The candidate gene OLFML2A possibly contributed to the variation of total number of teats in Meishan and Erhualian pigs by influencing the formation of mammary placodes by C.X. Liu, R.H. Huang, W.D. Zhou, N.J. Jiang, Q. Liu, J.F. Ma, P.H. Li, Q.B. Zhao

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Comparative assessment of Barthel index and functional independence measure in providing rehabilitation care for military personnel with combined injuries by Kostyantyn Babov, Alexander Plakida, Iryna Balashova, Iryna Zabolotna, Sergey Gushcha, Dmytro Bobylov

“…All patients were classified as lightly injured and moderately injured according to the Abbreviated Injury Scale. The initial data in evaluating functioning on the FIM scale made it possible to identify subgroups of patients with a predominance of motor function impairment and a predominant impairment of cognitive functions. …”
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The effect and permanence of corrective exercises on pain intensity, functional disability and kinematic parameters of bodybuilders with shoulder impingement syndrome by Mahdi Yousfvand, Masoud Golpayegani, Safoura Ghasemi

“…The evaluations carried out during three stages: the pre-test, the first post-test (after 8 weeks) and the second post-test (after 12 weeks). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) at a significance level of 0.05 using SPSS version 20 software.Results: The findings showed that after 8 weeks of corrective exercises, there were significant changes in pain intensity and functional disability in the experimental group (P<0.05). …”
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Pre-infection liver function is associated with all-cause mortality among hemodialysis patients with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant infection by Quanchao Zhang, Caibao Lu, Han Wang, Shaofa Wu, Lili Jiang, Jie Li, Zhifen Wu, Bingshuang Tang, Bingfeng Yang, Shengli Liao, Liao Wang, Hongwei Chen, Moqi Li, Wenchang He, Yiqin Wang, Jin He, Jinghong Zhao, Ling Nie

“…However, the impact of pre-infection liver function on postinfection mortality rates remains inadequately researched.Methods Data from 847 hemodialysis (HD) patients, diagnosed with Omicron across six HD centers between December 2022 and February 2023, were analyzed. …”
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Sexual anxiety mediate relationship between sexual schemas and body image with sexual function in Iranian women. by Majid Yousefi Afrashteh, Rojan Blouri, Zekrollah Morovati

“…<h4>Results</h4>Descriptive data analysis showed that mean and standard deviation were for further passionate-romantic schema 22.96 and 4.83, open-direct schema 27.64 and 5.09, embarrassed-conservative 20.93 and 4.61, body image 128.96 and 27.35, sexual anxiety 13.13 and 3.91 and sexual function 49.83 and 8.67. …”
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Health literacy in relation to web-based measurement of cognitive function in the home: UK Women’s Cohort Study by Alan J Gow, Janet Cade, Darren C Greenwood, Gareth Hagger-Johnson, Stian Reimers

“…Additionally, it assessed the association between health literacy and reaction time.Design A cross-sectional analysis was conducted using data from the UK Women’s Cohort Study, a prospective cohort study.Participants The study involved women aged 48–85 without cancer registration who participated in the 2010/2011 follow-up (n=768).Setting Postal questionnaires and web-based cognitive function tests were administered in participants’ homes.Methods and analysis Logistic regression identified predictors of volunteering for reaction time testing, used to calculate inverse probability weights for the primary analysis. …”
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Validity and reliability of telephone administration of the patient-specific functional scale for the assessment of recovery from snakebite envenomation. by Rebecca G Theophanous, Joao Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci, Fan Hui Wen, S Michelle Griffin, Victoria E Anderson, Michael E Mullins, Nicklaus P Brandehoff, Eugenia B Quackenbush, Sean P Bush, Eric A Toschlog, Spencer C Greene, Kapil Sharma, Kurt Kleinschmidt, Nathan P Charlton, S Rutherfoord Rose, Richard Schwartz, Brandon Lewis, Eric J Lavonas, Charles J Gerardo

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This is a secondary analysis of data from a randomized clinical trial. …”
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Integrating Kansei Engineering, Analytic Hierarchy Process, and Quality Function Development in Elderly-Oriented Seating Design by Tingting Xiong, Quanfa Shu, Xuyi Li, Yuting Fan, Jing Qiu

“…Factor analysis (FA) was used to conceptualize the user’s perceptual vocabulary data, AHP to assess the relative importance of these perceptual words, and morphological analysis to deconstruct the characteristics of the seat components. …”
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Predicting Parkinson's disease trajectory using clinical and functional MRI features: A reproduction and replication study. by Elodie Germani, Nikhil Bhagwat, Mathieu Dugré, Rémi Gau, Albert A Montillo, Kevin P Nguyen, Andrzej Sokolowski, Madeleine Sharp, Jean-Baptiste Poline, Tristan Glatard

