Autism and α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: new pharmacological and herbal interventions by Nourhan A. Khattab, Aya H. El-Kadem, Nada A. Ashour, Nageh Ahmed El-Mahdy, Nagla A. El-Shitany

“…ASD is characterized by neurological abnormalities that include impaired social interactions, stereotyped patterns of behavior, and cognitive difficulties. Numerous studies have focused on acetylcholine (ACh), which plays a significant role in modulating neuronal and immunological function via acting on muscarinic and nicotinic receptors. …”
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Efficacy of medications in controlling cognitive dysfunction in Alzheimer’s : a systematic review by Sâmia Moreira de Andrade, Ítalo Sávio Mendes Rodrigues, Luís Marcelo Vieira Rosa, Rodrigo Luís Taminato, Gustavo Alves Andrade dos Santos

“…The main medications discussed were: donepezil, which demonstrated a significant improvement in cognitive function, with good tolerability, although it has limitations in patients with swallowing difficulties. …”
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Cognitive Rehabilitation of Acquired Calculation Disturbances by Alfredo Ardila, Monica Rosselli

“…Secondary acalculias are associated with aphasia, alexia, agraphia, executive function disorders, or visuospatial difficulties. This paper is a proposal for clinical intervention to rehabilitation of acquired primary and secondary acalculias.…”
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Effectiveness of Self-Training With a Web-Based Digital Health Application Versus Physiotherapy in the Treatment of Disorders of the Patella: Randomized Controlled Trial by Tobias A Mayer, Daniel Koska, Ann-Kathrin Harsch, Christian Maiwald

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to assess the efficacy of a 12-week exercise intervention using a web-based DHA for improving knee function and reducing pain in patients with disorders of the patella (International Classification of Diseases code M22). …”
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Our experience in the use of revascularized flaps in the surgical treatment of patients with soft tissue sarcomas by V. V. Ivanov, O. I. Kaganov, A. E. Orlov, A. N. Nikolaenko, S. O. Doroganov, I. V. Bondarenko

“…The main advantage of the reconstructive stage using microsurgical technology is the rapid restoration of the skin, replenishment of soft tissue deficits, including thickness, the strength of the flap to perform the supporting function, the absence of trophic disorders, the absence of joint contracture, restoration of limb function in the shortest possible time. …”
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Corporate Real Estate alignment by Monique Arkesteijn

“…I agree with Jensen’s view that a single-valued objective function is needed, but argue that in our CREM domain a financial measure is not fully suitable. …”
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Current aspects of the diagnosis and treatment of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the trachea and larynx: a literature review by L. G. Kozhanov, A. L. Kozhanov, E. S. Romanova

“…It describes different variants of surgical treatment, radiotherapy, combination therapy, endotracheal interventions using endoscopic techniques and physical methods, grafting, tracheal transplantation, complications, and oncological and functional treatment outcomes. We also analyze clinical aspects of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the larynx, most common tumor location, difficulties associated with morphological verification, and controversial issues related to surgery volume, considering that this disease is rare and clinical experience is often insufficient.…”
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Reliability, validity, and acceptability of the simplified Mandarin Chinese EORTC QLQ-OPT30 for uveal melanoma patients by Yonghui Huang, Panpan Cui, Guangyan Dong, Tongfang Fan

“…The module measures various aspects such as ocular irritation, visual impairment, headaches, concerns about disease recurrence, appearance issues, functional problems related to vision impairment, reading difficulties, functional issues in the treated eye, and driving problems. …”
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The relationships between metacognitive aspects of daily activity performance and participation patterns: Older adults’ perspectives by Liron Lamash

“…They also reported more difficulties in executive functions (EF) than in memory and executive monitoring. …”
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Perinatal risk factors in ex-preterm and/or low birthweight Colombian young adults: a retrospective cohort study on auditory and visual impairmentsResearch in context by Nathalie Charpak, Adriana Montealegre-Pomar, Lyda Teresa Rosero, Catalina Lince-Rivera, Darwin Cortés

