Complex interplay between gene deletions and the environment uncovers cellular roles for genes of unknown function in Escherichia coli by Kaat Sondervorst, Kristina Nesporova, Matthew Herdman, Bart Steemans, Joëlle Rosseels, Sander K. Govers

“…In this study, we exploited the previously observed nutrient dependency of cell biological phenotypic features captured by a cross-condition image-based profiling assay of Escherichia coli deletion strains to examine this in more detail. We identified several general principles, including the existence of a spectrum of deviating phenotypes across nutrient conditions (i.e., from nutrient- or feature-specific to pleiotropic phenotypic deviations), limited conservation of phenotypic deviations across nutrient conditions (i.e., limited phenotypic robustness), and a subset of nutrient-independent phenotypic deviations (indicative of consistent genetic determinants of specific phenotypic features). …”
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Hip disarticulation for non-salvageable primary malignant sarcoma of femur: What were the oncological & functional outcomes? by Vikas Warikoo, Jebin Aron, Abhijeet Ashok Salunke, Nandlal Bharwani, Dhruv Patel, Anish Chowdhury, Arunsrinivas Muralidharan, Ajinkya Pawar, Vivek Bande, Shashank Pandya

“…To employ emerging technology to enhance the quality of life and prosthetic limb, more research and study must be done.…”
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Assessment of the Abnormalities in Chest Computed Tomography and Pulmonary Function Test in Convalescents Six Months After COVID-19 by Katarzyna Guziejko, Anna Moniuszko-Malinowska, Robert Flisiak, Piotr Czupryna, Sebastian Sołomacha, Paweł Sowa, Marlena Dubatówka, Magda Łapińska, Łukasz Kiszkiel, Łukasz Szczerbiński, Piotr Paweł Laskowski, Maciej Alimowski, Gabriela Trojan, Karol Adam Kamiński

“…<i>Conclusions</i>: The majority of chest CT abnormalities resolved within six months of recovery, regardless of SARS-CoV-2 variant or initial disease severity. Pulmonary function tests should be prioritized in post-COVID-19 follow-up, as PFT results in convalescents were comparable to those observed in the general population.…”
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Specialist Savvy Versus Generalist Grit: Elucidating the Trade‐Offs in Adaptive Dietary Ecomorphology Amongst African Green and Bush Snakes by Hanlie M. Engelbrecht, Kimberley E. J. Chapelle, Graham J. Alexander

“…African Green and Bush Snakes (Philothamnus) feed primarily on frogs (anurophagous) and lizards (saurophagous), but the degree of intraspecific dietary generalization and specialization remains unclear. Thus, our study had three objectives: (1) to evaluate proportional differences in anurophagy and saurophagy between Philothamnus species, (2) quantitatively assess the shape differences in four of the main cranial bones functional in feeding, and (3) explore models of diet evolution. …”
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Functional recovery following hospitalisation of patients diagnosed with COVID-19: a protocol for a longitudinal cohort study by Julie C Reid, Maureen Markle-Reid, Ameen Patel, Andrew P Costa, Maura Marcucci, MyLinh Duong, Connie Schumacher, Aaron Jones, Mats Junek, Marla K Beauchamp, Parminder Raina, Lauren E Griffith, Sophie Corriveau, Shariq Haider, Terence Ho, Rebecca Kruisselbrink, Hope Morrison, Natya Raghavan, Leslie Martin, Carla Girolametto

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Volume contracted state, mortality and functional outcomes in patients with acute ischaemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion by Risheng Xu, Max Wintermark, Gregory W Albers, Jeremy J Heit, Adam A Dmytriw, Adrien Guenego, Yasmin Aziz, Kambiz Nael, Benjamin Pulli, Victor Urrutia, Dhairya A Lakhani, Tobias D Faizy, Argye Hillis, Vivek Yedavalli, Dylan Wolman, Licia P Luna, Elisabeth B Marsh, Hamza Adel Salim, Janet Mei, Vaibhav Vagal, Aakanksha Sriwastwa, Raf Llinas, Hanzhang Lu, Mona N Bahouth

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A Grey CES Production Function Model and Its Application in Calculating the Contribution Rate of Economic Growth Factors by Maolin Cheng

“…In analyses of economic growth factors, people generally use the CES (Constant Elasticity of Substitution) production function model to calculate the contribution rates of the factors that influence economic growth. …”
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Pupil size as a biomarker of cognitive (dys)functions: Toward a physiologically informed screening of mental states by Serena Castellotti, Elisa Castaldi, Elvio Blini, Roberto Arrighi

“…We finally conclude by arguing that measuring pupil size has the potential to complement more traditional, but coarse assessment methods, to return a more graded, objective, and physiologically informed picture of cognitive functioning.…”
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Positive Properties of Green’s Function for Fractional Dirichlet Boundary Value Problem with a Perturbation Term and Its Applications by Yongqing Wang

