Conformational and Stability Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Variants by Molecular Simulation by Gustavo E. Olivos-Ramirez, Luis F. Cofas-Vargas, Tobias Madl, Adolfo B. Poma

“…The results reveal that genetically more distant variants, such as XBB.1.5, BA.1, and JN.1, tend to adopt more compact conformational states compared to the WT. …”
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Application of Artificial Intelligence in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Detection and Response to Treatment: A Systematic Review by Faezeh Ghasemi, Ahmad Shalbaf, Ali Esteki

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Potential impact of precipitation temporal structure on meteorological drought and vegetation condition: A case study on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by Houliang Lu, Jun Qiu, Bill X. Hu, Fangfang Li

“…New hydrological insights for the regions: The CI and SVI exhibit a significant decreasing trend across almost the entire QTP, which means the temporal distribution of precipitation has become more ''even'' within a year. Meteorological drought was analyzed using the sc-PDSI and SPEI-12 indices. …”
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Vostok Bay: interseasonal changes in hydrological, hydrochemical and microbiological properties by N. K. Khristoforova, A. Yu. Lazaryuk, E. V. Zhuravel, T. V. Boychenko, A. A. Emelyanov

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A Multivariate Probabilistic Framework for Tracking the Intertropical Convergence Zone: Analysis of Recent Climatology and Past Trends by Antonios Mamalakis, Efi Foufoula‐Georgiou

“…Current approaches, which are based on tracking changes in the annual mean of single variables, ignore the intra‐annual dynamics, while more sophisticated methods are computationally intensive. …”
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Using a magnetic posture corrector in therapy of somatoform autonomic dysfunction in patients with chronic spinal diseases by R. M. Gafurova, E. R. Makhmudova, R. G. Khabchabov, A. A. Abdullaev, U. A. Islamova, A. A. Anatova, M. A. Dzhanbulatov

“…Vein, and to assess the HRV (heart rate variability), daily electrocardiogram monitoring was performed. …”
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Landsat-observed changes in forest cover and attribution analysis over Northern China from 1996‒2020 by Xiaobang Liu, Shunlin Liang, Han Ma, Bing Li, Yufang Zhang, Yingying Li, Tao He, Guodong Zhang, Jianglei Xu, Changhao Xiong, Rui Ma, Wenfu Wu, Jiahua Teng

“…The attribution analysis revealed that 34% of FFC changes were caused by climatic variables and 66% were caused by non-climatic factors. …”
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Approaches to Translating Dialogical Unity with Tag Questions in Shakespeare’s Tragedy “Hamlet” by N. Yu. Merkuryeva

“…, “why not?”, which can also be more elaborate: “could it really be so?”, “it could have been that way too, couldn't it?” …”
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Representativeness of mixed samples for evaluation of organic carbon in soil by N. B. Khitrov

“…The aim to solve the methodological problem of assessing variability of soil organic carbon content (Corg) in layer 0–20 cm based on 10-fold independent mixed sampling from the same field during one day. …”
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On regression approach to forecasting passenger demand in railway transport by G. L. Venediktov, V. M. Kochetkov

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Detection of Cognitive Performance Deterioration Due to Cold-Air Exposure in Females Using Wearable Electrodermal Activity and Electrocardiogram by Youngsun Kong, Riley McNaboe, Md Billal Hossain, Hugo F. Posada-Quintero, Krystina Diaz, Ki H. Chon, Jeffrey Bolkhovsky

“…As females are evidenced to be more sensitive to cold exposure, this study investigated the relationship between physiological metrics and cognitive performance deterioration of female subjects under cold stress. …”
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How static and kinetic meditation, with or without guidance, affect autonomic nervous system activity in novice meditators by Jinwoo Han, Jinwoo Han, Myungji Lee, Teri Kim

“…Heart rate (HR) and Heart rate variability (HRV) was recorded using the Polar H10 and EliteHRV apps. …”
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The effect of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on cardiovascular function in subarachnoid hemorrhage patients: A randomized trial by Gansheng Tan, Anna L Huguenard, Kara M Donovan, Phillip Demarest, Xiaoxuan Liu, Ziwei Li, Markus Adamek, Kory Lavine, Ananthv K Vellimana, Terrance T Kummer, Joshua W Osbun, Gregory J Zipfel, Peter Brunner, Eric C Leuthardt

“…The acute post-treatment elevation in heart rate was more pronounced in patients who experienced a decrease of more than one point in their modified Rankin Score at the time of discharge. …”
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Exploring Strategies Used by Algerian EFL Learners to Develop Their Speaking Skills by Maamar Missoum

“…Identifying those strategies could help course designers and teachers design teaching in a way that improves learners’ use of learning strategies to develop their speaking skills more efficiently for academic and professional purposes. …”
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Assessment of psychosocial parameters in adolescents seeking orthodontic treatment by Maria B. Doughan, Mohannad Khandakji, Brigitte Khoury, Joseph G. Ghafari

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Biological Processes Underlying Genetic Adaptation of Larches to Cold and Dry Winter Conditions in Eastern Siberia by Stefano Meucci, Stefan Kruse, Sarah Haupt, Kathleen R. Stoof‐Leichsenring, Konstantin V. Krutovsky, Nadine Bernhardt, Dörte Harpke, Ulrike Herzschuh

“…ABSTRACT The boreal forests of central and eastern Siberia, dominated by larches, are challenged by increasingly harsher continental conditions and more frequent droughts. Despite the crucial ecosystem services provided by these Siberian boreal forests, the major stressors driving the selective factors as well as the genetic adaptation mechanisms of larches are still unknown. …”
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The Spin Zone: Synchronously and Asynchronously Rotating Land Planets Have Spectral Differences in Transmission by Nicholas Scarsdale, C. E. Harman, Thomas J. Fauchez

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MFF-Net: A Lightweight Multi-Frequency Network for Measuring Heart Rhythm from Facial Videos by Wenqin Yan, Jialiang Zhuang, Yuheng Chen, Yun Zhang, Xiujuan Zheng

“…The TMSC-module can expand the receptive field of the signal-refining network, obtain more abundant multiscale information, and transmit it to the signal reconstruction network. …”
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Deep fusion approach: Combining hyperspectral imaging and ground penetrating radar for accurate cornfield soil moisture mapping by Milad Vahidi, Sanaz Shafian, William Hunter Frame

“…Moreover, the improvement in Lin’s Concordance Correlation from 0.84 to 0.90 for the integrated approach between the models suggests that the ANN more accurately reflects the variability in the true data, enhancing the reliability of the predictions. …”
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Prognostic value of blood pressure in the acute period of hemispheric ischemic stroke by E. I. Gusev, O. M. Drapkina, M. Yu. Martynov, A. P. Glukhareva, E. V. Yutskova

“…During the first 10 days of AIS persistent increase in systolic, diastolic, and pulse pressure, and BP variability was associated with more severe stroke and less favorable outcome. …”
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