A Neuropsychological Intervention Study of Intellectual Activity in an Adolescent with Autism Spectrum Disorder by Lenia E. Meza-Salcido, Omar E. Torrado-Duarte, Yulia Solovieva

“…ASD represents a spectrum of functional manifestations, involving varying levels of severity in intellectual activity and social interaction. …”
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Feasibility and Preliminary Effects of Acupuncture for Cognitive Dysfunction in Diverse Cancer Survivors: A Pilot, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial by Xiaotong Li, Kaitlin Lampson, Tim A. Ahles, James C. Root, Q. Susan Li, Yuelin Li, Anam Ahsan, Jun J. Mao, Kevin T. Liou

“…Subjective CRCD was assessed by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Cognitive Function—Perceived Cognitive Impairment subscale (FACT-Cog PCI) and objective CRCD was assessed by the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test—Revised (HVLT-R). (3) Results: 32 participants (57.1% of eligible patients) were enrolled. …”
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Event-related desynchronization in motor imagery with EEG neurofeedback in the context of declarative interference and sleep by Mareike Daeglau, Catharina Zich, Julius Welzel, Samira Kristina Saak, Jannik Florian Scheffels, Cornelia Kranczioch

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Quantifying brain development in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study: The magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy protocol by Douglas C. Dean, III, M Dylan Tisdall, Jessica L. Wisnowski, Eric Feczko, Borjan Gagoski, Andrew L. Alexander, Richard A.E. Edden, Wei Gao, Timothy J. Hendrickson, Brittany R. Howell, Hao Huang, Kathryn L. Humphreys, Tracy Riggins, Chad M. Sylvester, Kimberly B. Weldon, Essa Yacoub, Banu Ahtam, Natacha Beck, Suchandrima Banerjee, Sergiy Boroday, Arvind Caprihan, Bryan Caron, Samuel Carpenter, Yulin Chang, Ai Wern Chung, Matthew Cieslak, William T. Clarke, Anders Dale, Samir Das, Christopher W. Davies-Jenkins, Alexander J. Dufford, Alan C. Evans, Laetitia Fesselier, Sandeep K. Ganji, Guillaume Gilbert, Alice M. Graham, Aaron T. Gudmundson, Maren Macgregor-Hannah, Michael P. Harms, Tom Hilbert, Steve C.N. Hui, M. Okan Irfanoglu, Steven Kecskemeti, Tobias Kober, Joshua M. Kuperman, Bidhan Lamichhane, Bennett A. Landman, Xavier Lecour-Bourcher, Erik G. Lee, Xu Li, Leigh MacIntyre, Cecile Madjar, Mary Kate Manhard, Andrew R. Mayer, Kahini Mehta, Lucille A. Moore, Saipavitra Murali-Manohar, Cristian Navarro, Mary Beth Nebel, Sharlene D. Newman, Allen T. Newton, Ralph Noeske, Elizabeth S. Norton, Georg Oeltzschner, Regis Ongaro-Carcy, Xiawei Ou, Minhui Ouyang, Todd B. Parrish, James J. Pekar, Thomas Pengo, Carlo Pierpaoli, Russell A. Poldrack, Vidya Rajagopalan, Dan W. Rettmann, Pierre Rioux, Jens T. Rosenberg, Taylor Salo, Theodore D. Satterthwaite, Lisa S. Scott, Eunkyung Shin, Gizeaddis Simegn, W. Kyle Simmons, Yulu Song, Barry J. Tikalsky, Jean Tkach, Peter C.M. van Zijl, Jennifer Vannest, Maarten Versluis, Yansong Zhao, Helge J. Zöllner, Damien A. Fair, Christopher D. Smyser, Jed T. Elison

“…The HBCD MRI Working Group aimed to establish a core acquisition protocol for all 27 HBCD Study recruitment sites to measure brain structure, function, microstructure, and metabolites. Acquisition parameters of individual modalities have been matched across MRI scanner platforms for harmonized acquisitions and state-of-the-art technologies are employed to enable faster and motion-robust imaging. …”
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Obesity and spinal surgery: a systematic review by A.V. Evsyukov, O.G. Prudnikova, E.A. Matveev, M.S. Strebkova

