Features of functional state restoration among military personnel after traumatic brain injury combined with acubarotrauma by A. V. Shvets, Yu. V. Podolian, M. I. Holinko

“…The features of the deployment time in the combat zone influence on the post-concussion symptoms manifestations have been revealed. …”
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Prospective, Open-Label, Observational, Multicenter, Single Arm, Post-Marketing Study in Asthmatic Patients for Evaluation of Safety and Effectiveness of Indacaterol/Mometasone DPI... by Saurabh Karmakar, Gajendra V. Singh, Amit S. Bhate, Vijaykumar Barge, Bharat Mehrotra, Chintan Patel, Ekta Sinha, Sagar Bhagat, Saiprasad Patil, Hanmant Barkate

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Intrinsic capacity, functional and psychosocial aspects of older adults participating in a multicomponent physical exercise program by Sarah Giulia Bandeira Felipe, Clarisse Bielh Printes, Fabiane de Oliveira Brauner, Douglas Katusohi Sato, Rafael Reimann Baptista, Rafael Reimann Baptista

“…This study aimed to evaluate the effects of such a program on IC, functional, and psychosocial aspects in older adults.MethodsThis pre- and post-study assessed older adults in Brazil enrolled in a multicomponent training program, evaluating IC as the main outcome using specific tests for each domain. …”
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Biological maturation determines the beneficial effects of high-intensity functional training on cardiorespiratory fitness in male adolescents by Jarosław Domaradzki, Cristian Alvarez, Rafał Szafraniec, Dawid Koźlenia

“…The MO role in the HIFT intervention was tested by MANCOVA and ANCOVA with post hoc detailed comparisons. Results MO contributed to the studied model more than CA (Wilk’s Λ = 0.49, ηp2 = 0.24, p < 0.001; Wilk’s Λ = 0.83, ηp2 = 0.07, p < 0.063, respectively). …”
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Functioning in patients with major depression treated with duloxetine or a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor in East Asia by Novick D, Montgomery W, Haro JM, Moneta MV, Zhu G, Yue L, Hong J, Duenas H, Brugnoli R

“…Both descriptive and regression analyses confirmed improvement in functioning in both groups during follow-up, but duloxetine-treated patients achieved better functioning. …”
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HONORING WAR VETERANS AS A COMPONENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC FUNCTION OF THE STATE: ADMINISTRATIVE-LEGAL ASPECT by Liudmyla Sylenko, Serhii Sivkov, Denys Komarnytskyi

“…The challenges of implementing effective administrative procedures in this area are outlined, including fragmentation of the regulatory field, limited funding and a lack of systematicity. Proposed ways of improving administrative and legal regulation aim to strengthen state support for veterans and their social integration, as well as strengthening national identity in conditions of martial law and post-war reconstruction. …”
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Prevalence of Ocular Disorders in Learning Disabled Children and Their Functional Visual Performance Before and After Providing Spectacle Correction by Parikshit Gogate, Jason Raj William, Amit Shinde, Shashi Bhushan

“…Among those 100 children (200eyes) who co-operated for refraction, 77 (38%) eyes were hypermetropic, 64 (32%) eyes had astigmatism, 53 eyes (26.5%) were myopic and six (3%) eyes were found to be emmetropic. 57 children (22.4%) had strabismus, while nystagmus was present in 37 children (14.6%), cataract in three children (1.2%) and retinitis pigmentosa in two children (0.8%) (who were siblings). It was found that improvement in functional visual performance post intervention was significant (p <0.0001) for each question. …”
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Improved Sleep Associated With Triamcinolone Acetonide Extended-Release Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis: Use of a New Real-World Registry by Michael A. Mont, MD, Jennifer H. Lin, PhD, Andrew I. Spitzer, MD, Vinod Dasa, MD, Adam Rivadeneyra, MD, David Rogenmoser, DO, Andrew L. Concoff, MD, Mitchell K. Ng, MD, Mary DiGiorgi, PhD, MPH, Stan DySart, MD, Joshua Urban, MD, William M. Mihalko, MD, PhD

“…Patient demographics were gathered/analyzed, adjusting for age, sex, study site, Kellgren-Lawrence grade, baseline score of pain severity/function, pain-catastrophizing, and analgesic use in each assessment. …”
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Prediction of antipsychotic drug efficacy for schizophrenia treatment based on neural features of the resting-state functional connectome by Song Liu, Meng Wang, Weiyi Han, Anran Chen, Xuzhen Liu, Kang Liu, Xue Li, Yi Chen, Luwen Zhang, Qing Liu, Xiaoge Guo, Xiujuan Wang, Ning Kang, Yong Han, Yuanbo Li, Xi Su, Luxian Lv, Bing Liu, Wenqiang Li, Yongfeng Yang

“…Baseline clinical status and post-treatment outcome were assessed using the Positive and Negative Symptom Scale (PANSS), and clinical improvement was rated by the total score reduction. …”
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[Translated article] Impact of lower limb lengthening with telescopic nails on functionality and quality of life in patients with achondroplasia by M. Galán-Olleros, J. Alonso-Hernández, C. Miranda-Gorozarri, J. García-Fernández, R.M. Egea-Gámez, Á. Palazón-Quevedo

