Acupuncture Reversible Effects on Altered Default Mode Network of Chronic Migraine Accompanied with Clinical Symptom Relief by Yan Zou, Weijun Tang, Xiang Li, Manwen Xu, Ji Li

“…Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data from 14 CM patients treated with longitudinal pre- and postacupuncture treatment (PPAT) and data of 18 age- and gender-matched healthy controls (HCs) were analyzed using independent component analysis (ICA) and seed-based correlation analysis (SCA) to investigate connectivity within the DMN. …”
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What can be lost? Genomic perspective on the lipid metabolism of Mucoromycota by Blanka Sokołowska, Małgorzata Orłowska, Alicja Okrasińska, Sebastian Piłsyk, Julia Pawłowska, Anna Muszewska

“…For the first time we demonstrate that ergosterol is not being produced by several independent groups of plant-associated fungi due to the losses of different ERG genes. …”
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Improving drug repositioning with negative data labeling using large language models by Milan Picard, Mickael Leclercq, Antoine Bodein, Marie Pier Scott-Boyer, Olivier Perin, Arnaud Droit

“…This approach showed remarkable improvement in predictive accuracy on independent test sets with a Matthews Correlation Coefficient of 0.76 (± 0.33) compared to 0.55 (± 0.15) and 0.48 (± 0.18) for two commonly used PU learning approaches. …”
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IL-6-Inducing Peptide Prediction Based on 3D Structure and Graph Neural Network by Ruifen Cao, Qiangsheng Li, Pijing Wei, Yun Ding, Yannan Bin, Chunhou Zheng

“…A series of experiments including cross-validation, independent testing, ablation studies, and visualizations demonstrate the effectiveness of the DGIL-6 method.…”
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Vitamin D Predicts All-Cause and Cardiac Mortality in Females with Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Comparison with Brain Natriuretic Peptide and High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Pr... by Patrycja A. Naesgaard, Ricardo A. León de la Fuente, Stein Tore Nilsen, Leik Woie, Torbjoern Aarsland, Harry Staines, Dennis W. T. Nilsen

“…Accordingly, vitamin D independently predicts mortality in females with suspected ACS.…”
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Layer-Specific Strain Analysis in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy by Despina-Manuela Toader, Alina Paraschiv, Georgică Târtea, Gabriela Tiucu, Mihai Chițu, Raluca Stănișor, Oana Mirea

“…In multivariate analysis, only CSPMend showed an independent value in predicting mortality at two-year follow-up. …”
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Serum galectin-3 and fibroblast growth factor-23 levels in relation with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular risk by Klisic Aleksandra, Gluscevic Sanja, Karakasis Paschalis, Kotur-Stevuljevic Jelena, Ninic Ana

“…Although both biomarkers were correlated with the ASCVD risk score, further statistical analysis did not confirm their independent associations with cardiovascular risk. Studies with a large sample size are needed to further explore this issue.…”
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Heart rate variability, a potential assessment tool for identifying anxiety, depression, and sleep disorders in elderly individuals by Wenna Liu, Shutong Wang, Hanyang Gu, Rong Li

“…Depression was linked to decreased SDNN, RMSSD, PNN50, and HF (P < 0.05). Sleep disorders independently predicted reduced PNN50 and SDANN (P < 0.01).ConclusionHRV indices of individuals with varying emotional states and sleep disorders exhibited varying degrees of decrease. …”
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Predictors of HIV testing adherence among men who have sex with men: a cross-sectional study by Laelson Rochelle Milanês Sousa, Raphael Augusto Gir de Carvalho, Daniel de Macêdo Rocha, Marcela Antonini, Milton Jorge de Carvalho Filho, Maria Wiklander, Elucir Gir, Renata Karina Reis

“…Binary logistic regression analysis was used to identify independent predictors of HIV testing in the study population. …”
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Morale in Old Age and Its Association with Sociodemographic, Social, and Health-Related Factors in Different Age Groups by Marina Näsman, Johan Niklasson, Jan Saarela, Mikael Nygård, Birgitta Olofsson, Yngve Gustafson, Fredrica Nyqvist

“…The results showed that older age was an independent factor explaining lower level of morale. …”
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The potential for fuel reduction to reduce wildfire intensity in a warming California by Patrick T Brown, Scott J Strenfel, Richard B Bagley, Craig B Clements

