The role of serotonin and melatonin in the development of clinical manifestations of functional gastrointestinal disorders associated with abdominal pain in children during wartime by N.A. Sliusar, S.P. Kryvopustov

“…The purpose was to examine the role of serotonin and melatonin in the development of clinical manifestations of functional gastrointestinal disorders associated with abdominal pain in children during wartime. Materials and methods. A total of 74 children aged 6–17 years diagnosed with functional gastrointestinal disorders were enrolled in the study. …”
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Agricultural Drought Dynamics With Satellite Soil Moisture and Impacts on Crop Loss in China During 2003–2022 by Yuhan Gu, Qisheng He, Shuqi Miao, Mingru Zhou, Zhihao Shen

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Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the Trihelix transcription factor family in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) during development by Chao Mei, Yuwei Liu, Huiyang Song, Jinghao Li, Qianna Song, Yonghong Duan, Ruiyun Feng

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Changes to national postgraduate medical education during COVID-19: a scoping review of practice and impact within the UK by Gillian Vance, Bryan Burford, Megan E L Brown, Gabrielle Finn

“…Forward citation tracking was performed.Eligibility criteria English-language studies of any design examining national-level adaptations to postgraduate medical education (eg, curricula, examinations and Annual Review of Competency Panels (ARCPs)) within the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. Studies were excluded, which focused solely on undergraduate education, international settings, grassroots-level changes (eg, to individual teaching sessions), or where full text was unobtainable.Data extraction and synthesis Data were extracted using a piloted charting form and analysed thematically to identify recurring patterns across studies. …”
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Excess and reduced work absence during COVID-19 in Poland: insights from cause-specific time-series models by Błażej Łyszczarz, Jakub Wojtasik

“…Conclusions COVID-19 substantially reshaped work absence patterns in Poland, particularly during the early pandemic phase. …”
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Differential Recruitment of Medial and Lateral Gastrocnemius During Heel Raises: Role of Ankle ROM, Unilateral Execution, and Limb Dominance by Ana María Ferri-Caruana, Alvaro Juesas, Angel Saez-Berlanga, Juan C. Colado

“…Background: The medial (MG) and lateral gastrocnemius (LG) muscles exhibit differential activation patterns during plantar flexion tasks. However, the influence of range of motion (ROM), exercise type (unilateral vs. bilateral), and limb dominance on muscle activity during heel raise exercises (HREs) remains unclear. …”
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Anti-HBV treatment partially restores the dysfunction of innate immune cells and unconventional T cells during chronic HBV infection by Yiwen Shu, Yiwen Shu, Sumeng Li, Sumeng Li, Yanqin Du, Yanqin Du, Xin Zheng, Xin Zheng

“…Substantial research efforts have been directed toward elucidating the immunological mechanisms underlying HBV persistence during chronic infection. This review systematically summarizes the functional impairment of innate immune populations and unconventional T cell subsets across distinct clinical phases of chronic HBV infection, and characterizes longitudinal immune reconstitution patterns following antiviral treatments. …”
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Brain Connectivity During Walking and Obstacle Avoidance in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis and Healthy Controls: A Pilot EEG Study by Fares Al-Shargie, Michael Glassen, John DeLuca, Soha Saleh

“…Further, pwMS showed left laterality toward the central region during both walking conditions compared to HC, p<0.05. …”
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Alterations in Soil Arthropod Communities During the Degradation of Bayinbuluk Alpine Grasslands in China Closely Related to Soil Carbon and Nitrogen by Tianle Kou, Yang Hu, Yuanbin Jia, Maidinuer Abulaizi, Yuxin Tian, Zailei Yang, Hongtao Jia

“…., non-degraded: ND, lightly degraded: LD, moderately degraded: MD, and heavily degraded: HD) to collect soil samples and determine their composition, spatial distribution, and diversity patterns, in addition to the factors driving community change. …”
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Exploration of the Evolution of Flavor Profiles in Ham Sausage during Storage Based on GC-MS, Electronic Nose and Electronic Tongue by Guangbin XIN, Yujuan XU, Cong LI, Zhaoming WANG, Hui ZHOU, Baocai XU

“…Partial least squares discriminant analysis, principal component analysis and correlation analysis were used to explore the correlation and change patterns among these parameters. The results of aroma analysis showed that a total of 19 volatile compounds were identified in ham sausage during storage, and with the increase of storage time, the content of esters decreased significantly (P<0.05), the content of ketones and furans and thiophenes increased significantly (P<0.05), and the content of aldehydes showed a tendency of increasing first and then decreasing. …”
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Accuracy deficits during robotic time-constrained reaching are related to altered prefrontal cortex activity in children with cerebral palsy by Owais A. Khan, Tarkeshwar Singh, Deborah A. Barany, Christopher M. Modlesky

