Quality of Life in Wilson’s Disease: A Systematic Literature Review by Chakrapani Balijepalli, Kevin Yan, Lakshmi Gullapalli, Stephane Barakat, Helene Chevrou-Severac, Eric Druyts

“…**Discussion:** Although our understanding of the underlying pathophysiology of WD has advanced, and novel therapeutics are on the horizon, our understanding of how WD affects overall QOL remains limited. …”
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Hypoxia Promotes Glioma Stem Cell Proliferation by Enhancing the 14-3-3β Expression via the PI3K Pathway by Weidong Cao, Qiang Zhou, Hongwei Wang, Wei Rao, Gang Cheng, Peng Wang, Shengli Guo, Bin Ren, Jianning Zhang

“…Glioma is a serious fatal type of cancer with the shorter median survival period and poor quality of living. The overall 5-year survival rate remains low due to high recurrence rates. …”
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HDL Subclass Distribution Shifts with Increasing Central Adiposity by Nicholas J. Woudberg, Sandrine Lecour, Julia H. Goedecke

“…We therefore assessed changes in HDL subclass distribution over a 5.5-year free-living follow-up period in 24 black South African women. …”
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Gas permeability, diffusivity, and solubility in polymers: Simulation-experiment data fusion and multi-task machine learning by Brandon K. Phan, Kuan-Hsuan Shen, Rishi Gurnani, Huan Tran, Ryan Lively, Rampi Ramprasad

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Exploring the application of AI in the education of children with autism: a public health perspective by Liu Lan, Ke Li, Diao Li

“…IntroductionAutism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) presents significant challenges in social communication and interaction, critically impacting the lives of children with ASD. Traditional interventions, such as Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Social Skills Training (SST), have been widely used to address social skill deficits in these children. …”
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Astrovirus infection in animals (literature review) by V. A. Mischenko, A. V. Mischenko, Т. B. Nikeshina, О. N. Petrova

“…Presently, the list of animals susceptible to astrovirus infection has expanded to over 80 species from 22 families, including domestic, synanthropic and wild animals, birds and mammals living in the terrestrial and aquatic environments. …”
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Management and Utilisation of Land Resources to Attain Economic Sustainability among Christians in West Ankole Diocese, Uganda. by Ahereza, Madelean, Ocan, Johnson, Adyanga, Francis Akena

“…The limitations of the study concluded that the problems addressed in this research and the suggestions presented provide the basis for improving the land use practices being conducted. The study looked for novel strategies that, if adopted, would enhance the economic livelihoods in West Ankole Diocese and raise living standards and sustainably generate income. …”
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Natural Hybridization Between <i>Quercus crassipes</i> and <i>Q. crassifolia</i> (Fagaceae) Is a Key Process to Ensure the Biodiversity of Their Associated Lichen Community by Leticia Valencia-Cuevas, Jennie Melhado-Carboney, Efraín Tovar-Sánchez

“…Lichens are organisms whose dynamics take place on terrestrial substrates such as rock, dead wood, living plants, and soil. Living trees are used for lichens as structural support to access light. …”
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AGS3-based optogenetic GDI induces GPCR-independent Gβγ signalling and macrophage migration by Waruna Thotamune, Sithurandi Ubeysinghe, Chathuri Rajarathna, Dinesh Kankanamge, Koshala Olupothage, Aditya Chandu, Bryan A. Copits, Ajith Karunarathne

“…Nevertheless, understanding of AGS3 is limited, and no significant information is available on its structure–function relationship or signalling regulation in living cells. Here, we employed in silico structure-guided engineering of a novel optogenetic GDI, based on the AGS3’s G-protein regulatory motif, to understand its GDI activity and induce standalone Gβγ signalling in living cells on optical command. …”
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Threats and Mitigation Strategies for Electroencephalography-Based Person Authentication by Zaib Unnisa, Asadullah Tariq, Irfan Ud Din, Danish Shehzad, Mohamed Adel Serhani, Abdelkader N. Belkacem, Nadeem Sarwar

