Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the living conditions and physical functioning of community-dwelling older adults by Satoko Sasaki, Shigeru Ota, Kazuyoshi Takashima, Yoshiyasu Dezaki, Tomomi Sato, Yumi Sakogashira, Hitoshi Okamura

“…Conclusions: These results indicate that, given the increased number of homebound older adults due to the pandemic, more attention should be given to maintain physical functioning of older adults, specifically those requiring nursing care.…”
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Oxidative Stress and Hepatic Monooxygenase Function in Coronary Heart Disease Patients with Multiple Organ Dysfunction by V. A. Nepomnyashchikh, V. V. Lomivorotov, M. N. Deryagin, V. N. Lomivorotov, L. G. Knyazkova, A. A. Yefimov

“…Objective: to study hepatic monooxygenase function (HMF) in cardiosurgical patients with multiple organ dysfunction (MOD). …”
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A Bayesian method to incorporate hundreds of functional characteristics with association evidence to improve variant prioritization. by Sarah A Gagliano, Michael R Barnes, Michael E Weale, Jo Knight

“…We found SNPs with higher probabilities of causality from functional characteristics showed an enrichment of more significant p-values compared to all GWAS SNPs in three large GWAS studies of complex traits. …”
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Recovery of Renal Function after One-Year of Dialysis Treatment: Case Report and Registry Data by Ingela Fehrman-Ekholm, Ann-Charlotte Bergenhag, Olof Heimburger, Staffan Schön

“…Results. 39 patients (0.2%) from the Swedish registry comprising 17590 patients who commenced RRT (renal replacement therapy) between 1991 and 2008 had recovered from renal function after more than 365 days of regular dialysis treatment. …”
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RESEARCH ON YIELD STRENGTH PROBLEM OF HERTZ CONTACT STRESS by YANG XianQi, LIU ShengRong, CAO JianHua

“…Hertz contact stress theory is the classic theory,it involves more complicated calculation process. In this paper,through theoretical analysis and numerical fitting,a relationship of the contact curvature function and contact elliptical rate was found,that is ln（ 1 / e） = 0. 224[ln[1 / F（ ρ） ]^{1. 407}. …”
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Functional assessment in acute coronary syndrome: a systematic review of acute versus staged interventions by Federico Vergni, Silvia Buscarini, Leonardo Ciurlanti, Filippo Luca Gurgoglione, Francesco Pellone, Mario Luzi

“…Additionally, a citation analysis and web searches were conducted. Results: A total of 20 articles, with 4379 patients were included in the analysis. …”
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Assessing the Influences of Leaf Functional Traits on Plant Performances Under Dust Deposition and Microplastic Retention by Mamun Mandal, Anamika Roy, Shubhankar Ghosh, Achinta Mondal, Arkadiusz Przybysz, Robert Popek, Totan Ghosh, Sandeep Kumar Dash, Ganesh Kumar Agrawal, Randeep Rakwal, Abhijit Sarkar

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Pythagorean Fuzzy Overlap Functions and Corresponding Fuzzy Rough Sets for Multi-Attribute Decision Making by Yongjun Yan, Jingqian Wang, Xiaohong Zhang

“…As a non-associative connective in fuzzy logic, the analysis and research of overlap functions have been extended to many generalized cases, such as interval-valued and intuitionistic fuzzy overlap functions (IFOFs). …”
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High-quality control of receiver functions using a capsule neural networkKey points by Mona H. Hegazi, Ahmad M. Faried, Omar M. Saad

“…To improve our understanding of the tectonic and seismic processes in this area, more comprehensive imaging of the crustal structure is required. …”
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Evaluating the Effects of Executive Functions and Intervention Based on Cognitive Games on the Neurological Problems in Dyslexic Students by Yeganeh Khadem Ali, Emad Yousefi, Mahin Askari

“…Results: The results of multivariate covariance analysis showed that both the intervention of executive functions and the intervention based on cognitive games have a significant effect on reducing the neurological problems in dyslexic students, but the educational package of cognitive games has a more significant effect in reduction of neurological problems. …”
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The evolution of Indonesian SAI maturity: Oversight, insight, and foresight functions of health-themed performance audits by Nico Andrianto, J Basuki, R. Luki Karunia, Nurliah Nurdin

