Abnormal insulin metabolism and decreased levels of mindfulness in type 2 diabetes mellitus by Xue Zhang, Rui Huang, Jiaxin Li, Mingyue Yang, Daowen Zhang, Cancan Liu, Kuanlu Fan

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the differences in mindfulness levels among type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients categorized based on their insulin resistance and β-cell function. Methods A total of 157 T2DM patients were included in this study and divided into four groups according to their levels of insulin resistance and β-cell function. …”
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The development prospects of morel polysaccharides as potential food functional factors: From acquisition routes to structural characteristics, derivatives, biological activity and... by Weihong Guo, Yajie Zhang, Xueqi Zhao, Liang Yao, Jianmin Yun

“…There is a need for new functional food sources to meet people's pursuit of high-quality life and maintain a healthier physique. …”
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The effects of nicotine withdrawal on exercise-related physical ability and sports performance in nicotine addicts: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Kangzhe Bao, Kai Zheng, Xianxian Zhou, Baichao Chen, Zerui He, Danyang Zhu

“…Background Previous research has established that nicotine withdrawal can ameliorate cardiovascular and pulmonary function in smokers. Nevertheless, the impact on physical fitness and athletic performance remains under-investigated.Objective To evaluating the impacts of nicotine withdrawal on both exercise performance and exercise-associated physical capabilities in nicotine-dependent individuals.Study design A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources The data was compiled from databases such as PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane Central, and EBSCO.Study selection The selection criteria required studies to elucidate the effects of nicotine withdrawal on exercise performance or exercise-related physical abilities. …”
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Effect of Alkaline Extraction–Isoelectric Precipitation and Salt-Assisted Extraction on Physicochemical and Techno-Functional Properties of Black Soldier Fly Larvae Proteins by Bongisiwe Zozo, Merrill Wicht, Jessy van Wyk

“…However, to fully utilize the potential of insect protein as food, it is important to improve their functional characteristics. …”
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Effect of different bulking agents on the quality, microbial community structure and metabolic functions during human feces composting in foam composting device by Tianyang Ning, Tianyang Ning, Xiangqun Zheng, Xiangqun Zheng, Jiayin Liang, Jiayin Liang, Weihan Wang, Weihan Wang, Guowei Zhang, Xiaocheng Wei, Xiaocheng Wei, Lu Tan, Lu Tan

“…The metagenomic data analysis reveals significant differences in the abundance of “carbon metabolism” and “microbial metabolism” among different groups, further indicating that the addition of different bulking agents affects the utilization of metabolic products, amino acids, and carbohydrates as carbon sources by microbes in human feces compost. …”
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The leptomeninges as a critical organ for normal CNS development and function: First patient and public involved systematic review of arachnoiditis (chronic meningitis). by Carol S Palackdkharry, Stephanie Wottrich, Erin Dienes, Mohamad Bydon, Michael P Steinmetz, Vincent C Traynelis

“…All human sources to 12/6/2020 were eligible for qualitative synthesis utilizing R. …”
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Fine-grained building function recognition with street-view images and GIS map data via geometry-aware semi-supervised learning by Weijia Li, Jinhua Yu, Dairong Chen, Yi Lin, Runmin Dong, Xiang Zhang, Conghui He, Haohuan Fu

“…In this work, we propose a geometry-aware semi-supervised method for fine-grained building function recognition, which effectively uses multi-source geoinformation data to achieve accurate function recognition in both single-city and cross-city scenarios. …”
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Stem cell-derived exosomes: a potential therapeutic strategy for enhancing tendon stem/progenitor cells function in tendon-bone healing by Junjie Tang, Peng Shen, Xinyuan Wu, Minhao Chen, Hua Xu

“…Recent studies indicate that exosomes from various cell sources, including mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs), can effectively modulating the activity of TSPCs and enhance their therapeutic potential. …”
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Mid-Water Ocean Current Field Estimation Using Radial Basis Functions Based on Multibeam Bathymetric Survey Data for AUV Navigation by Jiawen Liu, Kaixuan Wang, Shuai Chang, Lin Pan

“…This makes unknown ocean currents a significant error source that leads to substantial cumulative positioning errors. …”
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Engineering 3D Scaffold‐Free Nanoparticle‐Laden Stem Cell Constructs for Piezoelectric Enhancement of Human Neural Tissue Formation and Function by Emma Claire James, Eva Tomaskovic‐Crook, Jeremy Micah Crook

