Resting state connectivity biomarkers of seizure freedom after epilepsy surgery by Eva Martinez-Lizana, Armin Brandt, Matthias Dümpelmann, Andreas Schulze-Bonhage

“…Alterations in brain networks may cause the lowering of the seizure threshold and hypersynchronization that underlie the recurrence of unprovoked seizures in epilepsy. The aim of this work is to estimate functional network characteristics, which may help predicting outcome of epilepsy surgery.Twenty patients were studied (11 females, 9 males, mean age 33 years) with scalp-recorded HD-EEG in resting state (eyes closed, no interictal discharges) before intracranial evaluation, which allowed the precise determination of the epileptogenic zone. …”
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Energy: An Overview of Type, Form, Storage, Advantages, Efficiency, and Their Impact by Bawoke Mekuye, Gedefaw Mebratie, Birhanu Abera, Ayenew Yibeltal, Assaye Lake, Asnaku Tefera

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Comprehensive performance and optimization of micro textured slipper pair of axial piston pumps by Ping Xu, Jing Luo, Yinghua Yu, Jiaxing Shen, Wenli Li

“…A texture design that integrates an elliptical opening with an elliptical offset parabolic pit body situated at the innermost two-ring support band of the slipper is recommended. Compared with the original prototype, this optimized design yields a 19.69% increase in the bearing pressure and a 21.08% reduction in the friction coefficient, coupled with a 14.20% decrease in the average temperature and a 14.03% reduction in oil film leakage. …”
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Metabolomic analysis of bioactive compounds in dill (Anethum graveolens L.) extracts by Jirattiporn Thanuma, Jutarop Phetcharaburanin, Hasaya Dokduang, Watcharin Loilome, Poramate Klanrit, Arporn Wangwiwatsin, Nisana Namwat

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Social mixing patterns in the UK following the relaxation of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, July–August 2020: a cross-sectional online survey by Chris Jewell, Jonathan M Read, Jessica RE Bridgen

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Exploring the G-Quadruplex Formation of AS1411 Derivatives by Pedro Lourenço, David Moreira, André Miranda, Jéssica Lopes-Nunes, Izamara Maocha, Tiago Santos, Pedro L. Ferreira, Fani Sousa, Artur Paiva, Carla Cruz

“…The G4 formation, stability, and NCL binding were evaluated by several biophysical techniques and computational and cell studies. Overall, a decrease in polymorphism of G4-forming sequences compared to AS1411 is observed by size exclusion chromatography (SEC) and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy in the presence of potassium salt. …”
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Circadian rest‐activity rhythm as an objective biomarker of patient‐reported outcomes in patients with advanced cancer by Pasquale F. Innominato, Sandra Komarzynski, Oxana G. Palesh, Robert Dallmann, Georg A. Bjarnason, Sylvie Giacchetti, Ayhan Ulusakarya, Mohamed Bouchahda, Mazen Haydar, Annabelle Ballesta, Abdoulaye Karaboué, Nicholas I. Wreglesworth, David Spiegel, Francis A. Lévi

“…Nonparametric tests compared PROMs and I < O. Effect sizes were computed. …”
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Enhancing Wind Turbine Efficiency: An Experimental Investigation of a Sensorless Three-Vector Finite Set Predictive Torque Control Approach for PMSG-Based Systems by Marouane Ahmed Ghodbane, Toufik Mohamed Benchouia, Mohamed Chebaani, Mohamed Becherif, Yassine Himeur, Amar Golea, Abdelmoumen Ghilani, Zakaria Alili, Shadi Atalla, Wathiq Mansoor

