Disrupted Dynamic Functional Connectivity of the Visual Network in Episodic Patients with Migraine without Aura by Heng-Le Wei, Tian Tian, Gang-Ping Zhou, Jin-Jin Wang, Xi Guo, Yu-Chen Chen, Yu-Sheng Yu, Xindao Yin, Junrong Li, Hong Zhang

“…We enrolled fifty-five MwoA patients as well as fifty gender- and age-matched healthy controls. Regional visual cortex alterations were investigated using regional homogeneity (ReHo) and amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF). …”
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Tetrodotoxin, fungal pathogen infection, and bacterial microbiome associations are variable in the skin microecosystems of two Taricha newt species by Talon Jost, Talon Jost, Alysha Henderson, Brandon LaBumbard, Krisztian Magori, Amber Stokes, Danica Bergin, Autumn Holley, Autumn Holley, Molly Bletz, Molly Bletz, Obed Hernández-Gómez, Gary Bucciarelli, Douglas C. Woodhams, Jonah Piovia-Scott, Jenifer B. Walke

“…These taxa (ASVs matching Aeromonas, Pseudomonas, Shewanella, and Sphingopyxis) were associated with all body sites of previously sampled T. granulosa, but not found in soil samples. …”
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Waveguide-Based All-Metal Near-Field Metasurfaces for Linearly and Circularly Polarized Beam Steering Antennas by Maira I. Nabeel, Muhammad U. Afzal, Khushboo Singh, Dushmantha N. Thalakotuna, Karu P. Esselle

“…Regardless of the rotation of the metasurfaces, the antenna is matched from 11.3 to 12.8 GHz, whereas the 3 dB gain bandwidth is 700 MHz (11.9-12.6 GHz).…”
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Enhanced Temporal Coupling between Thalamus and Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Mediates Chronic Low Back Pain and Depression by Hong Li, Qiaoyan Song, Ruya Zhang, Youlong Zhou, Yazhuo Kong

“…Combining psychophysics and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), we investigated the structural and functional brain plasticity in 36 patients with LDH compared with 38 age- and gender-matched healthy controls. We found that (1) LDH patients had increased psychophysical disturbs (i.e., depression and anxiety), and depression (Beck-Depression Inventory, BDI) was found to be an outstanding significant factor to predict chronic pain (short form of the McGill Pain Questionnaire, SF-MPQ); (2) the LDH group showed significantly smaller fractional anisotropy values in the region of posterior corona radiate while gray matter volumes were comparable in both groups; (3) resting state functional connectivity analysis revealed that LDH patients exhibited increased temporal coupling between the thalamus and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), which further mediate the relationship from chronic pain to depression. …”
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Altered interactions between attentional networks in older adults with mild cognitive impairment by Ling Ma, Hao He, Yuehong Qiu, Yiqi Chen, Qing Guan

“…To achieve this, we used the Revised Attention Network Test (ANT-R) to examine both the individual attentional networks and their interactions in 21 older adults with MCI and 27 healthy controls (HCs) matched on demographic variables. Results indicated that the MCI group exhibited lower accuracy than the HC group in both executive control and orienting functions. …”
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Primary tumor resection might improve outcomes in metastatic thoracic esophageal cancer by Jiayan Wu, Haosheng Zheng, Gengfeng Wang, Fei Qin, Yuzhen Zheng, Junguo Chen, Zui Liu, Bozhu Jian, Xianyu Qin, Hongying Liao

“…A 1:1 propensity-score matching(PSM) analysis was employed to minimize heterogeneity between the groups. …”
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Daily Performance of Adolescents with Executive Function Deficits: An Empirical Study Using a Complex-Cooking Task by Yael Fogel, Sara Rosenblum, Renana Hirsh, Mathilde Chevignard, Naomi Josman

“…The poor performance of adolescents with executive function deficit profiles exhibited through the standardized complex task, as well as the relationships with their executive functions, supplies better insight about their daily confrontations. …”
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Measuring Hemoglobin Levels in the Optic Disc of Parkinson’s Disease Patients Using New Colorimetric Analysis Software by Maria Pilar Bambo, Elena Garcia-Martin, Maria Satue, Susana Perez-Olivan, Silvia Alayon, Marta Gonzalez-Hernandez, Vicente Polo, Jose Manuel Larrosa, Manuel Gonzalez-De la Rosa

“…One hundred and fifty-five PD patients and 91 sex- and age-matched healthy subjects were included in this cross-sectional study. …”
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Impact of ovotransferrin on the membrane integrity of Salmonella Enteritidis under egg-white conditions by Julie Legros, Julie Legros, Sylvie Bonnassie, Marie-Françoise Cochet, Sophie Jan, Simon C. Andrews, Florence Baron