“…Findings: 5.9% of participants had functional visual issues and 8.1% experienced hearing problems. …”
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Oxford Shoulder Instability Score: cross-cultural adaptation into Spanish and analysis of its methodological quality by Rocio Aldon-Villegas, Gema Chamorro-Moriana, Fernando Espuny-Ruiz, Maria-Luisa Benitez-Lugo

“…Abstract Background Oxford Shoulder Instability Score (OSIS) is a patient reported outcome measure designed specifically to assess functional difficulties resulting from shoulder instability. …”
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Impact of mHealth on Postoperative Quality of Life, Self-Management, and Dysfunction in Patients With Oral and Maxillofacial Tumors: Nonrandomized Controlled Trial by Yufei Li, Yueping Wang, Yifan Wu, Hong Yu, Hua Yao, Yuqun Wang, Yulan Yin, Lan Wang, Lili Hou

“…The app extends rehabilitation care from hospital to home with the help of artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, and other technologies, thus helping patients to better carry out their home functional rehabilitation and meet their health needs. …”
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A Modified Augmented Lagrange Multiplier Method for Non-Linear Programming by Abbas Al-Bayati, Eman Hamed

“…It overcomes many of the difficulties associated with the Penalty function method.  …”
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Caracterización de las áreas urbanas gallegas en función de los flujos de movilidad obligada by José Antonio Aldrey Vázquez, Miguel Pazos Otón, Román Rodríguez González, Jorge Vicente Díaz

“…In fact, mobility has intensified in the last years and clearly shows real functional dynamics, needing a new and urgent territorial organization and governance.…”
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Mapping subcortical brain lesions, behavioral and acoustic analysis for early assessment of subacute stroke patients with dysarthria by Juan Liu, Juan Liu, Rukiye Ruzi, Chuyao Jian, Qiuyu Wang, Shuzhi Zhao, Manwa L. Ng, Shaofeng Zhao, Lan Wang, Nan Yan

“…The lateralization and hierarchical organization of each nucleus are crucial to their contributions to these speech functions.DiscussionThe present study provides a nuanced understanding of how lesions in the basal ganglia and thalamus impact various stages of speech production, thereby enhancing our understanding of the subcortical neuromechanisms underlying dysarthria. …”
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Oxytocin in growth, reproduction, restoration and health by Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg

“…I also showed that activation of the vagal nerve inhibits the function of the inhibitory substance somatostatin.10 years later, after some big changes in my personal life, my research focus changed. …”
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Efficient parameter identification using nonsmooth and nonconvex regularization for inverse problem of diffuse optical tomography by Jinping Tang, Bo Bi

“…Abstract To better reconstruct the piecewise constant optical coefficients in diffuse optical tomography, nonconvex and nonsmooth approximation of weak Mumford–Shah functional is considered in this paper. We theoretically analyze the existence of minimizers in piecewise constant finite element space and constrained finite dimensional subsets. …”
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ASPETTI TERRITORIALI DEL RAPPORTO TRA BANCHE E IMPRESE NEL MEZZOGIORNO (1994-2014) by Lucia Simonetti

“…Credit policy has become more efficient, but the increased functional distance (distance between the territory and the «brain» of the bank), has damaged the relationship between banks and local firms, mostly SME. …”
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The relationship between the parameters of life meaningfulness and responsibility of medical workers by T. S. Pukhareva, Ya. A. Shutova

“…The diagnostic procedures used «the test of life-meaning orientations» and «Multidimensional functional diagnostics of responsibility (OTV–110) » [2, 10]. …”
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Le métier d’enseignant-chercheur questionné par la mise en place de l’approche par compétences dans les Instituts Universitaires de Technologie by Gilles Pinte

“…The ternary model for analysing systems proposed by Albero (2010) distinguishes three main areas: the ‘ideal’ dimension, based on values and the political or institutional project ; the ‘functional reference’ which includes tools, methods and operating rules ; the ‘lived experience’ of those involved, who may be trainers, learners, coaches, but also adults undergoing training, etc. …”
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