Hip disarticulation for non-salvageable primary malignant sarcoma of femur: What were the oncological & functional outcomes? by Vikas Warikoo, Jebin Aron, Abhijeet Ashok Salunke, Nandlal Bharwani, Dhruv Patel, Anish Chowdhury, Arunsrinivas Muralidharan, Ajinkya Pawar, Vivek Bande, Shashank Pandya

“…To employ emerging technology to enhance the quality of life and prosthetic limb, more research and study must be done.…”
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Assessment of the Abnormalities in Chest Computed Tomography and Pulmonary Function Test in Convalescents Six Months After COVID-19 by Katarzyna Guziejko, Anna Moniuszko-Malinowska, Robert Flisiak, Piotr Czupryna, Sebastian Sołomacha, Paweł Sowa, Marlena Dubatówka, Magda Łapińska, Łukasz Kiszkiel, Łukasz Szczerbiński, Piotr Paweł Laskowski, Maciej Alimowski, Gabriela Trojan, Karol Adam Kamiński

“…<i>Conclusions</i>: The majority of chest CT abnormalities resolved within six months of recovery, regardless of SARS-CoV-2 variant or initial disease severity. Pulmonary function tests should be prioritized in post-COVID-19 follow-up, as PFT results in convalescents were comparable to those observed in the general population.…”
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Specialist Savvy Versus Generalist Grit: Elucidating the Trade‐Offs in Adaptive Dietary Ecomorphology Amongst African Green and Bush Snakes by Hanlie M. Engelbrecht, Kimberley E. J. Chapelle, Graham J. Alexander

“…African Green and Bush Snakes (Philothamnus) feed primarily on frogs (anurophagous) and lizards (saurophagous), but the degree of intraspecific dietary generalization and specialization remains unclear. Thus, our study had three objectives: (1) to evaluate proportional differences in anurophagy and saurophagy between Philothamnus species, (2) quantitatively assess the shape differences in four of the main cranial bones functional in feeding, and (3) explore models of diet evolution. …”
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Functional recovery following hospitalisation of patients diagnosed with COVID-19: a protocol for a longitudinal cohort study by Julie C Reid, Maureen Markle-Reid, Ameen Patel, Andrew P Costa, Maura Marcucci, MyLinh Duong, Connie Schumacher, Aaron Jones, Mats Junek, Marla K Beauchamp, Parminder Raina, Lauren E Griffith, Sophie Corriveau, Shariq Haider, Terence Ho, Rebecca Kruisselbrink, Hope Morrison, Natya Raghavan, Leslie Martin, Carla Girolametto

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Volume contracted state, mortality and functional outcomes in patients with acute ischaemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion by Risheng Xu, Max Wintermark, Gregory W Albers, Jeremy J Heit, Adam A Dmytriw, Adrien Guenego, Yasmin Aziz, Kambiz Nael, Benjamin Pulli, Victor Urrutia, Dhairya A Lakhani, Tobias D Faizy, Argye Hillis, Vivek Yedavalli, Dylan Wolman, Licia P Luna, Elisabeth B Marsh, Hamza Adel Salim, Janet Mei, Vaibhav Vagal, Aakanksha Sriwastwa, Raf Llinas, Hanzhang Lu, Mona N Bahouth

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Enhancement of the operating time of the overcurrent relay of the distribution network with high-level penetration of renewable energy sources by Mahmoud Aref, Mahmoud A. Mossa, Emad Abdelkarim, Khairy Sayed, Mishari Metab Almalki, Alaa F.M. Ali

“…The calculation of the output current of distribution generation (DG) units interfaced with an inverter during the fault is a major issue for isolated and grid-connected distributed networks. …”
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Spatial-Spectral Linear Extrapolation for Cross-Scene Hyperspectral Image Classification by Lianlei Lin, Hanqing Zhao, Sheng Gao, Junkai Wang, Zongwei Zhang

“…Therefore, a model needs to be trained on one or more source domains (SD) and achieve robust domain generalization (DG) performance on an unknown target domain (TD). …”
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A Grey CES Production Function Model and Its Application in Calculating the Contribution Rate of Economic Growth Factors by Maolin Cheng

“…In analyses of economic growth factors, people generally use the CES (Constant Elasticity of Substitution) production function model to calculate the contribution rates of the factors that influence economic growth. …”
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Pupil size as a biomarker of cognitive (dys)functions: Toward a physiologically informed screening of mental states by Serena Castellotti, Elisa Castaldi, Elvio Blini, Roberto Arrighi

