Interventions to improve the outcomes of frail people having surgery: A systematic review. by Daniel I McIsaac, Tim Jen, Nikhile Mookerji, Abhilasha Patel, Manoj M Lalu

“…Exercise therapy, applied pre-, or post-operatively, was associated with significant improvements in functional outcomes and improved quality of life. Multicomponent protocols suffered from poor compliance and difficulties in implementation. …”
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Τhe Turkish Nominal Syntagmatic Sets 'Ad tamlaması': A Linguistic Approach in Turkish Second Language Acquisition and Teaching by Vasiliki Mavridou

“…We will conclude that the formal differentiation of the 3 NSS types does not always correspond with functional- semantic differentiation, which has implications on the difficulties these forms create in L2-learners. …”
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It is harder for me: A thematic analysis of lived experience of self-care, and its relationship with self-injurious behaviors in psychiatric patients by Jonas Bjärehed, Hanna Grenner, Sara Pavlovic, Magnus Nilsson

“… Self-injury is associated with significant psychological distress and functional impairments, including difficulties with self-care. …”
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Diffraction of low-frequency waves on elastic thin-walled shells of rotation by V. Yu. Prikhodko, . Do Vu Minh Thang

“…Asymptotic and functional relations connecting the characteristics of scattered near and far fields with elastic and spectral characteristics of thin-walled elongated elastic shells described by the Love theory were found. …”
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Impact of antifibrotics on post-COVID-19 lung sequelae by Yosri Mohamed Kamel Akl, Youssef Amin Soliman, Sabah Ahmed Mohamed, Afnan Nabil Fatehi Abdelghaffar, Aml Ibrahim Bayoumi

“… Respiratory problems in acute COVID-19 and post-acute COVID-19 syndrome vary greatly, potentially leading to long-term functional difficulties. Off-label usage of antifibrotics, such as pirfenidone, has emerged as a promising treatment for post-COVID interstitial lung problems. …”
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Reliability factor in the design of a distribution network by F. L. Byk, Yu. V. Kakosha, L. S. Myshkina

“…The methodology makes it possible to compare measures taking into account changes in the structural and functional reliability of the distribution network and regime restrictions. …”
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A Versatile Strategy for Production of Membrane Proteins with Diverse Topologies: Application to Investigation of Bacterial Homologues of Human Divalent Metal Ion and Nucleoside Tr... by Cheng Ma, Zhenyu Hao, Gerard Huysmans, Amelia Lesiuk, Per Bullough, Yingying Wang, Mark Bartlam, Simon E Phillips, James D Young, Adrian Goldman, Stephen A Baldwin, Vincent L G Postis

“…The proteins are expressed in E. coli in a correctly folded, functional state and can be purified in amounts suitable for structural investigations.…”
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Lower-Limb Amputees and Family Caregivers: Challenges, Needs, and Strategies for Empowerment—A Qualitative Study by Diana Rodrigues, Luís Carvalho, Cristina Pinto

“…<b>Results</b>: Four categories emerged: (i) difficulties faced, including loss of autonomy, mobility challenges, architectural barriers, and emotional strain; (ii) home discharge, emphasizing functional training for amputees and caregivers and the need for community support; (iii) impact of amputation, highlighting acceptance difficulties, psychological distress, social isolation, and lifestyle changes; and (iv) empowerment strategies, focusing on psychological support, skills training, assistive devices, and coordinated care. …”
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The impact of different adverse childhood experiences on the dimensions of emotional dysregulation in adults with major depression by Paula Dagnino, Cecilia Cordeu, Eduardo Franco-Chalco, Sergio Gloger, Martín Duisallant, Joaquín Mizon, Loreto Romero

“…In univariate models, emotional abuse predicted higher overall dysregulation and increased emotional dyscontrol, everyday interference, and emotional inattention, whereas greater physical abuse was associated with reduced everyday interference.DiscussionEmotional abuse appears to be the principal driver of both global and facet-specific emotion-regulation difficulties in adults with MDD, suggesting that interventions emphasizing impulse control, emotion awareness, and reduction of functional interference may be particularly beneficial for this subgroup.LimitationsThe cross-sectional, selfreport design precludes causal inferences and may be subject to recall bias; future work should employ longitudinal, multimethod approaches to elucidate mechanisms and resilience factors.…”
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Schizophrenia, Nutrition and Choices in Kilojoules (SNaCK): protocol for a feasibility and acceptability randomised controlled trial of two dietary interventions by Donni Johnston, Urska Arnautovska, Andrea Baker, Ingrid J. Hickman, Hannah L. Mayr, Nicole Korman, Wolfgang Marx, Eryn Murray, Nicola Warren, Sarah Weighell, Veronica De Monte, Gemma McKeon, Dan Siskind, Scott B. Teasdale

