Author(s): Coupal J; Shabanova D; Gagnon I; Grilli L; Beaulieu C; Teel E;

Context: Current graded exertion tests (GXTs) for concussion management require specialized equipment and in-person supervision. The Montreal Virtual Exertion (MOVE) protocol is a telehealth-compatible GXT but has been tested only in pseudo-virtual conditions. Objective: To determine the safety and feasibility of the MOVE protocol when administered remot ...

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Author(s): Heers M; Afnan J; Braun C; Grova C; Altenmüller DM; Steinhoff BJ; Dümpelmann M; Demerath T; Urbach H; Ethofer S; Siegel M; Schulze-Bonhage A; Lerche H; Li Hegner Y;

Objective: Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) causes drug-resistant epilepsy requiring presurgical evaluation. Invasive electroencephalographic (EEG) studies demonstrate that sleep modulates epileptic activity, including interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs), fast oscillations (FOs) in the beta ( ...

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Author(s): Notton C; Sharma V; Quoc-Huy Trinh V; Chen L; Xu M; Varma S; Hosseini MS;

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the few cancers that have an established dysplasia-carcinoma sequence that benefits from screening. Everyone over 50 years of age in Canada is eligible for CRC screening. About 20% of those people will undergo a biopsy for a pre-neoplastic polyp and, in many cases, multiple polyps. As such, these polyp biopsies make up th ...

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Author(s): Guo D; Luo Z; Bouguila N; Fan W;

Neural topic models (NTMs) based on variational autoencoders (VAEs) have emerged as a scalable and flexible alternative to classical probabilistic models for uncovering latent thematic structures in text corpora. However, most existing NTMs either overlook the geometric structure of word embeddings or rely on Euclidean priors that are poorly aligned with ...

Article GUID: 41791177

Author(s): Younes GR; Heli B; Ajji A;

This work blends polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with poly-(lactic acid) (PLA) using polyhydroxyurethane (PHU) structures. The PHU is synthesized from mannitol biscarbonate and a short-chain PDMS-based diamine. The main objectives are, first, to explore the application of the PDMS-based PHU as an additive for PLA and, second, to enhance the flexibility and hy ...

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Author(s): Narcross L; Pyne ME; Kevvai K; Siu KH; Dueber JE; Martin VJJ;

The benzylisoquinoline alkaloid (BIA) family of tetrahydroisoquinolines (THIQs) comprises >2,500 members, including the pharmaceuticals morphine, codeine, and papaverine, as well as the antibiotics sanguinarine and chelerythrine. Agricultural cultivation can supply the demand for the BIAs that accumulate in plants, but broader access to the BIA family wou ...

Article GUID: 41779670

Author(s): Alicia Estefania Antonio Figueroa

This work implements deep learning models to capture non-linear and complex data behavior in aluminum price data. Deep learning models include the long short-term memory (LSTM) and deep feedforward neural networks (FFNN). The support vector regression (SVR) is employed as a base model for comparison. Each predictive model is tuned by using two different o ...

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Author(s): Yu S; Jin Y; Guo T; Li H; Liu W; Chen Z; Wang X; Guo J;

Biological denitrification is limited by slow nitrate (NO3-) reduction due to low electron transfer efficiency, unsatisfactory community functional efficiency and insufficient metabolic activity of microbial communities. To overcome these challenges, Ni2+ and Fe2+ were incorporated with gallic acid (GA) to form bimetallic polyphenol networks (NiFeGA BPNs) ...

Article GUID: 41707775

Author(s): Du Z; Li Z; Chen X; Liu M; Feng L; Li Q; Chen Z; Chen Q;

Phosphate-solubilizing bacteria (PSB) are well-known for their ability to convert nonbioavailable phosphates into bioavailable forms, however, research on PSB that possess both phosphate solubilization and crude oil degradation capabilities in marine environments has not yet been explored, and the role of these bacteria in microbial remediation of petrole ...

Article GUID: 41707285

Author(s): Montpetit C; Kobaisi A; Lantz JM; Chauhan RV; Anderson DB; Fortin M;

Introduction: Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is the leading cause of adult spinal cord dysfunction, often requiring surgery. However, the role of postoperative rehabilitation in optimizing patient outcomes remains unclear. Research question: What are the effects of postoperative rehabilitation on clinical outcomes following DCM surgery? Material ...

Article GUID: 41693706

Author(s): Abichou T; Arkian F; Howarth E; Malmir T; Hossain RI; Buntov P; Dudak Y; Risk D;

The Tracer Correlation Method (TCM), when applied to quantify landfill methane emissions, relies on previously developed stringent quality control thresholds (R2 = 0.80 and Emission Rate Deviation (ERD) = 20 %, hereafter referred to as the Gold Standard. However, these thresholds often exclude a substantial portion of the collected data, limiting wider us ...

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