Distinct developmental and degenerative functions of SARM1 require NAD+ hydrolase activity. by E J Brace, Kow Essuman, Xianrong Mao, John Palucki, Yo Sasaki, Jeff Milbrandt, Aaron DiAntonio

“…We developed transgenic Drosophila lines that express SARM1 variants with normal, deficient, and enhanced NADase activity and tested their function in NMJ development. We find that NMJ overgrowth scales with the amount of NADase activity, suggesting an instructive role for NAD+ hydrolysis in this developmental signaling pathway. …”
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Analysis Effect of Nutrition Intake on Lung Function of Active Smoker and Non Smoker by Putu Ika Indah Indraswari, Amelia Lorensia, Rivan Virlando Suryadinata

“…Results of correlation test showed there is a significant relationship between nutritional intake on lung function.…”
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Treatment of Kynol fiber materials – Part 2: antistatic and water-repellent functionalization by Juan Wang, Boris Mahltig

“…For this, the presented results can be the starting point for development of functionalized flame retardant Kynol fiber products. …”
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Feasibility of a Hybrid Brain-Computer Interface for Advanced Functional Electrical Therapy by Andrej M. Savić, Nebojša M. Malešević, Mirjana B. Popović

“…We present a feasibility study of a novel hybrid brain-computer interface (BCI) system for advanced functional electrical therapy (FET) of grasp. FET procedure is improved with both automated stimulation pattern selection and stimulation triggering. …”
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Design and verification of the onboard 6G core network architecture and network functions by WANG Shangguang, WANG Chao, MA Xiao, XING Ruolin, ZHOU Ao

“…The effectiveness of the proposed 6G core network architecture was verified by the on-orbit deployment and simulation tests. The simulation results show that the average communication delay between network functions of the centralized onboard 5G core network is 109.3 ms, while the value of the distributed onboard 6G core network is 60.3 ms, which is a 44.8% reduction in comparison. …”
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Treatment of Kynol fiber materials – Part 2: antistatic and water-repellent functionalization by Juan Wang, Boris Mahltig

“…For this, the presented results can be the starting point for development of functionalized flame retardant Kynol fiber products. …”
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The middle domain of Hsp104 can ensure substrates are functional after processing. by Hannah E Buchholz, Jane E Dorweiler, Sam Guereca, Brett T Wisniewski, James Shorter, Anita L Manogaran

“…However, it is unclear how Hsp104 processing influences client protein function in vivo. The middle domain (MD) of Hsp104 regulates ATPase activity and interactions with Hsp70. …”
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Using single‐plant‐omics in the field to link maize genes to functions and phenotypes by Daniel Felipe Cruz, Sam De Meyer, Joke Ampe, Heike Sprenger, Dorota Herman, Tom Van Hautegem, Jolien De Block, Dirk Inzé, Hilde Nelissen, Steven Maere

“…We molecularly profiled a set of individual maize plants of the same inbred background grown in the same field and used the resulting data to predict the phenotypes of individual plants and the function of maize genes. We show that the field transcriptomes of individual plants contain as much information on maize gene function as traditional laboratory‐generated transcriptomes of pooled plant samples subject to controlled perturbations. …”
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Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Face Validity of the Functional Mobility Assessment into Brazilian Portuguese by Debora C. Paulisso, Daniel M. C. Cruz, Ana Luiza C. Allegretti, Richard M. Schein, Jacqueline D. Costa, Lays C. B. Campos, Mark R. Schmeler

“…Introduction. The Functional Mobility Assessment (FMA) measures satisfaction with mobility devices in daily life. …”
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Gut microbial ecology and function of a Pakistani cohort with Iron deficiency Anemia by Hajra Khurshid, Muhammad Bilal Jamshaid, Zahra Salahuudin, Kashaf Sibtain, Iqra Fayyaz, Aqsa Ameer, Caroline Kerbiriou, Shona Mckirdy, Sobia Nawaz Malik, Konstantinos Gerasimidis, Zobia Noreen, Sundus Javed, Aafia Tariq, Umer Zeeshan Ijaz, Aamira Tariq

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Peculiarities of functional neutrophil activity in rats having periodontitis in thesetting of toxic hepatitis by L. V. Vokhmintseva, N. N. Mayanskaya, S. S. Rymar′, P. A. Zheleznyi, A. P. Nadeyev, V. V. Vanyunina

