Effects of corticothalamic feedback depend on visual responsiveness and stimulus type by Lisa Schmors, Ann H. Kotkat, Yannik Bauer, Ziwei Huang, Davide Crombie, Lukas Sebastian Meyerolbersleben, Sacha Sokoloski, Philipp Berens, Laura Busse

“…We recorded extracellular responses in the dLGN of mice viewing a movie stimulus, while photosuppressing CT feedback and tracking locomotion and pupil size. …”
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Internal structure of the action and acceptance questionnaire II (AAQ-II): evidence for a three-factor and bifactor model in two samples of university students by Daniel Núñez, César Villacura-Herrera, Javier Cubillos, Martín Donoso, Álvaro I. Langer

“…Background Experiential avoidance (EA), defined as an inflexible behavioral pattern by which a person tries to avoid contact with private unpleasant situations, is considered a transdiagnostic variable associated with various psychopathological disorders. …”
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Gobbling activity of eastern wild turkeys relative to male movements and female nesting phenology in South Carolina by Michael J. Chamberlain, Patrick H. Wightman, Bradley S. Cohen, Bret A. Collier

“…Managers attempt to implement seasons that allow for hunter satisfaction while limiting effects to reproduction and ensuring sustainable populations. …”
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Comparative Morphology of Ethmalosa fimbriata (Bowdich, 1825) From Three Estuaries Adjoining the Gulf of Guinea, Nigeria by Ochuko Joshua Eriegha, Jerimoth Kesena Ekelemu, Oster Francis Nwachi

“…The regression coefficient b revealed that all three populations of E. fimbriata had a negative allometric growth pattern. Fish samples from the Lagos lagoon had the highest condition factor (1.01±0.02) while those from the Escravos estuary had the least (0.79±0.02). …”
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Gestational age at birth and body size from infancy through adolescence: An individual participant data meta-analysis on 253,810 singletons in 16 birth cohort studies. by Johan L Vinther, Tim Cadman, Demetris Avraam, Claus T Ekstrøm, Thorkild I A Sørensen, Ahmed Elhakeem, Ana C Santos, Angela Pinot de Moira, Barbara Heude, Carmen Iñiguez, Costanza Pizzi, Elinor Simons, Ellis Voerman, Eva Corpeleijn, Faryal Zariouh, Gilian Santorelli, Hazel M Inskip, Henrique Barros, Jennie Carson, Jennifer R Harris, Johanna L Nader, Justiina Ronkainen, Katrine Strandberg-Larsen, Loreto Santa-Marina, Lucinda Calas, Luise Cederkvist, Maja Popovic, Marie-Aline Charles, Marieke Welten, Martine Vrijheid, Meghan Azad, Padmaja Subbarao, Paul Burton, Puishkumar J Mandhane, Rae-Chi Huang, Rebecca C Wilson, Sido Haakma, Sílvia Fernández-Barrés, Stuart Turvey, Susana Santos, Suzanne C Tough, Suzanne C Tough, Sylvain Sebert, Theo J Moraes, Theodosia Salika, Vincent W V Jaddoe, Deborah A Lawlor, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen

“…However, residual confounding may be a limitation in this study, while findings may be less generalisable to settings in low- and middle-income countries.…”
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Presenting a model for the establishment and maintenance of expert human resources in the government organizations of Sistan and Baluchestan province by Majid Reza Dahmardeh, Vahid pourshahabi, Amin Reza Kamalian, Habibollah Salaerzehi

“…All these coefficients are higher than 0.7 and show the reliability of the measurement tool.Divergent validity is a measure of the fit of measurement patterns and is checked through the HTMT coefficient. …”
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Effects of various packaging materials and temperature conditions on the storage stability of Zea mays L. (baby corn) powder by Ubaida Akbar, Md Sabir Ahmed Mondol, Jyoti Singh, Prasad Rasane, Vikas Nanda, Gholamreza Abdi, Sawinder Kaur

“…The sorption isotherms displayed a Type II pattern with distinct bending points, revealing temperature-dependent moisture retention. …”
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Formation laws and mechanism of freezing temperature fields of multiple coil tubes under groundwater seepage conditions by Chuanxin RONG, Runze ZHANG, Wei LONG, Shiqing HUANG, Jihao FENG

“…The different seepage velocity of groundwater has a great influence on the circulation time and circulation pattern of frozen wall. The circulation time can be fitted with the “two-stage response function”, and the groundwater limit flow rate of the two stages is 21 m/d. …”
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The Relative Age Effect and Performance in Rhythmic Gymnastics: An Analysis of the 2023 Junior and Senior World Championships by Katarzyna Sterkowicz-Przybycień, Tijana Purenović-Ivanović

“…Chi-square goodness-of-fit tests and standardized residuals as post hoc tests were used to analyze the RAE. …”
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Candidate Pheromone Receptors of the Red-Belted Clearwing Moth <i>Synanthedon myophaeformis</i> Bind Pear Ester and Other Semiochemicals by Alberto Maria Cattaneo, William B. Walker

