Assessment of an integrated therapeutic protocol for sheep with acute ruminal impaction: diagnostic and prognostic significance of rumen functions and hepatorenal biomarkers by Enas Elmeligy, Ebtsam S. Abdel-lah, Abdulaziz H. Almuhanna, Eman A. R. Abdelghffar, Eman A. R. Abdelghffar, Mustafa Shukry, Mahmoud Saber, Ashraf M. Abu-Seida, Sayed Fathi El-Hawari, Sayed Fathi El-Hawari, Laila A. Al-Shuraym, Lamya Ahmed Alkeridis, Khaled A. Khesruf, Arafat Khalphallah

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Functional capacity assessment through five-repetition sit-to-stand test: Reference values for people living at high-altitude by Sofía Dávila-Oña, Mauricio Morales-Satan, Rodrigo Torres-Castro, Cristhel Hidrovo-Moreno, Matías Otto-Yáñez, Saul Caicedo-Trujillo, Clara Gualotuña-Vasco, Roberto Vera-Uribe, Klever Bonilla-Yacelga, Lilian Solis-Navarro

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Assessment of the Integrated Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response System in Thamar Governorate, Yemen by Basem F. Abdel-Aziz, Saddam A.H. Al-Nahari, Ali A. Al-Waleedi, Shymaa M. Elshoura

“…Objectives: This study aimed to assess the IDSR system core and support functions in Thamar Governorate, Yemen. …”

Evaluating the measurement properties and feasibility of physical activity and physical function assessments for children undergoing acute cancer treatmentKey points by Sarah L. Grimshaw, Nicholas F. Taylor, Rachel Conyers, Nora Shields

“…Background: As physical function and physical activity are often compromised among children and adolescents undergoing acute cancer treatment, psychometrically robust and feasible assessment tools are needed. …”
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Acute administration of lovastatin had no pronounced effect on motor abilities, motor coordination, gait nor simple cognition in a mouse model of Angelman syndrome by Timothy A. Fenton, Stela P. Petkova, Anna Adhikari, Jill L. Silverman

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Clinical and functional evaluation of patients with acute low back pain and radiculopathy treated with different energy doses of low level laser therapy by Jovičić Milica, Konstantinović Ljubica, Lazović Milica, Jovičić Vladimir

“…The parameters of assessment before and after the therapy were: lumbar and leg pain measured by visual analogue scale (VAS), local and general functional changes (Schober test, manual muscle test, straight leg raise test and the modified North American Spine Society-Low Back Pain Outcome Instrument-NASS LBP). …”
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Quality of life in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Latin American countries by H. Aguilar-Duran, M. Fernández, M. González-García, E. Rincón-Alvarez, M. Alberti, F. Caro, E. Tavera, E. Vásquez, N. Cortez, M. Salinas, M. Florenzano, C. Florestano, Ivette Buendia-Roldan

“…They answered the Saint George’s Respiratory Questionnaire for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (SGRQ-I) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Demographic characteristics, the Torvan index, and a lung function test were also assessed. …”
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Preliminary results of the EPIDIA4Kids study on brain function in children: multidimensional ADHD-related symptomatology screening using multimodality biometry by Yanice Guigou, Alexandre Hennequin, Théo Marchand, Théo Marchand, Mouna Chebli, Lucie Isoline Pisella, Pascal Staccini, Pascal Staccini, Vanessa Douet Vannucci, Vanessa Douet Vannucci

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Lung Function Decline in COPD – Relations to Changes in Symptom Burden, Inflammation, and Comorbidities by Juan Wang, Björn Ställberg, Maria Hårdstedt, Kristina Bröms, Margareta Gonzalez Lindh, Amir Farkhooy, Andreas Palm, Karin Lisspers, Marieann Högman, Andrei Malinovschi

“…Purpose The study aims to improve the knowledge on the associations between comorbidities, symptom burden, inflammatory biomarkers and lung function deterioration in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Materials and methods Of the 572 COPD subjects initially included in the 2014–2016 Tools for Identifying Exacerbations in COPD study in Sweden, 228 had lung function data at the 7-year follow-up. …”
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The application of system analysis methods in assessing the quality of bakery products by Ya. V. Maloletkova, S. V. Susarev

