The relationship between hearing loss and cognitive function in the elderly: the mediating effect of social isolation by Jinwen Bai, Fangfang Zhen, Maria Della C. Raneses, Felina C. Young, Kun Yang

“…The study used the general demographic questionnaire, hearing handicap inventory for the elderly-screening (HHIE-S), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), and Lubben social network scale (LSNS-6) to collect cross-sectional data from the elderly participants. Data analysis was performed using SPSS 24.0 and PROCESS macro. …”
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Socioeconomic inequalities in physical function decline: multilevel longitudinal results from the HABITAT study by Jerome N Rachele, Venurs Loh, Anna Timperio, Jenny Veitch, Rees Thomas, Rebecca A Reid, Wendy J Brown

“…Results Pooled analysis showed graded inequalities in physical function across all socioeconomic groups: those with lower levels of education, occupation and household income all had lower function, while residents of the most disadvantaged neighbourhoods had 8.16 lower function (95%CI: 10.21, 6.12) than those in the most advantaged neighbourhoods. …”
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Forms and Functions of Participatory Evaluation in International Development: A Review of the Empirical and Theoretical Literature by Anne E. Cullen, Chris L. S. Coryn

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Application for Mental Health Consultation with Scheduling Function at the Counseling Guidance of Universitas Teknologi Yogyakarta by Kevina Maydiva Heriansaputri, Moh Ali Romli

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Effects of the Characteristics and Duration of Chronic Pain on Psychosomatic Function in the Community-Dwelling Elderly Population by Mitsumasa Hida, Misa Nakamura, Masakazu Imaoka, Hidetoshi Nakao, Fumie Tasaki, Tomoko Omizu, Masatoshi Takeda, Tadasuke Ohnishi, Chikamune Wada

“…The survey items included demographic data (age and gender), pain-related questionnaires, psychological and cognitive functions, and sleep status. …”
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TIMM23 overexpression drives NSCLC cell growth and survival by enhancing mitochondrial function by Jianhua Zha, Jiaxin Li, Hui Yin, Mingjing Shen, Yingchen Xia

“…Its expression and potential functions in NSCLC were tested. Comprehensive bioinformatic analysis revealed a strong correlation between TIMM23 overexpression and adverse clinical outcomes in NSCLC patients. …”
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Thyroid function and hepatic fibrosis/cirrhosis: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Yan Wang, XiaoLi Zhang, Qin Li, Qing Zhang, Jun Liu

“…This Mendelian randomization (MR) study aimed to investigate the potential causal association between thyroid function and hepatic fibrosis/cirrhosis in order to provide new insights for improving prevention and control strategies for this disease.MethodsGenome-wide association study (GWAS) data on exposures, which included hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), were extracted from the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (MRC-IEU) (https://gwas.mrcieu.ac.uk/), and GWAS data for outcomes, including hepatic fibrosis/cirrhosis and chitinase-3-like protein 1 (CHI3L1), were obtained from the FinnGen consortium (https://www.finngen.fi/fi). …”
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Correlation between computed tomography findings and liver function parameters in chronic liver disease by Moeen ud din Khan Khalil, Syed Kazim Shah Bukhari, Syed Murtaza Shah Bukhari, Mian Zia Shah, Mian Raza Shah

“…Data of adult patients were included if they had undergone a contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) and liver function tests (LFTs) and hematological tests done within seven days of the CT scan. …”
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Different Modes of Monitoring and Correction of Cardiac Function During Operations Under Extracorporeal Circulation by L. A. Krichevsky, I. A. Kozlov

“…Under a prospective comparative analysis were two algorithms of treatment policy: maintenance of cardiac index, by using the maximum volemic load, or that of left ventricular systolic function under guidance of transesophageal echocardiography.Results: Significantly (p<0.05) larger doses of dopamine and/or dobutamine were required to maintain adequate left ventricular systolic function. …”
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Resource-saving technologies of derivatization of functional nanostructured coatings by high-speed application methods by Igor N. Kravchenko, Maria Yu. Karelina, Elena M. Zubrilina, Anastasiya A. Kolomeychenko

