EVALUATING THE QUALITY OF MAWARIS AKM (MINIMUM COMPETENCY ANALYSIS (AKM) ITEMS USING RASCH MINISTEP MODELING: LITERACY AND NUMERACY by Sofia Maulidia, Hilmawan Putranta

“…The analysis revealed that 7 items functioned effectively for distractor efficacy, while 3 items failed to perform adequately. …”
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Exploring Positive Health in Cardiac Patients: Personal Goals and Key Factors for Achieving Improved Well-Being by Marleen Hofman-van der Gronden MSc, Martine te Hoonte-Veehof PhD, Imke van Bunningen MSc, Sandra van Hogen-Koster PhD

“…Participants reported physical limitations (fatigue and shortness of breath) and mental challenges (anxiety and difficulty accepting). Personal goals included improving physical health, reducing anxiety, enhancing daily functioning, and adopting healthier lifestyles. …”
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Asymptotic optimality of a joint scheduling–control policy for parallel server queues with multiclass jobs in heavy traffic by Xiaolong Li

“…We designed several experiments to compare the system$ ^\prime $s performance and value functions under different control policies. Our designed joint scheduling–control policy has significant advantages in reducing the system$ ^\prime $s cost and improving service efficiency.…”
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Multilingual performance of a multimodal artificial intelligence system on multisubject physics concept inventories by Gerd Kortemeyer, Marina Babayeva, Giulia Polverini, Ralf Widenhorn, Bor Gregorcic

“…Unlike previous text-only studies, we uploaded the inventories as images to reflect what a student would see on paper, thereby assessing the system’s multimodal functionality. Our results indicate variation in performance across subjects, with laboratory skills standing out as the weakest. …”
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Effect of Thiopental on Ischemic Stroke in Rat Brain in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats by Lu You, Qian Zhao, JianYong Yan, Wen Li, Ye Yang, Chenguang Qin

“…Application of thiopental has reported the weak functionality and mechanism on the relaxation of neuronal activity in the case of rat brain. …”
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Neuroimaging of reading intervention: a systematic review and activation likelihood estimate meta-analysis. by Laura A Barquero, Nicole Davis, Laurie E Cutting

“…A subset of these (8 fMRI experiments with post-intervention data) was subjected to activation likelihood estimate (ALE) meta-analysis to investigate differences in functional activation following reading intervention. …”
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Mapping global leaf inclination angle (LIA) based on field measurement data by S. Li, S. Li, S. Li, H. Fang, H. Fang

“…The MLA product was evaluated by validating the nadir leaf projection function (<span class="inline-formula"><i>G</i>(0)</span>) derived from the MLA product with high-resolution reference data. …”
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Ideology and ethics of transitional entrepreneurs: legitimacy, soft law, and overcoming a distressed economy by Maryam Khosravi, Mojtaba Amiri, Nezameddin Faghih

“…Knowing these facts helps transitional entrepreneurs, because in distressed communities, formal institutions’ function has an important effect on economic performance (Amorós, 2009). …”
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Comparative Study of Fish Diversity in Wanquan River Based on Environmental Technology and Traditional Fishing Gear Survey Methods by Jun LEI, Yuanyuan SU, Lianzheng YIN, Ruohan ZENG, Ping LI, Yongqiang QIN, Xingwei CAI, Xiaoping DIAO

“…The rapid economic development of the Wanquan River basin has seriously affected the ecological function of fish in the basin owing to human activities such as dam dredging and highways. …”
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Juvenile idiopathic arthritis: clinical case by I. V. Zorin, A. L. Frolenko, G. K. Karymova, D. S. Mesyats, Z. T. Alsheeva

“…It turned out to be possible to achieve stable remission only with the help of therapy with secukinumab (cosentix), prescribed by off label, against the background of therapy, which achieved a reduction in pain syndrome, a decrease in the degree of activity of arthritis, a decrease in laboratory markers of inflammation, improvements in the clinical and radiological picture, restoration of the volume of movements in the joints and improvement of the patient's functionality, a significant improvement in well-being and quality patient's life.…”
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The Digestive System and Nutritional Considerations for Individuals with Rett Syndrome by Meir Lotan, Lilit Zysman

