Viability of the probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum microencapsulated in skim milk and maltodextrin: Implications for nutritional and functional uses by Damayanthi Evy, Ida Rianti Eny, Yopi, Rizqiati Heni

“…These findings indicate that microencapsulation with skim milk and maltodextrin effectively protects L. plantarum, preserving its potential as a functional probiotic.…”
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Ship path planning based on improved multi-scale A* algorithm of collision risk function by Chunyu Song, Teer Guo, Jianghua Sui

“…The results show that the improved algorithm with the introduction of the collision risk function reduces the path planning time, the number of expanded nodes, and the path length by 30%, 11%, and 5.8%, respectively, compared with the original algorithm, which can effectively reduce the computational burden of the algorithm. …”
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Hyperspectral Image Joint Super-Resolution via Local Implicit Spatial-Spectral Function Learning by Yanan Zhang, Jizhou Zhang, Sijia Han

“…Moreover, ablation studies are performed on the effects of individual components of LISSF.…”
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Corn Oil Supplementation Enhances Locomotor Performance and Mitochondrial Function in <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> by Jadyellen Rondon Silva, Thiago Henrique Oliveira Alves, Eric Bruno Silva Santos, Marylu Mardegan Lima, Giulia Covolo Spegiorim, Carlos Antônio Couto-Lima, Luciane Carla Alberici, Marcos José Jacinto, Anderson Oliveira Souza

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Functional Recovery in Chronic Stage of Spinal Cord Injury by Neurorestorative Approach: A Case Report by Alok Sharma, Hemangi Sane, Dipti Khopkar, Nandini Gokulchandran, V. C. Jacob, Joji Joseph, Prerna Badhe

“…The patient did not have any major or minor side effects. The patient showed clinical improvements throughout the 6 months after transplantation, which was assessed using Functional Independence Measure (before: 82, after: 101 out of 126). …”
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Enhancing GANs With MMD Neural Architecture Search, PMish Activation Function, and Adaptive Rank Decomposition by Prasanna Reddy Pulakurthi, Mahsa Mozaffari, Sohail A. Dianat, Jamison Heard, Raghuveer M. Rao, Majid Rabbani

“…The proposed activation function, called Parametric Mish (PMish), automatically adjusts a trainable parameter to control the smoothness and shape of the activation function. …”
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Analyzing longitudinal trait trajectories using GWAS identifies genetic variants for kidney function decline by Simon Wiegrebe, Mathias Gorski, Janina M. Herold, Klaus J. Stark, Barbara Thorand, Christian Gieger, Carsten A. Böger, Johannes Schödel, Florian Hartig, Han Chen, Thomas W. Winkler, Helmut Küchenhoff, Iris M. Heid

“…Abstract Understanding the genetics of kidney function decline, or trait change in general, is hampered by scarce longitudinal data for GWAS (longGWAS) and uncertainty about how to analyze such data. …”
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A test of ecophysiological theories on tropical forest functional traits along a VPD gradient by Huanyuan Zhang-Zheng, Yadvinder Malhi, Kasia Ziemińska, Agne Gvozdevaite, Theresa Peprah, Mickey Boakye, Stephen Adu-Bredu, Jesús Aguirre-Gutiérrez, Sam Moore, David Sandoval, Minxue Tang, Iain Colin Prentice, Imma Oliveras Menor

“…Abstract Forest primary production is a crucial process for both ecosystem functioning and global carbon cycling. Primary production responds to both temperature and vapour pressure deficit (VPD) through separate mechanisms. …”
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A Time-Domain Solution Method for the Vibration Performance of Viscoelastic Functionally Graded Porous Beams by Yuhua Cui, Tao Zeng, Yipeng Yang, Xiaohong Wang, Guodong Xu, Su Cheng

“…The viscoelastic behavior of functionally graded (FG) materials significantly affects their vibration performance, making it necessary to establish theoretical analysis methods. …”
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APOE4 and sedentary lifestyle synergistically impair neurovascular function in the visual cortex of awake mice by Silvia Anderle, Orla Bonnar, Joseph Henderson, Kira Shaw, Andre M. Chagas, Letitia McMullan, Alexandra Webber, Kirsty McGowan, Sarah L. King, Catherine N. Hall

