Brain plasticity associated with prolonged shooting training: a multimodal neuroimaging investigation from a cross-sectional study by Keying Zhang, Tao Zhao, Yu Ding, Jia Cheng, Chunmei Cao

“…BackgroundAlthough training has been recognized as a potential contributor to neuroplasticity in athletes, the impact of prolonged shooting training on human brain plasticity remains unclear in the existing literature.MethodsIn this cross-sectional study, we used a multimodal neuroimaging analysis, including the analysis of functional blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images, structural T1-weighted MRI images, and diffusion MRI images, to systematically identify differences between elite shooters and normal controls.ResultsThe results showed that compared to male normal controls, male elite shooters had higher regional homogeneity (ReHo) in the frontal lobe, parietal lobe, precuneus, thalamus, and cingulate gyrus, as well as higher functional connectivity between the medial frontal cortex (MedFC) and temporooccipital middle temporal gyrus (toMTG). …”
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Matching Into Integrated Plastic Surgery: The Impact of USMLE Step 1 Transition to Pass/Fail: Did the 2019 Predictions Come True in 2024? by Lyndsay R. Boyd, MD, Lawrence O. Lin, MD, Jeffrey E. Janis, MD, FACS

“…Data were analyzed using summary tables, marginal homogeneity tests, and Mann-Whitney U tests. Results:. …”
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Mitochondrial Complex I Deficiency among Egyptian Pediatric Patients with Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome by Doaa M. Abdou, AbdelAal Mohamed, Mohamed Abdulhay, Sara El Khateeb

“…Pathological study and spectrophotometric measurement of mitochondrial complex I in renal biopsy and muscle homogenates were performed for both groups. Results. …”
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Neuroprotective Effects of Metformin and Berberine in Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Sickness-Like Behaviour in Mice by Triveni Kodi, Sharanya Praveen, Sravan Kumar Paka, Runali Sankhe, Adarsh Gopinathan, Nandakumar Krishnadas, Anoop Kishore

“…Then, proinflammatory cytokines (IL-1β and TNF-α), acetylcholinesterase activity (AChE), and oxidative stress markers were estimated in the brain homogenate. In the LPS control group, immobility state, proinflammatory cytokines, AChE, and lipid peroxidation were significantly increased, whereas the glutathione levels were decreased. …”
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Stability on 3D Boussinesq system with mixed partial dissipation by Lin Hongxia, Liu Sen, Guo Xiaochuan, You Ruiqi

“…Then the exponential decay rates for the oscillations u˜\widetilde{u} and θ\theta in H1(Ω){H}^{1}\left(\Omega ) and the homogeneous Sobolev space Hv2˙(Ω)\dot{{H}_{v}^{2}}\left(\Omega ) are also shown. …”
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Correlation between Testicular Morphometric Parameters and Sperm Reserves in Ghanaian West African Dwarf Rams by Joseph Atawalna, Daniel Cobbinah Junior Essel, Nicholas Nettey, Patrick Mensah Amponsah

“…Tissue samples were taken from testicular parenchyma, homogenized, and used to determine gonadal sperm concentration using a hemocytometer. …”
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Influence of Segment Shape Optimization Parameter in Radiotherapy Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy Planning of Cervical Cancer by Nidhi Jain, Alok Kumar, Ashok Kumar

“…All Dosimetric parameters have been measured and analysed for Planning Target Volume (PTV) and Organ at risk (OAR) dose, Monitor Unit (MU), memory, Plan Delivery Time (PDT), and Gamma Passing Rate (GPR) for comparison purposes.Results: In NSL cases, the PTV dose derived from the DVH did not meet the clinical standards D95% = 86.8% (<95%) with a poorer homogeneity index (HI = 0.2). As the SL value increases, plan quality increases, monitor units increase slightly and plan delivery time decreases while there is a parallel increase in memory consumption. …”
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RF communication between dual band implantable and on body antennas for biotelemetry application by Yara A. Kamel, Hesham A. Mohamed, Hala ELsadek, Hadia M. ELhennawy

“…This antenna is designed and dissected in a homogeneous skin model (HSM) as well as a three-layer phantom. …”
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Synthesis of Silica-Coated Fe3O4 Nanoparticles by Microemulsion Method: Characterization and Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity by Goshu Asab, Enyew Amare Zereffa, Teshome Abdo Seghne

“…But the silica-coated Fe3O4 oxide exhibited homogeneous distribution of particles with relatively less agglomerate of the particles. …”
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Parametric and non-parametric estimation of reference intervals for routine laboratory tests: an analysis of health check-up data for 260 889 young men in the South Korean military by Taeyun Kim, Hyunji Choi, Sun Min Lee

