From screens to cognition: A scoping review of the impact of screen time on cognitive function in midlife and older adults by Rinanda Shaleha, Nelson Roque

“…Active screen use was generally associated with better cognitive outcomes, particularly in memory, executive function, and attention. …”
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Debiasing Structure Function Estimates from Sparse Time Series of the Solar Wind: A Data-driven Approach by Daniel Wrench, Tulasi N. Parashar

“…Structure functions (SFs), which quantify the moments of increments of a stochastic process, are essential complementary statistics to power spectra for analyzing the self-similar behavior of a time series. …”
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Increased epicardial tissue and reduced TAPSE and MAPSE scores in borderline personality disorders. Early indicators for cardiovascular risk? by Charlotte F. M. Schaefer, Britta Stapel, Nicole Scharn, Sebastian Bertele, Alexander Glahn, Kai G. Kahl, Phileas J. Proskynitopoulos, Mechthild Westhoff-Bleck

“…Diabetes risk and frequency of metabolic syndrome as well as serum levels of prognostic markers NT-proBNP and GDF15 were similar in both groups. BPD patients were more frequently smokers and reported lower levels of physical exercise compared to controls.ConclusionThe present study demonstrates morphological and functional differences in a matched sample of female patients with BPD and healthy controls, pointing to an increased risk for the development of cardiovascular disorders. …”
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The quartic anharmonic oscillator – an oscillator-basis expansion approach. II. Study of the wave functions and acceleration of the expansions convergence by V. A. Babenko, A. V. Nesterov

“…This model is also widely used for studying molecular vibrations, phonon modes in solids, nonlinear optical phenomena, and more. We have calculated and constructed the wave functions of the anharmonic oscillator for various values of the oscillator coupling constant λ. …”
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Mean-Median Compromise Method: A Novel Deepest Voting Function Balancing Range Voting and Majority Judgment by Ruffin-Benoît M. Ngoie, Selain K. Kasereka, Jean-Aimé B. Sakulu, Kyandoghere Kyamakya

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Changes in the ventilation function of the lungs during the formation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and its combination with lung cancer by S. Yu. Dobner, A. V. Dubakov, Ya. V. Porovskiy, S. A. Tuzikov, S. V. Miller, E. O. Rodionov

“…In patients with LC and more severe COPD, in contrast to patients suffering from a similar severity of COPD, a decrease in the patency of large, medium and small diameter bronchi (PEF, MEF25, MEF50, MEF75) was detected, which indicated development of generalized bronchial obstruction.Conclusion. …”
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Association between relative fat mass and cognitive function among US older men: NHANES 2011–2014 by Linlin Liu, Anshi Wu, Shengnan Yang

“…Specifically, the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer’s Disease Word Learning Test (CERAD-WL), the Animal Fluency Test (AFT), and the Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST) were used in order to achieve the objective of assessing cognitive function. The standardized scores of the three previously mentioned tests were averaged to create the Z-scores, a composite, generalized metric. …”
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The impact of Duration of Untreated Psychosis on functioning and quality of life over one year of Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC). by Hadar Hazan, Sümeyra N Tayfur, Bin Zhou, Fangyong Li, Toni Gibbs-Dean, Sneha Karmani, Emily Kline, Maria Ferrara, Silvia Corbera, Sarah Riley, Laura A Yoviene Sykes, Cenk Tek, Matcheri S Keshavan, Vinod H Srihari

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Shorter DUP is linked to more rapid functional recovery within the first year after CSC admission.…”
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Functional Monitoring of Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis Based on Multidimensional Wearable Plantar Pressure Features: Cross-Sectional Study by Junan Xie, Shilin Li, Zhen Song, Lin Shu, Qing Zeng, Guozhi Huang, Yihuan Lin

“…Future work is needed to further explore and investigate the relationship between gait characteristics and functional status with more functional tests and in larger sample cohorts.…”
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Influence of environmental exposures on T follicular helper cell function and implications on immunity: a comparison of Bangladeshi and American children by Dana M. Van Fossen, Hyunjae Cho, Lisa E. Wagar, Jennie Z. Ma, Julie Parsonnet, Rashidul Haque, Mark M. Davis, William A. Petri

