Pointwise Structure–Function Analysis of the Ellipsoid Zone in Retinitis Pigmentosa Using an Artificial Intelligence-Assisted OCT and Microperimetry Overlay by Jesse A. Most, BA, An D. Le, MS, PhD, Melanie D. Tran, BS, Evan H. Walker, MS, Aneesh Swamy, Dirk-Uwe G. Bartsch, PhD, William R. Freeman, MD, Truong Nguyen, PhD, Cheolhong An, PhD, Shyamanga Borooah, MBBS, PhD

“…Focusing on grade 0 loci, 57.5% had sensitivity scores >0 dB, and 4% had scores ≥20 dB, suggesting that these points had function despite no observable EZ on SD-OCT. Conclusions: We identified local EZ structure–function incongruencies in RP using a pointwise analysis of structure–function overlay. …”
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Epidemic preparedness and response capacity against infectious disease outbreaks in 186 countries, 2018–2022 by Paul Eze, Judith Chidumebi Idemili, Friday Onwubiko Nwoko, Nigel James, Lucky Osaheni Lawani

“…From the 2022 submissions, 116 (62%) countries reported functional (Level 4 or 5) prevention capacity, 162 (87%) had functional detection capacity, 118 (63%) had functional response capacity, 121 (65%) had functional enabling resources and coordination capacity, and 133 (72%) had functional operational readiness against public health events. …”
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Right ventricular outflow tract obstruction in twin‐to‐twin transfusion syndrome undergoing laser surgery: A systematic review and meta‐analysis by Hiba J. Mustafa, Muhammad Jawwad, Ayesha Iqbal Mansoor, Giorgio Pagani, Francesco D'Antonio, Asma Khalil

“…In all, 134/197 (68%) had functional pulmonary stenosis and 62/197 (32%) had functional pulmonary atresia. …”
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Preliminary Analysis of the Salt-Tolerance Mechanisms of Different Varieties of Dandelion (<i>Taraxacum mongolicum</i> Hand.-Mazz.) Under Salt Stress by Wei Feng, Ran Meng, Yue Chen, Zhaojia Li, Xuelin Lu, Xiuping Wang, Zhe Wu

“…Additionally, KEGG annotations revealed the DEGs had functions assigned to general function prediction only, post-translation modification, protein turnover, chaperones, and signal transduction mechanisms in variety A. …”
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The distribution of genetic polymorphism of CYP3A5, CYP3A4 and ABCB1 in patients subjected to renal transplantation by Vavić Neven, Rančić Nemanja, Cikota-Aleksić Bojana, Magić Zvonko, Cimeša Jelena, Obrenčević Katarina, Radojević Milorad, Mikov Momir, Dragojević-Simić Viktorija

“…Most of our patients (94.8%) had functional CYP3A4 enzyme, while 87.7% of all the patients had diminished CYP3A5 enzymatic activity. …”
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COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: ASSESSING THE ROLE OF VASCULAR FACTORS by E. S. Derevnina, N. S. Akimova, D. G. Persashvili, Yu. G. Schwartz

“…In total, 54 patients with AF and 20 AF-free patients who had Functional Class I–III chronic heart failure (CHF) underwent cognitive assessment tests, echocardiography, cerebral nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, and duplex brachiocephalic ultrasound.Results. …”
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Not Only Socks Were Darned – Secondary Textile Usage as a Source of Material Culture Studies by Małgorzata Grupa

“… When we obtain textiles during archaeological explorations (crypts, settlement sites), we do not realize in what forms they had functioned before they were deposited to the ground. …”
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Anabolic Steroid Use for Weight and Strength Gain in Critically Ill Patients: A Case Series and Review of the Literature by Matthew Anstey, Shilpa Desai, Luke Torre, Bradley Wibrow, Jason Seet, Emma Osnain

“…All patients were already receiving appropriate nutritional support and physiotherapy. All patients had functional improvements in their muscle strength. …”
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Diagnosis and therapy of parathyroid cysts: A review of 7 cases by Zhiwei Zhou, Jingjia Li, Weixiong Chen

“…Five of the patients had non-functioning parathyroid cysts (NPC) and the remaining two had functioning parathyroid cysts (FPC). Cystic fluid contained high level of parathyroid hormone (PTH). …”
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A chromosome-level genome assembly of the Hermonassa cecilia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by Chao Wu, Xinyue Liang, Chengyue Xian, Lei Zhang, Zhiqiang Zhang, Yao Tan, Jingang Liang, Yutao Xiao

