Mapping dynamic regulation of gene expression using single-cell transcriptomics and application to complex disease genetics by Hanna Abe, Phillip Lin, Dan Zhou, Douglas M. Ruderfer, Eric R. Gamazon

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Strategies for Enhancing the Organizational Commitment of Faculty Members at Iran University of Medical Sciences by Ali Kabir, Salime Goharinezhad, Mehrnoosh Inanlou, Leili Borimnejad

“…Background & Aims Organizational commitment includes behaviors that lead employees to strive to achieve the organization’s goals and stay loyal to the organization and its values. …”
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Automated system for calving time prediction and cattle classification utilizing trajectory data and movement features by Wai Hnin Eaindrar Mg, Thi Thi Zin, Pyke Tin, Masaru Aikawa, Kazuyuki Honkawa, Yoichiro Horii

“…Our system classifies cattle as abnormal (requiring human assistance) or normal (not requiring assistance) and predicts calving times based on their individual behaviors. We employed a tailored YOLOv8 model for efficient and precise cattle detection, effectively filtering out noise such as people and trucks. …”
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Self-Assessment of Medical Ethics and Professionalism: Comparison Between Preclinical and Clinical Medical Students by Saima Naz Shaikh, Uzair Abbas, Tazeen Shah, Arsalan Ahmad Uqaili, Hudebia Allah Buksh, Mehreen Fatima

“…BACKGROUND Ethics and professionalism are fundamental elements in the practice of medicine consisting of a set of values, behaviors, and relationships that reinforce the trust and respect for the physician in a society. …”
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Adaptation of Anopheles Vectors to Anthropogenic Malaria-Associated Rubber Plantations and Indoor Residual Spraying: Establishing Population Dynamics and Insecticide Susceptibility by Suntorn Pimnon, Adisak Bhumiratana

“…Using human landing catch collections at a house protected by indoor residual spraying (IRS), the periodic assessment of species composition, abundance, and blood-feeding behaviors was done in pre-IRS, during IRS, and post-IRS at 3, 6, and 12 months in a malaria-associated rubber plantation (MRP) ecotope of the Bo Rai district, Trat Province, Thailand, after malaria outbreak occurred. …”
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Supervision and Employee Performance: A Case Study of Lyamujungu SACCO Kabale District. by Atukunda, Emily

“…Lastly, the study revealed that there is a relationship between supervision and employee performance as supervision is an extremely vital part of a workplace, poor supervision leads to limited responsibility for taking action for the prevention of problems, mistakes, accidents, and injuries, poor supervision also opens the door for unethical behaviors within a company, effective supervision in workplaces acts as a motivating factor and increases job satisfaction, offering employee’s feedback on their work is an effective way of monitoring their progress, individual meetings between supervisors and their employees, poor supervision doesn’t only mean that there isn’t enough supervision, supervision entails overseeing the activities of the junior members to ensure that they are in line with an organization’s policies, supervision for subordinates increases employee productivity and overall performance. …”
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Heterogeneous clinical phenotypes of sporadic early-onset Alzheimer’s disease: a neuropsychological data-driven approach by Deepti Putcha, Yuta Katsumi, Alexandra Touroutoglou, Ani Eloyan, Alexander Taurone, Maryanne Thangarajah, Paul Aisen, Jeffrey L. Dage, Tatiana Foroud, Clifford R. Jack, Joel H. Kramer, Kelly N. H. Nudelman, Rema Raman, Prashanthi Vemuri, Alireza Atri, Gregory S. Day, Ranjan Duara, Neill R. Graff-Radford, Ian M. Grant, Lawrence S. Honig, Erik C. B. Johnson, David T. Jones, Joseph C. Masdeu, Mario F. Mendez, Erik Musiek, Chiadi U. Onyike, Meghan Riddle, Emily Rogalski, Stephen Salloway, Sharon Sha, R. Scott Turner, Thomas S. Wingo, David A. Wolk, Kyle Womack, Maria C. Carrillo, Gil D. Rabinovici, Bradford C. Dickerson, Liana G. Apostolova, Dustin B. Hammers, the LEADS Consortium

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Timing of high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation to the nondominant primary motor cortex fails to modulate cortical hemodynamic activity and improve motor sequence... by Minxia Jin, Xiaomeng Xu, Ziwei Zhang, Weili Xia, Xiaoyu Lou, Zhongfei Bai

“…Abstract Background The relative timing of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and motor practice holds potential importance in modulating cortical activity and facilitating behavioral performance. Method A single-blind, randomized, cross-over experiment was conducted. …”
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Assessing the impact of mindfulness programs on attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents: a systematic review by Meshal A. Sultan, Faisal A. Nawaz, Batol Alattar, Eman Khalaf, Sidra Shadan, Naila El-Abiary, Shakeel Tegginmani, Rakhtan K. Qasba, Jigar Jogia

“…While stimulant medications are effective, a comprehensive approach, including psychosocial and behavioral interventions, is recommended. There is a growing body of research exploring the potential benefits of mindfulness-based interventions for children with ADHD. …”
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The influence of menopause age on gynecologic cancer risk: a comprehensive analysis using NHANES data by Yiliminuer Abulajiang, Tao Liu, Ming Wang, Abidan Abulai, Yumei Wu

