Spinal fMRI of Interoceptive Attention/Awareness in Experts and Novices by Keyvan Kashkouli Nejad, Motoaki Sugiura, Benjamin Thyreau, Takayuki Nozawa, Yuka Kotozaki, Yoshihito Furusawa, Kozo Nishino, Toshohiro Nukiwa, Ryuta Kawashima

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Testosterone/cortisol ratio: gender effect and prediction of podium results in beach sprint master rowers by Giovanni Ficarra, Michelangelo Rottura, Carmen Mannucci, Daniela Caccamo, Alessandra Bitto, Fabio Trimarchi, Debora Di Mauro

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Genome-Wide Analysis of Soybean Polyamine Oxidase Genes Reveals Their Roles in Flower Development and Response to Abiotic Stress by Yang Yu, Bohuai Jin, Meina Gao, Ke Zhang, Zhouli Liu, Xiangbo Duan

“…A number of <i>cis</i>-acting elements relevant to development, phytohormone, and stress response were discovered in the promoter regions of the <i>GmPAOs</i>, which might be responsible for their functional diversities. …”
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Wind Power Plant Expert System Diagnostic Knowledge Base Creation by Radosław Duer, Stanisław Duer, Konrad Zajkowski, Marek Woźniak, Dariusz Bernatowicz, Jacek Paś, Marek Stawowy, Atif Iqbal, Marta Harničárová

“…The article presents the creation of an expert knowledge base on wind farm equipment that is the basis for the functioning of an intelligent expert system. For this purpose, a functional and diagnostic model of wind farm equipment was presented and described. …”
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Transcriptome-derived networks reconstruct distinct immune strategies to counteract fungal infection under different iron availability between Arabidopsis and rice by Antoni Garcia-Molina, Héctor Martín-Cardoso, María Ribaya, Blanca San Segundo, Sílvia Busoms

“…Fe, an essential element for plants to sustain central biological functions, recently emerged as a modulator of immunity. …”
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Causal role of immunophenotypes in HIV-1 acquisition: insights from Mendelian randomization analysis by Nan Li, Chuan He

“…Genetic predisposition and certain immunity characteristics of the host might play essential roles in the risk of HIV-1 acquisition. …”
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Lumbar Temperature Map of Elderly Individuals with Chronic Low Back Pain—An Infrared Thermographic Analysis by Nelson Albuquerque, Liliana Gonçalves, Wally Strasse, Joaquim Gabriel, Laetitia Teixeira, Pedro Cantista

“…However, its applicability in clinical practice and correlation with functional and pain-related parameters remain unclear. …”
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His70 of Acetivibrio alkalicellulosi Cel5A is important for efficient hydrolysis of short cellodextrins by Mengxiang Jia, Yangyang Chen, Jingting Wang, Jiahan Wang, Yihua Ma, Yujiao Wang, Qian Ma, Yiheng Zhang, Weidong Liu, Kuanqing Liu

“…Cellulases are among the most intensively studied and best understood enzymes, and many key residues have been uncovered and interrogated with respect to their functions in catalysis and/or substrate binding. However, it remains to be explored whether additional residues, especially in many poorly characterized cellulases such as processive endoglucanases, might also be functionally important. …”
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Generation of footprint-free human induced pluripotent stem cell line (SCIKFi001-B) from cGMP grade umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (UC-MSCs) using episomal-plasmid b... by Marchella Tohari, Ricky Sanjaya, Siska Yuliana Sari, Bintang Tedjobagaskara, Andrian Ibnu Faisal, Matheus Alvin Prawira, Anggia Oktaviani Dwi Putri, Naufalia Faza, Harry Murti, Halida P. Widyastuti

“…While karyotypic abnormality might negate use in therapeutic and clinical settings, this line remained a valuable educational tool for iPS cell culture techniques. …”
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ANP32E expression in pancreatic cancer is associated with impaired gemcitabine efficacy and poor patient prognosis by Xiaohong Liu, Yelin Zhao, Li Zhang, Junting Wang, Liaoxin Luo, Shihui Zhang, Qin Zhu, Yuchen Shi, Chenyu Yuan, Qifeng Xiao, Mengran Xiong, Yuanyuan Duan, Hebing Chen, Hongjuan Yao, Lin Cai, Jianwei Zhang, Guangxi Li, Liang Li

