Structural and Functional Connectivity of Thermal Refuges in a Desert City: Impacts of Climate Change and Urbanization on Desert Wildlife by Amy E. Frazier, Brian Sehner, Barira Rashid

“…Results show that thermal refuge patches have been shrinking and becoming more fragmented over the past 35 years, with connectivity also declining over the same period. …”
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Acupuncture for Adults with Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome or Functional Diarrhea: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Jianbo Guo, Xiaoxiao Xing, Jiani Wu, Hui Zhang, Yongen Yun, Zongshi Qin, Qingyong He

“…To evaluate the clinical effectiveness and safety of acupuncture therapy in the treatment of diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D) or functional diarrhea (FD) in adults. Method. Five electronic databases—PubMed, EMBASE, CNKI, VIP, and Wanfang—were searched, respectively, until June 8, 2020. …”
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Visual Function and Patient Satisfaction with Multifocal Intraocular Lenses in Patients with Glaucoma and Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Carmen Sánchez-Sánchez, Laureano A. Rementería-Capelo, Beatriz Puerto, Cristina López-Caballero, Aida Morán, José María Sánchez-Pina, Inés Contreras

“…Purpose. To report visual function and self-reported satisfaction of patients with glaucoma and dry age-related macular degeneration (dAMD) implanted with multifocal intraocular lenses (MIOL). …”
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Structural succession and functional changes in the river ecosystem of the Yellow River estuary under the influence of ecological restoration measures by Wang Yiping, Yuan Longhu, Lu Yongjun, Zeng Yuhong, Liu Huaixiang

“…Concurrently, functional groups became more interconnected, resulting in a more complex food web structure. …”
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Frontal Cognitive Function and Memory in Parkinson’s Disease: Toward a Distinction between Prospective and Declarative Memory Impairments? by A. I. Tröster, J. A. Fields

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A Grey CES Production Function Model and Its Application in Calculating the Contribution Rate of Economic Growth Factors by Maolin Cheng

“…In this paper, we propose a grey CES production function that can eliminate the random fluctuations of data and make the estimated parameters more reasonable, and this model can reflect the relationship between inputs and outputs more accurately. …”
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Functional Neurological Disorders in Children: A Clinical Case Series of 196 Patients in a National Specialist Service by Isabella Conti, Paul Harris, Amin Elmubarak, Joyita Sinha, Benjamin Baig

“…Aims: Functional Neurological Disorders (FND) are common but poorly understood causes of disabling symptoms including limb weakness, seizures, fatigue and memory difficulties. …”
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The Impact of Pelvic Floor Muscle Strengthening on the Functional State of Women Who Have Experienced OASIS After Childbirth by Atėnė Simanauskaitė, Justina Kačerauskienė, Dalia Regina Railaitė, Eglė Bartusevičienė

“…UI affected women in the control group more often (<i>p</i> = 0.019). Two years after delivery, gas incontinence was mentioned significantly more frequently in the case group (<i>p</i> = 0.019). …”
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A context aware multiclass loss function for semantic segmentation with a focus on intricate areas and class imbalances by Zahra Ghanaei, Modjtaba Rouhani

“…Abstract Image segmentation models play an important role in many machine vision systems by providing a more interpretable representation of images to computers. …”
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Modest functional diversity decline and pronounced composition shifts of microbial communities in a mixed waste-contaminated aquifer by Yupeng Fan, Dongyu Wang, Joy X. Yang, Daliang Ning, Zhili He, Ping Zhang, Andrea M. Rocha, Naijia Xiao, Jonathan P. Michael, Katie F. Walker, Dominique C. Joyner, Chongle Pan, Michael W. W. Adams, Matthew W. Fields, Eric J. Alm, David A. Stahl, Terry C. Hazen, Paul D. Adams, Adam P. Arkin, Jizhong Zhou

“…Compared to taxonomic and phylogenetic compositions, environmental variables played a more significant role in shaping functional gene composition, suggesting that niche selection could be more closely related to microbial functionality than taxonomy. …”
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Relationship of chronic low back pain intensity with functional activity, stress and quality of life in working-age adults by M.A. Ovdii, I.V. Cherepenko, A.M. Tsyhanok, A.M. Dmytrenko, R.А. Kravets

