Pharmacological and pupillary evidence for the noradrenergic contribution to reinforcement learning in Parkinson’s disease by Claire O’Callaghan, Frank H. Hezemans, Naresh Subramaniam, Rong Ye, Kamen A. Tsvetanov, Alexander G. Murley, Negin Holland, Isabella F. Orlando, Ralf Regenthal, Roger A. Barker, Caroline H. Williams-Gray, Luca Passamonti, Trevor W. Robbins, James B. Rowe

“…However, noradrenergic function is also severely impaired by Parkinson’s disease, contributing to cognitive deficits. …”
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POTA: A Pipelined Oblivious Transfer Acceleration Architecture for Secure Multi-Party Computation by Li Xiaolin, Yan Wei, Liu Hongwei, Zhang Yong, Hao Qinfen, Liu Yong, Sun Ninghui

“…In addition, to address the performance overhead caused by data transfer between POTA and the host CPU, we design a host-accelerator execution pipeline to hide the considerable transmission latency. …”
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How to Study the Effects of Dietary Lipids on the Small Intestinal Microbiome? Methodological Design and Evaluation of the Human HealThy fAt, haPpy mIcRobiome (TAPIR) Proof-of-Conc... by Lonneke JanssenDuijghuijsen, Karen Fransen, Ruolei Deng, Corine Perenboom, Nicole de Wit, Guido Hooiveld, Mara van Trijp

“…We also aimed to assess the impact of a plant-based mild-ketogenic preconditioning diet on microbiome composition and function. Here, we comprehensively describe our extensive study protocol and evaluate the study execution. …”
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Enhanced dry SO₂ capture estimation using Python-driven computational frameworks with hyperparameter tuning and data augmentation by Robert Makomere, Hilary Rutto, Alfayo Alugongo, Lawrence Koech, Evans Suter, Itumeleng Kohitlhetse

“…The data-driven models executed were multilayer perceptron, support vector regressor, random forest, categorical boosting, and light gradient boosting machine. …”
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PIPNet: A Deep Convolutional Neural Network for Multibaseline InSAR Phase Unwrapping Based on Pure Integer Programming by Hui Liu, Ke Zheng, Changwei Miao, Xuemei Liu, Xianlin Liu, Lin Li, Yongguang Zhang, Longhai Xiong

“…Then, we innovatively designed a new joint loss function and PIP constraints to guide the iterative optimization of model parameters. …”
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Selecting Hub Genes and Predicting Target Genes of microRNAs in Tuberculosis via the Bioinformatics Analysis by Siqi Deng, Shijie Shen, Saeed El-Ashram, Huan Lu, Dan Luo, Guomin Ye, null Zhen feng, Bo Zhang, Hui Zhang, Wanjiang Zhang, Jiangdong Wu, Chuangfu Chen

“…The identification of novel target genes and main pathways would aid with our understanding of miRNA's function in tuberculosis progression.…”
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Potato Peels as an Adsorbent for Heavy Metals from Aqueous Solutions: Eco-Structuring of a Green Adsorbent Operating Plackett–Burman Design by Marwa El-Azazy, Ahmed S. El-Shafie, Ahmed A. Issa, Maetha Al-Sulaiti, Jawaher Al-Yafie, Basem Shomar, Khalid Al-Saad

“…Ecodesign of a model, green adsorbent was structured executing a multivariate approach, design of experiments (DoE). …”
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Electrophysiological Evidence on Mirror Therapy for Promoting Perceptuo-Motor Processes in Stroke Patients by Li Ding, Dan Wang, Chengcheng Wu, Xu Wang, Jinyang Zhuang, Xiaoli Guo, Jie Jia

“…Behavioral analysis showed that enhanced accuracy of the HMR task, correlating with greater improvement in upper extremity motor function, was only observed in the MG. The ERD/ERS and brain network analysis revealed significant group differences in brain activation and local network metrics in the ipsilesional hemisphere during the preparation and execution of mental rotation while processing the affected hand stimuli. …”
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Validation of the echoSHOCK protocol for diagnosing the cause of shock in patients arriving at the emergency department by Takshak Shankar, Nidhi Kaeley, Parvathy Sasidharan, Archana Bairwa, M. S. Salva Ameena, Sreejith Jayachandran, Jewel Rani Jose, Jitendra Kumar Yadav

“…The echoSHOCK protocol was then executed and its results were recorded with the respective confidence levels. …”
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A Hybrid Path Planning Algorithm for Orchard Robots Based on an Improved D* Lite Algorithm by Quanjie Jiang, Yue Shen, Hui Liu, Zohaib Khan, Hao Sun, Yuxuan Huang

