Author(s): Teló C; O' Brien MG; Trofimovich P;

Accented second language (L2) speakers are frequently evaluated less favorably than first language (L1) speakers in employment contexts. Processing fluency (the subjective ease of understanding a speaker) has been identified as an experiential variable that helps explain why L2 speakers tend to receive lower workplace-relevant evaluations. However, less ...

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Author(s): Paul J; Jäger ATP; Huck J; Tardif CL; Villringer A; Gauthier CJ; Bazin PL; Steele CJ;

Ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging at sub-millimeter resolution opens the possibility to assess subtle longitudinal changes in brain structure and function. Identifying the regions and putative mechanisms involved in learning specific motor sequences is a key step towards understanding neuroplasticity. To disambiguate sequence-specific learning ...

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Author(s): Beaulieu J; Morgado-Gamero WB; Fraser DJ; Cristescu ME; Derry AM;

Biomass and abundance data are critical for ecosystem monitoring and management of fish populations, yet their acquisition represents a growing challenge as anthropogenic pressures intensify the need for monitoring. Environmental DNA (eDNA) has the potential to provide cost-effective biomass and abundance estimations, but its high molecular stability ma ...

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Author(s): Albury AW; Bianco R; Johnson AP; Penhune VB;

The ability to predict or anticipate musical events contributes to music-related pleasure and memory; however, their contributions to learning to play a melody have been less well-explored. In this study, we investigated how musical predictability and pleasure influenced how nonmusicians learned to play short melodies, as well as post-learning recall. P ...

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Author(s): Chukwuejim S; Fatoki TH; Aluko RE;

Arginase is a binuclear manganese metalloenzyme that modulates L-arginine availability and downstream metabolic pathways. It was hypothesized that C-terminal arginine-containing peptides generated through simulated gastrointestinal digestion of white lupin (Lupinus albus) proteins would exhibit arginase inhibitory activity. To test this hypothesis, inte ...

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Author(s): Freeman-Cole CE; Jaeger JAG;

While landscape connectivity is an important focus of Canada's conservation goals, Canadian national parks are vulnerable to habitat loss, the breaking-up of habitat patches, and a reduction in their connectivity to surrounding ecosystems. This study measured landscape fragmentation in 43 Canadian national parks and control areas throughout their hi ...

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Author(s): Abdallah W; Darwish A; Garcia J; Kadem L;

Background: Aortic regurgitation (AR) alters normal blood flow patterns in the left ventricle (LV), affecting diastolic filling dynamics, and is commonly quantified by the regurgitant fraction (RF). However, conventional diagnostic methods have notable limitations, prompting growing interest in four-dimensional flow magnetic resonance imaging (4D-flow M ...

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Author(s): Brancheriau CR; Larocque K; Schick G; Tountas I; Perlman A; Piekny A;

Cytokinesis, the final step of cell division, relies on ingression of a precisely positioned actomyosin ring. Chromatin-associated Ran-GTP fine-tunes ring position, although the mechanism remains unclear. We hypothesize that depletion of Ran-GTP between segregating chromosomes leads to equatorial enrichment of importins, promoting recruitment of the sca ...

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Author(s): Calvano A; Xiao Y; Steidel K; Loehrer PA; Ruppert-Junck MC; Nimsky C; Timmermann L; Bopp MHA; Pedrosa DJ;

Purpose: Accurate segmentation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) is paramount for optimising outcomes under deep brain stimulation (DBS) in Parkinson's disease (PD). Clinically available tools like Brainlab Elements (BL-E) enable automated segmentations for surgical planning, yet their spati ...

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Author(s): Fereshteh Mehrabi

CONCLUSIONS: This longitudinal study suggests that frailty progression may play a role in the association between sensory decline and executive function over 6 years, particularly in the context of vision decline. Public health policies targeting (pre)frailty among individuals experiencing sensory decline could promote healthy cognitive aging.

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Author(s): Wang M; Bhagwat N; Cremonesi F; Dugré M; Pfarr JK; d' Angremont E; Dai A; Jahanpour A; Urchs S; Cansiz S; Chambon L; Dinçer AT; Torres J; Vesin M; Pinilla-Monsalve G; Song Y; Vriend C; Jeanson F; Monchi O; van der Werf YD; Lorenzi ...

Despite growing understanding of the benefits of having Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) data, many datasets still cannot be shared. Federated analysis methods can enable multisite studies that do not require the sharing of participant-level information. However, there a ...

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