“…Variables including socioeconomic factors, health behaviors, nutritional status, and medical history were assessed in relation to participants’ menopausal age and gynecologic cancer prevalence. …”
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The Effect of Diabetes Management Shared Care Clinic on Glycated Hemoglobin A1c Compliance and Self-Management Abilities in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Tian Jiang, Chao Liu, Ping Jiang, Wenjun Cheng, Xiaohong Sun, Jing Yuan, Qiaoling Wang, Yanlei Wang, Shihui Hong, Haiyan Shen, Dongchun Zhu, Yi Zhang, Fang Dai, Jing Hang, Jiguo Li, Honglin Hu, Qiu Zhang

“…DMSCC can help patients with T2DM reduce HbA1c, increase HbA1c compliance, improve diabetes self-management behaviors, empowerment, and diabetes-related emotional distress and serve as an effective exploration and practice of diabetes self-management education and support.…”
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Predictors of depression among Chinese college students: a machine learning approach by Lin Luo, Junfeng Yuan, Chenghan Wu, Yanling Wang, Rui Zhu, Huilin Xu, Luqin Zhang, Zhongge Zhang

“…The variables included sociodemographic characteristics, physical and psychological health indicators, behavioral and lifestyle factors, socioeconomic conditions, and family mental health history. …”
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Reverberation Evidence for Stream Collision and Delayed Disk Formation in Tidal Disruption Events by Hengxiao Guo, Jingbo Sun, Shuangliang Li, Yan-Fei Jiang, Tinggui Wang, Defu Bu, Ning Jiang, Yanan Wang, Yuhan Yao, Rongfeng Shen, Minfeng Gu, Mouyuan Sun

“…To distinguish between these models, we investigated the continuum reverberation behaviors for ~30 TDEs with high-quality multiband light curves. …”
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The critical role of MLKL in hemorrhagic stroke and the therapeutic potential of its associated protein network by Yi Wang, Yi Wang, Moran Xu, Xiaoli Zuo, Sheng Wang, Yong Yu, Zhaobing Gao, Zhaobing Gao, Jingbo Qie, Ye Jiang, Fang Huang, Bingqing Xia, Bingqing Xia

“…Subsequently, we investigated the impact of MLKL knockout on ICH pathological damage through behavioral tests, Western blotting, and RT-qPCR. Finally, we performed a proteomic analysis via LC-MS/MS to explore the potential interacting proteins of MLKL in the progression of ICH.ResultsWe found that MLKL is highly expressed in the brain tissue of ICH patients and is positively correlated with the extent of injury. …”
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Global meta‐analysis reveals the drivers of gut microbiome variation across vertebrates by Yong Xie, Songsong Xu, Yufei Xi, Zixin Li, Erwei Zuo, Kai Xing, Lijing Bai, Kui Li

“…We here collected 6508 samples from 113 vertebrate species covering diverse classes, feeding behaviors, and host habitats based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing. …”
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The collaborative cross mouse for studying the effect of host genetic background on memory impairments due to obesity and diabetes by Avia Paz, Kareem Midlej, Osayd Zohud, Iqbal M. Lone, Fuad A. Iraqi

“…Organ weights, including brain, spleen, liver, and kidney, varied significantly among the lines and sexes in response to HFD. Behavioral tests using the Morris water maze indicated that cognitive performance was differentially affected by diet and genetic background. …”
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Electroacupuncture and Tongbian decoction ameliorate CUMS-induced depression and constipation in mice via TPH2/5-HT pathway of the gut-brain axis by Yi Chen, Peihua Shen, Qi Li, Shun Seng Ong, Yunzhi Qian, Hai Lu, Ming Li, Tianshu Xu

“…The EA + TB treatment significantly ameliorated depression and anxiety-like behaviors, restored cognitive function, and enhanced gastrointestinal motility in chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) mice. …”
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Impact of extreme heat on health in Australia: a scoping review by Patrick Amoatey, Zhiwei Xu, Chinonso Christian Odebeatu, Neha Singh, Nicholas J. Osborne, Dung Phung

“…We found strong evidence of increasing risks for heat-associated deaths among individuals with mental/behavioral disorders, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and respiratory disease. …”
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Demographic and Dietary Determinants of the Association between Dietary Fiber Intake and Obesity in Japanese Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study (JDDM 78) by Efrem d'Ávila Ferreira, Mariko Hatta, Laymon Khin, Izumi Ikeda, Mizuki Takeuchi, Yasunaga Takeda, Sakiko Yoshizawa Morikawa, Chika Horikawa, Noriko Kato, Hiroshi Maegawa, Kazuya Fujihara, Hirohito Sone

“…In men, higher fiber intake was associated with healthier lifestyle behaviors, including increased physical activity (p < 0.001) and non-smoking (p < 0.001), with stronger associations compared to women. …”
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Sodium butyrate restored TRESK current controlling neuronal hyperexcitability in a mouse model of oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathic pain by Idy H.T. Ho, Yidan Zou, Kele Luo, Fenfen Qin, Yanjun Jiang, Qian Li, Tingting Jin, Xinyi Zhang, Huarong Chen, Likai Tan, Lin Zhang, Tony Gin, William K.K. Wu, Matthew T.V. Chan, Changyu Jiang, Xiaodong Liu

“…In vivo sodium butyrate supplementation restored oxaliplatin-induced Kcnj9 and Kcnk18 expression and pain-related behaviors in mice for at least 14 days. Oxaliplatin-induced increase in action potentials frequencies and decrease in magnitudes of KCNK18-related current were reversed in mice receiving sodium butyrate supplementation. …”
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