“…The present study aimed to establish the RIs for routine common blood count (CBC) and biochemistry laboratory tests in homogeneous, healthy, male Korean soldiers in their 20s using a large health check-up data set, comparing parametric and non-parametric estimation.Design A multicentre, cross-sectional study.Setting Seven armed forces hospitals in South Korea.Participants A total of 609 649 men underwent health examination when promoted to corporal between January 2015 and September 2021. 260 889 eligible individuals aged 20–25 were included in the analysis.Main outcomes and measures The RIs were established by parametric and non-parametric methods. …”
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A retrospective analysis of migraine prophylaxis with anti-CGRP monoclonal antibodies at the hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics by V. Karpavičiūtė, K. Statkevičienė, G. Žemgulytė

“…Statistical analysis was performed using IBM SPSS statistics 27.0, the χ² test of homogeneity, Fisher’s exact, Student’s t, and Mann-Whitney tests. …”
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Biodiversity Change in Cultural Landscapes—The Rural Hotspot Hypothesis by Carsten Neumann, Robert Behling, Gabriele Weiss

“…Pressures of cultivation shift, landscape decoupling, structural homogenization, and use of technology and agrochemicals are identified as backyard ecological drivers negatively affecting biodiversity preservation, particularly in the surrounding rural landscape. …”
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The Impact of Preconception TSH on the Reproductive Outcomes of Infertile Women Undergoing the First Fresh D3 Embryo Transfer Cycle by Yuchao Zhang, Wenbin Wu, Yanli Liu, Yichun Guan, Xingling Wang, Liting Jia

“…The patients were highly homogeneous in terms of general characteristics. High-normal TSH levels had no adverse impact on the clinical pregnancy rate, miscarriage rate, or live birth rate (respectively, aOR = 0.92, 1.30, and 0.88 and P = 0.416, 0.163, and 0.219). …”
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Low-frequency spectral graph convolution networks with one-hop connections information for personalized tag recommendation by Zhengshun Fei, Haotian Zhou, Jinglong Wang, Gui Chen, Xinjian Xiang

“…Furthermore, to preserve the one-hop connection information of the bipartite graphs, we treat the observed two bipartite graphs as two homogeneous graphs, where both users and tags contribute to the convolution of a node in the user–tag graph, and both items and tags contribute to the convolution of a node in the item–tag graph. …”
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SPARQ: Efficient Entanglement Distribution and Routing in Space&#x2013;Air&#x2013;Ground Quantum Networks by Mohamed Shaban, Muhammad Ismail, Walid Saad

“…Moreover, in contrast to the prior art that assumes homogeneous nodes, SPARQ encompasses heterogeneous nodes with different functionalities further complicates the entanglement distribution. …”
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Optimization of RHDV type 1 and 2 inactivation modes by E. D. Kunikova, N. V. Moroz, M. A. Dolgova, L. V. Malakhova, I. A. Komarov

“…The postmortem diagnosis was confirmed by testing the rabbit liver tissue homogenate for relative antigens using ELISA. It was found that aminoethylethylenimine and β-propiolactone did not have the same effect on the studied variants of the virus. …”
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Improving the special motor qualities of experienced female volleyball players living on the territory of martial law by Sergii Iermakov, Roman Boichuk, Yevheniia Strelnykova, Krzysztof Wnorowski, Sofia Zakharova

“…It was determined that the team is homogeneous only in the test exercise “long jump from a place”. …”
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The The Evaluation of Clove oil Concentration on Physicochemical and Antimicrobial Activity in the Laponite Gel Delivery System by Dian Eka Ermawati, Susanti Putriana, Tri Setyowati, Tabita Putri Kuntari, Fitri Salsabila, M. Nur Dewi Kartikasari

“…Physicochemical properties test of oral gel preparations includes organoleptic tests, homogeneity, pH, adhesion, and spreadability tests. …”
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Temporal variation in habitat quality shapes the distribution–abundance relationship in waterbirds at landscape scale by Constantinos Charalambous, Petr Musil, Mathilde Legoguelin, Zuzana Musilová, David Hořák

“…We posit that this decline in the relationship's slope is a result of the deterioration and homogenization of habitat quality later in the summer, which resulted in a large deficit of suitable fishponds as populations increased. …”
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Teenagers with type 2 diabetes mellitus as a hidden population: A qualitative study of the representations and experiences related to the disease in Mazatlán, Mexico by Nathaly Llanes-Díaz, Dewi Hernández-Montoya

“…Conclusions: Our study showed that adolescents affected by type 2 diabetes mellitus, did not experience nor they did face the disease homogeneously but accordingly to the gender and level of family support, which, therefore, should be specifically considered by care programs and health professionals to encourage adherence to treatment, taking into account the emotional well-being and psychological needs of adolescents.…”
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