Functional Performance and Associations between Performance Tests and Neurological Assessment Differ in Men and Women with Parkinson’s Disease by Kadri Medijainen, Mati Pääsuke, Aet Lukmann, Pille Taba

“…Neurological assessment of a patient with Parkinson’s disease (PD) is expected to reflect upon functional performance. As women are known to report more limitations even for same observed functional performance level, present study was designed to examine whether associations between neurological assessments and functional performance differ across genders. …”
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Concurrent Validity of Virtual Reality-Based Assessment of Executive Function: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Si-An Lee, Ji-Yea Kim, Jin-Hyuck Park

“…This meta-analysis investigated the concurrent validity between virtual reality (VR)-based assessments and traditional neuropsychological assessments of executive function, with a focus on subcomponents such as cognitive flexibility, attention, and inhibition. …”
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Insights from Femtosecond Transient Absorption Spectroscopy into the Structure–Function Relationship of Glyceline Deep Eutectic Solvents by Rathiesh Pandian, Clemens Burda

“…This study aimed to determine the structure–function relationship (SFR) for ChCl–glycerol mixtures, a deep eutectic solvent (DES), by investigating their microscopic solvation dynamics and how it relates to their macroscopic properties across varying concentrations of ChCl. …”
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A Multi-Source Data-Driven Analysis of Building Functional Classification and Its Relationship with Population Distribution by Dongfeng Ren, Xin Qiu, Zehua An

“…The results yield the following conclusions: (1) The proposed method achieves an overall classification accuracy of 0.77, which is 0.12 higher than that of the random forest-based approach. (2) The introduction of time features and the distance decay method further improved the model performance, increasing the accuracy by 0.04 and 0.03, respectively. (3) The correlation between the building functions and population distribution varies significantly across different scales. …”
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The relationship between motor competence and executive function as influenced by age, sex, and family socio-economic status by Behrouz Ghorbanzadeh, Behzad Mohammadi Orangi, Tolga Sahin

“…IntroductionMotor Competence (MC) plays a fundamental role in physical, cognitive, and social development, while executive function (EF) is a key factor influencing MC. The primary objective of this study was to compare MC across three age groups (children, adolescents, and young adults), sex, and socio-economic status (SES). …”
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Comparative analysis of rhizosphere microbial communities in monoculture and mixed oak–pine forests: structural and functional insights by Liang Qiao, Zhuizhui Guan, Fangfang Ren, Tianxiao Ma

“…Principal component analysis revealed clear separation between rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soil communities, as well as distinct clustering patterns between mixed and pure forest types. The functional analysis revealed conserved metabolic pathways across forest stands, with bacterial metabolic processes and fungal saprophytic functions representing dominant community roles. …”
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Correlation Method of Assistance Driving Function and Road Environment Factors in Investigation of Intelligent Vehicle Traffic Accident by Yanbin Hu, Wenhui Zhou

“…This analysis focuses on road static facilities, traffic dynamic characteristics, and instantaneous weather conditions in automobile traffic accidents that occur under the human-machine co-driving paradigm with integrated assisted driving functions. Based on these insights, an interference model tailored to road environment factors in traffic accidents of assisted driving vehicles has been constructed.Utilizing recent traffic accident cases in China, the Accident Map (AcciMap) methodology was employed to systematically classify and analyze all accident participants across six levels. …”
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Functionalization strategies for sustainable plant fiber composites: A comprehensive review of techniques, performance and future directions by Hassan Tawsif Tazwar, Maisha Farzana Antora, Md Zillur Rahman

“…Future research directions are proposed to integrate green functionalization methods into scalable manufacturing platforms, enabling PFRCs to serve as viable materials across high-performance sectors such as construction, automotive, biomedical, and packaging. …”
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Genetic risk predicts adolescent mood pathology via sexual differentiation of brain function and physiological aging by Raluca Petrican, Alex Fornito, Christopher Murgatroyd, Emma Boyland, Charlotte A. Hardman

“…Thus, a focus on regional sexual differentiation of brain function, instead of holistic sex-based categorization, could be more useful for understanding psychiatric conditions, such as mood and behavioural disorders, to which males and females are differentially vulnerable. …”
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Integrating Habitat Suitability and Larval Drift Modeling for Spawning‐To‐Nursery Functional Habitat Connectivity Analysis in Rivers by David Farò, Christian Wolter

“…The results demonstrate the importance of considering functional habitat connectivity in habitat assessments and restoration planning.…”
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The association between high atherogenic index of plasma and impaired lung function: a population-based study by Liang Yang, Yuanzhou Wu, Ling Chen, Zizhao Li, Wenfei Zhu, Ziyan Zhang, Hui Li, Yang Huang, Qunqing Chen

