Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

Facial emotion recognition of sadness relates to superior parietal gray matter volume in mild cognitive impairment

Abstract Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is associated with early, regionally selective neurodegenerative changes that may affect socioemotional functioning before atrophy becomes widespread. This study examined whether structural brain alterations in MCI relate to facial emotion...

Age modifies the association between body composition and S1P levels in the study of health in pomerania

Abstract To investigate whether age modifies the associations between body composition markers and sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) levels in the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP) cohort. Among 4,080 participants (2,275 women, 51.4%), we examined age-specific associations of anthr...

Dynamic nutrient competition (de-)stabilizes photosymbiosis

ABSTRACT Photosymbioses between heterotrophic hosts and phototrophic symbionts are critical to productivity in oligotrophic aquatic ecosystems. The ecological success of this relationship is rooted in the efficient metabolic exchange between symbiotic partners, yet this nutrition...

FIND: a phase-II study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of erdafitinib in FGFR-altered NSCLC

Abstract Introduction: FGFR alterations occur in approximately 2% of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients, predominantly in squamous cell histology (sqNSCLC). We evaluated the efficacy of the selective FGFR1-4 inhibitor erdafitinib in patients with FGFR-altered NSCLC. Meth...

Multimodal deep learning architecture for gym exercise recognition and real-time posture error detection using LSTM and RAG-based expert chatbot

The growing popularity of home fitness has led to an increase in home-based fitness training. Still, the lack of supervision by a trained professional has resulted in improper form, thereby increasing the risk of injury during exercise. Automated computer vision systems have also...

Hysteresis-driven radiative Mpemba effect in phase-change nanostructures

The Mpemba effect states that initially hotter systems cool faster than colder ones. While known in convective, conductive, and quantum systems, its radiative analog is unexplored. Here, this anomaly is realized via phase-change hysteresis of a VO 2 nanoparticle near a SiC substr...

Visual cue properties determine innate orientation strategy in Monarch butterflies

Animals use a wide range of environmental signals, including celestial and terrestrial cues for navigation. While celestial cues, such as the sun, play a major role in maintaining a constant heading during long-distance migration and dispersal, terrestrial cues provide an animal...

Quantifying aggregation bias in marsh carbon flux estimates caused by rhizosphere oxygen heterogeneity

Oxygen (O 2 ) in marsh rhizospheres varies strongly at millimetre scales due to radial oxygen loss (ROL), re-oxidation of reduced compounds, hydrology, and sediment structure. Yet many models estimate heterotrophic (microbial) respiration at a single mean O 2 , which can bias CO...

Brief communication: A novel wake mixing phenomenon and key parameters for wake recovery of floating wind turbines subjected to surge motions

This letter clarifies the key parameters governing the wake recovery of a floating wind turbine undergoing surge motions. A dedicated wind tunnel campaign covering reduced frequencies ( St p ) well beyond the current literature is presented. This enabled a full characterisation o...

Neurofeedback enhances a neural signature of selective attention to speech in cocktail-party settings

Understanding speech in noisy situations is challenging and often fails due to attentional rather than sensory deficits. We report here that neurofeedback can enhance a neural signature of selective attention to speech in a cocktail-party setting. Neural responses to speech were...

MAGIC: A Dataset Capturing Mid-Air Gesture Performance for Interaction and Feature Analysis

Mid-air gestures are increasingly used as a natural modality in interactive systems, ranging from smart home controls and automotive interfaces to augmented reality and public displays. Despite their growing adoption across diverse domains, we still lack a comprehensive understan...

Global mangrove distribution on the open coast is controlled by waves

Abstract Mangrove forests are ecologically important ecosystems that provide services such as coastal protection 1 and climate change mitigation 2 . Understanding why mangroves are present at a location can provide causal links for mangrove management, restoration science 3 and c...

The global cost of schizophrenia: a health economic modelling study

Abstract Background Schizophrenia is a chronic psychiatric disorder that leads to substantial disability, impaired quality of life, and reduced life expectancy. In addition to its profound impact on affected individuals, the disorder places a considerable financial burden on heal...

Incidence and Predictors of Complications After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation According to VARC‐3 Criteria: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

BACKGROUND: Despite continuous advancements in devices and techniques, transcatheter aortic valve implantation remains associated with complications impacting outcomes. In 2021, the Valve Academic Research Consortium (VARC) introduced the VARC-3 criteria to better classify proced...

Using soundscapes to examine the impacts of urbanisation on spatial and temporal patterns of avian acoustic activity along a riparian corridor

Abstract Background Biodiversity may correlate with acoustic indices, potentially offering insights into urban soundscapes both spatially (identifying areas with higher or lower biodiversity) and temporally (depicting daily patterns of biological activity, such as the avian dawn...

What are In-Game Concerts? A History of Ludomusical Performances

Abstract This article provides a historical overview of in-game concerts through a bibliographical review of literature surrounding online gaming worlds and semistructured interviews with players and developers involved in the production of these ludomusical performances. Althoug...

Diagnosing autoimmune encephalitis in psychiatry: clinical recommendations and unresolved challenges from the GENERATE network

Psychiatric syndromes can be caused by underlying autoimmune encephalitis (AE). This represents a diagnostic challenge at the interface of psychiatry and neurology. While AE mostly manifests with a combined, complex neuropsychiatric syndrome, some patients with AE may (initially)...

Coherent Vibrational Wave Packet Motion in Er Cry4a Proteins Monitors the Redox State of the Flavin Chromophore

Abstract Cryptochromes are blue-light-sensitive flavoproteins that play central roles in biological function. In European robin (Erithacus rubecula) ErCry4a proteins, optical excitation of their flavin chromophore forms a long-lived radical pair through a sequence of electron-tra...

Miϑra and His Mąϑra: Jesus as the Eschatological Fulfillment of the Mazdean Final Saošiiaṇt in John’s Prologue

The Gospel of John is geographically associated with Judea and Anatolia—regions that, throughout the Hellenistic and Roman periods, formed part of the frontier with the Iranian world. Anatolia preserved important Mazdean traditions well into the Common era, while the budding miϑr...

Complexity promotes stability in mutualistic networks through weaker mutualistic dependencies: Insights from Generalized Modelling

Abstract Mutualistic networks provide essential contributions to long‐term ecosystem functioning and food security, but Anthropocene stressors continue to alter their structure and size. Previous theoretical approaches produce conflicting predictions for how network features infl...