Structure-Function Relationship of the Ryanodine Receptor Cluster Network in Sinoatrial Node Cells by Alexander V. Maltsev, Valeria Ventura Subirachs, Oliver Monfredi, Magdalena Juhaszova, Pooja Ajay Warrier, Shardul Rakshit, Syevda Tagirova, Anna V. Maltsev, Michael D. Stern, Edward G. Lakatta, Victor A. Maltsev

“…Furthermore, neighboring CRUs exhibited repulsive behavior. Functional properties of the CRU network were further examined in a novel numerical SANC model developed using our experimental data. …”
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Diagnostic value of noninvasive comprehensive morphological and functional assessment of coronary artery disease by Mladenović Zorica, Đorđević-Dikić Ana, Đurić Predrag, Angelkov-Ristić Anđelka, Džudović Boris, Jović Zoran

“…Recently adopted technique, Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiography (TDE) enables the estimate of functional significance of coronary luminal narrowing. …”
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Case Report: Effect of testicular adenomatoid tumors on testicular endocrine function in children by Yan Li, Junfeng Zhao, Yi Chen, Jing Zhang, Hehe Chen

“…This study demonstrates the progressive decline of Sertoli cell function in pediatric adenomatoid tumor survivors, detectable through longitudinal monitoring of INHB, AMH, and TV. …”
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EFFECT OF SUBCUTANEOUS METHOTREXATE ON THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE VASCULAR WALL IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS by L. A. Knyazeva, N. S. Meshcherina, L. I. Knyazeva, I. I. Goryainov, M. A. Stepchenko, V. I. Ponkratov

“…Objective: to evaluate the effect of a subcutaneous methotrexate (MT) formulation (methoject), on the structure and function of the vascular wall in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Subjects and methods. …”
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Quantifying the spatial impact of an invasive Acacia on ecosystem functioning using remote sensing by André Große-Stoltenberg, Christiane Werner, Christine Hellmann, Jens Oldeland, Jan Thiele

“…Consequently, the impact of invaders is underestimated when spatial effects are ignored, but it is overestimated when environmental heterogeneity is neglected. Furthermore, functional diversity decreases due to invasion, though it reaches its maximum at the edges of invader stands, where Rao’s Q index captures spectral effects of both the invader and the native vegetation. …”
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Metabolic Acidosis Is Associated With an Accelerated Decline of Allograft Function in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation by Agnieszka Prytula, Rukshana Shroff, Ineke van Gremberghe, Kai Krupka, Justine Bacchetta, Elisa Benetti, Ryszard Grenda, Isabella Guzzo, Nele Kanzelmeyer, Bahar Büyükkaragöz, Birgitta Kranz, Hülya Nalçacıoğlu, Jun Oh, Lars Pape, Mohan Shenoy, Anne-Laure Sellier-Leclerc, Burkhard Tönshoff, Gema Ariceta, Atif Awan, Sevcan Bakkaloğlu, Marjolein Bonthuis, Charlotte Bootsma Robroeks, Antonia Bouts, Martin Christian, Marlies Cornelissen, Ali Duzova, Nasrin Esfandiar, Luciana Ghio, Ryszard Grenda, Isabella Guzzo, Maria Herrero Goni, Julien Hogan, Nattaphorn Hongsawong, Nele Kanzelmeyer, Aysun Karabay Bayazit, Gülşah Kaya Aksoy, Noel Knops, Linda Koster Kamphuis, Daniella Levy Erez, Victor Lopez-Baez, Alvaro Madrid, Stephen Marks, Anette Melk, Luisa Murer, Lars Pape, Licia Peruzzi, Edita Petrosyan, Evgenia Preka, Nikoleta Printza, Andreea Liana Rachisan, Ann Raes, Mohan Shenoy, Oguz Soylemezoglu, Luca Dello Strologo, Ana Teixeira, Rezan Topaloglu, Markus Weitz, Jakub Zieg, Galia Zlatanova, Christian Patry, Jerome Harambat, Ayşe Ağbaş, Varvara Askiti, Marina Avramescu, Justine Bacchetta, Sevcan Bakkaloglu, Marjolein Bontuis, Caroline Booth, Laurene Dehoux, Giacomo Dizazzo, Dorota Drozdz, Ismail Dursun, Michaela Gessner, Jaap Groothoff, Giuliana Guido, Isabella Guzzo, Aysun Karabay Bayazit, Guenter Klaus, Linda Koster-Kamphuis, Alexander Lalayiannis, Maren Leifheit-Nestler, Sinha Manish, Chiara Matteucci, Jun Oh, Ozan Ozkaya, Edita Petrosyan, Christine Pietrement, Agnieszka Prytula, George Reusz, Franz Schaefer, Claus Peter Schmitt, Anne Schön, Fatma Lale Sever, Stella Stabouli, Serra Sürmeli Döven, Camilla Tondel, Enrico Verrina, Enrico Vidal, Dean Wallace, Zainab Arslan, M. Bald, H. Fehrenbach, D. Haffner, M. Hansen, C. Hempel, U. John, G. Klaus, J. König, B. Lange-Sperandio, D. Müller, J. Oh, L. Pape, M. Pohl, K. Sauerstein, G. Schalk, H. Staude, P. Strotmann, L.T. Weber, M. Weitz, L. Berta, K. Heindl-Rusai

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Manufacturing of CD19 Specific CAR T-Cells and Evaluation of their Functional Activity in Vitro by AV Petukhov, VA Markova, DV Motorin, AK Titov, NS Belozerova, PM Gershovich, AV Karabel’skii, RA Ivanov, EK Zaikova, EYu Smirnov, PA Butylin, AYu Zaritskey

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Biointegrative Nail Raftering Improves Pain and Function in Patients With Subchondral Insufficiency of the Knee by Alexander C. Weissman, M.S., Allen A. Yazdi, B.S., Jared P. Sachs, M.S., Sarah A. Muth, B.A., Andrew S. Bi, M.D., Ron Gilat, M.D., Brian J. Cole, M.D., M.B.A.

