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Open AccessRepeated caffeine intake suppresses cerebral grey matter responses to chronic sleep restriction in an A1 adenosine receptor-dependent manner: a double-blind randomized controlled study with PET-MRI
Evidence has shown that both sleep loss and daily caffeine intake can induce changes in grey matter (GM). Caffeine is frequently used to combat sleepiness and impaired performance caused by insufficient sleep....
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Atomic-level polarization reversal in sliding ferroelectric semiconductors
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Open AccessDeep-learning-based sampling position selection on color Doppler sonography images during renal artery ultrasound scanning
Accurate selection of sampling positions is critical in renal artery ultrasound examinations, and the potential of utilizing deep learning (DL) for assisting in this selection has not been previously evaluated...
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Open AccessPredicting early mortality and severe intraventricular hemorrhage in very-low birth weight preterm infants: a nationwide, multicenter study using machine learning
Our aim was to develop a machine learning-based predictor for early mortality and severe intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) in very-low birth weight (VLBW) preterm infants in Taiwan. We collected retrospective ...
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Open AccessEnhancing the trustworthiness of chaos and synchronization of chaotic satellite model: a practice of discrete fractional-order approaches
Accurate development of satellite maneuvers necessitates a broad orbital dynamical system and efficient nonlinear control techniques. For achieving the intended formation, a framework of a discrete fractional ...
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Open AccessAtomic-level polarization reversal in sliding ferroelectric semiconductors
Intriguing “slidetronics” has been reported in van der Waals (vdW) layered non-centrosymmetric materials and newly-emerging artificially-tuned twisted moiré superlattices, but correlative experiments that spat...
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Open AccessUtility of polygenic scores across diverse diseases in a hospital cohort for predictive modeling
Polygenic scores estimate genetic susceptibility to diseases. We systematically calculated polygenic scores across 457 phenotypes using genoty** array data from China Medical University Hospital. Logistic re...
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Open AccessThree-dimensional ultrafast charge-density-wave dynamics in CuTe
Charge density waves (CDWs) involved with electronic and phononic subsystems simultaneously are a common quantum state in solid-state physics, especially in low-dimensional materials. However, CDW phase dynami...
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Open AccessPhosphoglycerate kinase 1 acts as a cargo adaptor to promote EGFR transport to the lysosome
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) plays important roles in multiple cellular events, including growth, differentiation, and motility. A major mechanism of downregulating EGFR function involves its en...
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Open AccessAddendum: Cellular differentiation into hyphae and spores in halophilic archaea
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Open AccessProsaposin variants in sporadic, familial, and early-onset Parkinson's disease: a Taiwanese case–control study and meta-analysis
Polymorphisms in the PSAP gene, which encodes prosaposin and is involved in the lysosomal function, yielded conflicting results regarding the association with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Therefore, this study aims ...
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Open AccessSerum IGFBP-1 as a promising diagnostic and prognostic biomarker for colorectal cancer
Our previous study showed that levels of circulating insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) has potential diagnostic value for early-stage upper gastrointestinal cancers. This study aimed to as...
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Open AccessComplex adaptive learning cortical neural network systems for solving time-fractional difference equations with bursting and mixed-mode oscillation behaviours
Complex networks have been programmed to mimic the input and output functions in multiple biophysical algorithms of cortical neurons at spiking resolution. Prior research has demonstrated that the ineffectual ...
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Open AccessA non-invasive mouse model that recapitulates disuse-induced muscle atrophy in immobilized patients
Disuse muscle atrophy occurs consequent to prolonged limb immobility or bed rest, which represents an unmet medical need. As existing animal models of limb immobilization often cause skin erosion, edema, and o...
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Open AccessMultipole engineering by displacement resonance: a new degree of freedom of Mie resonance
The canonical studies on Mie scattering unravel strong electric/magnetic optical responses in nanostructures, laying foundation for emerging meta-photonic applications. Conventionally, the morphology-sensitive...
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Open AccessAn advanced approach for the electrical responses of discrete fractional-order biophysical neural network models and their dynamical responses
The multiple activities of neurons frequently generate several spiking-bursting variations observed within the neurological mechanism. We show that a discrete fractional-order activated nerve cell framework in...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Deterministic-stochastic analysis of fractional differential equations malnutrition model with random perturbations and crossover effects
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Open AccessDeterministic-stochastic analysis of fractional differential equations malnutrition model with random perturbations and crossover effects
To boost the handful of nutrient-dense individuals in the societal structure, adequate health care documentation and comprehension are permitted. This will strengthen and optimize the well-being of the communi...
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Open AccessEntropy structural characterization of zeolites BCT and DFT with bond-wise scaled comparison
Entropy of a connected network is a quantitative measure from information theory that has triggered a plethora of research domains in molecular chemistry, biological sciences and computer programming due to it...
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Open AccessThe prognostic value of URR equals that of Kt/V for all-cause mortality in Taiwan after 10-year follow-up
Kt/V and URR (urea reduction ratio) measurements represent dialysis adequacy. Single-pool Kt/V is theoretically a superior method and is recommended by the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative guidelines...