Acquisition of musical skills and abilities in older adults—results of 12 months of music training by Losch, H, Altenmüller, E, Marie, D, Passarotto, E, Kretschmer, CR, Scholz, DS, Kliegel, M, Krüger, THC, Sinke, C, Jünemann, K, James, CE, Worschech, F

“…We did not identify any links between individual characteristics, like age, CogTel, CRIq, and musical sophistication, and improvement in musical aptitude tests. …”

Probabilistic verification beyond context-freeness by Li, G

“…Recent advancements, including extensions to higher-order grammars like Probabilistic Higher-Order Recursion Schemes (PHORS), offer enhanced expressiveness but introduce significant challenges, such as the undecidability of Almost Sure Termination (AST). …”

Electronic structure of topological quantum materials probed by angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy by Schröter, N

“…Our ARPES studies of those films reveal the existence of multiple Dirac-like bands that can be tuned by changing the film thickness.…”

Lithological controls of the Mg isotope composition of the Lena River across seasons and its impact on the annual isotope flux to the Arctic Ocean by Mavromatis, V, Porcelli, D, Andersson, PS, Korets, MA, Pokrovsky, OS

“…This number coincides with the value of summer baseflow reported in earlier works. Therefore, like in the recently studied Yenisey River basin, the Mg isotope signature of the Lena River water likely stems from a mixture of carbonate (−2.0 ≥ δ²⁶Mg ≥ −2.5 ‰) and silicate (0 ≥ δ²⁶Mg ≥ −0.2 ‰) rocks in its watershed. …”

Towards formal verification of Bayesian inference in probabilistic programming via guaranteed bounds by Zaiser, F

“…Crucially, these bounds are fully automated and require no user-provided auxiliary information like loop invariants. Thus they can serve as a ground truth to verify and debug approximate inference. …”

The paradoxes of wind power by Keay, M

“…Wind is argued by its proponents to be nearly competitive with fossil sources – and fully competitive once environmental externalities like CO2 emissions are taken into account in prices. …”

Comparative effectiveness of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors for new-onset gastric cancer and gastric diseases in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a population-bas... by Chou, OHI, Chauhan, VK, Chung, CTS, Lu, L, Lee, TTL, Ng, ZMW, Wang, KKW, Lee, S, Liu, H, Pang, RTK, Kaewdech, A, Cheung, BMY, Tse, G, Zhou, J

“…<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To compare the risks of gastric cancer and other gastric diseases in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) exposed to sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2I), dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP4I) or glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP1a).</p> <p><strong>Design: </strong>This was a population-based cohort study of prospectively collected data on patients with T2DM prescribed SGLT2I, DPP4I or GLP1a between January 1st 2015 and December 31st 2020 from Hong Kong. …”

A comprehensive study of laser irradiated hydrothermally synthesized 2D layered heterostructure V2O5(1−x)MoS2(x) (X = 1–5%) nanocomposites for photocatalytic application by Jameel, Muhammad Hasnain, Yasin, Aqeela, Samia, Mayzan, Mohd Zul Hilmi, Roslan, Muhammad Sufi, Esa, Fahmiruddin, Agam, Mohd Arif, Mohd Zaid, Mohd Hafiz, Althubeiti, Khaled, Aljohani, Mohammed

“…Furthermore, dielectric findings like the complex dielectric function, tangent loss, electrical conductivity, quality factors, and impedance of V2O5(1−x)MoS2(x) (X = 1–5% w/w) nanocomposites are studied. …”
Get full text

ranscriptome profile and gene expression during different ovarian maturation stages of Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man, 1879) by Mardhiyyah, Mohd Pauzi, Zakaria, Muhammad Faiz, Amin-Safwan, Adnan, Nur-Syahirah, Mamat, Sung, Yeong Yik, Ma, Hongyu, Ikhwanuddin, Mhd

“…Nevertheless, some M. rosenbergii ovarian maturation-related genes, such as small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO)-activating enzyme subunit 1, E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase RNF25, and neuroparsin, were first identified in this study. …”
Get full text

Determination of octreotide acetate as radiosensitizer in breast cancer cell lines by Alkhansa, Salih Mahmoud Abdalla

“…Ionizing radiation (IR), like X-rays and gamma rays, are used for c Cancer treatment because they can penetrate soft tissue, bone vs soft tissue. …”
Get full text

Phytochemical analysis and cytotoxic effects of mango (Mangifera indica L) kernel on breast cancer cell lines by Abdullah, Al-Shwyeh Hussah