“…The work objective is to study new application methods based on the resource-saving technologies for nanostructured coatings with different functionality. The main task of the work is investigating modern efficient methods to increase strength, corrosion resistance, and wearability. …”
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Functions and dysfunctions of Ta’ziye music; Case study of Xānsār Ta’ziye in Qudjān by M. Abbasi, S.H. Meisami

“…As such, the data was collected through a field study and library sources and assessed using the content analysis method. …”
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Effect of Tai Chi Exercise on Balance Function of Patients with Stroke: a Systematic Review by Shuzhen LI, Guohua ZHENG, Yucheng WANG, Shan LI, Jian HE

“…The software of Review Manager 5.2 was applied for data analysis and quality assessment of eligible studies.Results:Seven studies with 629 participants were included. …”
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Sociolinguistic Conditionality of Yakut Language Functioning in Field of School Education: Origins of Incipient Crisis by N. I. Ivanova, V. N. Nikitina, A. G. Filippova

“…The results of a sociolinguistic analysis of factors that reduce the language competence of Sakha schoolchildren in a broad extralinguistic context based on field data representing the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the research object is presented in the article. …”
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Cost-Sensitive Radial Basis Function Neural Network Classifier for Software Defect Prediction by P. Kumudha, R. Venkatesan

“…This paper proposes a prediction approach based on conventional radial basis function neural network (RBFNN) and the novel adaptive dimensional biogeography based optimization (ADBBO) model. …”
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Correlation of IgE and FeNO with lung function in children with asthma: a retrospective study by Jiaqi Wang, Mingjun Li, Shourui Huang, Jiaying Li, Beilei Wang, Liangliang Cui, Xiang Ma

“…Pearson correlation analysis was used to examine the associations between IgE, FeNO, and lung function. …”
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The trajectory of functional status among older adults with chronic diseases and the association with social relationships by Dandan Jiao, Dandan Jiao, Yantong Zhu, Zhu Zhu, Xiang Li, Jinrui Zhang, Mingyu Cui, Yang Liu, Munenori Matsumoto, Yuko Sawada, Kumi Watanabe Miura, Taeko Watanabe, Tokie Anme

“…We aimed to identify the trajectory of functional status over 6 years among older adults with chronic diseases and its association with social relationships.MethodsA latent class growth model analysis was conducted to explore the trajectory of functional status using three time points over 6 years. …”
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Research of the quality of functioning of low-voltage electric devices as a part of electrical complexes by E. Y. Abdullazyanov, E. I. Gracheva, A. N. Gorlov, Z. M. Shakurova, T. V. Tabachnikova, O. A. Shumikhina, R. R. Gibadullin

“…In solving this problem, the ratio of the nominal current of the device and the resistance of contacts and contact connections of devices of some manufacturing plants is investigated. The analysis of experimental data showed what kind of functional dependences of contact resistances on the rated current have.RESULTS. …”
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Investigation of influence of objective function valley ratio on the determination error of its minimum coordinates by A. V. Smirnov

“…The error was defined as the Euclidian distance between the known minimum position and the minimum search termination point. Linear regression analysis and approximation with an artificial neural network model were used for statistical processing of experimental data.Results. …”
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Prevalence of respiratory symptoms and lung function impairments among Darab ginning factory workers by M neghab, M nowroozi sarjoeeye

“…The exposure group were qualified workers of one of Darab ginning factories and referent subjects were selected among clerical staff of Shiraz university of medical science. Data analysis was performed using spss version 19. …”
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Research on the Characteristics of Agricultural Drought Disaster in China Based on Three-Dimensional Copula Function by Dongdong Zuo, Jianbo Cheng, Hao Wu, Wei Hou

“…Estimating the probability and consequences of drought disasters is an important task in drought risk assessment, which contributes to the development of mitigation strategies. Based on rainfall data from 2481 stations and the drought-affected arable land of each province from 1961 to 2021, a probabilistic analysis model of drought duration, drought severity and the proportion of affected farmland area (PAFA) was constructed by a three-dimensional copula function. …”
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