Changes in renal function and morphological variations of kidney diseases in rheumatoid arthritis patients by Yan Tang, Yuliya Varavko, Raisa Aringazina, Irina Menshikova

“…For studying the morphological changes in the kidneys under ultrasound examination, renal biopsy was performed in 31 patients with RA with urinary syndrome (proteinuria more than 0.3 g per day and hematuria). Results: Nephropathy in RA is characterized by impaired renal function and manifested by an increased blood creatinine and a decrease in glomerular filtration rate and renal functional reserve. …”
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The theory of mind construct in adulthood: perspective taking in relation to language and executive function by Derek E. Montgomery, Virginia Tompkins, Xin Feng

“…This study investigated the nature of the ToM construct and its relation to cognitive variables by administering a battery of ToM measurements along with measurements of executive function and general vocabulary to 207 (Mage = 19.26) adult participants. …”
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Spatial structure of a city and the mobility of its residents: functional and planning aspects by Parysek Jerzy J., Mierzejewska Lidia

“…What we shall present in this paper are structural and functional conclusions resulting from an analysis of the mobility of residents relevant for planning. …”
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Obesity, Physical Function, and Training Success in Community-Dwelling Nonsarcopenic Old Adults by O. G. Geirsdottir, M. Chang, P.V. Jonsson, I. Thorsdottir, A. Ramel

“…After the intervention, body composition and physical function significantly improved in all three BMI categories; however, normal weight participants lost more body fat (−1.53 ± 0.78%, P=0.014), gained more lean mass (0.70 ± 0.36 kg, P<0.001) and relative quadriceps strength (0.31 ± 0.16 N/kg, P=0.017), and improved more on the 6MWD (24 ± 12 m, P<0.001) but gained less grip strength (−2.4 ± 1.3 N/kg, P=0.020) compared to obese. …”
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Modern Challenges to Effective Functioning of Local Self-Government (On the Example of Saint Petersburg) by V. A. Semenov, V. V. Ereshkin

“…Under the Law of the Russian Federation on amendment of the Constitution of the Russian Federation dated 14.03.2020 № 1-FCL “On improvement of regulation of separate issues of organization and functioning of public authorities” local self-government bodies were eferred to public authorities. …”
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On efficiency of methods and algorithms for solving optimization problems considering objective function specifics by E. N. Ostroukh, Yu. O. Chernyshev, L. N. Evich, P. A. Panasenko

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A functional imaging study of self-regulatory capacities in persons who stutter. by Jie Liu, Zhishun Wang, Yuankai Huo, Stephanie M Davidson, Kristin Klahr, Carl L Herder, Chamonix O Sikora, Bradley S Peterson

“…Frontostriatal hyper-responsivity to conflict resembles prior findings in other disorders of frontostriatal pathology, and therefore likely represents a general mechanism supporting functional compensation for an underlying inefficiency of neural processing in these circuits. …”
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Ontology of functional synergetics in virtual cognitive-semiotic design of information processes and systems by R. G. Bolbakov, V. A. Mordvinov, P. V. Berezkin, I. I. Sivitsky

“…It is these three concepts, revealed by synergetics as a functional eyepiece, that distinguish functional synergetics from the generally accepted definition of synergetics as such. …”
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Midterm Functional Outcomes of Synthetic Cartilage Implant (SCI) Arthroplasty for Hallux Rigidus by Aysha Rajeev FRCS, George Koshy MRCS, Kailash Devalia FRCS

“…The functional evaluation was done using Manchester-Oxford Foot Questionnaire (MOxFQ). …”
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Upper extremity function and quality of life in patients with breast cancer related lymphedema by Bojinović-Rodić Dragana, Popović-Petrović Svetlana, Tomić Sanja, Markez Stanislava, Živanić Dobrinka

