Association of vitamin D deficiency with post-exercise hypotension and arterial stiffness following prolonged endurance exercise in healthy young men by Liang-You Chen, Chun-Wei Wang, Lu-An Chen, Cheng-Shiun He

“…Background Vitamin D is associated with vascular function; however, the impact of different vitamin D levels on vascular elasticity following prolonged exercise remains uncertain. …”
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<i>CmSN</i> Regulates Fruit Skin Netting Formation in Melon by Xiaoxue Liang, Panqiao Wang, Chen Luo, Xiang Li, Wenwen Mao, Juan Hou, Junlong Fan, Yan Guo, Zhiqiang Cheng, Qiong Li, Jianbin Hu

“…Melon (<i>Cucumis melo</i>) includes more than ten botanical groups, many of which feature netting ornamentation on the surface of mature fruit. …”
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Multiobjective optimization of Murta (Ugni molinae Turcz) juice lactic acid fermentation with monocultures and cocultures of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactiplantibacillus plant... by C.J. Gomes-Lobo, R. Luna, A. Rodríguez-Machado, J.R. Pérez-Correa, W. Franco

“…While MOO and DF produced similar Pareto fronts, MOO required less computational time and generated more diverse solutions. These findings highlight the practical utility of MOO-MCDM for designing efficient multiobjective fermentation processes in functional food development.…”
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Multiplicity of weak solutions in double phase Kirchhoff elliptic problems with Neumann conditions by Ahmed Ahmed, Mohamed Saad Bouh Elemine Vall, Salah Boulaaras

“…Ricceri, which extends a more general variational principle, we confirm the existence of countless weak solutions for this complex system. …”
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Effects of positive sex education and pelvic floor strengthening program on sexual and pelvic health among youngest old: a randomized controlled trial by Ayse Deliktas Demirci, Alime Buyuk, Kamile Kabukcuoglu

“…Conclusions The sexual program which handled comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach could offer more than just addressing sexual function. Due to the unreached significant increase in sexual esteem and sexual quality of life and lack of knowledge about these, there is a need to have future studies. …”
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Artificial intelligence-driven fuzzy logic approach for optimal well selection in gas lift design: A brown field case study by Nnaemeka Princewill Ohia, Chadi Paul, Emmanuel Asolo, Taiwo Adetomiwa Adewa, Chidimma Favour Chukwu, Paschal Ateb Ubi, Daniel Hogan Itam, Daniel Ugochukwu Nnaji

“…By utilizing both upper and lower membership functions to define the Footprint of Uncertainty (FOU), the model effectively categorized wells into ''Excellent,'' ''Good,'' and ''Poor'' for gas lift suitability. …”
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Analysis of quality of life of rectal cancer patients after transanal total mesorectal excision and laparoscopic total mesorectal excision: a retrospective cohort study by CHEN Jiayu, LI Yue, CHEN Fan, LI Yuxue, FENG Shidong, HUANG Qi, LI Dawei, LIAO Zhiwei

“…Analysis of EORCT QLQ-C30 results indicated equivalent overall quality of life between the two groups; however, the TaTME group reported significantly more severe insomnia (P=0.020). No significant differences were observed in LARS severity or total scores between the groups, though the TaTME group demonstrated superior functional outcomes in terms of incontinence for liquid stools and clustering of stools (P=0.007, P=0.004). …”
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Trophic disruption by an invasive species linked to altered energy fluxes by Peter J. Flood, Bradley A. Strickland, William F. Loftus, Joel C. Trexler

“…Post‐invasion food‐web structure and function revealed increased relative abundance of mesopredators (including African Jewelfish) and reduced biomass and energy fluxes into and out of small fishes (e.g., Cyprinodontiformes). …”
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Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Upper Limb Motor Function and Serum Lipid Metabolomics in Patients With Ischemic Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Study by Meng‐Meng Li, Fei‐Yang Jia, Peng‐Cheng Liu, Hong‐Ya Liu, Gui‐Juan Zhou, Xin‐Ke Peng, Jin‐Ling Wang, Shu‐Zhi Li, Jing Liu, Jun Zhou

“…However, the effect of low‐frequency rTMS on improving upper limb motor function was more significant. Lipid metabolomics analysis revealed that high‐ and low‐frequency rTMS increased diacylglycerol phosphoinositide and triacylglycerol levels and reduced dialkyl glycerol levels.…”
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Menstrual disorder is associated with blood type in PCOS patients: evidence from a cross-sectional survey by Shuhan Yang, Hua Zhang, Li Shi, Yang Yang, Yonghao Lu, Weiyu Qiu, Ii Fukuzawa, Lifei Zhou, Xiyan Xin, Ning Ding, Liyan Luo, Wei Wang, Haolin Zhang