“…The existence of positive solutions is determined under a more general condition, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi mathvariant="script">F</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>ξ</mi><mo>,</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">x</mi><mo>)</mo><mo>≥</mo><mo>−</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">b</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>ξ</mi><mo>)</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">x</mi><mo>−</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">e</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>ξ</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, where <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">b</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>ξ</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>,</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">e</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>ξ</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>∈</mo><msup><mi>L</mi><mn>1</mn></msup><mrow><mo>[</mo><mn>0</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>]</mo></mrow></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> are non-negative functions. …”
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Spatial-Spectral Linear Extrapolation for Cross-Scene Hyperspectral Image Classification by Lianlei Lin, Hanqing Zhao, Sheng Gao, Junkai Wang, Zongwei Zhang

“…Therefore, a model needs to be trained on one or more source domains (SD) and achieve robust domain generalization (DG) performance on an unknown target domain (TD). …”
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A Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning and Pedotransfer Functions Under Varying Data Availability in Two Greek Regions by Panagiotis Tziachris, Panagiota Louka, Eirini Metaxa, Miltiadis Iatrou, Konstantinos Tsiouplakis

“…The current study evaluates the performance of pedotransfer functions (PTFs) and machine learning (ML) algorithms in predicting the soil bulk density (BD) across two distinct regions in Greece—Kozani and Veroia—using both limited and extended sets of soil parameters. …”
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Bicomplex <i>k</i>-Mittag-Leffler Functions with Two Parameters: Theory and Applications to Fractional Kinetic Equations by Ahmed Bakhet, Shahid Hussain, Mohra Zayed, Mohamed Fathi

“…This generalization offers more flexibility and broader applicability in modeling complex fractional systems. …”
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Association between the proportionality of functional mitral regurgitation and survival after mitral valve operationCentral MessagePerspective by Makoto Mori, MD, PhD, Christina Waldron, BS, Sigurdur Ragnarsson, MD, Soh Hosoba, MD, PhD, Mina Zaky, MD, Dustin Lieu, MD, Markus Krane, MD, Arnar Geirsson, MD

“…Conclusions: The clinical relevance of the proportionality of functional mitral regurgitation proposed in the transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral repair population may not generalize to surgical patient populations.…”
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Equipment Maintenance Support Effectiveness Evaluation Based on Improved Generative Adversarial Network and Radial Basis Function Network by Zhen Li, Jianping Hao, Cuijuan Gao

“…Due to the lack of maintenance support samples, maintenance support effectiveness evaluation based on the deep neural network often faces the problem of small sample overfitting and low generalization ability. In this paper, a neural network evaluation model based on an improved generative adversarial network (GAN) and radial basis function (RBF) network is proposed to amplify maintenance support samples. …”
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From screens to cognition: A scoping review of the impact of screen time on cognitive function in midlife and older adults by Rinanda Shaleha, Nelson Roque

“…Active screen use was generally associated with better cognitive outcomes, particularly in memory, executive function, and attention. …”
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Debiasing Structure Function Estimates from Sparse Time Series of the Solar Wind: A Data-driven Approach by Daniel Wrench, Tulasi N. Parashar

“…Structure functions (SFs), which quantify the moments of increments of a stochastic process, are essential complementary statistics to power spectra for analyzing the self-similar behavior of a time series. …”
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The quartic anharmonic oscillator – an oscillator-basis expansion approach. II. Study of the wave functions and acceleration of the expansions convergence by V. A. Babenko, A. V. Nesterov

“…This model is also widely used for studying molecular vibrations, phonon modes in solids, nonlinear optical phenomena, and more. We have calculated and constructed the wave functions of the anharmonic oscillator for various values of the oscillator coupling constant λ. …”
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Mean-Median Compromise Method: A Novel Deepest Voting Function Balancing Range Voting and Majority Judgment by Ruffin-Benoît M. Ngoie, Selain K. Kasereka, Jean-Aimé B. Sakulu, Kyandoghere Kyamakya

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The most severely ill patients with ME/CFS in Denmark by Peter la Cour

“…There was an overall negative interaction with psychiatric interventions, and the relations between patients and the health system were generally characterised by mutual distrust. Social services were often dismissed, and obtaining the services was often described as more of a burden than a benefit. …”
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Changes in the ventilation function of the lungs during the formation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and its combination with lung cancer by S. Yu. Dobner, A. V. Dubakov, Ya. V. Porovskiy, S. A. Tuzikov, S. V. Miller, E. O. Rodionov

“…In patients with LC and more severe COPD, in contrast to patients suffering from a similar severity of COPD, a decrease in the patency of large, medium and small diameter bronchi (PEF, MEF25, MEF50, MEF75) was detected, which indicated development of generalized bronchial obstruction.Conclusion. …”
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