“…Conclusion: Our findings suggest that ANP32E might serve as a negative biomarker for poor prognosis and a predictive indicator for poor gemcitabine efficacy. …”
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A non-canonical fungal peroxisome PTS-1 signal, SYM, and its evolutionary aspects by Judit Ámon, Suren Nemuuzaya, Kevin Alczheimer, Sándor Kocsubé, Zoltán Farkas, Gergő Svorenj, Attila Gácser, Chetna Tyagi, László Kozma-Bognár, Zsuzsanna Hamari

“…We demonstrate that SYM, a non-canonical plant PTS-1 signal, functions similarly in Aspergillus nidulans, as GFP tagged with a SYM C-terminal tripeptide localizes to peroxisomes. …”
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Dose-related adaptive reconstruction of DMN in isoflurane administration: a study in the rat by Fengru Guo, Yuqin Li, Zhaoxin Jian, Yan Cui, Wenhui Gong, Airui Li, Wei Jing, Peng Xu, Ke Chen, Daqing Guo, Dezhong Yao, Yang Xia

“…Abstract Background The anesthetic states are accompanied by functional alterations. However, the dose-related adaptive alterations in the higher-order network under anesthesia, e. g. default mode network (DMN), are poorly revealed. …”
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PO48 | Thrombotic risk evaluation and thrombophilia testing in beta-thalassemia patients: a retrospective cohort analysis from a reference regional center

“…Nineteen had complete screening (including both functional and genetic testing), while 18/65 and 28/65 patients had partial genetic and functional screening, respectively (Table 1). …”
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Stat5 signaling specifies basal versus stress erythropoietic responses through distinct binary and graded dynamic modalities. by Ermelinda Porpiglia, Daniel Hidalgo, Miroslav Koulnis, Abraham R Tzafriri, Merav Socolovsky

“…A key challenge lies in understanding how Stat5 signaling elicits distinct functions during basal and stress erythropoiesis. Here we asked whether these distinct functions might be specified by the dynamic behavior of the Stat5 signal. …”
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WWTR1-AS1 LncRNA as a Novel Potential Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarker in Breast Cancer by Mohadese Safabakhsh, Sohrab Boozarpour, Kamran Ghaedi, Mina Lashkarboloki, Shaaban Ghalandarayeshi

“…Functional experiments confirmed that the expression level of the lncRNA WWTR1-AS1 was significantly increased in breast cancer patients.  …”
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Differential Association Between Default Mode Network Connectivity and Attachment Styles in Healthy Individuals and Crohn's Disease Patients by Alessandro Agostini, Sara Ventura, Silvia Tempia Valenta, Fernando Rizzello, Paolo Gionchetti, Francesca Benuzzi, Nicola Filippini

“…Conclusion DMN is involved in higher mental functions including self‐consciousness and affective processes. …”
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Endogenous SLPI contributes to the regulation of inflammatory responses in peritoneal macrophages by modulating MMP-9 production by Mariia Tyshchenko, Mariia Tyshchenko, Natalia Pocałuń, Natalia Pocałuń, Patrycja Kwiecińska, Joanna Cichy, Mieszko M. Wilk, Ewa Oleszycka

“…However, its expression patterns and specific functions in different monocyte and macrophage populations remain poorly understood. …”
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Multimodality Data Integration in Epilepsy by Otto Muzik, Diane C. Chugani, Guangyu Zou, Jing Hua, Yi Lu, Shiyong Lu, Eishi Asano, Harry T. Chugani

“…We describe the implementation of this software environment in twelve children (mean age 5.2±4.3 years) with medically intractable partial epilepsy who underwent both high-resolution structural MR and functional PET imaging. Our experiments demonstrate that our approach will lead to a better understanding of the mechanisms of epileptogenesis and might ultimately have an impact on treatment. …”
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Integrating general practitioners’ and patients’ perspectives in the development of a digital tool supporting primary care for older patients with multimorbidity: a focus group stu... by Ingmar Schäfer, Vivienne Jahns, Valentina Paucke, Dagmar Lühmann, Martin Scherer, Julia Nothacker

“…Focus groups were based on semi-structured interview guides and discussed assessments, functionalities, usability and reliability of gp-multitool.de. …”
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Surgical vs. Non-Surgical Management of Mandibular Condyle Fractures in Adolescent by Abdurrahman Adirhesa, Carolina Cita Brilliani, Fredy Mardiyantoro

“…Non-surgical methods, including functional appliances and mouth-opening exercises, showed promising results, with improved mouth opening and condylar remodeling. …”
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