Underlying functions associated with keyboarding performance of elementary-school students by Nagham Gahshan-Haddad, Naomi Weintraub

“…Reading speed was the major underlying function predicting keyboarding performance in both tasks. …”
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Possibilities of modeling of milk formulas composition by adding functional nutrients by O. L. Lukoyanova, T. E. Borovik, T. V. Bushueva, N. G. Zvonkova, N. N. Semenova, V. A. Skvortsova, T. N. Stepanova

“…The data on necessity of certain functional nutrients adding to the composition of milk formulas, technological difficulties of their isolation and innovative methods used in this field are shown in the article. …”
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ANDRONYK STEPOVYCH KYIV PRIVATE GYMNASIUM: ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNCTION PECULIARITIES by Artem Kukhto

“…The features of the functioning of the gymnasium and its place in the educational process of Kiev at the beginning of the 20th century are shown. …”
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Executive function skills predict motor competence in preschool children by Elena Chichinina, Margarita Gavrilova, Patrik Drid

“…Abstract Background Motor competence and executive function skills develop actively at preschool age. …”
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Restoration of Hardware Function of Spectral Colorimeters Using Regularization Methods by M. A. Radjabova, B. I. Eshmatova, N. K. Babanazarova

“…Since the actual hardware function of the device usually differs from the Gaussian curve, the use of hardware functions in the form of analytical dependencies does not always give the desired result, and for experimental methods, special equipment with a quasi-monochromatic radiation source is required. …”
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Exploring Passengers’ Dependency Variety on Stations’ Functions in Urban Subway by Xia Zhao, Pengpeng Jiao, Yong Zhang, Chenjing Zhou

“…These features are clustered into 5 distinct levels via the k-means algorithm, before an inference of subway stations’ functions from 236,040 POI data sources via the LDA approach. …”
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The Effect of Memory Games Therapy on the Cognitive Function of Older Adults by Hyan Oktodia Basuki, Siti Herlinda Oktafia, Suhartono, Dyah Pitaloka, Mei Widyawati, Lukman Hakim, Hanim Nur Faizah, Mokhamad Nurhadi, Ahmad Fauziansyah

“… Introduction: Cognitive function in older adults often declines, particularly affecting short-term memory. …”
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Genotypic, functional, and phenotypic characterization in CTNNB1 neurodevelopmental syndrome by Nina Žakelj, David Gosar, Špela Miroševič, Stephan J. Sanders, Alicia Ljungdahl, Sayeh Kohani, Shouhe Huang, Lok I Leong, Ying An, Miou-Jing Teo, Fiona Moultrie, Roman Jerala, Duško Lainšček, Vida Forstnerič, Petra Sušjan, Leszek Lisowski, Andrea Perez-Iturralde, Jasna Oražem Mrak, Ho Yin Edwin Chan, Damjan Osredkar

“…One missense variant demonstrated a gain-of-function effect. Dominant-negative variants were not clearly associated with a distinct phenotype; however, those with missense variants presented a milder phenotype, including earlier achievement of independent walking, fewer motor impairments, better conceptual and social skills, improved communication, and fewer feeding difficulties. …”
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Contribution of collagen XIII to lung function and development of pulmonary fibrosis by Riitta Kaarteenaho, Oula Norman, Jarkko Koivunen, Antti M Salo, Joni M Mäki, Johanna Myllyharju, Taina Pihlajaniemi, Anne Heikkinen

“…In single-cell RNA sequencing studies, collagen XIII has been identified as a marker for pulmonary lipofibroblasts, which have been implicated in the resolution of pulmonary fibrosis.Methods We investigated the location and function of collagen XIII in the lung to understand the origin of pulmonary symptoms in human CMS19 patients. …”
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The Functional Capacity of the Upper Airway in Older Adults with Chronic Stroke by Esther Prados-Román, Mónica Zapata-Soria, Irene Cabrera-Martos, Geraldine Valenza-Peña, Andrés Calvache-Mateo, Javier Martín-Núñez, Marie Carmen Valenza

