DFT insights into the structural, mechanical, electronic, optical, and thermal properties of Cr2AC (A = Si, Al, Ga, Ge, and P) MAX phases carbides by Md. Nurul Amin, Abdulla Al Faysal, Ahmed Azzouz-Rached, Faisal Islam Chowdhury, Jamal Uddin, Join Uddin, Jahidul Islam, Ali Reza Piyal, Anjan Kumar Chowdhury, A. K. M. Rezaur Rahman

“…Regarding mechanical properties, Cr2SiC and Cr2GeC display superior ductility due to their covalent bonding, while Cr2AlC and Cr2GaC are more brittle due to ionic bonding. The elastic constants confirm the mechanical stability of these compounds, and the analysis of their anisotropic mechanical behavior indicates varying degrees of direction-dependent elasticity. …”
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Behaviour of Brown Bears Under Fluctuating Resource Availability by Clara Tattoni, Andrea Corradini, Francesco Chianucci, Marco Ciolli, Roberta Giusti, Natalia Bragalanti, Francesca Cagnacci, Adriano Martinoli, Damiano G. Preatoni, Francesco Bisi

“…In fact, bears used more agricultural areas and less beech forest during years of beech crop failure. …”
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Disseminating the Past in 3D: O Corro dos Mouros and Its Ritual Landscape (Galicia, Spain) by Mariluz Gil-Docampo, Rocío López-Juanes, Simón Peña-Villasenín, Pablo López-Fernández, Juan Ortiz-Sanz, María Pilar Prieto-Martinez

“…The results demonstrate the superior performance of the proposed methodology compared to public LiDAR (1 m resolution), offering more detailed and precise microtopographic data of the circular structure. …”
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Spatiotemporal variations in habitat quality and their determinants in the Henan Section of the Yellow River Basin by ZHANG Yingying, MA Ziyan, YU Nan, WEI Dechao, CHEN Zhaojing, YUAN Shuting, WANG Zheng, SONG Xinxin, ZHAO Yongqiang

“…【Objective】The ecological functions of the Yellow River Basin have undergone significant changes in recent decades due to both natural and anthropogenic influences. …”
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Rare‐Earth Substitution Induced Symmetry Breaking for The First Sc‐Based Nonlinear Optical Chalcogenide with High‐Performance by Chen‐Yi Zhao, Chun‐Li Hu, Nian‐Tzu Suen, Xiao‐Hui Li, Hai‐Ping Xu, Wenfeng Zhou, Sheng‐Ping Guo

“…It crystallizes in the monoclinic chiral space group C2, and the layered structure is composed by the new ScP2S11 functional motifs built by ScS6 octahedra and P2S7 dimers, and the structure‐performance analysis reveals that the hyperpolarizability of ScP2S11 is much greater than the assembled units (ScS6 and PS4), which makes the first NLO Sc chalcogenide CSPS exhibits strong NLO response (0.8 × AGS) and high laser‐induced damage threshold (LIDT) (4.3 × AGS), and a wide bandgap of 3.10 eV. …”
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Significance of dissipative flow on a second-grade nanofluid with variable thermal properties on the stretching surface by Zia Ullah, Aamir Abbas Khan, Shalan Alkarni, Abhinav Kumar, N. Beemkumar, Tushar Aggarwal, Ashwin Jacob, Jajneswar Nanda, Feyisa Edosa Merga

“…Boundary conditions are used for the analysis of heat and mass transmission. Stream functions and similarity variables are utilized to reduce the complexity of the governed PDEs (partial differential equations) and altered into ODEs (ordinary differential equations). …”
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Effects of planting patterns on physicochemical properties, metabolites and microbial community structure of rhizosphere soil in perennial cultivated grassland by Xiaofang Zhang, Chunping Zhang, Yuzhen Liu, Lian Huo, Zengzeng Yang, Yongshang Tong, Xue Zhang, Zehang Yu, Xiaoxia Yang, Quan Cao, Quanmin Dong

“…While microbial α-diversity and dominant phyla remained stable, soil fungi were more responsive to changes in soil properties and metabolites. …”
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Evaluating the efficacy of three classical EEG paradigms in the discrimination of bipolar depression by Chen Yang, Yao Pi, Weijie Wang, Ying Huang, Nan Tang, Hong Wang, Shenglin Wen

“…These findings underscore the eyes closed paradigm as a superior, straightforward EEG experimental approach for the diagnosis of bipolar depression.ConclusionsThis study indicates that the eyes closed experimental paradigm more effectively demonstrates the electrophysiological disparities between patients with BD and HCs, in comparison to the eyes open paradigm and the action observation-based free viewing paradigms, as determined through the analysis of various outcome metrics.…”
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Theta-frequency subthalamic nucleus stimulation increases decision threshold by Rachel C. Cole, Nadja R. Ging-Jehli, Juan Vivanco Suarez, Jeremy D. Greenlee, Jan R. Wessel, Arturo I. Espinoza, Johnson Zhang, James F. Cavanagh, Nandakumar S. Narayanan

“…Introduction: Executive functions are often impaired in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), and these deficits can be predicted by decreased frontal cortical 4–8 Hz theta activity that is associated with cognitive control. …”
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Incidence, Severity, and Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury in Octogenarians following Heart Valve Replacement Surgery by Michael A. Mao, Charat Thongprayoon, YiFan Wu, Vickram Tejwani, Myriam Vela-Ortiz, Joseph Dearani, Qi Qian

