IMPACT OF PHYSICAL THERAPY ON BURDEN OF CAREGIVERS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY by Kavitha Raja, Senthil Kumaran, Anushree Narekuli

“…Ninety seven persons were deliberately assigned, based on their accessibility, to the control group, caregiver education group and intervention group.Although there was no statistically significant difference between the groups, among caregivers of persons affected by moderate to severe disability, there were trends showing greater reduction in caregiver stress and burden in the intervention group.These trends and comments from individual participants point to an improvement in caregiver burden with physiotherapy intervention. …”
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Economic Feasibility of Functional Meat Products for Commercial Production in India by Varalakshmi Kandanuri

“…This paper analyses the production of functional chicken meat products from economic perspectives. …”
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Functions of Social and Cultural Activities of Culture Institutions as Social Centers by M. S. Yakushkina

“…The results of the analysis of functions of social and cultural activities of culture institutions as social centers are presented. …”
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Cognitive Function in Patients Undergoing Arthroplasty: The Implications for Informed Consent by N. Demosthenous, J. P. St Mart, P. Jenkins, A. Chappel, Kenneth Cheng

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EFFECT OF DEXAMETHASONE ON LIVER FUNCTION IN MALE RATS EXPOSED TO PARAQUAT by Rana A. Asim Man S. Kalo Soulaf J. Kakel

“…study was conducted to evaluate the usage of dexamethasone (Dx) in the treatment of liver function tests in experimental paraquat (PQ)- induced oxidative stress in male albino rats. …”
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Adsorption kinetics of divalent metals on amino-functionalized carbon nanomaterial by Božo Dalmacija, Aleksandra Šućurović

“…The subject of this study was to investigate the adsorption behavior of selected divalent metals (Cu (II), Cd (II), Pb (II)) on amino-functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes, MWCNT-NH2, at four selected pH values (3; 4.5, 6, 11), in order to estimate the possibility of using MWCNT-NH2 to remove ion metal from aqueous solutions at relatively low concentrations (0.01-0.1 mg L-1). …”
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Sense of Coherence Is Associated with Functional Impairment in Individuals Diagnosed with ADHD by Haym Dayan, Mona Khoury-Kassabri, Yehuda Pollak

“…Individuals who reported higher SOC levels also reported lower levels of functional impairment across all domains. This association remained fairly consistent across gender and age groups. …”
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‘Tiny but Mighty’ Conversational Elements: Explicating Non-lexical Backchannels in Spoken Turkish by Kadriye AYTAÇ DEMİRÇİVİ, Hale IŞIK-GÜLER

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Functional assessment of renal damage in children with primary vesicoureteral reflux by Yaju Zhu, Yufeng Li, Jing Jin, Jiajia Ni

“…Renal damage was also correlated with a VUR grade (P = 0.008), a transverse diameter (P = 0.002), and pyelectasis (P = 0.037).ConclusionSplit renal function was impaired in the reflux kidney. The total ERPF in the bilateral VUR group was lower than that in the unilateral VUR group. …”
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The effects of nuts intake on cognitive and executive function in obese children: a randomized clinical trial by Fatemeh Sheikhi, Amir Bagheri, Reza Amani, Aliakbar Foroughi, Mehdi Moradinazar, Mehnoosh Samadi

“…Linear mixed-effect models were done to survey the effects of nut intake on cognitive and executive function. Results Forty people with a mean age of 9 ± 0.7 years from each group cooperated to the end of the study. …”
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Enzymatic functionalization of bacterial nanocellulose: current approaches and future prospects by Monika Kaczmarek, Aneta Monika Białkowska

“…The employment of enzymes for the targeted alteration of this material’s properties is based on either a direct method, such as controlled hydrolysis and nanofication [i.e., synthesis of different morphological forms of bacterial cellulose (e.g., rod-shaped nanocrystals)] using cellulases, and/or attachment of reactive functional groups into the polymer structure via oxidation (e.g., utilizing a laccase/TEMPO catalytic system or lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases) and esterification catalyzed by lipases; or an indirect procedure involving the application of bacterial nanocellulose as a matrix for enzyme immobilization (e.g., laccase, glucose oxidase, horseradish peroxidase, lysozyme, bromelain, lipase, papain), thus creating a specific catalytic system. …”
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Surgery impairs glymphatic activity and cognitive function in aged mice by Kai Chen, Xingyu Du, Melissa A. Chao, Zhongcong Xie, Guang Yang

“…Impairments in glymphatic function have been observed in aging brains and various neurodegenerative conditions. …”
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Essential functions, syntheses and detection of sialyl Lewis X on glycoproteins by Qiushi Chen, Han Liu, Xuechen Li

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Renal function and chronic heart failure treatment effectiveness in the elderly by M. E. Statsenko, O. E. Sporova, S. V. Belenkova, D. A. Ivanova

“…The article is devoted to the association between long-term chronic heart failure (CHF) treatment and renal function in elderly patients. In total, 80 individuals aged 62-86 years were examined at Day 15-30 after myocardial infarction complicated by CHF. …”
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Optogenetics: Novel Tools for Controlling Mammalian Cell Functions with Light by Toshihiro Kushibiki, Shinpei Okawa, Takeshi Hirasawa, Miya Ishihara

“…In optogenetics, targeted illumination is used to control the functions of cells expressing exogenous light-activated proteins. …”
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Glycemic Control and Lung Function in Younger and Older Patients with Diabetes by Nitita Piya-amornphan, Taweephol Sanpakdee, Chadaporn Permphet

“…The present study aimed to determine the impacts of glycemic control on lung function in younger and older patients with diabetes. …”
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Aerobic Exercise Preserves Olfaction Function in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease by Anson B. Rosenfeldt, Tanujit Dey, Jay L. Alberts

“…Individuals in the nonexercise group had worsening olfaction function over time, while the exercise group was spared from decline. …”
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Finger dexterity in well-functioning cohort of office workers in Macau by Margarida Estorninho, Se Kin Cheang, Sio In Chan, Ka I Ieong, Chon Un Lam, Karen PY Liu

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Application of hormonal stimulation of reproductive function in female silver foxes by Larina Elena, Orlova Elena, Shumilina Natalya, Balakirev Nikolay, Galatskaya Alisa

“…To stimulate the reproductive function of females with an estrous cycle disorder (females that did not come into heat before March 26, hormonal stimulation with the drug “Follimag” was used. …”
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Sociocultural Functions of Choral Art in Subcarpathian Ruthenia in the 1920s–1930s by Тетяна Росул

“…However, the sociocultural functions of choral music varied in intensity. The choir became a kind of sociocultural environment that served as a factor in attracting the population to spiritual and aesthetic values, fostering the creative realisation of individual moral potential, and representing the entire set of cultural activities of ethnic groups. …”
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