Soil community history strengthens belowground multitrophic functioning across plant diversity levels in a grassland experiment by Angelos Amyntas, Nico Eisenhauer, Stefan Scheu, Bernhard Klarner, Krassimira Ilieva-Makulec, Anna-Maria Madaj, Benoit Gauzens, Jingyi Li, Anton M. Potapov, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Leonardo Bassi, Pamela Medina van Berkum, Ulrich Brose

“…Our findings underscore the importance of long-term community assembly processes for soil fauna-driven ecosystem function, with species richness and short-term plant adaptations playing a minimal role. …”
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Sustained delivery of functional vascular endothelial growth factor from nanoporous silica nanoparticles into a fibrin gel. by Karen Besecke, Sarah Zippusch, Florian Helms, Ulrike Böer, Mathias Wilhelmi, Peter Behrens, Nina Ehlert

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The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue Measure: Cross-Cultural Validation of an Arabic Version for Older Jordanians by Mohammad H. Abuadas, Zainab Albikawi, Osama Khoury

“…Background: Numerous national and international nursing research studies have used the 13-item Chronic Illness Therapy Functional Assessment Chronic Illness Therapy (fatigue) (FACIT‐F) scale to measure the level of self-reported fatigue among the elderly population. …”
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Cloning, Characterization, and Functional Expression of Phospholipase Dα cDNA from Banana (Musa acuminate L.) by Li Li, Xuemei He, Jian Sun, Changbao Li, Dongning Ling, Jinfeng Sheng, Xiangrong You, Jiemin Li, Guoming Liu, Fengjin Zheng, Yayuan Tang

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Insight into the Functional Role of SiMPK6 in Stress Response and Photosynthetic Efficiency in <i>Setaria italica</i> by Dan Zhu, Xiaobing Hu, Hailong Wang, Yonghu Zhang, Xianglong Li, Wenqing Song, Rui Wen, Feng Feng, Ran Chai, Jianhua Wei, Jiewei Zhang

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Free Vibration Analysis of 2D Functionally Graded Porous Beams Using Novel Higher-Order Theory by G. Reddy, Nathi Kumar

“…A unique shear shape function was derived and nth-order theory was adapted to take into account the effect of transverse shear deformation to get zero shear stress conditions at the top and bottom surfaces of the beam. …”
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High throughput construction of species characterized bacterial biobank for functional bacteria screening: demonstration with GABA-producing bacteria by Yanci Qiu, Dingding Fan, Jianxin Wang, Xiaoxue Zhou, Xin Teng, Chitong Rao

“…Together, our integrated bacterial identification and functional screening platform provides an efficient pipeline for the discovery of functional bacteria, advancing industrial biotechnology through synthetic biology.…”
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Functional safeguards for conservation: Identifying climate change refugia for frugivorous and nectarivorous birds in a degraded area of Colombia. by Fausto Sáenz-Jiménez, María Alejandra Parrado-Vargas, José F González-Maya, Juan Emiro Carvajal-Cogollo

“…Habitat loss and climate change are major drivers of biodiversity loss, but their synergistic effects and functional perspectives have to be better understood. …”
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Epidermal microstructures on the paired fins of marine sculpins suggest new functional hypotheses supporting benthic station-holding by Emily A. Kane, Austin M. Garner, Shubham Yadav, L. Ann Hume, Tom Pesacreta

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Urodynamic assessment of lower urinary tract function for women with symptoms of stress urinary incontinence. ICS Educational Module by Maurizio Serati, Tufan Tarcan, Anna Padoa, Hashim Hashim, Andrea Braga, Karl Dietrich Sievert, Peter F.W.M. Rosier

“…Aims:: To present the body of evidence about the practice of objective assessment of lower urinary tract (LUT) function and dysfunction of female patients with stress urinary incontinence symptoms It serves as a scientific background review and evidence base for a presentation made available on the International Continence Society (ICS) website. …”
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Nutrigenomic evidence of phytogenic cytoprotective functions in the ovary and liver provides mechanistic support for improved laying hen performance by Ioannis Brouklogiannis, Konstantinos C. Mountzouris

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A Key Role for NF-κB Transcription Factor c-Rel in T-Lymphocyte-Differentiation and Effector Functions by Alexander Visekruna, Anton Volkov, Ulrich Steinhoff