“…Minimal clinically important difference was achieved in 89% of patients for KOOS, 100% for IKDC, 87.5% for PROMIS Pain Interference and Physical Function, and 62.5% for VR-12 Physical. The average decrease in subchondral lesion size measured on MRI did not reach statistical significance (P = .064). …”
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Functional Characteristics and Lipid Lowering Activity of Auricularia heimuer Soluble Dietary Fiber by Xueyu SHANG, Heriban MEI, Ling SU, Qi WANG

“…The results can provide data support and theoretical basis for the subsequent research on dietary fiber of A. heimuer and the research and development of functional food.…”
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Impact of vitamin C deficiency on imaging patterns and ventilatory function in pulmonary tuberculosis by Ramona Cioboata, Ramona Cioboata, Mara Amalia Balteanu, Ovidiu Mircea Zlatian, Silviu Gabriel Vlasceanu, Mircea Vasile Popescu Driga, Denisa Maria Mitroi, Oana Maria Catana, Cezar Ionut Buciu, Georgiana Camen, Adina Andreea Mirea

“…After 6 months of treatment, the low vitamin C group exhibited a higher prevalence of bronchiectasis (mean involvement in both lungs: 0.58 vs. 0.16; p < 0.001), cavitary lesions (0.32 vs. 0.00; p = 0.002), and fibrosis (0.90 vs. 0.36; p < 0.001). Pulmonary function tests showed greater impairment in the low vitamin C group. …”
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Changes of endothelial function and intracardiac hemodynamics during implantation of different types of pacemakers by V. A. Sanakoeva, R. Z. Pashaev, A. A. Pukhaeva, A. G. Avtandilov

“…To determine the dynamics of endothelial function and intracardiac hemodynamics during implantation of different types of pacemakers.Material and methods. …”
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Micro-firms’ productivity growth in Poland before and during COVID-19: Do industry and region matter? by Emilia Gosińska, Mariusz Górajski, Magdalena Ulrichs

“…Research Design & Methods: We applied control function methods to estimate the production function for two-digit NACE Rev. 2 divisions and determine individual enterprises’ TFP. …”
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Effectiveness, safety, cognitive and emotional effects of amplodipine antihypertensive therapy in women with mild to moderate arterial hypertension by T. S. Polyatykina, I. E. Mishina, G. I. Bulychev, V. L. Geller, G. I. Sevastyanova, L. V. Kitaeva, O. E. Kolobova

“…In 96,4% of the patients, amlodipine therapy resulted in reaching target blood pressure (BP) levels, and monotherapy was effective in 67,8% of the cases. …”
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Correlations between motor and sensory functions in upper limb chronic hemiparetics after stroke by Thais Botossi Scalha, Erica Miyasaki, Núbia Maria Freire Vieira Lima, Guilherme Borges

“…METHOD: We applied the Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA), Nottingham Sensory Assessment (NSA), and several motor and sensory tests: Paper manipulation (PM), Motor Sequences (MS), Reaching and grasping (RG) Tests Functional (TF), Tactile Discrimination (TD), Weight Discrimination (WD) and Tactile Recognition of Objects (RO). …”
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Challenges of Child Functional Improvement in Family-Oriented Early Intervention: Parental and Professional Perspective by Ana Poposka

“…Specific goal of this case study is examining the impact of family-oriented early intervention on the level of functionality in a case of a child with developmental language disorder. …”
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Assessing Community-Level Flood Resilience: Analyzing Functional Interdependencies Among Building Sectors by Yang Lu, Guanming Zhang, Donglei Wang

“…Applied to a virtual community of 1000 archetypal buildings, the analysis reveals that community functionality decreases with increasing flood depth, reaching a critical threshold of 0.87 at 1.57 m. …”
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Germination and initial growth of four cover crops as a function of liquid organic fertilization by A. A. Fonseca, L. H. G. Mengarda, P. A. M. Lima, J. S. Costa, S. O. Lopes, R. S. Alexandre, J. C. Lopes

“…Therefore, we aimed to study the germination and initial growth of four cover crops as a function of liquid organic matter (LOM) application. …”
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Pareto Local Search Function for Optimal Placement of DG and Capacitors Banks in Distribution Systems by Abdolreza Sadighmanesh, Mehran Sabahi, Mahdi Zavvari

“…This paper presents a modified Pareto local search function for optimal placement of DGs and capacitor banks. …”
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The effect of lighting and color elements in highlighting the functional and aesthetic values of the interior spaces in the home by In'am Ahmed Abed Shuaibi

“…The aim of the research was to know the psychological effects of lighting and colors and to study their effect in highlighting the functional and aesthetic values of the interior spaces in the home, in addition to reaching the differences between the sample items according to the demographic variables and finding the relationships between them. …”
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Air Pollution and Pituitary Adenoma Pathogenesis: Unraveling Environmental Impacts on Neuroendocrine Function and Tumorigenesis by Andre E. Boyke, Simon A. Menaker, Alberto Nunez, Keith L. Black, Vladimir A. Ljubimov

“…Given the escalating global burden of air pollution and its far-reaching public health implications, further investigation is essential to elucidate these complex interactions. …”
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