Author(s): Warmerdam CAR; Westra HJ; van der Graaf A; Bonder MJ; Deelen P; van Lieshout T; Landman AJ; Jesse M; Strober BJ; Boltz T; Lapinska S; Nagpal S; Xie M; Tay D; Kirsten H; Naeem H; Raghavan V; Farzeen A; Teumer A; Favé MJ; Persyn E; Tokolyi ...

Many non-coding variants influence complex traits and diseases through gene regulation, yet the mechanisms linking these variants to downstream biology remain poorly understood. Here, we present eQTLGen Phase 2, a comprehensive genome-wide analysis of gene expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL ...

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Author(s): Mohemmi N; Karamati SA; Miladi R; Khodayari MT; Bashiri H; Faraji R; Falahi S; Jalilian S; Bozorgomid A; Hamzavi Y;

Neospora caninum (protozoa: Apicomplexa) is a major cause of economic losses in bovine production systems due to reproductive failure and abortion in cows. Although there is evidence of camelids being exposed to N. caninum, the importance of these animals in the parasite's life cycle is uncle ...

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Author(s): Gamache I; Fagbemi K; Harnois-Leblanc S; Greenwood CMT; Henderson M; Van Hulst A; Timpson NJ; Manousaki D;

Aims/hypothesis: Dysglycaemia in youth results from complex interactions between genetic and environmental factors, yet their individual and combined contributions remain unclear. We aimed to: (1) evaluate the predictive performance of polygenic risk scores (PRSs) for glycaemic traits from childh ...

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Author(s): Trépanier SG; Notelaers G; Birkeland Nielsen M; Morin AJS;

Workplace bullying is conceptualized as a systematic exposure to harassing behavior accompanied by feelings of defenselessness. Yet, most research has solely focused on exposure, thereby ignoring the role of defenselessness regarding victimization from bullying. Using a person-centered approach, this cross-sectional study addresses this gap by investigati ...

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Author(s): Wei X; Afnan J; Avigdor T; von Ellenrieder N; Delaire É; Royer J; Ho A; Minato E; Schiller K; Jaber K; Wang YL; Moye M; Bernhardt BC; Lina JM; Grova C; Frauscher B;

Cortical oscillations across sleep-wake cycles are essential for coordinating functional brain dynamics. High-density electroencephalography (HDEEG) combined with electrical source imaging (ESI) provides a noninvasive approach to map cortical dynamics; however, its ability to capture spatial ongo ...

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Author(s): Fawcett EJ; Morris Q; Lahey C; Corran C; Krause S; Bishop OC; Rash JA; Carter J; Fawcett JM;

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a heterogeneous condition often characterized in relation to major symptom dimensions, including contamination, symmetry/exactness, religious, aggressive, sexual, hoarding/saving, somatic, and miscellaneous. Aggressive obsessions, defined as intrusive though ...

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Author(s): Ghannoum Al Chawaf K; Lahmiri S;

The COVID-19 outbreak has made it evident that the nature and behavior of SARS-CoV-2 requires constant research and surveillance, owing to the high mutation rates that lead to variants. This work focuses on the statistical analysis of energy measures as biomarkers of SARS-CoV-2. The main purpose of this study is to determine which energy measure can diffe ...

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Author(s): Fereidouni M; Hoa SV;

The Rosenthal steady-state analytical solution for the temperature distribution caused by a moving point heat source on a semi-infinite, homogeneous, isotropic solid has been extensively used in modeling metallurgical processes, e.g., arc welding. This study develops a three-dimensional analytical closed-form solution for the temperature field induced by ...

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Author(s): Khaled Touati

Effective brine management remains a major challenge for the desalination industry, particularly as plants encounter increasingly high-salinity waste streams. This study presents a comparative performance assessment of advanced reverse osmosis-based technologies, low-salt-rejection reverse osmosis (LSRRO), high-pressure reverse osmosis (HPRO), osmotically ...

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Author(s): Plante C; Datta Gupta S; Bandara T; Beland D; Blaser C; Camillo CA; Villa E; Dutton D; Fuller D; Hasselback J; Lix LM; Marouzi A; Muhajarine N; Notten G; Reimer B; Wolfson M; Young M; Concha DY; Neudorf C;

Background: Two decades of research have highlighted persistent income-related health inequities in Canada across municipal, provincial, and national levels. While there is broad consensus among researchers, advocates, and health professionals that social determinants are the primary drivers of h ...

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Author(s): Bellemare-Pepin A; Jerbi K;

Background: The Biotuner Toolbox is an open-source Python toolbox for biosignals that integrates concepts from neuroscience, music theory, and signal processing. It introduces a harmonic perspective on physiological oscillations by applying musical constructs such as consonance, rhythm, and scale construction. Methods: The core biotuner_object processes ...

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