miR-29a Negatively Affects Glucose-Stimulated Insulin Secretion and MIN6 Cell Proliferation via Cdc42/β-Catenin Signaling by Jing Duan, Xian-Ling Qian, Jun Li, Xing-Hua Xiao, Xiang-Tong Lu, Lin-Chen Lv, Qing-Yun Huang, Wen Ding, Hong-Yan Zhang, Li-Xia Xiong

“…Diabetes is a progressive metabolic disease characterized by hyperglycemia. Functional impairment of islet β cells can occur to varying degrees. …”
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CCN5 negatively regulates TGF-β-induced endometriosis associated fibrosis through Wnt/β-catenin signaling via Smad3-dependent mechanism by Mian Liu, Yi Gong, Hong Cai, Rui Hua, Hong Li, Zhe Wang, Yao Zhou, Yanlin Ma, Song Quan

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Drivers of wild bee abundance and diversity in social-ecological landscapes by Mario V. Balzan, Leticia De Santis, Ahlam Sentil, Denis Michez

“…Honeybee abundance negatively impacted functional richness and dispersion, particularly in road verge and steppe habitats. …”
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Perspectives of Development and Enhancement of the Efficiency of the Functioning of Small Forms of Business on the Village by Vadym Tkachuk, Oksana Vitriak

“…Particular attention is paid to the study of factors that have a negative impact on the farms and households functioning. …”
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Functional connectivity associated with individual differences on the emotional attentional blink task by Stephen D. Smith, Jennifer Kornelsen

“…The functional connectivity between the right orbitofrontal cortex and parietal regions were positively correlated with the size of both the negative and erotic EAB effects. …”
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On Schröder-Type Series Expansions for the Lambert <i>W</i> Function by Roy M. Howard

“…Schröder based series for the principal and negative one branches of the Lambert <i>W</i> function are defined; the series are generic and are in terms of an initial, arbitrary, approximating function. …”
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Releasing the Brake: Targeting Cbl-b to Enhance Lymphocyte Effector Functions by Stephanie Wallner, Thomas Gruber, Gottfried Baier, Dominik Wolf

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Application of Genetic Algorithm to Estimation of Function Parameters in Lightning Currents Approximations by V. Javor, K. Lundengård, M. Rančić, S. Silvestrov

“…Parameters of 2P-AEF’s approximation of the typical negative first stroke current are determined by GA and compared to approximations obtained by other functions. …”
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A New Clinical Test to Evaluate Intrinsic Foot Muscle Function by Megna Panchbhavi BS, Michael C. Poliner MD, Patrick M. Finegan MD, Daniel C. Jupiter PhD

“…The proposed “knuckle test” is intended to evaluate intrinsic foot muscle function, in which active flexion of toes makes the metatarsal heads (“knuckles”) prominent in the forefoot. …”
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Learning and memory function in young people with and without perinatal HIV in England. by Alejandro Arenas-Pinto, Ali Judd, Diane Melvin, Marthe Le Prevost, Caroline Foster, Kate Sturgeon, Alan Winston, Lindsay C Thompson, Diana M Gibb, Hannah Castro, Adolescents and Adults Living with Perinatal HIV (AALPHI) Steering Committee

“…Learning and memory are important for successful education and career progression. We assess these functions in young people (YP) with perinatal HIV (PHIV) (with or without a previous AIDS-defining illness) and a comparable group of HIV-negative YP. 234 PHIV and 68 HIV-negative YP completed 9 tests; 5 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Toolbox tests (2 executive function, 1 speed of information processing, 2 memory); 2 Hopkins Verbal Learning Test Revised (HVLT-R) (learning (L), delayed recall (R)), and 2 verbal application measures. …”
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Dynamics of Event Processes in the Information Society: Social Functions of Fake and Hype by S. V. Gerasimov

“…The relevance of the study is due to the need to consider these phenomena as positive processes, to show their role and functions from a new, positive point of view. The purpose of the article is to describe the hidden social functions of the phenomenon of fake and hype, their mutual inclusion, their positive role in the processes of the formation of social reality.Methodology and sources. …”
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Impact of urinary microplastic exposure on cognitive function in primary school children by Donghan Zheng, Dan Wang, Shuo Zhang, Yan Liu, Qi Xi, Yang Weng

“…However, the association of urinary microplastic exposure on cognitive function in children remain poorly understood. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the impact of urinary MPs exposure on cognitive development in 5670 primary school children (ages 7–10) from Shenyang, China. …”
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Intrinsic functional connectivity brain networks mediate effect of age on sociability. by Yuet Ruh Dan, Savannah K H Siew, Junhong Yu

“…Sociability was measured by a subscale of the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (Short Form), and network-based statistics were performed on resting-state functional connectivity data to identify networks positively and negatively correlated with age. …”
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Functioning and development of the Russian heat supply system in the energy system transformations by V. V. Glazkova

“…The analysis of the functioning of the heat supply industry in Russia revealed negative trends in its development. …”
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Structural-Functional Correlation in Non-Arteritic Acute Ischemic Optic Neuropathy by Wei J, Zhang L, Wang H, Wang Q, Jia W, Wang R, Wang R, Cui Z

“…Mean GCIPL thickness, VF MD, and VEP P100 amplitude showed negative correlations with baseline logMAR VA. Baseline VF MD, VEP P100 amplitude, and minimum GCIPL thickness showed negative correlations with logMAR VA at 3-month follow-up.Conclusion: Retinal ganglion cell layer thickness serves as a valuable indicator to objective evaluate optic nerve function in acute NAION patients. …”
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Impact of Physical Exercise on the Executive Function and Mental Health of Heroin Addicts by Chun-Lu Fang, Guo-Hua Zheng

“…PURPOSE Physical exercise offers profound pleiotropic health benefits, particularly for brain function. However, the impact of such exercises on the executive functions of heroin addicts and their negative thinking/affect remains underexplored. …”
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NEW EXPANSIONS OF BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS ON EXCLUSIVE OR OPERATION IN LOGICAL SYSTEMS DESIGN by A. A. Prihozhy

“…The Zhegalkin polynomials, ReedMuller expressions and functional binary decision diagrams are among them. …”
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The renal function in men with hypertension in conditions of purine and carbohydrate metabolism disorders by O. V. Dudko, M. Yu. Kolesnyk

“…As a result of the studies, the negative influence of hyperuricemia and hyperglycemia in patients with AH on renal function was established. …”
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On the surjectivity conditions of a linear functional differential operator of the second order by Eugene Bravyi

“…Sufficient conditions for the everywhere solvability of the equation (surjectivity of the corresponding functional differential operator) are obtained in terms of norms of the positive and negative parts of the functional operators. …”
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Radionuclide renoscintigraphy in evaluation of contrast medium adverse effect on renal function by Zh. V. Vesnina, A. M. Gulyaev, Yu. B. Lishmanov

“…The parameters of filtration and excretory renal functions were calculated. It is shown that iodinated radiocontrast agents have, in general, moderately negative effect on renal functional parameters.…”
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