Gain of Function Research: the Clairvoyant Lens on Pandemics by Sudhir BHANDARI, Amitabh DUBE, Bhoopendra PATEL, Amit TAK, Minal KACHHAWA, Jitendra Kumar GUPTA, Kapil GUPTA, Shivankan KAKKAR

“…It is important to examine the potential risk of novel microorganisms/viruses through the add-on research mechanism of Gain of Function Research (GoFR). This mechanism consists of the practice of serial passaging of microorganisms to increase their transmissibility, virulence, immunogenicity, and host tropism through the inclusive feature of selective pressure of culture medium. …”
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Kaon distribution functions from empirical information by Zhen-Ni Xu, Daniele Binosi, Chen Chen, Khépani Raya, Craig D. Roberts, José Rodríguez-Quintero

“…Using available information from Drell-Yan data on pion and kaon structure functions, an approach is described which enables the development of pointwise profiles for all pion and kaon parton distribution functions (DFs) without reference to theories of hadron structure. …”
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Islet Amyloid Polypeptide: Structure, Function, and Pathophysiology by Rehana Akter, Ping Cao, Harris Noor, Zachary Ridgway, Ling-Hsien Tu, Hui Wang, Amy G. Wong, Xiaoxue Zhang, Andisheh Abedini, Ann Marie Schmidt, Daniel P. Raleigh

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Functional Rehabilitation in Non-Reconstructed Hemimandibulectomy Patients by Edoardo Brauner, Federico Laudoni, Emilia Rampelli, Andrea Bellizzi, Francesca De Angelis, Nicola Pranno, Andrea Battisti, Valentino Valentini, Stefano Di Carlo

