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The working memory advantage for meaningful stimuli persists under high levels of proactive interference

Previous work has shown that visual working memory performance is higher for recognizable and meaningful stimuli relative to meaningless, but physically matched, stimuli (e.g., Asp et al., 2021). Here, we test whether the benefit for meaningful stimuli arises due to active storag...

Modular serial-parallel network for hierarchical facial representations.

Researchers in the field of face perception have long debated the extent to which we process faces holistically (as a whole) versus analytically (focusing on individual features). While some evidence suggests that faces are perceived holistically, research on the neural organizat...

Benchmarking UK Lynch syndrome colonoscopy surveillance: quality metrics and diagnostic yield from the National Endoscopy Database

Abstract Colonoscopy quality and diagnostic outcomes in Lynch syndrome have historically been heterogeneous. Following the introduction of the Lynch syndrome Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP), we assessed colonoscopy quality and diagnostic yield in Lynch syndrome using the...

Skull morphology of the extinct Tasmanian tiger suggests unique biting style

Abstract The recently extinct thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) was the largest modern marsupial predator. It is considered a classic example of evolutionary convergence due to striking similarities with placental canids (e.g., foxes and wolves), particularly in the skull, despite ~160...

A single-amino-acid cleavage controls global mitochondrial complex integrity

Abstract Mitochondrial proteostasis depends on precise N-terminal processing of imported precursor proteins. Defects in this maturation step are implicated in disease, yet the functional impact in humans remains unclear. Here we show that the intermediate cleaving peptidase ICP55...

The Peacemaker Fellowship and Urban Gun Violence in Richmond, California

Importance Firearm violence is a leading cause of premature death and disability in the US. Increasingly, public health approaches to prevent gun violence are being implemented to reduce its social and medical costs. A previous evaluation of the Peacemaker Fellowship found it was...

The geography of immigrants in same-sex couples in the United States

The policy landscape for same-sex couples in the United States has changed rapidly in recent years, and the number of immigrants in same-sex couples has markedly increased. Little is known, however, about where these lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ) immigrants settle and...

Mechanosensitive phosphorylation of NFATC4 at S213/S217 drives fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transition and fibrosis

Mechanosensitive feedback between tissue stiffness and cellular contractile forces instructs cell identity. To characterize phosphorylation-mediated mechanosensing, we charted the global phosphoproteome dynamics of primary human lung fibroblasts on fibronectin-coated polydimethyl...

Mapping the omics landscape for peri‐implant diseases: A scoping review

Abstract Objectives To map omics evidence across peri‐implant health, peri‐implant mucositis, and peri‐implantitis, and to identify recurring molecular patterns and candidate biomarker signals relevant to diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment. Materials and Methods This scoping re...

‘An Irish solution to an Irish problem’: constructing legitimate intimacy in tax marriage and migration marriage in Ireland

In Ireland, the extension of rights to same-sex citizen couples coexists with the restriction of rights to transnational heterosexual couples. This article contrasts dual constructions of materially motivated marriages as a celebration of national belonging and threat to national...

Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping‐Based Characterization of Lesion Heterogeneity in Multiple Sclerosis

ABSTRACT Background Quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) characterizes multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions through susceptibility changes related to iron and myelin. However, the prevalence, regional distribution, and relationship of QSM‐defined lesion subtypes with choroid plex...

COFAS Grade is not Associated with Outcomes following Infinity Total Ankle Arthroplasty: A Multicenter Study with Minimum Five-Year Follow-Up

Background: Total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) is increasingly used for end-stage ankle arthritis, with modern fixed-bearing designs demonstrating improved survivorship. The Canadian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (COFAS) classification stratifies patients by intra-articular and...

Pediatric post-intensive care malnutrition—risk factors and their association with long-term functional outcomes 1 year after discharge: a retrospective cohort study in Thailand

Background: Data on the long-term nutritional status of pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) survivors are limited, and the association with functional outcomes is unknown. The primary objectives were to determine the prevalence of post-intensive care malnutrition and its relatio...

Trust in Cancer Information Sources During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

This cross-sectional study explores changes in the level of trust in professional, governmental, and personal sources of cancer information among adults who participated in the 2018 to 2024 Health Information National Trends Survey.

Declaration of Fermentation: community-embedded wild yeast bioprospecting as a model for place-based CURE design

ABSTRACT Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) are widely recognized as a high-impact practice in biology education, yet most existing CURE frameworks treat the research organism as an interchangeable teaching prop rather than a genuine scientific contribution....

Growth-dependent tRNA reprogramming and codon bias link translation to metabolic state in Enterococcus faecalis

ABSTRACT Enterococcus faecalis is a gram-positive commensal bacterium of the human gut microbiome and an opportunistic pathogen responsible for many hospital-acquired infections. Despite the clinical importance of E. faecalis , how gene and protein expression are coordinated with...

Introducing diabetes emotional well-being into routine consultations for adults with type 2 diabetes

Abstract Aims/hypothesis To generate initial programme theories explaining how assessment and discussion of diabetes distress could be embedded into routine type 2 diabetes care, providing a theoretical foundation for future evaluation and implementation. Methods A rapid realist...

Nitrous oxide and methane concentrations and air-sea fluxes in undersampled areas of the Mediterranean basin

Abstract. Nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) are potent greenhouse gases for which oceanic contributions remain uncertain, particularly in undersampled regions like the Southwest and Southeast margins of the Mediterranean Sea, where there is a major observational gap. This dat...

Ligand binding free energy landscapes at the tubulin colchicine site from coarse-grained metadynamics

Accessing deeply buried binding sites remains a major challenge in structure-based drug discovery, where accurate description of both protein dynamics and ligand binding pathways is required. All-atom funnel metadynamics (AA-FMD) enables simulation of complete binding processes b...

Year-Round High-Resolution Sea Ice Freeboard Retrieval Using ICESat-2 ATL03 Photon Data

Abstract. Arctic sea ice freeboard is critical for estimating ice thickness and characterizing surface morphology, yet it remains poorly constrained, especially during the melt season due to limitations in conventional altimetry products. The ICESat-2 ATL07 product retrieves surf...