Correspondence between thalamic injury-induced changes in resting-state fMRI of monkeys and their sensorimotor behaviors and neural activities by Anirban Sengupta, Pai-Feng Yang, Jamie L. Reed, Arabinda Mishra, Feng Wang, Isaac V Manzanera Esteve, Zhangyan Yang, Li Min Chen, John C. Gore

“…Resting state functional MRI (rsfMRI) exploits variations in blood-oxygenation-level-dependent (BOLD) signals to infer resting state functional connectivity (FC) within and between brain networks. …”
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Surgical treatment for multifocal epilepsy by K. R. Kostiuk, V. M. Buniakin, V. V. Cheburakhin, M. M. Shevelov, Y. M. Medvedev, A. O. Popov, D. A. Tevzadze, S. M. Dichko, V. V. Musulievska, O. M. Kanaikin

“…Assessment of the surgical treatment efficacy in multifocal epilepsy by a differentiated surgical approach depending on the clinical manifestations of the disease and structural and functional changes of the brain. …”
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Anorectal function and symptoms 6 months after robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: a single-center study by Theodoros Psarias, Susanna Walter, Martin Holmbom, Issa Khayoun Issa, Firas Abdul-Sattar Aljabery, Olof Hallböök

“…Anorectal symptoms such as fecal incontinence (FI), rectal urgency or disturbed defecation have been reported after the operation. Anorectal function is dependent on the integrity of anal and pelvic nerves and muscles, rectal sensory function as well as rectal reservoir function. …”
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Constraining the z ∼ 1 Initial Mass Function with HST and JWST Lensed Stars in MACS J0416.1−2403 by Sung Kei Li, Jose M. Diego, Ashish K. Meena, Jeremy Lim, Leo W. H. Fung, Arsen Levitskiy, James Nianias, Jose M. Palencia, Hayley Williams, Jiashuo Zhang, Alfred Amruth, Thomas J. Broadhurst, WenLei Chen, Alexei V. Filippenko, Patrick L. Kelly, Anton M. Koekemoer, Derek Perera, Bangzheng Sun, Liliya L. R. Williams, Rogier A. Windhorst, Haojin Yan, Adi Zitrin

“…Our understanding of galaxy properties and evolution is contingent on knowing the initial mass function (IMF), and yet to date the IMF is constrained only to local galaxies. …”
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Bayesian constraints on covariant density functional equations of state of compact stars with new NICER mass-radius measurements by Jia-Jie Li, Yu Tian, Armen Sedrakian

“…These data offer a unique opportunity to test modern theories of dense matter using multi-messenger constraints. Covariant density functional (CDF) models of nuclear matter, which capture a broad range of nuclear and astrophysical phenomena, provide a robust theoretical framework to interpret these observations. …”
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Differential effects of aging, Alzheimer's pathology, and APOE4 on longitudinal functional connectivity and episodic memory in older adults by Larissa Fischer, Jenna N. Adams, Eóin N. Molloy, Niklas Vockert, Jennifer Tremblay-Mercier, Jordana Remz, Alexa Pichet Binette, Sylvia Villeneuve, Anne Maass, PREVENT-AD Research Group

“…Few studies have, however, focused on distinguishing region-specific effects of AD-biomarker negative “normal” aging and early amyloid- and tau pathology on functional connectivity. Further, longitudinal studies combining imaging, biomarkers, and cognition are rare. …”
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Functional outcomes and efficiency of rehabilitation in a national cohort of patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome and other inflammatory polyneuropathies. by Roxana Alexandrescu, Richard John Siegert, Lynne Turner-Stokes

“…Outcome measures include the UK Functional Assessment Measure, Northwick Park Dependency Score (NPDS) and Care Needs Assessment (NPCNA). …”
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Association Between Physical Function and Edentulism in Older Adults: Findings from the Indonesian Family Life Survey 2014 by Rieski Prihastuti MN, Daisuke Hinode PhD, Makoto Fukui PhD, Omar M. M. Rodis PhD, Yoshizo Matsuka PhD

“…This study aimed to determine the association between physical function and edentulism among older adults. The fifth wave of Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS-5) data was used. …”
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Hybrid CNN-LSTM Model with Custom Activation and Loss Functions for Predicting Fan Actuator States in Smart Greenhouses by Gregorius Airlangga, Julius Bata, Oskar Ika Adi Nugroho, Boby Hartanto Pramudita Lim