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Study on the Chemical Characterization and Hypolipidemic Function of <i>Nelumbo nucifera</i> Based on Its Flavonoid Components by Leyi Yang, Chang Zhou, Rong Huang, Yuan Cai, Bin Liu, Mimi Yu, Yanyan Jiang

“…Then, the multi–index flavonoid components (rutin, hyperoside, isoquercitrin, quercetin–3–O–<i>β</i>–D–glucuronide, astragalin, and quercetin) were determined using a quantitative fingerprint combined with multivariate statistical data analysis. Finally, the quality of <i>N. nucifera</i> was scientifically evaluated by multi–index quantitative analysis combined with multivariate statistical data analysis, which was used to study the relationship between the content of flavonoid components and the overall quality. …”
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Impact of Standardised Order Sets on Functional Outcome of Acute Ischaemic Stroke Patients: A Research Protocol by Sarang Dilip Videkar, Tushar Patil

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Exploring the role of methylation-driven gene IFFO1 in pancreatic adenocarcinoma diagnosis, prognosis and cellular functions by XU Ziqi, HU Ruizhi, LI Junjian, WANG Hongxia, SANG Youzhou

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Association of Cumulative Remnant Cholesterol with Kidney Function Decline in Chinese Population: A Prospective Cohort Study by Lei Liu, Changfa Wang, Zhongyang Hu, Pingting Yang, Ying Li, Yufu Zhou, Saiqi Yang, Kui Chen, Shuwen Deng, Xiaoling Zhu, Xuelian Liu, Yaqin Wang

“…This study aimed to investigate the association of baseline and cumulative exposure of RC (cumRC) with kidney function decline (KFD) risk in the general population of China. …”
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Internet of things encryption technology combining elliptic curve cryptosystem, hash function, and RFID-based authentication by Bin Zheng

“…To raise the security of Internet of Things data, a research proposes an encryption technique that combines elliptic curve cryptosystem and hash functions. …”
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Results of the 20-year period of functioning of the Federal Databank on the natural radiation doses to the population of the Russian Federation by T. A. Kormanovskaya, R. R. Akhmatdinov, G. A. Gorskiy

“…This study is focused on the analysis of the results of the functioning of the Federal Databank on the doses to the public of the Russian Federation from natural and man-made modified radiation background as a part of Joint governmental system of control and accounting of the doses from ionizing exposure in 2001-2020. …”
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Analysis of varietal advantages of leaf form <i>Apium graveolens</i> L. according to chlorogenic acid content by E. S. Surbeeva, U. A. Efremova, V. S. Shurakova, E. V. Vishnyakov, I. I. Terninko

“…Special studies on the benefits of agricultural crops – current research regarding the prospects for the development of their products based on functional and specialized nutrition. Substances with a phenolic profile carry out various types of pharmacological activity aimed at treating metabolic and other socially significant phenomena, which allows them to be positioned as generally accepted main ingredients. …”
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Exploring Functional and Emotional Aspects of the Arabic Muslim Adventure Application Based on Don Norman's Hierarchy of Design by Isma Fathanah, Mohamad Zaka Al Farisi, Hikmah Maulani

“…The data analysis process through: data display, data verification, and conclusion drawing. …”
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Contrasting prenatal nutrition and environmental exposures in association with birth weight and cognitive function in children at 7 years by Alicja Wolk, Chris Gennings, Christian Lindh, Niclas Håkansson, Carl-Gustaf Bornehag

“…The Swedish Environmental, Longitudinal, Mother and child, Asthma and allergy Study is a Swedish pregnancy cohort, with prenatal endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) exposure and dietary data available. This makes it possible to test for the potential mitigating effects of good nutrition on health and development effects in offspring from EDCs.Results Using prenatal Food Frequency Questionnaire data to construct an individual’s MNI, the index was significantly and positively associated with important metabolic outcome (as measured by birth weight) and cognitive function at age 7 years (as measured by WISC IQ) in children when adjusted for covariates and prenatal concentrations of an EDC. …”
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Optimizing the Function of Museums as a Medium for Evaluating History Learning in Supporting Students' Critical Thinking Skills by Rahmawati Rahmawati, Joko Sayono, Indah Wahyu Puji Utami, Ramli Akhmad

“…Data analysis was conducted thematically through the stages of data reduction, display, and verification to ensure the validity of the findings. …”
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The causal relationship between biological function of mitochondria and chronic kidney disease： a Mendelian randomization study by Yuan Xin-zhu, Li Ling-qin, Zhou Rui-jiao, Lin Chang-wei, Xia Meng-di, Wang Bao-fu, Xie Xi-sheng

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the causal relationship between mitochondrial functional proteins and chronic kidney disease （CKD） using Mendelian randomization analysis， thus providing a genetic reference for the early prevention of CKD.MethodsPublicly accessible GWAS data were collected and used to analyze the causal relationship between mitochondrial functional proteins and CKD， with inverse variance weighted analysis as the core method. …”
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