“…The development of formulations for new functional products entails a number of difficulties associated with controlling the dosage of components and obtaining a product with appropriate quality indicators. …”
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Comparison of Enriched Acoustic Environment and White Noise as Sound Stimuli for Tinnitus Treatment: A 4-Month Feasibility Study by Marta Fernández-Ledesma, Ricardo Sanz-Fernández, María Cuesta, Pedro Cobo

“…Tinnitus severity and emotional state were assessed at the baseline and post-treatment using the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI), Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI), and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). …”
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Quality of Life in Heart Failure Patients: The Effect of Anxiety and Depression (Patient–Caregiver) and Caregivers’ Quality of Life by Athanasia Tsami, Ioannis Koutelekos, Georgia Gerogianni, Georgios Vasilopoulos, Niki Pavlatou, Antonia Kalogianni, Theodore Kapadochos, Angleliki Stamou, Maria Polikandrioti

“…Data collection was performed by the method of an interview using “The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale”, HADS) to assess anxiety and depression (patient–caregiver) as well as the “Minnesota Living with Heart Failure” and the “SF-36 Health Survey (SF-36)” to assess QoL (patient–caregiver, respectively). …”
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The Effects of Indirect and Direct Modulation of Endocannabinoid System Function on Anxiety-Related Behavior in Mice Assessed in the Elevated Plus Maze Test by Marta Kruk-Slomka, Agnieszka Dzik, Grazyna Biala

“…Results: The results of our presented research showed that an acute administration of CB1 receptor agonist oleamide (5–20 mg/kg) had no influence on anxiety-related responses and CB1 receptor antagonist AM 251 (0.25–3 mg/kg) had anxiogenic effects in the EPM test in mice. …”
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Relation between the phase-lag index and lagged coherence for assessing interactions in EEG and MEG data by Rikkert Hindriks

“…The proof is based on power series expansions of the Fourier coefficients of the phase-lag index and the lagged coherence, which are demonstrated to be hypergeometric functions. We also assess the sampling properties of the phase-lag index and the lagged coherence through numerical simulations from the Gaussian model. …”
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Bundled assessment to replace on-road test on driving function in stroke patients: a binary classification model via random forest by Lu Huang, Lu Huang, Xin Liu, Jiang Yi, Yu-Wei Jiao, Tian-Qi Zhang, Guang-Yao Zhu, Shu-Yue Yu, Zhong-Liang Liu, Min Gao, Xiao-Qin Duan

“…ObjectivesThis study proposes to construct a model to replace the on-road test and provide a bundled assessment on the driving function of stroke patients.MethodsClinical data were collected from 38 stroke patients who specified meeting criteria. …”
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Application of Interrupter Resistance and Spirometry Techniques in Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine: Feasibility and Concordance in Healthy Children Under 8 Years by Rim Kammoun, Farah Gargouri, Asma Haddar, Halil İbrahim Ceylan, Valentina Stefanica, Walid Feki, Hatem Ghouili, Ismail Dergaa, Kaouthar Masmoudi

“…<i>Background and Objectives</i>: Pediatric pulmonary medicine relies heavily on accurate lung function assessment, yet conventional spirometry presents challenges in children due to cooperation requirements. …”
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The validity and reliability of the Juvenile Arthritis Functional Assessment Report (JAFAR) in children/adolescents with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: The Turkish version study by Selcuk Yuksel, Zahide Ekici Tekin, Gülçin Otar Yener, Bilge Başakçı Çalık, Merve Bali, Elif Gur Kabul

“…The aim of the study was to describe the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of Juvenile Arthritis Functional Assessment Report (JAFAR) in children/adolescents with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). …”
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Preoperative computed tomography assessment of peri-hip muscles in patients with femoral neck fracture and its impact on postoperative walking function by Katsuya Yokoyama, Taku Ukai, Makoto Ogawa, Masahiko Watanabe

“…The gluteus maximus had an AUC of 0.77, with a sensitivity of 0.63 and specificity of 0.77, using a cut-off of 31.6 HU. …”
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Exploring Brain-Body Interactions in Parkinson&#x2019;s Disease: A Study on Dual-Task Performance by Maryam Sousani, Raul Fernandez Rojas, Elisabeth Preston, Maryam Ghahramani

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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 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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