Sex-related functional outcome after periacetabular osteotomy in mild to severe hip dysplasia by Maximilian Fischer, Lars Nonnenmacher, Andre Hofer, Alexander Zimmerer, Andreas Nitsch, Rico Großjohann, Sabrina Erdmann, Georgi I. Wassilew

“…Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the functional outcome and activity level in relation to patient sex with a minimum follow-up of two years after PAO for mild to severe hip dysplasia. …”
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Evaluation of Functional and Radiological Outcome of Different Cephalomedullary Nail Designs in Intertrochanteric Fractures of Femur by Adarsh U Thuppad, Harsh Kirthi Rao, Gaurav C Mendon, Santosha Manjunatha, Suraj M Revankar, Kaveesh P Shetty

“…Patients are followed up till 1-year post-operative period, in different intervals. Functional outcome using Harris hip score, fracture union, complications are assessed and compared. …”
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Urine Periostin Level and Renal Function in Malignancy Patients Treated with High-Dose Cisplatine by Harry Yusuf, Andhika Rachman, M Bonar Marbun, Hamzah Shatri, Putri Aliya Ahadini

“…Urine periostin levels and other kidney function indicators did not significantly correlate (p>0.05), according to the correlation test, and several domains had negative directions. …”
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Stroke ICF Core Element Scale and Stroke Common Functional Scale: Association Studies by Qiao JIN, Xiaoyan YANG, Qijing REN

“…Objective:To investigate the correlation between Stroke ICF Core Element Scale and Stroke Common Functional Scale.Methods:Using Stroke ICF Core Element Scale, Fugl-Meyer Scale, Modified Barthel Index (MBI) to assess 50 cases of stroke patients, performing the correlation test with <italic>Pearson</italic> coefficient, <italic>Kappa</italic> value and <italic>Cronbach</italic> alpha coefficient to evaluate the validity, reliability and content consistency of the ICF Scale.Results:The <italic>Kappa</italic> values were between 0.676-0.958 (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001), with a good test-retest reliability and inter-rater reliability, the evaluation outcomes of two raters had a better consistency; <italic>Cronbach</italic> alpha coefficient had a good consistency in body functions, activities, participation and the environmental factors. …”
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Physicochemical and Nutritional Properties of Functional Fresh Pasta With Free and Microencapsulated Olive Pomace Extract by Giuseppe Natrella, Mariana Miccolis, Giusy Rita Caponio, Alessandro Di Michele, Lilia Zago, Carla Di Mattia, Graziana Difonzo

“…ABSTRACT The increased demand of consumers for healthy foods has generated interest among researchers and food producers in developing functional foods. Olive pomace (OP) can be used to obtain high‐added value products, being a valuable source of phenols. …”
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The striatal compartments, striosome and matrix, are embedded in largely distinct resting-state functional networks by Alishba Sadiq, Adrian T. Funk, Jeff L. Waugh

“…Striosome-seeded networks exhibited ipsilateral dominance; matrix-seeded networks had contralateral dominance. Next, we assessed compartment-specific engagement with the triple-network model (default mode, salience, and frontoparietal networks). …”
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Cognitive profile of patients with depressive disorders and its significance for antidepressant therapy and social functioning by K. E. Emelin, R. V. Akhapkin, Y. A. Alexandrovsky

“…Patients who had the lowest rates of social functioning were also characterized by a more pronounced reduction in all cognitive indices. …”
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Endothelial function vessel wall measures in patients with gout associated with coronary heart disease by E S Feofanova, L A Knyaseva

“…Material and methods. 86 male with primary gout associated with CHD (stable exertional angina pectoris of functional class (FC) II-III) aged 42 to 67 years were included. 30 (34,9%) from them had low, 36 (41,8%) - moderate and 20 (23,3%) - high grade HU. 28 pts with stable exertional angina pectoris of FC II-III were included in the group of comparison and 20 healthy donors - in the control group. …”
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Poor lower extremity function was associated with pre-diabetes and diabetes in older chinese people. by Wen Zhang, Suxing Shen, Wei Wang, Chunling Zhou, Limin Xu, Jiahe Qiu, Jiaqi Wang, Xiangxue Meng, Yixiong Liang, Kaijun Niu, Qi Guo

“…<h4>Objective</h4>To determine whether a relationship exists between performance-based physical assessments and pre-diabetes/diabetes in an older Chinese population.…”
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Pharmacogenetics of statin therapy and the endothelial function parameters in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Nadezhda O. Lebedeva, Olga K. Vikulova, Alexei G. Nikitin, Minara Sh. Shamkhalova, Marina V. Shestakova, Ivan I. Dedov

“…To investigate the association of variation in lipid-lowering response and endothelial function (EF) parameters after atorvastatin therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with genetic markers of atherosclerosis.Methods. …”
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Comparing Functional Movement Screen Scores Between Athlete and Non-Athlete Female Students by Maral Entezami, Ali Shamsi Majelan, Hasan Daneshmandi