“…We then place these weather snapshots in differing background climatological temperature and fuel characteristic conditions to quantify their independent and combined influence on FIP. We find that in order to offset the effect of climate warming under the SSP2-4.5 emissions scenario, fuel reduction would need to be maintained perpetually on ∼3 million acres (or 600 000 acres per year, 1% of our domain, at a 5 year return frequency) by 2050 and ∼8 million acres (or 1.6 million acres per year, 3% of our domain, at a 5 year return frequency) by 2090. …”
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Responsible governance of genomics data and biospecimens in the context of broad consent: experiences of a pioneering access committee in Africa by Kobus Herbst, R Kerr, Daima Bukini, Ahmed Rebai, Akin Abayomi, P Andanda, J Mabuka, R Wamuyu, C Dandara

“…The committee was semi-autonomous in its establishment and had independence in decision-making. The DBAC continually advocates for the responsible use of genomic data and biospecimens that were obtained from African research participants, under broad consent, by primary researchers who no longer have oversight over the future use of these resources.…”
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HPV16E6-Dependent c-Fos Expression Contributes to AP-1 Complex Formation in SiHa Cells by Feixin Liang, Shinichiro Kina, Hiroyuki Takemoto, Akira Matayoshi, Thongsavanh Phonaphonh, Nao Sunagawa, Keiichi Arakaki, Akira Arasaki, Hai Kuang, Hajime Sunakawa

“…Thus, our results provide the first evidence that HPV16E6 contributes to AP-1 complex formation after both ligand-dependent and independent EGFR activation, suggesting a new therapeutic approach to the treatment of HPV-associated tumors.…”
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Biomechanical Analysis of Truncated Cone Implants for Maxillary Sinus Lift: An In Vitro Study on Polyurethane Laminas by Luca Comuzzi, Tea Romasco, Carlos Fernando Mourão, Giulia Marchioli, Adriano Piattelli, Natalia Di Pietro

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Body Mass Index and Associated Factors of School Absenteeism by School Feeding Program at Selected Primary Schools in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Comparative Study by Solomon Muluken Ayehu, Addisu Tadesse Sahile

“…A systematic random sampling technique was used to select participants, where the list of students was once identified from the selected schools. An independent t-test was undertaken at p value <0.05 as the statistically significant level. …”
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Factors Associated with Poor Eye Drop Administration Technique and the Role of Patient Education among Hong Kong Elderly Population by Bonnie Nga Kwan Choy, Ming Ming Zhu, Jason Chun Sum Pang, Jonathan Cheuk Hung Chan, Alex Lap Ki Ng, Michelle Ching Yim Fan, Lawrence Pui Leung Iu, Joseph Shiu Kwong Kwan, Jimmy Shiu Ming Lai, Patrick Ka Chun Chiu

“…FRAIL score was an independent predictor of baseline score (p=0.003), as well as the improvement after patient education (p=0.012). …”
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Effect of Yoga on Blood Pressure in Prehypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Janhavi Sandeep Khandekar, Vanamala Lakshmi Vasavi, Vijay Pratap Singh, Stephen Rajan Samuel, S. G. Sudhan, Bidita Khandelwal

“…Risk of bias was determined using the Downs and Black checklist by three independent authors. Results. The meta-analysis of the articles favoured yoga intervention over the control intervention. …”
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Youthful Choices: A Secondary Analysis of the NFHS-5 Data to Examine Tobacco Use in Indian Adolescent Girls and Young Women by Jobinse Jose, Aditi Chaudhary, Abhishek Ghosh, Sonu Goel

“…The research investigated determinants of current tobacco use, encompassing any tobacco use in any form, smoked and smokeless tobacco (SLT). Independent variables include demographics, religion, caste, region, education, occupation, body mass index, wealth index, alcohol consumption, and media exposure. …”
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Effects of Verbal and Tactile Cues on Gluteal Force Production and Broad Jump Distance by BJ Lehecka, Terra Daniels, Bryson Koester, Wyatt Kropp, Matthew Reeves, Ryan Waterson

“…Descriptive statistics and test-retest reliability via Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated, differences in performance between sexes were analyzed with an independent t-test, and changes in force production and jump distance from baseline were analyzed using a one-way ANOVA…”
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Bacterial community assembly of specific pathogen-free neonatal mice by Elizabeth A. Kennedy, James S. Weagley, Andrew H. Kim, Avan Antia, Anna L. DeVeaux, Megan T. Baldridge

“…We address this gap by characterizing the assembly of the bacterial microbiota of C57BL/6 and BALB/c litters from birth to adulthood across multiple independent litters. Results The fecal microbiome of young pups is dominated by only a few pioneering bacterial taxa. …”
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