Sexual Functioning and Depressive Symptoms in Women with Postpartum Thyroiditis by Karolina Kowalcze, Gaspare Cucinella, Giuseppe Gullo, Robert Krysiak

“…The aim of this study was to assess female sexual functioning and depressive symptoms in postpartum thyroiditis. …”
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Structural and functional changes of cardiovascular system in children with asthma by O. V. Herasymova, T. L. Protsiuk, L. O. Protsiuk, L. D. Kotsur

“…In addition to clinical examinations assessment electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring results and markers of myocardial damage (total creatine phosphokinase and lactic dehydrogenase, isoenzymes CPK–MB and LDH1) as well as electrolytes (K+ in serum and erythrocytes) were studied to assess the cardiovascular system status in children with various levels of BA control. …”
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Neuropsychological functioning, age, and medication adherence in bipolar disorder. by Nadia Corréard, Julia-Lou Consoloni, Aurélie Raust, Bruno Etain, Romain Guillot, Sophie Job, Joséphine Loftus, Isabelle Médecin, Thierry Bougerol, Mircea Polosan, Benjamin Fredembach, Sébastien Gard, Katia M'Bailara, Jean-Pierre Kahn, Paul Roux, Anne-Sophie Homassel, Mathilde Carminati, Lucile Matos, Emilie Olié, Frank Bellivier, Philippe Courtet, Chantal Henry, Marion Leboyer, Jean-Michel Azorin, Raoul Belzeaux, FACE-BD collaborators

“…<h4>Methods</h4>In a cross-sectional study, we included 353 patients divided into two age-groups (16-46; 47-71) from a French cohort diagnosed with BD (type I, II, NOS) and strictly euthymic. All patients had a standardized clinical and neuropsychological assessment and were categorized as high (n = 186) or low (n = 167) adherent based on their score from the Medication Adherence Rating Scale. …”
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Assessment of sensory impairment in older adults with dementia by Nikol Gottfriedová, Martina Kovalová, Eva Mrázková, Ondřej Machaczka, Veronika Koutná, Vladimír Janout, Jana Janoutová

“…All participants underwent conventional pure-tone audiometry and a screening version of the Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults, the Odorized Markers Test of olfactory function and the Ishihara color vision test. The effects of comorbidities and lifestyle factors were also assessed. …”
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Characterization, Functional Properties, and Resistant Starch of Freshwater Macrophytes by Farahin N. N. Syed, Muta H. Zakaria, Japar S. Bujang, Annie Christianus

“…Starch morphology, total starch, and amylose content of these six freshwater plant species were determined. Their functional properties, i.e., starch crystallinity, thermal properties, and rheological behaviour were assessed. …”
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Body composition and functional activity in men with heart failure by I. A. Skripnikova, E. K. Yaralieva, R. P. Myasnikov, O. V. Kulikova, V. E. Novikov, O. V. Kosmatova, V. A. Vygodin, O. M. Drapkina

“…Aim. To assess the body composition and functional activity (FA) parameters in men with heart failure (HF) of various nature depending on the stage, class and echocardiographic characteristics of the disease.Material and methods. …”
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The impact of individual depressive symptoms on impairment of psychosocial functioning. by Eiko I Fried, Randolph M Nesse

“…We tested whether symptoms differed in their associations with impairment, estimated unique shared variances of each symptom with impairment to assess the degree of difference, and examined whether symptoms had variable impacts across impairment domains. …”
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Noninvasive assessment of the presence and size of esophageal varices by Petrović Gordana, Nagorni Aleksandar, Bjelaković Goran, Benedeto-Stojanov Daniela, Radovanović-Dinić Biljana

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The functional state of students depending on the ethno-territorial factor by Iryna Ivanyshyn, Igor Vypasniak, Sergii Iermakov, Tetiana Yermakova, Vasyl Lutskyi, Oleksandra Huzak, Mirosław Cieślicka, Marina Jagiello

“…Anthropometric measures included body length (LT), body mass (MT). Functional status was assessed by Robinson, Rufier, vital capacity and strength indices. …”
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Technologically-Treated Polyclonal Affinity-Purified Antibodies to the Tumor Necrosis Factor-α, Brain Specific S-100 Protein and Histamine in Treatment of Functional Dyspepsia: Res... by Yu. O. Shulpekova, I. V. Maev, V. B. Grinevich, I. B. Khlynov, Yu. G. Shvarts, V. T. Ivashkin

