Effects of multi-site non-invasive brain stimulation on cognitive impairment after stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Heling Wang, Di Zhang, Xu Wang, Qixin Ding, Shenhong Ma, Qiaohua Han, Yuefang Li, Tianshu Li, Ying Li, Wanyue Li, Weisheng Zhuang, Weisheng Zhuang

“…This systematic review and meta-analysis aim to explore the effectiveness and safety of multi-site non-invasive brain stimulation (MS-NIBS) in enhancing the cognitive function of PSCI patients.MethodsA comprehensive search was conducted in multiple databases, including MEDLINE (PubMed), Embase, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Data, VIP Database for Chinese Technical Periodicals, and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM). …”
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The role of exercise-based prehabilitation in enhancing surgical outcomes for patients with digestive system cancers: a meta-analysis by Shasha Xu, Rong Yin, Haiou Zhu, Yin Gong, Jing Zhu, Changxian Li, Qin Xu

“…Conclusions Prehabilitation reduces postoperative complications and improves short-term physical function in digestive surgery patients, with good patient acceptance; however, the long-term effects are unknown due to a lack of follow-up data. …”
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Neuropsychiatric Approaches to Essential and Functional Tremor: A Comparative Study by Balal M, Çakmak S, Erdem M, Demirkiran M

“…Functional and Essential tremor are frequently misdiagnosed. …”
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Analysis of Gene Differences Between F and B Epidemic Lineages of Bandavirus Dabieense by Wenzhou Ma, Yujia Hao, Chengcheng Peng, Duo Zhang, Yuge Yuan, Pengpeng Xiao, Nan Li

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FUNCTIONAL POLYMORPHISM OF THE PRO-INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINE GENES IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS by E. G. Churina, O. I. Urazova, V. V. Novitsky, A. V. Sitnikova, S. E. Barmina

“…To study polymorphic regions of cytokine genes, a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was applied. Analysis of the obtained data was carried out by means of the program Statistica for Windows Version 6.0 (StatSoft Inc., USA).It was found that the imbalance of secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines in TB patients was associated with the polymorphic variants of genes of these cytokines. …”
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Bacteroides vesicles promote functional alterations in the gut microbiota composition by Olga Yu. Shagaleeva, Daria A. Kashatnikova, Dmitry A. Kardonsky, Boris A. Efimov, Viktor A. Ivanov, Svetlana V. Smirnova, Suleiman S. Evsiev, Eugene A. Zubkov, Olga V. Abramova, Yana A. Zorkina, Anna Y. Morozova, Elizaveta A. Vorobeva, Artemiy S. Silantiev, Irina V. Kolesnikova, Maria I. Markelova, Evgenii I. Olekhnovich, Maxim D. Morozov, Polina Y. Zoruk, Daria I. Boldyreva, Victoriia D. Kazakova, Anna A. Vanyushkina, Andrei V. Chaplin, Tatiana V. Grigoryeva, Natalya B. Zakharzhevskaya

“…OMVs showed high therapeutic activity against sodium dextran sulfate-induced colitis, as confirmed by histological assays. 16S rRNA sequencing of fecal samples from different inflammatory stages, supplemented with comprehensive metabolome analysis of volatile compounds conducted by HS-GC/MS, revealed structural and functional alterations in the microbiota composition under the influence of OMVs. …”
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Screening tools for subjective cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment based on task-state prefrontal functional connectivity: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study by Zhengping Pu, Hongna Huang, Man Li, Hongyan Li, Xiaoyan Shen, Lizhao Du, Qingfeng Wu, Xiaomei Fang, Xiang Meng, Qin Ni, Guorong Li, Donghong Cui

“…Results: Statistical analysis revealed a trend toward more impaired prefrontal FC with declining cognitive function. …”
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Impaired Brain Information Transmission Efficiency and Flexibility in Parkinson’s Disease and Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder: Evidence from Functional Connectivity and... by Jing Wei, Jiaqi Lyu, Jie Xiang, Yan Niu, Lan Yang, Chanjuan Fan, Dandan Li, Yanli Yang

“…To prove our hypothesis, we performed functional connectivity (FC) and functional dynamics analysis of three aspects—based on the whole brain, within the resting-state network (RSN), and the interaction between RSNs—using normal control (NC) (n = 21), RBD (n = 24), and PD (n = 45) resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) data sets. …”
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Large-scale functional network connectivity mediate the associations of white matter lesions with executive functions and information processing speed in asymptomatic cerebral smal... by Jing Chen, Weiwei lu, Zhangyang Wang, Mingfang Shi, Zhang Shi, Weibin Shi

“…Large-scale internetwork and intranetwork functional connectivity (FC) were calculated using a combination of resting-state functional MRI data and independent component analysis. …”
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Drug functional remapping: a new promise for tumor immunotherapy by Jiayi Dong, Jiayi Dong, Jiayi Dong, Ting Su, Ting Su, Ting Su, Ting Su, Jiexiong Wu, Yu Xiang, Yu Xiang, Yu Xiang, Yu Xiang, Minghan Song, Minghan Song, Minghan Song, Canfeng He, Canfeng He, Canfeng He, Lijuan Shao, Lijuan Shao, Lijuan Shao, Lijuan Shao, Yubin Yang, Yubin Yang, Size Chen, Size Chen, Size Chen, Size Chen

