Influence of scanning plane on Human Spinal Cord functional Magnetic Resonance echo planar imaging. by Marta Moraschi, Silvia Tommasin, Laura Maugeri, Mauro DiNuzzo, Julien Cohen-Adad, Marco Masullo, Fabio Mangini, Lorenzo Giovannelli, Daniele Mascali, Tommaso Gili, Valerio Pisani, Ugo Nocentini, Federico Giove, Michela Fratini

“…<h4>Purpose</h4>This study was aimed at systematically verifying whether sagittal scanning in scfMRI using EPI readout is a viable alternative to the more common axial scanning, and at optimizing a pipeline for EPI-based scfMRI data analysis, based on Spinal Cord Toolbox (SCT).…”
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Resting-State Functional MRI Reveals Altered Seed-Based Connectivity in Diabetic Osteoporosis Patients by Li J, Liu M, Qin J, An Y, Zheng X, Mohamad NS, Ramli I

“…This study aims to further explore the abnormal functional connectivity between different brain regions based on the team’s previous research.Methods: Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) data were obtained from 14 participants diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and osteoporosis. …”
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Functions and Obstacles of Nurse Leadership in Disaster Management in West Sulawesi, Indonesia: A Qualitative Study by Edi Purnomo, Achir Yani S. Hamid, Dewi Gayatri, Agus Setiawan

“…We selected 32 nurses using purposive sampling from four health centers in West Sulawesi, Indonesia. Data were collected through focus group discussions (FGDs) and analyzed using the content analysis method. …”
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Water Conservation Service Assessment and Its Spatiotemporal Features in National Key Ecological Function Zones by Jun Zhai, Yuping Liu, Peng Hou, Tong Xiao, Guangzhen Cao

“…In order to improve ecosystem service and protect nation ecology security, the government had designated lots of important ecosystem service protection areas, named national key ecological function zones (NKEFZ) in China. Water conservation service had been assessed with the help of multisource remote sensing data, and spatiotemporal features were analyzed from 2000 to 2014 in these ecological services zones. …”
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Higher-order and distributed synergistic functional interactions encode information gain in goal-directed learning by Etienne Combrisson, Ruggero Basanisi, Matteo Neri, Guillaume Auzias, Giovanni Petri, Daniele Marinazzo, Stefano Panzeri, Andrea Brovelli

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Comparison of the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation and drug therapy on executive functions in patients with borderline personality disorder by Fereshte Bakhshian, Kamran Yazdanbakhsh, Jahangir Karami, Seyed Hamzeh Hosseini

“…The drug therapy group was treated with lamotrigine for three months. To collect data, Executive Functions Questionnaire (Nejati, 2013) was used. …”
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MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF THE FUNCTIONING PROCESS OF A RUBBER BUSHING ON THE HOOKE AND SAINT-VENANT ELEMENTS’ BASIS by D. A. Tikhov-Tinnikov, V. S. Baradiev, A. I. Fedotov, A. V. Alekseev

“…The analysis of the operating modes shows the possibility of the model application to describe the rubber bushing functioning in a stationary harmonic mode with small and medium strain amplitudes. …”
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THE ADVANTAGES OF SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY OVER FUNCTIONAL NECK DISSECTION (A REVIEW OF LITERATURE) by I. S. Romanov, S. V. Shiryaеv, Ya. V. Vishnevskaya

“…The paper analyzes the data available in the literature on sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with oral cancer and shows its advantages over prophylactic neck dissection: less pronounced functional and cosmetic consequences, the possibility of a detailed pathomorphological analysis of removed neck lymph nodes macrospecimens with immunohistochemical studies.…”
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Relationship of gene polymorphisms for complement components C3 and factor H and kidney allograft function by Marija Milinkovic, Vladimir Perovic, Stefan Maksimovic, Irena Vukovic, Milica Kravljaca, Voin Brkovic, Iman Assi Milosevic, Milan Radovic, Mirjana Lausevic

“…The main outcomes of our study were delayed graft function (DGF) and kidney allograft function during five years posttransplant. …”
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In silico identification and functional annotation of universal stress protein (USP) gene family in Chenopodium quinoa by Hajira Imran, Alvina Gul, Rehan Zafar Paracha, Rabia Amir, Faiza Munir, Muhammad Faraz Bhatti

