Assessment of lung function and severity grading in interstitial lung diseases (% predicted versus z-scores) and association with survival: A retrospective cohort study of 6,808 pa... by Piotr W Boros, Magdalena M Martusewicz-Boros, Katarzyna B Lewandowska

“…<h4>Background</h4>Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are essential for predicting outcomes in interstitial lung disease (ILD). …”
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Community-Delivered Hearing Rehabilitation and Health Education Intervention on Social Isolation and Functioning Among Chinese Adults With Hearing I... by Jiamin Gao, Yuying Zhang, Xiaqing Jiang, Zhenjing Fu, Haochen Jiang

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to test the feasibility and efficacy of providing free hearing aids or a combined offline and online hearing health education intervention on social isolation and functioning among Chinese adults with HI. …”
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Study protocol for a pilot clinical trial to understand neural mechanisms of response to a psychological treatment for pain and anxiety in pediatric functional abdominal pain disor... by Natoshia R Cunningham, Michelle A Adler, Brittany N Barber Garcia, Taylor Abounader, Alaina K Miller, Mariela Monzalvo, Ismaeel Hashemi, Ryan Cox, Samantha L Ely, Yong Zhou, Mark DeLano, Todd Mulderink, Mathew J Reeves, James L Peugh, Susmita Kashikar-Zuck, Robert C Coghill, Judith E Arnetz, David C Zhu

“…<h4>Background</h4>Functional abdominal pain disorders (FAPD) are the most common chronic pain conditions of childhood and are made worse by co-occurring anxiety. …”
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Association of Auditory Interference and Ocular-Motor Response with Subconcussive Head Impacts in Adolescent Football Players by Zachary S. Bellini, Grace O. Recht, Taylor R. Zuidema, Kyle A. Kercher, Sage H. Sweeney, Jesse A. Steinfeldt, Keisuke Kawata

“…The aim of this study was to examine whether neuro-ophthalmological function, as assessed by the King–Devick test (KDT), alters during a high school football season and to explore the role of auditory interference on the sensitivity of KDT. …”
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Social support may not impact physical function outcomes following a tango or walking intervention in people with Parkinson’s disease: an exploratory analysis of a randomized contr... by D. A. Jehu, J. Bek, J. Bek, M. E. Hackney, M. E. Hackney, M. E. Hackney

“…Poor physical function influences social support among people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). …”
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Funciones ejecutivas y rendimiento futbolístico. Diseño y evaluación de un programa de intervención (Executive functions and football performance. Design and evaluation of an inte... by Noelia Carbonell Bernal, María Ángeles Hernández-Prados, Beatriz R. Sarmiento, Esther María González Castellón, Maria Cinta Aguaded Gómez, Julio Alberto Álvarez Núñez

“…An intervention program was developed with a total of 29 participants between eight to ten years old, who regularly practice soccer. The executive functions measurement test was carried out through the BRIEF-2 questionnaire. …”
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Enhancing the quality of kinesthetic motor imagery for complex motor skills through simulated muscle activation color visualization: Evidence from time-frequency and functional con... by Xiaogang Ma, Bing Shi

“…Thirty participants (mean age = 20.3 ± 0.6 years; 7 men and 8 women per group) were assigned to an experimental group, which engaged in kMI after viewing demonstration videos supplemented with simulated muscle activation color cues, or to a control group, which performed kMI following videos without such cues. …”
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Effects of aerobic exercise in addition to core stabilization exercises on functional capacity, physical performance and fall risk in geriatric individuals with chronic non-specifi... by Şafak Kuzu, Mehmet Canli, İrem Valamur, Anıl Özüdoğru, Halil Alkan, Abdulmetin Hartavi

“…CG received core stabilization exercises for 8 weeks, while CAG received aerobic exercise using a treadmill in addition to core stabilization exercises for 8 weeks. Functional capacity (six-minute walk test), physical performance (Oswestry Disability Index), fall risk (Biodex Balance System), pain intensity (Visual Analogue Scale), depression status (Beck Depression Inventory) and kinesiophobia level (Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale) were evaluated before and after the treatment programmes. …”
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The influence of psychoemotional stress on indexes of self-regulation of information perception by N. S. Andriutsa

“…The study was conducted with the participation of 183 medical students at the University of both sexes, aged 18–26 years (137 women, 46 men). 36 people were tested again during the pre-exam preparation. …”
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Urdbean (Vigna mungo L. Hepper) cultivar characterization based on multiple seed and flour properties and their multi-variate analysis using artificial neural network by Debjyoti Sen Gupta, Vijay Singh Sharanagat, Gourav Chakraborty, Jitendra Kumar, A. K. Parihar, Tanmay Yadav, Swaraj, Srishti Upadhyay, Shivani Desai, P. K. Katiyar, S. P. Das, J. C. Rana, G. P. Dixit

