Benefits of Patisiran on Functional Capacity in ATTR Cardiac Amyloidosis by John L. Berk, MD, Olivier Lairez, MD, PhD, Pedro Schwartzmann, MD, PhD, Shaun Bender, PhD, Matthew T. White, PhD, Patrick Y. Jay, MD, PhD, David Danese, MBA, Ronald Witteles, MD

“…Objectives: The 6-minute walk test (6MWT), a measure of functional capacity, was the primary outcome in the APOLLO-B study of patisiran in patients with ATTR-CM; the treatment benefit vs placebo was +15 m over 12 months. …”
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Validation of the biological function and prognostic significance of AURKA in neuroblastoma. by Jing Chu

“…The aim of this study was to validate the biological function and prognostic significance of AURKA in NB using basic experiments and bioinformatics.…”
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Physical activity, vasomotor endothelial function, and arterial stiffness by S. M. Noskov, A. A. Zavodchikov, A. V. Evgenyeva, A. A. Lavrukhina, A. N. Chamorovskyi, O. N. Prokopenko, V. S. Poletaeva

“…Arterial stiffness was assessed by pulse wave velocity (PWV) and calculated carotid-femoral index (CFI). Endothelial function was assessed by endothelium-dependent vasodilatation (EDVD) in the reactive hyperemia (RH) test. …”
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The Life Functioning Scale: A Measurement Tool Developed to Assess the Physical Functioning Abilities of Community-Dwelling Adults Aged 50 Years or Older by Yunhwan Lee, Eunsaem Kim, Jihye Yun, Jaewon Choi, Jinhee Kim, Chang Won Won, Miji Kim, Soongnang Jang, Kyungwon Oh, Jihee Kim

“…Predictive validity at the 6-month follow-up was tested in a separate sample (n=263). Results The newly developed Life Functioning (LF) scale assessed the dimensions of functional limitations, disabilities, and social activities. …”
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The effectiveness of the executive functions training program using augmented reality on visuoal-spatial working memory children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder by shirin mojaver, aliakbar arjmandnia, mohsen shokoohi yekta, bagher GHobari bonab, fatemeh Jafarkhani

“…Results: The findings showed that the executive functions training program using augmented reality had a significant effect on the control group in the two stages of post-test and follow-up (p< 0.001). …”
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The function of Drosophila larval class IV dendritic arborization sensory neurons in the larval-pupal transition is separable from their function in mechanical nociception response... by Hannah E Brown, Trishna Desai, Allison J Murphy, Harshida Pancholi, Zachary W Schmidt, Hannah Swahn, Eric C Liebl

“…As nociceptive responses also rely on the functionality of the class IV da neurons, we test mechanical nociceptive responses in our mutant and rescued larvae and find that mechanical nociception is separable from the ability to undergo the larval-pupal transition. …”
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Mediation analysis of depressive symptoms in the relationship between pulmonary function (measured by peak expiratory flow) and cognitive function among older adults in Chinese. by Chui-Yu Li, Hui-Rong Hu, Xiao-Qi Zhang, Yu-Mei Lin, Zhi-Yuan Chen

“…Depressive symptoms were assessed with the 10-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D-10). Cognitive function was evaluated through tests of episodic memory and mental intactness. …”
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Clinical observations from the clinical video head pulse test in patients with idiopathic horizontal semicircular canal light cupula by Niu Song, Chang Jingling, Xu Wenyan, Pei Xuemei

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ASSESSMENT OF DIASTOLIC FUNCTION OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE, INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS AND EXERCISE TOLERANCE IN CHD PATIENTS TAKING BISOPROLOL AND IVABRADINE by G. I. Khairutdinova, G. V. Babushkina