“…Minimally invasive surgical interventions in obese patients showed advantages in terms of lower blood loss and shorter length of hospital stay without significant differences in functional outcomes. Technical difficulties in surgical interventions in obese patients are associated with surgical access, requiring additional traction of soft tissues and special instruments, which affects the duration of surgery, the volume of blood loss and, possibly, infectious complications. …”
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Exploring Quality of Life in Adults Living With Late-onset Pompe Disease: A Combined Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Patient Perceptions from Australia, France, Italy, and... by Holly Lumgair, Lisa Bashorum, Alasdair MacCulloch, Elizabeth Minas, George Timmins, Drago Bratkovic, Richard Perry, Medi Stone, Vasileios Blazos, Elisabetta Conti, Raymond Saich

“…Requiring ventilation and mobility aids had additive negative impacts on physical functioning. Difficulty swallowing, speaking, and scoliosis were the most burdensome symptoms reported by those on ERT for >15–25 years…”
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Living electronics in cellulose zoogleal mats by Panagiotis Mougkogiannis, Anna Nikolaidou, Andrew Adamatzky

“…Proteinoids, a synthetic class of polypeptides, have attracted researchers’ interest because of their structural and functional analogies to natural proteins. This similarity offers numerous opportunities for their usage in diverse fields, such as the development of cutting-edge living electronic systems. …”
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An Analysis of the Role of Middle Leaders in Parental Involvement and Learner Discipline in Gauteng Province Middle Schools by Mpipo Zipporah Sedio, Vimbi Petrus Mahlangu

“…Objective: This study examines the function of middle leaders in fostering parental engagement and overseeing student discipline in middle schools located in Gauteng Province. …”
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A road lane detection approach based on reformer model by Dan Li, Zan Yang, Wei Nai, Yidan Xing, Ziyu Chen

“…By utilizing local sensitive hashing (LSH) attention mechanism, reversible Transformer structure and partitioning mechanism introduced in Reformer model, the high complexity of Transformer model can be overcome; and by configuring the Mish activation function and Huber loss function, the difficulties in network training and parameter optimization in Transformer model can also be solved. …”
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Statistical analysis of disability: Utilizing the modified kies power unit inverse Lindley model by Mohamed A. Abd Elgawad, Safar M. Alghamdi, Rana H. Khashab, Etaf Alshawarbeh, Ehab M. Almetwally, Mohammed Elgarhy

“…The MKPUILD is very flexible model because it’s probability density function and hazard rate function have different shapes as unimodal, right-skewed, left-skewed, bathtub, increasing, N-shaped. …”
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Localised Therapies Using 3D‐Printed Collagen‐Based Micro‐Implant for Ocular Indications by Hamid Heidari Kashkooli, Arian Farokh, Sajad Mohammadi, Martina Marcotulli, Silvia Franco, Roberta Angelini, Giancarlo Ruocco, Hanieh Khalili, Gianluca Cidonio

“…The implant offers dual functionalities: i) sustained and localized drug delivery using in situ polymerization collagen (IPC) to act as reservoirs for prolonged release of biologics to the target tissue and ii) scaffold stability through the incorporation of methacrylated hyaluronic acid (HAMA) to enhance the mechanical properties of the IPC implant, making it suitable for 3D printing of targeted drug delivery systems. …”
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The Australian Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative: Review and Recommendations for Outcome Measures for Use With Adults and Children After Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury by Jennie L. Ponsford, Amelia J. Hicks, Matthew K. Bagg, Ruby Phyland, Sarah Carrier, Amelia C. James, Natasha A. Lannin, Nick Rushworth, Terence J. O'Brien, Peter A. Cameron, D. Jamie Cooper, Regina Hill, Belinda J Gabbe, Melinda Fitzgerald

