Continuous theta-burst stimulation demonstrates language-network-specific causal effects on syntactic processing by Chenyang Gao, Junjie Wu, Yao Cheng, Yuming Ke, Xingfang Qu, Mingchuan Yang, Gesa Hartwigsen, Luyao Chen

“…These results shed light on the uniqueness and the specific causal role of the language network for the human language faculty, further supporting the causally separable view of the functional dissociation between the language network and the domain-general/multiple-demand network.…”
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Generalized Estimating Equation Model Based Recursive Partitioning: Application to Distracted Driving by Hyoshin Park, Nigel Pugh

“…Traditional statistical methods have used a coarse aggregation of data across subjects that may not be representative of any single individual. Even though Generalized Estimating Equations procedure extends generalized linear model to allow for analysis of repeated measurements or other correlated observations, the nonlinear relationship between independent variables and dependent variable could significantly hinder the model’s performance. …”
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Protein secondary structure determined from independent and integrated infra-red absorbance and circular dichroism data using the algorithm SELCON by Søren Vrønning Hoffmann, Nykola C. Jones, Alison Rodger

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Cognitive Change Associated with Anesthesia and Surgery: An Introduction to POCD for Neuroscientists by Yang Li, Qiaoyi Peng, Jian Lu, Li Hu, Hongmei Zhou

“…In this paper, we review and summarize various factors that contribute to the development of POCD, including oxidative stress, autophagy, impaired synaptic function, and neuroinflammation, and describe the construction of animal models of POCD. …”
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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

“…Bioinformatics can reveal the functionality of these micro-RNAs through target prediction and functional annotation analysis. …”
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Generalized Tolerance Optimization for Robust System Design by Adaptive Learning of Gaussian Processes by Julia Stecher, Lothar Kiltz, Knut Graichen

“…A novel formulation of robust optimization is presented which is more general than existing ones. The solution of the associated optimization problem provides the largest tolerance set within the feasible design space which is defined by black-box performance measures. …”
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Ethnonymics as a Historical and Philological Discipline: General and Specific Solutions, Chance and Pattern by Vladimir Vladimirovich Napolskikh

“…These are as follows: 1) Linguistic accuracy in the proposed etymology, with close attention to both phonological and semantic detail, and to historical plausibility, including the need to identify the etymon as precisely as possible within a specific source language, rather than settling for generalized solutions. 2) Consideration of ethnonymic “universals” and the support of etymological proposals through typological analogies — while recognizing that such parallels are always shaped by specific ethnohistorical circumstances. 3) Awareness of the distinctive naming conventions present in the ethnonymic tradition under study, which themselves reflect particular historical conditions. 4) An understanding that both the application of universals and the functioning of naming traditions are context-dependent, and that any proposed etymology must either align with or help to revise the reconstructed ethnohistorical setting in which the ethnonym likely emerged. …”
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Coffee Components and By-Products for Brain–Gut Axis Health by Raquel Abalo

“…Brain–gut axis disorders, such as functional dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome (traditionally known as functional gastrointestinal disorders), have a prevalence of more than 10% in most countries and affect females more than males. …”
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METHOD OF THE GLOBAL FITTING OF THE GENERALIZED RADIOGENIC RISK MODELS TO THE JAPANESE COHORT DATA by A. T. Gubin

“…The models themselves and the corresponding models of background risks are generalized by a single function containing only three parameters specific to the localization of cancer, sex and risk indicator (absolute or relative; mortality or morbidity). …”
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Exploring the metabolic signature of intermittent explosive disorder: Preliminary evidence and potential mechanisms for altered bilirubin metabolism by Jeffrey B. Schwimmer, Murray B. Stein, Emil F. Coccaro, Alejandro D. Meruelo

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Improving Farmed Juvenile Gilthead Seabream (<i>Sparus aurata</i>) Stress Response to Marine Heatwaves and Vibriosis Through Seaweed-Based Dietary Modulation by Alícia Pereira, Isa Marmelo, Tomás Chainho, Daniel Bolotas, Marta Dias, Rui Cereja, Marisa Barata, Pedro Pousão-Ferreira, Elsa F. Vieira, Cristina Delerue-Matos, Mário S. Diniz, António Marques, Ana Luísa Maulvault

