Unravelling the Enigma of Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory: Signs, Symptoms and Treatment Perspectives: A Narrative Review by Rohit Wani, Bhagyesh Sapkale, Supriya Meshram, Sachin R Gedam

“…Currently listed on the global diagnosis list up to 2024, with only 62 documented cases, HSAM presents a fascinating cognitive and neurological complexity, including increased functional connectivity within some brain regions, particularly the left temporoparietal junction. Typically, individuals with HSAM exhibit very vivid recollections of both significant and mundane events, which they cannot control or intentionally suppress. …”
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Flexible touch and gesture recognition system for curved surfaces with machine learning for assistive applications by Gitansh Verma, Shrutidhara Sarma, Eugen Koch, Andreas Dietzel

“…Its scalable fabrication, high sensitivity, mechanical resilience and seamless ML integration establishes it as a powerful and efficient tool for assistive technologies, designed to support individuals with limited speech and mobility, such as those with quadriplegia or paralysis.…”
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Enhancing Clinical Assessment of Skin Ulcers with Automated and Objective Convolutional Neural Network-Based Segmentation and 3D Analysis by Rosanna Cavazzana, Angelo Faccia, Aurora Cavallaro, Marco Giuranno, Sara Becchi, Chiara Innocente, Giorgia Marullo, Elia Ricci, Jacopo Secco, Enrico Vezzetti, Luca Ulrich

“…This condition mostly affects individuals over 65 years old and is often associated with chronic conditions such as diabetes, vascular issues, heart diseases, and obesity. …”
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Epidemiological panorama of type 2 diabetes in Mexico: differences by state and social determinants by Guadalupe Soto-Estrada, Laura Moreno-Altamirano, Naghielli Álvarez-Chombo, Juan J. García-García

“…Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a public health problem with an impact on individuals and society. Objective: The study aimed to describe the rates of variation and the rate of growth of the prevalence and mortality of T2DM in the states of Mexico, in relation to the figures of multidimensional poverty and indicators of social deprivation, the Human Development Index, the Gini Coefficient and GDP per capita. …”
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Comparison of Coupled and Uncoupled Modeling of Floating Wind Farms with Shared Anchors by Katherine Coughlan, Ericka Lozon, Matthew Hall, Bruce Martin, Sanjay Arwade

“…This study evaluates two methods for analyzing the loads on shared anchors: one in which floating offshore wind turbines are simulated individually (using the software OpenFAST), and one in which an entire floating wind farm is simulated collectively (using the software FAST.Farm). …”
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Correlation of lipid profiles with coronary artery plaque levels in patients undergoing coronary angiography by Sedanur Uzunpolat Yayla, Ayse Semra Demi̇r Akca, Mustafa Ozan Cakir, Gozde Nur Turmus, Abdulkerim Yayla, Sema Soner Karanfi̇l, Tugba Ci̇msi̇r Soran

“…The mean age of the individuals participating in the study was 63 years, the mean age of women was 65±12.3, and the mean age of men was 62±11.8. …”
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Performance Analysis of Homogeneous On-Chip Large-Scale Parallel Computing Architectures for Data-Parallel Applications by Xiaowen Chen, Zhonghai Lu, Axel Jantsch, Shuming Chen, Yang Guo, Shenggang Chen, Hu Chen

“…Data-parallel applications have their parallel data subsets that are handled individually by the same program running in different cores. …”
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A meta-analytic evaluation of the efficacy and safety of levetiracetam for treating myoclonic seizures by Sara Najafi, Mohaddeseh Sadat Alavi, Hamid Reza Sadeghnia

“…However, it is necessary to monitor carefully LEV's individual response.…”
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Adjuvant Treatment with Empagliflozin or Semaglutide Increases Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Subjects with Well-Controlled Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Maja Preložnik Navodnik, Katarina Reberšek, Katarina Klinar, Andrej Janež, Helena Podgornik

“…Absolute and relative endothelial cell count at baseline were low and comparable to those of healthy individuals. In the group receiving empagliflozin or semaglutide, a significant increase in EPC was observed after 12 weeks of treatment. …”
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Motor Cortex Plasticity during Unilateral Finger Movement with Mirror Visual Feedback by Hatice Kumru, Sergiu Albu, Raul Pelayo, John Rothwell, Eloy Opisso, Daniel Leon, Dolor Soler, Josep Maria Tormos

“…The present study investigated 3 different types of visual feedback (direct, mirrored, and blocked visual feedback: DVF, MVF, and BVF, resp.) on M1 cortex excitability and intracortical inhibition/facilitation at rest and during phasic unimanual motor task in 11 healthy individuals. The excitability of the ipsilateral M1 cortex and the intracortical facilitation increased during motor task performance in the DVF and MVF but not in the BVF condition. …”
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Food nutrition and toxicology targeting on specific organs in the era of single-cell sequencing by Xiaofei Wang, Xiaowen Cheng, Huiling Liu, Xiaohuan Mu, Hao Zheng

“…Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) has emerged as an indispensable methodology to decompose tissues into different cell types for the demonstration of transcriptional profiles of individual cells. ScRNA-seq applications has been summarized on three typical organs (brain, liver, kidney), and two representative immune- and tumor related health problems. …”
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Development of hematite ore pellet utilizing mill scale and iron ore slime combination as additive by Rajshekar Y., Pal J., Venugopalan T.

