Attributable risk factors for asymptomatic malaria and anaemia and their association with cognitive and psychomotor functions in schoolchildren of north-eastern Tanzania. by Geofrey Makenga, Vito Baraka, Filbert Francis, Daniel T R Minja, Samwel Gesase, Edna Kyaruzi, George Mtove, Swabra Nakato, Rashid Madebe, Sif R Søeborg, Kathrine H Langhoff, Helle S Hansson, Michael Alifrangis, John P A Lusingu, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden

“…Psychomotor and Cognitive functions were assessed using a '20 metre Shuttle run' and a test of everyday attention for children (TEA-Ch), respectively. …”
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Diagnostic value of EOS count and serum VEGF in bronchial asthma and their correlation with inflammatory factors and lung function indicators by Longqun Liu, Chenfei Zhang, Jian Xu, Wei Hu

“…Spearman correlation analysis was performed to assess the correlation between EOS count, serum VEGF, and inflammatory factors, as well as lung function indicators in the BA group. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and Delong’s test were adopted to analyze the diagnostic value of EOS and VEGF individually and in combination for BA and the severity of BA. …”
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Relationship between renal function and cognitive impairment in patients with stable schizophrenia: a multicenter cross-sectional study by Cong Cao, Xuehao Xu, Sumei Shen, Xiyan Bao, Fenglan Wang, Weishan Sun, Tao Gu, Lingling Hua, Chengbing Huang, Zhenlin Chen, Xuebin Qu, Aihua Zhou

“…Cognitive function was assessed using the Chinese Brief Cognitive Test (C-BCT). …”
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A functional complementation of a cotton MIZU-KUSSEI1 homolog in the hydrotropism response of Arabidopsis thaliana roots by Su-Hwan Kwak, Wonkeun John Park

“…To investigate the molecular mechanism of hydrotropism in cotton, we examined the function of GhMIZ1, the closest homolog of Arabidopsis thaliana MIZ1. …”
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Slugs hide in the dark: Artificial light at night alters fitness and activity of dominant herbivores with consequences for ecosystem functioning by Vincent Grognuz, Flavienne Landolt, Julia Curty, Eva Knop

“…Summary: Artificial light at night (ALAN) has emerged as a major source of disturbance for organisms by altering their behavior, physiology, and fitness, with consequences for ecosystem functioning. Yet, we still know relatively little about how it affects herbivores and the ecosystem function they provide. …”
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Enzymatic Hydrolysis as an Effective Method for Obtaining Wheat Gluten Hydrolysates Combining Beneficial Functional Properties with Health-Promoting Potential by Magdalena Mika, Agnieszka Wikiera

“…This study attempted to determine the optimal hydrolysis conditions for such raw material to obtain peptides combining beneficial functional characteristics with health-promoting activity. …”
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Endoscopic sinus surgery in individuals with facial pain due to chronic maxillary sinusitis ? a functional controlled study by Giuseppe Sanges, Mario Gamerra, Gerardo Sorrentino, Roberto De Luca, Maddalena Merone, Michele Feleppa, Marcelo Eduardo Bigal

“…Objective: To measure the intra-sinus pressure and the maxillary sinus functional efficiency (MSFE) in individuals with chronic facial pain after conservative or conventional endoscopic maxillary surgery, as well as in controls. …”
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Design and Analysis of High-Performance Smart Card with HF/UHF Dual-Band RFID Tag and Memory Functions by Gi-Hyun Hwang, Dae-Ki Kang

“…Firstly, we have designed and tested a UHF RFID tag using a simulation software system. …”
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Improving the interoperability of a Function-as-a-Service platform using an orchestration framework with a cloud-agnostic approach by Zameer Ahmed Adhoni, Dayananda Lal Narayan

“…Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) applications suffer from cold-start latency owing to their high execution time and memory usage. …”
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Functional Prestige in Sociolinguistic Evaluative Judgements Among Adult Second Language Speakers in Austria: Evidence from Perception by Mason A. Wirtz, Andrea Ender

