Quantitative Investigation of Hand Grasp Functionality: Thumb Grasping Behavior Adapting to Different Object Shapes, Sizes, and Relative Positions by Yuan Liu, Bo Zeng, Li Jiang, Hong Liu, Dong Ming

“…All of these provide a more accurate and general basis for the design and control of the bionic thumb and novel wearable assistant robot, thumb function assessment, and rehabilitation.…”
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Prediction of Risk Behaviors in HIV-infected Patients Based on Family Functioning: The Mediating Roles of Lifestyle and Risky Decision Making by Fariba Ebrahim Babaei, Mojtaba Habibi Asgarabad, Vahid Nejati, Saeed Ghodrati, Ghasem Keshavarz Gerami

“…Background and Objective: Risk behaviors are more common in the HIV-positive patients than that in the general population. …”
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LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTIONAL STATUS DYNAMICS THROUGH VARIOUS ISCHEMIA CLINICAL COURSES AFTER AN ENDURED ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME by D. A. Shvets, S. V. Povetkin

“…Those patients with the aggravated ischemia clinic course are distinguished by more frequently repeated anginal atacks and by a higher functional class of blood circulation insufficiency. …”
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Institutional distrust and levels of functional impairment related to indoor air-associated symptoms: A Finnish population-based study by Sanna Selinheimo, Einar Eidstø, Jussi Lampi, Anniina Salmela, Juha Pekkanen

“…Distrust in social institutions was more common in IA-related questions than in general. …”
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The evidence and impact of deprescribing on sarcopenia parameters: a systematic review by Kinda Ibrahim, Natalie J. Cox, Stephen E. R. Lim, Eloise Radcliffe, Carina Lundby, Konstantinos Prokopidis, Wade Thompson, Frank Moriarty

“…Positive effects were shown on handgrip strength with two studies reporting improvements following antihypertensive or benzodiazepines discontinuation and one showing no change between admission and discharge with general deprescribing. Outcomes of deprescribing on physical function outcomes varied based on the measures used. …”
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Novice Inter-Rater Reliability on the Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA) After a 4-Hour Training Session by Brent Harper, Adrian Aron

“…# Background The Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA) is a whole-body movement classification system that identifies non-optimal movement performance requiring further assessment. …”
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Improved acid-driven inhibition of effector T cell function by a pHLIP variant-conjugated PD-L1 by Hang Zheng, Mianjing Wang, Junjuan Feng, Yuting Zhang, Haiyan Wu, Min Zhang, He Xiao, Chunxia Qiao, Jing Wang, Longlong Luo, Xinying Li, Jiannan Feng, Yuanqiang Zheng, Yi Wang, Dongsheng Sheng, Guojiang Chen

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RSTRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OF THE HEART IN PATIENTS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA SYNDROME DEPENDING ON ITS SEVERITY AND THE MAGNITUDE OF METABOLIC SYNDROME by V. V. Shchekotov, T. I. Yankina, E. V. Zhizhilev

“…In severe apnoea, there was a significant increase in abdominal adipose tissue redistribution (p = 0.005), an elevation in systolic and diastolic blood pressures and uric acid levels, progression of impaired lipid profile and insulin resistance (p < 0.05). More significant hypertrophy of the left ventricle and its reduced systolic function were recorded in severe OSAS (р < 0.05). …”
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Caputo Barrier Functions and Their Applications to the Safety, Safety-and-Stability, and Input-to-State Safety of a Class of Fractional-Order Systems by Zheren Zhu, Bingbing Shen, Le Yao, Yi Chai, Zhihuan Song

“…Safety control based on barrier functions has gradually become one of the emerging and more important directions in the field of safety. …”
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Prevalence, Risk Factors, Lung Function, and Associated Comorbidities of Adult Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry: A Meta‐Analysis by Haoyu Wang, Ruiyuan Yang, Dan Liu, Weimin Li

