In vivo assessment of endothelial function in small animals using an infrared pulse detector by Cyuan-Cin Liu, Wei-Min Liu, Hsien-Tsai Wu, Chien-Hsing Wang, An-Bang Liu

“…Flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) is used to assess endothelial function in humans. However, this assessment is not easy in small animals. …”
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Physically non-cloneable arbiter-type function with non-linear path pairs by A. A. Ivaniuk, A. Y. Shamyna

“…Physically unclonable functions (PUFs) are basic physical cryptographical primitives, providing to solve tasks such as unclonable identification, digital device authentication and copyright authentication, true random sequence generation, etc. …”
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Yield gap in cowpea plants as function of water déficits during reproductive stage by Paulo J. O. P. Souza, Vivian D. da S. Farias, João V. N. Pinto, Hildo G. G. C. Nunes, Everaldo B. de Souza, Clyde W. Fraisse

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Eyes shut homolog is important for the maintenance of photoreceptor morphology and visual function in zebrafish. by Muriël Messchaert, Margo Dona, Sanne Broekman, Theo A Peters, Julio C Corral-Serrano, Ralph W N Slijkerman, Erwin van Wijk, Rob W J Collin

“…The transcript is predicted to encode a 2,905-aa protein that contains 39 EGF-like domains and five laminin A G-like domains, which overall shows 33% identity with human EYS. To study the function of EYS, we generated a stable eysrmc101/rmc101 mutant zebrafish model using CRISPR/Cas9 technology. …”
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Transcriptomic analysis of bone transport reveals different functions between both ends by Maochun Wang, Jiao Zhang, Chongxu Qiao, Shunchao Yan, Weicheng Gao, Guoping Wu

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Development of multi-functional integrated design system for ship block lifting process by Rui Li, Zhang Quanyou, Zhan Xiuguang, Shan Julin, Wan Hexin

“…In order to solve the integration problem of lifting point layout, 3D dynamic simulation and safety assessment, a multi-functional integrated design system for ship lifting process is developed. …”
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Spatio-temporal dynamic functional brain network for mild cognitive impairment analysis by Shipeng Wen, Jingru Wang, Wenjie Liu, Xianglian Meng, Xianglian Meng, Zhuqing Jiao, Zhuqing Jiao

“…The method was evaluated on data from 85 subjects (33 healthy controls, 29 Early Mild Cognitive Impairment (EMCI), 23 AD) from the ADNI dataset.ResultsOur model outperformed existing techniques, achieving 83.9% accuracy and 83.1% AUC in distinguishing AD from healthy controls.DiscussionIn addition to improved classification performance, key affected regions such as left hippocampus, the right amygdala, the left inferior parietal lobe, the left olfactory cortex, the right precuneus, and the insula, were identified-areas known to be associated with memory function and early Alzheimer’s pathology. …”
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Neurocognitive functioning during adolescence: Spanish validation of the Penn Computerized Neurocognitive Battery by Xacobe Fernández‐García, Félix Inchausti, Alicia Pérez‐Albéniz, Javier Ortuño‐Sierra, Raquel Falcó, Eduardo Fonseca‐Pedrero

“…The literature links (dys)functions in these areas with psycho(patho)logical constructs, but evidence is scarce among Spanish‐speaking youth. …”
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Mental Fatigue Has Great Impact on the Fractal Dimension of Brain Functional Network by Gang Li, Yanting Xu, Yonghua Jiang, Weidong Jiao, Wanxiu Xu, Jianhua Zhang

“…In the present study, the EEG data of alpha1 rhythm (8-10 Hz) at task state obtained by a mental fatigue model were chosen to construct brain functional networks. …”
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Altered cortical swallowing processing in patients with functional dysphagia: a preliminary study. by Sonja Suntrup, Inga Teismann, Andreas Wollbrink, Tobias Warnecke, Martin Winkels, Christo Pantev, Rainer Dziewas

“…<h4>Objective</h4>Current neuroimaging research on functional disturbances provides growing evidence for objective neuronal correlates of allegedly psychogenic symptoms, thereby shifting the disease concept from a psychological towards a neurobiological model. …”
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Anonymous Authentication Scheme Based on Physically Unclonable Function and Biometrics for Smart Cities by Vincent Omollo Nyangaresi, Ahmad A. AlRababah, Ganesh Keshaorao Yenurkar, Ravikumar Chinthaginjala, Muhammad Yasir

“…To this end, we present an anonymous authentication scheme for the smart cities based on physically unclonable function and user biometrics. Its formal security analysis using the Real‐Or‐Random (ROR) model demonstrates the robustness of the negotiated session key against active and passive attacks. …”
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Ultraporous Amine-Functionalized Organosilicas: Tuning Morphology and Surface Chemistry for Adsorption Applications by Marlena Bytniewska, Kacper Latusek, Maria Powęzka, Marcin Kuśmierz, Oliwia Kapusta, Mariusz Barczak

