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A shared chromosome 12 rare-variant locus links sudden sensorineural hearing loss, vestibular neuritis, and serum potassium homeostasis

This study identifies a shared rare missense variant near the TUBA1C gene on chromosome 12 that links sudden sensorineural hearing loss and vestibular neuritis to disrupted serum potassium homeostasis, suggesting a common underlying mechanism for these inner-ear disorders.

Argyro Bizaki-Vallaskangas, Elmo Saarentaus, Minjin Jeong, Eeva Sliz, Joel Rämö, Ilkka Kivekäs, Tytti Willberg, Vesa Hyt (…)2026-08-25
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Spatial localization of conserved developmental regulators during apogamic sporophyte initiation in the fern Dryopteris affinis

This study identifies and characterizes the stage- and region-specific expression of conserved developmental regulators, particularly AP2/AIL transcription factors and chromatin modifiers, in the apogamic center of *Dryopteris affinis* gametophytes, linking their spatial localization to the initiation of sporophyte development without fertilization.

Helena Fernandez, Sara Ojosnegros, José Manuel Alvarez, Ana S-Arango, Ana Elisa Valdés, Ueli Grossniklaus2026-08-25
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Factors associated with co-occurrence of fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) with other carnivores.

This study reveals that fishing cats in South Asia primarily rely on wetland and grassland habitats rather than avoiding large carnivores like tigers and leopards, suggesting that conserving these specific habitat mosaics alongside large carnivore populations is crucial for the species' persistence.

Rama Mishra, Herwig Leirs, Gopal Khanal, Bishnu Prasad Bhattarai, Naresh Subedi, Kanchan Thapa, Bhagwan Raj Dahal, Shekh (…)2026-08-25
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High-Frequency Activity in Scalp EEG Validated by Concurrent Intracranial EEG During Working Memory

This study validates that task-related high-frequency activity in scalp EEG reflects underlying cortical processing by demonstrating significant concordance with concurrent intracranial EEG during working memory tasks and showing that an iEEG-guided knowledge distillation framework significantly improves non-invasive cognitive decoding performance.

Su Liu, Andres Kanner, Naiara Garcia Losarcos, Jonathan Jagid, Yingchun Zhang2026-08-25
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Label-Free Structure Discovery in Breast Cancer Histopathology: K-Means and Fuzzy C-Means on Handcrafted Descriptors under Subtype-Disjoint Cross-Validation

This study demonstrates that while unsupervised clustering of handcrafted morphological and textural descriptors can reveal a modest signal distinguishing benign from malignant breast cancer in a label-free setting, the resulting performance remains insufficient for clinical diagnostic use.

Julius Odili, Omoju John, Adebisi Olumide, Adewole Martins2026-08-25
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Methods and applications for assessing recursive behavior in wildlife and livestock tracking datasets

This paper introduces an iterative moving-window framework for analyzing recursive movements in wildlife and livestock tracking data, demonstrating its utility in revealing ecological patterns such as seasonal migration strategies, site fidelity mechanisms, and habitat utilization across multiple species.

Dylan G. Stewart, Ivan A. Lozano-Sifuentes, Emily A. Masterton, Marcus E. Blum, E. Alejandro Lozano-Cavazos, Stephen L. (…)2026-08-25
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Network and Transcriptomic Integration Identifies PGC-1α as a Central Node of the 3,5-Diiodo-L-Thyronine–Responsive Metabolic Network in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease

By integrating protein-protein interaction networks with human hepatic transcriptomics, this study identifies PGC-1α as a central, repressed hub within the 3,5-diiodo-L-thyronine–responsive metabolic network, establishing it as a key mechanistic target for treating metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.

Luis Jesuino de Oliveira Andrade, Gabriela Correia Matos de Oliveira, Alcina Maria Vinhaes Bittencourt, Raymundo Paraná (…)2026-08-25
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Fingerprinting disease-linked breath-metabolite mixtures with a three-channel laser back-scattering readout

Recent research demonstrated that a three-channel laser back-scattering readout, measuring intensity and beam position, can effectively detect, quantify, and classify disease-linked breath-metabolite mixtures by generating distinct scatter signatures, thereby establishing a scalable method for breath-based health screening.

Rao Tatavarti, Sridevi Nadimpalli, Arulmozhivarman Pachiyappan2026-08-25
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Recurrent β-Sheet-Rich Domains in the Abundant Human Plasma Proteome Reveal Structural Constraints Against Amyloid Formation

This study reveals that the human plasma proteome maintains aggregation resistance despite high abundance and β-sheet richness by evolving a restricted repertoire of recurrent β-sheet-rich domains with specific surface signatures that minimize amyloidogenic edge interactions.

Antonio Martín-Galiano, Miguel Calero, Alexandra Moreno-García, Olga Calero2026-08-25