Publications by authors named "B E Burke"
The Indo-European languages are among the most widely spoken in the world, yet their early diversification remains contentious. It is widely accepted that the spread of this language family across Europe from the 5th millennium BP correlates with the expansion and diversification of steppe-related genetic ancestry from the onset of the Bronze Age. However, multiple steppe-derived populations co-existed in Europe during this period, and it remains unclear how these populations diverged and which provided the demographic channels for the ancestral forms of the Italic, Celtic, Greek, and Armenian languages.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: In the last decade, hybrid linear accelerator magnetic resonance imaging (Linac-MR) devices have evolved into FDA-cleared clinical tools, facilitating magnetic resonance guided radiotherapy (MRgRT). The addition of a magnetic field to radiation therapy has previously demonstrated dosimetric and electron effects regardless of magnetic field orientation.
Purpose: This study uses Monte Carlo simulations to investigate the importance and efficacy of the magnetic field design in mitigating surface dose enhancement in the Aurora-RT, focusing specifically on contaminant electrons, their origin, and energy spectrum.
The UK Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Outcome Prediction (UK-DTOP) Tool, developed using advanced artificial intelligence (AI), significantly enhances the prediction of outcomes for deceased-donor kidney transplants in the UK. This study analyzed data from the UK Transplant Registry (UKTR), including 29,713 transplant cases between 2008 and 2022, to assess the predictive performance of three machine learning models: XGBoost, Random Survival Forest, and Optimal Decision Tree. Among these, XGBoost demonstrated exceptional performance with the highest concordance index of 0.
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- Researchers found that mice quickly remember where a shelter is when they experience it, which helps them escape threats effectively.
- The study highlights the role of dopaminergic neurons in the brain that encode safety signals linked to the shelter, playing a crucial role in forming these spatial memories.
- By activating specific brain circuits, the study shows that these memory-related neurons can trigger purposeful escape behavior rather than random actions.
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- Extracellular vesicles (EVs) play a key role in how muscles and fat communicate, particularly after resistance exercise.
- A study found that muscle-specific microRNA-1 (miR-1) is transferred to fat tissue through EVs after weightlifting sessions.
- The research highlights how miR-1 affects fat cell behavior by regulating target genes related to fat breakdown, suggesting a mechanism for how exercise influences fat metabolism.