Generation of human iPSC-derived pancreatic organoids to study pancreas development and disease [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Francesca Maria Spagnoli, Abigail Isaacson, Jean-Francois Darrigrand

“…The pancreas has vital endocrine and exocrine functions that can be affected by life-threatening diseases such as diabetes and pancreatic cancer. …”
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ReLU, Sparseness, and the Encoding of Optic Flow in Neural Networks by Oliver W. Layton, Siyuan Peng, Scott T. Steinmetz

“…The present study investigates the influence of different activation functions—ReLU, leaky ReLU, GELU, and Mish—on the accuracy, robustness, and encoding properties of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and multi-layer perceptrons (MLPs) trained to estimate self-motion from optic flow. …”
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Indicators of bread sticks based on wheat, rye flour and powders of large-fruited and smallfruited varieties of tomatoes by I. M. Rusina, I. M. Kolesnik, A. I. Guzevich

“…The article presents the results of determining the quality indicators of composite mixtures, semi-finished products and bread sticks based on wheat flour of the first grade, sifted rye flour in ratios of 70 and 30 parts; 80 and 20 parts and powderes of large-fruited and small-fruited varieties of tomatoes at a dosage of 1–9 % by weight of the flour mixture. …”
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Weeds biodiversity and maize growth in agro-pastoral integration system by Zhang Yuyang, Wang Junfeng, Sha Zhipeng, Guan Fachun, Duan Jing

“…., “agro-pastoral integration”(hereinafter referred to as API) and conventional maize planting (hereinafter referred to as CK), this paper analyzed the differences of weed species, their functional groups and biodiversity indices before and after grazing. …”
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Clinical aspects of reconstruction of the lower third of the leg with fasciocutaneous flap based on peroneal artery perforators by Terzić Zoran, Đorđević Boban

“…During the surgery, the location of the recipient site with a future flap and an accompanying vascular stem was marked. Having prepared the recipient site in accordance with the surgical principles, the lobe was prepared, rotated and positioned in the defect region. …”
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Dysfunctional terminal differentiation of satellite cells in the wooden breast muscle of Ross 308 broiler chickens by Xin Wang, Tong Xing, Xudong Zhu, Xiaofei Wang, Liang Zhao, Feng Gao, Lin Zhang

“…The superficial cranial region of each PM sample was isolated for quantitative analysis of MuSCs functional markers. One-way ANOVA was used to compare differences among groups, with p < 0.05 indicating significant differences. …”
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Contribution à l’étude de la mobilité de l’hallux et de la phylogénie des primates actuels by J Norbert Kuhlmann

“…The second is the longest.Consequences:The morphological and functional differences have been compared to those of the hand. …”
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Suprapatellar Technique for Tibia Fractures: Is the Fracture Level Important? by Sunil Yadav, Gokul Kumar, Sanket Tanpure, Chintamani Keluskar, Atul Bhavsar, Sagar Kharat

“…There was no statistically significant difference in lower extremity functional scores across the fracture site groups (P = 0.33). …”
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A comparison over 2 decades of disability-free life expectancy at age 65 years for those with long-term conditions in England: Analysis of the 2 longitudinal Cognitive Function and... by Holly Q Bennett, Andrew Kingston, Ilianna Lourida, Louise Robinson, Lynne Corner, Carol Brayne, Fiona E Matthews, Carol Jagger, Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies Collaboration

“…<h4>Background</h4>Previous research has examined the improvements in healthy years if different health conditions are eliminated, but often with cross-sectional data, or for a limited number of conditions. …”
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Key virulence factors responsible for differences in pathogenicity between clinically proven live-attenuated Japanese encephalitis vaccine SA14-14-2 and its pre-attenuated highly v... by Byung-Hak Song, Sang-Im Yun, Joseph L Goldhardt, Jiyoun Kim, Young-Min Lee

“…Our findings revealed the following: (i) The single envelope (E) protein of SA14-14-2, which contains nine mutations (eight in the ectodomain and one in the stem region), is both necessary and sufficient to render SA14 non-neuroinvasive and non-neurovirulent. …”
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Healthcare professionals’ views on healthcare-related factors influencing symptom course in persistent somatic symptoms: a qualitative study of four European countries by Aleksandra Kustra-Mulder, Brodie McGhie-Fraser, Tara Petzke, Karolina Fila-Pawłowska, Judith Rosmalen, Fiammetta Cosci, Bernd Löwe, Angelika Weigel

