The mediating effect of anxiety and depression on the association between adverse experiences and executive functioning in young adults by Juan Francisco Palomares Gómez, Anyerson Stiths Gómez Tabares, Catalina Gallego Montes

“…The average age was 22 years old, with a SD of 2.72, 77% were women. EF of working memory (WAIS-IV Working Memory Index), shifting (Wisconsin Card Sorting Test - WSCT), inhibitory control (Test of Colors and Words - STROOP), anxiety (Trait-State Anxiety Inventory - IDARE), depression (Beck Depression Inventory-II) and ACEs (Fellity ACEs Questionnaire) were measured. …”
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Association of Serum Level of 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D Deficiency and Pulmonary Function in Healthy Individuals by Maryam Moghaddassi, Marzieh Pazoki, Ahmad Salimzadeh, Tayeb Ramim, Zahra Alipour

“…We assessed the correlation between vitamin D serum levels with pulmonary function in healthy individuals. Methods. In a cross-sectional study, healthy volunteer (n=92) participants underwent the following laboratory procedures: a blood test, a 24-hour urine collection test, and the serum level of 25-hydroxy vitamin D before undergoing spirometry. …”
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Improved Hip Flexibility and Gluteal Function Following a Daily Lunge-and-Reach Stretching Intervention by Brent A. Ehresman, B.J. Lehecka, Damien Hiser, Levi Koster, Jessica Wietharn

“… # Study Design Cohort Study # Methods Twenty-three participants with hip flexor tightness (15 females, 8 males; average age 24.0 ± 2.58 years) totaling 46 limbs were tested. Twelve participants were randomly assigned to the experimental group, while the remaining eleven were placed in the control group. …”
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Effects of exoskeleton rehabilitation robot training on neuroplasticity and lower limb motor function in patients with stroke by Tao Fan, Peng Zheng, Xue Zhang, Ze Gong, Yu Shi, Mingyang Wei, Jing Zhou, Longlong He, Shilin Li, Qing Zeng, Pengcheng Lu, Yijin Zhao, Jihua Zou, Rong Chen, Zhangqi Peng, Chenyu Xu, Peihua Cao, Guozhi Huang

“…Transcranial magnetic stimulation, Fugl–Meyer Assessment lower extremity, Functional Ambulation Category 6-min walking distance test, intelligent gait analysis, and surface electromyography of the lower limbs were performed before and 4 weeks after treatment. …”
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Cognitive functions in patients with stenotic lesions of the great arteries of the head before and after carotid endartectomy by O. V. Gavrilova, L. V. Stakhovskaya, S. B. Buklina, D. Yu. Usachev, V. A. Lukshin, A. Yu. Belyaev, V. V. Akhmetov, V. I. Skvortsova

“…Objective: to study higher mental functions (HMF) in patients with stenotic lesion of the brachiocephalic arteries (BCA) before and after carotid endarterectomy (CE). …”
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The Association Between the Atherogenic Index of Plasma and Cognitive Function: Evidence From the NHANES 2011–2014 by Pingping Huang, Gaocan Ren, Yifei Wang, Yicheng Liu, Hongwei Zhang, Shuangqing Fu, Zhibo Zhang, Lijun Guo, Xiaochang Ma

“…Negative correlations were detected between the AIP and both Animal Fluency Test (AFT) performance (β = ‐5.54, 95%CI: ‐9.26, ‐1.82, p < 0.05) and Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST) performance (β = ‐15.79, 95% CI: ‐26.32, ‐5.27, p < 0.05) after adjusting for multiple confounding variables. …”
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Structural and functional changes of the heart in patients with chronic ischemic heart failure, associated with renal dysfunction by D. A. Lashkul

“…The study involved 333 patients with ischemic CHF (277 men and 56 women, mean age 59,3±9,4 years). The functional class of heart failure was assessed on the recommendations of the New York Heart Association (NYHA). …”
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Health status, respiratory symptom and dyspnea trajectories in subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a seven-year observation in clinical practice by Koichi Nishimura, Masaaki Kusunose, Ayumi Shibayama, Kazuhito Nakayasu

“…Methodology This longitudinal study followed 70 COPD patients for seven years, with evaluations every six months. Participants underwent pulmonary function tests and completed four PRO measures: St. …”
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Neurocognitive function and health-related quality of life among glioblastoma patients: A prospective study by Mohamed A Baba, Ahmed Kharbach, Mohamed Lmejjati, Nawal Adali