“…ABSTRACT T follicular helper (Tfh) cells are crucial for B cell activation and subsequent antibody production. This functionality is influenced by surface markers such as CD40L, a costimulatory factor which promotes B cell activation, and CD57, which is a well-known marker of senescence. …”
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Assessment of lower urinary tract symptoms 6 weeks after delivery and the relationship of pelvic floor muscle function by Lei Zhang, Xiaoxiao Wang, Xinnan Hou, Xinrong Zhuang, Yu Wang, Xiaoqing Wang, Ye Lu

“…The relationship between the emergence of LUTS and the decline of pelvic muscle function after childbirth remains uncertain.Study designThis observational study was carried out at the Peking University First Hospital over a time span of 2019–2022. …”
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Changing grizzly bear space use and functional connectivity in response to human disturbance in the southern Canadian Rocky Mountains by Eric C. Palm, Clayton D. Apps, Tal Avgar, Melanie Dickie, Bruce N. McLellan, Joseph M. Northrup, Michael A. Sawaya, Julie W. Turner, Jesse Whittington, Erin L. Landguth, Katherine A. Zeller, Clayton T. Lamb

“…Bears avoided crossing highways but were attracted to areas alongside highways in areas with relatively low forage availability at a broad spatial scale, such as in Banff National Park and the Kananaskis region. Females generally avoided moving through towns in spring and summer, while males were more likely to do so. …”
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The Advances in Utilizing Right Ventricular Function as a Predictor of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Recovery: A Single Centre Prospective Cohort Study by Akbar MR, Sakasasmita S, Achmad C, Dewi TI, Hasan M, Prameswari HS

“…One of the contemporary predictors studied in cardiomyopathy is right ventricular (RV) function during initial presentation.Purpose: This study aimed to determine the role of RV systolic function based on the various RV function parameters by two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography (2DE) to predict PPCM recovery within 6 months of follow-up and identify the most accurate parameter among them.Patients and Methods: This was a prospective cohort study that include all patients registered in the “Long Term Registry on Patients with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy” at Dr. …”
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The Right Not to Be Prosecuted, Judged, or Punished More Than One Time by Dinu OSTAVCIUC

“… In order to carry out the tasks of the criminal process, a regulation is necessary in accordance with certain ideas and guiding rules of its conduct. This function is fulfilled by the principles of the criminal process, by which the rules of a general nature are understood, manifested by concrete procedural-criminal norms or which derive from the interpretation of a set of such norms; determining the integral construction of the process, as well as the essence and ensuring the achievement of its tasks. …”
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Association of Chronic Pain with Motor Symptom Severity in Parkinson’s Disease: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Analysis by Niels Pacheco-Barrios, Vivian D. B. Gagliardi, Roberta R. Grudtner, Iloba Gabriel Njokanma, Ben Illigens, John D. Rolston, Felipe Fregni, Kevin Pacheco-Barrios

“…However, significant differences (<i>p</i>-value < 0.05) emerged in motor symptom severity, coping strategies, and several SF-36 domains (Physical and Social Functioning, Role Functioning, Energy/Fatigue, Pain, General Health, and Health Change). …”
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Do women prefer more complex music around ovulation? by Benjamin D Charlton, Piera Filippi, W Tecumseh Fitch

“…Our results indicate that women prefer more complex music in general; however, we found no evidence that their preference for more complex music increased around ovulation. …”
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Natural Gomesin-like Peptides with More Selective Antifungal Activities by Ilia A. Bolosov, Ekaterina I. Finkina, Ivan V. Bogdanov, Victoria N. Safronova, Pavel V. Panteleev, Tatiana V. Ovchinnikova

“…<b>Background</b>: Antimicrobial peptides are generally considered promising drug candidates for combating resistant bacterial infections. …”
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Efficient estimation in ZIP models with applications to count data by Nurul N. Mohamad, Ibrahim Mohamed, Ng Kok-Haur, Mohd S. Yahya

“…Results show that the estimators derived from QEF method, which uses information from combined estimating functions, is more informative than linear estimating functions (LEF) method that only uses information from component estimating functions. …”
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Correlation of atorvastatin with subjective memory deficits: a study from the NHANES and FAERS databases by Hao Zhang, Hua Huang, Panli Zhao

“…This finding indicates that while atorvastatin may not generally increase the risk of memory loss, some patients may still experience these side effects.ConclusionThis study integrated data from NHANES and FAERS to provide a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between atorvastatin and memory function. …”
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Brain Mechanisms and Reading Remediation: More Questions Than Answers by Kristen Pammer

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