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CONCLUSION: Spectral resolution rapidly stabilizes, reaching asymptotic performance by 1-week post-activation. The EasyQSMD provides a non-linguistic assessment tool that demonstrates significant predictive value for subsequent speech recognition outcomes. This early predictive capability enables the identification of poor performers during a critical window when speech recognition skills are still developing and the brain's neuroplasticity is at peak potential. Integrating spectral resolution...

Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs), a subclass of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), are widely used but pose significant environmental concerns due to their toxicity and bioaccumulation. Foam fractionation, utilizing the amphiphilic nature of PFAS, offers a promising remediation method by exploiting their migration to air-water interfaces. The effectiveness of this technique is highly dependent on the air-water interfacial properties and the adsorption capacity of PFAS at the interface. This...

Phthalates are widely used plasticizers that leach into the environment and have impacts on health and fertility of humans and animals. Among these ubiquitous environmental contaminants is diisobutyl phthalate (DiBP), a plasticizer known to affect fetal murine reproductive organs during prenatal exposure. However, studies investigating whether DiBP influences mammalian postpubertal ovarian function are lacking. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that DiBP influences the function of...

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