Although 44.6 million adults live in endemic areas, epidemiological studies and interventions primarily target school-age children (SAC). Hence, data on the prevalence and intensity of ...

Blood Oxygen Level Dependent (BOLD) variability reflects meaningful brain activity, yet its structural and biological correlates during early development remain unknown. Using longitudinal ...

For object detection in complex dark environments, the existing methods generally have problems such as low detection accuracy, false detection and missed detection. These problems lead to a lack of ...

Studies have established the association between increased plasma levels of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 and adipose tissue inflammation. Tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) was elevated in obesity and ...

Stem cell-based therapy is a potential treatment for neurodegenerative diseases, but its application to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) remains limited. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is critical ...

El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) teleconnection to the Euro-Atlantic exhibits strong subseasonal variations, as the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) response systematically reverses its phase from ...

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), recommends the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS) 2.0 for routine clinical use. We ...

Euphausiids play important roles in ecosystems worldwide, transferring energy from primary producers to secondary consumers. Antarctic krill are the most abundant ...

Cuttage is a common plant cultivation method, and the key to its survival is the restoration of water refilling, which remains unclear up to now. We report 3D dynamic imaging of water refilling of ...

Understanding why some people see no benefits from potent anti-obesity medications could lead to new therapies and ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of blindness in older adults and is closely linked to dysfunction of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Arsenic (As), a ubiquitous ...

Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) is a pattern recognition receptor mainly known for its role in innate immune response to infection. Indeed, binding of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) to TLR3 triggers a ...