The Impact Of COVID-19 on Asthma Control and Lung Function in Patients with Severe Asthma by Margarida Gomes, Júlia Cunha Silva, Sara Morgado, Ana Craveiro, Ana Rita Presa, Carlos Lopes, Ana Mendes

“…CARAT, mini-AQLQ, and lung function showed no significant differences. Conclusion: SARS-CoV-2 infection negatively impacted asthma control, with a significant decrease in ACT scores. …”
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Normocalcemia and Normal Thyroid Function in a Severe Vitamin D–Deficient Population by Omid Yazdani, Mohammad Reza Haeri, Reyhaneh Niayesh-Mehr

“…Vitamin D levels were nonsignificantly correlated with T4 and negatively with TSH. Conclusion: Vitamin D deficiency could not cause thyroid function and serum calcium levels to walk out of the reference ranges. …”
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Sleep Quality and Immune Function: Implications for Overall Health – A Literature Review by Marta Żerek, Gracjan Sitarek

“…Criteria included studies with both subjective and objective assessments of sleep, immune function, and relevant mental health markers. Summary Findings indicate that poor sleep quality negatively impacts immune health, primarily through increased systemic inflammation and decreased immune cell functionality. …”
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Association of glymphatic system function with peripheral inflammation and motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease by Ruolan Lin, Guoen Cai, Ying Chen, Jinmei Zheng, Shu Wang, Huinan Xiao, Qinyong Ye, Yunjing Xue, Rifeng Jiang

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Association between Respiratory Function and Possible Sarcopenia in Community-Dwelling Elderly Population by SUN Zihan, FANG Leiwen, ZHOU Ting, LUO Sheng, YANG Xiaoling, LIU Juan, WANG Hongxing, YAO Jie

“…Aging, alcohol consumption, lower BMI and impaired respiratory function are critical risk factors for possible sarcopenia.…”
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Afobazole prevents motor function impairment in mice with 6-OHDA induced Parkinsonism by I. A. Kadnikov, M. V. Voronin, S. B. Seredenin

“…Afobazole prevents motor function impairment in hemiparkinsonian mice with 6-OHDA lesion in rotarod test. …”
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Family functionality as a mediator in the relationship between humanization and academic burnout in adolescents by Pablo Molina Moreno, Silvia Fernández Gea, María del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes, María del Mar Molero Jurado, José Jesús Gázquez Linares

“…This study aims to analyze the relationships between humanization competencies, academic burnout, and family functionality, to examine sex differences in these variables, and to explore the mediating effect of family functionality.MethodsThe sample comprised 1,092 secondary school students (584 females and 508 males) from Almería, Spain, aged 12 to 17 (M = 14.5 years).ResultsThe findings show that family functionality is positively associated with humanization competencies and academic efficacy, and negatively associated with emotional exhaustion and cynicism. …”
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EEG Functional Connection Analysis Based on the Weight Distribution of Convolutional Neural Network by Jinglong Wu, Peiwen Huang, Tiantian Liu, Go Ritsu, Duanduan Chen, Tianyi Yan

“…The electroencephalogram (EEG) data used in this paper was acquired through a visual mismatch negativity (MMN) experiment. When dealing with this data, each electrode was regarded as a node in the network, and the phase lag index (PLI) was calculated to construct the functional connection matrices, which were used as inputs for the CNN classification and feature extraction. …”
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Aminoguanidine Improved Liver Function and Attenuated Oxidative Stress in Hypothyroid Rats by Propylthiouracil by Seyed Hamidreza Rastegar-Moghaddam, Zahra Kiumarsi, Alireza Mirani, Mahdieh Mortazavi, Farimah Beheshti, Alireza Ebrahimzadeh-Bideskan, Akbar Anaeigoudari, Mahmoud Hosseini

“…Background: Hypothyroidism negatively affects liver function, which might be due to nitric oxide (NO) overproduction, oxidative stress, and fibrosis. …”
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Association between the Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index and Thyroid Function in U.S. Adults by Xin-Yu Hu, Ying-Chao Liang, Huan-Huan Zhang, Hui-Lin Li, De-Liang Liu