“…Enteritidis membranes at 30°C under egg-white conditions.Materials and methodsThis aim was supported by the deployment of a synthetic medium designed to mimic egg-white (matching the ionic composition and pH). The ability of ovotransferrin to induce bacterial membrane permeabilization in S. …”
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Metagenomic insights into pathogenic bacteria and antimicrobial resistance in offshore coastal sediments – An example from Gulf waters by Nazima Habibi, Saif Uddin, Hanan Al Sarawi, Ahmad Aldhameer, Montaha Behbehani, Saja Fakhraldeen, Waleed Al-Zekri, Nasreem Abdulrazzack, Farhana Zakir, Anisha Shajan

“…The raw sequencing reads matched with 667 ARGs, 1606 plasmids, 167 integrons and 2143 insertion sequences. …”
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Driving-Related Neuropsychological Performance in Stable COPD Patients by Foteini Karakontaki, Sofia-Antiopi Gennimata, Anastasios F. Palamidas, Theocharis Anagnostakos, Epaminondas N. Kosmas, Anastasios Stalikas, Charalambos Papageorgiou, Nikolaos G. Koulouris

“…We recruited 35 stable COPD patients and 10 normal subjects matched for age, IQ, and level of education. All subjects underwent an attention/alertness battery of tests for assessing driving performance based on the Vienna Test System. …”
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Graphene-Metamaterial Based Tunable Broadband Polarization Insensitive Absorber for Terahertz Antenna Design by Rummanur Rahad, Abu S. M. Mohsin, Mohammed Belal Hossain Bhuian, Md. Mosaddequr Rahman

“…A comprehensive numerical analysis, using a transmission line equivalent circuit model, has been proposed to find out the impedance components of all the corresponding layers, which can be significant to determine the impedance matching. The absorber exhibits wideband tunability, polarization insensitivity, and robust tolerance to structural variations, making it a promising candidate for diverse applications in the terahertz (THz) band especially in the antenna regime. …”
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Systematic identification of pathological mechanisms, prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets by integrating lncRNA expression variation in salivary gland mucoepidermoid carc... by Yan-ping Zou, Xiao-feng Shan, Jia-xuan Qiu, Yan Geng, Shang Xie, Ruo-lan Xiang, Zhi-gang Cai

“…This research utilizes expression profiles of lncRNAs from clinical MEC tissues and matched normal glandular tissues, integrating public data to explore the biological mechanisms and immune microenvironment characteristics of tumorigenesis. …”
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Comparison of human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived macrophages with peripheral blood-derived macrophages using single-cell genomics by ZHANG Yutong, HOU Guojun, SHEN Nan

“…The remaining 40.2% of IPSDM cells could not be matched to the variable genes of PBDMs. Further manual annotation of IPSDMs revealed a composition of 97.15% macrophages, 2.71% hematopoietic precursor cell-like cells, and 0.14% dendritic cells. …”
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Washed away: industrial capital, labor, and floods by Anish Sugathan, Arpit Shah, Deepak Malghan

“…Employing a stacked difference-in-differences approach with carefully matched controls, we uncover persistent negative effects of floods on firms’ assets and employment, with striking heterogeneity across sectors and regions. …”
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Cold Front Identification Using the DETR Model with Satellite Cloud Imagery by Yujing Qin, Qian Liu, Chuhan Lu

“…The high matching rate between the Cloud-DETR cold fronts and the manually identified ones in the test set, image dataset and labels from 2017 is verified. …”
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Constructions of multi-scale 3D digital rocks by associated image segmentation method by Haiyan Wang, Xuefeng Yang, Cong Zhou, Jingxu Yan, Jiaqi Yu, Kui Xie

“…The resulting multi-scale digital rock models exhibited bulk porosity values that closely matched laboratory helium porosity measurements. …”
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A non-metallic PEEK topology optimization reconstruction implant for large mandibular continuity defects, validated using the MANDYBILATOR apparatus by Bram B. J. Merema, Frederik K. L. Spijkervet, Joep Kraeima, Max J. H. Witjes

“…This may potentially lead to optimised patient-specific reconstructions, with the implants matching the bone’s stiffness and possessing radiolucent properties which are useful for radiographic follow-ups and radiotherapy. …”
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Diversity and composition changes of intestinal fungi in patients with chronic kidney disease by XIE Huichao, XIAO Weidong, HAN Ben

“…Methods‍　‍A total of 8 CKD patients admitted in Department of Nephrology of our hospital， and another 5 age- and gender-matched healthy individuals were recruited in this study. …”
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Association of impaired levels with outcomes for cervical fracture dislocation using the Japanese diagnosis procedure combination database by Kazuma Doi, Naoki Otani, Norihiko Inoue, Junichi Mizuno, Kiyohide Fushimi, Atsuo Yoshino

“…This study determined 121 pairs of patients after one-to-one propensity score matching (PSM). The main outcomes included inhospital death, 30-day mortality, and major complications after admission. …”
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