Prevalence and Factors Associated With the Frailty Syndrome in Older Adults in the Brazilian Federal District by Hudson Azevedo Pinheiro, Adriana de Almeida Mucio, Larissa de Freitas Oliveira

“…INTRODUCTION: Frailty syndrome (FS) in older adults has been recognized as a physiological vulnerability condition associated with aging, resulting from reduced homeostatic reserve and a difficulty of the body to respond adequately to stress, a highly predictive feature of a variety of adverse clinical outcomes including functional decline, institutionalization, and mortality. …”
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Can open-defecation free (ODF) communities be sustained? A cross-sectional study in rural Ghana. by Caroline Delaire, Joyce Kisiangani, Kara Stuart, Prince Antwi-Agyei, Ranjiv Khush, Rachel Peletz

“…Over a third of households had either never owned (16%) or no longer owned (24%) a functional toilet, and 25% reported practicing open defecation regularly. …”
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Adaptive GCN and Bi-GRU-Based Dual Branch for Motor Imagery EEG Decoding by Yelan Wu, Pugang Cao, Meng Xu, Yue Zhang, Xiaoqin Lian, Chongchong Yu

“…Decoding motor imagery electroencephalography (MI-EEG) signals presents significant challenges due to the difficulty in capturing the complex functional connectivity between channels and the temporal dependencies of EEG signals across different periods. …”
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Pattern and severity of multimorbidity among patients attending primary care settings in Odisha, India. by Sanghamitra Pati, Subhashisa Swain, Job Metsemakers, J André Knottnerus, Marjan van den Akker

“…Multimorbidity patterns (dyad and triad) were identified for 21 chronic conditions, functional limitation was assessed as a proxy measure of severity and the mean severity score for each pattern, was determined after adjusting for age. …”
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Definitive Obturator Fabrication for Partial Maxillectomy Patient by M. Singh, I. K. Limbu, P. K. Parajuli, R. K. Singh

“…Complete palate as the major connector was designed to ensure maximum distribution of the functional load to the tissue. Indirect retainer was planned on the right first premolar. …”
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Investigating the causal relationship between inflammation and multiple types of hearing loss: a multi-omics approach combining Mendelian randomization and molecular docking by Jingqi Zhang, Tao Guo, Yaxin Chen, Xiangjin Wang, Lijiao Wu, Hui Xie

“…To predict inflammatory protein-enriched pathways and tissues, we performed enrichment analysis, functional annotation, and tissue analyses using “OmicsNet2.0” and “FUMA” platforms. …”
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The effect of protein intake levels on early postoperative outcomes following impacted mandibular third molar removal: a pilot study by Canseda Avağ, Merve Safa Avağ, Özgür Sakarya, Attila Vural

“…Methods Patients with asymptomatic impacted mandibular third molars classified as easy or medium difficulty according to the Pernambuco index were included. …”
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Life After Invasive Meningococcal Disease: Insights from Survivors and Their Caregivers by Oscar Herrera-Restrepo, Nuzhat Afroz, Eliazar Sabater Cabrera, Matthew Reaney, France Ginchereau Sowell, Ramiya Kumar, Alicia Stillman, Patti Wukovits, Mariana Rodrigues, Sofia B. Pinto, Zeki Kocaata, Obinna Onwude

“…Survivors shared that IMD had negatively impacted their long-term quality of life, citing long-term impacts including emotional impacts (11/11), social impacts (10/11), memory (7/11) and attention (5/11) problems, and difficulty with functional (10/11), self-care (7/11), and physical (6/11) activities. …”
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Envisioning a Post-Conflict Tripoli: The Inclusive Urban Strategy and Action Plan for Bab Al-Tabbaneh and Jebel Mohsen by Fabiano Micocci

“…It is structured in three main layers (urban armature, functional injections and placemaking) and envisions the possibility to establish new relations and synergies inside the hugely fragmented environment. …”
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Epitranscriptomic modifications in plant RNAs by Susheel S. Bhat, Michel Paul, Brian D. Gregory

“…As this non-m6A RNA modification research gathers pace, we use this review to provide a snapshot of the current state-of-the-art regarding these modifications with a focus on those occurring in functional non-coding RNAs as compared to mRNAs.…”
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Ni-catalysed acceptorless dehydrogenative aromatisation of cyclohexanones enabled by concerted catalysis specific to supported nanoparticles by Takehiro Matsuyama, Takafumi Yatabe, Tomohiro Yabe, Kazuya Yamaguchi

