Evaluation of Curcuma xanthorrhiza Roxb. extract as a functional alternative to antibiotic growth promoters in broiler chicken nutrition by Arnold Parlindungan Sinurat, Tuti Haryati, Maijon Purba, Tiurma Pasaribu, Yan Irawan, Ryan Haryo Setyawan, Ferdy Saputra, Muhammad Ilyas, Nila Miraya, Sumiati Sumiati

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Effects of Physical Exercise on the Body Composition and Functionality in Individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review by Daysa de Souza-Santos, Redha Taiar, José Alexandre Bachur, Luiza Torres-Nunes, Bruno Bessa Monteiro-Oliveira, Eliane de Oliveira Guedes-Aguiar, Ana Carolina Coelho-Oliveira, Vanessa Amaral Mendonça, Ana Cristina Rodrigues Lacerda, Anelise Sonza, Adérito Seixas, Mario Bernardo-Filho, Danúbia da Cunha de Sá-Caputo

“…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous condition with airflow limitation and obstructive characteristics of respiratory function. In addition, musculoskeletal dysfunction and negative changes in body composition, among other comorbidities associated with this disease, result in a low quality of life. …”
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Positive Properties of Green’s Function for Fractional Dirichlet Boundary Value Problem with a Perturbation Term and Its Applications by Yongqing Wang

“…The existence of positive solutions is determined under a more general condition, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi mathvariant="script">F</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>ξ</mi><mo>,</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">x</mi><mo>)</mo><mo>≥</mo><mo>−</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">b</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>ξ</mi><mo>)</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">x</mi><mo>−</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">e</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>ξ</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, where <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">b</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>ξ</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>,</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">e</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>ξ</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>∈</mo><msup><mi>L</mi><mn>1</mn></msup><mrow><mo>[</mo><mn>0</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>]</mo></mrow></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> are non-negative functions. Relevant examples are listed to manifest the theoretical results.…”
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Some results on uniqueness and higher order difference equations by An Jia, Zhang Haiying, Wang Ge, Fang Mingliang

“…We solve some questions posed by Chen and Xu [Uniqueness on entire functions and their nth order exact differences with two shared values, Open Math. 18 (2020), no. 1, 211–215] and give a negative answer to some conjectures posed by Gao et al. …”
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HRV and blood parameters for assessing the physiological functioning of cyclists during long-distance rides across different altitudes by Weiping Du, Weiping Du, Ming Zhang, Xiaodan Niu, Hao Li, Yimin Wan

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The Protective Role of Caring Parenting Styles in Adolescent Bullying Victimization: The Effects of Family Function and Constructive Conflict Resolution by Haoliang Zhu, Haojie Fu, Haiyan Liu, Bin Wang, Xiao Zhong

“…We not only observed again that a caring parenting style significantly negatively predicts bullying victimization but also found that family functioning and constructive conflict resolution play a chain-mediating role in this relationship. …”
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Association of body composition and physical activity with pain and function in knee osteoarthritis patients: a cross-sectional study by Hongbo Chen, Dan li, Shaomei Shang, Wen Zeng, Mengqi Wang, Beibei Tong, Peiyuan Liu, Cui Wang

“…In patients with KOA and obesity, SMI was negatively associated with FTSST (β=−0.30 (95% CI −3.94 to –0.00)).Conclusion Patients with KOA and obesity had worse knee pain and self-reported function compared with non-obese patients. …”
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Correlation between iron deposition and cognitive function in mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease based on quantitative susceptibility mapping by Yuqi Zhi, Ting Huang, Shanwen Liu, Meng Li, Hua Hu, Xiaoyun Liang, Xiaoyun Liang, Zhen Jiang, Jiangtao Zhu, Rong Liu

“…The magnetic susceptibility values of the left dentate nucleus in the AD group were negatively correlated with the writing function of the MMSE subitem (r = −0.42, p = 0.020), and the magnetic susceptibility values of the left caudate nucleus and right dentate nucleus were significantly and negatively correlated with the naming function and language function of the MoCA subitem, respectively (r = −0.43, p = 0.019; r = −0.36, p = 0.048).ConclusionMagnetic susceptibility values based on QSM correlate with cognitive function are valuable in discriminating AD from MCI and AD from HC.…”
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Heterogeneous aggregation of microplastics and mineral particles in aquatic environments: Effects of surface functional groups, pH, and electrolytes by Yanhua Wang, Zhengli Tang, Yingnan Liu, Yilin Qian, Shuo Yang, Anqi Wang, Zhibao Dong, Baoshan Xing

“…Results demonstrated that positively charged inorganic minerals exhibited significantly stronger heterogeneous aggregation with negatively charged PE, exhibiting aggregation capacities 2.97 times higher than those of negatively charged clay minerals. …”
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Cognitive impairment and depressive symptoms: effects on functional disability, falls, hospitalization, and polypharmacy in a longitudinal follow-up by Milla Bitencourt Cabral, Nathalia de Oliveira Andrade, Allan Gustavo Bregola, Marcelo Kwiatkoski, Tatiana Carvalho Reis Martins, Bruna Moretti Luchesi

