PROBLEM BANKS IN UKRAINE: CAUSES AND FUNCTIONING IN 2008 – 2014 by N. Versal

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The functional voxel algorithm for iterative composition of complex contours by A. A. Sycheva, A. M. Plaksin

“…However, its application is associated with a number of difficulties. In particular, R-functional modeling imposes high requirements to the qualification of the researcher and may require considerable time for modeling due to recursive nesting of calculations. …”
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Improving student understanding of fermionic and bosonic wave function by Christof Keebaugh, Emily Marshman, Chandralekha Singh

“…We discuss how research on student difficulties was used as a guide to develop, validate, and evaluate a Quantum Interactive Learning Tutorial (QuILT) to help students learn how to determine the completely symmetric bosonic or completely antisymmetric fermionic wave function and be able to compare and contrast them from the case when the particles can be treated as distinguishable. …”
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Differential diagnosis and morphological and functional characteristics of atrial myxoma by O. A. Sukhorukova, A. A. Parno, V. V. Mayer, A. E. Ali-Riza, E. V. Semichev

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The Function of Feeling Kama Muta in Face of Collective Threat by Alethea H. Q. Koh, Masataka Nakayama, Kongmeng Liew, Yukiko Uchida

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Quality of Life and Psychological Functioning in Children with PFAPA Syndrome by Xosé Ramón García-Soto, Maria Isabel Villanueva-Alameda, Jessica Fernández-Solana, Jerónimo J. González-Bernal, Arancha Bernal-Jiménez, Lara Santos-Martín, Juan García-Mellado, Sara Calvo-Simal, Rodrigo Vélez-Santamaría

“…The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and the Family Impact Module scale of Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) were used to assess psychological functioning and HRQoL, respectively. …”
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Effective Combination Therapy with Nizatidine and Acotiamide for Functional Dyspepsia by Yusaku Kajihara

“…Background: The two subgroups of Functional Dyspepsia (FD), including Postprandial Distress Syndrome (PDS) and Epigastric Pain Syndrome (EPS), can overlap. …”
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Restrictive cardiomyopathy: difficulties desminopathy diagnostics by T. G. Vaikhanskaya, T. M. Kaptsiukh, T. V. Kurushko, L. N. Sivitskaya, O. D. Liaudanski, N. G. Danilenko

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Hip-spine syndrome: Diagnostic difficulties by A. A. Kargaltsev, M. A. Makarov, S. A. Makarov, A. M. Lila

“…We used Harris Hip Score, Oswestry Disability Index and Visual Analogue Score to determine hip and lumbar spine functional status and pain level.Results. Patients with HSS had higher (p<0.05) pain levels (76.5±9.1 mm) than patients with hip (68.3±7.9 mm) or lumbar spine pathology (67.4±7.9 mm). …”
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The difficulties of diagnosis of neurosyphilis at the modern stage by T. L. Vizilo, T. V. Poponnikova, I. F. Fedoseeva, E. D. Vasenina

“…The authors highlight that special attention should be paid to observance of algorithm of clinical-laboratory examination of patients if they have disorders in functions of central and peripheral nervous systems, organs of vision and hearing, regardless of remoteness of supposed infection and supposed seroresistance. …”
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Impact of health conditions on daily functioning in Kenyan populations: A scoping review by Naomi W. Kingau, Quinette A. Louw, Maria Y. Charumbira

“…Results: Major depressive disorder, human immunodeficiency virus, low back pain and fractures were identified as the leading conditions contributing to functioning problems in Kenya. The most prevalent problems included walking difficulties, paraesthesia, various forms of pain and depression. …”
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Translation of social and occupational functioning scale for epilepsy into Portuguese – Brazil by Patricia Fernandes, Carolina Meiga, Anderson de Castro Peres, Cesar Augusto Taconeli, Renato Nickel, Carlos Silvado

“…Respondents had no difficulty answering the translated version of the Social and Occupational Functioning Scale for Epilepsy, but the statistics show the need for cultural adaptation to the Brazilian population.…”
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Evaluating Image Quality Metrics as Loss Functions for Image Dehazing by Rareș Dobre-Baron, Adrian Savu-Jivanov, Cosmin Ancuți

“…This paper examines the adequacy of ten recent IQA metrics, compared with standard loss functions, within two trained dehazing neural networks, with observed broad improvement in their performance.…”
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EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE: ANATOMICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES AND FUNCTIONS by Наталья Николаевна Миняйлова, Александра Николаевна Деменова, Юрий Иванович Ровда, Ольга Валерьевна Шмакова, Татьяна Сергеевна Хоботкова, Наталья Степановна Черных

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Activation function cyclically switchable convolutional neural network model by İsmail Akgül

“…Neural networks are a state-of-the-art approach that performs well for many tasks. The activation function (AF) is an important hyperparameter that creates an output against the coming inputs to the neural network model. …”
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The Functions and Mechanisms of Tendon Stem/Progenitor Cells in Tendon Healing by Jingwei Lu, Hui Chen, Kexin Lyu, Li Jiang, Yixuan Chen, Longhai Long, Xiaoqiang Wang, Houyin Shi, Sen Li

“…Tendon injury is one of the prevalent disorders of the musculoskeletal system in orthopedics and is characterized by pain and limitation of joint function. Due to the difficulty of spontaneous tendon healing, and the scar tissue and low mechanical properties that usually develops after healing. …”
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Emotional imagination of negative situations: Functional neuroimaging in anorexia and bulimia. by Federico D'Agata, Paola Caroppo, Angela Spalatro, Luca Lavagnino, Giovanni Abbate Daga, Andrea Boghi, Mauro Bergui, Alessandro Cicerale, Benedetto Vitiello, Secondo Fassino, Birgit Derntl, Federico Amianto

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Bilateral reverse shoulder arthroplasty: functional outcomes and technical considerations by Peter Boufadel, Ryan Lopez, Mohammad Daher, Jonathan Koa, Mohamad Y. Fares, Jie J. Yao, Joseph A. Abboud

“…This review aims to explore the functional outcomes of patients with bilateral RSA and examine the effect of risk factors and implant positioning on internal rotation. …”
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Associations Between Social Functioning and Indicators of University Student Engagement by Marco Turi, Rocco Servidio, Giovanna Esposito, Flaviana Tenuta, Lorena Montesano, Andrea De Giacomo, Antonella Valenti, Maria Francesca Freda, Linda S. Pagani, Francesco Craig

“…Less socially adaptive behaviors have often been underestimated in university students, with limited research addressing their impact on academic functioning. This study aimed to identify distinct profiles of social functioning difficulties in university students and to examine their associations with academic engagement, learning difficulties, and psychological distress. …”
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Metaphor as Tool for Implementation of Recreational Function in Information Television Discourse by M. A. Gladko

“…The features of the implementation of the recreational function through metaphorical vocabulary in the information television discourse are analyzed. …”
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