“…Abstract The dehydrogenative aromatisation of cyclohexanone derivatives has had a transformative influence on the synthesis of aromatic compounds because functional groups can be easily introduced at desired positions via classic organic reactions without being limited by ortho-, meta- or para-orientations. …”
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An Adaptive Conceptualisation of Artificial Intelligence and the Law, Regulation and Ethics by Ikpenmosa Uhumuavbi

“…To advance these arguments, this paper utilises functional contextualism to analyse the fundamental nature and architecture of artificial intelligence and human intelligence. …”
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Gerstmann syndrome in a young man: a case report by Iv. Dimitrov, S. Atanasova, A. Kaprelyan, B. Ivanov, V. Nestorova, K. Drenska, Zh. Chuperkova, Iv. Aleksandrov

“…We are prone to accepting a non-organic reason for the condition of the patient, but follow-up of the clinical course and repeated assessments, including neuropsychological and psychiatric evaluations, structural and possibly functional neuroimaging will be required to verify and confirm this presumption.…”
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Analyzing the Competence of Pre-Service Chemistry Teachers in Designing Psychomotor Assessment Instruments for Basic Chemistry Laboratory Practices by Munawwarah Munawwarah, Sakinah Zubair

“…However, challenges were noted in integrating explicit safety protocols and balancing the level of difficulty in instruments such as Redox Reactions and Functional Group Identification, which exhibited minor discrepancies. …”
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Application of Mobile Internet Applications in Rehabilitation by LI Jiehui, LI Dongxia, ZHOU Mingchao, XUE Kaiwen, LONG Jianjun, WANG Yulong

“…However, there are still many difficulties in the application of APPs in rehabilitation profession, such as lack of universal applicability, limited functions, and unstandardized software design and use. …”
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LSL-SS-Net: level set loss-guided semantic segmentation networks for landslide extraction by Yueheng Yang, Zelang Miao, Xiaojing Li, Hua Zhang, Shuai Chen

“…However, typical loss functions have several challenges and shortcomings, including difficulty in handling objects of different scales and neglecting spatial correlation. …”
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Using Key Predictors in an SVM Model for Differentiating Spinal Fractures and Herniated Intervertebral Discs in Preoperative Anesthesia Evaluation by Shih-Ying Yang, Shih-Yen Hsu, Yi-Kai Su, Nan-Han Lu, Kuo-Ying Liu, Tai-Been Chen, Kon-Ning Chiu, Yung-Hui Huang, Li-Ren Yeh

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> Spinal conditions, such as fractures and herniated intervertebral discs (HIVDs), are often challenging to diagnose due to overlapping clinical symptoms and the difficulty in assessing their functional impact. Accurate differentiation between these conditions is crucial for effective treatment, particularly in the context of preoperative anesthesia evaluation, where understanding the underlying condition can influence anesthesia planning and pain management. …”
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Reversible Nephropathy Associated with Jet Fuel Exposure by Latif A. Salam, Khabbab Amin, Regina Cheng, Noriyuki Murakami, Clinton Brown, Lawrence Kwon

“…In this case report, we discover and discuss the possible effects of regular and daily occupational exposure of jet fuel (a mixture of hydrocarbons) on renal function. Jet fuel is an underdescribed and not well-known nephrotoxic agent; however, its direct toxicity on kidney function appears to be reversible with removal of exposure and aggressive fluid hydration.…”
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A new method to solve the Reynolds equation including mass-conserving cavitation by physics informed neural networks (PINNs) with both soft and hard constraints by Yinhu Xi, Jinhui Deng, Yiling Li

“…While the void fraction inequality constraint is considered by using the hard constraint with the max-min function. Secondly, to avoid the fluctuation of the boundary value problems, the hard constraint method is also utilized to apply the boundary pressure values and the corresponding functions are provided. …”
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The Dif Identification in Constructed Response Items Using Partial Credit Model by Heri Retnawati

“…The study was to identify the load, the type and the significance of differential item functioning (DIF) in constructed response item using the partial credit model (PCM). …”
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