“…The highest values of SF-36 were found in the domains of Mental Health (67.7 ± 22.9) and Social Function (70.1 ± 23.1). The lowest scores were registered in the domains of Role Physical (46.9 ± 39.1) and General Health (49.3 ± 20.1). …”
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Clinical and functional features of elderly patients with frailty syndrome receiving treatment at home by K. Sh. Garunov, A. A. Gertsog, T. E. Morozova

“…The presence of senile asthenia syndrome worsens nutritional status indicators (10 [9; 12] points, (p = 0,005), negatively affects functional activity (Barthel scale, mean score 65,00 [45,00; 80,00], Lawton scale, mean score 0,00 [0,00; 2,00], р &lt; 0,001), and the relationship with non-dementia cognitive disorders and dementia is more often determined (28,9% and 60,2% of patients, respectively, p &lt; 0,001). …”
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Potential of right ventricular function assessment with echocardiography in transcatheter aortic valve replacement: by Yoshihisa Morita, Taro Kariya, Michael Dougherty, Andrew Peters, Nicholas Ruggiero

“…Abstract Background Right ventricular (RV) function assessment by echocardiography can be challenging due to its complex morphology. …”
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Subjective experience, psychosocial functioning and different psychomotor clusters in catatonia: How are they connected? by Geva A. Brandt, Stefan Fritze, Dilsa Cemre Akkoc Altinok, Sebastian Volkmer, Jacqueline Kukovic, Jonas Daub, Katharina M. Kubera, Georg Northoff, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Dusan Hirjak

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Probing Environmental Dependence of High-Redshift Galaxy Properties with the Marked Correlation Function by Emy Mons, Charles Jose

“…Moreover, the amplitude of the marked correlation function is generally higher for LBG samples compared to that of $z \sim 0$ galaxies from previous studies. …”
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High functional diversity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis driven by genetic drift and human demography. by Ruth Hershberg, Mikhail Lipatov, Peter M Small, Hadar Sheffer, Stefan Niemann, Susanne Homolka, Jared C Roach, Kristin Kremer, Dmitri A Petrov, Marcus W Feldman, Sebastien Gagneux

“…We show that the members of MTBC affecting humans are more genetically diverse than generally assumed, and that this diversity can be linked to human demographic and migratory events. …”
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Species richness and intraspecific variation interactively shape marine diatom community functioning by Patrick K. Thomas, Marrit Jacob, Esteban Acevedo‐Trejos, Helmut Hillebrand, Maren Striebel

“…Abstract Biodiversity generally increases productivity in ecosystems; however, this is mediated by the specific functional traits that come with biodiversity loss or gain and how these traits interact with environmental conditions. …”
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Some Simpson’s Riemann–Liouville Fractional Integral Inequalities with Applications to Special Functions by Jamshed Nasir, Shahid Qaisar, Saad Ihsan Butt, Khuram Ali Khan, Rostin Matendo Mabela

“…We expect that present outcomes are the generalization of already obtained results. Applications to beta, q-digamma, and Bessel functions are also provided.…”
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Comparing Family Functioning and Maternal Anxiety in Children with Attention and Hyperactivity Disorder and Controls by Gonca OZYURT, Aynur AKAY PEKCANLAR, Yusuf OZTURK

“…If the relationship between maternal anxiety, family functioning and ADHD is understood well, treatment of ADHD will be provided more effectively. …”
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A New Class of Extended Hypergeometric Functions Related to Fractional Integration and Transforms by Vandana Palsaniya, Ekta Mittal, D. L. Suthar, Sunil Joshi

“…Four theorems have also been defined under the generalized fractional integral operators that provide an image formula for the extension of new Gauss hypergeometric functions and the extension of new confluent hypergeometric functions. …”
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Computational Optimal Impact Angle Control Guidance Laws Weighted by Arbitrary Functions by Qi Chen, Jinguang Shi, Zhongyuan Wang

“…The proposed guidance law is formulated from the generalized optimal control framework, thus a new guidance law that allows achieving a specific guidance goal can be easily obtained in the way of devising a proper weighting function (smooth, piecewise, nonsmooth, or even discontinuous). …”
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