HRV and blood parameters for assessing the physiological functioning of cyclists during long-distance rides across different altitudes by Weiping Du, Weiping Du, Ming Zhang, Xiaodan Niu, Hao Li, Yimin Wan

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Sex-Dependent Rhizosphere Microbial Dynamics and Function in <i>Idesia polycarpa</i> through Floral and Fruit Development by Zhi Li, Qiupeng Yuan, Shasha Wang, Tao Zhang, Yanmei Wang, Qifei Cai, Xiaodong Geng, Yi Yang, Chao Miao, Li Dai, Sohel Rana, Zhen Liu

“…However, the connection between this adaptability and rhizosphere processes remains unclear. …”
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Editorial: Human movement coordination in healthy and pathological conditions: from neuromuscular and kinetic principles to muscle-tendon function by Maria-Elissavet Nikolaidou, Lida Mademli, Kiros Karamanidis, Kiros Karamanidis, Adamantios Arampatzis, Adamantios Arampatzis

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Workflow for a Functional Assay of Candidate Effectors From Phytopathogens Using a TMV-GFP-based System by Peng Cao, Haotian Shi, Jialan Chen, Langjun Cui, Meixiang Zhang, Yuyan An

“…This system enables the rapid identification of effectors that interfere with plant immunity (both activation and suppression). The biological function of these effectors can be easily evaluated within six days by observing the GFP fluorescence signal using a UV lamp. …”
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Playing to Focus: A Systematic Review of Reveal-and-React Board and Card Games for Executive Function Development in Children by Prisyafandiafif Charifa, Ima Apriliani

“… Analog board and card games featuring reveal-and-react mechanics, characterized by immediate player responses to newly disclosed game elements, have emerged as promising tools for enhancing executive functions (EF), attention, memory, and problem-solving skills in children. …”
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Information Educational Environment of Higher Educational Institution in Training of Professionally-Oriented Foreign Language: Essence, Content, Functions by E. Y. Kamysheva

“…Attention is paid to the description of the fundamental principles of information-educational environment functioning: structuredness, hierarchy, openness, adaptability, variability, integration, interactivity. …”
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Evaluation of Morphological and Functional Nerve Recovery of Rat Sciatic Nerve with a Hyaff11-Based Nerve Guide by K. Jansen, Y. Ludwig, M. J. A. van Luyn, A. A. Gramsbergen, M. F. Meek

“…Application of a Hyaff11-based nerve guide was studied in rats. Functional tests were performed to study motor nerve recovery. …”
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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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Genome-Wide Identification and Functional Characterization of the BAHD Acyltransferase Gene Family in <i>Brassica napus</i> L. by Yuanyuan Liu, Xingzhi Wei, Yiwei Liu, Yunshan Tang, Shulin Shen, Jie Xu, Lulu Chen, Cunmin Qu, Huiyan Zhao, Hai Du, Huafang Wan, Nengwen Yin, Ti Zhang

“…This study provides the first experimental validation of the catalytic functions of BAHD enzymes in <i>B. napus</i>, establishing a theoretical foundation for leveraging this gene family in genetic improvement to develop novel rapeseed cultivars with enhanced stress tolerance and yield.…”
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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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Assessment of Participation within the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF): The Turkish Validity and Reliability of the Participation Scale by Onur Altuntaş, Esma Özkan, Barkın Köse, Orkun Tahir Aran, Meral Huri, Esra Akı

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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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Tazul Tajuddin’s Opera Serikandi Nusantara: The Diminution of Functional Tonality and Its Symbolic Role from an Esthesis Perspective by Mohd Adam Masumi, Tazul Izan Tajuddin

“…It conjures up a sense of departure from the conventions of functional tonality in which the musical ideas are organised through the contemporary musical language and imaginative use of instrumental timbre and extended techniques. …”
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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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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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