“…The hybrid model integrates CNNs for spatial feature extraction and LSTMs for temporal dependency modeling, enhanced by a custom activation function and loss function tailored for the problem’s characteristics. …”
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Optimal sigmoid function models for analysis of transspinal evoked potential recruitment curves recorded from different muscles. by Andreas Skiadopoulos, Maria Knikou

“…The findings revealed a muscle dependency, with the Boltzmann and Hill models identified as the best fits for the soleus, while the Extreme Value Function and Boltzmann models were optimal for the tibialis anterior transspinal evoked potentials recruitment curves. …”
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Examining access to daily functions through the lens of the 15-minute city concept in a highly populated city by Harris Baig, Muhammad Abdullah, Charitha Dias, Muhammad Aamir Basheer

“…A GIS-based methodology is employed to analyze accessibility to essential social urban functions based on street network of Lahore. A total of 513,527 data points for social urban functions such as (i) Residential, (ii) Commerce, (iii) Health, (iv) Education, and (v) Recreation are considered for analysis. …”
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Effect of Early Rehabilitation during Intensive Care Unit Stay on Functional Status: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. by Ana Cristina Castro-Avila, Pamela Serón, Eddy Fan, Mónica Gaete, Sharon Mickan

“…This study aims to determine the effect of early rehabilitation for functional status in ICU/high-dependency unit (HDU) patients.…”
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Association between albumin-corrected anion gap and kidney function in individuals with hypertension – NHANES 2009–2016 cycle by Hui Jiang, Xiaofeng Lan, Linmeng Zhou, Xiang Xie

“…Additionally, ACAG shows promise as a new and dependable biomarker for predicting the decline in kidney function in hypertensive patients.…”
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Complex interplay between gene deletions and the environment uncovers cellular roles for genes of unknown function in Escherichia coli by Kaat Sondervorst, Kristina Nesporova, Matthew Herdman, Bart Steemans, Joëlle Rosseels, Sander K. Govers

“…Combined, this approach highlights the potential of cross-condition image-based profiling, which extracts many cell biological phenotypic readouts across multiple conditions, to better understand nutrient-dependent phenotypic variability and uncover protein function.…”
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Multicomponent rehabilitation to improve independence and functioning in elderly patients with common age-associated diseases: a scoping review by Omar Baritello, Hanna Stein, Heinz Völler, Annett Salzwedel, Theo Taxis, Machteld Luizink-Dogan

“…RCTs and CCS were included from inception, without language restriction. Care dependency, physical function, health-related quality of life (HRQL) and activities of daily living (ADL) after ≥6 months follow-up were the outcomes of interest.Data extraction and synthesis Four reviewers independently screened titles, abstracts and full texts for inclusion and extracted data. …”
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Mathematical analysis of functional properties alterations of mice bone marrow during protracted external irradiation with different dose rate intensity by R. V. Boiko, D. I. Bilko, I. Z. Russu, N. M. Bilko

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Advancing microalgal applications: Process optimization and functional integration of lyophilized Spirulina biomass in formation of protein-enriched cheddar-type cheese by Manpreet Kaur, Usman Mir Khan, Ipek Bayram, Surekha Bhatia, Urmila Gupta

“…This study explores the potential of Spirulina as a sustainable alternative to animal rennet, proposing it as a vegetarian functional ingredient in cheddar-type cheese production. …”
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Walking Exercise and Its Effect on Functional Capacity and Productivity in Post-Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Indra Gilang Pamungkas, Tuti Herawati, Prima Agustia Nova

“…Data analysis used independent and dependent t-tests for normally distributed variables such as functional capacity, impairment while working, and activity impairment, and Mann-Whitney and Wilcoxon tests for variables that were not normally distributed, such as work time missed and overall work impairment. …”
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Asynchronously fault detection for flight vehicles with unstable modes via MDLF and MDADT method by Sheng Luo, Xin Liu, Yanfei Cheng, Shiyu Shuai, Haoyu Cheng

Subjects: “…Multiple discontinuous lyapunov function…”
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Nanometer scale difference in myofilament lattice structure of muscle alters muscle function in a spatially explicit model. by Travis Carver Tune, Simon Sponberg

“…Here we show the first spatially explicit model to include radial crossbridge dependence which can produce mechanical function similar to real muscle. …”
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