Developing brain asymmetry shapes cognitive and psychiatric outcomes in adolescence by Xinran Wu, Kai Zhang, Nanyu Kuang, Xiangzhen Kong, Miao Cao, Zhengxu Lian, Yu Liu, Huanxin Fan, Gechang Yu, Zhaowen Liu, Wei Cheng, Tianye Jia, Barbara J. Sahakian, Trevor W. Robbins, Jianfeng Feng, Gunter Schumann, Lena Palaniyappan, Jie Zhang

“…Genetically, structural asymmetry relates to synaptic processes and neuron projections, likely through asymmetric synaptic pruning. …”
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Individual and contextual characteristics associated with concurrent risk factors among adolescents: a multilevel cross-sectional study based on the 2019 Brazilian National Health... by Ruàn Éverton de Souza Silva, Eduardo Araujo Lima, Antonio Valdeir Lopes da Silva, Shelda Santos Silva, Jéssica Fernanda de Sousa, Edina Araújo Rodrigues Oliveira, Danilla Michelle Costa e Silva, Mailson Fontes de Carvalho, Rumão Batista Nunes de Carvalho

“…Methods Cross-sectional study using data from the 2019 Brazilian National Health Survey. …”
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MicroRNA-181a/b-1 enhances chondroprogenitor anabolism and downregulates aquaporin-9 by Austin Bell-Hensley, Victor Gustavo Balera Brito, Lei Cai, Jin Liu, Kathryn Feeney, Hongjun Zheng, Audrey McAlinden

“…While a predicted target of miR-181a/b, our data showed that this miRNA cluster likely suppresses AQP9 via an indirect targeting mechanism. …”
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Research on Wildfire and Soil Water: A Bibliometric Analysis from 1990 to 2023 by Fenglin Zuo, Qichao Yao, Lamei Shi, Zhou Wang, Maowei Bai, Keyan Fang, Futao Guo, Lihua Yuan, Weikang Zhang

“…The correlation of post-wildfire soil water properties with infiltration, runoff, and erosion processes is most likely to be addressed in future research. …”
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A comparison of applicant and accepted student characteristics to research training programs with implications for recruitment and selection strategy by Young-Hee Cho, Young-Hee Cho, Chi-Ah Chun, Chi-Ah Chun, Hector Ramos, Paul Buonora, Paul Buonora, Paul Buonora, Vasanthy Narayanaswami, Vasanthy Narayanaswami, Kim-Phuong L. Vu, Kim-Phuong L. Vu

“…Although psychosocial characteristics measured with the online survey were not considered in the selection process, post-hoc analyses showed that LD applicants with higher grit and UD applicants with higher science interests were more likely to be accepted to the programs.ConclusionThe equal representation of URM and female students in the applicant and non-applicant groups suggests that students from these traditionally underrepresented groups in STEM were just as likely to apply to our training programs. …”
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STUDY OF THE STRUCTURE OF DENTAL COMPLICATIONS AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR PREVENTION IN PATIENTS WITH BREAST CANCER AND LUNG CANCER IN THE ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION by A.M. Filon, O.P. Kolesnik, O.V. Voznyi

“… The aim of the work is to analyze the data of patients with malignant neoplasms of the breast and lungs, to investigate the structure of dental complications before and after chemotherapy, to determine the effectiveness of dental prophylaxis. …”
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Innovating a Teach-Back Model for Community Health Workers Led Health Literacy Practice to Improve COVID-19 Health Equity by Kathryn Anderson, Eddie Rojas-Alvarado, Leyna Aragon, Joshua Bradshaw, Emily Fontana, Fred Hernandez, Colleen McCuskey, Hanna Nguyen, Terry Schlader, Jenny Vazquez, Janet Page-Reeves

“…We collected and visualized data to identify geographies of need, map project outreach activities, and monitor population health indicators of the project's coordinated service efforts. …”
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Clinical and immunological characteristics of medical students depending on the duration and program of study by S. A. Chebotov, R. T. Urazmambetov, I. I. Andreeva, M. V. Kharitonova

“…By the third year of study, the students of the military training center have the best clinical and immunological indicators of the functioning of the immune system in comparison with the students of the standard educational program of general practitioners. It is likely that during this period the process of psychological adaptation of military medical students is completed.…”
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Genome-resolved year-round dynamics reveal a broad range of giant virus microdiversity by Yue Fang, Lingjie Meng, Jun Xia, Yasuhiro Gotoh, Tetsuya Hayashi, Keizo Nagasaki, Hisashi Endo, Yusuke Okazaki, Hiroyuki Ogata

“…ABSTRACT Giant viruses are crucial for marine ecosystem dynamics because they regulate microeukaryotic community structure, accelerate carbon and nutrient cycles, and drive the evolution of their hosts through co-evolutionary processes. Previously reported long-term observations revealed that these viruses display seasonal fluctuations in abundance. …”
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Population increases of mountain forest birds are linked to forest regeneration after reduction of sulphur dioxide concentration in ambient air by Jiří Reif, Anna Gamero, Karolina Mikslová, Iva Hůnová

