Functional Outcome of Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery in Spondylolisthesis: An Observational Study by Saroj Chandra Dahal, Sabin Pokharel, Surya Bajra Lama Waiba, Deepak Kaucha, Rajesh Kumar Chaudhary, Ram Krishna Barkoti, Babu Kaji Shrestha

“…There is no uniformity in functional outcomes reported across different studies. …”
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The influence of vaginal microbiota on ewe fertility: a metagenomic and functional genomic approach by Edgar L. Reinoso-Peláez, María Saura, Carmen González, Manuel Ramón, Jorge H. Calvo, Magdalena Serrano

“…This research explores the relationship between ovine vaginal microbiota, associated functional pathways, and fertility using advanced nanopore long-reading metagenomic sequencing on 297 ewes from three Spanish breeds across four herds. …”
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Early childhood teachers’ understanding of executive functions and strategies employed to facilitate them by Parian Madanipour, Susanne Garvis, Caroline Cohrssen, Donna Pendergast

“…The current study thus explored what understanding early childhood teachers have of executive functions and what pedagogical practices they use to contribute to the development of executive functions in 3 to 5-year-old children within preschool settings.MethodsData were collected through an online questionnaire completed by 58 early childhood teachers across Victoria, Australia. …”
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Regularized regression outperforms trees for predicting cognitive function in the Health and Retirement Study by Kyle Masato Ishikawa, Deborah Taira, Joseph Keaweʻaimoku Kaholokula, Matthew Uechi, James Davis, Eunjung Lim

“…Results: The elastic net model had the best performance (RMSE = 3.520, R2 = 0.435), followed by standard linear regression, boosted trees, random forest, multivariate adaptive regression splines, and lastly, decision trees. Across all models, baseline cognitive function and frequency of computer use were the most influential predictors. …”
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A New Measure of Assembly Bias Using the Environment Dependence of the Luminosity Function by Yikun Wang, Idit Zehavi, Sergio Contreras, Shaun Cole, Peder Norberg

“…By comparing them, we find distinct signatures, showing variations in the number of galaxies at the ∼10% level across all luminosities. Assembly bias increases the tendency of galaxies to reside in denser environments and further dilutes underdense regions, beyond the trends governed by halo mass. …”
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Excessive Hypercholesterolemia in Pregnancy Impairs Later‐Life Maternal Vascular Function in Rats by Amanda A. de Oliveira, Emma Elder, Murilo E. Graton, Floor Spaans, Amy L. Wooldridge, Anita Quon, Raven Kirschenman, Christy‐Lynn M. Cooke, Sandra T. Davidge

“…Conclusions Excessive hypercholesterolemia in pregnancy impairs later‐life maternal vascular function in rats with varying impacts across different vascular beds. …”
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Alteration of prefrontal functional connectivity in preclinical Alzheimer's disease: an fNIRS study by Minhee Kim, Jang Jae Lee, Kyu Yeong Choi, Byeong C. Kim, Jeonghwan Gwak, Kun Ho Lee, Kun Ho Lee, Kun Ho Lee, Jae Gwan Kim

“…These interhemispheric functional connectivity values were significantly correlated with Aβ results from positron emission tomography.ConclusionThe initial increase and subsequent reduction of interhemispheric functional connectivity in the preclinical AD group across task repetitions suggests that task-related prefrontal network alterations may occur during the preclinical phase of AD and shows its potential as a biomarker for screening preclinical AD.…”
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Functional outcomes following injury in centenarians: a nationwide retrospective observational study by Ryo Yamamoto, Brian J. Eastridge, Ramon F. Cestero, Keitaro Yajima, Akira Endo, Kazuma Yamakawa, Junichi Sasaki

“…Although the number of healthy centenarians is gradually increasing, studies on postinjury functions among centenarians are lacking. Therefore, we aimed to determine the clinical predictors of mortality and unfavorable functions after injury among centenarians. …”
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Fruit and vegetable biowaste as a source of functional nutritional components for animal feed by Doriana E. A. Tedesco, Alessandro Guerrini, Gabriella Giovanelli

“…The recovery of fruit and vegetable waste (FVW) from markets and processing plants should be considered a resource for functional feed ingredients since these wastes are rich in nutrients and valuable bioactive compounds. …”
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361 Automated assessment of facial nerve function using multimodal machine learning by Oren Wei, Diana Lopez, Ioan Lina, Kofi Boahene

“…Future work will synthesize these data streams to move towards establishing biomarkers for facial nerve function that aid clinical decision-making.…”
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Plant PP2A: A Versatile Enzyme with Key Physiological Functions by Juan I. Cortelezzi, Martina Zubillaga, Victoria R. Scardino, María N. Muñiz García, Daniela A. Capiati