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Safety of Concomitant Use of Corticosteroids and Traditional Korean Herbal Medicine for Facial Nerve Palsy: A Retrospective Study of Effects on Liver and Renal Function by Lee JY, Kim JH, Goo B, Nam SS

“…Among 32 patients (3.0%) who showed abnormally increased liver function, 29 patients (2.7%) had possible DILI, and 3 patients (0.3%) had probable DILI, respectively, after concomitant use of steroids and herbal medicine. …”
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Functional Independence of Taiwanese Children with Silver–Russell Syndrome by Hung-Hsiang Fang, Chung-Lin Lee, Chih-Kuang Chuang, Huei-Ching Chiu, Ya-Hui Chang, Yuan-Rong Tu, Yun-Ting Lo, Jun-Yi Wu, Yen-Yin Chou, Chung-Hsing Wang, Shio-Jean Lin, Shao-Yin Chu, Chen Yang, Tsung-Ying Ou, Hsiang-Yu Lin, Shuan-Pei Lin

“…<b>Methods:</b> This study includes 24 Taiwanese children with SRS aged 2 years to 13 years and 3 months who were recruited at MacKay Memorial Hospital and other Taiwan hospitals between January 2013 and December 2024. Functional independence was assessed using the Functional Independence Measure for Children (WeeFIM) to evaluate self-care, mobility, and cognition domains. …”
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Effects of individualized PEEP on pulmonary function, cerebral blood flow and postoperative cognitive function in patients undergoing laparoscopic radical resection of rectal cance... by Xiaoyan Zhang, Jingjing Zhang, Caixia Zhao, Yichao Cai, Qing Yang, Caixia Yue, Kan Li

“…The Cdyn group had higher cognitive function at stage T3 as assessed by MMSE, P < 0.05. …”
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Low-grade systemic inflammation and peripheral airway function by Martin Färdig, Suneela Zaigham, Gunnar Engström, Christer Janson, Per Wollmer, Andrei Malinovschi

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Foot darkening with age in Spheniscus penguins: applications and functions by Ginger A. Rebstock, K. Pearl Wellington, P. Dee Boersma

“…The timing of foot darkening within species was consistent with foot color functioning in protection from UV radiation, and not with foot color functioning in thermoregulation. …”
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The Use of Enhanced External Counterpulsation in the Treatment of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease by K. S. Karaganov, A. S. Lishuta, Y. N. Belenkov

“…All patients initially and 1.5 months after the EECP course had a 6-minute walk test (6MWT), an assessment of the clinical status, quality of life of patients (MLHFQ; Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire). …”
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The functional assessment Berg Balance Scale is better capable of estimating fall risk in the elderly than the posturographic Balance Stability System A avaliação funcional Berg Ba... by Vanessa Vieira Pereira, Roberto Alcantara Maia, Sonia Maria Cesar de Azevedo Silva

“…The BBS was correlated with the BSS (r=-0.27; p=0.008), age (r=-0.38; p<0.001) and number of falls (r=-0.25; p=0.013) and the analysis of logistical regression showed that the elderly classified with fall risk on the BBS presented 2.5 (95%CI 1.08-5.78) more chance of identifying who had two falls or more over the last year. The BBS identified that the greater the age the worse the functional balance and demonstrated a greater capacity to identify falls risk suffered over the last year when compared with the BSS.…”
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Water Conservation Function of Artificial Forests in Kubuqi Desert by Han Qingchi, Wang Haichao, Sun Kai, Pei Zhiyong, Wang Han, Su Xiaoming, Yang Jianjun, Chen Hongwei

“…The water-holding capacity of litter and soil were determined using field measurements and the indoor immersion method, and the water conservation function of each forest was assessed using a combination of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and the entropy-weight method (EWM). …”
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Triplet Analysis That Identifies Unpaired Regions of Functional RNAs by Junji Kawakami, Yoshie Yamaguchi, Naoki Sugimoto

“…Moreover, our analysis method may be used to assess a variety of structural motifs with desired function.…”
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Intranasal insulin for improving cognitive function in multiple sclerosis by Scott D. Newsome, Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, Abbey Hughes, Meghan Beier, Jacqueline Koshorek, Yujie Wang, Daniela Pimentel Maldonado, Thomas Shoemaker, Taimur Malik, Tarik Bayu, Pablo E. Ravenna, Ama Avornu, Elias S. Sotirchos, Meghan Romba, John Muschelli, Todd T. Brown, Peter A. Calabresi, Ellen M. Mowry

“…There is an urgent need to identify/develop novel therapies that can help cognitive function in MS. Insulin is critical for helping with regulation of multiple CNS functions, including learning and memory. …”
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