“…They can also suffer from problems like torque fluctuations, high computational demands, and reduced power quality. To make wind turbines work efficiently and reliably, especially under changing wind conditions, advanced control strategies are needed. …”
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Sample ascertainment and clinical outcome measures in the Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia Program by Jean Addington, Lu Liu, Amy Braun, Andrea Auther, Monica E. Calkins, Barbara A. Cornblatt, Cheryl M. Corcoran, Paolo Fusar-Poli, Melissa J. Kerr, Catalina V. Mourgues-Codern, Angela R. Nunez, Dominic Oliver, Gregory P. Strauss, Barbara C. Walsh, Luis K. Alameda, Celso Arango, Nicholas J. K. Breitborde, Matthew R. Broome, Kristin S. Cadenhead, Ricardo E. Carrion, Eric Yu Hai Chen, Jimmy Choi, Michael J. Coleman, Philippe Conus, Covadonga M. Diaz-Caneja, Dominic Dwyer, Lauren M. Ellman, Masoomeh Faghankhani, Pablo A. Gaspar, Carla Gerber, Louise Birkedal Glenthøj, Leslie E. Horton, Christy Hui, Grace R. Jacobs, Joseph Kambeitz, Lana Kambeitz-Ilankovic, Matcheri S. Keshavan, Sung-Wan Kim, Nikolaos Koutsouleris, Jun Soo Kwon, Kerstin Langbein, Kathryn E. Lewandowski, Daniel Mamah, Patricia J. Marcy, Daniel H. Mathalon, Vijay A. Mittal, Merete Nordentoft, Godfrey D. Pearlson, Nora Penzel, Jesus Perez, Diana O. Perkins, Albert R. Powers, Jack Rogers, Fred W. Sabb, Jason Schiffman, Jai L. Shah, Steven M. Silverstein, Stefan Smesny, William S. Stone, Andrew Thompson, Judy L. Thompson, Rachel Upthegrove, Swapna Verma, Jijun Wang, Heather M. Wastler, Alana Wickham, Inge Winter-van Rossum, Daniel H. Wolf, Sylvain Bouix, Ofer Pasternak, Rene S. Kahn, Carrie E. Bearden, John M. Kane, Patrick D. McGorry, Kate Buccilli, Barnaby Nelson, Martha E. Shenton, Scott W. Woods, the Accelerating Medicines Partnership® -Schizophrenia, Alison R. Yung

“…In addition to developing the assessment protocol, the goals of this aspect of the AMP SCZ project were: (1) to implement and monitor clinical training, ascertainment of participants, and clinical assessments; (2) to provide expert clinical input to the Psychosis Risk Evaluation, Data Integration and Computational Technologies: Data Processing, Analysis, and Coordination Center (PREDICT-DPACC) for data collection, quality control, and preparation of data for the analysis of the clinical measures; and (3) to provide ongoing support to the collection, analysis, and reporting of clinical data. …”
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Insufficient Evidence to Recommend Shu Mian Capsule in Managing Depression With or Without Comorbid Insomnia: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis by Zhao FY, Xu P, Kennedy GA, Jin X, Wang YM, Zhang WJ, Yue LP, Ho YS, Fu QQ, Conduit R

“…In depressed patients with comorbid insomnia, the combination of SMC and psychotropic drugs significantly reduced HAM-D [SMD = − 1.29, 95% CI (− 1.96, − 0.62), p < 0.01] and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index scores [SMD = − 1.53, 95% CI (− 1.95, − 1.11), p < 0.01], and exhibited a lower incidence of various drug-related adverse effects compared to psychotropic drugs alone. TSA validated the sample size adequacy; nevertheless, the methodological quality of supporting studies varied from very low to low due to substantial bias risk. …”
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An NLP-driven face recognition system to improve Alzheimer’s patient engagement and care [MEMORY LANE] by Zishan Ahmad, Vengadeswaran Shanmugasundaram

“…Memory Lane works in four phases: (1) An offline speech recognition system. (2) A transformer-based intent classification model. (3) A CNN architecture that generates face embedding to compare L2 distance with existing stored embeddings for face recognition. (4) A module that retrieves information from MongoDB and uses TTS for communication. …”
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Group Authentication Key Agreement Protocol Based on Certificateless Cryptography in UAV Network by Yuecheng WANG, Youwen ZHU, Zhiqiang ZHANG

“…This protocol classifies the drone group into a central node with high computing power and multiple nodes with low computing power to reduce communication and computing expenses. …”
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Short-Term Traffic Flow Forecasting Model Based on GA-TCN by Rongji Zhang, Feng Sun, Ziwen Song, Xiaolin Wang, Yingcui Du, Shulong Dong

“…The results showed that the average absolute error of the proposed GA-TCN decreased by 34.09%, 22.42%, and 26.33% compared with LSTM, GRU, and TCN in working days, while the average absolute error of the GA-TCN decreased by 24.42%, 2.33%, and 3.92% in weekend days, respectively. …”
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Quantification of Subsurface Hydrological Connectivity Using Wavelet Coherence Analysis by REN Ruijie, Fan Bihang, ZHANG Yaling, WANG Erqing, YANG Ruxin, HAN Xiaole, LIU Jintao, GUO Li

“…These findings provide theoretical support for understanding and simulating hydrological processes in mountainous small watersheds.…”
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Factors affecting the design of the management dashboard framework with an emphasis on the components of human resources productivity by Hassan Barmaki, Farshad Faezy Razi, Ehtesham Rashidi

“…Dashboards can easily be used as a tool to help evaluate performance and support efficient decision-making by identifying trends, patterns and anomalies in information (Vagzgo et al, 2020). …”
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Optimal Band Configuration for the Roof Surface Characterization Using Hyperspectral and LiDAR Imaging by Prakash Nimbalkar, Anna Jarocinska, Bogdan Zagajewski