“…Several haemodynamic measures show a larger beneficial effect of exercise in APOE4 vs. APOE3 mice. Thus, APOE4 genotype in conjunction with sedentary behaviour produces the worst neurovascular function. …”
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Probiotic Bifidobacterium bifidum strains desialylate MUC13 and increase intestinal epithelial barrier function by Celia Segui-Perez, Liane Z. X. Huang, Fernanda L. Paganelli, Elke Lievens, Karin Strijbis

“…Here, we screened probiotic bacterial strains for their capacity to modulate MUC13 and enhance intestinal barrier function. Of these probiotic bacteria, a Bifidobacterium bifidum strain uniquely degraded the MUC13 O-glycosylated extracellular domain. …”
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MS CETSA deep functional proteomics uncovers DNA repair programs leading to gemcitabine resistance by Ying Yu Liang, Khalidah Khalid, Hai Van Le, Hui Min Vivian Teo, Mindaugas Raitelaitis, Marc-Antoine Gerault, Jane Jia Hui Lee, Jiawen Lyu, Allison Chan, Anand Devaprasath Jeyasekharan, Wai Leong Tam, Pär Nordlund, Nayana Prabhu

“…Here we use a deep functional proteomics implementation of the Cellular Thermal Shift Assay to reveal a range of induced biochemical responses to gemcitabine in resistant and sensitive diffuse large B cell lymphoma cell lines. …”
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Advances in non-invasive brain stimulation: enhancing sports performance function and insights into exercise science by Shuo Qi, Jinglun Yu, Li Li, Chen Dong, Zhe Ji, Lei Cao, Zhen Wei, Zhiqiang Liang

“…Recent advancements in non-invasive brain stimulation have been pivotal in enhancing human locomotor functions, a burgeoning area of interest in exercise science. …”
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Evaluating Functional Outcome of Oblique Cut  across Mentum  in Advanced Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Shomes Mozumder, Shilpi Agrawal, Aniruddha Dam, Anup Kumar Bhowmick, Ishita Sinha

“…Material and methods: In this study from 26 December 2022 to 25 March 2023, the effect of oblique cut across mentum in 10 patients of oral  SCC were analysed for functional outcome over next 3 months. …”
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A critical load voltage regulator with both voltage sag compensation and fluctuation mitigation functions by Chang Yuan, Siyu Ding, Xuejian Li, Ming Ma, Jiacheng Guo, Xiangyu Xue, Yuyuan Gui

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Predictive Utility of the Functional Movement Screen and Y-Balance Test: Current Evidence and Future Directions by Adam C. Eckart, Pragya Sharma Ghimire, James Stavitz, Stephen Barry

“…This review analyzes the Functional Movement Screen (FMS) and the Y-Balance Test (YBT) landscape. …”
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Association between Sarcopenia and Renal Function in Patients with Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Satoshi Ida, Ryutaro Kaneko, Kanako Imataka, Kazuya Murata

“…Previous studies involving patients with diabetes have indicated that sarcopenia is related to renal function. The objective of the present study was to investigate the association between sarcopenia and urinary albumin level, urinary protein level, and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in patients with diabetes. …”
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Development and Verification of Prognostic Prediction Models for Patients with Brain Trauma Based on Coagulation Function Indexes by Lanjuan Xu, Tingting An, Chengjian Li, Xin Shi, Bo Yang

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Compensation through Functional Hyperconnectivity: A Longitudinal Connectome Assessment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury by Armin Iraji, Hanbo Chen, Natalie Wiseman, Robert D. Welch, Brian J. O’Neil, E. Mark Haacke, Tianming Liu, Zhifeng Kou

“…Network-based statistic (NBS) analysis did not find significant difference in the group-by-time interaction and time effects. However, 258 functional pairs show group differences in which mTBI patients have higher functional connectivity. …”
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Interictal functional connectivity of human epileptic networks assessed by intracerebral EEG and BOLD signal fluctuations. by Gaelle Bettus, Jean-Philippe Ranjeva, Fabrice Wendling, Christian G Bénar, Sylviane Confort-Gouny, Jean Régis, Patrick Chauvel, Patrick J Cozzone, Louis Lemieux, Fabrice Bartolomei, Maxime Guye

“…We quantified functional connectivity using non-linear measures of cross-correlation between signals obtained from intracerebral EEG (iEEG) and resting-state functional MRI (fMRI) in 5 patients suffering from intractable temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). …”
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