Dwarf shrub expansion and loss of lichens distinctly dominate multi-decadal changes in northern boreal understory plant communities by Tuija Maliniemi, Joonatan Lohi, Janne Alahuhta, Karoliina Huusko, Risto Virtanen

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Complex Immune Contextures Characterise Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma: Loss of Adaptive Immunological Signature in the More Aggressive Histological Types by Marcella Tazzari, Silvia Brich, Alessandra Tuccitto, Fabio Bozzi, Valeria Beretta, Rosalin D. Spagnuolo, Tiziana Negri, Silvia Stacchiotti, Marcello Deraco, Dario Baratti, Chiara Camisaschi, Antonello Villa, Barbara Vergani, Licia Rivoltini, Silvana Pilotti, Chiara Castelli

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Persistence of IgE-associated allergy and allergen-specific IgE despite CD4+ T cell loss in AIDS. by Katharina Marth, Eva Wollmann, Daniela Gallerano, Portia Ndlovu, Ian Makupe, Rudolf Valenta, Elopy Sibanda

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Compensatory Plasticity in the Lateral Extrastriate Visual Cortex Preserves Audiovisual Temporal Processing following Adult-Onset Hearing Loss by Ashley L. Schormans, Brian L. Allman

“…Thus, the present study provides the first demonstration that audiovisual temporal processing can be preserved following moderate hearing loss via compensatory plasticity in the higher-order sensory cortices that is ultimately characterized by a functional transition in the cortical region capable of temporal sensitivity.…”
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Soil-transmitted helminth infection, loss of education and cognitive impairment in school-aged children: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Noel Pabalan, Eloisa Singian, Lani Tabangay, Hamdi Jarjanazi, Michael J Boivin, Amara E Ezeamama

“…<h4>Background</h4>Evidence of an adverse influence of soil transmitted helminth (STH) infections on cognitive function and educational loss is equivocal. Prior meta-analyses have focused on randomized controlled trials only and have not sufficiently explored the potential for disparate influence of STH infection by cognitive domain. …”
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Comparative Salt-Stress Responses in Salt-Tolerant (Vikinga) and Salt-Sensitive (Regalona) Quinoa Varieties. Physiological, Anatomical and Biochemical Perspectives by Xavier Serrat, Antony Quello, Brigen Manikan, Gladys Lino, Salvador Nogués

“…The capacity of Vikinga to generate higher dry weight is a function of the capacity to generate greater amounts of leaves and roots in any condition. …”
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DySCo: A general framework for dynamic functional connectivity. by Giuseppe de Alteriis, Oliver Sherwood, Alessandro Ciaramella, Robert Leech, Joana Cabral, Federico E Turkheimer, Paul Expert

“…DySCo is a framework that presents the most commonly used dFC measures in a common language and implements them in a computationally efficient way. …”
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OBJECTIVE HEARING DISORDER DIAGNOSTIC METHODS IN YOUNGER CHILDREN by E. E. Savel'eva, A. V. Pashkov, T. A. Polunina, I. V. Naumova, A. S. Samkova

“…Conclusions. The most reliable results of hearing thresholds identification are obtained when classic psychoacoustic hearing function examination methods are combined with modern electrophysiological examination method and hearing loss grade verification using surdopedagogic tests.…”
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Morphological functional criteria of neuroprotective therapy efficacy in glaucomatous optic neuropathy by Tszin Dan

“…Structural damage and functional deficiency (e.g., visual field loss) in glaucoma and the most informative and accurate methods of their detection are characterized. …”
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Binary program taint analysis optimization method based on function summary by Pan YANG, Fei KANG, Hui SHU, Yuyao HUANG, Xiaoshao LYU

“…Taint analysis is a popular software analysis method, which has been widely used in the field of information security.Most of the existing binary program dynamic taint analysis frameworks use instruction-level instrumentation analysis methods, which usually generate huge performance overhead and reduce the program execution efficiency by several times or even dozens of times.This limits taint analysis technology’s wide usage in complex malicious samples and commercial software analysis.An optimization method of taint analysis based on function summary was proposed, to improve the efficiency of taint analysis, reduce the performance loss caused by instruction-level instrumentation analysis, and make taint analysis to be more widely used in software analysis.The taint analysis method based on function summary used function taint propagation rules instead of instruction taint propagation rules to reduce the number of data stream propagation analysis and effectively improve the efficiency of taint analysis.For function summary, the definition of function summary was proposed.And the summary generation algorithms of different function structures were studied.Inside the function, a path-sensitive analysis method was designed for acyclic structures.For cyclic structures, a finite iteration method was designed.Moreover, the two analysis methods were combined to solve the function summary generation of mixed structure functions.Based on this research, a general taint analysis framework called FSTaint was designed and implemented, consisting of a function summary generation module, a data flow recording module, and a taint analysis module.The efficiency of FSTaint was evaluated in the analysis of real APT malicious samples, where the taint analysis efficiency of FSTaint was found to be 7.75 times that of libdft, and the analysis efficiency was higher.In terms of accuracy, FSTaint has more accurate and complete propagation rules than libdft.…”
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CircSPINT2 confers sensitivity to osimertinib via hsa-miR-1296-3p/RBP1 axis and inhibits NSCLC progression by Nalini Devi Verusingam, Aliaksandr A. Yarmishyn, Min-Long Tsai, Ping-Hsing Tsai, Yi-Chen Chen, Chih-Ling Yeh, Soon-Keng Cheong, Po-Kuei Hsu, Shih-Hwa Chiou, Alan Han-Kiat Ong, Mong-Lien Wang

