Distribution of hand function by age in individuals with Rett syndrome by Jeffrey L. Neul, Tim A. Benke, Eric D. Marsh, Jane B. Lane, David N. Lieberman, Steven A. Skinner, Daniel G. Glaze, Bernhard Suter, Peter T. Heydemann, Arthur A. Beisang, Shannon M. Standridge, Robin C. C. Ryther, Richard H. Haas, Lloyd J. Edwards, Amitha Ananth, Alan K. Percy

“…Specific differences are noted with steeper declines in hand function among those with milder variants (Group A: R133C, R294X, R306C, and C‐terminal truncations) compared with groups composed of individuals with more severe variants. …”
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Noninvasive Quantification of Nausea Severity in Pediatric Functional Nausea by Nicole D. Muszynski, Suseela Somarajan, Jordan D. Busing, Alexandra C. Russell, Sari A. Acra, Leonard A. Bradshaw

“…Background and Aims: Functional nausea is an idiopathic gastrointestinal disorder that is common in children, carries a substantial health-care cost, and lacks objective diagnostic testing, relying primarily on symptomatology with an otherwise normal diagnostic workup. …”
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Reduction of Glucocorticoid Receptor Function in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Megan Lynn, Laura Maclachlan, Andreas Finkelmeyer, James Clark, James Locke, Stephen Todryk, Wan-Fai Ng, Julia L. Newton, Stuart Watson

“…Cortisol levels, before or after dex, did not differ between CFS and HCs. Cortisol levels were more variable in CFS than HCs. In the combined group (CFS plus HC), cortisol concentrations positively and ex vivo GR function (determined by dex-mediated suppression of IL-10) negatively correlated with childhood adversity score. …”
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Clinical Evaluation of Various Thyroid Hormones on Thyroid Function by Hong Li, Xiaolan Yuan, Lu Liu, Jiaojiao Zhou, Chunyan Li, Peng Yang, Le Bu, Manna Zhang, Shen Qu

“…To clarify the clinical value of serums total triiodothyronine (TT3), total thyroxine (TT4), free triiodothyronine (FT3), and free thyroxine (FT4) and provide a more eligible and economic strategy to assess thyroid function. …”
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Dynamics of neutrophil phenotype and function in sickle cell disease by Aafke E. Gaartman, Aafke E. Gaartman, Lydian A. de Ligt, Lydian A. de Ligt, Lydian A. de Ligt, Boukje M. Beuger, Anton T. J. Tool, Martijn Veldthuis, Taco W. Kuijpers, Taco W. Kuijpers, Rob van Zwieten, Bart J. Biemond, Robin van Bruggen, Erfan Nur, Erfan Nur

“…IntroductionWhile sickle cell disease (SCD) is primarily acknowledged as an erythrocyte disorder, emerging evidence suggests a role for altered neutrophil phenotype and function in SCD pathophysiology and disease severity. …”
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Water Conservation Function of Artificial Forests in Kubuqi Desert by Han Qingchi, Wang Haichao, Sun Kai, Pei Zhiyong, Wang Han, Su Xiaoming, Yang Jianjun, Chen Hongwei

“…[Conclusion] Construction of future artificial shelterbelts in desert regions should prioritize the cultivation of mixed forests, and a more scientific plan for the return of sand to forests should be developed by considering differences in the water conservation function between tree species.…”
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Developmental patterns of white matter functional networks in neonates by Yuhan Wang, Ningning Pan, Zhuoshuo Li, Yating Wang, Ruoqing Chen, Zhicong Fang, Minmin Pan, Hongzhuang Li, Ke Fang, Xiaorui Wu, Mengting Liu, Xinting Ge

“…In recent years, the development of neonatal brain networks has become a research focus, with traditional studies primarily emphasizing gray matter (GM) functional networks. This study systematically explores the developmental characteristics of white matter (WM) functional networks in neonates. …”
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Renal Function in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients in Mongolia by Gantogtokh Dashjamts, Amin-Erdene Ganzorig, Yumchinsuren Tsedendorj, Ankhzaya Batsaikhan, Dolgion Daramjav, Enkhmend Khayankhyarvaa, Bolor Ulziitsogt, Otgongerel Nergui, Nomin-Erdene Davaasuren, Ganchimeg Dondov, Tegshjargal Badamjav, Tulgaa Lonjid, Chung-Feng Huang, Tzu-Chun Lin, Batbold Batsaikhan, Chia-Yen Dai

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> Our study showed that HCV infection leads to kidney function loss. In addition, older age, obesity, and severe liver fibrosis contribute to kidney function decline.…”
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Domain‐Specific and Domain‐General Functional Brain Alterations in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Task‐Based and Functional Connectivity Meta‐Analysis by Valentino Marcel Tahamata, Yang‐Teng Fan, Li Wei, Yen‐Nung Lin, Roger Marcelo Martinez, Kah Kheng Goh, Yu‐Chun Chen, Chenyi Chen

“…ABSTRACT Introduction Patients with Type 2 diabetes experience cognitive and affective deficits linked to widespread functional brain alterations. However, previous meta‐analyses of functional neuroimaging have primarily focused on the resting‐state studies. …”
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Fusion genes in cancers: Biogenesis, functions, and therapeutic implications by Haiqiong Tang, Qiu Peng, Linda Oyang, Shiming Tan, Xianjie Jiang, Zongyao Ren, Xuemeng Xu, Mengzhou Shen, Haofan Li, Mingjing Peng, Longzheng Xia, Wenjuan Yang, Shizhen Li, Jiewen Wang, Yaqian Han, Nayiyuan Wu, Yanyan Tang, Jinguan Lin, Qianjin Liao, Yujuan Zhou

“…In recent years, the advent of sequencing technology and bioinformatics has led to the discovery of more fusion genes associated with specific types of tumors. …”
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A Comparative Study on the Double Prior for Reliability Kumaraswamy Distribution with Numerical Solution by Abraheem et al.

