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Visual discrimination training increases the speed stimulus processing and leads to an earlier onset of stimulus encoding
Wide experience with complex visual stimuli results in better performance and faster responses in object discrimination, categorization, and identification through perceptual learning and expertise. V...
Joint Simon effect in rats: Validation across two strains and exploratory analysis of the influence of familiarity
Examining the influence of others on joint actions could clarify the basal mechanisms underlying social coordination in non-human animals. The joint Simon task is used for this purpose, and some non-h...
Data asset valuation model based on generative artificial intelligence
In the digital economy era, the significance of data assets has increasingly become evident, particularly against the backdrop of the rapid development of Generative Artificial Intelligence. This pape...
CO2 removal to reach net zero warming of global methane and nitrous oxide emissions of livestock: Comparison of two metrics under different 2050 FAO scenarios
Achieving global climate targets requires accurate quantification of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and their implied impact on temperature. However, the choice of emission metric—particularly between...
Body image perception, well-being and creativity in Chinese university students: The necessity for a novel course of medical aesthetics
Objective Body image perception significantly impacts university students’ well-being and potentially their creativity. Traditional aesthetic education often neglects direct engagement with body image...
WeChat-assisted strategies for personalized health management in patients with AECOPD: A randomized controlled trial
Objective To investigate the application effect of personalized health management strategies based on the WeChat platform in improving the overall health status of patients with Acute Exacerbation of...
Examining the role of emotion regulation, anger, and anxiety in misophonia: A network model
Background Misophonia, characterized by intense negative reactions to specific sounds, is associated with significant emotional distress. The connections among misophonia severity and factors like emo...
Investigation of mobile genetic elements and their association with antibiotic resistance genes in clinical pathogens worldwide
Objectives Antimicrobial-resistant bacteria are a major global health threat. Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) have been crucial for spreading resistance to new bacterial species, including human pathog...
The role of SLC2A1 in lung adenocarcinoma: From tumorigenesis to patient survival
Objective Our study aimed at systematically exploring the effect of the solute carrier family 2 Member (SLC2A) genes family on the prognosis and immune landscape of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) patients...
Research on a virtual-real fusion experimental system for the cutting part of a boom-type roadheader
Aiming at the problems of high safety risks, economic costs, and inefficiency in experimental research on boom-type roadheaders, this study proposes a virtual-real fusion experimental system for the c...
The association between labor epidural analgesia and early-onset postpartum hypertension among parturients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: A retrospective cohort study
Background This study aimed to investigate the association of different durations of labor epidural analgesia (LEA) on early-onset postpartum hypertension (PPHTN) among parturients with hypertensive d...
Evaluation of commercially available class A water-based foam concentrates for swine depopulation
Currently, the swine industry is lacking an efficient method for large-scale emergency depopulation. Class A water-based foam (WBF) has been demonstrated as a viable option for large-scale depopulatio...
Characterization of experimental cerebral malaria by volumetric MRI A comparative study across the sexes
Cerebral malaria (CM), a potentially lethal neurological complication of the infection by Plasmodium falciparum, affects mostly the pediatric population under 5 years old in sub-Saharan Africa. This c...
Microbial diversity in drug-naïve Parkinson’s disease patients
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurological disorder characterized by rigidity, bradykinesia and tremor. Several genetic and environmental causes of PD are known, and there is emerging evidence of the...
Impact of gaseous ozone treatment of fish carcasses (Gadus morhua) on the microbiological load and their quality
The improvement of the microbial quality of food products is one of the most important aspects of the world economy with a significant impact on the health of consumers. Due to the content of lipids,...
Non-linear association between neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and 90-day mortality in patients with pneumonia receiving glucocorticoids alone or in combination with other immunosuppressants: A retrospective cohort study
Objective The relationship between neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and 90-day mortality in patients with pneumonia receiving glucocorticoids alone or in combination with other immunosuppressants...
Estimation of the heritability of medicinal compound contents in Glycyrrhiza uralensis
Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fischer (Fabaceae), an important medicinal plant widely used in traditional Japanese and Chinese medicine, contains bioactive compounds, such as glycyrrhizin and flavonoids, whic...
Economic deprivation and intimate partner violence in Germany
This article examines the association between economic deprivation and the likelihood of experiencing physical intimate partner violence (IPV) in Germany. Although international studies have shown a l...
Predictive ability of plasma concentration of triglyceride/high density lipoprotein-cholesterol ratio for cardiometabolic variables in a sub-Sahara black African adolescent population–Nigerians
Introduction This study aimed to determine whether triglyceride/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (TG/HDL-c) ratio, which has been shown to be an innovative proxy marker of athe...
Advancing medical question answering with a knowledge embedding transformer
Efficient medical question answering is essential for better patient care. Despite progress since Eliza (1966), even advanced LLMs (e.g., GPT-4) struggle with medical data. This study presents a syste...
A systematic approach to study the effects of acquisition parameters and biological factors on computerized mammography analysis using ex vivo human tissue: A protocol description
Background: Mammography is the most common imaging modality for the detection of breast cancer. Artificial intelligence algorithms for mammography analysis have shown promising performance for breast...
DMSO induces major morphological and physiological alterations in zebrafish embryos
Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is a polar aprotic solvent that dissolves both polar and nonpolar compounds and is miscible in a wide range of organic solvents as well as water. These characteristics render...
Analysis of hemorrhagic transformation and intracerebral hemorrhage under combination therapy with alteplase and antiplatelets or anticoagulants, using the Japanese Adverse Drug Event Report database
Recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activators (rtPA) effectively dissolve blood clots and improve symptoms in patients with acute ischemic stroke and myocardial infraction. Although rtPA are used in...
Time series analysis of dengue incidence and its association with meteorological risk factors in Bangladesh
Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease affecting tropical and subtropical regions. In Bangladesh, dengue fever remains a rising public health threat driven by meteorological factors. This study aime...
Estimating the prevalence alcohol use disorder and relapse risks in Kermanshah Province of Iran: Integrating direct, indirect methods, and tree-based analysis
Background Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is a major health issue in various societies, particularly in Iran, with detrimental consequences. In this study, we examined the prevalence of AUD using direct a...