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Patterns and risk factors of falls among older adults: a systematic review by Tetiana Yermakova

“…The use of advanced algorithmic and statistical approaches enhances the objectivity and quality of systematic reviews, ensuring more accurate and reproducible results.…”
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Effects of <i>Bothriochloa ischaemum</i> on the Diversity of Pannonian Sandy Grasslands by Szilárd Szentes, Károly Penksza, Eszter Saláta-Falusi, László Sipos, Veronika Kozma-Bognár, Richárd Hoffmann, Zsombor Wagenhoffer

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Deep brain stimulation in globus pallidus internus travels to thalamus and subthalamic nuclei along physiological pathways by Maral Kasiri, Jessica Vidmark, Estefania Hernandez-Martin, S. Alireza Seyyed Mousavi, Terence D. Sanger, Terence D. Sanger, Terence D. Sanger

“…We hypothesize that the pathways that transmit DBS pulses include the pathways that transmit intrinsic neural signals.MethodsTo test this, we performed a transfer function analysis on deep brain recordings from children with dystonia, during DBS-off condition and compared its impulse response with the transmission of signals from electrical stimulation during DBS-on condition. …”
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The Role of Inflammatory Markers in Linking Metabolic Syndrome to Cognitive Decline in Middle-Aged Women: A Focus on TNF-α and IL-6 by Kinga Mruczyk, Angelika Cisek-Woźniak, Marta Molska, Aleksandra Skoczek-Rubińska

“…<b>Methods</b>: This study aimed to examine the associations between metabolic disorders, inflammatory markers, and cognitive function among middle-aged women. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 179 non-smoking perimenopausal and postmenopausal women aged 43–73 years. …”
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Transcriptome Analyses Reveal the Molecular Response of Juvenile Greater Amberjack (<i>Seriola dumerili</i>) to Marine Heatwaves by Yali Tian, Liancheng Li, Hongzhao Long, Dongying Zhang, Chen Wang, Ruijuan Hao, Hang Li, Xiaoying Ru, Qiuxia Deng, Qin Hu, Yang Huang, Chunhua Zhu

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Biomechanical analysis of patients with mild Parkinson’s disease during indoor cycling training by Seonghyun Kang, Jin-Woo Park, Yekwang Kim, Juhui Moon, Yeji Lee, Chan-Nyoung Lee, Jaewook Kim, Seung-Jong Kim, Byung-Jo Kim

“…Control: 22.8 ± 11.7 mm, p = 0.019), indicating a more constrained and controlled cycling pattern. …”
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Renal hyperfiltration is associated with a reduced incidence of hypertension in individuals younger than 70 by Hee-Jung Ha, Min Kyoung Kang, Jeong Hwa Kim, Youn-Hee Choi, Tae-Jin Song

“…The eGFR levels, determined by applying the 2009 Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation, were employed to evaluate the renal function. An incidence of hypertension was confirmed when a diagnosis of (primary or secondary) hypertension (International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 codes I10-I11) was noted at least once per year during outpatient or inpatient care with a prescription for antihypertensive medication or at least one more surpassing 140/90 mmHg from a health examination after the index date after excluding diagnosis of secondary hypertension. …”
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Mapping Acid–Base Sites on Anatase Titania (100) and (101) Surfaces by Density Functional Theory: The Link Between Lewis Acidity and the Surface Ability to Flex by Alexey V. Ignatchenko, Paige E. Denman

“…The acidity of anatase titania before and after KOH doping was probed by pyridine adsorption in a pulse microreactor and modeled by DFT optimization of the geometry of CO and pyridine adsorption on a periodic slab of (101) and (100) surfaces using a GGA/PBE functional and verified by an example of a single-point calculation of the optimized geometry using an HSE-06 hybrid functional. …”
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Identifying cross-tissue molecular targets of lung function by multi-omics integration analysis from DNA methylation and gene expression of diverse human tissues by Shisheng Peng, Jinlong Fang, Weiliang Mo, Guodong Hu, Senquan Wu

“…More importantly, MOLCO colocalization analysis showed that 3 genes (CD46, LMCD1, and ZBTB38) expression in blood, blood cell traits, and lung function traits shared the same causal signals. …”
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The plasticity of gut microbiota contributes to inter-region dietary differences adaptation of ungulates in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by Chengbo Liang, Bin Li, Pengfei Song, Haifeng Gu, Feng Jiang, Meng Zhang, Rui Zhang, Tongzuo Zhang

“…Bharals in the Qinghai Lake basin possessed gut microbiotas with a greater capacity to metabolize carbohydrates. And the functional capacity of such functions was positively correlated with the abundance of Polygonaceae in the diet and negatively correlated with the abundance of Rosaceae and Poaceae. …”
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