“…Kumaraswamy (1976, 1978) showed well known probability distribution functions such as the normal, beta and log-normal but in (1980) Kumaraswamy developed a more general probability density function for double bounded random processes, which is known as Kumaraswamy’s distribution. …”
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Aux/IAAs: specificity and redundancy by Qiming Wen, Qian Gong, Huaying Yu, Panyu Yang

“…Loss- and gain-of-function mutants have been instrumental in dissecting the roles of individual Aux/IAAs. …”
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EFFECTS OF AMLODIPINE, FOSINOPRIL AND METOPROLOL ON HEMODYNAMICS IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS by A. L. Hohlov, M. I. Shunikova, A. Yu. Sosnin, I. N. Kagramanyan, L. A. Lisenkova

“…Amlodipine, fosinopril and metoprolol had similar antihypertensive effect. Amlodipine was more effective in comparison with fosinopril and metoprolol in reduction of left ventricular (LV) myocardial mass and improving of LV diastolic function. …”
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Prevalence of Thyroid Function Abnormalities and Its Association with Physical Fatigue in First-Year Medical Students by Arindam Ghosh, Debdeep Dasgupta, Susumna Biswas

“…Female students were found to be having more thyroid function abnormalities as compared to male students and the difference was found to be statistically significant (p=0.0109).  …”
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Effects of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) versus moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) on cardiopulmonary function, body composition, and physical function in canc... by Chenggen Peng, Ming Hu, Linlin Yang, Zhichao Yuan

“…However, long-term health management challenges—such as reduced cardiopulmonary function, cancer-related fatigue, and metabolic dysregulation—remain formidable. …”
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Effects of Exoskeleton Robots on Balance and Lower Limb Function of Patients with Stroke： A Meta-Analysis by PENG Xiaoke, ZHAO Guoshun, HAN Shiyu, DONG Anqin

“…Subgroup analysis of FMA-LE scores showed that, when gait training duration was≤30 minutes, FMA-LE score in the experimental group after treatment was significantly higher than the control group [<italic>WMD</italic>=2.29, 95% <italic>CI</italic>=(1.35,2.23), <italic>Z</italic>=4.78, <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001]; when gait training duration was &gt;30 minutes, there was no statistically significant difference in FMA-LE scores between the two groups [<italic>WMD</italic>=2.45, 95% <italic>CI</italic>=(-1.04, 5.94), <italic>Z</italic>=1.38, <italic>P</italic>=0.169]; when the intervention period was ≤4 weeks, FMA-LE score in the experimental group after treatment was significantly higher than the control group [<italic>WMD</italic>=1.96, 95% <italic>CI</italic>=(0.71, 3.22), <italic>Z</italic>=2.43, <italic>P</italic>=0.002]; when the intervention period was &gt;4 weeks, FMA-LE score in the experimental group after treatment was significantly higher than the control group [<italic>WMD</italic>=2.66, 95% <italic>CI</italic>=(1.35, 3.97), <italic>Z</italic>=2.77, <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001].ConclusionExoskeleton robot training can effectively improve balance and lower limb motor function of patients with stroke, and the improvement effect of short-term exoskeleton robot training is more obvious.…”
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On regular variation of entire Dirichlet series by P. V. Filevych, O. B. Hrybel

“…In the present article we prove that the exponents of entire Dirichlet series with the same property can form an arbitrary sequence $\lambda=(\lambda_n)_{n=0}^\infty$ not satisfying $\omega(\lambda)<C(\rho)$. More precisely, if $\omega(\lambda)\ge C(\rho)$, then there exists a regularly varying function $\Phi(\sigma)$ with index $\rho$ such that, for an arbitrary positive function $l(\sigma)$ on $[a,+\infty)$, there exists an entire Dirichlet series $F$ with the exponents $\lambda_n$, for which $\ln \mu(\sigma, F)\sim\Phi(\sigma)$ as $\sigma\to+\infty$ and $M(\sigma,F)\ge l(\sigma)$ for all $\sigma\ge\sigma_0$.…”
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Seasonal stem growth analysis shows early stem growth of Miscanthus from high latitudes yields more biomass but stem traits negatively interact to limit seasonal growth by Paul R. H. Robson, Sarah Hawkins, Christopher L. Davey, John C. Clifton-Brown, Gancho Slavov

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Functionally sequenced scanpath similarity method (FuncSim): Comparing and evaluating scanpath similarity based on a task’s inherent sequence of functional (action) units by Rebecca M. Foerster, Werner X. Schneider

“…The extended method, here called “functionally sequenced scanpath similarity method (FuncSim)” reveals whether gaze characteristics are similar in the same functional units of a task, opposed to when participants are engaged in different functional units. …”
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The Role of Polar Functional Groups of the Special Pair on the Excites States in Terms of the Dielectric Environment: Screened Range Separated Time-Dependent Density Functional The... by Zühra Güneş, Murat Ertürk, Fehime Hayal Geçit, Hüseyin Aksu

“…It is found that the PFGs play a dielectric medium in which the side PFGs interact strongly with the incoming light, and this interaction contributes to the wave function of excited states. Results reveal that conformer structure due to side groups has more influence on transition dipole moment (TDM) and thus on the electronic excitations. …”
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