“…We identified 281.45 Mb of repetitive sequences, which account for 44.21% of the genome, and annotated 22,662 protein-coding genes, 89.29% of which had functional annotations. This study represents the first assembly and annotation of the H. cecilia genome, providing a valuable resource for understanding its biological characteristics and offering significant potential for comparative genomics within the Noctuinae subfamily.…”
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Antianginal treatment and quality of life in patients with chronic coronary heart disease by B. I. Geltser, E. V. Solyanik, E. Ya. Yakukhnaya, Yu. Yu. Karpinskaya, E. L. Shuvalova

“…All participants had Functional Class II-IV effort angina and received antianginal therapy, QoL was assessed with Health-Related QoL scale. …”
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Powered Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy: Raising the Bar by Roopa Hiremath, K.V. Satyamurthy, Sanjeev Kulkarni, Arati Jain

“…Two patients with a patent ostium had functional block and continued to have some symptoms. …”
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Chromosome-level genome assembly of the Phoxinus lagowskii by Han Zheng, Peng Xie, Xiaoyu Zheng, Xufa Ma, Kaijian Wei, Rui Han

“…A total of 76,416 proteins were predicted, of which 95.29% had functional annotations. Repetitive sequences in the genome totaled 626.50 Mb, representing 51.42% of the entire genome. …”
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Status of wildlife disease surveillance in the West Africa sub-region by Richard Dery Suu-Ire, Henry Asigri Abugri, Richard Kwamena Abbiw, James Kunituo, Amos Sarpong Agyei

“…Surveillance data from member countries were collected using Google form questionnaires.Our findings indicate that seven of the eleven assessed countries had functional wildlife surveillance networks, utilizing general (9 of 11) and targeted (8 of 11) surveillance approaches. …”
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A Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of Chiton <i>Acanthochiton rubrolineatus</i> (Chitonida, Polyplacophora, Mollusca) by Jiangyong Qu, Xiaofei Lu, Chenen Tu, Fuyang He, Sutao Li, Dongyue Gu, Shuang Wang, Zhikai Xing, Li Zheng, Xumin Wang, Lijun Wang

“…Among the 32,291 predicted genes, 76.32% had functional predictions. The divergence time of Brachiopoda and Mollusca was ~550.8 Mya (million years ago), and that of <i>A. rubrolineatus</i> and other mollusks was ~548.5 Mya; (4) Conclusions: This study not only offers high-quality reference sequences for the Acanthochiton rubrolineatus genome, but also establishes groundwork for investigating the mechanisms of Polyplacophora biomineralization and its evolutionary history. …”
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Functional Dyspepsia: Subtypes, Risk Factors, and Overlap with Irritable Bowel Syndrome in a Population of African Patients by Sylvester Chuks Nwokediuko, Uchenna Ijoma, Olive Obienu

“…Of 192 patients who had functional dyspepsia, epigastric pain syndrome, postprandial distress syndrome, and combination of the two subtypes accounted for 79.2%, 62.5%, and 50%, respectively. …”
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Legislative power in the Republic of Poland by M. I. Marchuk

“…It has been noted that the result of the accession of the Republic of Poland to the European Union, the Sejm and the Senate had functional changes that covered almost all the powers of the national parliament, including, first of all, legislative and control functions, led to the appearance of elements of the “European” function of the parliament and transformed already existing commitment of both chambers. …”
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NbPIRIN promotes the protease activity of papain-like cysteine protease NbRD21 to inhibit Chinese wheat mosaic virus infection. by Kaili Zhong, Gecheng Xu, Jingjing Shi, Peng Liu, Aizhu Tu, Mila Wu, Jiaqian Liu, Jianping Chen, Jian Yang

“…Since wheat is the natural host of CWMV, we identified TaPIRIN and TaRD21 and found that they had functions similar to those of NbPIRIN and NbRD21 in the CWMV response. …”
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Identification and Characterisation of Potential Targets for N6-methyladenosine (m6A) Modification during Intervertebral Disc Degeneration by Jianlin Shen, Qiang Zhang, Yujian Lan, Qingping Peng, Ziyu Ji, Yanjiao Wu, Huan Liu

“…Results and Conclusion: Human IDD samples exhibited a distinct m6A modification pattern that allowed associated genes and pathways to be identified. These genes had functions such as “nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB) binding” and “extracellular matrix components”, which are crucial for IDD pathogenesis. …”
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Gaps in the physical therapy approach to functioning and disability after stroke: a scoping review by Sofia Queiros Vieira, Shamyr Sulyvan de Castro

“…This scoping review analyzed clinical trials conducted by physical therapists that had functioning/disability in post-stroke adults as an outcome, with the aim of investigating the biopsychosocial model approach. …”
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