“…The red-belted clearwing moth <i>Synanthedon myophaeformis</i> is a deleterious pest of apple orchards, wherein the larvae bore tree bark, resulting in reduced fitness and ultimately death. The main control strategies of this pest still rely on the use of pesticides, while alternative agronomic methods for its control coexist, with the application of the main pheromone (Z,Z)-3,13-octadecadien-1-yl acetate. …”
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Concrete Production and Curing with Recycled Wastewater: A Review on the Current State of Knowledge and Practice by Tobby Michael, Agwe, Philip, Tibenderana, Moses N., Twesigye-Omwe, Joel, Webster Mbujje, Sholagberu Taofeeq, Abdulkadir

“…An extensive review of the existing literature revealed that recycled water is fit for concrete production and curing purposes. …”
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Concrete Production and Curing with Recycled Wastewater: A Review on the Current State of Knowledge and Practice by Tobby Michael, Agwe, Philip, Tibenderana, Moses N, Twesigye-Omwe, Joel Webster, Mbujje, Abdulkadir, Sholagberu Taofeeq

“…An extensive review of the existing literature revealed that recycled water is fit for concrete production and curing purposes. …”
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Clinical features of patients with dysthymia in a large cohort of Han Chinese women with recurrent major depression. by Wenqing Wu, Zhoubing Wang, Yan Wei, Guanghua Zhang, Shenxun Shi, Jingfang Gao, Youhui Li, Ming Tao, Kerang Zhang, Xumei Wang, Chengge Gao, Lijun Yang, Kan Li, Jianguo Shi, Gang Wang, Lanfen Liu, Jinbei Zhang, Bo Du, Guoqing Jiang, Jianhua Shen, Ying Liu, Wei Liang, Jing Sun, Jian Hu, Tiebang Liu, Xueyi Wang, Guodong Miao, Huaqing Meng, Yi Li, Chunmei Hu, Yi Li, Guoping Huang, Gongying Li, Baowei Ha, Hong Deng, Qiyi Mei, Hui Zhong, Shugui Gao, Hong Sang, Yutang Zhang, Xiang Fang, Fengyu Yu, Donglin Yang, Tieqiao Liu, Yunchun Chen, Xiaohong Hong, Wenyuan Wu, Guibing Chen, Min Cai, Yan Song, Jiyang Pan, Jicheng Dong, Runde Pan, Wei Zhang, Zhenming Shen, Zhengrong Liu, Danhua Gu, Xiaoping Wang, Xiaojuan Liu, Qiwen Zhang, Yihan Li, Yiping Chen, Kenneth S Kendler, Jonathan Flint, Zhen Zhang

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>There are increased rates of stressful life events in MDD with dysthymia, but the impact of life events on susceptibility to dysthymia with MDD differs from that seen for MDD alone. The pattern does not fit a simple dose-response relationship, suggesting that there are moderating factors involved in the relationship between environmental precipitants and the onset of dysthymia. …”
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Temporal and Spatial Variation Characteristics of the Fish Biomass Particle-Size Spectra in the Shandong Province Area of the Yellow River by Lufeng Sun, Jianglong Que, Jianqun Niu, Xiuqi Li, Junpeng Wang, Xuri Cong

“…Overall, the shape of the Sheldon-type biomass particle-size spectra across the four seasons showed a unimodal pattern. The peak values in spring and summer ranged between 32–64 g, while in autumn, it reached 64–128 g, and in winter, it was 1024–2048 g. …”
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Descriptive epidemiology of Lassa fever, its trend, seasonality, and mortality predictors in Ebonyi State, South- East, Nigeria, 2018—2022 by Adanna Ezenwa-Ahanene, Adetokunbo T. Salawu, Ayo S. Adebowale

“…The quadratic model provided the best fit for predicting Lassa fever cumulative cases (R2 = 98.4%, P-value < 0.05). …”
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Change in mental health service utilization from pre- to post-COVID-19 period in the United States by Md Rezaul Kader, Mohammod Mahmudur Rahman, Piali Dey Bristi, Foyez Ahmmed

“…Stepwise binary logistic regression was implemented to find the best-fitted model and examine the effects of different factors on mental healthcare utilization. …”
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Antecedents and consequences of professional competence of school administrators with emphasis on environmental sustainability and sustainable development by mohamadreza rasouli, ghafar tari, hossein Baghaei

“…Some models emphasize generic abilities and qualitative characteristics of individuals, while another group of models focuses on specific technical skills for the job. …”
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DDoS classification of network traffic in software defined networking SDN using a hybrid convolutional and gated recurrent neural network by Ahmed M. Elshewey, Safia Abbas, Ahmed M. Osman, Eman Abdullah Aldakheel, Yasser Fouad

“…The CNN-GRU model integrates a 1D convolutional layer for spatial pattern extraction and a GRU layer for temporal sequence learning, followed by dense layers with dropout regularization. …”
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Effectiveness of ballistic exercises for increasing upper body explosive power in physical education lessons for university students by George Mocanu, Carmen Parvu, Gabriel Murariu, Dan Szabo

“…Explosive power is an important element of fitness levels, with fast muscle contractions being required in most physical activities. …”
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Mental toughness, sleep disturbances, and physical activity in patients with multiple sclerosis compared to healthy adolescents and young adults by Sadeghi Bahmani D, Gerber M, Kalak N, Lemola S, Clough PJ, Calabrese P, Shaygannejad V, Pühse U, Holsboer-Trachsler E, Brand S

“…Low levels of vigorous PA may lead to decreased cardiorespiratory fitness in patients with MS and, in the long run, to reduced cardiovascular health and degraded psychological functioning. …”
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