Pain, functional status, social function and conditions of habitation in elderly unilaterally lower limb amputees by Đurović Aleksandar, Ilić Dejan, Brdareski Zorica, Plavšić Aleksandra, Đurđević Slaviša

“…The patients’ social function was assessed using the Social Dysfunction Rating Scale (SDRS) and conditions of their habitation by the self-created Scale of Conditions of Habitation (SCH). …”
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Some results on certain subclasses of analytic functions involving generalized hypergeometric functions and Hadamard product by Khalida Inayat Noor

“…By using a certain linear operator defined by a Hadamard product or convolution, several interesting subclasses of analytic functions in the unit disc are introduced and some unifying relationships between them are established. …”
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On the Matrix Versions of Incomplete Extended Gamma and Beta Functions and Their Applications for the Incomplete Bessel Matrix Functions by Chaojun Zou, Mimi Yu, Ahmed Bakhet, Fuli He

“…Furthermore, we give a specific application for the incomplete Bessel matrix function by using incomplete extended Gamma and Beta functions; at last, we construct the relation between the incomplete confluent hypergeometric matrix functions and incomplete Bessel matrix function.…”
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On a Subclass of Analytic Functions That Are Starlike with Respect to a Boundary Point Involving Exponential Function by Adam Lecko, Gangadharan Murugusundaramoorthy, Srikandan Sivasubramanian

“…In the present exploration, the authors define and inspect a new class of functions that are regular in the unit disc D≔ς∈ℂ:ς<1, by using an adapted version of the interesting analytic formula offered by Robertson (unexploited) for starlike functions with respect to a boundary point by subordinating to an exponential function. …”
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Boundedness of Fractional Integral Operators Containing Mittag-Leffler Function via Exponentially s-Convex Functions by Gang Hong, G. Farid, Waqas Nazeer, S. B. Akbar, J. Pečarić, Junzhong Zou, Shengtao Geng

“…These inequalities are derived for s-exponentially convex functions. Furthermore, a Hadamard inequality is obtained for fractional integrals by using exponentially symmetric functions. …”
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Inclusion Theorems of Certain Integral Transform Related to Normalized Hypergeometric Functions and Generalized Bessel Functions by Manas Kumar Giri, Raghavendar K.

“…Using Taylor coefficients, we obtained sufficient conditions for the integral operators associated with generalized Bessel functions of the first kind to belong to different subclasses of univalent functions. …”
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Influences of maternal reflective functioning on adolescents' psychosocial adjustment: The mediating role of adolescent's reflective functioning. by MinKyoung Park, Hyunjoo Song

“…In Study 1, The Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire for Adolescents (PRFQ-A) and Reflective Functioning Questionnaire for Youth (RFQ-Y), multidimensional scales used to assess reflective functioning in parents and adolescents, respectively, were validated in groups of Korean adolescents and mothers. …”
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Large-Scale Functional Brain Network Abnormalities in Alzheimer’s Disease: Insights from Functional Neuroimaging by Bradford C. Dickerson, Reisa A. Sperling

“…We hope these insights will translate into the incorporation of measures of task-related brain function into diagnostic assessment or therapeutic monitoring, which will hopefully one day be useful for demonstrating beneficial effects of treatments being tested in clinical trials.…”
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Shifted Hexpo activation function: An improved vanishing gradient mitigation activation function for disease classification by Joseph Otoo, Suleman Nasiru, Irene Dekomwine Angbing

“…Activation functions (AFs) in deep learning significantly impacts model performance. …”
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The Patients’ Long-Term Insight into Day-to-Day Functioning After Establishing the Functional Seizures Diagnosis by Jelena Lazovic, Ognjen Radojicic, Ivo Bozovic, Aleksa Pejovic, Dragoslav Sokic

“…Background/Objectives: Functional seizures (FSs) are paroxysmal, time-limited events with motor, sensory, autonomic, or cognitive manifestations related to pathophysiological processes other than abnormal electric discharges in the brain. …”
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A deeper exploration of functional connectivity of brain regions regulating bladder function in healthy adults by Arda Bayer, Kris Hoffman, Betsy Salazar, Behnaam Aazhang, Rose Khavari

