A clinical and functional system for patients with accommodation disorders subjected to excimer laser correction of hypermetropia by O. S. Kuznetsova, S. V. Balalin

“…Purpose: to develop a clinical and functional rehabilitation system for patients with mild and moderate hyperopia and accommodation disorders before and after FemtoLASIK surgery and to assess its effectiveness.Material and methods. 234 patients (234 eyes) with the above conditions, aged 25 to 30 (mean age 27.9 ± 1.2 years) were divided into 2 groups. …”
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Antiischemic effects of metoprolol and the risk of carbohydrate metabolism disturbances in angina patients by E. V. Bochkareva, O. V. Alexandrovich, P. Yu. Bardybakhin, E. K. Butina, N. G. Kucheryavaya, I. N. Ozerova, V. A. Metelskaya

“…The study included 28 male patients, aged 46-68 years, with stable effort angina, Functional Class II-III, and positive exercise stress test (EST). …”
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Physical Fitness, Executive Functions, and Academic Performance in Children and Youth: A Cross-Sectional Study by Valter Fernandes, Arthur Silva, Andrea Carvalho, Sidarta Ribeiro, Andrea Deslandes

“…A total of 131 students (49% female) aged 10–15 years from a public school in Rio de Janeiro were assessed in executive functions (hearts and flowers, Corsi’s block, and digit span tasks), academic performance (Portuguese, reading, math, and overall school grade), physical tests (touch test disc, agility, lower limb and upper limb explosive strength), and anthropometric measurements. …”
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Assessment of anxiety, sleep quality, and cognitive functions in underweight young adults: A pilot study by Saieesha Chowdary Kolla, Aalasyam Naveen, Prakhya Chowdary Koya, Vikash Sharma, Sravani MR, Shyma Parapurath

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Association of menarche, menopause, and reproductive history with cognitive performance in older US women: a cross-sectional study from NHANES 2011–2014 by Anquan Hu, Lu Xiong, Huijun Wei, Liangyan Yuan, Yumeng Li, Heyan Qin, Feng Chen, Tao Liu

“…The cognitive performance was assessed by the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer’s Disease (CERAD) Word Learning sub-test, Animal Fluency test (AFT), and Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST), in relation to reproductive history variables like age of menarche, menopause, reproductive span, number of pregnancies, and parity. …”
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Associations between malnutrition and physical performance, sarcopenia, and frailty in older adults by Hélio José Coelho-Júnior, Alejandro Álvarez-Bustos, Andrea Russo, Leocadio Rodriguez-Mañas, Francesco Landi, Emanuele Marzetti

“…Abstract Background The present study examined the associations between malnutrition and physical function, sarcopenia, and frailty in older adults. …”
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The relationship between dementia staging scales, cognitive-behavioral scales and functionality in patients with cognitive impairment. by Fatma Ozge Kayhan Koçak, Emre Kumral

“…The Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR), Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) and Functional Assessment Staging Test (FAST), The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscore (ADAS-Cog) were recorded. …”
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Moderate alcohol consumption does not protect cognitive function when controlling for income and cultural factors by Kerri M. Gillespie, Eva Kemps, Melanie J. White, Selena E. Bartlett

“…The present study aimed to investigate the effect of alcohol on cognition, and the impact of different socioeconomic indicators on this relationship.MethodsAn online, cross-sectional survey, including an assessment of five domains of cognitive function, was conducted in 123 healthy adults between 18 and 70 years of age. …”
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Characteristics of hypertension and its impact on cognitive functions in older adults: a cross-sectional study by Nivedita Parandiyal, Porimita Chutia, Shashank Saurabh Sinha, Pratyaksha Pandit, Naif Ali Majrashi, Naseem Qureshi, Shailendra Mohan Tripathi, Shailendra Mohan Tripathi

“…The chi-square test and independent t-tests were used and p value < 0.05 was considered to be significant.ResultThe mean age of the study population was 68.2 years, the cognitive functions was comparable in terms of age, sex, locality, co-morbidity, and treatment characteristic. …”
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LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON LIVER FUNCTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH THALASSEMIA MAJOR BEFORE AND AFTER DEFERASIROX (DFX) THERAPY by Ashraf Tawfik Soliman, Mohamed Yassin, Fawzia AlYafei, Lolwa Al-Naimi, Noora Almarri, Aml Sabt, Vincenzo De Sanctis

