Communications Biology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
8(1)
Published: April 30, 2025
Caffeine
is
the
most
widely
consumed
psychoactive
stimulant
worldwide.
Yet
important
gaps
persist
in
understanding
its
effects
on
brain,
especially
during
sleep.
We
analyzed
sleep
electroencephalography
(EEG)
40
subjects,
contrasting
200
mg
of
caffeine
against
a
placebo
condition,
utilizing
inferential
statistics
and
machine
learning.
found
that
ingestion
led
to
an
increase
brain
complexity,
widespread
flattening
power
spectrum's
1/f-like
slope,
reduction
long-range
temporal
correlations.
Being
prominent
non-rapid
eye
movement
(NREM)
sleep,
these
results
suggest
shifts
towards
critical
regime
more
diverse
neural
dynamics.
Interestingly,
this
was
pronounced
younger
adults
(20-27
years)
compared
middle-aged
participants
(41-58
rapid
(REM)
while
no
significant
age
were
observed
NREM.
Interpreting
data
light
modeling
empirical
work
EEG-derived
measures
excitation-inhibition
balance
suggests
promotes
shift
dynamics
increased
excitation
closer
proximity
regime,
particularly
NREM
Molecular Cell,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
84(13), P. 2553 - 2572.e19
Published: June 24, 2024
CRISPR-Cas
technology
has
transformed
functional
genomics,
yet
understanding
of
how
individual
exons
differentially
shape
cellular
phenotypes
remains
limited.
Here,
we
optimized
and
conducted
massively
parallel
exon
deletion
splice-site
mutation
screens
in
human
cell
lines
to
identify
that
regulate
fitness.
Fitness-promoting
are
prevalent
essential
highly
expressed
genes
commonly
overlap
with
protein
domains
interaction
interfaces.
Conversely,
fitness-suppressing
enriched
nonessential
genes,
exhibiting
lower
inclusion
levels,
intrinsically
disordered
regions
disease-associated
mutations.
In-depth
mechanistic
investigation
the
screen-hit
TAF5
alternative
exon-8
revealed
its
is
required
for
assembly
TFIID
general
transcription
initiation
complex,
thereby
regulating
global
gene
expression
output.
Collectively,
our
orthogonal
perturbation
established
a
comprehensive
repository
phenotypically
important
uncovered
regulatory
mechanisms
governing
fitness
expression.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
121(47)
Published: Nov. 13, 2024
In
everyday
tasks,
our
focus
of
attention
shifts
seamlessly
between
contents
in
the
sensory
environment
and
internal
memory
representations.
Yet,
research
has
mainly
considered
external
isolation.
We
used
magnetoencephalography
to
compare
neural
dynamics
shifting
visual
within
vs.
domains.
Participants
performed
a
combined
perception
working-memory
task
which
two
sequential
cues
guided
upcoming
(external)
or
memorized
(internal)
information.
Critically,
second
cue
could
redirect
content
same
alternative
domain
as
first
cue.
Multivariate
decoding
unveiled
distinct
patterns
human
brain
activity
when
Brain
distinguishing
within-
from
between-domain
was
broadly
distributed
highly
dynamic.
Intriguingly,
crossing
domains
did
not
invoke
an
additional
stage
prior
attention.
Alpha
lateralization,
canonical
marker
spatial
attention,
showed
no
delay
redirected
domain.
Instead,
evidence
suggested
that
states
associated
with
given
linger
influence
subsequent
Our
findings
provide
critical
insights
into
govern
attentional
working
memory.
Encyclopedia,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
4(4), P. 1790 - 1805
Published: Nov. 27, 2024
The
increasing
complexity
of
social
science
data
and
phenomena
necessitates
using
advanced
analytical
techniques
to
capture
nonlinear
relationships
that
traditional
linear
models
often
overlook.
This
chapter
explores
the
application
machine
learning
(ML)
in
research,
focusing
on
their
ability
manage
interactions
multidimensional
datasets.
Nonlinear
are
central
understanding
behaviors,
socioeconomic
factors,
psychological
processes.
Machine
models,
including
decision
trees,
neural
networks,
random
forests,
support
vector
machines,
provide
a
flexible
framework
for
capturing
these
intricate
patterns.
begins
by
examining
limitations
introduces
essential
suited
modeling.
A
discussion
follows
how
automatically
detect
threshold
effects,
offering
superior
predictive
power
robustness
against
noise
compared
methods.
also
covers
practical
challenges
model
evaluation,
validation,
handling
imbalanced
data,
emphasizing
cross-validation
performance
metrics
tailored
nuances
Practical
recommendations
offered
researchers,
highlighting
balance
between
accuracy
interpretability,
ethical
considerations,
best
practices
communicating
results
diverse
stakeholders.
demonstrates
while
robust
solutions
modeling
relationships,
successful
sciences
requires
careful
attention
quality,
selection,
considerations.
holds
transformative
potential
complex
informing
data-driven
psychology,
sociology,
political
policy-making.
PLOS Digital Health,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
4(2), P. e0000734 - e0000734
Published: Feb. 7, 2025
The
promise
of
machine
learning
successfully
exploiting
digital
phenotyping
data
to
forecast
mental
states
in
psychiatric
populations
could
greatly
improve
clinical
practice.