“…On the 1-st and 7-th day, ratio of neutrophil-macrophag was determined in smears of the upper maxillas gingival, oxygen-dependent functional activity of neutrophils was assessed based upon HST-test, functional activity reserves were assessed by the stimulation index. …”
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Spectral Method for Solving the Nonlinear Thomas-Fermi Equation Based on Exponential Functions by Raka Jovanovic, Sabre Kais, Fahhad H. Alharbi

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Selective mycobacterial capture with ultraviolet-polymerized poly-dimethyldiallyl chloride functionalized surfaces by Xuesong Jiang, Bonolo S. P. Mathekga, Digvijay Singh, Devin Coon, Anjana Sinha, Derek Armstrong, Soumyadipta Acharya, Hai-Quan Mao, Yukari C. Manabe

“…To increase the analytical performance of smear microscopy, we developed and characterized a novel polymer (Polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride [PDADMAC]) engraftment on inexpensive polystyrene (PS) specifically functionalized for mycobacterial capture. Engraftment is achieved via UV photopolymerization of DADMAC monomer on plasma-activated PS. …”
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Impacts of the quinone-functionalized biochar on anaerobic digestion: Beyond the redox property of biochar. by Qian Jiang, Wentao Zhou, Yue Chen, Zhenglong Peng, Chengcheng Li

“…The redox properties of biochar were considered to be the key property for enhancing the methanogenic process, and the redox activity of biochar was closely related to the type and amount of oxygen-containing functional groups, especially quinone groups. Therefore, anthraquinone-2-sulfonate (AQS) was immobilized on algal biochar (ABC) by surface doping method, and the impacts of the quinone-functionalization process on algal biochar for regulating methane production were investigated in this study. …”
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Some New and Sharp Inequalities of Composite Simpson’s Formula for Differentiable Functions with Applications by Wei Liu, Yu Wang, Ifra Bashir Sial, Loredana Ciurdariu

“…Composite integral formulas offer greater accuracy by dividing the interval into smaller subintervals, which better capture the local behavior of function. In the finite volume method for solving differential equations, composite formulas are mostly used on control volumes to achieve high-accuracy solutions. …”
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Tissue-specific and functional loci analysis of CASP14 gene in the sheep horn. by Xiaoning Lu, Guoqing Zhang, Hao Yang, Mingzhu Shan, Xiaoxu Zhang, Yuqin Wang, Junyan Bai, Zhangyuan Pan

“…Five ASE events were discovered, and intersecting these with SNPs and high fixation index loci (Fst > 0.05) identified three potential functional sites: 7941628, 7941817, and 7941830. The SNP site 7944295 was selected for T-test analysis and further validated through KASP assays, corroborating the role of CASP14 in sheep horn phenotypes. …”
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Digital Video Compression Using DCT-Based Iterated Function System (IFS) by Nevart A. Minas, Faten H. Al-Qadhee

“…The video first is separated into a sequence of frames that are a color bitmap images, then images are transformed from RGB color space to Luminance/Chrominance components (YIQ) color space; each of these components is compressed alone with Enhanced Partition Iterated Function System (EPIFS), then  fractal codes are saved. …”
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Metabolic network structure and function in bacteria goes beyond conserved enzyme components by Jannell V. Bazurto, Diana M. Downs

“…For this approach to provide accurate predictions, one must assume that the conservation of metabolic components leads to conservation of metabolic network architecture and function. This assumption has not been rigorously tested. …”
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Relationship between Fluid Intelligence and Executive Function among University Students in Indonesia by Alfina Zalfa Suryono, Eneng Nunuz Rohmatullayaly, Kanthi Arum Widayati

“…Second, respondents will be contacted again to assess fluid intelligence using the Baddeley Reasoning Test and executive function measurement using Tower of Hanoi. …”
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Ecological restoration of habitats invaded by Leucanthemum vulgare that alters key ecosystem functions. by Mohd Asgar Khan, Khursheed Hussain, Manzoor A Shah

“…Precise assessment of the impacts of invasive alien species (IAS) on ecosystem structure and functions is paramount for implementing appropriate management and restoration strategies. …”
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