Predicting Parkinson's disease trajectory using clinical and functional MRI features: A reproduction and replication study. by Elodie Germani, Nikhil Bhagwat, Mathieu Dugré, Rémi Gau, Albert A Montillo, Kevin P Nguyen, Andrzej Sokolowski, Madeleine Sharp, Jean-Baptiste Poline, Tristan Glatard

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Edge enhancement of potential field data using the enhanced gradient (EG) filter by Ahmad Alvandi, Korimilli N Durga Prasad, Hazel Deniz Toktay

“…Potential field data play a critical role in interpreting various geologic structural features through edge detection filters that aid in mapping subsurface structural features. …”
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Patient-derived esophageal adenocarcinoma organ chip: a physiologically relevant platform for functional precision oncology by Sanjima Pal, Elee Shimshoni, Salvador Flores Torres, Mingyang Kong, Kulsum Tai, Veena Sangwan, Nicholas Bertos, Swneke Donovan Bailey, Julie Bérubé, Donald E. Ingber, Lorenzo Ferri

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Deep Defense Against Mal-Doc: Utilizing Transformer and SeqGAN for Detecting and Classifying Document Type Malware by Gati Lother Martin, Sang-Min Lee, Jong-Hyun Kim, Young-Seob Jeong, Ah Reum Kang, Jiyoung Woo

“…The proposed model will solve this gap by detecting and classifying document-type malware families using script codes, including tags, to write documents and script languages to execute malicious functions. …”
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Lower extremity functional performance tests and their measurement properties in athletes: a systematic review and narrative synthesis by Alison Rushton, Nicola R Heneghan, Lee Herrington, James Martin, Rosalyn Cooke, Andy Soundy

“…Objective To identify functional performance tests (FPTs) with potential to identify athletes at risk of lower extremity injury (LEI) and assess their measurement properties.Design Systematic review conducted in line with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses and PRISMA in Exercise, Rehabilitation, Sports Medicine and Sports Science guidance.Data sources Two-stage systematic search of Medline, Embase, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and SPORTDiscus databases from inception to 24 November 2023, supplemented by hand searching of reference lists, key journals and grey literature.Eligibility criteria Search 1 identified FPT predicting LEI in athletes aged >16 years competing at elite, pre-elite or collegiate levels and feasible in the field. …”
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Structural and functional properties of bacterial communities associated with rootless duckweed (Wolffia globosa) and their effect on the Wolffia growth by Yuparat Saimee, Kousuke Kuwai, Hidehiro Ishizawa, Daisuke Inoue, Arinthip Thamchaipenet, Michihiko Ike

“…However, the microbiomes and functional properties associated with Wolffia across a wide range of microbial sources remain largely unexamined. …”
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Optimal band selection and transfer in drone-based hyperspectral images for plant-level vegetable crops identification using statistical-swarm intelligence (SSI) hybrid algorithms by Anagha S. Sarma, Rama Rao Nidamanuri

“…The specific wavelengths corresponding to optimal bands are capable of detecting crops in images captured at different heights and taken at a different time period, showing the space-time transfer potential of the selected bands for crop detection. …”
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The Functional State of the Myocardium in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease, Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 and Cardiac Insufficiency by Horb Yu., Strona V., Komir I.

“…The sources, which highlight the clinical and pathogenetic features of the functional status of the myocardium in patients with type 2 diabetes, were selected. …”
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New groups of highly divergent proteins in families as old as cellular life with important biological functions in the ocean by Duncan Sussfeld, Romain Lannes, Eduardo Corel, Guillaume Bernard, Pierre Martin, Eric Bapteste, Eric Pelletier, Philippe Lopez

“…However, despite significant progresses, a large portion of proteins predicted from metagenomes remain today unannotated, both taxonomically and functionally, across many biomes and in particular in oceanic waters. …”
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BASSET: Bandpass-adaptive Single-pulse Search Toolkit—Optimized Subband Pulse Search Strategies for Faint Narrowband Fast Radio Bursts by J. H Cao, P. Wang, D. Li, Q. H. Pan, K. Mao, C. H. Niu, Y. K. Zhang, Q. Y. Qu, W. J. Lu, J. S. Zhang, Y. H. Zhu, Y. D. Wang, H. X. Chen, X. L. Chen, J. H. Fang, Y. Feng, H. Gao, Y. F. Huang, J. Li, C. C. Miao, C. W. Tsai, J. M. Yao, S. P. You, R. S. Zhao, Q. Z. Liu, S. M. Weng, S. H. Yew, J. Zhang, L. Zhang, E. Gügercinoğlu, D. K. Zhou, W. W. Zhu

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The somonym component baş ‘head’ in the phraseology and proverbs of the Dobrujan Tatars and the Volga Tatars (functional-semantic analysis) by Fyaridya I. Tagirova, Ilgamiya I. Sabitova