“…Abstract Urdbean is one of the most highly consumed pulse crops in South Asia. For the last 35 years, several varieties were developed. However, the physical parameters of seeds, functional properties of flour samples and swelling power or solubility of starch samples of urdbean were never studied in varieties systematically released over decades. …”
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New high-tech biocomplex for the correction of metabolism disorders at diabetes by M. I. Kalimullin, S. S. Sady, A. N. Austrievskikh, V. M. Poznyakovsky

“…Development of specialized food products of various functional purpose for the prevention and complex treatment of common diseases is one of the strategic directions for the development of modern nutrition. …”
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Does stroke volume limit exercise capacity in TGA patients after the arterial switch operation? by Renée S. Joosen, Michiel Voskuil, Wieke G. de Pater, Sebastiaan W.H. van Wijk, Dominika Suchá, Abraham van Wijk, Heleen B.van der Zwaan, Gregor J. Krings, Tim Takken, Johannes M.P.J. Breur

“…Results: A total of 126 patients (72 % male, mean age 19 ± 8 years) were included. Left ventricular function, RV volumes, function and strain were relatively preserved on CMR. …”
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Investigation of Psychometric Properties of Multiple-Choice Items Developed By Turkish Teachers by Nuri Doğan, Kenan Burak Yüksel

“…Item difficulties were easy and the discrimination indexes were at a level that could be taken to the test by only correction.…”
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The Study of Spatial Heterogeneity and Interregional Relations in the Processes of Attracting Banking Capital to the Russian Economy by I. V. Naumov, S. S. Krasnykh

“…Anselin, regression analysis using panel data, testing cause-and- effect relationships using the Granger method, formation of a matrix of functional dependencies between regional systems. …”
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A randomized controlled trial of statin therapy effect on androgen status and erectile function in men with high and very high cardiovascular risk (TRISTAN): rationale and study pr... by K. P. Raevskii, O. Yu. Nesterova, A. A. Strigunov, M. E. Chaliy, A. V. Kadrev, A. G. Plisyuk, A. A. Kamalov, Ya. A. Orlova

“…To study the effect of different intensities of statin therapy on androgen status and erectile function in men aged 40-65 years with high and very high cardiovascular risk. …”
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Pubertal developmental, body mass index, and cardiovascular autonomic function in children and adolescents with and without autism spectrum disorder: a four-time point accelerated... by Rachael A. Muscatello, Meredith Cola, Simon Vandekar, Blythe A. Corbett

“…Abstract Background The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) regulates ‘automatic’ functions such as heart rate, and alterations may have significant impacts on health outcomes. …”
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DEcreased Cognitive functiON, NEurovascular CorrelaTes and myocardial changes in women with a history of pre-eclampsia (DECONNECT): research protocol for a cross-sectional pilot st... by Marc E A Spaanderman, Chahinda Ghossein-Doha, Sander MJ van Kuijk, Gwyneth Jansen, Walter H Backes, Emma B N J Janssen, Yentl Brandt, Robert-Jan Alers, Lisanne P W Canjels, Laura M Jorissen, Tamara Michelle Went, Dennis Koehn, Suzanne C Gerretsen, Petra P M Hurks, Vincent van de Ven, M Eline Kooi, Jacobus FA Jansen

“…We hypothesise that pre-eclampsia alters cerebral and myocardial microvascular functions, which in turn are related to diminished cognitive and cardiac performance.Methods and analysis The cross-sectional ‘DEcreased Cognitive functiON, NEurovascular CorrelaTes and myocardial changes in women with a history of pre-eclampsia’ (DECONNECT) pilot study includes women after pre-eclampsia and controls after normotensive pregnancy between 6 months and 20 years after gestation. …”
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Effect of Tadalafil on cardiac function and left ventricular dimensions in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: safety and cardiac MRI substudy results from a randomized, placebo-controlle... by David Cox, Barry Byrne, David W. Hammers, John Landry, H. Lee Sweeney

“…Methods Patients with DMD (N = 331) aged 7 to 14 years on stable glucocorticoids were randomized to tadalafil 0.3 mg/kg/day, 0.6 mg/kg/day, or placebo. …”
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Impact of hepatitis B virus infection in patients with plasmodium parasites in selected health facilities in Accra, Ghana by Judith Dzifa Azumah, Shekou Gibriel Koroma, Isaac Kwame Sraku, Yaw Asare Afrane, Kwamena William Coleman Sagoe, Mildred Asumamaa Adusei-Poku

“…Patients presenting with malaria-like symptoms at the outpatient department (OPD) were recruited. Participants who tested positive for malaria via a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) and provided written consent were included. …”
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Smoking prevalence and correlates among inpatients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder by Caili Wu, Paul Dagg, Carmen Molgat, Nataliya Grishin

“…Independent samples t-tests and Chi-squared tests were used to compare variables between smoker and non-smoker groups. …”
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