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Anterior insular cortex glutamate-glutamine (Glx) levels predict general psychopathology via heightened error sensitivity by Haeorum Park, Minchul Kim, Minchul Kim, Jaejoong Kim, Jaejoong Kim, Sunghwan Kim, Sunghwan Kim, Bumseok Jeong

“…We therefore combined functional MRS (fMRS) with reinforcement-learning modeling to test whether (i) baseline AIC Glx predicts the G-score derived from bifactor analysis of PHQ-9, GAD-7, and STAI-X1, and (ii) task-evoked Glx changes track individual differences in error sensitivity during gain- and loss-based learning.MethodsFifty-six healthy adults (22 ± 2 yr, 16 women) completed the questionnaires and performed a two-armed bandit task (40 loss then 40 gain trials) while single-voxel semi-LASER spectra were acquired from AIC and medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) at rest and during each block. …”
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Evaluation of natural additives on in vitro gas production kinetics and digestibility of Xaraés grass combined or not with dry fiber and solubles by Nelcino Francisco de Paula, Victória Curvo Ormond, Leticia de Assis Calmon Cerisara, Edjane Pereira da Silva, Rafaela Juliana Jardim Cunha, Luciano da Silva Cabral, Mozart Alves Fonseca, Joanis Tilemahos Zervoudakis, Tayane Barbosa Pereira, Ricardo Pereira Manzano

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When mimetics meets chitosan by Yilin Guo, Xiaoyan Yu

“…Limitless types of products stemming from the interaction between mimetics and chitosan are designable, potentially creating endless opportunities for different industrial sectors.…”
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Bioinformatics functional analysis of let-7a, miR-34a, and miR-199a/b reveals novel insights into immune system pathways and cancer hallmarks for hepatocellular carcinoma by Bangly Soliman, Ahmed Salem, Mohamed Ghazy, Nourhan Abu-Shahba, Mahmoud El Hefnawi

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Unveiling Hidden Aspects of Intermediary Organizations in Innovation: A Systematic Review through the Lens of Industry Taxonomy by Mostafa Mohseni kiasari, ‌Javad Soltanzadeh, Amirhossein Azizi Hasanabadi, Hamed Talebi

“…Results The results of the analysis showed four main themes: (1) the functions of intermediary organizations in convergence with the macro trends of changes and new technological developments; (2) their functions at various levels of innovation systems, (3) mediating organizations as actors for managing knowledge-based industries, and (4) their functions in different industries are presented.   …”
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Early identification of functional high-risk multiple myeloma patients after transplant: the predictive power of fat fraction and Response Assessment Category score in diffusion-we... by Angelo Belotti, Barbara Frittoli, Sofia Terlizzi, Rossella Ribolla, Claudia Crippa, Chiara Saeli, Samantha Ferrari, Nicola Bianchetti, Chiara Bottelli, Chiara Cattaneo, Carmela Carbone, Alessandro Gullino, Marco Chiarini, Viviana Giustini, Aldo Roccaro, Luigi Grazioli, Alessandra Tucci

“…The Myeloma Response Assessment and Diagnosis System (MY-RADS) established the Response Assessment Category (RAC), a 5-point scale ranging from complete response (RAC 1) to progressive disease (RAC 5), which independently stratifies patients with different outcomes after autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). …”
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Theoretical and Computational Insights into a System of Time-Fractional Nonlinear Schrödinger Delay Equations by Mai N. Elhamaky, Mohamed A. Abd Elgawad, Zhanwen Yang, Ahmed S. Rahby

“…Together with utilizing the finite difference method for the spatial variables, we investigate the long-time stability for the semi-discrete system. …”
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Relation of Blood Omentin-1 and Some Biochemical Parameters With Body Mass Index in Patients of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Haneen Hassan Ali, Khalid Shaalan Sahab

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Evaluating the effect of structural and parametric change of weft knitted polyester fabrics over the performance of sportswear by Muhammad Owais Raza Siddiqui, Salma Farooq, Muhammad Dawood Husain, Hassan Ali, Saira Faisal

“…Using the 100% polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) 75/72 DTY semi-intermingle yarn, three different weft-knitted structures are manufactured on similar gauge circular weft knitting machines. …”
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