Combining Hyperspectral Imaging and a Transparent Hydroponics Bed to Analyze Growth and Age Distribution Dynamics of Entire Root Systems in Leafy Vegetables under In Situ Productio... by Ziyi Jin, Daisuke Yasutake, Yuki Sago, Tadashige Iwao, Gaku Yokoyama, Tomoyoshi Hirota

“…This deepens our understanding of root development in soilless farming environments and provides an efficient, nondestructive technique for evaluating root vitality and developmental patterns.…”
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Study protocol for using a smartphone application to investigate speech biomarkers of Parkinson’s disease and other synucleinopathies: SMARTSPEECH by Jan Rusz, Tomáš Kouba, Vojtěch Illner

“…The vocal assessment of patients with isolated rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder (iRBD) and PD appears to have intriguing potential as a diagnostic and progressive biomarker of PD and related synucleinopathies.Methods and analysis Speech patterns in the spontaneous speech of iRBD, early PD and control participants’ voice calls will be collected from data acquired via a developed smartphone application over a period of 2 years. …”
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Direct Reprogramming of Mouse Fibroblasts to Neural Stem Cells by Small Molecules by Yan-Chuang Han, Yoon Lim, Michael D. Duffieldl, Hua Li, Jia Liu, Nimshitha Pavathuparambil Abdul Manaph, Miao Yang, Damien J. Keating, Xin-Fu Zhou

“…The small molecule-induced neural stem (SMINS) cells closely resemble NSC in morphology, gene expression patterns, self-renewal, excitability, and multipotency. …”
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Integrating agent-based disease, mobility and wastewater models for the study of the spread of communicable diseases by Néstor DelaPaz-Ruíz, Ellen-Wien Augustijn, Mahdi Farnaghi, Sheheen A. Abdulkareem, Raul Zurita Milla

“…The integrated model replicates the epidemic curve for COVID-19 and can estimate the daily infections at the household level, enabling the monitoring of the spatial patterns of infection intensity. Additionally, the model allows monitoring the estimated production of infected wastewater over time and spatially across the sewage and treatment plant. …”
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An Approach to Integrating Tactical Decision-Making in Industrial Maintenance Balance Scorecards Using Principal Components Analysis and Machine Learning by Néstor Rodríguez-Padial, Marta Marín, Rosario Domingo

“…This new extension allows better control over the maintenance function of an industrial plant in the medium-term with a yearly horizon taken over monthly intervals which allows the measurement of the indicators of strategic productive areas and the discovery of hidden behavior patterns in work orders. In addition, this extension enables the prediction of indicator outcomes such as overall equipment efficiency and mean time to failure.…”
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Revisiting Key Entry Routes of Human Epidemic Arboviruses into the Mainland Americas through Large-Scale Phylogenomics by Túlio De Lima Campos, Ricardo Durães-Carvalho, Antonio Mauro Rezende, Otávio Valério de Carvalho, Alain Kohl, Gabriel Luz Wallau, Lindomar José Pena

“…Through the analyses of the sequences of arbovirus genomes collected at different locations over time, we identified patterns of accumulated mutations, being able to trace routes of dispersion of these viruses. …”
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Acute Psychological Stress Modulates the Expression of Enzymes Involved in the Kynurenine Pathway throughout Corticolimbic Circuits in Adult Male Rats by Haley A. Vecchiarelli, Chaitanya P. Gandhi, Matthew N. Hill

“…Herein, we examined the effects of an acute psychological stress (120 min restraint) on gene expression patterns of enzymes along the kynurenine pathway over a protracted time-course (1–24 h post-stress termination) within the amygdala, hippocampus, hypothalamus, and medial prefrontal cortex. …”
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Exploring potentially synthetic genes related to diarrhetic shellfish toxins production in Prorocentrum sp. via comparative transcriptomics by Danlin Zheng, Jingyi Cen, Peiliang Chen, Ligong Zou, Jian Zou, Qun Li, Songhui Lu

“…Additionally, we analyzed differential gene expression of PKSs in P. arenarium under nitrogen and phosphorus-limited conditions, revealing a correlation between specific PKSs gene expression patterns and okadaic acid (OA) content variations. …”
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Adapting a Database of Text Messages to a Mobile-Based Weight Loss Program: The Case of the Middle East by Selma Limam Mansar, Shashank Jariwala, Nawal Behih, Maahd Shahzad, Aysha Anggraini

“…The paper discusses how surveying potential users can be used to build a profile of a target population, find common patterns, and then develop a database of text messages. …”
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Gypsum Binder With Increased Water Resistance Derived From Membrane Water Desalination Waste by Valentin Romanovski, Dmitry Moskovskikh, Hongbin Tan, Kirill Kuskov, Sergey Volodko, Abayomi Adewale Akinwande, Rajiv Periakaruppan, Fanyue Kong, Xiaoling Ma, Feihua Yang, Maksim Kamarou