“…The transcription factors of the Rel/NF-κB family function as key regulators of innate and adoptive immunity. …”
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DCA-YOLOv8: A Novel Framework Combined with AICI Loss Function for Coronary Artery Stenosis Detection by Hualin Duan, Sanli Yi, Yanyou Ren

“…The framework consists of a histogram equalization and canny edge detection preprocessing (HEC) enhancement module, a double coordinate attention (DCA) feature extraction module and an output module that combines a newly designed loss function, named adaptive inner-CIoU (AICI). This new framework is called DCA-YOLOv8. …”
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THE ENSURING FUNCTIONAL INTERCHANGEABILITY WHEN FORMING THE CONTROL COMPLEX OF INDICATORS OF THE INITIAL CONDITION OF THE CONSUMER OF SPORTS AND IMPROVING SERVICES by A. S. Khorloohiyn, P. S. Serenkov, V. M. Romanchack

“…The correctness of model is provided at the expense of a formulation of a complex of assumptions and original technology of application of different methods of expert estimation.The result of simulation of informtiveness of an integral assessment of the initial client state for a specific type of service and the purposes of physical enhancement includes: 1) library of sets of single indices, for each of which the technique and a monitoring aid, and also an informtiveness assessment in points, 2) the rules of support of the functional interchangeability of alternative complexes of indices by criterion of sufficiency of informtiveness of a complex based on additive models and the accepted restrictions is defined.The concept of a technique of formation of a complex of the measured and (or) evaluated indices of the initial client state for the specific type of sports and improving service adapted under material opportunities of gym on the one hand, and responding to criterion of necessary informtiveness and the principle of the functional interchangeability, on the other hand is offered.…”
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Clinical prediction models for mortality and functional outcome following ischemic stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Marion Fahey, Elise Crayton, Charles Wolfe, Abdel Douiri

“…<h4>Objective</h4>We aim to identify and critically appraise clinical prediction models of mortality and function following ischaemic stroke.<h4>Methods</h4>Electronic databases, reference lists, citations were searched from inception to September 2015. …”
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Enhancing Smart City Functions through the Mitigation of Electricity Theft in Smart Grids: A Stacked Ensemble Method by Muhammad Hashim, Laiq Khan, Nadeem Javaid, Zahid Ullah, Ifra Shaheen

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Fungus-mediated plant-pollinator mutualism in Monoon laui (Annonaceae): functional differentiation of stigmatic exudate and petal nectar by Yanwen Chen, Bine Xue, Juan Diego Gaitán-Espitia, Richard M. K. Saunders

“…Conclusions Both stigmatic exudate and petal nectar of Monoon laui function as a pollinator reward, while petals with their nectar are moreover critical in the fungus-mediated plant-pollinator mutualism, as they are likely to be closely adapted to the requirements of the pollinators by providing them with brood sites and larval food, thereby increasing their population size during the flowering season and promoting pollination success.…”
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Functional and Neuroplastic Effects of Cross-Education in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review with Bibliometric Analysis by Jorge M. Vélez-Gutiérrez, Andrés Rojas-Jaramillo, Juan D. Ascuntar-Viteri, Juan D. Quintero, Francisco García-Muro San José, Bruno Bazuelo-Ruiz, Roberto Cannataro, Diego A. Bonilla

“…Cross-education (CE), unilateral training of the uninjured limb, has been proposed as an adjunct therapy to promote bilateral adaptations. This scoping review evaluated the functional and neuroplastic effects of CE rehabilitation post-ACLR. …”
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Analysis of Time-Fractional Delay Partial Differential Equations Using a Local Radial Basis Function Method by Kamran, Kalsoom Athar, Zareen A. Khan, Salma Haque, Nabil Mlaiki

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Nestling Plumage Colour Variation in a Sexually Dichromatic Hole‐Nesting Passerine Bird—Potential Functions and Mechanisms by Miklós Laczi, Gábor Herczeg, Fanni Sarkadi, Helga Gyarmathy, Márton Herényi, Mónika Jablonszky, Gabriella Kőmüves, Gábor Markó, Gergely Nagy, Balázs Rosivall, Gyula Szabó, János Török, Gergely Hegyi

“…Based on our results, we offer testable hypotheses on the potential adaptive functions of early‐life sex‐specific colouration patterns in birds for different contexts, including parent‐offspring communication or hiding from predators.…”
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