Study of Heart Rate Variability to Comprehend the Significance of Singing Bowl Meditation on the Functioning of the Autonomic Nervous System by Ritika Upadhyay, Biswajeet Champaty, Suraj Kumar Nayak

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The Relationship Between Stress and Anxiety with the Occurrence of Functional Dyspepsia among Medical Students of Sumatera Utara University by Tri Mulyani Aries, Imelda Rey

“…The Chi-square test revealed significant relationships between stress (p=0.026) and anxiety (p=0.038) with functional dyspepsia incidence. …”
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Use of art as therapeutic intervention for enhancement of hand function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A pilot study by Sayali Khedekar, Apurv P Shimpi, Ashok Shyam, Parag Sancheti

“…Pre- and post-interventional assessment was done using grip and pinch strength, Grip Ability Test (GAT), Jebsen–Taylor Hand Function Test (JHFT), Australian-Canadian Osteoarthritis Hand Index (AUSCAN), Michigan Hand Outcome Questionnaire (MHQ), and Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ). …”
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Association between dietary copper intake and cognitive function in American older adults: NHANES 2011–2014 by Weiai Jia, Kangsheng Zhu, Jingpu Shi, Fangfang Yong

“…Analyzing a total of 2420 participants, dietary copper intake was determined by averaging two 24-h dietary recalls, whereas cognitive function was assessed by the Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST), the Animal Fluency Test (AFT), a Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer’s disease (CERAD) subtest and global cognition Z score. …”
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Functionalized Glutathione on Chitosan-Genipin Cross-Linked Beads Used for the Removal of Trace Metals from Water by Samira R. Akaji, David Dewez

“…Functionalized glutathione on chitosan-genipin cross-linked beads (CS-GG) was synthesized and tested as an adsorbent for the removal of Fe(II) and Cu(II) from aqueous solution. …”
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Do Insulin Replacement and Omega3 Protect the Male Reproductive Function of the Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Mice? by Atefe Yaghoubi, Abbas Shahedi, Hakime Akbari, Seyed Noureddin Nematollahi-Mahani

“…Experiments have shown that n-3 fatty acids could improve male reproductive function. Present study was performed to examine the effects of omega3 on sperms and testicular parameters in diabetic mice. …”
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Comparison of satisfaction with post-operative pain management and level of functional interferance in addicted and non-addicted patients by Hamid Reza Koohestani, Nayereh Baghcheghi, Korosh Rezaei

“…Two study groups were compared as regard to intensity of pain, satisfaction with postoperative pain management and level of pain interference with functions. Data collection instrument included a 4 section questionnaire that the first part covered patients' demographics, second part contained universal pain assessment tool, the third part included items on level of pain interference with their functions (usual functions, walking, emotions, sleep and relations with others) and fourth part was related to assessment of satisfaction with post-operative pain. …”
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Impact of cognitive decline on the physical functioning of older adults in Southern Brazil: a cross-sectional study by Andréa Kruger Gonçalves, Valéria Feijó Martins, Ana Carolina Kanitz, Flávia Gomes Martinez, Leonardo Alexandre Peyré-Tartaruga, Raphael Machado Castilhos, Aline Nogueira Haas, Aline Nogueira Haas

“…Physical function was assessed using tests for balance, strength, flexibility, and aerobic endurance. …”
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Pulmonary function and exercise capacity in mild early-onset idiopathic scoliosis: a case‒control study by Lixia Wang, Xin Li, Yuanyuan Song, Juping Liang, Yanbin Zhang, Tongtong Zhang, Xuan Zhou, Qing Du

“…Methods 52 children with mild EOIS and 52 healthy controls matched for age and sex were recruited.Participants underwent pulmonary function test, a 6-minute walk test (6MWT) and Borg score assessments to evaluate subjective fatigue before and after 6MWT. …”
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INFLUENCE OF LOADING AND UN LOADING TIME ON FUNCTIONING COMPLEX OF MICROSYSTEMS IN TRANSIT FREIGHTS PUBLIC MOTOR TRANSPORT by E. Е. Vitvitskiy, E. S. Fedoseenkova

