Utilization of second medical opinions as a function of the payment method by Liora Shmueli, Tuvia Horev

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Mutant Parkin impairs mitochondrial function and morphology in human fibroblasts. by Anne Grünewald, Lisa Voges, Aleksandar Rakovic, Meike Kasten, Himesha Vandebona, Claudia Hemmelmann, Katja Lohmann, Slobodanka Orolicki, Alfredo Ramirez, Anthony H V Schapira, Peter P Pramstaller, Carolyn M Sue, Christine Klein

“…The mitochondrially localized E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase Parkin has been reported to be involved in respiratory chain function and mitochondrial dynamics. More recent publications also described a link between Parkin and mitophagy.…”
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Functionally significant, rare transcription factor variants in tetralogy of Fallot. by Ana Töpf, Helen R Griffin, Elise Glen, Rachel Soemedi, Danielle L Brown, Darroch Hall, Thahira J Rahman, Jyrki J Eloranta, Christoph Jüngst, A Graham Stuart, John O'Sullivan, Bernard D Keavney, Judith A Goodship

“…Thus in the 93 TOF cases we identified six functionally significant mutations in the secondary heart field transcriptional network.…”
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A novel MPDENet model and efficient combined loss function for real-time pixel-level segmentation detection of tunnel lining cracks by Ningyu Zhao, Yi Song, Hao Liu, Ailin Yang, Haifei Jiang, Haihong Tan

“…Experimental results on a homemade dataset show that the combined loss function significantly improves the recall of crack detection and superior detection accuracy than other loss functions. …”
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Colony-YOLO: A Lightweight Micro-Colony Detection Network Based on Improved YOLOv8n by Meihua Wang, Junhui Luo, Kai Lin, Yuankai Chen, Xinpeng Huang, Jiping Liu, Anbang Wang, Deqin Xiao

“…Furthermore, the Shape-IoU loss function is implemented to prioritize geometric consistency between predicted and ground truth bounding boxes. …”
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Modelling the effect of cardiac and respiratory fluctuations on the central autonomic network in a novel test-retest dataset by Mary Miedema, Rémi Dagenais, Mohammad Torabi, S. Emad Askarinejad, Siyu Long, Georgios D. Mitsis

Subjects: “…Central autonomic network…”
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Impaired Brain Information Transmission Efficiency and Flexibility in Parkinson’s Disease and Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder: Evidence from Functional Connectivity and... by Jing Wei, Jiaqi Lyu, Jie Xiang, Yan Niu, Lan Yang, Chanjuan Fan, Dandan Li, Yanli Yang

“…To prove our hypothesis, we performed functional connectivity (FC) and functional dynamics analysis of three aspects—based on the whole brain, within the resting-state network (RSN), and the interaction between RSNs—using normal control (NC) (n = 21), RBD (n = 24), and PD (n = 45) resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) data sets. …”
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F-actin coordinates spindle morphology and function in Drosophila meiosis. by Benjamin W Wood, Xingzhu Shi, Timothy T Weil

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Chinese herbs and acupuncture to improve cognitive function in Alzheimer's disease by Wei WuLi, Horng-Jyh Harn, Tzyy-Wen Chiou, Shinn-Zong Lin

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Construction of Meyer Wavelet Using Fully Smooth Sigmiod Function by SHAO Yun-hong, DENG Cai-xia, HE Peng

“…Firstly, a method of constructing fully smooth sigmoid function is given, and a sufficiently smooth non-polynomial sigmoid function is taken as an example, which is used as the excitation function in BP neural network for function approximation to obtain good approximation results. …”
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Connectome-based prediction of functional impairment in experimental stroke models. by Oliver Schmitt, Peter Eipert, Yonggang Wang, Atsushi Kanoke, Gratianne Rabiller, Jialing Liu

“…Contribution of connectivity change to functional impairment was analyzed for connection similarities, graph distances and spatial distances as well as the importance of regions in terms of network architecture based on the neuroVIISAS rat connectome. …”
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Mitochondrial function maintenance and mitochondrial training in ageing and related diseases by Gan Gao, Zhihui Xie, Hongliang Huang

“…Mitochondrial quality control (MQC) is a cellular self-repair mechanism that protects mitochondrial function and maintains a healthy mitochondrial network. …”
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Beyond vessels: unraveling the impact of VEGFs on neuronal functions and structure by Bahar Aksan, Daniela Mauceri

“…Understanding the roles of VEGFs in neuronal development is of high scientific and clinical interest because of the significance of precise neuronal morphology for neural connectivity and network function, as well as the association of morphological abnormalities with neurological and neurodegenerative disorders. …”
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A response prediction method based on direct transfer function by DING Junliang

“…To meet this requirement, a response prediction method based on the direct transfer function is proposed, using the direct transfer relationship between multiple structural vibration responses. …”
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Modafinil alters the functional connectivity of distinct thalamic nuclei with the neocortex by Stefano Delli Pizzi, Federica Tomaiuolo, Carlo Sestieri, Antonio Maria Chiarelli, Francesco Gambi, Antonio Ferretti, Stefano L Sensi

“…Specifically, the medial pulvinar nuclei showed increased connectivity with cortical regions of the Sensorimotor and Salience/Ventral Attention (SVAN) Networks. These functional changes spatially overlapped with the distribution of the norepinephrine transporter (NET). …”
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Nonlinear Control Strategy of MMC-RPC Based on Lyapunov Function by Pinggang SONG, Zhiqiang JIANG, Shengdi YANG, Penghui ZHOU, Zhenbang ZHOU

“…In order to improve the robustness of the internal and external disturbances during normal operation of the system, the MMC-RPC was controlled by the nonlinear control method of the Lyapunov function, and the basis of constant power and constant voltage was used in the outer loop. …”
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Surgery impairs glymphatic activity and cognitive function in aged mice by Kai Chen, Xingyu Du, Melissa A. Chao, Zhongcong Xie, Guang Yang

“…Impairments in glymphatic function have been observed in aging brains and various neurodegenerative conditions. …”
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Functions of Circular RNAs in Regulating Adipogenesis of Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Fanglin Wang, Xiang Li, Zhiyuan Li, Shoushuai Wang, Jun Fan

“…In the current review, characteristics and functions of circRNAs in stem cell differentiation will be discussed. …”
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Enhancing children’s numeracy and executive functions via their explicit integration by Gaia Scerif, Jelena Sučević, Hannah Andrews, Emma Blakey, Sylvia U. Gattas, Amy Godfrey, Zachary Hawes, Steven J. Howard, Liberty Kent, Rebecca Merkley, Rosemary O’Connor, Fionnuala O’Reilly, Victoria Simms

“…Abstract Executive functions (EF) are crucial to regulating learning and are predictors of emerging mathematics. …”
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Functional and structural organization of medial entorhinal cortex layer VI by Märt Rannap, Shinya Ohara, Janis Winterstein, Fabian C. Roth, Andreas Draguhn, Alexei V. Egorov

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