“…In addition, it is found that EEG-based authentication literature did not completely implement “liveness detection.” An updated approach for identifying liveness addresses novel challenges, that is, falsified EEG signals and a dead person’s EEG signals for EEG-based authentication that have not been discussed in the literature. …”
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A survey study of physical activity participation in different organisational forms among groups of immigrants and descendants in Denmark by Eva Berthelsen Schmidt, Karsten Elmose-Østerlund, Bjarne Ibsen

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Omniphobic Photoresist‐Assisted Patterning of Porous Polymethacrylate Films by Dmitrii D. Kartsev, Ilia M. Lukianov, Eduard G. Sharapenkov, Artur Yu. Prilepskii, Pavel A. Levkin

“…Here, the study presents a novel method for the direct and selective deposition of porous polymethacrylate films with different surface chemistry and porosity. …”
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Identification of Neurons Containing Calcium-Permeable AMPA and Kainate Receptors Using Ca2+ Imaging by Sergei Gaidin, Artem Kosenkov, Valery Zinchenko, Bakytzhan Kairat, Arailim Malibayeva, Sultan Tuleukhanov

“…This protocol describes a novel approach for the vital identification of neurons containing CP-AMPARs and CP-KARs using calcium imaging. …”
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Synthesis of an Acrylamide Copolymer Containing Nano-SiO2 by Ex Situ Cu(0)-Mediated SET-LRP by Ling Wang, Zhendong Li, Pingsen Huang, Wei Ding

“…We report herein the synthesis of a novel star-shaped copolymer containing nano-SiO2 by single-electron transfer living radical polymerization (SET-LRP) in aqueous solution. …”
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The role of new hepatitis B vaccines in South Africa by G U van Zyl, T Maponga, H Rabie, J Taljaard

“…Should HEPLISAV-B become available in SA, it may be particularly valuable to target high-risk groups in the country, such as people living with HIV, who show a poor response to the currently licensed vaccine. …”
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IoT-based automated system for water-related disease prediction by Bhushankumar Nemade, Kiran Kishor Maharana, Vikram Kulkarni, Surajit mondal, G S Pradeep Ghantasala, Amal Al-Rasheed, Masresha Getahun, Ben Othman Soufiene

“…Although industrialization, durable infrastructure, and rapid development have increased living standards, the water problem has left humanity defenseless. …”
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Environmental Hazard of Polypropylene from Disposable Face Masks Linked to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Possible Mitigation Techniques through a Green Approach by Selvakumar Vijayalakshmi, Preethi Gopalsamy, Karnan Muthusamy, Dinesh Kumar Sundarraj, Steffi Pulikondan francis, Thiyagarajan Ramesh, Deog-Hwan Oh, Duong Ly Thi Thuy, Tuyet Thi Anh Truong, Huu Tap Van, Shankar Karuppannan

“…The COVID-19 outbreak again underlined plastic items’ importance in our daily lives. The public has widely utilized disposable face masks constructed of polypropylene polymer materials as effective and inexpensive personal protective equipment (PPE) to inhibit virus transmission. …”
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Comparing Cross-Subject Performance on Human Activities Recognition Using Learning Models by Zhe Yang, Mengjie Qu, Yun Pan, Ruohong Huan

“…Human activities recognition (HAR) plays a vital role in fields like ambient assisted living and health monitoring, in which cross-subject recognition is one of the main challenges coming from the diversity of various users. …”
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A Low-Cost Electrochemical Cell Sensor Based on MWCNT-COOH/α-Fe₂O₃ for Toxicity Detection of Drinking Water Disinfection Byproducts by Ying Liu, Zhipeng Zhang, Yuling Wu, Huan Yang, Jiao Qu, Xiaolin Zhu

“…However, this process generates various disinfection byproducts (DBPs), which toxicological research indicates can have detrimental effects on living organisms. Moreover, the safety of these DBPs has not been sufficiently assessed, underscoring the need for a comprehensive evaluation of their toxic effects and associated health risks. …”
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Incremental Instance-Oriented 3D Semantic Mapping via RGB-D Cameras for Unknown Indoor Scene by Wei Li, Junhua Gu, Benwen Chen, Jungong Han

“…In this paper, we propose a novel method to incrementally build instance-oriented 3D semantic maps directly from images acquired by the RGB-D camera. …”
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