Cognitive training and mild cognitive impairment : a review by Chua, Xavier Cheng En, Seow, Jonathan Wei En, Tan, Huiting

“…Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is largely viewed as a pre-clinical stage in the trajectory of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) where the extent of cognitive decline is relatively mild, thus allowing for the application of earlier, more effective treatment. …”
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Cryptography in the Wild: An Empirical Analysis of Vulnerabilities in Cryptographic Libraries by Blessing, Jenny, Specter, Michael A., Weitzner, Daniel J.

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Genetic, natal, and spatial drivers of social phenotypes in wild great tits by Satarkar, D, Sepil, I, Sheldon, BC

“…This requires the estimation of the genetic and environmental basis of these behaviours, which is challenging in uncontrolled wild populations.</li> <li>In this study, we partitioned genetic, developmental and spatial environmental variation in repeatable social network traits derived from foraging events. …”

Allee effects: empirical analyses of wild British butterfly populations and theoretical implications for population synchrony by Dooley, C

Continent-wide drivers of spatial synchrony in breeding demographic structure across wild great tit populations by Woodman, JP, Vriend, SJG, Adriaensen, F, Cole, E, Evans, Park, JS, Firth, JA, Sheldon, B

Effect of mild-temperature and high-temperature pasteurisation on physicochemical properties, bioactive compound, antioxidant activity and microbiological qualities of reconstitute... by Kong, T.Y., Hasnan, N.Z.N., A., Nur Diyana, I.M., Nurin-Zulkifli, Basha, R.K., Abdul Ghani, N.H., Aziz, N.A.

“…Reconstituted pomegranate juice (RPJ) was thermally treated with high-temperature pasteurisation (HTP) at 95°C and mild-temperature pasteurisation (MTP) at 80°C for 30 s respectively. …”
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Predicting cognitive scores from wearable-based digital physiological features using machine learning: data from a clinical trial in mild cognitive impairment by Rykov, Yuri G., Patterson, Michael D., Gangwar, Bikram A., Jabar, Syaheed B., Leonardo, Jacklyn, Ng, Kok Pin, Kandiah, Nagaendran

“…Background: Continuous assessment and remote monitoring of cognitive function in individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) enables tracking therapeutic effects and modifying treatment to achieve better clinical outcomes. …”
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Early, very high-titre convalescent plasma therapy in clinically vulnerable individuals with mild COVID-19 (COVIC-19): protocol for a randomised, open-label trial by Desmarets, M, Hoffmann, S, Vauchy, C, Rijnders, BJA, Toussirot, E, Durrbach, A, Körper, S, Schrezenmeier, E, van der Schoot, CE, Harvala, H, Brunotte, G, Appl, T, Seifried, E, Tiberghien, P, Bradshaw, D, Roberts, DJ, Estcourt, LJ, Schrezenmeier, H

Performance and validation of a digital memory test across the Alzheimer’s disease continuum by Toniolo, S, Attaallah, B, Maio, MR, Tabi, YA, Slavkova, E, Klar, VS, Saleh, Y, Idris, MI, Turner, V, Preul, C, Srowig, A, Butler, C, Thompson, S, Manohar, SG, Finke, K, Husain, M

“…Most digital metrics were able to discriminate between healthy controls and patients with mild cognitive impairment and between mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease patients. …”

Scheduling nonlinear divisible loads in a single level tree network by Suresh, Sundaram, Run, Cui, Kim, H. J., Robertazzi, T. G.