“…There was a significant association between pain intensity and age, smoking, sleep disturbance, sedentary work for more than 6 hours, higher stress levels, impaired functioning and lower quality of life.…”
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Interaction effect between sleep duration and dynapenic abdominal obesity for predicting functional disability: A longitudinal study by Wenjin Han, Tianmeng Wang, Zhiqiang He, Yaping Wang, Caihua Wang, Shuangyan Lei, Xiaoqin Wang, Ronghua Wang

“…Individuals with short sleep duration and D/AO (appropriate but short: RR = 1.42, 95% CI = 1.10–1.82, too short sleep: RR = 1.54, 95% CI = 1.16–2.06), long sleep duration and D/AO (appropriate but long: RR = 1.61, 95% CI = 1.11–2.33; too long: RR = 1.63, 95% CI = 1.15–2.32), were more likely to develop functional disability than those with normal sleep duration and ND/NAO in the fully adjusted model. …”
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Pupil size as a biomarker of cognitive (dys)functions: Toward a physiologically informed screening of mental states by Serena Castellotti, Elisa Castaldi, Elvio Blini, Roberto Arrighi

“…We finally conclude by arguing that measuring pupil size has the potential to complement more traditional, but coarse assessment methods, to return a more graded, objective, and physiologically informed picture of cognitive functioning.…”
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Changes in the health status and functional outcomes in acute traumatic hand injury patients, during physical therapy treatment by Rebecca John, Chhaya V Verma

“…Results: At end of 6 months, among eight subscales of SF-36, there is improvement in mean scores of physical functioning (39.1%). The bodily pain, general health, vitality, social function, and mental health had more than 100% improvement. …”
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Tazul Tajuddin’s Opera Serikandi Nusantara: The Diminution of Functional Tonality and Its Symbolic Role from an Esthesis Perspective by Mohd Adam Masumi, Tazul Izan Tajuddin

“…Consequently, this kind of treatment expands the possibility of conveying a more abstract level of emotional expression and dramatic effects throughout the opera. …”
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Effect of microbial diversity and their functions on soil nutrient cycling in the rhizosphere zone of Dahongpao mother tree and cutting Dahongpao by Xiaoli Jia, Lei Hong, Lei Hong, Yulin Wang, Qi Zhang, Yuhua Wang, Miao Jia, Yangxin Luo, Tingting Wang, Jianghua Ye, Haibin Wang, Haibin Wang

“…There were eight characteristic microorganisms that significantly differed between MD and PD rhizosphere soils, and the results of functional analysis showed that MD rhizosphere soil microorganisms had higher carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus biotransformation capacity, were more conducive to the accumulation and release of nutrients in the soil, and were more conducive to the promotion of tea tree growth. …”
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CORRELATION OF STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OF LEFT VENTRICLE WITH AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING DATA IN PATIENTS WITH ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION by O. M. Khromtsova, M. V. Arkhipov

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Influence of losartan on structural and functional remodelling of cardiovascular system in comorbidity of chronic obstructive lung disease and arterial hypertension by V. A. Nikitin, L. V. Vasilieva, E. V. Gosteva, L. V. Pishnograeva

“…Patients with normal BPV had concentric hypertrophy type of LV and moderate diastolic dysfunction of LV mostly with relaxation disorder, but in COPD+AH with higher BPV patients there were more prominent structural and geometric LV disorders with tendency to eccentric LV hypertrophy, as more significant diastolic function disorders with the part of patients having pseudonormal diastolic dysfunction type.Conclusion. …”
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CLINICAL AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS AFTER Q-WAVE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION DEPENDING ON THE METABOLIC SYNDROME PRESENCE OR ABSENCE by R. D. Kurbanov, N. U. Zakirov, N. B. Sayfiddinova, G. U. Mullabaeva, G. A. Nagaeva, Yu. G. Kevorkova

“…To study the clinical and functional parameters of patients after acute Q-wave myocardial infarction (Q-MI) depending on the concomitant metabolic syndrome (MS). …”
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Changes in the health status and functional outcomes in acute traumatic hand injury patients, during physical therapy treatment by Rebecca John, Chhaya V. Verma

“…Results: At end of 6 months, among eight subscales of SF-36, there is improvement in mean scores of physical functioning (39.1%). The bodily pain, general health, vitality, social function, and mental health had more than 100% improvement. …”
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