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The Patch-Levy-Based Bees Algorithm Applied to Dynamic Optimization Problems by Wasim A. Hussein, Siti Norul Huda Sheikh Abdullah, Shahnorbanun Sahran

“…These problems change over time in terms of the objective function, decision variables, constraints, and so forth. …”
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PI3K/AKT signaling in parasites and parasite diseases: Role and therapeutic potential by Lujun Yan, Yating Li, Xing Yang, Rui Li, Chunyin Zhu, Xuedong He, Xiaoliang Jin, Guanghui Zheng, Naunain Mehmood, William C. Cho, Shijun Bao, Houhui Song, Yadong Zheng

“…The immunoregulatory functions of the PI3K/AKT signaling make its inhibitors promising candidates for the control of parasite diseases. …”
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Oversimplification and Overstandardization in Biological Methods: Sperm Bioassays in Ecotoxicology as a Case of Study and a Proposal for Their Reformulation by M. A. Murado, M. A. Prieto

“…An interesting toxicological bioassay (fertilization inhibition in sea urchin) uses as assessment criterion a variable (fertilization ratio) whose variation with time creates two types of difficulties. First, it fails to distinguish between the toxic effect and the spontaneous decline in the sperm activity, causing some inconsistencies. …”
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Autonomous walking path planning of underground handling robot based on improved A* and DWA algorithm by Kekun ZHANG, Jiusheng BAO, Junwei AI, Xiaoming YUAN, Yan YIN, Maosen WANG, Shirong GE

“…Besides, aiming at the problem that the traditional DWA algorithm has poor running time and path length, the predictive path evaluation function is constructed by coordinating the constraints of underground roadway speed limit, mobile chassis drive motor limit and handling robot braking distance limit, and the obstacle evaluation sub-function is introduced to improve the DWA algorithm by measuring safety and efficiency. …”
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Dysphagia, Voice Problems and Health Related Quality of Life Among Head and Neck Cancer Survivors by Vaishali Sharma, Jisa George T, R Velmurugan, Rajesh Pasricha

“…The overall QOL mean (SD) score was high in cognitive functioning 80.76 (22.19) and role functioning 80.30 (25.54) of the functional domain. …”
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City, cholera, and COVID: A reading mediated by religiosity and science by Carlos E. Flores-Rodríguez, Luis Fajardo-Velázquez, Rosa María López-Nanco

“…It is shown that the everyday life of its inhabitants had a dual character, mediated by religiosity and science. Thus, the streets functioned and still do function as the neighborhood center, the symbolic site of this syncretism and the site for neighborhood tactics in the protective search for a sense of identity. …”
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A New Aerodynamic Domain Model (ADM) for Enhancing the Reliability of Spin Flight Vehicle Simulations by Shenghui Lv, Zhong Su

“…By considering both relative and absolute error characteristics between actual and computed aerodynamic values, the aerodynamic domain model is established with explicit methods for determining error factor function bounds. The theoretical and practical value of the model is demonstrated through a simulation example, showing its ability to represent the range of true aerodynamic forces and moments experienced by the vehicle. …”
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Multitarget Tracking of Pedestrians in Video Sequences Based on Particle Filters by Hui Li, Shengwu Xiong, Pengfei Duan, Xiangzhen Kong

“…During the process of tracking, the algorithm uses the similarity between candidates and codebooks as observation likelihood function and processes severe occlusion condition to prevent drift and loss phenomenon caused by target occlusion. …”
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Applications of Hydroxyapatite in Healthcare Sectors – A Perspective Review by S Sneha, C Kanmani, S Ajay, S Surendar, K Sivakumar

“…Notwithstanding these difficulties, nHAp exhibits great potential. The capacity to function as a precise drug delivery system, namely for the treatment of bone disorders and cancer, is a highly intriguing field of study. …”
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Regional anesthesia in obese patients: Challenges, considerations, and solutions by Alessandro De Cassai, Francesco Zarantonello, Elisa Pistollato, Tommaso Pettenuzzo, Veronica Busetto, Nicolò Sella, Annalisa Boscolo

“…Anesthesiologists face numerous challenges during anesthesia in obese patients, including compromised respiratory function, altered pharmacokinetics of local anesthetics, and difficulties in identifying anatomical landmarks. …”
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