“… Introduction: The ageing process is associated with a higher prevalence of depression and cognitive impairment, negatively affecting health. Objective: Analyse the effects of cognitive impairment and depressive symptoms on the risk of functional disability, falls, hospitalisation, and polypharmacy in a two-year follow-up. …”
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Sex differences of visceral fat with cardiac structure and function in type 2 diabetes: A cross‐sectional study by Chen Rui‐hua, Lin Yi, Xu Huan‐bai, Wang Yu‐fan, Peng Yong‐de

“…Abstract Background The aim of this study is to analyze the associations among fat distribution, left ventricular (LV) structure, and function in T2DM patients and further assess the sex differences among them. …”
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Double-transmitting and Sextuple-receiving Borehole Transient Electromagnetic Method and Experimental Study by Bo Wang, Shengdong Liu, Shining Li, Fubao Zhou

“…Due to the negative value of the double-transmitting and sextuple-receiving transient electromagnetic response signals, a negative transformation algorithm under the double logarithmic coordinate system is proposed to provide the essential method for the analysis of two kinds of physical simulation experimental data of the radial azimuth and radial depth detection of the anomaly. …”
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Functional Trait Responses of <i>Brasenia schreberi</i> to Water and Soil Conditions Reveal Its Endangered Status by Jingyu Yao, Zhenya Liu, Junbao Yu, Yun Zhang, Rui Xu, Jiahua Li, Yang Xu, Mei Sun

“…By measuring the key functional traits of <i>B. schreberi</i> and detecting the water and soil parameters at the collecting sites, the responses of these functional traits to the water and soil conditions have been investigated. …”
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Metacognitive Prompts Influence 7- to 9-Year-Olds’ Executive Function at the Levels of Task Performance and Neural Processing by Colin Drexler, Philip David Zelazo

“…To elucidate the role of metacognitive reflection in the development of children’s executive function (EF) skills, the current study examined relations among implicit and explicit forms of metacognition in 7- to 9-year-olds during performance based on the Dimensional Change Card Sort (DCCS), while experimentally manipulating the propensity to reflect on the task. …”
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Analysis of The Wife of Bath’s Tale from Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales through the Lense of Propp’s Narrative Function by Marko Lim Aratea

“…The results of the analysis are that 18 of Propp's functions are represented, whereas several of the most important functions—struggle and victory among them—are negated. …”
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Th17 Cells Exhibit Antitumor Effects in MDS Possibly through Augmenting Functions of CD8+ T Cells by Jing Li, Lanzhu Yue, Huaquan Wang, Chunyan Liu, Hui Liu, Jinglian Tao, Weiwei Qi, Yihao Wang, Wei Zhang, Rong Fu, Zonghong Shao

“…Here, we showed that both the percentage and the function of Th17 cells were elevated in low-risk MDS while being decreased in high-risk MDS. …”
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Increased Nitric Oxide and Attenuated Diastolic Blood Pressure Variability in African Americans with Mildly Impaired Renal Function by Keith M. Diaz, Deborah L. Feairheller, Kathleen M. Sturgeon, Praveen Veerabhadrappa, Sheara T. Williamson, Deborah L. Crabbe, Michael D. Brown

“…Plasma NO levels were significantly higher in the mildly impaired renal function group and negatively correlated with diastolic BPV. …”
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Association between monocyte to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and thyroid function: a cross-sectional study by Lingling Zeng, Suyun Yang

“…Weighted multivariate linear regression models, subgroup analyses, interaction tests, smoothed curve fitting, and threshold effects were used to investigate the associations of the MHR with thyroid function. In the complete adjusted model, lnMHR was positively correlated with FT3 (β = 0.10, 95% CI 0.07, 0.12), TT3 (β = 3.33, 95% CI 2.01, 4.65), and TT4(β = 0.20, 95% CI 0.11, 0.29) and negatively correlated with TPOAb (p = 0.019 for trend) after categorizing lnMHR into quartiles. …”
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Climate and soil factors drive the functional and phylogenetic assembly of Qinghai-Tibetan grassland communities via multiple paths by Xiaomei Kang, Yanjun Liu, Xinyang Wu, Lijie Duan, Jiachang Jiang, Aoran Zhang, Wei Qi

“…CWM and FD of most leaf traits and PD were correlated positively with multiple precipitation factors and humidity but negatively with sunshine hours. We highlight the importance of temperature, local resource availability and environmental filtering in governing the functional and phylogenetic structures of the QTP grassland communities. …”
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Surface Functionalized Polyhydroxyalkanoate Nanoparticles via SpyTag–SpyCatcher System for Targeted Breast Cancer Treatment by Jin Young Heo, Min Kyung Sung, Seonhye Jang, Hansol Kim, Youngdo Jeong, Dong-Jin Jang, Sang-Jae Lee, Seong-Bo Kim, Sung Tae Kim

“…The prepared NPs retained a diameter of <200 nm and a negatively charged surface. <b>Results:</b> Affibody-functionalized NPs significantly enhanced internalization and cytotoxicity in HER2-overexpressing SK-BR-3 cells, whereas TAT-functionalized NPs promoted uptake across various cell types, independently of HER2 expression. …”
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