Exploring the role of intrinsic and extrinsic factors on the associations between sarcopenia and falls in older adults by Hélio José Coelho-Júnior, Riccardo Calvani, Anna Picca, Andrea Russo, Francesco Landi, Emanuele Marzetti

“…Data on fall history and incident falls were collected over a two-year period. A general linear model was used to assess whether intrinsic factors (i.e., multimorbidity, polypharmacy, cognitive function, vision status, nutritional status) and extrinsic factors (i.e., social functioning, environmental characteristics) moderated the relationship between sarcopenia (independent variable) and falls (dependent variable). …”
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Saccadometry Findings in Migraine Patients Without Aura by Asya Fatma Men, Aysenur Kucuk Ceyhan, Mustafa Men, Reyhan Sürmeli

“…Conclusion This study shows that migraine patients without aura experience difficulties in cognitive control and executive functions in antisaccadic eye movement tasks. Although prosaccade reflexive eye movements were generally preserved, significant difficulties were found in directional control and error suppression during the task. …”
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Changes in Respiratory Sensitivity Status of Patients in a Hospital in Shanxi Province Before and After the COVID-19 Epidemic by Dong C, Hu F, Ma Z, Ma X, Zhang L, Li Y, Du X, Feng L, Huo R, Xing Y, Li P, Dong Y, Cheng E, Tian X, Huang M

“…In 2023, the results of pulmonary function tests showed that the positive rate of bronchial provocation/dilatation tests increased (p < 0.001), and the decline in FEV1 during provocation tests became more significant (p < 0.001). …”
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AGREE: an upper limb motorized exoskeleton for restoring arm functions: a single-blinded randomized controlled trial by Marta Gandolla, Beatrice Luciani, Valeria Longatelli, Peppino Tropea, Agnese Seregni, Massimo Corbo, Francesco Braghin, Alessandra Pedrocchi

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An efficient spectrum sensing of mixed kernel SVM based on sampling covariance matrix by Jianyuan NIE, Jianrong BAO, Bin JIANG, Chao LIU, Fang ZHU, Jianhai HE

“…In recent years,with the blind detection algorithms were proposed,more and more blind algorithms based on sampling covariance matrix were applied to spectrum sensing.The detection threshold was an approximation,and the detection performance would be affected for this algorithms.Thus,the mixed kernel function support vector machine (SVM) efficient spectrum sensing based on sampling covariance matrix was proposed.The statistics which were maximum minimum eigenvalue (MME) and covariance absolute value (CAV) of sensing signal sampling covariance matrices were used as the feature vectors of SVM and were trained to generate a spectrum sensing classifier.The advantage of this algorithm was that it needn’t calculate the detection threshold and the extraction of features reduces size of the sample set.The genetic algorithm (GA) was used to optimize the parameters of mixed kernel function SVM algorithm.The experimental results show that the proposed method has higher detection probability than MME and CAV algorithms,and has less sensing time than SVM,which has good practicability.…”
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Novel role of microphthalmia-associated transcription factor in modulating the differentiation and immunosuppressive functions of myeloid-derived suppressor cells by Yoon Kyung Jeon, Aram Lee, Haesun Park, Soyoung Lim, Jihyun Lim, Jaemoon Koh, Young Yang, Myeong-Sok Lee, Jong-Seok Lim

“…Furthermore, IHC staining of human tumor tissues revealed that MITF+ MO-MDSCs are more frequently observed in tumor tissues than in tumor-free draining lymph nodes obtained from patients with cancer.Conclusions Our results indicate that MITF regulates the differentiation and function of MDSCs and can be a novel therapeutic target for modulating MDSC activity in immunosuppressive TMEs.…”
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Non-contrast enhanced functional lung MRI in children: report on 900 own measurements using matrix-pencil decomposition (MP-) MRI by Carmen Streibel, Carmen Streibel, Carmen Streibel, Grzegorz Bauman, Grzegorz Bauman, Oliver Bieri, Oliver Bieri, Orso Pusterla, Orso Pusterla, Orso Pusterla, Enno Stranzinger, C. Corin Willers, Marion Curdy, Carmen Casaulta, Bettina Sarah Frauchiger, Insa Korten, Sophie Yammine, Yasmin Salem, Philipp Latzin, Elisabeth Kieninger

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Effect of Lamotrigine on Refractory Epilepsy: Clinical Outcomes and EEG Changes by Li Z, Wu P, Chen Q, Tong X, Yang Q