“…AKI was associated with significant functional impairment and reduced survival.…”
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Population structure in a fungal human pathogen is potentially linked to pathogenicity by E. Anne Hatmaker, Amelia E. Barber, Milton T. Drott, Thomas J. C. Sauters, Adiyantara Gumilang, Ana Alastruey-Izquierdo, Dea Garcia-Hermoso, Justin L. Eagan, Nancy P. Keller, Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis, Oliver Kurzai, Antonis Rokas

“…Accessory genes, including genes within biosynthetic gene clusters, were significantly more common in some populations but rare in others. …”
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Caste- and environment-associated differential expression of olfactory receptors in pest ants by Kayli R. Sieber, Maya Saar, Nicholas Newell, Katrina Fernandez, Flávia P. Franco, Fernando R. Sujimoto, Charlotte B. Francoeur, Roberto M. Pereira, Cameron R. Currie, José Mauricio Simões Bento, Hua Yan

“…Development of pest management tools that target specific groups of insects by environment or caste may lead to more effective control.…”
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RESTORE ME: a RCT of oxaloacetate for improving fatigue in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome by Alan Cash, Suzanne D. Vernon, Candace Rond, Lucinda Bateman, Saeed Abbaszadeh, Jennifer Bell, Brayden Yellman, David L. Kaufman

“…Oxaloacetate significantly reduced fatigue by more than 25% from baseline, while the control group showed a non-significant reduction of approximately 10%. …”
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A Bayesian Approach to Step-Stress Partially Accelerated Life Testing for a Novel Lifetime Distribution by Mervat K. Abd Elaal, Hebatalla H. Mohammad, Zakiah I. Kalantan, Abeer A. EL-Helbawy, Gannat R. AL-Dayian, Sara M. Behairy, Reda M. Refaey

“…Overall, the results highlight the flexibility, efficiency, and applicability of the proposed Bayesian approach in reliability analysis.…”
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Low-frequency rTMS modulates small-world network properties in an AVH-related brain network in schizophrenia by Lin Zhang, Li Guo, Xiaohui Liu, Jing Han, Yuanqiang Zhu, Chaozong Ma, Ye Li, Weiliang Ye

“…Resting-state fMRI data were collected before and after treatment to assess functional connectivity within the predefined 35-region AVH-related network. small-worldness (σ), normalized clustering coefficient (γ), and normalized characteristic path length (λ), as well as functional segregation (clustering coefficient [Cp], local efficiency [El]) and functional integration (global efficiency [Eg], characteristic path length [Lp])—were analyzed before and after rTMS. …”
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Exploring the gut microbiota associated with peripheral nerve invasion in colorectal cancer patients and constructing predictive models by Chuanbin Chen, Qingmin Chen, Shenghai Liu, Guoxi Li, Jiawei Zhao, Jingting Huang, Tianyi Ye, Xinting Yang, Zigui Huang, Zhen Wang, Fuhai He, Mingjian Qin, Chenyan Long, Binzhe Tang, Yongqi Huang, Weizhong Tang, Jungang Liu, Xiaoliang Huang

“…Abstract Objective This study aims to explore the differences in composition, abundance, and biological functions of the gut microbiota between colorectal cancer (CRC) patients with peripheral nerve invasion (PNI) and those without peripheral nerve invasion (NPNI). …”
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Repurposing of CNS accumulating drugs Gemfibrozil and Doxylamine for enhanced sensitization of glioblastoma cells through modulation of autophagy by Smita Dey, Prerika Mathur, Sudeshna Mukherjee, Rajdeep Chowdhury, Syamantak Majumder, Aniruddha Roy, Shibasish Chowdhury

“…Here, we, therefore, investigated the differential expression signatures of genes of patients suffering from GBM from publicly available GEO datasets and constructed a connectivity map. Functional annotation and KEGG pathway analysis showed dysregulated molecular activities and pathways. …”
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Computational modelling and neural correlates of reinforcement learning following three-week escitalopram: a double-blind, placebo-controlled semi-randomised study by Christelle Langley, Graham K. Murray, Sophia Armand, Franziska Knolle, Rudolf N. Cardinal, Annette Johansen, Peter S. Jensen, Jianfeng Feng, Dea S. Stenbæk, Gitte M. Knudsen, Patrick M. Fisher, Barbara J. Sahakian

“…However, it remains unknown how more chronic manipulation of serotonin, which holds greater clinical relevance, affects reinforcement learning and the underlying neural mechanisms. …”
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The importance of sulphur in oilseed production – A South Asian context by V. Visha Kumari, K.A. Gopinath, M.A. Sarath Chandran, B. Sunitha, K. Sriram, M.A. Ansari, M.S. Rao, V.K. Singh

“…Sulphur is particularly important for vital plant functions, including protein synthesis, chlorophyll formation, and resistance to abiotic stress. …”
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Dynamics of post fire plant community assembly in Doñana coastal dunes by Sergio Chozas, André F. Mira, Manuel Serrano, Nagore G. Medina, Joaquín Hortal, María Cruz Díaz-Barradas

“…Abstract Fire significantly contributes to the distribution, composition, and functioning of ecosystems. It is also among the most damaging disturbances, exacerbated by increasing fire intensity and extent due to climate change. …”
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