“…This article reviews the novel applications of traditional drugs in tumor immunotherapy, discussing how they can enhance tumor treatment efficacy through functional repositioning, while also reducing development time and costs. …”
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A Linguistic-stylistic Analysis of Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq’s Inaugural Speech (2019) by Samuel Akinmusuyi, Hadiza Zakari

“…Halliday and Matthiessen’s (2014) Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) serves as the theoretical framework. …”
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Adaptation and validation of the Washington group/unicef child functioning module in a nationally representative sample of Canadian children and youth by Emma Nolan, Katherine Cost, Ryan Miller, Li Wang, Chen Yun-Ju, Jordan Edwards, Eric Duku, Stelios Georgiades, Peter Szatmari, Harriet MacMillian, Charlotte Waddell, Katholiki Georgiades

“…Abstract Background The Washington Group/UNICEF Child Functioning Module (WG/UNICEF CFM) was developed to identify children and youth with disabilities by assessing functional difficulties. …”
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Reduced microstructural white matter integrity is associated with the severity of physical symptoms in functional neurological disorder by Nicolas Gninenko, Eliane Müller, Selma Aybek

“…Background: Functional neurological disorder (FND) is linked to functional changes in brain networks without an underlying brain lesion. …”
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The therapeutic effect of Berberine on rodent models of kidney injury: a systematic review and meta - analysis by Weixiong Xu, ChaoLan Fang, Ming Jian Jiang

“…Statistical analyses were performed using Revman5.4.2 and STATA 15.1 software to ensure the accuracy and reliability of data interpretation. Results We included a total of 19 relevant studies, Our research indicates that the animal studies included in our review demonstrate a significant improvement in renal function metrics of blood specimens in rodent models. …”
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An experimental investigation on the effect of acid treatment of MWCNTs on the viscosity of water based nanofluids and statistical analysis of viscosity in prepared nanofluids by S. Abbasi

“…The effect of temperature (25, 40, 55 and 70°C) and weight fraction of MWCNTs (0.125, 0.25 and 0.5 %wt) on the viscosity of nanofluids containing pristine and functionalized MWCNTs have been investigated. For this purpose, all of the measurements were carried out in triplicate and were analyzed using two factors completely randomized design and comparison of data means is carried out with Duncan’s multiple range test. …”
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Clinical functioning information tool – coronavirus disease 2019 (ClinFIT COVID-19): psychometric evaluation and development of an interval-scaled functioning score across the care... by Masahiko Mukaino, Catarina Aguiar Branco, Alia Alghwiri, Sonia Amato, Antonios Kontaxakis, Mihai Berteanu, Hüma Bölük Şenlikci, Pinar Borman, Salmane Diouane, Maryam Fourtassi, Francesca Gimigliano, Abderrazak Hajjioui, Xiaolei Hu, Sinforian Kambou, Cho-I Lin, Mohamed I. Mabrouk, Evanthia Mitsiokapa, Remus Iulian Nica, Christina-Anastasia Rapidi, Gabriella Serlenga, Arianna Silvestri, Sinikka Tarvonen-Schröder, Clara Ursescu, Arja Viinanen, Panagiotis Vorniotakis, Melissa Selb

“…Objective: to report on the development and global testing of the COVID-19 version of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health-based Clinical Functioning Information Tool called “ClinFIT COVID-19” to collect functioning data of rehabilitation patients across the care continuum to establish an interval-scaled functioning score. …”
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Associations of the body roundness index with cognitive function in US older adults and the mediating role of depression: a cross-sectional study from the NHANES 2011–2014 by Xi Liao, Yongwei Li, Zongyao Zhang, Ying Xiao, Xi Yu, Ran Huang, Tian Zhong

“…Abstract The body roundness index (BRI) accurately assesses body composition and visceral fat distribution, but its independent associations with cognitive function and cognitive impairment remain unclear. This study, which is based on data from the 2011–2014 U.S. …”
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Genome-Wide Analysis of PAPS1-Dependent Polyadenylation Identifies Novel Roles for Functionally Specialized Poly(A) Polymerases in Arabidopsis thaliana. by Christian Kappel, Gerda Trost, Hjördis Czesnick, Anna Ramming, Benjamin Kolbe, Son Lang Vi, Cláudia Bispo, Jörg D Becker, Cornelia de Moor, Michael Lenhard

“…Thus, transcriptome-wide analysis of poly(A)-tail lengths identifies novel biological functions and likely target transcripts for polyadenylation by PAPS1. …”
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Multi-tissue analysis of co-expression networks by higher-order generalized singular value decomposition identifies functionally coherent transcriptional modules. by Xiaolin Xiao, Aida Moreno-Moral, Maxime Rotival, Leonardo Bottolo, Enrico Petretto

“…Leveraging these data is especially important for network-based approaches to human disease, for instance to identify coherent transcriptional modules (subnetworks) that can inform functional disease mechanisms and pathological pathways. …”
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Comparative mathematical analysis of functional properties of mice bone marrow in the phase of recovery of colony-forming units number after sub-lethal and repeated sub-lethal irra... by R. V. Boiko, D. I. Bilko, I. Z. Russu, N. M. Bilko

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