The operational municipal solid waste management policy focuses on identifying waste generation behavior across multiple levels in mega cities, a case study by Hamed Alimoradiyan, Ahmad Hajinezhad, Hossein Yousefi, Mario Giampietro

“…Moreover, developed regions produce more waste per person, attributed to higher input (consumption) and consequently higher waste generation. …”
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Impact of Resistance Training on Body Composition and Physical Function in Individuals with Down Syndrome: A Meta-Analysis by Hou-Ting Kuo, Ting-Hsu Lee, Li-An Su, Li-Yun Wu, Ping-Yan Mao, Ciao-Ci Yang

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Therapeutic Role of Green Tea on Human Body Function, Some Diseases and Weight loss: A Review by Sawsan Al-Harbi, Fouad Gatea

“…Using green tea as a health supplement has been linked to a slight improvement in general well-being. In a 2020 review, the Cochrane Collaboration identified a few potential negative effects, including gastrointestinal issues, higher levels of liver enzymes, and, more rarely, insomnia, elevated blood pressure, and skin reactions. …”
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DYNAMICS OF ELECTROPHORETIC ACTIVITY OF THE BUCCAL EPITHELIUM CELLS USING MODIFIED REMOVABLE DENTURE WITH HYDROGEL ON THE BASIS OF ADHESIVE ACTIVE POLYMER “AKRILAN-LPI” WITH ANTISE... by О. J. Кomarytsya

“…Thus, the aim of the study is an analysis of electrophoretic activity of the buccal epithelium cells with the use of modified removable denture with hydrogel on the basis of adhesive active polymer “Akrilan-LPI” with chlorhexidine bigluconate at chronic generalized periodontitis. The study included 86 patients with chronic generalized periodontitis, who needed removal of 2 and more teeth with the next orthopedic rehabilitation by removable dentures. …”
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Associations of temperament, family functioning with loneliness trajectories in patients with breast cancer: a longitudinal observational study by Chunyan He, Yang He, Yawei Lin, Yixuan Hou, Shaoyi Wang, Wei Chang

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Interferon-γ Signaling in Eosinophilic Esophagitis Affects Epithelial Barrier Function and Programmed Cell DeathSummary by Megha Lal, Caitlin M. Burk, Ravi Gautam, Zoe Mrozek, Karina E. Canziani, Tina Trachsel, Jarad Beers, Margaret C. Carroll, Duncan M. Morgan, Amanda B. Muir, Wayne G. Shreffler, Melanie A. Ruffner

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Investigating the causal pathways among psychopathological variables, cognitive impairment, and real-life functioning in people with schizophrenia by Luigi Giuliani, Francesco Sanmarchi, Armida Mucci, Paola Rucci, Edoardo Caporusso, Paola Bucci, Giulia M. Giordano, Mario Amore, Paola Rocca, Alessandro Rossi, Alessandro Bertolino, Silvana Galderisi, Mario Maj

“…State-of-the-art instruments were used to assess the study variables. Two PAGs were generated at baseline and after 4 years of follow-up to model the nature of the causal relationships linking psychopathology, cognition, and functioning. …”
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Synergistic effects of alginate oligosaccharide and cyanidin-3-O-glucoside on the amelioration of intestinal barrier function in mice by Jie Li, Yuanjie Guo, Liyuan Ma, Yixiang Liu, Chao Zou, Huiying Kuang, Bing Han, Yingliang Xiao, Yanbo Wang

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Aging modulates the immunosuppressive, polarizing and metabolic functions of blood-derived myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) by Emma Keltsch, Jennifer Greiner, Lena Wahl, Ingrid Knape, Daniel Tews, Michael Denkinger, Klaus-Michael Debatin, Gudrun Strauss

“…Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are potent inhibitors of T cell activation and function, whose induction requires chronic inflammation. …”
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Functional properties and toxicological analysis of nanocellulose-based aerogels loaded with polyphenols from Hyeronima macrocarpa berries by Andrés Felipe Alzate-Arbeláez, Farid B. Cortés, Benjamín A. Rojano

“…The differences found in samples for the different functional assays can be explained by the various types of interactions generated between the antioxidant molecules and aerogels, in the various media where the analyses are carried out. …”
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Multi-Functional Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Assisted Security Communication Systems Under Imperfect CSI of Eavesdroppers by Rui-Bao Zhang, Dian-Wu Yue, Yu Sun

“…In order to overcome the “multiplicative fading” loss and half-space coverage limitations faced by reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) in secure communications, a more practical multi-functional reconfigurable intelligent surface (MF-RIS) with coupled phase shifts is introduced to assist in enhancing the security performance of multiple-input single-output (MISO) systems. …”
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A cross-entropy corrected hybrid multiconfiguration pair-density functional theory for complex molecular systems by Rulin Feng, Igor Ying Zhang, Xin Xu

“…Abstract Hybrid density functionals, such as B3LYP and PBE0, have achieved remarkable success by substantially improving over their parent methods, namely Hartree-Fock and the generalized gradient approximation, and generally outperforming the second-order Møller-Plesset perturbation theory (MP2) that is more expensive. …”
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Prediction of depression in individuals at high familial risk of mood disorders using functional magnetic resonance imaging. by Heather C Whalley, Jessika E Sussmann, Liana Romaniuk, Tiffany Stewart, Martina Papmeyer, Emma Sprooten, Suzanna Hackett, Jeremy Hall, Stephen M Lawrie, Andrew M McIntosh

“…First-degree relatives of affected individuals have a more than a ten-fold increased risk of developing bipolar disorder (BD), and a three-fold risk of developing major depressive disorder (MDD) than the general population. …”
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Utility of the New York heart association functional classification compared to other measures: A systematic review by Kelly D. Stamp, Marilyn A. Prasun, Thomas P. McCoy, Lisa Rathman

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Importance and added value of functional impairment to predict mortality: a cohort study in Swedish medical inpatients by Gustav Torisson, Elisabet Londos, Lars Stavenow, Lennart Minthon

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The Relationship Between Social Participation and Cognitive Function in Older Adults: The Mediating Role of Activities of Daily Living by Chong Zhang, Juan Xiong, Wenqi Luo, Lin Sun

“…In the CLHLS questionnaire, cognitive function consists of 24 questions, including general ability, response ability, attention and calculation ability, memory, and language comprehension and self-coordination. …”
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Clinical and Functional Characteristics of Subjects with Asthma, COPD, and Asthma-COPD Overlap: A Multicentre Study in Vietnam by Sy Duong-Quy, Huong Tran Van, Anh Vo Thi Kim, Quyen Pham Huy, Timothy J. Craig

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Prediction of biomechanical complications in patients with implant supported fixed dental prostheses in different terms of functional loading by O. M. Doroshenko, O. F. Sirenko

“…According to the objective of the study all patients were divided into three groups depending on the period within implant placement and tooth extraction (6–8 month or more than 2 years), the terms of functional loading and usage of protective occlusal splits. …”
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Reliability of two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in assessment of left atrial function in postmenopausal hypertensive women by M. Yu. Kolesnyk, M. V. Sokolova

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Potential compensatory mechanism for cognitive impairment in type 2 diabetes and prediabetes: altered structure-function coupling by Weiye Lu, Xuan Huang, Die Shen, Kun Wang, Jiahe Wang, Ziyu Diao, Shijun Qiu, Shijun Qiu

“…BackgroundStructure-function (SC-FC) coupling may be more sensitive to detecting changes in the brain than any single modality. …”
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