“…This review examines the structural diversity of plant PP2A and its regulatory roles across diverse physiological contexts.…”
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Dietary resilience of termite gut microbiota and enzymatic function reflects feeding strategy by Letícia R. Menezes, João Paulo L. F. Cairo, Ana Maria Costa-Leonardo, Maria Teresa Pedrosa Silva Clerici, Isabela da Costa Barreto, Bianca Suriano Francisco dos Santos, Alberto Arab

“…Bioinformatic and statistical analyses were performed to assess diversity, taxonomic shifts, and functional predictions.ResultsSilvestritermes euamignathus maintained stable microbial composition and enzymatic activity across diets, whereas C. cumulans exhibited shifts in bacterial abundance and a marked reduction in enzymatic function when exposed to complex artificial diets. …”
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Replicability of a resting-state functional connectivity study in profound early blindness by Negin Nadvar, Negin Nadvar, Corinna Bauer, Corinna Bauer, Zahide Pamir, Zahide Pamir, Lotfi B. Merabet, Vincent Koppelmans, Vincent Koppelmans, James Weiland, James Weiland, James Weiland

“…It has been shown that the choice of preprocessing pipelines to remove contamination from functional magnetic resonance images can significantly impact the results, particularly in resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) studies. …”
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Functional Evaluation of Open Carpal Tunnel Release in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Patients by Swagat Mahapatra, Devta Singh, Prakhar Mishra, Jaydeep Patel, Madhusudan Mishra, Animesh Gupta

“…Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the functional outcome of open carpal tunnel release in carpal tunnel syndrome and analyze the risk factors and epidemiological patterns associated with carpal tunnel syndrome. …”
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Climate and topographic drivers of species and functional diversity in subtropical shrublands of Guangdong, China by Xuan Luo, Mengmeng Yang, Muhammad Sadiq Khan, Wanxuan Huang, Shizhong Liu, Feiyong Liao, Yuelin Li

“…However, the mechanisms by which environmental gradients shape species and functional diversity remain poorly understood. In this study, we examined spatial patterns of biodiversity across 15 shrubland communities in Guangdong Province using taxonomic and functional diversity indices, regression analysis, Pearson correlation, Redundancy analysis (RDA), and MaxEnt modeling. …”
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Articulation-function-associated brain developmental changes in cleft lip and palate patients by Wenjing Zhang, Zhongtian Guan, Lei Cao, Liwei Sun, Xu Zhang, Renji Chen, Chunlin Li, Weiqun Song

“…Objective: The purpose of this research was to investigate brain functional differences across age groups of CLP patients and correlations with articulation performance. …”
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Beyond Moiré with Spatial Frequency Mastery via δ‐Function Expansion Metasurface by Rongsheng Chen, Feilong Yu, Jin Chen, Rong Jin, Jie Wang, Jiuxu Wang, Xiaoshuang Chen, Wei Lu, Guanhai Li

“…This approach transcends traditional global methods by harnessing a sophisticated ensemble of multiple δ‐functions, enabling a holistic manipulation of spatial frequencies. …”
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Gene transcription, neurotransmitter, and neurocognition signatures of brain structural-functional coupling variability by Lin Jiang, Sarah Genon, Jiayu Ye, Yan Zhu, Guangying Wang, Runyang He, Pedro A. Valdes-Sosa, Feng Wan, Dezhong Yao, Simon B. Eickhoff, Debo Dong, Fali Li, Peng Xu

“…Abstract The relationship between brain structure and function, known as structural-functional coupling (SFC), is highly dynamic. …”
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Trajectories of family functioning and financial toxicity in patients with glioma: a longitudinal study by Yue Wu, Yihao Wu, Botao Zhou, Yongmou Sun, Rufei Dai

“…The cross-lagged panel analysis demonstrated that the average family functioning level significantly and positively predicted subsequent financial toxicity at follow-up time points (β = 0.478, p = 0.01; β = 0.463, p < 0.001), while financial toxicity exhibited no significant longitudinal predictive effect on family functioning across subsequent assessments. …”
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Alterations in sulcal depth and associated functional connectivity in schizophrenia with auditory verbal hallucinations by Zhenru Guo, Zimo Zhou, Shuai Wang, Lianlian Yang, Xiaoshan Gao, Yu Xia, Yuanyuan Yang, Zhangyan Shan, Haixia Huang, Lin Tian, Lin Tian

“…However, the characterization of sulcal depth alterations and associated functional connectivity across the whole brain remains unclear.MethodWe recruited 38 schizophrenia patients with auditory verbal hallucinations and 31 schizophrenia patients without auditory verbal hallucinations. …”
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