“…Methods: Liver function tests including: serum bilirubin, alanine transferase (ALT), aspartate transferase (AST) , albumin, insulin-like growth factor – I (IGF-I) and serum ferritin concentrations were followed every 6 months in 40 patients with BTM, with hepatitis negative screening (checked every year), for at  least   five years of DFO therapy and 4-5 years of DFX therapy . …”
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Donor Smoking Negatively Affects Donor and Recipient Renal Function following Living Donor Nephrectomy by Jonathan Heldt, Robert Torrey, Daniel Han, Pedro Baron, Christopher Tenggardjaja, Justin McLarty, Tekisha Lindler, D. Duane Baldwin

“…Preoperative demographics and perioperative variables including serum creatinine (Cr) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) were calculated and stratified by amount of tobacco exposure in pack-years. Clinical outcomes were analyzed with a Student's t-test, chi-square, and multiple linear regression analysis (𝛼=0.05). …”
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Assessment of the functional state of left heart in patients with chronic heart failure with preserved ejection fraction by D. V. Vdovenko, R. A. Libis

“…In our study we use 6-minute walk test to evaluate the functional class of CHF-PEF, echocardiography and speckle-tracking echocardiography to examine left ventricle systolic, diastolic function and speckle tracking echocardiography to determine the parameters of the myocardial deformation.Results. …”
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Level of personality functioning scale-brief form 2.0: validity and reliability of the Chinese version by Dandan Ma, Bindong Dai, Yufei Wang, Jinya Cao, Jing Wei

“…Abstract Background In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)-5 and International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-11, the concept of personality functioning (self-functioning and interpersonal functioning) is officially introduced as the core feature for diagnosing personality disorder. …”
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Сhanges in functional activity of peripheral blood neutrophils in young children with recurrent respiratory infection by I. M. Kurtasova, T. V. Lubnina, E. V. Safontseva

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Cognitive–Motor Coupling in Multiple Sclerosis: Do Chronological Age and Physical Activity Matter? by Brenda Jeng, Peixuan Zheng, Robert W. Motl

“…<b>Methods</b>: The sample included 290 people with MS between the ages of 22 and 77 years. Participants underwent the Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT) for cognitive processing speed and the California Verbal Learning and Memory Test–Second Edition (CVLT-II) for verbal learning and memory. …”
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Enhanced Functionality Using a Powered Upper Extremity Exoskeleton in Patients With Brachial Plexus Injuries by Sandesh G. Bhat, Emily J. Miller, Paul Kane, Kevin W. Hollander, Claudio Vignola, Alexander Y. Shin, Thomas G. Sugar, Kenton R. Kaufman

“…Traumatic brachial plexus injury (BPI) results in significant disability, often hindering functionality in the patient&#x2019;s daily life. Post- surgery, muscle strength recovery can take up to two years, with 40% of patients requiring even longer. …”
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Estimating heterogeneity of physical function treatment response to caloric restriction among older adults with obesity. by Daniel P Beavers, Katherine L Hsieh, Dalane W Kitzman, Stephen B Kritchevsky, Stephen P Messier, Rebecca H Neiberg, Barbara J Nicklas, W Jack Rejeski, Kristen M Beavers

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Lymphocyte‐to‐C‐reactive protein ratio and score in patients with heart failure: Nutritional status, physical function, and prognosis by Daichi Maeda, Yuya Matsue, Nobuyuki Kagiyama, Yudai Fujimoto, Tsutomu Sunayama, Taishi Dotare, Taisuke Nakade, Kentaro Jujo, Kazuya Saito, Kentaro Kamiya, Hiroshi Saito, Yuki Ogasahara, Emi Maekawa, Masaaki Konishi, Takeshi Kitai, Kentaro Iwata, Hiroshi Wada, Masaru Hiki, Takatoshi Kasai, Hirofumi Nagamatsu, Tetsuya Ozawa, Katsuya Izawa, Shuhei Yamamoto, Naoki Aizawa, Kazuki Wakaume, Kazuhiro Oka, Shin‐ichi Momomura, Tohru Minamino

“…Nutritional status and physical function were evaluated using several indices and tests. …”
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Features of psychosocial functioning of patients with combat traumatic brain injury of varying severity: analysis of interconnection by I. Chernenko, M. Markova

“…Diamond, the method of "Coping-test" by R. Lazarus and the Multidimensional Scale of Social Support. …”
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OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM FOR NUMBER OF LOGIC GATES NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT MULTIPLE BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS USING DECODER by M. Onai, H. Skopyk

“…The target program is successfully implemented and can be seen in full at https://github.com/Gleb-05/MakeFuncForDC. A test is conducted on 1000 sets of four pseudorandom eight-term functions. …”
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