen, Huanyuan Zhang-Zheng, David Galbraith, Sandra Díaz, Yadvinder Malhi, Jesús Aguirre-Gutiérrez

“…Accurately inferring plant functional trait composition, diversity, and redundancy across space and time is pivotal for understanding environmental change impacts on forests’ biodiversity and functioning. …”
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A comparison of three methods in categorizing functional status to predict hospital readmission across post-acute care. by Chih-Ying Li, Amol Karmarkar, Yong-Fang Kuo, Hemalkumar B Mehta, Trudy Mallinson, Allen Haas, Amit Kumar, Kenneth J Ottenbacher

“…<h4>Background</h4>Methods used to categorize functional status to predict health outcomes across post-acute care settings vary significantly.…”
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Blood pressure and cognitive function across the eighth decade: a prospective study of the Lothian Birth Cohort of 1936 by Drew Altschul, John Starr, Ian Deary

“…Objectives We investigated the associations among blood pressure and cognitive functions across the eighth decade, while accounting for antihypertensive medication and lifetime stability in cognitive function.Design Prospective cohort study.Setting This study used data from the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 (LBC1936) study, which recruited participants living in the Lothian region of Scotland when aged 70 years, most of whom had completed an intelligence test at age 11 years.Participants 1091 members of the LBC1936 with assessments of cognitive ability in childhood and older adulthood, and blood pressure measurements in older adulthood.Primary and secondary outcome measures Participants were followed up at ages 70, 73, 76 and 79, and latent growth curve models and linear mixed models were used to analyse both cognitive functions and blood pressure as primary outcomes.Results Blood pressure followed a quadratic trajectory in the eighth decade: on average blood pressure rose in the first waves and subsequently fell. …”
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Soil community history strengthens belowground multitrophic functioning across plant diversity levels in a grassland experiment by Angelos Amyntas, Nico Eisenhauer, Stefan Scheu, Bernhard Klarner, Krassimira Ilieva-Makulec, Anna-Maria Madaj, Benoit Gauzens, Jingyi Li, Anton M. Potapov, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Leonardo Bassi, Pamela Medina van Berkum, Ulrich Brose

“…Abstract Biodiversity experiments revealed that plant diversity loss can decrease ecosystem functions across trophic levels. To address why such biodiversity-function relationships strengthen over time, we established experimental mesocosms replicating a gradient in plant species richness across treatments of shared versus non-shared history of (1) the plant community and (2) the soil fauna community. …”
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Building functional and sustainable pharmacovigilance systems: an analysis of pharmacovigilance development across high-, middle- and low-income countries by Olga Menang, Peter van Eeuwijk, Karen Maigetter, Andrea de Soyres-Kuemmerle, Edinam Agbenu, Christian Burri

“…Objectives: This research aims to analyse the development of PV systems across high-, middle- and low-income countries and to carve out essential elements for functionality and sustainability of PV systems in LMIC. …”
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HRV and blood parameters for assessing the physiological functioning of cyclists during long-distance rides across different altitudes by Weiping Du, Weiping Du, Ming Zhang, Xiaodan Niu, Hao Li, Yimin Wan

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Urine anion and osmolality gaps in the comprehensive evaluation of acid base balance across different levels of kidney function by Saeko Hatanaka Ito, Go Kanzaki, Hideaki Kuno, Takahito Niikura, Kosuke Honda, Yasuyuki Nakada, Nobuo Tsuboi, Takashi Hasegawa, Takashi Yokoo

“…Abstract Ammonium excretion is often estimated using urinary anion gap (UAG) and osmolality gap (UOG) when direct measurement is unavailable, particularly in patients with impaired kidney function. We aimed to examine how UAG and UOG vary across different levels of kidney function and their relationships with acid–base parameters. …”
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8.2% of the Human genome is constrained: variation in rates of turnover across functional element classes in the human lineage. by Chris M Rands, Stephen Meader, Chris P Ponting, Gerton Lunter

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Evolutionary dynamics of Orchid DL paralogs: gene duplication, functional divergence, and expression patterns across Orchid subfamilies by Francesca Lucibelli, Angela Carfora, Annette Becker, Katrin Ehlers, Serena Aceto

“…In addition to the functional DL, genomic features reveal the presence of a DL pseudogene within Apostasioideae. …”
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Longitudinal relationships between pet ownership and cognitive functioning in later adulthood across pet types and individuals’ ages by Adriana Rostekova, Charikleia Lampraki, Jürgen Maurer, Clément Meier, Maud Wieczorek, Andreas Ihle

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Forest restoration and biodiversity enhancement across China: Regional case insights into ecosystem function recovery and conservation outcomes by Peng Zhang, Lixiao Ni, Hind Alofaysan, Mammadova Simuzar Sultan, Norboy Karimov

“…Freshwater ecosystems are increasingly subjected to multiple anthropogenic stressors, notably pesticide contamination and nutrient enrichment, which jointly threaten biodiversity and impair key ecosystem functions. This study conducts a comprehensive ecological risk assessment to evaluate the interactive effects of these stressors on freshwater biodiversity and ecological processes across diverse aquatic systems in China. …”
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Transposon-sequencing across multiple Mycobacterium abscessus isolates reveals significant functional genomic diversity among strains by Chidiebere Akusobi, Sanjeevani Choudhery, Bouchra S. Benghomari, Ian D. Wolf, Shreya Singhvi, Thomas R. Ioerger, Eric J. Rubin

“…ABSTRACT Mycobacterium abscessus (Mab) is a clinically significant pathogen and a highly genetically diverse species due to its large accessory genome. The functional consequence of this diversity remains unknown mainly because, to date, functional genomic studies in Mab have been primarily performed on reference strains. …”
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A Whole-Body Physiology Model to Investigate Respiratory Function During Exercise Across Different Age Cohorts by Austin Baird, Rachel A. Umoren, Steven A. White, Megan Gray, Taylor L. Sawyer

“…Background: There is a limitation in understanding complete cardiopulmonary function during moments of exhaustive exercise due to invasive measurement techniques. …”
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