“…Since we did not prove a direct effect of SO _2 on bird annual population growth rates, we suggest that SO _2 influences bird populations indirectly via ecosystem processes.…”
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GEOLOGICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL INFLUENCES ON HYDROGEOLOGY OF KENYAN MARBLE QUARRY AREAS, KAJIADO COUNTY, SW KENYA: POSSIBLE INDICATIONS FOR POLLUTION by Moses Ancho Isa, Charles Maina Gichaba, Aaron Kutukhulu Waswa

“…This study aims to interpret data from geological ground-truthing, remote sensing, and existing borehole logs to gain insights into the likely morphological, geological, and structural impacts on surface run-off and sub-surface flow in the KMQ community and its surrounding localities. …”
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Population-level scale-up of cervical cancer prevention services in a low-resource setting: development, implementation, and evaluation of the cervical cancer prevention program in... by Groesbeck P Parham, Mulindi H Mwanahamuntu, Sharon Kapambwe, Richard Muwonge, Allen C Bateman, Meridith Blevins, Carla J Chibwesha, Krista S Pfaendler, Victor Mudenda, Aaron L Shibemba, Samson Chisele, Gracilia Mkumba, Bellington Vwalika, Michael L Hicks, Sten H Vermund, Benjamin H Chi, Jeffrey S A Stringer, Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, Vikrant V Sahasrabuddhe

“…Women with HIV were more likely to screen positive, to be referred for histopathologic evaluation, and to have cervical precancer and cancer than HIV-negative women.…”
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The Thoracic Anatomy of Two Flightless <i>Chrysolina</i> Species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) by Sipei Liu, Xiaokun Liu, Xieshuang Wang, Wenjie Li, Xin Liu, Siqin Ge

“…Compared to other flightless beetles, aside from the similarly reduced flight muscles, these two species have relatively intact thoracic skeletons. Further data on habitat, functional compensation and other related factors are needed to compare their evolutionary processes with those of other flightless beetles.…”
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Decadal in situ hydrological observations and empirical modeling of pressure head in a high-alpine, fractured calcareous rock slope by R. Scandroglio, S. Weber, S. Weber, T. Rehm, M. Krautblatter

“…We present unique decennial meteorological data, snowmelt modeling, and discharge measurements from two rock fractures in a tunnel located at <span class="inline-formula">≈</span> 55 m depth under the permafrost-affected Zugspitze ridge (2815–2962 m a.s.l.). …”
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Activation of mechanosensitive ion channel Piezo1 linking metabolic reprogramming and pro-inflammatory responses in hepatocellular carcinoma by Juanfen Mo, YuXuan Zhang, Chenxi Cao, WeiLi Zheng, Li Zheng, Xiaoguang Wang, Shiyue Wang, Jiayuan Wu, Yi Bao

“…In vitro data was further corroborated by the deceleration of tumor growth sizes in nude mice subcutaneously injected with Piezo1-depleted HCC cells in vivo. …”
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Morphology of male world cup and elite bouldering athletes by Pawel Draga, Paulina Trybek, Paulina Baran, Dominik Pandurevic, Alexander Sutor, Gudmund Grønhaug

“…The benefits of these characteristics and the influence of selection processes remain unclear. Notably, the low body fat in elite climbers likely reflects training adaptations rather than calorie restriction.…”
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Quantitative prediction of water quality in Dongjiang Lake watershed based on LUCC by Yang Song, Xiaoming Li, Ying Zheng, Gui Zhang

“…Validation of the model using LUCC data from 2020 yielded a high prediction accuracy with a Kappa coefficient of 0.9505. …”
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End-of-life health literacy, knowledge and behaviours towards advance care planning among older adults: cross-sectional evidence from Switzerland by Ralf J Jox, Maud Wieczorek, Clément Meier, Sarah Vilpert, Jürgen Maurer, Carmen Borrat-Besson

“…Thus, developing public health policies that aim at strengthening their end-of-life health literacy skills may increase individuals’ engagement in the ACP process and make ACP more effective.…”
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Analysis of the causes of improper medical decision-making in medical damage liability disputes in China: a text mining approach by Qian Xu, Yuwen Lyu, Xinzhu Zhang, Junrong Liu

“…Methods This study selected medical damage liability dispute cases from the China Judgments Online platform between 2018 and 2024. Python was used for data cleaning, Chinese word segmentation, and stop-word filtering. …”
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Psychological Distress among Internal Displaced Persons in Baghdad City by Hassan A. Hussein, Qahtan Q. Mohammed, Kareem R. Sajit

“…In Iraq, 4 million people were displaced by military process and terrorist violence. These events have potentially negative impact on the health of these populations. …”
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