Characterization of human living myocardial slices culture-induced adaptations: a translational perspective by Jort S.A. van der Geest, Ernest Diez Benavente, Willem B. van Ham, Pieter A. Doevendans, Linda W. van Laake, Teun P. de Boer, Vasco Sampaio-Pinto, Joost P.G. Sluijter

“…This study aims to characterize adaptations occurring in human living myocardial slices (LMS) during ex vivo culture.During culture, LMS demonstrated progressive enhancements in contractile function including stronger force generation, reduced diastolic tension, and faster contraction-relaxation kinetics. …”
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Functional BRST-invariant approach to the Siegel-Zwiebach symmetric rank-two tensor action in the critical dimension – massive gravity clues from string theory by Vipul Kumar Pandey, Ronaldo Thibes

“…We write down the complete Green's functions generating functional, including the auxiliary fields and ghosts sectors. …”
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Sex differences and age-related changes of large-scale brain networks by Shujun Zhang, Meiqin Li, Anqiang Chen, Liping Jiang, Hao Yu, Yueqin Chen

“…Abstract Background Previous studies have identified sex differences in brain structure, function, and connectivity. However, the sex differences and age-related changes at the large-scale brain network level remain unclear. …”
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The cross‐sectional association of cognitive stimulation factors and cognitive function among Latino adults in Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) by Priscilla M. Vásquez, Wassim Tarraf, Adit Doza, Maria J. Marquine, Krista M. Perreira, Neil Schneiderman, Donglin Zeng, Jianwen Cai, Carmen R. Isasi, Martha L. Daviglus, Hector M. González

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ARID1A alterations function as a biomarker for longer progression-free survival after anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy by Razelle Kurzrock, Ryosuke Okamura, Shumei Kato, Suzanna Lee, Rebecca E Jimenez, Jason K Sicklick

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Effects of sumac aqueous extract along with eating and drinking modification on functional dyspepsia symptoms in comparison with omeprazole: An open-label, randomized, controlled c... by Mahdi Saravani, Zahra memariani, Nasser Behnampour, Mohammadreza Seyyedmajidi, fatemeh kolangi

“…Objective: Functional dyspepsia (FD), a common gastrointestinal problem. …”
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A comparative framework to develop transferable species distribution models for animal telemetry data by Joshua A. Cullen, Camila Domit, Margaret M. Lamont, Christopher D. Marshall, Armando J. B. Santos, Christopher R. Sasso, Mehsin Al Ansi, Kristen M. Hart, Mariana M. P. B. Fuentes

“…The comparative framework presented here may be applied to a variety of species, ecological datasets (e.g., presence‐only, presence‐absence, mark‐recapture), and modeling frameworks (e.g., resource selection functions, step selection functions, occupancy models) to generate transferable predictions of species–habitat associations. …”
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Relation-Theoretic Boyd–Wong Contractions of Pant Type with an Application to Boundary Value Problems by Doaa Filali, Faizan Ahmad Khan

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Assessing functional suitability of a lyophilized formulation containing designed ankyrin repeat proteins for radionuclide imaging of HER2/neu overexpression in malignant tumors by R. N. Varvashenya, A. A. Prach, E. V. Plotnikov, S. M. Deev, M. V. Belousov, M. S. Larkina, V. I. Chernov

“…To study in vitro and in vivo the functional suitability of 99mTc-labeled lyophilized formulation containing designed ankyrin repeat protein (DARPin) G3-(GGGS)3Cys for radionuclide imaging of HER2/neu overexpression in malignant tumors.Materials and methods. …”
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Patient Preferences and Functional Outcomes of Forearm Crutches vs Hands-Free Single Crutches After Foot and Ankle Surgery: A Randomized Crossover Trial by Vincent Georg Werner MD, Christian Plaass MD, Sarah Ettinger MD, Leif Claassen MD, Anna Altemeier-Sasse MD, Lars-Rene Tuecking MD, Kiriakos Daniilidis MD, Daiwei Yao MD

“…Younger and male patients generally performed better with HFSCs, whereas female, older, and overweight patients faced more challenges. …”
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Exploration of virulence and immune evasion functions of the candidate vaccine antigen SpyAD in the globally disseminated M1T1 group A Streptococcus strain by Alexandra Stream, Samira Dahesh, Lamar Thomas, Nina J. Gao, Elisabet Bjånes, Kalisa Kang, Truman Koh, Neeraj Kapoor, Victor Nizet

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Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor may contribute to spondyloarthritis development in HLA-B27 transgenic rat by affecting conventional dendritic cells function by Amel Ait Ali Said, Chiara Rizzo, Hendrick Mambu Mambueni, Félicie Costantino, Maxime Breban, Simon Glatigny

“…Serum levels of granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), a key growth factor for DC generation and functions, are significantly increased during SpA. …”
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Examination of Psychotropic Medication Use Following Outpatient Behavioral Assessment and Treatment by Maria G. Valdovinos, Melissa Trites, Janelle Ausenhus

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Chitosan and its derivatives-based nanostructures in conjunction with their versatile applications in bio-medicine for alleviating contiguous diseases by Ayesha Anwar, Ayesha Anwar, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Farooq Warsi, Ibrahim A. Alsafari, Roberto Parra-Saldívar, Roberto Parra-Saldívar, Guadalupe Gutiérrez-Soto, Hafiz M. N. Iqbal

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Determination of the Stage of Periodontitis with 20 ng/mL Cut-Off aMMP-8 Mouth Rinse Test and Polynomial Functions in a Mobile Application by Miika Penttala, Timo Sorsa, Julie Toby Thomas, Andreas Grigoriadis, Dimitra Sakellari, Vaibhav Sahni, Shipra Gupta, Pirjo Pärnänen, Tommi Pätilä, Ismo T. Räisänen

“…Third, one more function was created that divided stage II and III patients from each other. …”
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Effects of VR task-oriented training combined with rTMS on balance function and brain plasticity in stroke patients: a randomized controlled trial study protocol by Yuanyuan Liu, Ruizhu Lin, Xinbao Tian, Junyi Wang, Ying Tao, Ning Zhu

“…Our hypothesis suggests that the integration of VR with rTMS may result in more pronounced improvements in both balance function and neuroplasticity among stroke patients, surpassing the outcomes achievable with VR alone, rTMS alone, or traditional therapy. …”
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Understanding parents’ experiences of disease course and influencing factors: a 3-year follow-up qualitative study among parents of children with functional abdominal pain by Mette Brekke, Anne Brodwall

“…Objective Functional abdominal pain is a common symptom in children and adolescents. …”
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A Study on the Neurological Mechanisms of the Impact of Different Dialysis Methods on Brain Structure and Functional Network Dynamic Reorganization in Patients With End‐Stage Renal... by Hui Han, Huijuan Chen, Ying Zhang, Jiali Wei

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A new Maxwell-Log logistic distribution and its applications for mortality rate data by Uthumporn Panitanarak, Aliyu Ismail Ishaq, Alfred Adewole Abiodun, Hanita Daud, Ahmad Abubakar Suleiman

“…We discussed some essential properties of the Max-LL distribution, including moments, moment generating function, probability weighted moments, stress-strength, and order statistics. …”
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Life after Adolescent and Adult Moderate and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Self-Reported Executive, Emotional, and Behavioural Function 2–5 Years after Injury by Torun Gangaune Finnanger, Alexander Olsen, Toril Skandsen, Stian Lydersen, Anne Vik, Kari Anne I. Evensen, Cathy Catroppa, Asta K. Håberg, Stein Andersson, Marit S. Indredavik

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