“…The problem of finding optimal load fraction is a computationally intensive task. …”
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Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits by Evangelou, Evangelos, Warren, Helen R., Mosen-Ansorena, David, Mifsud, Borbala, Pazoki, Raha, Gao, He, Ntritsos, Georgios, Dimou, Niki, Cabrera, Claudia P., Ibrahim Karaman, Ng, Fu Liang, Evangelou, Marina, Witkowska, Katarzyna, Tzanis, Evan, Hellwege, Jacklyn N., Giri, Ayush, Edwards, Digna R. Velez, Sun, Yan V., Cho, Kelly, Gaziano, J. Michael, Wilson, Peter W. F., Tsao, Philip S., Kovesdy, Csaba P., Esko, Tonu, Mägi, Reedik, Milani, Lili, Almgren, Peter, Boutin, Thibaud, Debette, Stéphanie, Ding, Jun, Giulianini, Franco, Holliday, Elizabeth G., Jackson, Anne U., Li-Gao, Ruifang, Lin, Wei-Yu, Luan, Jian'an, Mangino, Massimo, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Prins, Bram Peter, Qian, Yong, Sargurupremraj, Muralidharan, Shah, Nabi, Surendran, Praveen, Thériault, Sébastien, Verweij, Niek, Willems, Sara M., Zhao, Jing-Hua, Amouyel, Philippe, Connell, John, de Mutsert, Renée, Doney, Alex S. F., Farrall, Martin, Menni, Cristina, Morris, Andrew D., Raymond Noordam, Paré, Guillaume, Poulter, Neil R., Shields, Denis C., Stanton, Alice, Thom, Simon, Abecasis, Gonçalo, Najaf Amin, Arking, Dan E., Ayers, Kristin L., Barbieri, Caterina M., Batini, Chiara, Bis, Joshua C. M., Blake, Tineka, Bochud, Murielle, Boehnke, Michael, Boerwinkle, Eric, Boomsma, Dorret I., Bottinger, Erwin P., Braund, Peter S., Brumat, Marco, Campbell, Archie, Campbell, Harry, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Chambers, John Campbell, Chauhan, Ganesh, Ciullo, Marina, Cocca, Massimiliano, Collins, Francis, Cordell, Heather J., Davies, Gail, de Borst, Martin H., de Geus, Eco J., Deary, Ian J., Deelen, Joris, Del Greco M., Fabiola, Demirkale, Cumhur Yusuf, Dörr, Marcus, Ehret, Georg B., Elosua, Roberto, Enroth, Stefan, Erzurumluoglu, A. Mesut, Ferreira, Teresa, Frånberg, Mattias, Franco, Oscar H., Gandin, Ilaria, Gasparini, Paolo, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Gieger, Christian, Girotto, Giorgia, Goel, Anuj, Gow, Alan J., Gudnason, Vilmundur, Guo, Xiuqing, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hamsten, Anders, Harris, Tamara B., Harris, Sarah E., Hartman, Catharina A., Havulinna, Aki S., Hicks, Andrew A., Hofer, Edith, Hofman, Albert, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huffman, Jennifer E., Hwang, Shih-Jen, Ingelsson, Erik, James, Alan, Jansen, Rick, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Joehanes, Roby, Johansson, Åsa, Johnson, Andrew D., Joshi, Peter K., Jousilahti, Pekka, Jukema, J. Wouter, Jula, Antti, Kähönen, Mika, Kathiresan, Sekar, Keavney, Bernard D., Khaw, Kay-Tee, Knekt, Paul, Knight, Joanne, Kolcic, Ivana, Kooner, Jaspal S., Koskinen, Seppo, Kristiansson, Kati, Kutalik, Zoltan, Laan, Maris, Larson, Marty, Launer, Lenore J., Lehne, Benjamin, Lehtimäki, Terho, Liewald, David C. M., Lin, Li, Lind, Lars, Lindgren, Cecilia M., Liu, YongMei, Loos, Ruth J. F., Lopez, Lorna M., Lu, Yingchang, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Mahajan, Anubha, Mamasoula, Chrysovalanto, Marrugat, Jaume, Marten, Jonathan, Milaneschi, Yuri, Morgan, Anna, Morris, Andrew P., Morrison, Alanna C., Munson, Peter J., Nalls, Mike A., Nandakumar, Priyanka, Nelson, Christopher P., Niiranen, Teemu, Nolte, Ilja M., Nutile, Teresa, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Oostra, Ben A., O'Reilly, Paul F., Org, Elin, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Palmas, Walter, Palotie, Aarno, Pattie, Alison, Penninx, Brenda W. J. H., Perola, Markus, Peters, Annette, Polasek, Ozren, Pramstaller, Peter P., Nguyen, Quang Tri, Raitakari, Olli T., Ren, Meixia, Rettig, Rainer, Rice, Kenneth, Ridker, Paul M., Ried, Janina S., Riese, Harriëtte, Ripatti, Samuli, Robino, Antonietta, Rose, Lynda M., Rotter, Jerome I., Rudan, Igor, Ruggiero, Daniela, Saba, Yasaman, Sala, Cinzia F., Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J., Sarin, Antti-Pekka, Schmidt, Reinhold, Schmidt, Helena, Shrine, Nick, Siscovick, David, Smith, Albert V., Snieder, Harold, Sõber, Siim, Sorice, Rossella, Starr, John M., Stott, David J., Strachan, David P., Strawbridge, Rona J., Sundström, Johan, Swertz, Morris A., Taylor, Kent D., Teumer, Alexander, Tobin, Martin D., Tomaszewski, Maciej, Toniolo, Daniela, Traglia, Michela, Trompet, Stella, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Tzourio, Christophe, Uitterlinden, André G., Vaez, Ahmad, van der Most, Peter J., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Vergnaud, Anne-Claire, Verwoert, Germaine C., Vitart, Veronique, Völker, Uwe, Vollenweider, Peter, Vuckovic, Dragana, Watkins, Hugh, Wild, Sarah H., Willemsen, Gonneke, Wilson, James F., Wright, Alan F., Yao, Jie, Zemunik, Tatijana, Zhang, Weihua, Attia, John R., Butterworth, Adam S., Chasman, Daniel I., Conen, David, Cucca, Francesco, Danesh, John, Hayward, Caroline, Howson, Joanna M. M., Laakso, Markku, Lakatta, Edward G., Langenberg, Claudia, Melander, Olle, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Palmer, Colin N. A., Risch, Lorenz, Scott, Robert A., Scott, Rodney J., Sever, Peter, Spector, Tim D., van der Harst, Pim, Wareham, Nicholas J., Zeggini, Eleftheria, Levy, Daniel, Munroe, Patricia B., Newton-Cheh, Christopher, Brown, Morris J., Metspalu, Andres, Hung, Adriana M., O'Donnell, Christopher J., Edwards, Todd L., Psaty, Bruce M., Tzoulaki, Ioanna, Barnes, Michael R., Wain, Louise V., Elliott, Paul, Caulfield, Mark J.