“…To assess the parameters of the left ventricle diastolic function, intima-media thickness, exercise tolerance in stable angina and CHF I-III FC (NYHA) with sinus rhythm and HR &gt;70 bpm; with the signs of diastolic dysfunction of I type and EF &gt;50% taking bisoprolol and ivabradine (Coraxan®, Les Laboratories Servier, France).Material and methods. …”
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Exercise Right Ventricular‐Pulmonary Arterial Coupling and Functional Outcome in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Secondary Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation by Carlo Fino, Diego Bellavia, Michele D'Alonzo, Maurizio Merlo, Vito D. Bruno, Julien Magne, Massimo Caputo, Amedeo Terzi, Michele Senni, Samuele Bichi, Caterina Simon, Edoardo Sciatti, Giovanni Marchetto, Attilio Iacovoni, Philippe Pibarot

“…Resting and exercise echocardiographic predictors of functional outcome in patients with ischemic mitral regurgitation were tested. …”
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PromarkerD Versus Standard of Care Biochemical Measures for Assessing Future Renal Function Decline in Type 2 Diabetes by Kirsten E. Peters, Isabella A. Joubert, Scott D. Bringans, Wendy A. Davis, Richard J. Lipscombe, Timothy M. E. Davis

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> The current standard of care for assessing chronic kidney disease complicating diabetes (DKD) includes measurement of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and urinary albumin:creatinine ratio (uACR) but both tests have limitations. The present study compared the biomarker-based Promarker^®D test with conventional biochemical measures for predicting future kidney function decline in adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D). …”
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Normative Data for the D-KEFS Tower Test in Greek Adult Population Between 20 and 85 Years Old by Marianna Tsatali, Despina Eleftheriadou, Nikoleta Palla, Magda Tsolaki, Despina Moraitou

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Bayesian Q-learning in multi-objective reward model for homophobic and transphobic text classification in low-resource languages: A hypothesis testing framework in multi-objective... by Vivek Suresh Raj, Ruba Priyadharshini, Saranya Rajiakodi, Bharathi Raja Chakravarthi

Subjects: “…Multi-objective reward function…”
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Central auditory and cognitive functions in patients suffering from migraine: case–control study by Weaam Noaman M. Alhawy, Mohamed S. Bakr, Amira Mohammad Eloseily, Shady Safwat Hassan, Maha Abdelgaber A. Aly

“…Each participant was subjected to detailed medical history, Migraine Disability Assessment and Headache impact test questionnaires, neurological evaluation, basic audiological evaluation, central auditory function tests (SPIN, DDT, DPT, AFT-R), and cognitive function test (P300). …”
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HIGH-SENSITIVITY TEST SYSTEMS BASED ON CONJUGATES «POLYMER MICROSPHERES – BIOLIGANDS» FOR RAPID PROTEINOPATHY DIAGNOSTICS by S. A. Kedik, I. A. Gritskova, N. I. Prokopov, Ya. M. Stanishevsky, A. V. Panov, V. V. Suslov, E. A. Petrova

Subjects: “…test systems, rapid diagnosis, proteinopathy, latex agglutination, functionalized polymeric microspheres, bioligand, immobilization, thyroglobulin.…”
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Cleaner wrasse failed in early testing stages of both visual and spatial working memory paradigms by Leonore Bonin, Héctor M. Manrique, Redouan Bshary

“…More specific tests for WM should be developed to confirm the presence or absence of this executive function in other ectotherm vertebrates. …”
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Suppression of additive periodic low-frequency interference on eddy current defectograms by Leonid Y. Bystrov, Artemy N. Gladkov, Egor V. Kuzmin

Subjects: “…eddy current testing…”
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Crack identification in plates-type structures using natural frequencies coupled with success-history based adaptive differential evolution algorithm by Brihmat Chahira�, Nasreddine Amoura, Samir Lecheb, Hocine Kebir, Mohamed Abdessamed Ait Chikh, Bassima Tablit

Subjects: “…non-destructive testing…”
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Studies and evaluation of compressed microspheres by Idris M. El-Mahdi, Atef M. Madi

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A comparison of pulmonary function pre and post mild SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthy adults by Raz Roje Taib, Yuval Kozlov, Aya Ekshtein, Barak Gordon, Ori Wand, Oded Ben-Ari

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