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Early post-transplant survival after lung transplantation in the Continuous Allocation Era: Associations with changing recipient and donor profiles.

Banga A, Valentine V, Zhang S et al. · 2026 · American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Despite more complex procurement logistics under Continuous Distribution (CD), lung transplant (LT) outcomes appear better. The current analysis sought to investigate the potential contributors to these trends observed under the CD…

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Dechorionation at an Early Stage of Embryogenesis Modifies the Behavior and Biogenic Amines in the Brain of Adult Zebrafish (Danio rerio).

Evsyukova VS, Sorokin IE, Kulikov PA et al. · 2026 · Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine

The removal of the cuticular membrane (chorion) in developing Danio rerio embryos was used as a model of mild and long-acting influences to study their consequences for adult D. rerio. We studied the effect of dechorionation 12 h after…

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Face masks do not hinder gaze-triggered social attention.

Tanaka Y, Ishikawa K, Okubo M · 2026 · Psychological research

Previous studies using gaze-cueing tasks have reported mixed findings regarding how face masks affect gaze-triggered attentional processes. However, in those tasks, participants were explicitly instructed to ignore gaze and face stimuli,…

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Neural correlates of temporal interference between faces.

Lidborg LH, Kohen Tuncer D, Burton AM et al. · 2026 · Biological psychology

Theoretical models of face processing incorporate within-pool inhibition - a mechanism by which representations compete with one another to support recognition. However, direct evidence for these inhibitory mechanisms is sparse in studies…

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Acute effect of impact and resistance exercise on Wnt signaling modulators, bone and cartilage metabolism.

Boxer B, Zhang Z, Folland JP et al. · 2026 · Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research

Impact and resistance exercise have potent osteogenic effects and may positively affect cartilage through tissue deformation. These effects may be mediated through inhibitors of Wnt signaling, such as sclerostin and Dickkopf WNT signaling…

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Fungal-bacterial interaction unaffected by heatwave conditions

Moreno-Druet M, Pardaens S, Soudzilovskaia NA et al. · 2026 · Preprint

Climate change is reshaping soil microbial communities, yet the impact of warming in bacterial-fungal interactions (BFIs) remains underexplored. We investigated whether heatwave temperature influence BFIs and the mechanism supporting the…

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Pollution versus biopollution? Failure of Xenostrobus securis invasion in a heavily polluted estuary of the Bay of Biscay.

Ortiz-Moriano MP, Rivas-Iglesias L, Gutierrez-Rodriguez A et al. · 2026 · Marine pollution bulletin

Invasive species tolerant to pollution may gain a competitive advantage in contaminated environments. This study aimed to assess the accumulation of microplastics (MPs) and heavy metals (HMs) in native (Mytilus galloprovincialis) and…

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Effect of duration of feeding a sorghum silage-based backgrounding diet in an intense postweaning production system for Nellore bulls on growth performance

Pucetti P, Silva JT, Alves JB et al. · 2026 · Animal Feed Science and Technology.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of different backgrounding durations in an intense postweaning production system for Nellore bulls, as compared with immediate adaptation to a corn-based finishing diet. Forty bulls…

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Influence of accent and learning styles on online animation learning.

Zhang Y, Zhang H, Wang Y et al. · 2026 · Cognitive processing

The influence of the interaction between accent and learning styles on learners' learning is an important issue to be considered in online animation design and application. The objective of this study is to reveal the effects of accent and…

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Inclusion of rapeseed cake or oil in the diet of beef cattle reduces enteric methane emissions without affecting animal performance.

Folliard NT, Waters SM, Roskam E et al. · 2026 · Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience

The global methane (CH 4 ) pledge aims to reduce anthropogenic CH 4 emissions by 30% by 2030. Oilseed rape (Brassica napus L), a break crop with 40 million ha cultivated globally in 2022, produces fatty acid-rich by-products that could…

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Outcomes and Complications After LUMiC<sup>®</sup> Endoprosthetic Reconstruction of Periacetabular Defects-A Retrospective Cohort Analysis.

Niemann AS, Ramon R, Mayor J et al. · 2026 · Life (Basel, Switzerland)

(1) Background: The reconstruction of periacetabular defects after tumor resection remains one of the most challenging procedures in orthopaedic oncology. The modular LUMiC ® system was designed to improve fixation stability and reduce…

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