A Risk-Informed Design Framework for Functional Safety System Design of Human–Robot Collaboration Applications by Jing Wu, Junru Ren, Ole Ravn, Lazaros Nalpantidis

“…The functional requirements derived from F-CHIA are more systematic than traditional methods and serve as effective inputs for functional safety analysis in human–robot collaboration applications. …”
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Health Benefits of Pomegranate (Peel & Juice) and Preparation of Functional Pomegranate Drink Using Probiotic Lactobacillus Plantarum by Mai, M.M. Naeem

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Factorial scope of ingestion and the potential functional response of puff adders (Bitis arietans) to high prey abundance by Graham J. Alexander

“…This suggests that a puff adder with a high initial body condition index could fast for more than 2 years. The extreme flexibility of puff adder feeding biology suggests that this species has a significant functional response to high prey abundance, and this response is likely to be much more profound than the functional response of mammalian predators. …”
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Genetic risk predicts adolescent mood pathology via sexual differentiation of brain function and physiological aging by Raluca Petrican, Alex Fornito, Christopher Murgatroyd, Emma Boyland, Charlotte A. Hardman

“…Thus, a focus on regional sexual differentiation of brain function, instead of holistic sex-based categorization, could be more useful for understanding psychiatric conditions, such as mood and behavioural disorders, to which males and females are differentially vulnerable. …”
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Understanding the complex function of gut microbiota: its impact on the pathogenesis of obesity and beyond: a comprehensive review by Aref Yarahmadi, Hamed Afkhami, Ali Javadi, Mojtaba Kashfi

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Perfusion Deficits and Functional Connectivity Alterations in Memory-Related Regions of Patients with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. by Yang Liu, Baojuan Li, Na Feng, Huangsheng Pu, Xi Zhang, Hongbing Lu, Hong Yin

“…By using altered CBF regions as regions-of-interest, seed-based functional connectivity analysis was then performed. …”
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Functional Constipation and Constipation-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome in the General Population: Data from the GECCO Study by Paul Enck, Johannes Leinert, Menno Smid, Thorsten Köhler, Juliane Schwille-Kiuntke

“…The prevalence of constipation in the (German) population has been shown to be 14.9% in a telephone survey, but more detailed data are required to characterize the sociographics and clinical characteristics of persons with different types of functional constipation, either constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-C) or functional constipation with or without meeting Rome criteria. …”
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The Individual Variations in Sperm Quality of High-Fertility Boars Impact the Offspring Production and Early Physiological Functions by Santa María Toledo-Guardiola, Chiara Luongo, Felipe Martínez-Pastor, Cristina Soriano-Úbeda, Carmen Matás

“…Notably, sperm velocity was correlated with mitochondrial function, which is crucial for sperm motility, capacitation, DNA integrity, and embryo development—factors likely linked to healthier, more resilient offspring. …”
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Quality of life, functional impairment and healthcare experiences of patients with irritable bowel syndrome in Norway: an online survey by Magdy El-Salhy, Mads Johansson, Miriam Klevstul, Jan Gunnar Hatlebakk

“…About half of the patients had to discuss their abdominal symptoms with their general practitioner (GP) more than 10 times and wait more than 1 years before being diagnosed. …”
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A role for transcription factor GTF2IRD2 in executive function in Williams-Beuren syndrome. by Melanie A Porter, Carol Dobson-Stone, John B J Kwok, Peter R Schofield, William Beckett, May Tassabehji

“…A multi-level analysis of cognitive, behavioural and psychological functioning in WBS patients showed that those with slightly larger deletions encompassing GTF2IRD2 were significantly more cognitively impaired in the areas of spatial functioning, social reasoning, and cognitive flexibility (a form of executive functioning). …”
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Gain-of-function mutations in the K(ATP) channel (KCNJ11) impair coordinated hand-eye tracking. by James S McTaggart, Ned Jenkinson, John-Stuart Brittain, Siri A W Greeley, Andrew T Hattersley, Frances M Ashcroft

“…In this task, iDEND patients incurred more discrepancy errors (p = 0.009) and more velocity errors (p= 0.009) than controls.…”
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Endothelial functional activity and circadian blood pressure dynamics in hypertensive patients treated with angiotensin receptor antagonists by N. G. Poteshkina, G. B. Selivanova, T. Zh. Zhalsaraev

“…The beneficial effects on CBPP and endothelial functional activity were more pronounced for candesartan, compared to losartan.…”
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Relationship between the level of asthma control, lung function and bronchodilator response in asthmatic children on inhaled corticosteroids by Javier Mallol, Viviana Aguirre-Camposano, Alejandro Gallardo, Pablo Córdova

“…It also explored the role of lung function (LF) tests, including spirometry and bronchodilator response (BDR), in identifying uncontrolled asthma. …”
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The value of radioimmunoassay for urinary renal function in evaluation of the development of diabetic kidney disease in type 2 diabetes by Zong Shu, Zhang Ming

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Impact of ghrelin on body composition and muscle function in a long-term rodent model of critical illness. by Neil E Hill, Kevin G Murphy, Saima Saeed, Rahul Phadke, Darren Chambers, Duncan R Wilson, Stephen J Brett, Mervyn Singer

“…Ghrelin-treated rats ate more food and gained more body mass than controls. …”
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How doctors generate diagnostic hypotheses: a study of radiological diagnosis with functional magnetic resonance imaging. by Marcio Melo, Daniel J Scarpin, Edson Amaro, Rodrigo B D Passos, João R Sato, Karl J Friston, Cathy J Price

“…Nevertheless, diagnosing lesions was cognitively more demanding and associated with more activation in higher order cortical areas. …”
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Associations of temperament, family functioning with loneliness trajectories in patients with breast cancer: a longitudinal observational study by Chunyan He, Yang He, Yawei Lin, Yixuan Hou, Shaoyi Wang, Wei Chang

“…Patients who with education level of junior secondary and less (OR = 13.59, P = 0.002), had a melancholic temperament (OR = 12.07, P = 0.002) were more likely to be categorized in the “persistent high loneliness group”, whereas the better family functioning (OR = 0.60, P < 0.001) and choleric temperament (OR = 0.16, P = 0.025) of the patients were more likely to be categorized in the “persistent low loneliness group”. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 infection impairs oculomotor functions: A longitudinal eye-tracking study by Xiaoting Duan, Zehao Huang, Shuai Zhang, Gancheng Zhu, Rong Wang, Zhiguo Wang

“…Future studies should employ a more balanced research design and leverage advanced machine-learning methods to comprehensively investigate the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on oculomotor functions. …”
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Infection Risks With Thymoglobulin Use for Delayed Graft Function in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation: Research Letter by Mathew Kunthara, Greg A Knoll, David Massicotte-Azarniouch

“…Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) is often used when delayed graft function (DGF) occurs post-transplantation. The ATG may be associated with an increased risk of infections but may also decrease rejection risk in high-immunological risk recipients. …”
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Functional outcome predictors and recanalization in cerebral venous thrombosis: A single-center cross-sectional study by Rizwana Shahid, Azra Zafar

“…Age was significantly higher in patients having poor FOC as compared to those having good FOC (P ≤ 0.001). Women had more likelihood to be functionally independent as compared to men (OR = 1.35, 95% CI = 1.01–1.80, P = 0.02). …”
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