“…The article analyzes the functional and semantic features of the existence of the component-somonym "baş" (head) in the phraseology and proverbs of the Dobrudzha Tatars and the Volga Tatars in a comparative aspect. …”
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Structure and Functional Properties of Proteins from Different Soybean Varieties as Affected by the 11S/7S Globulin Ratio by Yichen Hou, Lu Huang, Guangliang Xing, Xiaotian Yuan, Xiaoyan Zhang, Dongqing Dai, Xingxing Yuan, Xin Chen, Chenchen Xue

“…This study investigated the protein content, protein composition, and 11S/7S globulin ratios of 411 soybean samples, and then selected six varieties (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, and S6) for the analysis of the protein structures and functional properties. …”
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Loss of OprD function is sufficient for carbapenem-resistance-only but insufficient for multidrug resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Maofeng Wang, Yuxiao Zhang, Fengyan Pei, Ying Liu, Yan Zheng

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Cardiosphere-derived cells improve function in the infarcted rat heart for at least 16 weeks--an MRI study. by Carolyn A Carr, Daniel J Stuckey, Jun Jie Tan, Suat Cheng Tan, Renata S M Gomes, Patrizia Camelliti, Elisa Messina, Alessandro Giacomello, Georgina M Ellison, Kieran Clarke

“…<h4>Aims</h4>Endogenous cardiac progenitor cells, expanded from explants via cardiosphere formation, present a promising cell source to prevent heart failure following myocardial infarction. …”
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Digitoflavone Ameliorates Acute Lung Injury via Disturbing the Formation of Functional Stimulator of Interferon Genes Signalosome by Jun-Jie Li, Qing Yao, Ming Dong, Yan Wang, Ye Xiu, Zhi-Xin Wu, Xiao-Mei Zhao, Yin-Kang Wang, Xian-Ling Wang, Yu-Xuan Tian, Xiao-He Xiao, Zhao-Fang Bai

“…Materials and Methods: The activation of the cGAS-STING pathway was modeled in bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) and human leukemia monocytic cell line (THP-1) cells in vivo, and the expression of type I IFN-related genes and pro-inflammatory cytokines was detected after DG pretreatment. Next, we examined the effect of DG on STING downstream signaling events, such as STING oligomerization and functional STING signalosome formation. …”
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Correlation between D-dimer and size of middle cerebral artery infarction and its relation to functional outcome by Ramy Taha Alloush, Mohamed Hamdy Ibrahim, Shahinaz Mohamed Helmy, Aya Ebrahim Marwan, Mona Ali Eissa, Adel T. Alloush, Mohamed Khaled Elewa

“…Furthermore, data from neuroimaging, clinical, laboratory, and demographic sources were examined. Additionally, the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score was used to evaluate the predictive usefulness of plasma D-dimer on a patient's functional outcome after three months. …”
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Fracture maturity controls the complexity of earthquake rupture: evidence from source processes of six moderate earthquakes during swarm activities off the east coast of Izu Penins... by Yukako Tanaka, Takuji Yamada

“…We first selected waveforms of smaller earthquakes (Mw3.4–3.9) as empirical Green’s functions and carried out the waveform inversion with 200 time windows for two horizontal components of 10-s-long K-net waveforms. …”
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Pollination-driven modulation of amino acid biosynthesis in plum: A multi-omics approach by Lijun Deng, Binshu Yuan, Xiaojun Jin, Yingying Xu, Yuhuan Feng, Xuan Zhang, Hui Zhang, Bo Xiong, Xun Wang, Guochao Sun, Mingfei Zhang, Siya He, Ling Liao, Zhihui Wang

“…The findings underscore the potential to improve the nutritional value of plums through the strategic selection of pollination cultivars. In addition, this research provides a foundation for a deeper understanding of the regulatory mechanisms underlying amino acid biosynthesis in plum and supports the development of relevant functional foods.…”
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The ANFIS-RSM based multi-objective optimization and modelling of ultrasound-assisted extraction of polyphenols from jamun fruit (Syzygium cumini) by Mohammad Ganje, Somayyeh Gharibi, Fatemeh Nejatpour, Maryam Deilamipour, Kimia Goshadehrou, Sahra Saberyan, Gholamreza Abdi

“…For each of the six process-solver conditions, optimal ANFIS models were determined by analyzing the number and type of input membership functions, the output membership function, and the selected optimization and defuzzification methods, based on the highest correlation between actual and predicted data, along with the lowest error rates. …”
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Multiepoch Observations of the Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 3938 with the Chandra X-Ray Observatory by Siddhi Raut, Eric M. Schlegel, Thomas G. Pannuti, Brannon W. Jones, Jacobo Matallana

“…A total of 47 discrete merged sources from both epochs were detected at the ≈3 σ level or greater with the D25 radius. …”
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