“…Objective: The present study aimed to compare the Functional Movement Screen (FMS) scores between athlete and non-athlete female students. …”
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Diet inflammatory potential modifies the association between tobacco smoke exposure and lung function by Ying Li, Kai Yang

“…More specifically, 23 of 28 DII components showed modification effects on the relationship between serum cotinine level and lung function. Conclusions Diet inflammatory potential modifies the effect of tobacco smoke exposure on lung function, and tobacco smoke exposure had a stronger adverse impact on lung function among individuals with high diet inflammatory potential, which should attract more attention.…”
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Blood Flow and Functional Changes in the Retina and the Optic Nerve Due to Blunt Eye Trauma by T. N. Kiseleva, I. V. Tsapenko, M. V. Zueva, A. N. Bedretdinov

“…To assess the damaged regional blood flow and functional activity of the retina and the optic nerve, 96 patients (96 eyes) with a blunt eye trauma (BET) were observed, of which 62 patients (62 eyes) had mild BET (group I), and 34 patients (34 eyes) had moderate BET (group II). …”
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Multidimensional assessment of women after severe maternal morbidity: the COMMAG cohort study by Renato T Souza, José Guilherme Cecatti, Maria Laura Costa, Elton C Ferreira, Rodolfo C Pacagnella, Carla Silveira, Carla B Andreucci, Dulce Maria Toledo Zanardi, Juliana P Santos, Carina R Angelini, Mary A Parpinelli, Maria Helena Sousa

“…Controls were randomly selected among women without SMM admitted to the same maternity and same time of childbirth.Primary and secondary outcome variables Validated tools were applied, addressing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and quality of life (SF-36) by phone, and then general and reproductive health, functioning (WHO Disability Assessment Schedule), sexual function (Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI)), substance abuse (Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test 2.0) and growth/development (Denver Developmental Screening Test) of children born in the index pregnancy in a face-to-face interview.Results All instruments were applied to 638 women (315 had SMM; 323 were controls, with the assessment of 264 and 307 children, respectively). …”
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Evaluation of renal function with neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in patients with ıron deficiency anemia by Büşra Çetintulum Aydın, Kadem Arslan, Süleyman Baş, Zeynep Tuğba Ozan, Tekin Yıldırım, Vedat Gençer, Beyza Macunluoğlu Atakan

“…Group I had 38 individuals, Group II had 75 individuals, and Group III included 57 individuals. …”
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Sexual functions of female patients with chronic liver disease from two centers in Nigeria by Olusegun Adekanle, Samuel Olowookere, Oluwasegun Ijarotimi, Dennis Ndububa, Oladele Ayodeji

“…Background: Chronic liver disease (CLD) is a disease with significant morbidity and mortality in Nigeria. This study assessed the sexual functions of women with chronic hepatitis B infection (CHB), liver cirrhosis (LC), and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) designated as cases and normal women as controls. …”
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Diagnostic value of non-invasive indicators of myocardial function in patients after myocardial infarction by V. E. Oleynikov, A. V. Shcherbinina, A. V. Golubeva, V. A. Galimskaya, O. D. Vershinina

“…Parameters of myocardial function have diagnostic and prognostic value for assessing LV systolic function after MI. …”
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Effectiveness, safety, cognitive and emotional effects of amplodipine antihypertensive therapy in women with mild to moderate arterial hypertension by T. S. Polyatykina, I. E. Mishina, G. I. Bulychev, V. L. Geller, G. I. Sevastyanova, L. V. Kitaeva, O. E. Kolobova

“…The study included 30 women aged 35-50 years with Stage I-II AH, receiving amlodipine monotherapy (2,5-5 mg/d, with dose titration to 10 mg/d), and in combination, if needed, with hypothiazide (25 mg/d). Cognitive function and emotional status were assessed by correcting test, number sorting test, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and Taylor anxiety scale. …”
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Skeletal Muscle Function in Relation to COPD Severity and Its Predictive Significance for Disease Progression by He Z, Cao B, Liu K, Wei Q

“…Patients were followed up to assess disease progression, and logistic regression was used to analyze the predictive value of skeletal muscle function for COPD progression.Results: Among the 400 subjects, respiratory muscle strength, quadriceps strength, and 6MWD were all higher in the nonsmoking group than in the smoking group, with the mild group better than the moderate group, the moderate group better than the severe group, males stronger than females, the MMRC score ≤ 2 group better than the > 2 group, and strength greater in the age ≤ 70 group than in the age > 70 group. …”
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A Comparative Study of the Rhetorical and Aesthetic Function of Persian Ghadiriyyas Before and After the Constitution by Fateme Soleimanpour, Amir Hossien Madani, Alireza Fouladi

“…The findings show that before the Mashruteh Era, literature had considerably improved both in terms of quantity and variety—as well as rhetorical strategies—than subsequently. …”
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