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Oral-to-rectum microbial transmission in orthopedic patients without a history of intestinal disorders

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
The enrichment of oral taxa in the gut has recently been reported as a notable alteration in the microbial balance in patients with intestinal disorders. However, translocation in populations without such diseases remains controversial. In this study, we
Ge Lin, Shinya Kageyama, Aiko Maeda, Eiji Sakamoto, Jiale Ma, Mikari Asakawa, Michiko Furuta, Yoshihisa Yamashita, Toru Takeshita   +8 more
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Robust Dysarthric Speech Recognition with GAN Enhancement and LLM Correction

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This study tackles dysarthric speech recognition by combining generative adversarial network (GAN)‐generated synthetic data with large language model (LLM)‐based error correction. The approach integrates three key elements: an improved CycleGAN to generate synthetic dysarthric speech for data augmentation, a multimodal automatic speech recognition core
Yibo He, Kah Phooi Seng, Chee Shen Lim, Li Minn Ang   +3 more
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Intensive oral prophylaxis does not alter the tongue microbiome in young patients with chronic kidney disease: longitudinal, randomized, controlled study

Frontiers in Immunology
IntroductionGingivitis is a common intraoral disease in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), which poses a particular interdisciplinary challenge.
Karolin C. Hoefer, Lutz T. Weber, Anna Greta Barbe, Isabelle Graf, Stefanie Thom, Rasmus Ehren, Angela Nowag, Hilmar Wisplinghoff, Hilmar Wisplinghoff, Michael J. Noack, Claus J. Scholz, Nathalie Jazmati, Nathalie Jazmati   +12 more
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Negative and Positive Assimilation, Skill Transferability, and Linguistic Distance [PDF]

, 2011
There are two complementary models of immigrants' economic and social adjustment -- the positive assimilation model of Chiswick (1978, 1979), and the negative assimilation model of Chiswick and Miller (2011). The negative assimilation model is applicable
Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller
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Heat drastically alters floral color and pigment composition without affecting flower conspicuousness

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Floral pigments primarily serve to attract pollinators through color display and also contribute to protection against environmental stress. Although pigment composition can be plastically altered under stress, its impact on pollinator color perception remains poorly understood.
Eduardo Narbona, Francisco Perfectti, Adela González‐Megías, Luis Navarro, José C. del Valle, Cristina Armas, José M. Gómez   +6 more
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FEDERALISM, NATIONALISM AND REGIONALISM IN CANADA [PDF]

Revista d'Estudis Autonòmics i Federals, 2006
This article analyses the capacity of Canadian federalism to articulate andaccommodate the dual and regionalist character defining Canada througha range of arguments and opinions both for and against that have been generatedboth within the Canadian ...
Richard Simeon, Luc Turgeon
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Mixing mother tongue and English: Exploring the reasons and functions of code mixing [PDF]

, 2007
India is a multilingual country where code mixing is a strategy used by speakers of different indigenous languages. Mixing of the mother tongue and English is a common speech behaviour that occurs in the discourse of educated bilinguals.
Kanthimathi, K.
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Malignant Tongue Neoplasm [PDF]

, 2020
National Cancer Institute
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Participation for mental health service development in China: Conditions, challenges, facilitators, and outcomes

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study analyzes a participatory project to develop peer support services for people with serious mental illnesses (SMIs) in China. Drawing on interviews with psychiatrists, social workers, service users, and a family caregiver, it examines the conditions, challenges, facilitators, and outcomes of participation in a paternalistic context ...
Zhiying Ma, Yu Fan, Xiyuan Chen, Lindsay Sheehan, Sang Qin, Aoxuan Cao, Liang Zhou   +6 more
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Detailed morphological study of the tongue of forest dragon (Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus) by scanning electron and light microscopy

Open Veterinary Journal
Background: Forest dragon (Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus) is a reptile of the Agamidae family, that its distribution includes Indonesia and Malaysia. Forest dragon uses its tongue to catch insects and invertebrates. In terms of morphology, the tongue of
Amanda Dominica Theqla, Srikanth Karnati, Dwi Liliek Kusindarta   +2 more
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