“…Subgroup analysis revealed a U-shaped non-linear association in females, with inflection points at AIP values of 0.77 (FEV1) and 0.78 (FVC), beyond which declines in lung function plateaued. Males exhibited a consistent negative correlation across all AIP levels.ConclusionElevated AIP is independently associated with reduced lung function, particularly non-linear effects in females. …”
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The Effectiveness of Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment on Detective Thinking and Reflective Functioning of Children with Type 1 Diabetes by Maryam Hashemipoor Zavareh, Mansoureh Bahramipour Isfahani, Ilnaz Sajjadian

“…After completing the treatment sessions, both groups completed research questionnaires assessing detective thinking and reflective functioning in the post-test phase for comparison. Results: The study included 30 children with T1D across two groups. …”
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Prediction of target genes and functional types of cis-regulatory modules in the human genome reveals their distinct properties by Sisi Yuan, Pengyu Ni, Zhengchang Su

“…Conclusions CAPP represents a significant advancement in predicting target genes and functional types of CRMs, especially dual functional CRMs, and different types of CRMs show distinct properties.…”
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Intraspecific Variations in Ecomorphological Functional Traits of Montane Stream-Dwelling Frogs Were Driven by Their Microhabitat Conditions by Xiwen Peng, Da Kang, Guangfeng Chen, Suwen Hu, Zijian Sun, Tian Zhao

“…This study investigated intraspecific variation in ecomorphological traits of three montane stream-dwelling frogs (<i>Quasipaa boulengeri</i>, <i>Amolops sinensis</i>, and <i>Odorrana margaratae</i>) across elevation gradients in Tianping Mountain, China. …”
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Exploring the functional quality attributes of smart home for older adults based on qualitative research and Kano model by Qin Yang, Qin Yang, Peishan Li, Xing Liu, Chunnan Wei

“…BackgroundThis study investigates the functional attributes of smart home for older adults across different age groups, aiming to identify features that fulfill users’ needs and give convenience, thereby offering scientific guidance for future smart home designs for older adults.MethodsEmploying a multi-stage approach, this study commences with semi-structured interviews with older participants in China, analyzing transcripts using NVivo to guide questionnaire design. …”
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The S2 subunit of spike encodes diverse targets for functional antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2. by Jamie Guenthoer, Meghan E Garrett, Michelle Lilly, Delphine M Depierreux, Felicitas Ruiz, Margaret Chi, Caitlin I Stoddard, Vrasha Chohan, Zak A Yaffe, Kevin Sung, Duncan Ralph, Helen Y Chu, Frederick A Matsen, Julie Overbaugh

“…Our findings suggest S2 mAbs can target diverse epitopes in S2, including functional mAbs with HCoV and sarbecovirus breadth that likely target functionally constrained regions of spike. …”
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Functional stasis and changing habitat preferences among mammalian communities from the PETM of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming by Misha A.J.B. Whittingham, Vera A. Korasidis, Danielle Fraser

“…Our measures of differences in body mass space provide no evidence of a significant impact of competitive interactions on community assembly across the PETM, aligning with previous work. Our results indicate the persistence of a stable mammalian functional community structure despite taxonomic turnover, climate change and broadening habitat preferences.…”
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Differential expression and function of CAIX and CAXII in breast cancer: A comparison between tumorgraft models and cells. by Zhijuan Chen, Lingbao Ai, Mam Y Mboge, Chingkuang Tu, Robert McKenna, Kevin D Brown, Coy D Heldermon, Susan C Frost

“…We find the same pattern across a panel of TNBC and luminal breast cancer cell lines. …”
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Sustainable microgreen production through automated cultivation systems: nutritional and functional profiling via multivariate analysis by Figen Taşcı Durgut, Funda Eryılmaz Açıkgöz, Fatma Funda Özdüven, Seydi Yıkmış

“…PCA and correlation analyses revealed significant differences in the distribution of certain micronutrients (e.g., Na, Mg, B) across different production environments. These findings demonstrate that fully automated production cabinets provide effective, sustainable, and traceable systems for producing micro sprouts with high nutritional quality, and have significant potential for future applications in functional food production.…”
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Inferring building functions from a weighted graph isomorphic network based on the building-POI graph by Zhang Ya, Jiping Liu, Wang Yong, Luo An, Shenghua Xu, Zhiran Zhang

“…Building function is the practical use of a structure, playing a crucial role in urban planning and risk management. …”
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