“…Individuals diagnosed with RS exhibit a variety of functional difficulties that impair their quality of life. …”
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Processing Challenges and Opportunities of Camel Dairy Products by Tesfemariam Berhe, Eyassu Seifu, Richard Ipsen, Mohamed Y. Kurtu, Egon Bech Hansen

“…A review on the challenges and opportunities of processing camel milk into dairy products is provided with an objective of exploring the challenges of processing and assessing the opportunities for developing functional products from camel milk. The gross composition of camel milk is similar to bovine milk. …”
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Noncommunicating Rudimentary Horn of the Uterus – Case Report of a Rare Anomaly with a Short Review of Literature by Prashant B. Joshi, Shailee Prabhu, Sreelakshmi Suresh Babu, Ashwin Shetty, Baleshwar Mishra, Maithili Kunte, Nayan Bendapudi

“…Unicornuate uterus is one of the rare varieties of congenital uterine anomalies, of which a unicornuate uterus with a noncommunicating uterine horn with a functional endometrium is even more rare. Women with this condition continue to cyclically menstruate through the noncommunicating uterine horn and develop hematometra. …”
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Managing Rheumatological Shoulder Pain in ADL by Hang, Thomas Cheung

“…Advanced technology could also be employed like exo-skeleton device promote patient’s function independence ADLs and work independence.…”
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Integrity of Narrow Epithelial Tubes in the C. elegans Excretory System Requires a Transient Luminal Matrix. by Hasreet K Gill, Jennifer D Cohen, Jesus Ayala-Figueroa, Rachel Forman-Rubinsky, Corey Poggioli, Kevin Bickard, Jean M Parry, Pu Pu, David H Hall, Meera V Sundaram

“…Understanding of the functions, organization and regulation of apical matrices has been hampered by difficulties in imaging them both in vivo and ex vivo. …”
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Operation Optimization of Combined Heat and Power Units Based on Energy Consumption, Economy and Carbon Emission by Xin REN, Du WANG, Yafei JIN, Zhigang WANG

“…Firstly, combining with the power peaking auxiliary market and carbon emission trading market, and taking the efficiency, profit and carbon emission rate as the objective functions, the multi-objective particle swarm algorithm is used to find the best power generation power considering the constraints related to the unit operation. …”
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Psychosocial Characteristics and Obstetric Health of Women Attending a Specialist Substance Use Antenatal Clinic in a Large Metropolitan Hospital by Lucy Burns, Elizabeth Conroy, Elizabeth A. Moore, Delyse Hutchinson, Paul S. Haber

“…Face-to-face interviews were used to assess obstetrical health, antenatal care, physical and mental functioning, substance use, and exposure to violence. …”
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Possible Implications of Managing Alexithymia on Quality of Life in Parkinson’s Disease: A Systematic Review by Laura Culicetto, Caterina Formica, Viviana Lo Buono, Desirèe Latella, Giuseppa Maresca, Amelia Brigandì, Chiara Sorbera, Giuseppe Di Lorenzo, Angelo Quartarone, Silvia Marino

“…Alexithymia, characterized by difficulty in recognizing and verbalizing emotions, is reported to be more prevalent in subjects with Parkinson’s disease (PD) than in the general population. …”
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Bilateral Abductor Vocal Fold Paralysis; Outcomes of Surgical Management in Adult Yemeni Patients by Ali Obaid Muthanna, Nasser Y Al-ozaib

“…The applied surgical procedures demonstrated satisfactory outcomes in terms of breathing and voice functions.Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that posterior cordotomy and partial arytenoidectomy are effective surgical interventions for treating bilateral abductor vocal fold paralysis. …”
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Comprehensive Evaluation Method of Teaching Effect Based on Particle Swarm Optimization Neural Network Model by Heng Cao, Qianhui Gao

“…There are many types of functions, and the system includes common functions required for general teacher teaching information management and quality evaluation, and while providing various functions, it closely integrates the various actual needs of the college. …”
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