The microbiome is dispensable for normal respiratory function and chemoreflexes in mice by Savannah Lusk, Nicoletta K. Memos, Andrea Rauschmayer, Russell S. Ray, Russell S. Ray

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Uncovering Factors Related to Pancreatic Beta-Cell Function. by Aoife M Curran, Miriam F Ryan, Elaine Drummond, Eileen R Gibney, Michael J Gibney, Helen M Roche, Lorraine Brennan

“…Anthropometric and biochemical parameters were assessed as potential modulators of beta-cell function. Subsequent in vitro experiments were performed using the BRIN-BD11 pancreatic beta-cell line. …”
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Quality of Life and Functional Performance in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis by Marzena A. Humańska, Paweł Śnieg, Leokadia Rezmerska, Beata Haor, Mariola Głowacka, Mirosława Felsmann, Danuta Ponczek, Krystyna Kurowska, Agnieszka Pluta, Damian Czarnecki

“…It is a con­dition that significantly impairs the patient’s life. It deteriorates functional abilities in all aspects of daily life, and thus worsens the quality of life. …”
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The effect of Lorentz symmetry violation on the hadron fragmentation function by S. Mohammad Moosavi Nejad, A. Yeganeh

“…In the present work we study, for the first time, the effect of Lorentz-violating terms on the fragmentation functions (FFs) of heavy mesons in two distinct cases correspondent to axial and vectorial nonminimal couplings in the theory of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). …”
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Analytical model to assess the functionality of small farmers’ organizations by Wilmer Andrés Gómez, Yesid Aranda-Camacho, Juan Carlos Barrientos Fuentes

“…The analytical network process (ANP) was used to analyze the functionality of small farmers’ organizations; 12 experts were consulted to verify the relevance and assign value comparative judgments to the criteria´s of the internal, external and functional sets. …”
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On Integral Operator Defined by Convolution Involving Hybergeometric Functions by K. Al-Shaqsi, M. Darus

“…For λ>−1 and μ≥0, we consider a liner operator Iλμ on the class 𝒜 of analytic functions in the unit disk defined by the convolution (fμ)(−1)∗f(z), where fμ=(1−μ)z2F1(a,b,c;z)+μz(z2F1(a,b,c;z))', and introduce a certain new subclass of 𝒜 using this operator. …”
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Investigation of Equating Error in Tests with Differential Item Functioning by Meltem Yurtçu, Cem Oktay Güzeller

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Asymptotic behavior of solutions of nonlinear functional differential equations by Jong Soo Jung, Jong Yeoul Park, Hong Jae Kang

“…Using the properties of almost nonexpansive curves introduced by B. …”
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Improving student understanding of fermionic and bosonic wave function by Christof Keebaugh, Emily Marshman, Chandralekha Singh

“…We discuss how research on student difficulties was used as a guide to develop, validate, and evaluate a Quantum Interactive Learning Tutorial (QuILT) to help students learn how to determine the completely symmetric bosonic or completely antisymmetric fermionic wave function and be able to compare and contrast them from the case when the particles can be treated as distinguishable. …”
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One-way hash function with chaotic dynamic parameters by GUO Wei1, CAO Yang1, WANG Xiao-min2, HE Da-ke1

“…A novel keyed one-way hash function based on chaotic dynamic parameters was presented which combines the advantage of both chaotic system and conventional one-way hash function.In the proposed approach the fixed parameters of conventional hash function is replaced by chaotic dynamic parameters.Compared with the existing chaotic hash func-tions,the new method takes conventional hash function as essential part of iteration instead of using the message blocks directly in chaotic iteration,thus improves the security of hash function and avoids bringing down system performance at the same time.Theoretical and experimental results show that the proposed method has high performance,strong one way property,large key space,sensitivity to initial conditions and chaotic system’s parameters.…”
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Almost Automorphic Functions on the Quantum Time Scale and Applications by Yongkun Li

“…Then, we introduce a transformation between functions defined on the quantum time scale and functions defined on the set of generalized integer numbers; by using this transformation we give equivalent definitions of almost automorphic functions on the quantum time scale; following the idea of the transformation, we also give a concept of almost automorphic functions on more general time scales that can unify the concepts of almost automorphic functions on almost periodic time scales and on the quantum time scale. …”
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Escaping the rigidity trap: the functional spectrum of Tibetan formulas by Herbert Schwabl

“…Traditional medical systems, such as Tibetan medicine, exhibit flexibility and resilience by utilizing diverse plant species for similar therapeutic effects—the functional spectrum of a formula. Rather than adhering to rigid pharmacopoeias, monographs should reflect the full functional spectrum of herbal materials historically and empirically used. …”
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Systems of equations in differentials with generalised derivatives of continuous functions by Анастасия Игоревна Жук, Елена Николаевна Защук

“…Herein, we investigate systems of nonautonomous differential equations with generalised coefficients using the algebra of new generalised functions. We consider a system of nonautonomous differential equations with generalized coefficients as a system of equations in differentials in the algebra of new generalised functions. …”
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The effect of the modulation transfer function on the image in an acoustic microscope by Jerzy LITNIEWSKI

“…An analysis of image formation is presented, permitting the derivation of the formula for the modulation transfer function (MTF). The effect of nonaxial and out-of-parallel elements of the system on the symmetry of this function with respect to zero frequency is determined. …”
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Creatine, energetic function, metabolism and supplementation effects on sports by Emerson Gimenes Bernardo da Silva, Ana Maria Kelmer Bracht

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Notes on Lipschitz Properties of Nonlinear Scalarization Functions with Applications by Fang Lu, Chun-Rong Chen

“…Various kinds of nonlinear scalarization functions play important roles in vector optimization. …”
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An identity for a class of arithmetical functions of two variables by J. Chidambaraswamy, P. V. Krishnaiah

“…Johnson proved that(∗)∑d|n|C(d,r)|=r∗∏pa‖nr∗p+r(a+1)∏pa‖nr∗p|r(a(p−1)+1)   or   0according as r∗|n or not where C(n,r) is the well known Ramanujan's sum. In this paper, using a different method, we generalize (∗) to a wide class of arithmetical functions of 2 variables and deduce as special cases (∗) and similar formulae for several generalizations of Ramanujan''s sum.…”
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Investigation of Equating Error in Tests with Differential Item Functioning by Meltem Yurtçu, Cem Oktay Güzeller

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Elucidating the function of clusterin in the progression of diabetic kidney disease by Lin Mao, Ruili Yin, Longyan Yang, Dong Zhao

“…Metabolic disorders can accelerate the occurrence and development of DKD through a variety of ways, Recent studies have found that Clusterin (Clu) levels are associated with renal dysfunction and can be used as a biomarker of renal tubular injury, while preclinical studies reveal its renoprotective function. …”
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p-Trigonometric and p-Hyperbolic Functions in Complex Domain by Petr Girg, Lukáš Kotrla

“…Our methods are based on the theory of differential equations in the complex domain using the Maclaurin series for p-trigonometric and p-hyperbolic functions.…”
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