Analysis of quality of life of rectal cancer patients after transanal total mesorectal excision and laparoscopic total mesorectal excision: a retrospective cohort study by CHEN Jiayu, LI Yue, CHEN Fan, LI Yuxue, FENG Shidong, HUANG Qi, LI Dawei, LIAO Zhiwei

“…Analysis of EORCT QLQ-C30 results indicated equivalent overall quality of life between the two groups; however, the TaTME group reported significantly more severe insomnia (P=0.020). No significant differences were observed in LARS severity or total scores between the groups, though the TaTME group demonstrated superior functional outcomes in terms of incontinence for liquid stools and clustering of stools (P=0.007, P=0.004). …”
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Study on Heat Transfer of Fluid in a Porous Media by VOF Method with Fractal Reconstruction by Shuai Liu, Qingyong Zhu, Wenjun Xu

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Multiplicity of weak solutions in double phase Kirchhoff elliptic problems with Neumann conditions by Ahmed Ahmed, Mohamed Saad Bouh Elemine Vall, Salah Boulaaras

“…Ricceri, which extends a more general variational principle, we confirm the existence of countless weak solutions for this complex system. …”
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Efficacy and safety of obinutuzumab in primary membranous nephropathy: a real-world retrospective study by Xi Cheng, Zhen-feng Zheng, Yan Qi, Xin Cao, Xi-qian Gao, Ying-xin Fang, Li Wei, Wen-ya Shang, Tie-kun Yan, Jun-ya Jia, Peng-cheng Xu, Qiu-hua Gu

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Renal hyperfiltration is associated with a reduced incidence of hypertension in individuals younger than 70 by Hee-Jung Ha, Min Kyoung Kang, Jeong Hwa Kim, Youn-Hee Choi, Tae-Jin Song

“…The eGFR levels, determined by applying the 2009 Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation, were employed to evaluate the renal function. An incidence of hypertension was confirmed when a diagnosis of (primary or secondary) hypertension (International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 codes I10-I11) was noted at least once per year during outpatient or inpatient care with a prescription for antihypertensive medication or at least one more surpassing 140/90 mmHg from a health examination after the index date after excluding diagnosis of secondary hypertension. …”
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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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Relationship Between Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Different Time in Target Glucose Range in Elderly Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Yang P, Liu S, Li L

“…Elderly T2DM patients in the low-TIR group were more susceptible to impaired brain function, which presented mainly as abnormal reduction in and activation of functional activity in some temporal lobes, frontal lobes, and occipital lobes in the resting state, and more significant when glycemic control is poorer.Keywords: type 2 diabetes mellitus, time in range, resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging, low-frequency fluctuation, fractional low-frequency fluctuation, regional homogeneity…”
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A Look Back at The 2011 Arab Revolts The Last Wave of Democratization, A Function of Capitalism, or A Challenge to Neoliberalism? A Multi-Factor Analysis by Nurullah Ardıç

“…These include people’s reactions to inequality, lack of economic opportunities, and their demand for economic justice on the one hand, and their more general aspirations for social and political liberties and justice on the other. …”
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TOPICAL ISSUES OF CLINICAL APPLICATION OF SPIROMETRY by M. D. Lunina, V. S. Nikiforov, N. G. Yakovleva, N. S. Baliasina

“…Despite general availability, safety, modern computer equipment and also despite increase in quantity of respiratory organ’s diseases, the spirometry is applied more rarely than other diagnostic techniques that used in practice of the doctor. …”
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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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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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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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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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The association between metabolic syndrome components and cognitive function in community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults: the first wave result of a cohort study by Hsin-Yeong Yen, Yi‑Hsuan Lin, Yen-Feng Wang, Jong-Ling Fuh, Shuu-Jiun Wang, Harn-Shen Chen, Shu-Chiung Chiang, Sih-Rong Li, Ming-Hwai Lin, Tzeng-Ji Chen, Shinn-Jang Hwang, Hsiao-Ting Chang

“…Associations between MetS and cognitive function were analyzed by multivariate logistic regression. …”
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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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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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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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