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Efficacy of inactivated pasteurella multocida against the bacterial infections in broiler chickens by Koh, Sien Ling

“…Severe pneumonia and severe congestion and necrosis of lung parenchyma were also recorded. In contrast, mild hepatitis with mild necrosis and degeneration of hepatocytes and mild pneumonia with mild congestion, degeneration and necrosis at the lung parenchyma were recorded in all the scarified chickens in all group. …”
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Selection against domestication alleles in introduced rabbit populations by Andrade, P, Alves, JM, Pereira, P, Rubin, C-J, Silva, E, Sprehn, CG, Enbody, E, Afonso, S, Faria, R, Zhang, Y, Bonino, N, Duckworth, JA, Garreau, H, Letnic, M, Strive, T, Thulin, C-G, Queney, G, Villafuerte, R, Jiggins, FM, Ferrand, N, Andersson, L, Carneiro, M

“…This limited parallelism is probably explained by extensive standing genetic variation resulting from domestication together with the complex mixed ancestry of introduced populations. Our findings shed light on the selective and molecular mechanisms that enable domestic animals to re-adapt to the wild and provide important insights for the mitigation and management of invasive populations.…”

International differences in conservation priorities are more complicated than Global North-Global South divisions by Mutinhima, Y, Sibanda, L, Rono, B, Kulunge, S, Kimaili, D, Dickman, A, Madsen, E, Mandoloma, L, Tacey, J, Allred, S, Hare, D

“… Two enduring ideological divisions in biodiversity conservation concern whether conservation should prioritise a) the interests of people or wild animals, and b) the interests of individual animals or groups of animals. …”

Enhanced expression of codon optimized interferon gamma in CHO cells by Yusufi, Faraaz N. K., Yang, Yuansheng, Lee, Dong-Yup, Chung, Bevan Kai-Sheng, Mariati

“…Interestingly, the CC-optimized genes exhibited at least 13-fold increase in expression level compared to the wild-type IFN-γ while a maximum of 10-fold increase was observed for the ICU-optimized genes. …”
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Factors associated with body weight status and internet addiction among malaysian university students in Penang: mixed method study before and during covid-19 pandemic by Isaac, Nesamalar

“…The level of internet addiction was determined based on Young’s internet addiction self-reported scale, and students were classified as no IA users (0.3%), mild IA users (56.8%), moderate IA users (37.5%), and severe IA users (5.4%). …”
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Compressed sensing: a discrete optimization approach by Bertsimas, Dimitris, Johnson, Nicholas A. G.

“…We study the Compressed Sensing (CS) problem, which is the problem of finding the most sparse vector that satisfies a set of linear measurements up to some numerical tolerance. …”
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Application of COLD-PCR for improved detection of EGFR mutations in clinical samples. by Zhang, Zhi Xuan.

“…As such, this project was carried out to find out whether COLD-PCR would pick up low level mutant alleles that were missed by regular PCR. …”
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Adversarial robustness of deep reinforcement learning by Qu, Xinghua

“…Although some achievements and interesting findings have been observed, existing adversarial attacks are deemed to be less realistic due to the extensive assumptions utilized, such as white-box policy access and full-state adversary setting. …”
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The origin of cultivated mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana L. var. mangostana): critical assessments and an evolutionary-ecological perspective by Yao, T. L., Nazre, M., McKey, D., Jalonen, R., Duminil, J.

“…Polyploidy is known in the wild relatives, but apomixis has not yet been demonstrated. …”
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