Loudness Functions and Binaural Loudness Summation in Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users by Monika NA KORDUS, Jan ŻERA

“…Fifteen implanted and five normal-hearing subjects (control group) participated in the experiments. Results demonstrated large variability in the slopes of the loudness functions and the presence of loudness summation in bilateral cochlear implant users, with large individual differences among subjects.…”
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Systemic Functional Linguistics and Discourse Analysis as Alternatives When Dealing With Texts by Paula Andrea García Montes, Ana María Sagre Barboza, Alba Isabel Lacharme Olascoaga

“…The results were analyzed taking into account issues in discourse analysis and systemic functional linguistics. Results show reasons why students find it difficult to successfully complete the analysis of written texts. …”
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Functional capacity of elderly people: implications for instrumental activities of daily living by George Luiz Alves Santos, Rosimere Ferreira Santana

“…Results: information technology, mobile telephones, accessibility to urban space, low education levels, as well as the slowness associated with the aging process influenced daily activities performance and impact on their functional capacity. Conclusion: cultural values and ways of life were expressed in daily habits that characterized the old way of being, a gerontology culture. …”
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Diagnosis of Inherited Platelet Disorders: Clinical Evaluation and Functional and Molecular Assays by Ana Sánchez-Fuentes, Juliana Pérez-Botero, José M. Bastida, José Rivera

“…Inherited platelet disorders (IPDs) are a group of rare conditions affecting platelet number, function, or both. …”
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Functional capacity of elderly people: implications for instrumental activities of daily living by George Luiz Alves Santos, Rosimere Ferreira Santana

“…Results: information technology, mobile telephones, accessibility to urban space, low education levels, as well as the slowness associated with the aging process influenced daily activities performance and impact on their functional capacity. Conclusion: cultural values and ways of life were expressed in daily habits that characterized the old way of being, a gerontology culture. …”
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Distal Femur Type III Open Fractures: Functional Outcome Analysis by Arul R Bhagyaraj, Anand Ashok, Manisha J Kumar, Krupakaran Ganesan, Anand Kurian, Dan B Inja, Manasseh Nithyananth, Vinoo M Cherian, Jeremy Bliss

“…The high velocity of injury correlated with poor knee range of movements (<i>p</i>-value of 0.030). The primary fixation group had 64% patients with excellent functional outcomes, whereas among those who underwent staged procedures, only 30% had excellent functional outcomes. …”
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Experimental study of Rac1 regulating osteoclast function in hypoxic environment by GU Jiahong, TIAN Yuanye, KANG Feiwu

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PPAR Ligands Function as Suppressors That Target Biological Actions of HMGB1 by Shibo Ying, Xiang Xiao, Tianhui Chen, Jianlin Lou

“…In this review article we summarize recent experimental evidence that PPAR ligands function as suppressors that target biological actions of HMGB1, including intracellular expression, receptor signaling cascades, and extracellular secretion of HMGB1 in cell lines and/or animal models. …”
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Exploring the nutraceutical and functional food potential of microalgae: Implications for health and sustainability by Ramachandran Sivaramakrishnan, Simab Kanwal, Aran Incharoensakdi, Nilesh Nirmal, Piroonporn Srimongkol

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Functional Diversity and Ecosystem Services of Birds in Productive Landscapes of the Colombian Amazon by Jenniffer Tatiana Díaz-Cháux, Alexander Velasquez-Valencia, Alejandra Martínez-Salinas, Fernando Casanoves

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Photon-triggered pyroptosis and ferroptosis dual-functional nanoplatform for cancer immunotherapy by Quansheng Cheng, Qingcheng Wang, Songnan Qu

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Decreasing property of ratio of two logarithmic expressions involving tangent function by Feng Qi, Ravi Prakash Agarwal, Dongkyu Lim

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Function of WAKs in Regulating Cell Wall Development and Responses to Abiotic Stress by Xiaocui Yao, John Humphries, Kim L. Johnson, Jinhui Chen, Yingxuan Ma

“…Secondary walls have low levels of pectins, yet recent studies have shown important functions of WAKs during secondary wall development. …”
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Immunoregulatory functions of natural killer cells in avian influenza virus infection by P. O. Shatunova, M. V. Gavrilova, A. A. Rtishchev, T. A. Kolyganova, T. A. Zaytseva, S. G. Markushin

“…At the period of early immune response, when the activation of adaptive immunity factors has not yet occurred, the natural killers, which have both cytotoxic and immunoregulatory functions, are known to play a key role in the fight against the influenza virus. …”
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Evaluation of the Impact of Various Functional Fillers on Key Properties of Dental Composites by Zofia Kula, Cristina Bettencourt Neves, Katarzyna Dąbrowska, João Carlos Roque, Leszek Klimek

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The impact of altered hands function on working ability of patients with systemic sclerosis by Vidaković Predrag, Damjanov Nemanja

“…The correlation of altered hand functions in patients with SSc and their impact on working ability is not fully explained. …”
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New ways to admire zebrafish: progress in functional genomics research methodology by Cathleen Teh, Serguei Parinov, Vladimir Korzh

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Physical Performance Is Associated with Executive Functioning in Older African American Women by Brooke C. Schneider, Peter A. Lichtenberg

“…After controlling for global cognitive functioning (Mini Mental State Exam), physical performance was associated with executive functioning (Stroop Color/Word), but not visuospatial construction (WASI Block Design) or processing speed (Trail Making Test, Part A). …”
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Chemistry and chemical biology tools contributing to the discovery and functional characterization of strigolactones by Qian Zhou, Changbin Niu, Liang Feng, Meixiu Dong, Xiaoxu Li, Xiaoxu Li, Bo Kong, Bo Kong, Changsheng Li, Changsheng Li

“…Beyond their well-known activity in stimulating parasitic weed germination, strigolactones function in regulating plant architecture, promoting symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and modulating responses to various environmental stresses. …”
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Some new bounds of Chebyshev and Grüss-type functionals on time scales by Ammara Nosheen, Khuram Ali Khan, Muhammad Kashif, Rostin Matendo Mabela

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