“…For global path planning, an enhanced D* Lite algorithm is used with a cost function that jointly considers centerline proximity, turning angle smoothness, and directional consistency. …”
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Muscle-to-action mapping for intuitive training of muscle synergies in post-stroke upper-limb rehabilitation by Hangil Lee, Jeong-Ho Park, Joon-Ho Shin, Jinsook Roh, Hyung-Soon Park

“…Abstract Background Effective motor task execution relies on precise muscle coordination, which is often disrupted after a stroke, leading to impaired motor functions. …”
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Characteristics of hormonal profile of children with allergic diseases by Shumna T.Ye.

“…In children with allergic diseases, habitants of ecologically favourable Primorsk and Berdyansk districts of the Zaporozhye area, vice versa, lower indexes of medians of ACTH, TSH and cortisol were registered; this testifies to sup¬pression of hypothalamus function and hypophysis system with violation of protective reaction and adaptation mechanisms in response to forming of allergic inflammation. …”
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An Efficient Process for the Management of the Deterioration and Conservation of Architectural Heritage: The HBIM Project of the Duomo of Molfetta (Italy) by Enrique Nieto-Julián, Silvana Bruno, Juan Moyano

“…The work developed aims to present an innovative methodology to execute the heritage conservation processes in a collaborative and interdisciplinary Building Information Modeling (BIM) project, with an effective management of the deterioration suffered over time, emphasizing the structures and coatings. …”
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Application of Six Sigma Methodology for Enhancement of Soft Plastic Extrusion Process by Muhammad Mansoor Uz Zaman Siddiqui, Adeel Tabassum

“…The study involved process mapping, cause and effect analysis, quality function deployment (QFD) and statistical process tools such as ANOVA, regression and Cp/Cpk analysis. …”
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Energetic and Neuromuscular Demands of Unresisted, Parachute- and Sled-Resisted Sprints in Youth Soccer Players: Differences Between Two Novel Determination Methods by Gabriele Grassadonia, Michele Bruni, Pedro E. Alcaraz, Tomás T. Freitas

“…In a single testing session, each participant executed six trials (one attempt per sprint type). …”
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A dual-adaptive stochastic reinforcement chimp optimization algorithm for fire detection and multidimensional problem solving by Ziyang Zhang, Lingye Tan, Diego Martín, Leren Qian, Mohammad Khishe, Pradeep Jangir

“…We also outline the algorithm executed in steps, indicating computational complexity, which is O(NI×NV) + O(NI×NV×6) + O(NI×NV + 2×NI×NV) as a function of number of individuals (NI) and dimensions (NV).…”
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Computer task performance by subjects with Duchenne muscular dystrophy by Malheiros SR, Silva TD, Favero FM, Abreu LC, Fregni F, Ribeiro DC, de Mello Monteiro CB

“…In turn, the initial performance was influenced by their distal functionality but not their age or overall functionality. …”
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Management of a Rare Complex Triad Injury of the Elbow Joint: Radial Head Fracture, Triceps Tendon Avulsion, and Rupture of the Medial Collateral Ligament by Abdelkader Shekhbihi MD, Mohammad Masoud MD, MSc, Winfried Reichert MD

“…Indications: The complex triad injury presented in this publication is debilitating and warrants primary surgical intervention to restore stability and function of the afflicted elbow. Technique Description: A slightly curved posterior skin incision is made, creating medial and lateral full-thickness skin flaps. …”
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Research on Mobile Robot Path Planning Based on MSIAR-GWO Algorithm by Danfeng Chen, Junlang Liu, Tengyun Li, Jun He, Yong Chen, Wenbo Zhu

“…In order to verify the effectiveness of the MSIAR-GWO algorithm, it is compared with a variety of commonly used swarm intelligence optimization algorithms in benchmark test functions and raster maps of different complexities in comparison experiments, and the results show that the MSIAR-GWO shows excellent stability, higher solution accuracy, and faster convergence speed in the majority of the benchmark-test-function solving. …”
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Quantum Resistance Saber-Based Group Key Exchange Protocol for IoT by Fouzia Samiullah, Ming-Lee Gan, Sedat Akleylek, Y. Aun

“…The protocol has worthy computational efficiency, with execution speeds of 0.064 ms on ARM Cortex-M4 and 1.56 ms on ARM Cortex-M0 systems. …”
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