“…The analysis of circRNA transcriptome sequencing identified circSPINT2 to be downregulated in osimertinib-resistant cell lines. The loss-/gain-of-function assays revealed that circSPINT2 sensitizes cells to osimertinib treatment by inducing apoptosis. …”
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Video-evoked neuromarkers of visual function in age-related macular degeneration by Angela I. Renton, David J. Klein, Jesse A. Livezey, Dan Nemrodov, Stephanie Wolfer, Adam Hanina, Dimitri Van De Ville, Dimitri Van De Ville

“…Neural markers of visual function in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) allow clinicians and researchers to directly evaluate the functional changes in visual processing which occur as a result of the progressive loss of afferent input from the macula. …”
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Case of autosomal dominant optic atrophy with relatively good visual function by Midori Tachibana, Takaaki Hayashi, Yuro Igawa, Kei Mizobuchi, Yosuke Miyasaka, Takashi Tsuchihashi, Kei Shinoda

“…Patients with DOA have a gradual loss of vision that is often detected in early life. …”
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Reference points for assessing significant adverse impacts on deep sea vulnerable marine ecosystems by Andrew J. Kenny, Pierre Pepin, James Bell, Anna Downie, Ellen Kenchington, Mariano Koen-Alonso, Camille Lirette, Christopher Barrio Froján, Neil Ollerhead, F. Javier Murillo, Mar Sacau, Susanna Fuller, Daniela Diz

“…Results indicate that sponges, black corals, and large gorgonians are the most sensitive VME types to bottom trawling activities, with significant biomass loss occurring at very low fishing intensities. …”
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Linking statistical shape models and simulated function in the healthy adult human heart. by Cristobal Rodero, Marina Strocchi, Maciej Marciniak, Stefano Longobardi, John Whitaker, Mark D O'Neill, Karli Gillette, Christoph Augustin, Gernot Plank, Edward J Vigmond, Pablo Lamata, Steven A Niederer

“…We performed a global sensitivity analysis to identify the different modes responsible for different simulated electrical and mechanical measures of cardiac function. …”
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Thyristor Controlled Series Capacitor for Generation reallocation Using Firefly algorithm to avoid Voltage instability by Venkata Gundavarapu, Venkateswara Bathina

“…This Algorithm is implemented on multi objective function to obtain the Optimal Power Flow. The multi objective function consists of total real power loss, total voltage magnitude deviations, the fuel cost of total real power generation and the branch loading. …”
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Integrated Nematode Management Strategies: Optimization of Combined Nematicidal and Multi-Functional Inputs by Mahfouz M. M. Abd-Elgawad

“…As most PPNs have a subterranean nature, the complexity of soils in the plant rhizosphere and the structures and functions of the soil food webs necessitate a grasp of the relevant biotic/abiotic factors in order to ensure their effective control. …”
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Long-Term Follow-Up of Vestibular Function in Cochlear-Implanted Teenagers and Young Adults by Niki Karpeta, Eva Karltorp, Luca Verrecchia, Maoli Duan

“…Lateral canal impairment was associated with the background diagnosis of the hearing loss. Oscillopsia was related to bilateral canal impairment (sensitivity 73% specificity 100%). …”
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Meaningful to whom? Minimal clinically important differences and the priorities of individuals living with dementia for everyday function by Andrea Gilmore‐Bykovskyi, Kayla Dillon, Beth Fields, Clark Benson, Dorothy Farrar Edwards

“…This perspective outlines four directions to expand and integrate what matters most to individuals living with AD/ADRD into trial outcome evaluation, including (1) consideration of how what matters most to individuals living with AD/ADRD may change across the disease continuum from mild to advanced dementia, (2) identification and evaluation of goals around strengths‐based domains such as social participation rather than solely emphasizing deficits and losses, (3) utilization of goal‐attainment scaling to more specifically match individually‐specific functional goals, and (4) strengthening the inclusion and use of self‐report and performance‐based measures of function and triangulating these measures with informant‐report measures. …”
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Renal transplant pathology and factors determining the rate of its progression by Е. S. Stoliarevich, E. T. Egorova, N. P. Mozheiko, D. A. Saydulaev

“…This model had a 91% sensitivity and a 28% specificity (p &lt; 0.01 95% CI: 0.74–0.89). …”
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