The glucose-to-potassium ratio: a predictor of poor functional outcomes in stroke patients receiving thrombolytic therapy by Dong Zhang, Ruinan Ma, Xiaoyan Qin, Zhizhang Li, Xiaoguang Zhang, Ying Ding, Yunqi Hu, Yunhua Yue

“…Higher GPR independently predicted negative consequences (OR, 1.821; 95% CI, 1.340–2.473, p < 0.001). …”
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Relationship between functional movement screening (FMS) scores and balance and strength performance in young male athletes by Şükran İribalcı, Mert Aydoğmuş, Serkan Revan, Harun Genç

“…Functional movement screening (FMS) is a test developed to evaluate the fundamental movement patterns underlying both sports performance and injury risk. …”
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The role of exercise in restoring executive function: a comparison of tobacco-exposed college athletes and sedentary students by Minjia Wang, Shuya Wu, Qian Ma, Hao Hu, Yanpei Liu, Yaozheng Wang, Shitao Zhan, Dongsen Liu, Olivier Girard

“…IntroductionAs adolescent smoking rates rise, its impact on cognitive function has drawn greater attention. This study explores whether exercise can mitigate the negative effects of smoking on executive function in male college students.MethodsSixty male college students were divided into four groups (n = 15 each): sedentary smokers, sedentary nonsmokers, athletic smokers, and athletic nonsmokers. …”
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Measuring functional ability in healthy ageing: a nationwide cross-sectional survey in the Philippine older population by Amuthavalli Thiyagarajan Jotheeswaran, Matthew Prina, Alarcos Cieza, Kaloyan Kamenov, Kia-Chong Chua, Alana Officer, Ritu Sadana, Dario Moreno-Agostino

“…Moreover, this network of relationships may be moderated by personal characteristics such as gender.Design Cross-sectional observational study.Setting Philippines, general population.Participants Respondents of the 2016 National Disability Prevalence Survey/Model Functioning Survey aged 50+ (N=2825).Primary and secondary outcome measures Latent (unobserved) measures of functional ability, environmental factors (physical environmental factors and social network and support) and subjective well-being (positive affect, negative affect and evaluative well-being) were obtained from different items from the survey questionnaire using a SEM framework.Results We found that the relationship between environmental factors and the three components of subjective well-being considered in this study was partially explained by differences in functional ability. …”
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Relationship between klotho, neurotrophic factors (BDNF, NGF, GDNF) and cognitive functions in patients with bipolar disorder by Zeynep Çelebi, Esra Yazıcı, Derya Güzel Erdoğan, Onur Davutoglu, Ahmet Bulent Yazıcı

“…Abstract Background Klotho and neurotrophic factors, including brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), nerve growth factor (NGF), and glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), have been shown to play a role in cognitive functions. However, these molecules have not been investigated in bipolar disorder simultaneously to assess the interactions among them and their relationships with cognitive functions. …”
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Association between Thyroid Function and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Euthyroid Type 2 Diabetes Patients by Bin Huang, Shengju Yang, Shandong Ye

“…Thyroid function and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are both associated with increased risks of adverse clinical outcomes in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). …”
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A scoping review of effects of acute exercise on executive function: evidence from event-related potentials by Zhidong Cai, Lin Shi, Wenjie Wu, Liang Meng, Yao Ru, Moulin Wu

“…This review analyzed the influence of variables such as exercise dosage, test duration, population characteristics, and physical fitness on event-related potential components and executive function. The proportions of positive and null or negative effects across all studies were systematically assessed.ResultsIn total, 52 studies were included in the analysis. …”
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Diversity and Functional Potential of Gut Bacteria Associated with the Insect <i>Arsenura armida</i> (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) by María Griselda López-Hernández, Reiner Rincón-Rosales, Clara Ivette Rincón-Molina, Luis Alberto Manzano-Gómez, Adriana Gen-Jiménez, Julio Cesar Maldonado-Gómez, Francisco Alexander Rincón-Molina

“…Metagenomics revealed the bacterial community structure and diversity, along with their functional potential. A total of 96 bacterial strains were isolated, predominantly Gram-negative bacilli. …”
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Threshold effects of sleep duration and cognitive function in older adults with BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 by Kunyu Qiu, Kunyu Qiu, Yilei Liu, Chengwei Hu, Jie Gu, Yanyan Huang

“…However, there was a threshold effect where sleep duration reached the three inflection points.ConclusionIn overweight and obese older adults, there is a clear inverted U-shaped relationship between sleep duration and cognitive function, with consistent results across different subgroups. …”
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Genotypic and functional impact of HIV-1 adaptation to its host population during the North American epidemic. by Laura A Cotton, Xiaomei T Kuang, Anh Q Le, Jonathan M Carlson, Benjamin Chan, Denis R Chopera, Chanson J Brumme, Tristan J Markle, Eric Martin, Aniqa Shahid, Gursev Anmole, Philip Mwimanzi, Pauline Nassab, Kali A Penney, Manal A Rahman, M-J Milloy, Martin T Schechter, Martin Markowitz, Mary Carrington, Bruce D Walker, Theresa Wagner, Susan Buchbinder, Jonathan Fuchs, Beryl Koblin, Kenneth H Mayer, P Richard Harrigan, Mark A Brockman, Art F Y Poon, Zabrina L Brumme