“…The primary goal of this method is to extract gypsum and produce gypsum‐based binders. Patterns were identified regarding how various types, ratio and quantities of additives: blast furnace slag, granite screenings, portland cement, electric steel smelting slag affect the water‐gypsum ratio, strength properties, and water resistance of high‐strength gypsum binders. …”
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Inheritance of Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Inbred Progenies of Tropical Maize Based on Multivariate Diallel Analysis by Fernando Lisboa Guedes, Rafael Parreira Diniz, Marcio Balestre, Camila Bastos Ribeiro, Renato Barbosa Camargos, João Cândido Souza

“…The objective of our study was to characterize and determine the patterns of genetic control in relation to tolerance and efficiency of nitrogen use by means of a complete diallel cross involving contrasting inbred progenies of tropical maize based on a univariate approach within the perspective of a multivariate mixed model. …”
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RAGE Architecture for Reusable Serious Gaming Technology Components by Wim van der Vegt, Wim Westera, Enkhbold Nyamsuren, Atanas Georgiev, Iván Martínez Ortiz

“…Furthermore it relies on a limited set of standard software patterns and well-established coding practices. The RAGE architecture has been successfully validated by implementing and testing basic software assets in four major programming languages (C#, C++, Java, and TypeScript/JavaScript, resp.). …”
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Image-Based Face Recognition Techniques Used in Disease Detection Approaches: A Survey by Ghalib Ahmed Salman, Inas Jawad Kadhim, Ahmed Husham Al-Badri

“…These alterations in facial patterns can serve as potential indicators for corresponding diseases, particularly in the fields of endocrinology and metabolism, Muscles-Nervous disorders, Chromosomes, and Genetic disorders, among others. …”
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Identification and Characterization of Key Chemical Constituents in Processed Gastrodia elata Using UHPLC-MS/MS and Chemometric Methods by Xide Ye, Yanhong Wang, Jianping Zhao, Mei Wang, Bharathi Avula, Qiaozhen Peng, Hui Ouyang, Zhong Lingyun, Jinlian Zhang, Ikhlas A. Khan

“…Compared with the raw material of G. elata with GEP5D, three new parishin-type compounds were identified according to their retention time, accurate mass, and fragmentation patterns. The chromatographic peak areas for marker compounds, including S-(gastrodin)-glutathione, S-(4-hydroxybenzylamine)-glutathione, and parishin-type compounds, changed significantly. …”
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A Survey on Event Tracking in Social Media Data Streams by Zixuan Han, Leilei Shi, Lu Liu, Liang Jiang, Jiawei Fang, Fanyuan Lin, Jinjuan Zhang, John Panneerselvam, Nick Antonopoulos

“…As such, it is imperative to conduct research on social events and patterns from the perspectives of conventional sociology to optimize services that originate from social networks. …”
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Climate reconstruction of the Little Ice Age maximum extent of the tropical Zongo Glacier using a distributed energy balance model by Autin, Philémon, Sicart, Jean Emmanuel, Rabatel, Antoine, Hock, Regine, Jomelli, Vincent

“…Results suggest that on top of a 1.1 K cooling and ${\sim }$20% increase in annual precipitation, only two seasonal precipitation patterns allow LIA equilibrium: evenly distributed precipitation events across the year and an early wet season onset.…”
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Neuroligin 1 Regulates Autistic‐Like Repetitive Behavior through Modulating the Activity of Striatal D2 Receptor‐Expressing Medium Spiny Neurons by Dandan Lv, An Liu, Ziyue Yi, Mingdao Mu, Miao Wu, Xingcan Li, Kun Cao, Ruining Liu, Zhengping Jia, Junhai Han, Wei Xie

“…Furthermore, it is demonstrated that the generation of self‐grooming and digging behaviors depends on distinct patterns of D2‐MSN activity. Finally, through single‐nucleus RNA sequencing (sn‐RNAseq) and protein detection verification, it is revealed that the overactivation of protein kinase C (PKC) in Nlgn1‐deficient mice contributes to excessive repetitive behaviors and increased neuronal excitability. …”
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Modelling of Transient CO2/Water Flow in Wellbore considering Multiple Mass and Heat Transfer by Xinxin Zhao, Xiangzhen Yan, Xiaohui Sun, Qing Zhao, Hongwei Jiang, Yonghai Gao, Guang Yang

“…A transient fully coupled model is proposed to investigate the two-phase flow of CO2 and water-based fluid in a wellbore, considering the complex mass and heat transfer in different flow patterns and dynamic coupling between the wellbore and reservoir. …”
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Plasma membrane and nuclear phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate signalling in cancer by Agnieszka Chytła, Stephanie Rattay, Baki Akgül, Martin Sztacho

“…Nuclear phosphoinositides, particularly PI(4,5)P2, are essential for regulating transcription factors and chromatin organisation, thereby shaping gene expression patterns. We also explore the role of PI(4,5)P2 and its metabolism in cancer cell invasiveness and metastasis, proposing a model in which the dysregulation of cytosolic and/or nuclear PI(4,5)P2 pool triggers malignant transformation. …”
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Inducers of Autophagy and Cell Death: Focus on Copper Metabolism by Weikang Ling, Shuo Li, Yang Zhu, Xin Wang, Dongmei Jiang, Bo Kang

“…This review summarizes research progress on copper metabolic patterns, molecular mechanisms of copper-induced cell death, and mechanisms of copper-induced autophagy-cytotoxicity interactions. …”
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