“…The QLQ-C30 and QLQ-BN20 scales were used to assess QoL, while neurocognitive function was evaluated using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) test. …”
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Dairy intake and cognitive function in older adults in three cohorts: a mendelian randomization study by Natalia Ortega, Nick J. Mueller, Abbas Dehghan, Tosca O. E. de Crom, Armin von Gunten, Martin Preisig, Pedro Marques-Vidal, Marco Vinceti, Trudy Voortman, Nicolas Rodondi, Patricia O. Chocano-Bedoya

“…Second, we used the estimated dairy consumption in linear regression models on general cognition, assessed by the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Mental Alternation Test, executive function, verbal fluency, verbal learning, and memory. …”
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Warning Function of Frank’s Sign in Pre-Existing Cardiac Disease Patients: A Case Report by Mingzhe Wang, Yujing Zhang, Jiang Huang, Geping Liao, Wei Qian, Yaofu Zheng, Xiaoping Peng, Jianbing Zhu

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Assessment of lung function in partially edentulous patients using spirometry: A cross-sectional study by Likhitha Ayyagari, M. C. Suresh Sajjan, P Arun Bhupathi, Rama Laxmi Koruprolu, Rama Krishna Alla

“…Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of partially edentulous ()PED condition on lung function through spirometry tests and comparison of airflow rates between dentulous and PED subjects. …”
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White matter hyperintensities, executive function and global cognitive performance in vascular mild cognitive impairment by Felipe Kenji Sudo, Carlos Eduardo Oliveira Alves, Gilberto Sousa Alves, Letice Ericeira-Valente, Chan Tiel, Denise Madeira Moreira, Jerson Laks, Eliasz Engelhardt

“…Methods Twenty-six individuals (age: 73.11±7.90 years; 65.4% female; schooling: 9.84±3.61 years) were selected through neuropsychological assessment and neuroimaging. …”
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Using graph machine learning to identify functioning in patients with low back pain in terms of ICF by Linda Nieminen, Harri Ketamo, Jari Vuori, Markku Kankaanpää

“…A dataset of 93 patients aged 18 to 65 years with chronic low back pain was collected. Headai Graphmind was then tested for its ability to match free text with ICF codes on a sample of 20 patients. …”
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Finding the Mole and Choosing the Apple: Executive Function Challenges in Children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) by Soraya Sanhueza, Mabel Urrutia, Hipólito Marrero

“…Yet, these cognitive deficits remain underexplored in early childhood, particularly during the preschool years. Objective: This study explores WM and SA in Chilean preschoolers with a DLD compared to their typically developing (TD) peers, using the nonverbal tasks “Torpo the Clumsy Mole” for WM and the Continuous Performance Task (CPT) “Duno and the Worms” for SA, both from the Child Neuropsychological Evaluation Test (TENI in Spanish). …”
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The effects of structured coordinative exercise protocol on physical fitness, motor competence and inhibitory control in preschool children by Ali Mert Şendil, Umut Canlı, Bodor Bin sheeha, Nouf H. Alkhamees, Alexios Batrakoulis, Sameer Badri Al-Mhanna

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Plasma Extracellular Vesicles Biomarkers Linked to Lower Muscle Mass, Function and Physical Performance in Sarcopenia by Ji Yeon Kim, Tae‐Hwan Gil, Hyo Gyeong Lee, Ji‐Won Shin, Dong‐Hyun Jang, Hyeon Soo Kim, Seung Shin Park, Sang Wan Kim, Chan Soo Shin, Sung Hye Kong, Ok Hee Jeon

“…Hand grip strength was measured using a hydraulic hand dynamometer for muscle function and physical performance based on the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), walking speed and the five‐time‐sit‐to‐stand test. …”
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Women-specific reference ranges for serum TSH in Liguria: the impact of age and year of collection in a single-center cross-sectional study by Massimo Giusti, Marilena Sidoti

“…Abstract Background TSH is the first-line test of thyroid function, and the normal TSH references provided by manufacturers are generally used in diagnoses. …”
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Guided Tissue Regeneration of Periodontal Infrabony Defects with Frozen Radiation-Sterilized Allogenic Bone Graft Versus Deproteinized Bovine Bone Mineral: 5-Year Outcomes of RCT by Bartłomiej Górski, Aniela Brodzikowska, Kacper Nijakowski, Mariano Sanz

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Light-regulated voltage-gated potassium channels for acute interrogation of channel function in neurons and behavior. by Henry H Jerng, Jay M Patel, Tamor A Khan, Benjamin R Arenkiel, Paul J Pfaffinger

“…Even though Kv channels have been intensely studied for over 70 year, surprisingly little is known about how specific channels expressed in various neurons and their functional properties impact neuronal network activity and behavior in vivo. …”
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