“…The systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) is used as an indicator of prognosis for a wide range of diseases. Thyroid function has been found to be strongly associated with inflammation. …”
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Effects of metabolic and organ function factors on the efficacy of radioactive iodine therapy for hyperthyroidism by Yue Hu, Shan Liu, Xiaoliang Xiong, Lixing Wang, Yinlong Zhao

“…IntroductionRecent studies suggest that metabolic and organ function indicators could influence radioactive iodine treatment (RAIT) efficacy in hyperthyroid patients, but their relationships with thyroid function remain unclear.ObjectiveThis study aims to explore the impact of these markers on RAIT efficacy and thyroid function.MethodA total of 135 hyperthyroid patients undergoing RAIT were enrolled, with biomarkers collected at baseline and 1, 3, and 6 months posttreatment. …”
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Increased PRP19 in Hepatocyte Impedes B Cell Function to Promote Hepatocarcinogenesis by Zhiyong Liu, Xiahui Lin, Danying Zhang, Dezhen Guo, Wenqing Tang, Xiangnan Yu, Feng Zhang, Si Zhang, Ruyi Xue, Xizhong Shen, Ling Dong

“…However, the immune function and regulatory mechanisms of B cells in HCC remain unclear. …”
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ILC3 Function as a Double-Edged Sword in EV71 Infection by Chang Zhang, Linlin Bao, Feifei Qi, Qi Lv, Fengdi Li, Chuan Qin

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Insulin resistance, cognition, and functional brain network topology in older adults with obesity by Clayton C. McIntyre, Robert G. Lyday, Yixin Su, Barbara Nicklas, Sean L. Simpson, Gagan Deep, Shannon L. Macauley, Christina E. Hugenschmidt

“…HOMA2-IR, but not R, was negatively associated with executive function. Neither measure was associated with AVLT score. …”
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Changes in cerebrovascular reactivity within functional networks in older adults with long-COVID by Jessica M. Pommy, Alexander Cohen, Amarpreet Mahil, Laura Glass Umfleet, Sara J. Swanson, Malgorzata Franczak, Shawn Obarski, Kelly Ristow, Yang Wang, Yang Wang, Yang Wang

“…Extreme positive CVR clusters were positively associated with greater number of subjective cognitive symptoms and negatively correlated with NP performance.DiscussionThese findings are among the first to provide a link between cognitive functioning in long-COVID and neurovascular changes relevant for aging and mechanistic studies of long-COVID.…”
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Myocardial 123I-MIBG Uptake and Cardiovascular Autonomic Function in Parkinson’s Disease by Akira Katagiri, Masato Asahina, Nobuyuki Araki, Anupama Poudel, Yoshikatsu Fujinuma, Yoshitaka Yamanaka, Satoshi Kuwabara

“…Autonomic function tests were also performed in 50 healthy controls (66.5±8.9 years). …”
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Optimization of Convolutional Neural Networks With Multi-Objective Function Metaheuristics for Melanoma Detection by Pamela Hermosilla, Ricardo Soto, Eric Monfroy, Emanuel Vega, Lucas Erazo, Valentina Guzman

“…Based on these findings, we propose a novel weighted multi-objective function (MOF) that balances key performance metrics according to clinical needs, with particular emphasis on Accuracy for overall correctness, Recall for reducing false negatives, and AUC for enhancing class discrimination in melanoma detection, thus ensuring both general reliability and high sensitivity in detecting melanoma. …”
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Administering the ACL-RSI Before or After ACL Functional Testing: Does It Matter? by Daniel Larson, Justin Rohrberg, Daniel Lorenz, Nicole Clark

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Role of GM-CSF in normalizing the effect of Uremic Toxins on Neutrophil Apoptosis and Function by Nariman Zahran, Ola Mahmoud Mahmoud, Manal Zahran, Azza Sayed, Manar Rafaat

“…The retention of many uremic compounds, interact negatively with biologic functions. It is the interest of this study to evaluate the influences of uremic plasma from chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, with and without urinary tract infection (UTI) on neutrophil apoptosis and activation. …”
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Serum NT-proBNP levels as a marker for cardiopulmonary function in preeclampsia by H.M. Kim, Y.S. Choo, W.J. Seong

“…The serum NT-proBNP levels were significantly negatively correlated with LVEF. Conclusions: PPE in patients with severe preeclampsia was associated with impaired cardiac function, especially LV systolic dysfunction. …”
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