“…Consensus meetings among the AUS-TBI Steering Committee, an expert panel of clinicians and researchers and a group of individuals with lived experience of TBI resulted in the production of a final list of 11 core outcome measures: the Functional Independence Measure (FIM); Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended (GOS-E); Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) (adult); mortality; EuroQol-5 Dimensions (EQ5D); Mayo-Portland Adaptability Inventory (MPAI); Return to Work /Study (adult and pediatric); Functional Independence Measure for Children (WEEFIM); Glasgow Outcome Scale Modified for Children (GOS-E PEDS); Paediatric Quality of Life Scale (PEDS-QL); and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (pediatric). …”
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Rheocarna Effectively Treats Oral Medicinal Therapy‐Resistant Cutaneous Symptoms and Renal Failure Induced by Cholesterol Crystal Embolism by Akinori Satake, Takahiro Tokuda, Hirofumi Ohashi, Yusuke Nakano, Akio Kodama, Tetsuya Amano

“…ABSTRACT An 80‐year‐old man presented to our hospital with worsening renal function and ambulation difficulties due to lower extremity symptoms that included livedo reticularis, gangrene, cyanosis, and ulcers in his legs. …”
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Antibacterial MXenes: An emerging non-antibiotic paradigm for surface engineering of orthopedic and dental implants by Sathishkumar Gnanasekar, Xiaodong He, Bruna E. Nagay, Kun Xu, Xi Rao, Shun Duan, Selvakumar Murugesan, Valentim A.R. Barão, En-Tang Kang, Liqun Xu

“…A thorough understanding of antibacterial MXenes synthesis, surface modification strategies, and biocompatible functional properties was deliberated to facilitate the construction of innovative coatings. …”
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Sensitivity Analysis of Numerical Coherency Model for Rock Sites by Dongyeon Lee, Yonghee Lee, Hak-Sung Kim, Jeong-Seon Park, Duhee Park

“…Characterization of ground motion incoherency can significantly reduce the seismic load imposed on large scale infrastructures. Because of difficulties in developing an empirical coherency function from a site-specific dense array, it is seldom used in practice. …”
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Suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adults with hoarding disorder by Dariana Gil-Hernández, Elizabeth McCarthy, Tatevik Avanesyan, Pavithra Mukunda, Marcos Ortiz, Randy O. Frost, Peter J. van Roessel, Michele S. Berk, Carolyn I. Rodriguez

“…Background: Hoarding disorder (HD) is characterized by difficulty discarding possessions and clutter that impairs daily functioning. …”
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Experiences and outcomes of older adults with obesity transitioning from gym- to home-based resistance training due to COVID-19 lockdowns: a mixed-methods analysis of a RCT by Costas Glavas, Jakub Mesinovic, Anoohya Gandham, Mavil May Cervo, Carrie-Anne Ng, Peter R. Ebeling, Elena S. George, Robin M. Daly, Belinda R. Beck, Paul Jansons, David Scott

“…Abstract Background Supervised gym-based high-intensity resistance and impact training (HiRIT) can enhance physical function and muscle strength, but older adults may face challenges affecting adherence to HiRIT, such limited access to facilities and lack of transportation, necessitating a shift towards unsupervised home-based exercise. …”
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LI-YOLOv8: Lightweight small target detection algorithm for remote sensing images that combines GSConv and PConv. by Pingping Yan, Xiangming Qi, Liang Jiang

“…Integrating Inner-IoU and Wise-IoU v3 to design the Inner-Wise IoU loss function, replacing the original CIoU loss function. …”
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Complex oteneurological evaluation of vestibular disoders in mild blast traumatic brain injury by O. Ye. Skobska, O. M. Kvasha, Yu. Ye. Pedachenko, O. S. Hotin, O. Yu. Malysheva

“…Violation of the vestibular function in combat TBI caused by explosions is an important military-civilian problem…”
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A Review on the Stability Challenges of Advanced Biologic Therapeutics by Sruthi Sarvepalli, Shashank Reddy Pasika, Vartika Verma, Anusha Thumma, Sandeep Bolla, Pavan Kumar Nukala, Arun Butreddy, Pradeep Kumar Bolla

“…Preserving the intrinsic stability of these advanced therapeutics is essential to maintain their innate structure, functionality, and shelf life. Nevertheless, various challenges and obstacles arise during formulation development and throughout the storage period due to their complex nature and sensitivity to various stress factors. …”
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