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Does the alternating timing of rTMS combined with soft-hand rehabilitation robot affect the recovery of hand function in patients after stroke? A study protocol for a multicentre r... by Ying Shen, Jiang Xu, Ting Zhou, Xinyue Wang, Hongxing Wang, Wenjun Dai, Chuan Guo, Xuejing Li, Xiaobing Chen, Kai Leng Catherine Chan, Fei Lu, Qinglun Su

“…Introduction Combining repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) with robotic training could result in more significant improvements in motor function than either treatment alone. …”
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Structural, Electronic, Dynamic, and Optical Properties of 2D Monolayer Tungsten Telluride (2H-WTe2) under Small Biaxial Strain Using Density Functional Theory (DFT and DFT + U)... by Mulugeta Woldesenbet, Nebiyu Debelo, Menberu Woldemariam

“…The structural, electronic, vibrational, and optical properties of 2D- 2H-WTe2 monolayer are investigated using density functional theory with respect to a plane wave ultrasoft pseudopotentials (PW-USPPs) in a generalized gradient approximation (GGA) and with the Hubbard potential (GGA + U). …”
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Private-preserving scientific computation of the rational numbers by Xuhong LIU, Chen SUN

“…As a fundamental part of cryptography, secure multiparty computation (SMC) is a building block of various cryptographic protocols, and it is also a hot topic in the international cryptographic community.In recent years, many SMC problems, such as secret information comparison, secret set problems and secure multiparty computational geometry, have been widely studied.As many practical problems need to be described by rational numbers, it is both theoretically and practically important to study the SMC problems in the rational number field.However, most of the existing researches focus on integers and the studied data are mainly one-dimensional data.There are few researches on secure multiparty computation of multi-dimensional data in the rational number field, but they can’t be generalized.Based on the fractional representation of rational numbers, the new encoding schemes about rational numbers and rational number vectors were proposed, which could encode multi-dimensional data in the rational number field and provided new solutions for other SMC problems in the rational number field.Based on the encoding scheme and one-way hash function, some protocols were designed for equality problems and set problems in the rational number field.These protocols used basic arithmetic operation and hash operation to guarantee efficiency than existing related protocols.And these protocols didn’t limit the range of research data and they were more widely applicable.It proves that these protocols are secure in the semi-honest model using simulation paradigm, and demonstrates the efficiency and the applicability of these protocols by theoretical analysis and experiment.A practical example was also given to illustrate that approaches are more versatile, and they could also be directly used to solve some secure multiparty computational geometry problems in the rational number field.…”
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Trans-Species Polymorphism in Immune Genes: General Pattern or MHC-Restricted Phenomenon? by Martin Těšický, Michal Vinkler

“…This pattern can be explained by the concept of trans-species polymorphism (TSP) predicting the maintenance and sharing of favourable functionally important alleles of immune-related genes between species due to ongoing balancing selection. …”
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On Implementing Technomorph Biology for Inefficient Computing by János Végh

“…We provide the notion of generalized computing from which we derive technical and biological computing, and by showing how the functionalities are implemented, we also highlight what performance losses lead the solution. …”
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Methodological Aspects of Implementing Some Formulas of School Mathematics in University-Level Mathematical Analysis Course by Olga A. Sergeeva

“…In algebra and mathematical analysis, these formulas are used to work with polynomials and analytic functions. These formulas and their generalized versions allow university students to use more rational and creative methods of mathematical analysis for calculating limits of sequences and functions. …”
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Days at Home After Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair Versus Medical Therapy Alone in Heart Failure by Mabel Chung, Zaid I. Almarzooq, Archana Tale, Yang Song, Issa J. Dahabreh, Dhruv S. Kazi, Suzanne J. Baron, Robert W. Yeh

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WoodenCube: An Innovative Dataset for Object Detection in Concealed Industrial Environments by Chao Wu, Shilong Li, Tao Xie, Xiangdong Wang, Jiali Zhou

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Image Restoration by Second-Order Total Generalized Variation and Wavelet Frame Regularization by Jianguang Zhu, Kai Li, Binbin Hao

“…It has been proved that total generalized variation (TGV) can better preserve edges while suppressing staircase effect. …”
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