Early treatment outcomes of class II malocclusion with twin-block facial profile and cephalometric changes by Mousumi Goswami Singh, Pallavi Vashisth, Seema Chaudhary, Ashish Sinha

“…A young growing child with convex profile due to a small, retropositioned mandible, normal midface and lower tip trap is more suitable for functional appliance treatment. Functional appliances encourage adaptive skeletal growth by maintaining the mandible in a corrected forward position for a sufficient period of time to allow adaptive skeletal changes to occur in response to a functional stimulus. …”
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Resting-state connectivity and task-based cortical response in post-stroke executive dysfunction: A fNIRS study by Kayee Chong, Songmei Chen, Xixi Chen, Xiaolin Zhang, Deng Liu, Zhiqing Zhou, Xiaowen Wang, Jingjing Zhang, Chunlei Shan

“…Objective: This study attempted to investigate the frontoparietal cortical reorganization associated with executive function (EF) in post-stroke executive dysfunction (PSED) patients, focusing on resting-state, Stroop and 1-back task-based functional connectivity (FC) using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). …”
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Textele funcționale în manualele de RLS: studiu comparativ / Functional texts in RFL textbooks: a comparative study by Valerica Sporiș

“…At the end of a well-organized and well-developed pedagogical approach, we expect foreign students to be able to communicate in Romanian and to develop transversal skills, so that they can adapt to new contexts, using in real life the information they have acquired in (extra)curricular activities, to this end functional texts are of great help. …”
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Analysis of structural and functional central nervous system abnormalities associated with prenatal exposure to ethanol in children of primary school age by E. V. Fadeeva, A. M. Lanovaya, A. Yu. Nenastieva, G. A. Korchagina

“…Mild or moderate functional impairment of the CNS in the form of delayed cognitive development was found in 21 children (27%).Assessment of behavior and adaptive skills revealed a significant number of children (72%), whose adaptive behaviors were unfavorably different from the norm. …”
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The impact of combined exposure to triphenyltin and microplastics on the oxidative stress, energy metabolism, and digestive function of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) by Ping Li, Yiqun Wu, Siqi Zhang, Tengzhou Li, Chang Liu, Ling Liu, Zhi-Hua Li

“…This study investigated the individual and combined toxic effects of triphenyltin (TPT, 1 μg/L) and microplastics (MP, 0.5 mg/L) on oxidative stress, energy metabolism, and digestive function in Cyprinus carpio over a 42-day exposure period. …”
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Multi-Objective Design and Optimization of Hardware-Friendly Grid-Based Sparse MIMO Arrays by Suleyman Gokhun Tanyer, Paul Dent, Murtaza Ali, Curtis Davis, Senthilkumar Rajagopal, Peter F. Driessen

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A Dynamic Neural Network Optimization Model for Heavy Metal Content Prediction in Farmland Soil by Kun Cao, Cong Zhang, Liangliang Li, Shuaifeng Li

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Cognitive flexibility decline and right hemisphere's EEG alpha-band functional connectivity reorganization following repetitive indirect brain impacts in parachuters by Zhenghao Fu, Kai Hu, Shukai Wu, Shuochen Wang, Haoran Zhang, Huanhuan Li, Hang Xie, Yukang Gong, Guozheng Xu, Jian Song

“…Additionally, enhanced frontoparietal and reduced parieto-occipital alpha functional connectivity in the right hemisphere reflects a unique adaptive reorganization of brain activity patterns following RIBI-induced cognitive flexibility impairment.…”
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Flow-Based Community Search Approach for Functionally Cohesive Building Group Recognition: A Case Study on Commercial Complexes by Taiyang Yang, Pengxin Zhang, Daozhu Xu, Pengcheng Liu, Min Yang

“…The approach consists of graph representation learning, flow-based community generation, and community quality assessment, enabling adaptive building group recognition based on both structural coherence and functional similarity. …”
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The Investigation of the Effect of Feeds with Probiotic Additives on Growth and Functional State of Juvenile Steelhead Salmo (<i>Salmo gairdneri</i>) by Elena N. Ponomareva, Marina N. Sorokina, Vadim A. Grigoriev, Mariya S. Mazanko, Vladimir A. Chistyakov, Dmitry V. Rudoy

“…The research on the effect of feed with probiotic additives on the growth and functional state of young steelhead salmon (<i>Salmo gairdneri</i>) is presented in this study. …”
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Automotive Electric Power Steering Control With Robust Observer Based Neuroadaptive Type-2 Radial Basis Function Methodology by Abdollah Amirkhani, Masoud Shirzadeh, Jamshid Heydari