“…The prevalence of PRISm is high in general population, with multiple risk factors, reduced lung function, and increased comorbidities. …”
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The Experience of Observational Departments’ Functioning for Treatment of Patients with Tuberculosis from COVID-19 Contact and Convalescents after COVID-19 by E. M. Bogorodskaya, E. A. Kotova, E. L. Khristoforova, I. V. Nozdrevatykh

“…To evaluate specialized observational departments’ work as part of general anti-epidemic control measure system for COVID- 19 at tuberculosis hospitals. …”
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Prevalence, epidemiology and associated healthcare burden of Rome IV irritable bowel syndrome and functional dyspepsia in the adult population of Gibraltar by Olafur Palsson, Dénes Botond Kovács, Andrea Szekely, Andras Gabor Hubai

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Empirical Verification of the Existence and Functioning of Internal Controls in the Preparation of a Consolidated Property Balance Sheet for the State and Municipalities in Sloveni... by Jasna Ida Zafred

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Billion‐Scale Expansion of Functional hiPSC‐Derived Cardiomyocytes in Bioreactors Through Oxygen Control and Continuous Wnt Activation by Pedro Vicente, Lara R. Inocêncio, Asier Ullate‐Agote, Ana F. Louro, João Jacinto, Beatriz Gamelas, Olalla Iglesias‐García, Patxi San Martin‐Uriz, Paula Aguirre‐Ruiz, Gonzalo R. Ríos‐Muñoz, María Eugenia Fernández‐Santos, Alain vanMil, Joost P. G. Sluijter, Felipe Prósper, Manuel M Mazo Vega, Paula M. Alves, Margarida Serra

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Association of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide with cognitive function and depression in elderly people with type 2 diabetes. by Insa Feinkohl, Naveed Sattar, Paul Welsh, Rebecca M Reynolds, Ian J Deary, Mark W J Strachan, Jackie F Price, Edinburgh Type 2 Diabetes Study-ET2DS Investigators

“…Results from seven neuropsychological tests were combined in a standardised general cognitive ability factor, 'g'. A vocabulary-based test estimated pre-morbid cognitive ability. …”
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Complex Assessment of the Functional State of the Urinary System in Preclinical Studies. Part 1. Instrumental and Laboratory Assessment Methods (Review) by M. V. Miroshnikov, K. T. Sultanova, M. N. Makarova, N. M. Faustova, S. O. Khan, E. A. Loseva

“…INTRODUCTION. Functional examination of the urinary system, and particularly the kidneys, is an important challenge in preclinical studies. …”
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Risk‐Taking Facilitates Implicit Learning in Young Adults by Amanda Cremone‐Caira, Melissa A. St. Hilaire

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HLA antibodies and their value during renal transplantation by M. Sh. Khubutia, N. V. Borovkova, R. V. Storozhev, N. V. Doronina, M. V. Storozheva, A. S. Pertsev, A. V. Pinchuk

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Randomness-free detection of non-projective measurements: qubits & beyond by Sumit Rout, Some Sankar Bhattacharya, Paweł Horodecki

“…We provide numerical evidence for the robustness of this scheme under arbitrary depolarizing noise. For a more generic consideration (bipartite and tripartite scenario), we provide numerical evidence for a projective-simulable bound on the reward function for our task. …”
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Impact of some treatments on improving the nutritional, phytochemical, antioxidant, and techno-functional properties of Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) seed flours by Donald Sévérin Dangang Bossi, Saint-Victorien Ganota, Stéphano Tambo Téné, Marc Bertrand Dandji Saah, Ghislain Maffo Tazoho, Pegui Michel Kemtsop, François Zambou Ngoufack

“…To this end, Jackfruit seeds were divided into four batches: the first batch was considered as control (untreated), and others were roasted, blanched, soaked plus cooked, respectively. The chemical and functional parameters were assessed. The results showed that the treatments led to a significant reduction (p < 0.05) in protein content (18.11 to 15.93 %), lipid content (1.81 to 1.15 %), and a general decrease in anti-nutrients, while carbohydrate content (79.90 to 80.42 %) increased. …”
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