“…Although numerous study has been done on plants to discover new drugs for the treatment of chronic diseases like cancer, the products of the mango plant species Mangifera indica L. waterlily, particularly the kernel have not adequately investigated. …”
Get full text

Biogenic amines and urocanic acid in keropok lekor, and their effects on cytotoxicity and proinflammatory mediator secretion of macrophage cell culture by Hussain, Husniza

“…Scombroid fish poisoning (SFP) or histamine fish poisoning (HFP) is caused by consumption of mishandled fish or fishery products containing high contents of histamine and leads to allergy-like reaction. Keropok lekor or Malaysian fish sausage is a widely consume fish product. …”
Get full text

Inhibition of endoplasmic reticulum stress using 4-phenyl butyrate mitigates osteoporosis in a mouse model of hindlimb suspension by Al-Daghestani, Hiba Saad Subhi

“…The tibiae bones of the untreated HLS group demonstrated lower osteocyte density, numerous multinucleated osteoclast-like cells, and adipocyte infiltration within the marrow, while micro-CT revealed lower bone volume fraction, reduced trabecular thickness, along with fewer trabeculae striations with increased trabecular separation. …”
Get full text

Nanoscale Origins of Thermal Transport Phenomena for Hybrid Layered Perovskites by Dahod, Nabeel S.

“…This probe identifies the persistence of bulk-like phonons even in the atomically thin 2D LHPs, in addition to identifying coherent acoustic phonons in lead iodide 2D LHPs potentially capable of carrying thermal energy across the organic-inorganic interfaces without scattering. …”
Get full text

Exploring the utility of silane cross-linkers for synthesis of superhydrophobic antibacterial fabrics by Agrawal, Neha

“…Functionalization of the textiles with additional properties like superhydrophobicity and antibacterial activity can greatly improve their performance, especially in clothing and healthcare sectors. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Enantiomeric glycosylated cationic block co-beta-peptides eradicate Staphylococcus aureus biofilms and antibiotic-tolerant persisters by Zhang, Kaixi, Du, Yu, Si, Zhangyong, Liu, Yang, Turvey, Michelle E., Raju, Cheerlavancha, Keogh, Damien, Ruan, Lin, Jothy, Subramanion Lachumy, Reghu, Sheethal, Marimuthu, Kalisvar, De, Partha Pratim, Ng, Oon Tek, Mediavilla, José R., Kreiswirth, Barry N., Chi, Robin Yonggui, Ren, Jinghua, Tam, Kam C., Liu, Xue-Wei, Duan, Hongwei, Zhu, Yabin, Mu, Yuguang, Hammond, Paula T., Bazan, Guillermo C., Pethe, Kevin, Chan-Park, Mary Bee Eng

“…The copolymer displays bacteria-activated surfactant-like properties, resulting from contact with the bacterial envelope. …”
Get full text

Postprandial glucose, insulin and incretin responses differ by test meal macronutrient ingestion sequence (pattern study) by Sun, Lijuan, Goh, Hui Jen, Govindharajulu, Priya, Leow, Melvin Khee-Shing, Henry, Christiani Jeyakumar

“…Results: There were significant food intake sequence × time interaction effects on plasma glucose, insulin, glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) concentrations (P < 0.001). …”
Get full text

A general method for the synthesis of hybrid nanostructures using MoSe2 nanosheet-assembled nanospheres as templates by Han, Shikui, Zhou, Kai, Yu, Yifu, Tan, Chaoliang, Chen, Junze, Huang, Ying, Ma, Qinglang, Chen, Ye, Cheng, Hongfei, Zhou, Weijia, Zhang, Hua

Get full text

Towards automated damage detection for in-situ remanufacturing by Nguyen, Keith Wei Liang

“…Remanufacturing is the restoration of used products to a like-new condition, with warranty matching the original product. …”
Get full text

Sequence- and structure-specific probing of RNAs by short nucleobase-modified dsRNA-binding PNAs incorporating a fluorescent light-up uracil analog by Krishna, Manchugondanahalli Shivakumar, Toh, Desiree-Faye Kaixin, Meng, Zhenyu, Ong, Alan Ann Lerk, Wang, Zhenzhang, Lu, Yunpeng, Xia, Kelin, Prabakaran, Mookkan, Chen, Gang

“…Compared to DNA and RNA, peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) are chemically stable and have a neutral peptide-like backbone, and thus, they show significantly enhanced binding to natural nucleic acids. …”
Get full text