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Prognostic impacts of left ventricular strain in hemodialytic patients with preserved left ventricular systolic function by Yi-Tsang Fu, Chih-Hsueh Tseng, Wei-Min Huang, Wen-Chung Yu, Hao-Min Cheng, Chern-En Chiang, Chen-Huan Chen, Shih-Hsien Sung, Chih-Ching Lin

“…Among the hemodialysis patients with preserved LVEF, LV GLS but not the conventional left ventricular functional indices were associated with long-term mortality and HHF. …”
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Trombone Transfer Functions: Comparison Between Frequency-Swept Sine Wave and Human Performer Input by James W. BEAUCHAMP

“…Beginning in 1968, in an effort to measure the transfer function (i.e., transmission response or filter characteristic) of a trombone while being played by expert musicians, sound pressure signals from the mouthpiece and the trombone bell output were recorded in an anechoic room and then subjected to harmonic spectrum analysis. …”
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Educational multimedia design principles affect local and global information processing in functional brain networks by Mohammadhossein Ostadi, Masoumeh Golmohamadian, Alireza Bosaghzadeh, S. Hamid Amiri, Reza Ebrahimpour

“…Network measurements revealed that principal networks exhibited more efficient local information processing, whereas non-principal networks demonstrated enhanced global information processing and hub formation. …”
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Relationship between the frequency of falls, fear of falling and functional abilities in women aged 65 and over by Ivanović Sunčica, Trgovčević Sanja, Kocić Biljana, Tomašević-Todorović Snežana Β., Jeremić-Knežević Milica Β., Knežević Aleksandar

“…Just under half of the women in the sample reported that one or more falls occurred in the last 12 months. Through the connectivity analysis, in both groups (G1 and G2), coefficients of correlation achieved statistical significance between the functional ability and fear of falling. …”
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Influence of Bilberry Pomace Powder Addition on the Physicochemical, Functional, Rheological, and Sensory Properties of Stirred Yogurt by Ana Maria Blejan, Violeta Nour, Alexandru Radu Corbu, Georgiana Gabriela Codină

“…Hence, bilberry pomace powder might be used as an ingredient to improve the nutritional and functional value of yogurts.…”
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Comparison of perceived family state and functioning among individuals with depression and general population in Southern Thailand. by Jarurin Pitanupong, Kwanpond Traivaranon, Napakkawat Buathong

“…<h4>Purpose</h4>This study aimed to examine perceived family functioning among individuals with depression, then compare these perceptions with those of the general population.…”
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Seminal plasma proteomics of asymptomatic COVID-19 patients reveals disruption of male reproductive function by Jialyu Huang, Yufang Su, Jiawei Wang, Zheng Fang, Yiwei Zhang, Hong Chen, Xinxia Wan, Yuanhuan Xiong, Ning Song, Houyang Chen, Xingwu Wu

“…Four proteins were significantly correlated with one or more semen parameters in Spearman’s coefficient analysis, and seven were filtered as potential hub proteins from the interaction network by MCODE and Cytohubba algorithms. …”
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Use of a hand-worn accelerometer to measure hand differences in Grooved Pegboard Test by Tércio Apolinário-Souza, Marco Antônio Cavalcanti Garcia, Guilherme Menezes Lage, Lucas Eduardo Antunes Bicalho Bicalho, Nathálya Marinho Gardênia de Holanda Nogueira, Flávia Batalha Gomes Costa, Lidiane Aparecida Fernandes

“…Studies demonstrate that performance differences between the right and left hands arise from distinct strategies in utilizing information for movement execution. To conduct a more comprehensive analysis of these differences, we aimed to investigate various measures using a wrist accelerometer during the execution of a traditional tool to assess manual performance. …”
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Understanding the properties and functional role of neutrophils in oral squamous cell carcinoma – A systematic review by Thayalan Dineshkumar, Nirmala Anandan, Krishnan Rajkumar, Indumathi N

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