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Development of an Algorithm for Searching Candidates to Form the Initial Project Team by Anton A. Boykov, Yulia A. Nazarova, Dmitry A. Sementsov, Ilya V. Shishkin, Evgeny A. Malikov, Kirill I. Podkin

“…The results of the study can be utilized for newly forming teams aiming to create new products, launch startups, conduct research, and generally for any projects that anticipate the establishment of some organizational system in the future.…”
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The Number Sense and the Language Instinct: Relating Syntax and Arithmetic in Human Cognition by José-Luis Mendívil-Giró

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The Effects of Varying Concentrations of Didecyl Methylpropyl Ammonium Iodide (DMPAI) on the Structure and Function of Soil Bacterial Communities in the Lake–Terrestrial Ecotone by Qi Zhu, Lingquan Zeng, Chunhua Li, Chun Ye

“…These changes were typically observed after 10 d and generally recovered, not persisting for extended periods. (3) Functional genes involved in carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur cycling are more significantly impaired in the lake–terrestrial ecotone with DMPAI addition. …”
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Space Debris Sky Survey Observation Strategy Based on HEALPix and Greedy Algorithm by Shuqi Liu, Shaoming Hu, Junju Du, Hai Cao, Bo Zhang, Yuchen Jiang, Shuai Feng

“…The characteristics of the telescope and dynamic changes in the movement and position of space debris are considered in this strategy. An objective function was designed based on these factors. Using the pixelated sphere method to finely divide the celestial area, applying the summation filtering method, and using a greedy algorithm, the benefit of the objective function can be maximized, thus generating the optimal sky survey observation strategy. …”
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The Derivation of a Multiquadric Variant Solver for the Three-Dimensional Heston-Hull-White PDE by Shuai Wang, Ziyang Wang, Yunfei Qi, Tao Liu

“…The Heston-Hull-White (HHW) model is a generalization of the classical Heston approach that incorporates stochastic interest rates, making it a more accurate representation of financial markets. …”
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Estimation of Copula Density Using the Wavelet Transform by Fatimah Hashim Falhi, Munaf Yousif Hmood

“… This paper proposes a new method to estimate the copula density function using wavelet decomposition as a nonparametric method, to obtain more accurate results and address the issue of boundary effects that nonparametric estimation methods suffer from. …”
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Effects of pneumatic tube systems on viscoelastic coagulation tests in septic patients and healthy individuals: protocol of the randomized controlled VETaPT-trial by Martin Mirus, Erik Buehrer, Lars Heubner, Christian Schnabel, Thea Koch, Peter Markus Spieth

“…However, the effect of PTS transport on VET results remains unclear, especially with newer VET technologies and in critically ill patients, who may be more vulnerable to acceleration forces.ObjectiveThe VETaPT (Viscoelastic Testing after Pneumatic Tube Transport) trial investigates whether PTS transport influences results of three next generation VET and platelet function testing in healthy volunteers and critically ill septic patients. …”
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Mature Tiankengs are biodiversity hotspots of soil microorganisms in the karst region by Junbo Yang, Xiaohui Wang, Keyi Wang, Danjuan Zeng, Ling Mo, Shuai Li, Baozhu Fang, Bhagwan Rekadwad, Wenjun Li, Gaozhong Pu

“…Compare to the outside, more bacterial and fungal species in Tiankeng assembled more network modules as well as microbial functions. …”
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Changes in the health status and functional outcomes in acute traumatic hand injury patients, during physical therapy treatment by Rebecca John, Chhaya V. Verma

“…Results: At end of 6 months, among eight subscales of SF-36, there is improvement in mean scores of physical functioning (39.1%). The bodily pain, general health, vitality, social function, and mental health had more than 100% improvement. …”
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Optimization and Simulation of Flat Area Sites Based on Probability Matching and Transfer Intensity Using Remote Sensing Precipitation by Chen Yu, Huaiyong Shao, Xingchuan Yang, Gang Liu, Qi Xin, Jiaming Gu

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Land use change and its impact on ecosystem service value in Xinjiang by Yifeng Hao, Yaodong Zhou, Shiyao Liu, Wanghai Tao

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The Impact of Rotational Malalignment Following Intramedullary Nailing for Intertrochanteric Fractures on Patients’ Functional Outcomes: A Prospective Study by Michail Vavourakis, Athanasios Galanis, Dimitrios Zachariou, Evangelos Sakellariou, Christos Patilas, Panagiotis Karampinas, Angelos Kaspiris, Meletis Rozis, John Vlamis, Elias Vasiliadis, Spiros Pneumaticos

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