We used random forest analysis to classify individuals as ASD or NT as a function of brain connectivity, and we calculated SHAP values to rank the functional networks in the order of importance of prediction of the differences between ASD and NT….
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Loneliness and biomarkers of brain pathology in people with subjective cognitive decline
Participants
The sample is derived from the Gothenburg H70 Birth Cohort Studies, which is a population-based study of 1203 seventy-year-old participants born in 1944, conducted from 2014 to 2016 in Gothenburg (Sweden). Full details on tests and…
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Multidimensional analysis of anxiety symptoms in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Liu, S. et al. Long-term air pollution and road traffic noise exposure and COPD: the Danish nurse cohort. Eur. Respir J. 58(6) (2021).
Baker, E. & Fatoye, F. Clinical and cost effectiveness of nurse-led self-management interventions for patients…
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Dramatically higher loss of GDP under 4°C warming
New projections by the UNSW Institute for Climate Risk & Response (ICRR) reveal a 4°C rise in global temperatures would cut world GDP by around 40% by 2100 — a stark increase from previous estimates of around 11%.
The recently-published…
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Children’s gendered expectations of moral parties
Gray, K. & Wegner, D. M. Moral typecasting: divergent perceptions of moral agents and moral patients. J. Pers. Soc. Psychol. 96, 505–520. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0013748 (2009).
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Maternal neuroplasticity and mental health during the transition to motherhood
Blackman, A. et al. Severe maternal morbidity and mental health hospitalizations or emergency department visits. JAMA Netw. Open 7, e247983 (2024).
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Effects of acute low intensity aerobics and blueberry juice on arterial stiffness in young adults
Participants and randomisation
A total of 48 young adults (24 males and 24 females, aged 21 ± 2.1 years) were recruited for the study. Inclusion criteria comprised willingness to participate, an age range of 18–25 years, no CVD, no history…
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Rejection versus forceful imposition during elections: the ‘I have come to stay’ mindset of the incumbent
Various election observers, both international and local, duly monitored the 2019 election. The observers included; The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Observer mission (led by former Liberian President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf),…
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Truncation in the scaling of urban pollution control
Zhang, X. et al. A large but transient carbon sink from urbanization and rural depopulation in China. Nat. Sustain. 5, 321–328 (2022).
Montgomery, M. R. The urban transformation of the…
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