Previous
research
focused
on
binary
classification
and
continuous
regression,
disregarding
the
often
ordinal
nature
prediction
targets
derived
from
rating
scales.
In
addition,
health
ratings
typically
show
important
class
imbalance
or
skewness
that
need
be
accounted
for
when
evaluating
predictive
performance.
Besides
it
remains
unclear
which
algorithm
is
best
suited
tasks,
eXtreme
Gradient
Boosting
(XGBoost)
long
short-term
memory
(LSTM)
algorithms
being
2
popular
choices
studies.
CrossCheck
dataset
includes
6,364
state
surveys
using
4-point
scales
23,551
days
smartphone
sensor
contributed
by
patients
with
schizophrenia.
We
trained
120
models
10
(e.g.,
Calm,
Depressed,
Seeing
things)
passive
tasks
(ordinal
classification)
(XGBoost,
LSTM)
over
3
horizons
(same
day,
next
week).
A
majority
regression
performed
significantly
above
baseline,
macro-averaged
mean
absolute
error
values
between
1.19
0.77,
balanced
accuracy
58%
73%,
corresponds
similar
levels
performance
these
metrics
are
scaled.
Results
also
showed
do
not
account
(mean
error,
accuracy)
systematically
overestimated
performance,
XGBoost
par
better
than
LSTM
models,
a
significant
yet
very
small
decrease
was
observed
as
horizon
expanded.
conclusion,
properly
imbalance,
demonstrated
comparable
prevalent
approach
without
losing
valuable
information
self-reports,
thus
providing
richer
easier
interpret
predictions.
International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science Engineering and Information Technology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
11(1), P. 1702 - 1714
Published: Feb. 7, 2025
Consumer
review
sites,
social
media
and
micro-blogs
carry
a
wealth
of
information
on
the
general
perspective,
experience
feedback
that
consumers
have
products.
When
there
is
high
volume
product
reviews,
it
can
be
challenging
to
developers
sift
through
make
decision
based
consumers’
sentiments.
Sentiment
Analysis,
branch
Artificial
Intelligence,
assists
in
providing
data
help
businesses
understand
customers’
desire
track
how
brands
goods
are
perceived.
performing
feature
extraction,
converts
raw
text
input
into
machine
learning
compatible
format.
A
strong
set
necessary
order
achieve
prediction
object
classification
accuracy.
Identifying
an
optimal
combination
critical
for
increasing
overall
performance
classification.
In
this
research,
we
tackle
problem
by
identifying
extraction
technique
Analysis
using
feature-level
analysis.
N-gram,
POS
techniques
lexicons
Stanford
CoreNLP,
TextBlob,
SentiWordNet
different
combinations
examined.
Multinomial
Naïve
Bayes,
Lexicon
Bayes
+
Unsupervised
ensemble
classifiers
were
modeled
reviews
positive,
neutral
negative
classes
thereby
combination.
We
explored
real
datasets
two
products;
car
model
known
as
“Nissan
Sentra”
mobile
phone
“Samsung
Galaxy
A12”.
The
MNB
classifications
was
provided
N-Gram,
Part
Speech
TextBlob
features
while
unsupervised
VADER.
The Journal of Headache and Pain,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
26(1)
Published: Feb. 12, 2025
Migraine
is
a
complex
neurological
disorder
with
significant
clinical
variability,
posing
challenges
for
effective
management.
Multiple
treatments
are
available
migraine,
but
individual
responses
vary
widely,
making
accurate
prediction
crucial
personalized
care.
This
study
aims
to
examine
the
use
of
statistical
and
machine
learning
models
predict
treatment
response
in
migraine
patients.
A
systematic
review
meta-analysis
were
conducted
assess
performance
quality
predictive
response.
Relevant
studies
identified
from
databases
such
as
PubMed,
Cochrane
Register
Controlled
Trials,
Embase,
Web
Science,
up
30th
November
2024.
The
risk
bias
was
evaluated
using
PROBAST
tool,
adherence
reporting
standards
assessed
TRIPOD
+
AI
checklist.
After
screening
1,927
documents,
ten
met
inclusion
criteria,
six
included
quantitative
synthesis.
Key
data
extracted
sample
characteristics,
intervention
types,
outcomes,
modeling
methods,
metrics.
pooled
analysis
area
under
curve
(AUC)
yielded
value
0.86
(95%
CI:
0.67–0.95),
indicating
good
performance.
However,
generally
had
high
bias,
particularly
domain,
by
tool.
highlights
potential
predicting
heterogeneity
emphasize
need
caution
interpretation.
Future
research
should
focus
on
developing
high-quality,
comprehensive,
multicenter
datasets,
rigorous
external
validation,
standardized
guidelines
like
AI.
Incorporating
multimodal
magnetic
resonance
imaging
(MRI)
data,
exploring
symptom-treatment
interactions,
establishing
uniform
methodologies
outcome
measures,
size
calculations,
missing
handling
will
enhance
model
reliability
applicability,
ultimately
improving
patient
outcomes
reducing
healthcare
burdens.
PROSPERO,
CRD42024621366.