Effect of exercise on the function and size of the liver in adolescents by ZHANG Liyuan, GUO Xiaoyuan, DU Hanze, CHEN Shi, BAN Bo, ZHANG Mei, PAN Hui

“…Objective To evaluate the effects of physical exercise on liver function and size in adolescents. Methods A total of 361 adolescent subjects from Jining,Shandong Province were selected and divided into low, moderate, and high-intensity exercise groups according to the frequency of moderate intensity exercise. …”
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Exocrinous function of pancreas in Crohn’s disease patients by V. A. Burkovskaya

“…The functional state of pancreas in patients with the Crohn’s disease was studied. …”
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Effects of Ramadan on cognitive functions in young boys by Amira Miladi, Mohamed Ali Saafi, Imed Latiri

“…Fasting during Ramadan involves abstaining from food and drink from dawn to sunset, potentially influencing cognitive functions essential for the intellectual development of the youth. …”
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Assessment of executive functions of poisoning following suicide by Nastaran Eizadi-Mood

“…BACKGROUND: In the present study, we investigated the executive functions (EFs) following suicide with acute poisoning. …”
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A Software Structured Methodology for Function Safety by LIU Buqi, ZHOU Zhifei

“…This paper introduced an evaluation and assessment based software structured methodology for function safety. The proposed methodology covers structured analysis, structured design, structured test, traceability and structured assessment, and has been applied to the TCMS software of the Macedonia EMU. …”
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The influence of polysiloxane functional groups on phototrophic colonization by Joanna Karasiewicz, Paulina Nowicka-Krawczyk, Rafał M. Olszyński, Magdalena Gapińska, Łukasz Majchrzycki

“…The objective of the current study was to test the effectiveness of four polysiloxane compounds functionalized with hydrophilic and hydrophobic groups as potential agents for the protection of wood surfaces against biocorrosion caused by photosynthesizing microorganisms. …”
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Simulation functions on metric fixed point theory by Hamid Mottaghi Golshan

“…Abstract This paper aims to generalize the primary result of Khojasteh et al. by introducing and expanding the concept of simulation functions and weak ζ-contractions under weaker conditions. …”
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Locally Controllable Attitude B-Spline Function by Young Soo Suh

“…The proposed algorithm is tested with human attitude target data to demonstrate the local controllability of the attitude B-spline functions.…”
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Electroconvulsive Therapy in Functional Hallucination: Scope and Challenges by Sulochana Joshi, Rabi Shakya

“…Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been tested for several psychiatric illnesses and has a few relative contraindications; however, it has not previously been used in treating functional hallucinations. …”
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Wayfinding Whilst Driving, Age and Cognitive Functioning by Kelly Jane Bryden, Judith Charlton, Jennifer Oxley, Georgia Lowndes

“…The present study investigated the role of cognitive functioning and age on wayfinding difficulties and driving performance whilst driving in unfamiliar areas. …”
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SoundShape – Headphone Transfer Function Database by Szymon Jasiński, Bartłomiej Mróz, Bożena Kostek

“…The AKtools script in MATLAB is employed to derive the HpTF functions. Analyses of selected audio signal samples from the database highlight similarities and differences among the three headphone models tested. …”
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Approaches to analysis of higher mental function impairments by M. V. Karyakina, O. V. Rychkova

“…This makes neuropsychological analysis more of a qualitative method based on the analysis of individual clinical cases.In Western psychology it is more common to talk about mental functions in general. The use of standardized tests makes it possible to use mathematical tools for data processing, makes the results comparable in different groups of subjects, and allows to extend the conclusions to the general population in accordance with modern requirements for the reliability of scientific results.…”
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Cardiorespiratory function in Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy by H A Taşdemir, E Cil, H Topaloğlu, K Yalaz, S Aysun, Y Renda, S Ozme

“…Cardiac investigations were performed in all of the patients, and pulmonary function tests were obtained in 16 cases. In five cases (31%), vital capacity (VC) was less than 80 percent of the predicted value. …”
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Functional Data Analysis in Forecasting Serbian Fertility by Vladimir Nikitović

“… A new approach, combining functional data analysis and principal components decomposition in order to forecasting demographic rates, introduced recently by Hyndman and his associates, is tested on official data series of Serbian age-specific fertility rates available for period 1950-2009. …”
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Cognition, functionality and depression indicative among elderly by Winnie Andaki Nunes, Flavia Aparecida Dias, Janaína Santos Nascimento, Nayara Cândida Gomes, Darlene Mara dos Santos Tavares

“…Objective: to describe the socioeconomic characteristics of the elderly according to cognitive status, and, to associate the cognitive decline with functional disability and depression indicative among the elderly. …”
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Functional data analysis in forecasting Serbian fertility by Nikitović Vladimir

“…A new approach, combining functional data analysis and principal components decomposition in order to forecasting demographic rates, introduced recently by Hyndman and his associates, is tested on official data series of Serbian age-specific fertility rates available for period 1950-2009. …”
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Cognition, functionality and depression indicative among elderly by Winnie Andaki Nunes, Flavia Aparecida Dias, Janaína Santos Nascimento, Nayara Cândida Gomes, Darlene Mara dos Santos Tavares

“…Objective: to describe the socioeconomic characteristics of the elderly according to cognitive status, and, to associate the cognitive decline with functional disability and depression indicative among the elderly. …”
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Colorectal Cancer in Patient with Functional Gastrointestinal Symptoms by Z. A. Mamieva, E. A. Poluektova, A. L. Kovaleva, O. S. Shifrin, V. P. Sobolev, V. M. Svistushkin, A. I. Ulyanin, A. S. Tertychnyy, V. T. Ivashkin

“…A clinical observation to highlight the importance of detailed examination in patients with functional gastrointestinal symptoms.Key points. A 28-yo female patient was admitted with complains of left ileal pain, abdominal distention and up to 4-day stool delay. …”
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The Effects of Hypertension on Cognitive Function in Children and Adolescents by Stephen D. Cha, Hiren P. Patel, David S. Hains, John D. Mahan

“…These studies show that HTN can be associated with headaches, restlessness, sleep disturbance, anxiety, depression, decreased attention, and also poor executive functioning. By increasing the utilization of cognitive tests in hypertensive children and adolescents, important cognitive defects secondary to HTN may be detected. …”
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Supramolecular Aggregates of Amide‐ and Urea‐Functionalized Nanographene by Haruka Moriguchi, Ryo Sekiya, Takeharu Haino

“…Among the two tested systems, only urea‐functionalized NG formed organogels, possibly because urea–urea hydrogen bonds, enable solvent‐molecule trapping inside the network polymers formed in these NG systems. …”
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