“…The optimal bands were investigated using supervised classifiers such as artificial neural network (ANN), support vector machine (SVM), and spectral angle mapper (SAM) by comparing accuracies. …”
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Key Parameters of the Roof Cutting and Pressure Relief Technology in the Pre-Splitting Blasting of a Hard Roof in Guqiao Coal Mine by Hanlin You, Zegong Liu

“…The phenomenon of crushing the support of the hard roof of a coal seam occurs occasionally during the coal mining process. …”
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Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology by Elliot Gould, Hannah S. Fraser, Timothy H. Parker, Shinichi Nakagawa, Simon C. Griffith, Peter A. Vesk, Fiona Fidler, Daniel G. Hamilton, Robin N. Abbey-Lee, Jessica K. Abbott, Luis A. Aguirre, Carles Alcaraz, Irith Aloni, Drew Altschul, Kunal Arekar, Jeff W. Atkins, Joe Atkinson, Christopher M. Baker, Meghan Barrett, Kristian Bell, Suleiman Kehinde Bello, Iván Beltrán, Bernd J. Berauer, Michael Grant Bertram, Peter D. Billman, Charlie K. Blake, Shannon Blake, Louis Bliard, Andrea Bonisoli-Alquati, Timothée Bonnet, Camille Nina Marion Bordes, Aneesh P. H. Bose, Thomas Botterill-James, Melissa Anna Boyd, Sarah A. Boyle, Tom Bradfer-Lawrence, Jennifer Bradham, Jack A. Brand, Martin I. Brengdahl, Martin Bulla, Luc Bussière, Ettore Camerlenghi, Sara E. Campbell, Leonardo L. F. Campos, Anthony Caravaggi, Pedro Cardoso, Charles J. W. Carroll, Therese A. Catanach, Xuan Chen, Heung Ying Janet Chik, Emily Sarah Choy, Alec Philip Christie, Angela Chuang, Amanda J. Chunco, Bethany L. Clark, Andrea Contina, Garth A. Covernton, Murray P. Cox, Kimberly A. Cressman, Marco Crotti, Connor Davidson Crouch, Pietro B. D’Amelio, Alexandra Allison de Sousa, Timm Fabian Döbert, Ralph Dobler, Adam J. Dobson, Tim S. Doherty, Szymon Marian Drobniak, Alexandra Grace Duffy, Alison B. Duncan, Robert P. Dunn, Jamie Dunning, Trishna Dutta, Luke Eberhart-Hertel, Jared Alan Elmore, Mahmoud Medhat Elsherif, Holly M. English, David C. Ensminger, Ulrich Rainer Ernst, Stephen M. Ferguson, Esteban Fernandez-Juricic, Thalita Ferreira-Arruda, John Fieberg, Elizabeth A. Finch, Evan A. Fiorenza, David N. Fisher, Amélie Fontaine, Wolfgang Forstmeier, Yoan Fourcade, Graham S. Frank, Cathryn A. Freund, Eduardo Fuentes-Lillo, Sara L. Gandy, Dustin G. Gannon, Ana I. García-Cervigón, Alexis C. Garretson, Xuezhen Ge, William L. Geary, Charly Géron, Marc Gilles, Antje Girndt, Daniel Gliksman, Harrison B. Goldspiel, Dylan G. E. Gomes, Megan Kate Good, Sarah C. Goslee, J. Stephen Gosnell, Eliza M. Grames, Paolo Gratton, Nicholas M. Grebe, Skye M. Greenler, Maaike Griffioen, Daniel M. Griffith, Frances J. Griffith, Jake J. Grossman, Ali Güncan, Stef Haesen, James G. Hagan, Heather A. Hager, Jonathan Philo Harris, Natasha Dean Harrison, Sarah Syedia Hasnain, Justin Chase Havird, Andrew J. Heaton, María Laura Herrera-Chaustre, Tanner J. Howard, Bin-Yan Hsu, Fabiola Iannarilli, Esperanza C. Iranzo, Erik N. K. Iverson, Saheed Olaide Jimoh, Douglas H. Johnson, Martin Johnsson, Jesse Jorna, Tommaso Jucker, Martin Jung, Ineta Kačergytė, Oliver Kaltz, Alison Ke, Clint D. Kelly, Katharine Keogan, Friedrich Wolfgang Keppeler, Alexander K. Killion, Dongmin Kim, David P. Kochan, Peter Korsten, Shan Kothari, Jonas Kuppler, Jillian M. Kusch, Malgorzata Lagisz, Kristen Marianne Lalla, Daniel J. Larkin, Courtney L. Larson, Katherine S. Lauck, M. Elise Lauterbur, Alan Law, Don-Jean Léandri-Breton, Jonas J. Lembrechts, Kiara L’Herpiniere, Eva J. P. Lievens, Daniela Oliveira de Lima, Shane Lindsay, Martin Luquet, Ross MacLeod, Kirsty