“…Intriguingly, temporal changes in protein activity of patient-derived Nef (though not Gag) sequences were observed, suggesting functional implications of population-level HIV evolution on certain viral proteins.…”
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The effect of physical activity on resilience of Chinese children: the chain mediating effect of executive function and emotional regulation by Yifan Xu, Kai Qi, Shuqiao Meng, Xiaoxiao Dong, Shimeng Wang, Dandan Chen, Aiguo Chen

“…Conclusions This study elucidates the mechanisms through which PA influences children’s resilience via executive function and emotion regulation, highlighting the crucial role of cognitive and ER skills in this process. …”
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Effects of long-term very high-altitude exposure on cardiopulmonary function of healthy adults in plain areas by Chengshuo Wang, Linli Zhang, Zejian Liu, Ziyan Chen, Ying Li, Yanxin Fu, Aomeng Xiang, Jingman Qi, Ruoxuan Zhao, Liang Wu, Lei Gu

“…There were no significant changes in static pulmonary function (p > 0.05). In conclusion, long-term very HA exposure can lead to varying degrees of negative effects on cardiopulmonary function (including respiratory, circulatory, and metabolic function decline) in healthy adults in plain areas. …”
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The Relationship Between Chest Wall Muscle Thickness, Pulmonary Function, and Prognostic Markers in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis by Pelin Pınar Deniz, Sevgül Köse, İsmail Hanta, Pelin Duru Çetinkaya, Merisa Sinem Arslan, Erolcan Datlı

“…The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between chest wall muscle thickness and pulmonary function test (PFT) results, as well as other prognostic markers, in patients with IPF. …”
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The Impact of Frailty Indices on Predicting Complications and Functional Recovery in Proximal Humerus Fractures: A Comparative Study by Ekrem Özdemir, Oya Olcay Özdeş, Fatih Emre Topsakal, Nasuhi Altay, Esra Demirel

“…Outcomes included complications, reoperations, rehospitalizations, and functional results measured by the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) score. …”
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Effect of fat distribution on left ventricular structure and function in different sexes: a Mendelian randomization study by Hang Li, Guangjiao Yin, Guangjiao Yin, Yanfang Zhang, Ziwei Wang, Fang Lv, Rui Li, Juanjuan Qin, Juanjuan Qin, Xujun Ye, Xujun Ye

“…Two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis was employed to explore causal relationships.ResultsAfter adjusting for BMI, WHR shows a positive causal relationship with LV hypertrophy and a significant negative causal relationship with LV volume and diastolic function. …”
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Functional circuits of LYL1 controlled by supraphysiological androgen in prostate cancer cells to regulate cell senescence by Mehdi Heidari Horestani, Katrin Schindler, Aria Baniahmad

“…The androgen receptor (AR) regulates the development and physiological function of normal prostate as well as the proliferation of cancerous prostate tissue. …”
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Investigating the causal pathways among psychopathological variables, cognitive impairment, and real-life functioning in people with schizophrenia by Luigi Giuliani, Francesco Sanmarchi, Armida Mucci, Paola Rucci, Edoardo Caporusso, Paola Bucci, Giulia M. Giordano, Mario Amore, Paola Rocca, Alessandro Rossi, Alessandro Bertolino, Silvana Galderisi, Mario Maj

“…From this domain of functioning a causal link is directed to disorganization and positive symptoms, and another to work skills and interpersonal relationships domains; the latter had a direct link to asociality and the other domains of negative symptoms. …”
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Exposure to Dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls during Pregnancy and fetal thyroid function; A mixture analysis by Yang Yu, Baogang Wu, Zhipeng Li, Yue Hu, Dan Zhang, Chuanjia Yang

“…PCB105 was negatively associated with umbilical T3 levels, while multiple congeners (PCB77, PCB81, PCB105, PCB169, and PCB189) were negatively associated with TSH levels. …”
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Commutator of fractional integral with Lipschitz functions related to Schrödinger operator on local generalized mixed Morrey spaces by Celik Suleyman, Guliyev Vagif S., Akbulut Ali

“…Let L=−△+VL=-\bigtriangleup +V be the Schrödinger operator on Rn{{\mathbb{R}}}^{n}, where V≠0V\ne 0 is a non-negative function satisfying the reverse Hölder class RHq1R{H}_{{q}_{1}} for some q1>n⁄2{q}_{1}\gt n/2. …”
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Association between child and youth physical activity and family functioning: a systematic review of observational studies by Yasmine Forghani Soong, Heather Hollman, Ryan E. Rhodes

“…Youth physical activity presented with small median effect sizes and significant positive associations with the domains of general family functioning (r = 0.04; [IQR]: 0.02 to 0.06), cohesion (r = 0.09; [IQR]: 0.07 to 0.14), communication (r = 0.17; [IQR]: 0.09 to 0.40), and a negative association with the domain of conflict (r = -0.09; [IQR]: -0.21 to 0.02). …”
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