“…Alongside detailed insights into the morphology, structure, and surface chemistry via a broad spectrum of various instrumental techniques, the obtained ultraporous amine-functionalized organosilicas were tested as adsorbents of diclofenac sodium, chosen here as a model drug. …”
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Association between the Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index and Thyroid Function in U.S. Adults by Xin-Yu Hu, Ying-Chao Liang, Huan-Huan Zhang, Hui-Lin Li, De-Liang Liu

“…The systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) is used as an indicator of prognosis for a wide range of diseases. Thyroid function has been found to be strongly associated with inflammation. …”
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Structural basis of collagen glucosyltransferase function and its serendipitous role in kojibiose synthesis by Jeong Seon Kim, Zhenhang Chen, Sara Andrea Espinosa Garcia, Christoph Buhlheller, Botao Zhang, Stephen J. Richards, Tingfei Chen, Jingjing Wu, Ronald C. Bruntz, Marisa E. Gilliam, Mitsuo Yamauchi, Bo Liang, Houfu Guo

“…These insights inform glucosyltransferase function and open new avenues for inhibitor development and kojibiose biosynthesis.…”
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Reliable, scalable functional genetics in bloodstream-form Trypanosoma congolense in vitro and in vivo. by Georgina Awuah-Mensah, Jennifer McDonald, Pieter C Steketee, Delphine Autheman, Sarah Whipple, Simon D'Archivio, Cordelia Brandt, Simon Clare, Katherine Harcourt, Gavin J Wright, Liam J Morrison, Catarina Gadelha, Bill Wickstead

“…These experiments establish a base set of tools to change T. congolense from a technically challenging organism to a routine model for functional genetics and allow us to begin to address some of the fundamental questions about the biology of this important parasite.…”
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Allosteric Modulation of Beta1 Integrin Function Induces Lung Tissue Repair by Rehab AlJamal-Naylor, Linda Wilson, Susan McIntyre, Fiona Rossi, Beth Harrison, Mark Marsden, David J. Harrison

“…Intriguingly, this antibody reversed both functional and structural tissue injury in an animal model of degenerative disease in lung.…”
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REDD1 functions at the crossroads between the therapeutic and adverse effects of topical glucocorticoids by Gleb Baida, Pankaj Bhalla, Kirill Kirsanov, Ekaterina Lesovaya, Marianna Yakubovskaya, Kit Yuen, Shuchi Guo, Robert M Lavker, Ben Readhead, Joel T Dudley, Irina Budunova

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Angle Estimation Based on Wave Path Difference Rate of Change Ambiguity Function by Jianye Xu, Maozhong Fu, Zhenmiao Deng

“…To address these shortcomings, a novel approach based on the phase comparison method is proposed in this study, with the variation in the wave path difference modeled as a first-order motion model. By accumulating the conjugate-multiplied signals over multiple time steps, the Wave Path Difference Rate of Change Ambiguity Function (WPD-ROC AF) is constructed. …”
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The Importance of the Population III Initial Mass Function in Determining the Characteristics of the Earliest Galaxies by Richard Sarmento, Evan Scannapieco

“…Modeling Pop III stars according to a log-normal, top-heavy initial mass function (IMF), we find that these stars contribute no more than ≈1% of the flux of potentially detectable lensed galaxies at z  = 12–14 with M _AB ≤ −15. …”
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Upper limb function in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: 24 month longitudinal data. by Marika Pane, Giorgia Coratti, Claudia Brogna, Elena Stacy Mazzone, Anna Mayhew, Lavinia Fanelli, Sonia Messina, Adele D'Amico, Michela Catteruccia, Marianna Scutifero, Silvia Frosini, Valentina Lanzillotta, Giulia Colia, Filippo Cavallaro, Enrica Rolle, Roberto De Sanctis, Nicola Forcina, Roberta Petillo, Andrea Barp, Alice Gardani, Antonella Pini, Giulia Monaco, Maria Grazia D'Angelo, Riccardo Zanin, Gian Luca Vita, Claudio Bruno, Tiziana Mongini, Federica Ricci, Elena Pegoraro, Luca Bello, Angela Berardinelli, Roberta Battini, Valeria Sansone, Emilio Albamonte, Giovanni Baranello, Enrico Bertini, Luisa Politano, Maria Pia Sormani, Eugenio Mercuri

“…The aim of the study was to establish 24 month changes in upper limb function using a revised version of the performance of upper limb test (PUL 2.0) in a large cohort of ambulant and non-ambulant boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and to identify possible trajectories of progression. …”
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