“…Application of ES via conventional electrodes requires external connectors and power sources, hindering scientific and therapeutic applications. …”
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Loss Function Optimization Method and Unsupervised Extraction Approach D-DBSCAN for Improving the Moving Target Perception of 3D Imaging Sonar by Jingfeng Yu, Aigen Huang, Zhongju Sun, Rui Huang, Gao Huang, Qianchuan Zhao

“…Compared to 2D sonar images, 3D sonar images offer superior spatial positioning capabilities, although the data acquisition cost is higher and lacks open source references for data annotation, target detection, and semantic segmentation. …”
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Ecological wisdom: functional plant Cosmos bipinnata enhances fitness traits of predator Harmonia axyridis strengthening biological control in greenhouse production by Jie Wang, Shu Li, Wenyi Yuan, Séverin Hatt, Yan Fang, Zhenyu Jin, Su Wang

“…Functional plants play a pivotal role in plant protection by bolstering the populations of pests’ natural enemies. …”
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Eco-Friendly Dyeing and Functional Finishing of Organic Cotton Using Optimized Oolong Tea Stems (Agricultural Waste) Through Response Surface Methodology by Huiya Xu, Chen Yang, Ha-young Song

“…The objectives of this research are to investigate the potential utilization of oolong tea waste, specifically tea stems, as a natural dye source for the development of organic cotton fabrics with added health benefits. …”
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Sugar transporters: mediators of carbon flow between plants and microbes by Mengyu Lei, Mengyu Lei, Xiaodi Wang, Kuan Chen, Qianqian Wei, Miaomiao Zhou, Gong Chen, Shuai Su, Yuying Tai, Kexin Zhuang, Dexiao Li, Mengjuan Liu, Senlei Zhang, Youning Wang

“…Notably, pathogenic and symbiotic microorganisms predominantly utilize photosynthetic sugars as their primary carbon source during host colonization. …”
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Clinical and Preclinical Cognitive Function Improvement after Oral Treatment of a Botanical Composition Composed of Extracts from Scutellaria baicalensis and Acacia catechu by Mesfin Yimam, Bruce P. Burnett, Lidia Brownell, Qi Jia

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Genome-Driven Functional Validation of <i>Bacillus amyloliquefaciens</i> Strain MEPW12: A Multifunctional Endophyte for Sustainable Sweet Potato Cultivation by Yiming Wang, Jingwen Hao, Jingsheng Gu, Jiaying Wu, Yongjing Zhang, Ting Liang, Haimeng Bai, Qinghe Cao, Jihong Jiang, Ludan Li, Xiaoying Cao

“…Among them, MEPW12 had the most plant growth-promoting functions. In addition, MEPW12 promoted host chlorophyll accumulation and inhibited pathogen growth and colonization in sweet potato roots and can utilize various carbon sources and salts for growth. …”
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Health inequalities for China’s low-income population: trends, subgroup differences, and influencing factors, 2010–2022 by Qiwei Feng, Ying Wang, Xinbin Xia

“…Recentered Influence Function (RIF) regression and RIF-Oaxaca decomposition were employed to examine influencing factors of health inequalities and sources of disparities across urban–rural, gender, and age dimensions.ResultsFrom 2010 to 2022, the degree of health inequality was significantly higher for the low-income group compared to the middle and high-income groups in China. …”
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Analysis of Factors of High-tech Industries Growth: A Case Study of the Late USSR by D. V. Didenko, N. V. Grineva

“…The key hypothesis is that in the high-tech industries in the 1960s and 1980s, the institutional environment appeared to be a more significant factor than the technological level. The variety of the sources utilized includes calculations and estimates from the research literature and selected indicators from the official statistics. …”
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An Enhanced Precise Carrier Phase Positioning Method for Vehicle Navigation by Qiangqiang Shuai, Qiyi Pang, Fangzhou Tang, Zun Niu, Bocheng Zhu

“…For highly accurate vehicle positioning requirements, propagation errors of measurements need to be considered, especially the ionospheric delay, which is the most significant error source. In EKF, a priori information of different error characteristics can be fully utilized as constraints to obtain more precise state estimation results, even when no corrections are available. …”
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Paraxial Propagation of Scattered Light Based on the Chirp Z-Transform by Lujia Zhao, Yu-Ang Liu, Huiru Ji, Haibo Wang, Hao Tan, Yan Mo, Donglin Ma

“…In the simulation of partially coherent light propagation within optical systems utilizing the Wigner function, the constraints imposed by the Fourier transform necessitate that the dimensions of the input and output matrices remain congruent. …”
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