H. Macphie, Kit Magellan, Magdalena M. Mair, Lisa E. Malm, Stefano Mammola, Caitlin P. Mandeville, Michael Manhart, Laura Milena Manrique-Garzon, Elina Mäntylä, Philippe Marchand, Benjamin Michael Marshall, Charles A. Martin, Dominic Andreas Martin, Jake Mitchell Martin, April Robin Martinig, Erin S. McCallum, Mark McCauley, Sabrina M. McNew, Scott J. Meiners, Thomas Merkling, Marcus Michelangeli, Maria Moiron, Bruno Moreira, Jennifer Mortensen, Benjamin Mos, Taofeek Olatunbosun Muraina, Penelope Wrenn Murphy, Luca Nelli, Petri Niemelä, Josh Nightingale, Gustav Nilsonne, Sergio Nolazco, Sabine S. Nooten, Jessie Lanterman Novotny, Agnes Birgitta Olin, Chris L. Organ, Kate L. Ostevik, Facundo Xavier Palacio, Matthieu Paquet, Darren James Parker, David J. Pascall, Valerie J. Pasquarella, John Harold Paterson, Ana Payo-Payo, Karen Marie Pedersen, Grégoire Perez, Kayla I. Perry, Patrice Pottier, Michael J. Proulx, Raphaël Proulx, Jessica L Pruett, Veronarindra Ramananjato, Finaritra Tolotra Randimbiarison, Onja H. Razafindratsima, Diana J. Rennison, Federico Riva, Sepand Riyahi, Michael James Roast, Felipe Pereira Rocha, Dominique G. Roche, Cristian Román-Palacios, Michael S. Rosenberg, Jessica Ross, Freya E. Rowland, Deusdedith Rugemalila, Avery L. Russell, Suvi Ruuskanen, Patrick Saccone, Asaf Sadeh, Stephen M. Salazar, Kris Sales, Pablo Salmón, Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar, Leticia Pereira Santos, Francesca Santostefano, Hayden T. Schilling, Marcus Schmidt, Tim Schmoll, Adam C. Schneider, Allie E. Schrock, Julia Schroeder, Nicolas Schtickzelle, Nick L. Schultz, Drew A. Scott, Michael Peter Scroggie, Julie Teresa Shapiro, Nitika Sharma, Caroline L. Shearer, Diego Simón, Michael I. Sitvarin, Fabrício Luiz Skupien, Heather Lea Slinn, Grania Polly Smith, Jeremy A. Smith, Rahel Sollmann, Kaitlin Stack Whitney, Shannon Michael Still, Erica F. Stuber, Guy F. Sutton, Ben Swallow, Conor Claverie Taff, Elina Takola, Andrew J. Tanentzap, Rocío Tarjuelo, Richard J. Telford, Christopher J. Thawley, Hugo Thierry, Jacqueline Thomson, Svenja Tidau, Emily M. Tompkins, Claire Marie Tortorelli, Andrew Trlica, Biz R. Turnell, Lara Urban, Stijn Van de Vondel, Jessica Eva Megan van der Wal, Jens Van Eeckhoven, Francis van Oordt, K. Michelle Vanderwel, Mark C. Vanderwel, Karen J. Vanderwolf, Juliana Vélez, Diana Carolina Vergara-Florez, Brian C. Verrelli, Marcus Vinícius Vieira, Nora Villamil, Valerio Vitali, Julien Vollering, Jeffrey Walker, Xanthe J. Walker, Jonathan A. Walter, Pawel Waryszak, Ryan J. Weaver, Ronja E. M. Wedegärtner, Daniel L. Weller, Shannon Whelan, Rachel Louise White, David William Wolfson, Andrew Wood, Scott W. Yanco, Jian D. L. Yen, Casey Youngflesh, Giacomo Zilio, Cédric Zimmer, Gregory Mark Zimmerman, Rachel A. Zitomer

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Editorial by Bulent Cavas

“…Collectively, these studies offer insights for educators, policymakers, and researchers working toward the advancement of science teaching and learning in varied educational contexts. …”
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Establishing the best step-up treatments for children with uncontrolled asthma despite inhaled corticosteroids: the EINSTEIN systematic review, network meta-analysis and cost-effec... by Sofia Cividini, Ian Sinha, Giovanna Culeddu, Sarah Donegan, Michelle Maden, Katie Rose, Olivia Fulton, Dyfrig Hughes, Stephen Turner, Catrin Tudur Smith

“…We could not find evidence to show whether a medicine might work better for particular groups of patients, and more research would be needed. …”
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