“…A ST2-RBF system is proposed for approximating the unknown nonlinear functions. The ST2-RBF parameters are tuned online based on the adaptation laws obtained via Lyapunov stability analysis. …”
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An ICEEMDAN and SAX-based method for determining English reading comprehension status using functional near-infrared spectroscopy signals. by Ural Akincioglu, Onder Aydemir, Ahmet Cil, Muhammed Baydere

“…In this study, we proposed an improved complementary ensemble empirical mode decomposition with adaptive noise (ICEEMDAN) and symbolic aggregate approximation (SAX)-based method for determining the whole text reading comprehension status in English using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) signals. …”
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A Novel Model for Optimizing Roundabout Merging Decisions Based on Markov Decision Process and Force-Based Reward Function by Qingyuan Shen, Haobin Jiang, Aoxue Li, Shidian Ma

“…A force-based reward function, derived from constitutive relations, simulates vehicle-roundabout interactions, offering detailed, physically consistent feedback that enhances learning results. …”
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Restoration of a functional antiviral immune response to chronic HBV infection by reducing viral antigen load: if not sufficient, is it necessary? by Sisi Yang, Wanjia Zeng, Jiming Zhang, Fengmin Lu, Jinhong Chang, Ju-Tao Guo

“…Based on a systematic review of the findings in animal models and clinical studies, the research directions toward discovery and development of more efficacious therapeutic approaches to reinvigorate HBV-specific adaptive immune function and achieve the durable control of chronic HBV infection, i.e. a functional cure, in the vast majority of treated patients are discussed.…”
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Administrative Fragmentation and Functional Integration: Quantifying Urban Interstice Dynamics in Jurong Using Mobile Origin–Destination (OD) Flows by Pengfei Fang, Ziqing Wang, Yuhao Huang, Yile Chen, Xiaojin Cao

“…Overall, the findings highlight the need to move beyond territorially bounded governance toward functionally coordinated regional strategies. Urban interstices can serve as effective connectors across fragmented systems, supporting more balanced and adaptive metropolitan integration. …”
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A Modified Kalman Filter Based on Radial Basis Function Neural Networks for the Improvement of Numerical Weather Prediction Models by Athanasios Donas, George Galanis, Ioannis Pytharoulis, Ioannis Th. Famelis

“…The proposed modified Kalman filter utilizes Radial Basis Function neural networks to estimate covariance matrices adaptively during the filtering process. …”
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Relationship between thyroid function and lipid atherogenic profile in pediatric patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19 by Valeria Calcaterra, Valeria Calcaterra, Raffaella De Santis, Davide Braghieri, Sara Zanelli, Gianvincenzo Zuccotti, Gianvincenzo Zuccotti

“…During monitoring, while complete restoration of TH balance was achieved at 12 months, some patients still exhibited an altered lipid profile, without correlation between thyroid function and lipid markers.Conclusionswe supported a relationship between thyroid function and an atherogenic lipid profile in children with MIS-C. …”
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Bioactive ketamine metabolite exerts in vivo neuroplastogenic effects to improve hippocampal function in a treatment-resistant depression model by Lace M. Riggs, Sage Aronson, Ta-Chung M. Mou, Edna F.R. Pereira, Scott M. Thompson, Todd D. Gould

“…These findings demonstrate that (2R,6R)-HNK exerts rapid neuroplastogenic effects in vivo, which improve cognitive function and promote adaptive changes in synaptic strength at functionally impaired synapses.…”
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PD-L2 of tumor-derived exosomes mediates the immune escape of cancer cells via the impaired T cell function by Tongfeng Liu, Shuwen Cheng, Bo Peng, Haojing Zang, Xiaofeng Zhu, Xuetong Wang, Xujie Zhao, Yinmin Gu, Yongbo Pan, Hongbo Hu, Shan Gao

“…Abstract The function of PD-1/PD-L1 axis have been intensively studied for immune escape of various cancers. …”
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Cancer-associated fibroblasts in clear cell renal cell carcinoma: functional heterogeneity, tumor microenvironment crosstalk, and therapeutic opportunities by Man Wang, Yuanzhuo Zhao, Kangchun Xu, Chao Liu, Hui Zhong, You Wu, Ke Zhang, Shanzhai Wei

“…Combination therapies employing immune checkpoint inhibitors and VEGF antagonists exhibit promising synergistic effects, although the clinical translation remains hampered by CAF heterogeneity, dual functional roles, and the lack of specific biomarkers. …”
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