“…Conclusions Contrasting patterns of PFC activity observed in children with CP compared to age- and sex-matched controls during a robotic reaching task lends support for the concurrent use of fNIRS and robotics to assess goal-directed reaching in CP. …”
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Strategies for Rapid Muscle Fatigue Reduction during FES Exercise in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review. by Morufu Olusola Ibitoye, Nur Azah Hamzaid, Nazirah Hasnan, Ahmad Khairi Abdul Wahab, Glen M Davis

“…Nevertheless, the clinical significance of emerging trends to improve fatigue-resistance during FES included (i) optimizing electrode positioning, (ii) fine-tuning of stimulation patterns and other FES parameters, (iii) adjustments to the mode and frequency of exercise training, and (iv) biofeedback-assisted FES-exercise to promote selective recruitment of fatigue-resistant motor units.…”
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Sandy desertification in the Belt and Road Initiative drylands during 2000–2020: Assessment under the Land Degradation Neutrality framework by Zhijia Zheng, Yue Dong, Hao Zhan, Jinsongdi Yu

“…Based on SDAI, this study assessed the status, evolution, and driving mechanisms of sandy desertification during 2000–2020. The findings are as follows: (1) The year 2006 was identified as the turning point for light and moderate sandy desertification land, whereafter the areas of light sandy desertification increased while the areas of moderate sandy desertification decreased. (2) The transformation patterns of sandy desertification levels were similar in two decades (i.e., 2000–2010 and 2010–2020), with slight differences in conversion areas. (3) The changing trends exhibit regional variability. …”
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Exploring the relationship between features calculated from contextual embeddings and EEG band power during sentence reading in Chinese by Yao Wang, Yao Wang, Yao Wang, Tiantian Xue, Tiantian Xue, Tiantian Xue, Xingyu Yang, Xingyu Yang, Xingyu Yang

“…Building on this framework, we hypothesize that cumulative distance metrics between contextual embeddings of adjacent linguistic units (words/Chinese characters) in sentence contexts may quantitatively reflect neural activation intensity during reading comprehension.MethodsUsing large-scale EEG datasets collected during reading tasks, we systematically investigated the relationship between these computationally derived distance features and frequency-specific band power measures associated with neural activity.ResultsIn conclusion, gamma-band power exhibited associations with various NLP features in the ChineseEEG dataset, whereas no comparable gamma-specific effects were observed in the ZuCo1.0 dataset. …”
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Wind load impact on tall building facades: damage observations during severe wind events and wind tunnel testing by Omar Metwally, Haitham A. Ibrahim, Amal Elawady, Amal Elawady, Ioannis Zisis, Ioannis Zisis, Arindam Gan Chowdhury, Arindam Gan Chowdhury

“…The observed damage patterns, including extensive glass breakage and façade failures, underscore the need for a reassessment of wind effects on tall buildings to better reflect the complex interactions between wind forces and urban environments. …”
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Drug Safety During Breastfeeding: A Comparative Analysis of FDA Adverse Event Reports and LactMed^® by Hülya Tezel Yalçın, Nadir Yalçın, Michael Ceulemans, Karel Allegaert

“…We aimed to explore the FAERS database and compare ADE/ADR information patterns between both databases. Methods: The FAERS database was explored (29 July 2024) for ADEs related to drug exposure during lactation to determine annual trends, infant outcomes, and regions of reporting. …”
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Inequities in mortality and potential years of life lost (PYLL) in greater Santiago, Chile, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic by Claudio Vargas, Paola Salas, Felipe Elorrieta, Valentina Muñoz, Erika Vivanco, Matilde Maddaleno

“…Concurrently, levels of inequity, although reduced from the peaks observed during the pandemic, have reverted to their prior upward trend. …”
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Comparison of the epidemiological characteristics of mycoplasma pneumoniae infections among children during two epidemics in Wuhan from 2018 to 2024 by Jieyu Mao, Zhili Niu, Mengling Liu, Liangyu Li, Haiyue Zhang, Ruiyun Li, Pingan Zhang, Xiaojun Wu

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Enhanced silicate weathering during glacial lowstands: new evidence from shelf sediments in the northern South China Sea by Yu Cao, Sai Wang, Guangrong Jin, Li Liu, Chuangji Feng, Fatma Yehia, Haiyun Ma, Lihua Liu

“…Chemical weathering indices indicated three episodes of enhanced silicate weathering and which contributed mainly by secondary weathering due to the long-term exposure, however, with different patterns. One was the exposure of the continental shelf under favorable temperature and precipitation conditions during the early Marine Isotope Stage 6 (MIS6). …”
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Relationship Between Estimated Drug Distribution of Antiretroviral Therapy and Immune Proteins in Cerebrospinal Fluid During Chronic HIV Suppression by Mattia Trunfio, Jennifer E. Iudicello, Patricia K. Riggs, Asha R. Kallianpur, Todd Hulgan, Ronald J. Ellis, Scott L. Letendre

“…Distinct ART regimens may produce different neuroimmune signatures, potentially contributing to heterogeneous patterns of brain injury.…”
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