“…Conclusions: Lower limb lengthening reusing TIMNs appears to improve functionality, HRQoL, and self-esteem in patients with achondroplasia compared to their preoperative status. …”
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Multi-omics insights into functional alterations of the liver in growth-retarded offspring: transcriptomic, epigenetic and metabolomic profiles by Qun Lan, Sui Liufu, Xin Xu, Bohe Chen, Wenwu Chen, Kaiming Wang, Caihong Liu, Lanlin Xiao, Xiaolin Liu, Lei Yi, Jingwen Liu, Qiuchun Deng, Haiming Ma, Meng Kang

“…The liver plays a crucial role in regulating nutrient metabolism and immune function and frequently communicates with other organs to maintain overall health. …”
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Characteristics of Inherited Metabolic Disorders Following Kidney Transplantation: A 13-Year Observational Study by Kirsty Dickson, Henry H. L. Wu, Reena Sharma, Karolina M. Stepien, Ana Jovanovic, Rajkumar Chinnadurai

“…Suboptimal outcomes were noted with grafts of cadaveric origin and poor adherence to the prescribed post-transplant immunosuppression regime. A greater extra-renal morbidity burden was associated with a reduced duration of graft function and increased mortality in patients with IMD. …”
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A facile strategy to synthesize poly(methyl methacrylate)-co-polyisobutylene via a deoxygenation reaction by Kankanok Longkaew, Philippe Daniel, Taweechai Amornsakchai, Thanchanok Ratvijitvech, Pranee Phinyocheep

“…A significant decrease in the modulus of PMMA from 3.40 to 1.29 GPa (PMMA-co-PIB) reveals improved toughness. This straightforward post-polymerization approach involving the deoxygenation of PMMA offers a promising, simple, and mild condition for synthesizing PMMA-co-PIB. …”
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A hierarchical reinforcement learning approach for energy‐aware service function chain dynamic deployment in IoT by Shuyi Wang, Haotong Cao, Longxiang Yang

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Improved DSSC performance with acidic extract of Euphorbia milii red flower, the effect of pH variation and DFT analysis of phytoconstituents by Nikhil Srivastav, Kalpajyoti Dihingia, Himanshu Patel, Yoganand Singh, Ananya Rai, Biswajit Maiti, Pankaj Srivastava

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Association between rapid and sustained remission and clinician- and patient-reported outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: post hoc analysis of data from the SELECT-COMP... by Laure Gossec, Jayesh Patel, Aditi Kadakia, Siran Fang, Yi Peng, Sander Strengholt, Peter C. Taylor, Andrew Östör

“…Increasing time spent in sustained remission was associated with long-term improvement in CRO/PROs. Conclusions Remission is a key outcome in RA; this study showed that achieving rapid remission, as well as reducing time to achieving remission, was associated with less pain and fatigue, and better physical functioning and quality of life over 5 years. …”
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A novel minimally invasive neurosurgical cranial fixation device for improved accuracy of intraventricular catheter placement: an experimental animal study by Atai Daniel, Matan Coronel, Segev Peer, Ben Grinshpan, Soner Duru, Jose L. Peiro, James L. Leach, Elena Abellán, Carolyn M. Doerning, David Zarrouk, Francesco T. Mangano

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The Effect of Combined Balance Exercise on Knee Range of Motion, Balance, Gait, and Functional Outcomes in Acute Phase Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Single-Blind Randomized... by Jungae An, Seong-Jin Cheon, Byoung-Hee Lee

“…<i>Results</i>: The combined balance exercise group demonstrated significant improvements post intervention (<i>p</i> < 0.05) for all outcomes. …”
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The Impact of Whole Body Vibration on Muscle Tone, and Sensory Motor Function in Children with Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy by Hussein HM, Dakheel N, Alshammari HZM, Alshammari AA, Gabr AM, El-Shamy SM, SD S, A RH, Dewir IM, Mohamed AR, Ibrahim AA

“…However, muscle tone was not substantially improved (p = 0.10). In addition, within-group comparisons demonstrated substantial effects (p &lt; 0.05) except Spasticity, Function, and trace assessment of the control group, where the p-values were(0.33, 0.06, and 0.54, respectively).Conclusions: According to the findings in this study, both conventional physical therapy and WBV are beneficial in treating spastic diplegia.Keywords: cerebral palsy, diplegia, whole-body vibration, spasticity, function…”
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Virtual reality-based training to augment recovery of hand dexterity after surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy by Viprav B. Raju, Roxanne Hauer, Mohammad Ghassemi, Anjishnu Banerjee, Derek Kamper, Brian D. Schmit, Aditya Vedantam

“…The primary outcome measure for hand dexterity assessment was the Jebsen-Taylor Hand Function Test (JTHFT). Twenty-two post-surgical DCM participants were included in the final analysis. …”
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