“…Participants remained in the scanner until they indicated a feeling of strong desire to void, or until 10 min had elapsed, at which point “strong desire to void” rs-fMRI scans were acquired. Functional connectivity (FC) analysis was performed using 19 a priori regions of interest (ROIs) in the brain, specifically incorporating the brainstem and cerebellum from previous studies. …”
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The impact of internet pornography addiction on brain function: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study by Qicheng Shu, Qicheng Shu, Shiyu Tang, Zhenhua Wu, Jiahuan Feng, Wenhao Lv, Min Huang, Fan Xu

“…Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) was used to measure the dynamic changes in hemoglobin in the brain during a 10 min session of viewing internet pornography. …”
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Brain functional connectivity characteristics at various levels of inhibitory function in elderly individuals with cognitive impairment by Xin Xin, Zixian Wang, Shuqi Jia, Shufan Li, Qing Liu, Xingze Wang, Xing Wang

“…Abstract This study aims to explore the brain network connectivity patterns in elderly individuals with cognitive impairment at varying levels of inhibitory function and to identify key brain connectivity features that influence inhibitory function. …”
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Integrated use of organic and synthetic fertilizers improves soil functioning, growth, yield and quality attributes of maize by Muhammad Asif, Basitur Rehman, Muhammad Mansoor Javaid, Ahsan Aziz, Naeem Akhtar, Ehsan Safdar

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THE USE OF INDIVIDUAL LIPID FRACTIONS SAPROPEL FOR CORRECTION OF THE LIVER EXCRETORY FUNCTIONS OF RATS WITH TOXIC CHEMICAL HEPATITIS by S. V. Nizkodubovа, T. V. Lasukova, Yu. B. Dorofeyeva, N. P. Shestakova

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Exploring the Link Between Motor Functions and the Relative Use of the More Affected Arm in Adults with Cerebral Palsy by Isabelle Poitras, Jade Clouâtre, Alexandre Campeau-Lecours, Catherine Mercier

“…Individuals with hemiparetic cerebral palsy (CP) exhibit reduced use of their more affected (MA) arm, yet the factors that influence its use during activities of daily living remain elusive. …”
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The Use of Some Nonlinear Functions to Explain Growth in Japanese Quails with Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines Algorithm by Cem Tırınk, Sezai Alkan, Yeliz Kaşko Arıcı

“…To this aim, growth functions such as exponential, logistic, von Bertalanffy, Brody, and Gompertz were used as nonlinear functions is used in the description of the body weight-age relationship of male and female Japanese quails. …”
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Use of art as therapeutic intervention for enhancement of hand function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A pilot study by Sayali Khedekar, Apurv P Shimpi, Ashok Shyam, Parag Sancheti

“…Pre- and post-interventional assessment was done using grip and pinch strength, Grip Ability Test (GAT), Jebsen–Taylor Hand Function Test (JHFT), Australian-Canadian Osteoarthritis Hand Index (AUSCAN), Michigan Hand Outcome Questionnaire (MHQ), and Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ). …”
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Comparison of sexual function between laparoscopic lateral suspension and laparoscopic sacrocervicopexy with the use of the PISQ-IR questionnaire by Ewelina Malanowska-Jarema, Andrzej Starczewski, Mariia Melnyk, Daniel Fidalgo, Dulce Oliveira, Jean Dubuisson

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The impact of anthropic activity based on dam construction and land-use-type in plankton on taxonomic and functional groups by Qinghua Li, Xinxin Zhou, Yufeng Zhang, Jiaming Zhang, Xiaohan Dong, Jiaxin Huang, Yanjun Shen

“…The samples were microscopically examined and classified according to taxonomy and functional groups. To investigate the impact of environmental variables on the plankton community, the study analyzed plankton diversity (α and β), redundancy analysis, the Mantel test, hierarchical segmentation analysis, and a benchmark random forest model. …”
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