“…Our goal was to determine whether L2 speakers, both at the group level and as a function of individual differences in standard German and dialect proficiency, reflect the attitudes of Austrian speakers by (a) judging the dialect higher in terms of friendliness in solidarity-stressing situations (e.g., in a bakery) and (b) attributing the standard variety a higher indexical value in terms of intelligence in status-stressing settings (e.g., at the doctor’s office), a phenomenon in Austrian-centered sociolinguistics known as ‘functional prestige’. …”
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Determinants of STI Risk Behaviors as a Function of Alcohol use and Incarceration History Among Male Adolescent Offenders by Torrance Stephens

“…Conclusion: Findings suggest that risk practices that increase risk for STIs among adolescent male offenders, maybe a function of incarceration history.…”
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Numerical Investigation for the Temporal Fractional Financial Option Pricing Partial Differential Equation Utilizing a Multiquadric Function by Jia Li, Tao Liu, Jiaqi Xu, Xiaoxi Hu, Changan Xu, Yanlong Wei

“…This paper proposes a computational procedure to resolve the temporal fractional financial option pricing partial differential equation (PDE) using a localized meshless approach via the multiquadric radial basis function (RBF). Given that financial market information is best characterized within a martingale framework, the resulting option pricing model follows a modified Black–Sholes (BS) equation, requiring efficient numerical techniques for practical implementation. …”
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Oro-Functional Conditions in a 6-to-14-Year-Old School Children Population in Rome: An Epidemiological Study by Giuseppina Laganà, Roberta Lione, Arianna Malara, Silvia Fanelli, Francesco Fabi, Paola Cozza

“…Background: The aim of the present cross-sectional study was to assess oral and functional conditions, the prevalence of malocclusions, and oral habits in a population of schoolchildren in Rome (Italy). …”
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MENet: A Mitscherlich function based ensemble of CNN models to classify lung cancer using CT scans. by Surya Majumder, Nandita Gautam, Abhishek Basu, Arup Sau, Zong Woo Geem, Ram Sarkar

“…The ensemble approach is based on the Mitscherlich function, which produces a fuzzy rank to combine the outputs of the said base classifiers. …”
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Identification of Learning Management Systems Functional Areas and Limitations (Case Study: E-Learning Center of University of Tehran) by Ali akbar Farhangi, hamidreza yazdani, maryam haghshenas

“…This paper attempts to identify the LMS functional areas in University of Tehran based on a specific conceptual framework and to present the relevant issues and problems for each dimension. …”
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Human Papillomavirus Positivity and Cognitive Function in Older U.S. Adults: A Cross-Sectional Population-Based Study by Thomas J. Farrer, Jonathan D. Moore, Brinley N. Zabriskie, Morgan Chase, Chris H. Miller, Shawn D. Gale, Dawson W. Hedges

“…This study aimed to cross-sectionally investigate the association between HPV seropositivity and cognitive function in older adults. The data used for this study were from the 2011–2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) cycles. …”
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Monitoring the follow-up of autoimmune chronic atrophic gastritis using parietal cell antibodies and markers of gastric function by Maria Piera Panozzo, Antonio Antico, Nicola Bizzaro

“…Recent evidence has suggested that, in monitoring A-CAG, parietal cell antibodies should be associated with an evaluation of gastric function through biochemical and hormonal tests, such as pepsinogens and gastrin 17. …”
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The snakehead retrovirus promoter functions independently of the 3'ORF protein and its products are maternally inherited in transgenic zebrafish. by Rachel Zamostiano, Odelia Pisanty, Japhette Esther Kembou-Ringert, Reem Abu Rass, Avi Eldar, Marcelo Ehrlich, Yoav Gothilf, Eran Bacharach

“…The 3'ORF protein was suggested to function as a transactivator of transcription (Tat). …”
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A context aware multiclass loss function for semantic segmentation with a focus on intricate areas and class imbalances by Zahra Ghanaei, Modjtaba Rouhani

“…The models were trained and tested using the proposed loss function as well as other commonly used ones. …”
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The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue Measure: Cross-Cultural Validation of an Arabic Version for Older Jordanians by Mohammad H. Abuadas, Zainab Albikawi, Osama Khoury

“…Background: Numerous national and international nursing research studies have used the 13-item Chronic Illness Therapy Functional Assessment Chronic Illness Therapy (fatigue) (FACIT‐F) scale to measure the level of self-reported fatigue among the elderly population. …”
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