“…Patients with stroke also had significantly lower values for swallowing efficiency and safety compared to the control group (7.05 ± 8.44 vs. 2.23 ± 4.14, <i>p</i> = 0.021) and reported poorer quality of life related to swallowing difficulties (185.50 ± 23.66 vs. 200.32 ± 19.60, <i>p</i> = 0.029). (4) Conclusions: Older adults with chronic stroke exhibited significantly reduced cough strength, voice intensity, maximum phonation time, and swallowing function compared to controls.…”
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Empirical assessment of functional somatic disorder (FSD): frequency, applicability, and diagnostic refinement in a population-based sample by Abigail Smakowski, Judith Rosmalen, Bernd Löwe, Christopher Burton, Anne Toussaint

“…Kruskal–Wallis and chi-square tests with effect size estimates were used to investigate differences in the diagnostic subgroups regarding chronic diseases, functional comorbidities and psycho-behavioural features. …”
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Method for assessing testing difficulty in educational sphere by A. S. Sigov, V. Ya. Tsvetkov, I. E. Rogov

“…The testing principle has been defined for the new function, which is used to estimate complexity. The article introduces two new concepts: the test difficulty function and the integral test score. …”
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The Difficulties of Differential Diagnosis of the Bronchial Obstruction Syndrome by I. V. Demko, M. G. Mamaeva, A. Yu. Kraposhina, E. A. Sobko, N. V. Gordeeva, S. A. Sidorov, V. V. Dyatlovskij

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PULMONARY-RENAL SYNDROME: DIFFICULTIES OF DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS by D. Yu. Andriyashkina, N. A. Demidova, N. A. Shostak, N. A. Tutaev, A. D. Ershov, D. K. Dudin

“…Chronic heart failure 2А, functional class IV. Mixed anemia (iron-deficient, chronic disease), severe. …”
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DIFFICULTIES IN DISTINGUISHING POLYSEMY AND HOMONYMY IN THE OSSETIAN LANGUAGE by Larisa B. Morgoeva

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Difficulties experienced by nursing professionals in the preparation of medicine by Cícera Maria Braz da Silva, Leonardo José Dantas Pinheiro de Araújo, Edilma de Oliveira Costa, Maria Isabel da Conceição Dias Fernandes, Ana Luisa Brandão de Carvalho Lira, Ozimar Azevêdo

“…It is a descriptive study conducted in a university hospital in a city in northeastern Brazil. 25 nursing professionals were interviewed, using a semi-structured interview script, during the months of January and February 2013. The difficulties during the preparation of medicine were: prescription barely legible; labels of medicine with small and similar letters; lack of exclusive venue for this activity; wrong expedition by the drugstore; inadequate lighting, and accumulation of functions. …”
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Difficulties experienced by nursing professionals in the preparation of medicine by Cícera Maria Braz da Silva, Leonardo José Dantas Pinheiro de Araújo, Edilma de Oliveira Costa, Maria Isabel da Conceição Dias Fernandes, Ana Luisa Brandão de Carvalho Lira, Ozimar Azevêdo

“…It is a descriptive study conducted in a university hospital in a city in northeastern Brazil. 25 nursing professionals were interviewed, using a semi-structured interview script, during the months of January and February 2013. The difficulties during the preparation of medicine were: prescription barely legible; labels of medicine with small and similar letters; lack of exclusive venue for this activity; wrong expedition by the drugstore; inadequate lighting, and accumulation of functions. …”
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Cognitive and social functions of craniopharyngioma and germ cell tumor differ in patients with and without apathy by Ami Tabata, Keita Ueda, Katsutsugu Umeda, Takeshi Funaki, Tsukasa Ueno, Yohei Mineharu, Masahiro Tanji, Takayuki Kikuchi, Misa Komaki, Susumu Miyamoto, Toshiya Murai, Yoshiki Arakawa

“…Finally, social functions were evaluated using the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS) 2.0, where a high score indicates greater functioning difficulties experienced. …”
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Morphologic functional characteristics in middle and elderly aged women with ischemic stroke by I. N. Kukhareva, B. M. Doronin

“…The morphologic functional characteristics in middle and elderly aged women with ischemic stroke were examined. …”
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Perspectives of Development and Enhancement of the Efficiency of the Functioning of Small Forms of Business on the Village by Vadym Tkachuk, Oksana Vitriak

“…Particular attention is paid to the study of factors that have a negative impact on the farms and households functioning. Based on the analysis of statistical indicators, it has been established that the most significant factors that have a negative impact on the functioning of small farming forms in the countryside are the difficulty of manufactured products realization, insufficiently effective state support, lack of developed infrastructure, low education level of households' heads. …”
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