“…Mill scale is generated from steel rolling mills and reheating furnaces; it has almost nil gangue content, but is not individually considered for pelletizing due to its poor green bonding property. …”
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Virus-Mimicking Polymer Nanocomplexes Co-Assembling HCV E1E2 and Core Proteins with TLR 7/8 Agonist—Synthesis, Characterization, and In Vivo Activity by Thomas R. Fuerst, Alexander Marin, Sarah Jeong, Liudmila Kulakova, Raman Hlushko, Katrina Gorga, Eric A. Toth, Nevil J. Singh, Alexander K. Andrianov

“…The in vivo superiority of VMPNs over the individual components and an Alum-formulated vaccine manifests in higher neutralizing antibody titers, the promotion of a balanced IgG response, and the induction of a cellular immunity—CD4+ T cell responses to core proteins. …”
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A Multifeature Fusion Network for Tree Species Classification Based on Ground-Based LiDAR Data by Yaoting Liu, Yiming Chen, Zhengjun Liu, Jianchang Chen, Yuxuan Liu

“…Existing networks that utilize point clouds of individual trees have shown promising results. However, challenges, such as incomplete point cloud data, uneven point density across different components of the tree, and complex tree morphologies, can hinder classification accuracy. …”
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MILP Modeling and Optimization of Multi-Objective Three-Stage Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problem With Assembly and AGV Transportation by Shiming Yang, Leilei Meng, Saif Ullah, Biao Zhang, Hongyan Sang, Peng Duan

“…In the MPCEA, we design a strategy to select relatively high-quality individuals to enhance the algorithm’s convergence speed, and design a multi-objective variable-neighborhood search (MOVNS) method to improve the local search ability. …”
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Exploring the Potential Imaging Biomarkers for Parkinson’s Disease Using Machine Learning Approach by Illia Mushta, Sulev Koks, Anton Popov, Oleksandr Lysenko

“…Using 13 DATSCAN-derived parameters and patient handedness from 1309 individuals in the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) database, we trained an AdaBoost classifier, achieving an accuracy of 98.88% and an area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of 99.81%. …”
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Does Probability Guided Hysteroscopy Reduce Costs in Women Investigated for Postmenopausal Bleeding? by M. C. Breijer, N. van Hanegem, N. C. M. Visser, R. H. M. Verheijen, B. W. J. Mol, J. M. A. Pijnenborg, B. C. Opmeer, A. Timmermans

“…At a 65% cut-off, a possible saving of € 3 per woman could be achieved. Conclusions. Individualizing the decision to perform an endometrial biopsy or immediate hysteroscopy in women presenting with postmenopausal bleeding based on patient characteristics does not increase the efficiency of the diagnostic work-up.…”
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Natural repeated backcrosses lead to triploidy and tetraploidy in parthenogenetic butterfly lizards (Leiolepis: Agamidae) by Eduard Galoyan, Roman Nazarov, Marie Altmanová, Sergey Matveevsky, Ivan Kropachev, Dmitrij Dedukh, Eugene Iryshkov, Mark Pankin, Natalia Sopilko, Oleg Nikolaev, Nikolai Orlov, Marine Arakelyan, Jiří Klíma, Evgeniya Solovyeva, Tao Nguyen, Lukáš Kratochvíl

“…Parthenogens can hybridise with sexual species, resulting in individuals with increased ploidy levels. We describe two successive hybridisations of the parthenogenetic butterfly lizards (genus Leiolepis) in Vietnam with a parental sexual species. …”
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Unravelling the TCRβ repertoire: a key to unlocking the immunopathogenesis and precision medicine in SLE by Qiao Zhou, Li Zeng, Zhixin Zhang, Jian Liu, Yichen Zhang, Yang An, Lijing Yang, Tianzuo Lan, Pengming He, Xueping Wen, Shaoping Deng

“…Our study aimed to delineate the variances in the TCRβ repertoire between patients with SLE and healthy individuals, correlating these differences with the severity and subtypes of SLE.Methods We conducted an analysis of blood samples from 50 treatment-naive patients with SLE and 50 healthy donors, employing RNA extraction, high-throughput sequencing and subsequent bioinformatics analysis.Results Our findings revealed significant alterations in TRBV and TRBJ gene usage frequencies, indicative of a skewed TCR repertoire in patients with SLE. …”
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Advancements in the integration of isothermal nucleic acid amplification methods for point-of-care testing in resource-limited settings by Noemi Bellassai, Roberta D'Agata, Giuseppe Spoto

“…These innovations have improved sensitivity while significantly reducing the time and cost associated with individual analyzes. This review focuses on the applications of molecular diagnostics for POC devices in low-resource settings, with a particular emphasis on isothermal nucleic acid amplification assays integrated into microfluidic platforms. …”
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