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Research on generation and pumping coordinated control function of AC excitation variable speed pumped storage unit by Jiang Haijun, Zhao Yifeng, Cai Weijiang, Zeng Xueyang

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Affective Modulation after High-Intensity Exercise Is Associated with Prolonged Amygdalar-Insular Functional Connectivity Increase by Angelika Schmitt, Neeraj Upadhyay, Jason Anthony Martin, Sandra Rojas Vega, Heiko Klaus Strüder, Henning Boecker

“…Acute moderate exercise has been shown to induce prolonged changes in functional connectivity (FC) within affect and reward networks. …”
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Cardio-Respiratory, Functional and Antalgic Effects of the Integrated Thermal Care Protocol After Breast Cancer Surgery by Giovanni Barassi, Stefania Spina, Francesco D’Alessandro, Loris Prosperi, Celeste Marinucci, Massimo Lombardi, Maurizio Panunzio, Andrea Santamato

“…It can aid in complex medical contexts characterized by cardio-respiratory deficiency, functional limitation, and pain determined by the invasiveness of pharmacological and surgical treatments in combination with limited post-surgical physical activity. …”
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The role of exercise in restoring executive function: a comparison of tobacco-exposed college athletes and sedentary students by Minjia Wang, Shuya Wu, Qian Ma, Hao Hu, Yanpei Liu, Yaozheng Wang, Shitao Zhan, Dongsen Liu, Olivier Girard

“…All participants completed the Eriksen flanker task, with prefrontal cortex activation measured using functional near-infrared spectroscopy. After the baseline test, all sedentary students engaged in 33 min of high-intensity interval training, followed by the same procedures as in the pre-test.ResultsIn the flanker task, college athletes exhibited superior executive function compared to sedentary students, with higher accuracy (p = 0.042), faster reaction times (p = 0.002), and more pronounced brain activation (p = 0.048). …”
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Neuropsychological Function and the Relationship Between Subjective Cognition, Objective Cognition, and Symptoms in Hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos Syndrome by Amber Sousa, Min‐Kyung Jung, Arline Allera, Bernadette Riley

“…Very little research has directly examined the neuropsychological functioning profile in hEDS, but some research has found associations of hypermobility with cognitive difficulties, psychological symptoms, and structural brain differences. …”
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Complex Assessment of the Functional State of the Urinary System in Preclinical Studies. Part 2. Markers of Nephrotoxicity (Review) by M. V. Miroshnikov, K. T. Sultanova, M. N. Makarova, N. M. Faustova, S. O. Khan, E. A. Loseva

“…Having compared the prognostic significance of common biomarkers, the authors provided general recommendations for a comprehensive preclinical assessment of urinary system function, including laboratory investigations, instrument-based tests, and necropsy. …”
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Early structural and functional left ventricular disorders in young patients with hypertension: a role of insulin resistance by E. K. Shavarova, Zh. D. Kobalava, N. E. Yezhova, I. A. Khomova, E. I. Bazdyreva

“…Changes in myocardial structure and function can be caused not only by hemodynamic causes, but also a number of metabolic disorders.Aim. …”
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Proprioceptive Training with Visual Feedback Improves Upper Limb Function in Stroke Patients: A Pilot Study by Jieying He, Chong Li, Jiali Lin, Beibei Shu, Bin Ye, Jianhui Wang, Yifang Lin, Jie Jia

“…The results showed that proprioceptive training was effective in improving proprioception and motor function of the upper extremity in patients with poststroke. …”
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Cross-cultural adaptation, reliability and validity of the persian version of the functional assessment scale for acute hamstring injuries by Mohammad Hadadi, Farzaneh Haghighat

“…Abstract Background The Functional Assessment Scale for Acute Hamstring Injuries (FASH) which measure symptom’s severity and impact on physical activity and sports ability in individuals with acute hamstring muscle injury, is not available in Persian. …”
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Intrusion Detection System Based on Neural Networks Using Bipolar Input with Bipolar Sigmoid Activation Function by Adel Issa, Adnan Abdulazeez

“…The purpose of this paper is to use Backpropagation algorithm for IDS by applying bipolar input “input is represented as (1, -1)”, and bipolar sigmoid activation function. The KDD Cup 99 dataset is used in this paper. …”
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