“…Analysis of cis-elements, protein–protein interactions, and micro-RNAs that target CqUSPs revealed important insights into the regulatory mechanisms, functional associations and post-transcriptional control of these genes. …”
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Factors influencing on functional independence outcomes after hospitalization and rehabilitation in children with spinal cord injury by Hong-Bo Zhao, Xiang-Jiang Rong, Qi Zhang, Ting-Ting Ma, He Yan, Tian-Tian Zhou, Yan-Qing Zhang

“…Methods This study employed a retrospective survey method for data collection and analysis. Descriptive analysis, one-way ANOVA analysis, and Multiple logistic regression analysis were utilized to examine the influencing factors associated with the prognosis of functional independence outcomes in children with SCI. …”
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CLINICAL AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH EARLY AND LATE STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS by Инна Сергеевна Фунтикова, Елена Леонидовна Потеряева, Елена Леонидовна Смирнова

“…Group 1 – 58 people with early stages of disease development (work experience in noise less than 15 years), group 2 – 94 people with late stages of disease development (work experience in noise more than 15 years). The analysis of the results of clinical, functional and instrumental research methods was carried out. …”
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Longitudinal Assessment of Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Increases in Pain and Their Relationship to Functional Declines and Medication Changes by Hallie M. Altwies, Leah M. Santacroce, Javier Marrugo, Jacklyn Stratton, Jack Ellrodt, Robert S. Rudin, Daniel H. Solomon

“…Objective Electronic health applications (apps) allow patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to report patient‐reported outcomes (PROs) between visits. However, almost no data exist on patients’ report of pain between visits and how that correlates with change in function and/or modifications to medication. …”
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Rare variants in the endocytic pathway are associated with Alzheimer's disease, its related phenotypes, and functional consequences. by Lingyu Zhan, Jiajin Li, Brandon Jew, Jae Hoon Sul

“…Careful examination using NFTs revealed one significantly associated gene, ANKRD13D. To identify functional associations, we integrated bulk RNA-Seq data from over 600 brain tissues and found two endocytic expression genes (eGenes), HLA-A and SLC26A7, that displayed significant influences on their gene expressions. …”
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Evaluation of Hospitalized Patients with Diabetes Mellitus with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Rehabilitation Set by LU Weiyan, TANG Dandan, ZHU Junzhi, LIU Yingfen, DU Lishi, WANG Haoxiang

“…The higher the standardization results, the worse the functions were. Univariate analysis usedt-test, Wilcoxon rank sum test, or linear regression. …”
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Stream water quality variation as a function of physical environmental conditions in an agriculturally dominated catchment by Zsigmond Tibor, Farkas Csilla, Bódi Andor, Bakacsi Zsófia, Tóth Eszter, Dencső Márton, Horel Ágota

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Exploring cerebrospinal fluid metabolites, cognitive function, and brain atrophy: Insights from Mendelian randomization by Liu Qian, Meng Ling-bing, Qi Tian-qi, Ma Ya-Qing, Liang Guo-wei

“…Our analysis identified 30 metabolites exhibiting causal associations with brain atrophy and cognitive function: 20 linked to cognition and 10 to structural atrophy. …”
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The power spectrum and functional connectivity characteristics of resting-state EEG in patients with generalized anxiety disorder by Hangwei Wang, Shaoqi Mou, Xuedan Pei, Xiaomei Zhang, Shanhong Shen, Jianfeng Zhang, Xinhua Shen, Zhongxia Shen

“…The present study aims to reveal the multidimensional electrophysiological characteristics of GAD via comparative analysis of electroencephalogram (EEG) data between GAD patients and healthy controls. …”
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Soviet Utopia vs. systemic transformation: Development paths of mono-functional industrial towns in Georgia by Julia Kaczmarek-Khubnaia

“…The time frame of the detailed analysis, based on population data, covers the period 1922–2021 (in examining the changes that occurred in Chiatura and Tkibuli, reference was also made to the period prior to Georgia’s incorporation into the Soviet Union). …”
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The Monetary Policy Reaction Function in Turkey: Evidence from Fourier-Based Time Series Methods by Ümit Bulut

“…Put differently, the goal of this paper is to estimate a forward-looking monetary policy reaction function for the CBRT. To that end, the paper uses monthly data over the period 2006:1-2019:5. …”
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