“…We finally conclude by arguing that measuring pupil size has the potential to complement more traditional, but coarse assessment methods, to return a more graded, objective, and physiologically informed picture of cognitive functioning.…”
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Positive Properties of Green’s Function for Fractional Dirichlet Boundary Value Problem with a Perturbation Term and Its Applications by Yongqing Wang

“…The existence of positive solutions is determined under a more general condition, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi mathvariant="script">F</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>ξ</mi><mo>,</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">x</mi><mo>)</mo><mo>≥</mo><mo>−</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">b</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>ξ</mi><mo>)</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">x</mi><mo>−</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">e</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>ξ</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, where <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">b</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>ξ</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>,</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">e</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>ξ</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>∈</mo><msup><mi>L</mi><mn>1</mn></msup><mrow><mo>[</mo><mn>0</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>]</mo></mrow></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> are non-negative functions. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning and Pedotransfer Functions Under Varying Data Availability in Two Greek Regions by Panagiotis Tziachris, Panagiota Louka, Eirini Metaxa, Miltiadis Iatrou, Konstantinos Tsiouplakis

“…The current study evaluates the performance of pedotransfer functions (PTFs) and machine learning (ML) algorithms in predicting the soil bulk density (BD) across two distinct regions in Greece—Kozani and Veroia—using both limited and extended sets of soil parameters. …”
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Bicomplex <i>k</i>-Mittag-Leffler Functions with Two Parameters: Theory and Applications to Fractional Kinetic Equations by Ahmed Bakhet, Shahid Hussain, Mohra Zayed, Mohamed Fathi

“…This generalization offers more flexibility and broader applicability in modeling complex fractional systems. …”
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The Unpaved Road of Non-Coding RNA Structure–Function Relationships: Current Knowledge, Available Methodologies, and Future Trends by Ana Lúcia Leitão, Francisco J. Enguita

“…Non-coding RNA action is predominantly driven by sequence and structural motifs that interact with specific functional partners. Despite the exponential growth in primary RNA sequence data facilitated by next-generation sequencing studies, the availability of tridimensional RNA data is comparatively more limited. …”
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Association between the proportionality of functional mitral regurgitation and survival after mitral valve operationCentral MessagePerspective by Makoto Mori, MD, PhD, Christina Waldron, BS, Sigurdur Ragnarsson, MD, Soh Hosoba, MD, PhD, Mina Zaky, MD, Dustin Lieu, MD, Markus Krane, MD, Arnar Geirsson, MD

“…Conclusions: The clinical relevance of the proportionality of functional mitral regurgitation proposed in the transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral repair population may not generalize to surgical patient populations.…”
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CTLA4Ig Improves Murine iTreg Induction via TGFβ and Suppressor Function In Vitro by Nina Pilat, Benedikt Mahr, Martina Gattringer, Ulrike Baranyi, Thomas Wekerle

“…However, since the CD28 pathway is more complex than initially thought, the question arose whether blocking CD80/86 would inadvertently impact immunological tolerance by interfering with Treg generation and function. …”
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From screens to cognition: A scoping review of the impact of screen time on cognitive function in midlife and older adults by Rinanda Shaleha, Nelson Roque

“…Active screen use was generally associated with better cognitive outcomes, particularly in memory, executive function, and attention. …”
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A novel spectral transformation technique based on special functions for improved chest X-ray image classification. by Abeer Aljohani

“…We developed a mechanism which converts a given medical image to a spectral space which have a base set composed of special functions. In this study, we propose a chest X-ray image classification method based on spectral coefficients. …”
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Debiasing Structure Function Estimates from Sparse Time Series of the Solar Wind: A Data-driven Approach by Daniel Wrench, Tulasi N. Parashar

“…Structure functions (SFs), which quantify the moments of increments of a stochastic process, are essential complementary statistics to power spectra for analyzing the self-similar behavior of a time series. …”
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Adaptive genetics reveals constraints on protein structure/function by evolving E. coli under constant nutrient limitation by Katja Schwartz, Margie Kinnersley, Charles Ross Lindsey, Gavin Sherlock, Frank Rosenzweig

“…Whole-genome whole-population sequencing makes it possible to identify mutations arising in such populations, to use them to discern functional modules where adaptation occurs, and then map gene structure–function relationships. …”
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Telomerase activity in T-cells as a functional test for pathogenicity assessment of novel genetic variants in telomere biology disorders by Olivia Carlund, Anna Norberg, Pia Osterman, Ida Andersson, Alva Eriksson, Sofie Degerman, Magnus Hultdin

“…We have developed a functional TA assay in patient-derived T-cells based on the Telomeric Repeat Amplification Protocol (TRAP) combined with qPCR. …”
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