“…Although the gold standard of care for these patients remains the restoration of mandible continuity through use of bone grafts, an acceptable rehabilitation of occlusion and therefore function may be acquired in non-grafted patients. …”
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Functional composition of the Amazonian tree flora and forests by Hans ter Steege, Lourens Poorter, Jesús Aguirre-Gutiérrez, Claire Fortunel, William E. Magnusson, Oliver L. Phillips, Edwin Pos, Bruno Garcia Luize, Chris Baraloto, Juan Ernesto Guevara, María-José Endara, Tim R. Baker, Maria Natalia Umaña, Masha van der Sande, Maihyra Marina Pombo, Matt McGlone, Freddie C. Draper, Iêda Leão do Amaral, Luiz de Souza Coelho, Florian Wittmann, Francisca Dionízia de Almeida Matos, Diógenes de Andrade Lima Filho, Rafael P. Salomão, Carolina V. Castilho, Marcelo de Jesus Veiga Carim, Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade, Daniel Sabatier, Jean-François Molino, Layon O. Demarchi, Juan David Cardenas Revilla, Jochen Schöngart, Mariana Victória Irume, Maria Pires Martins, José Renan da Silva Guimarães, José Ferreira Ramos, Olaf S. Bánki, Adriano Costa Quaresma, Nigel C. A. Pitman, Carlos A. Peres, Domingos de Jesus Rodrigues, Joseph E. Hawes, Everton José Almeida, Luciane Ferreira Barbosa, Larissa Cavalheiro, Márcia Cléia Vilela dos Santos, Evlyn Márcia Moraes de Leão Novo, Percy Núñez Vargas, Thiago Sanna Freire Silva, Eduardo Martins Venticinque, Angelo Gilberto Manzatto, Neidiane Farias Costa Reis, John Terborgh, Katia Regina Casula, Euridice N. Honorio Coronado, Abel Monteagudo Mendoza, Juan Carlos Montero, Cintia Rodrigues De Souza, Marcus Vinicio Neves de Oliveira, Flávia R. C. Costa, Julien Engel, Ted R. Feldpausch, Nicolás Castaño Arboleda, Flávia Machado Durgante, Charles Eugene Zartman, Timothy J. Killeen, Beatriz S. Marimon, Ben Hur Marimon-Junior, Rodolfo Vasquez, Bonifacio Mostacedo, Rafael L. Assis, Dário Dantas do Amaral, Hernán Castellanos, John Ethan Householder, Marcelo Brilhante de Medeiros, Marcelo Fragomeni Simon, Ana Andrade, José Luís Camargo, Susan G. W. Laurance, William F. Laurance, Lorena Maniguaje Rincón, Gisele Biem Mori, Juliana Schietti, Thaiane R. Sousa, Emanuelle de Sousa Farias, Maria Aparecida Lopes, José Leonardo Lima Magalhães, Henrique Eduardo Mendonça Nascimento, Helder Lima de Queiroz, Caroline C. Vasconcelos, Gerardo A. Aymard C, Roel Brienen, Pâmella Leite de Sousa Assis, Darlene Gris, Karoline Aparecida Felix Ribeiro, Pablo R. Stevenson, Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Bruno Barçante Ladvocat Cintra, Yuri Oliveira Feitosa, Hugo F. Mogollón, Miles R. Silman, Leandro Valle Ferreira, José Rafael Lozada, James A. Comiskey, José Julio de Toledo, Gabriel Damasco, Roosevelt García-Villacorta, Aline Lopes, Marcos Rios Paredes, Alberto Vicentini, Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira, Fernando Cornejo Valverde, Alfonso Alonso, Luzmila Arroyo, Francisco Dallmeier, Vitor H. F. Gomes, William Nauray Huari, David Neill, Maria Cristina Peñuela Mora, Daniel P. P. de Aguiar, Flávia Rodrigues Barbosa, Yennie K. Bredin, Rainiellen de Sá Carpanedo, Fernanda Antunes Carvalho, Fernanda Coelho de Souza, Kenneth J. Feeley, Rogerio Gribel, Torbjørn Haugaasen, Janaína Costa Noronha, Marcelo Petratti Pansonato, John J. Pipoly, Jos Barlow, Erika Berenguer, Izaias Brasil da Silva, Joice Ferreira, Maria Julia Ferreira, Paul V. A. Fine, Marcelino Carneiro Guedes, Carolina Levis, Juan Carlos Licona, Boris Eduardo Villa Zegarra, Vincent Antoine Vos, Carlos Cerón, Émile Fonty, Terry W. Henkel, Isau Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Marcos Silveira, Juliana Stropp, Raquel Thomas, Doug Daly, Kyle G. Dexter, William Milliken, Guido Pardo Molina, Toby Pennington, Bianca Weiss Albuquerque, Wegliane Campelo, Alfredo Fuentes Claros, Bente Klitgaard, José Luis Marcelo Pena, Luis Torres Montenegro, J. Sebastián Tello, Corine Vriesendorp, Jerome Chave, Anthony Di Fiore, Renato Richard Hilário, Luciana de Oliveira Pereira, Juan Fernando Phillips, Gonzalo Rivas-Torres, Tinde R. van Andel, Patricio von Hildebrand, William Balee, Edelcilio Marques Barbosa, Luiz Carlos de Matos Bonates, Hilda Paulette Dávila Doza, Ricardo Zárate Gómez, George Pepe Gallardo Gonzales, Therany Gonzales, Bruce Hoffman, André Braga Junqueira, Yadvinder Malhi, Ires Paula de Andrade Miranda, Linder Felipe Mozombite Pinto, Adriana Prieto, Agustín Rudas, Ademir R. Ruschel, Natalino Silva, César I. A. Vela, Egleé L. Zent, Stanford Zent, Angela Cano, Yrma Andreina Carrero Márquez, Diego F. Correa, Janaina Barbosa Pedrosa Costa, Bernardo Monteiro Flores, David Galbraith, Milena Holmgren, Michelle Kalamandeen, Guilherme Lobo, Tony Mori Vargas, Marcelo Trindade Nascimento, Alexandre A. Oliveira, Hirma Ramirez-Angulo, Maira Rocha, Veridiana Vizoni Scudeller, Geertje van der Heijden, Emilio Vilanova Torre, Cláudia Baider, Henrik Balslev, Sasha Cárdenas, Luisa Fernanda Casas, William Farfan-Rios, Reynaldo Linares-Palomino, Casimiro Mendoza, Italo Mesones, Germaine Alexander Parada, Armando Torres-Lezama, Daniel Villarroel, Roderick Zagt, Miguel N. Alexiades, Edmar Almeida de Oliveira, Riley P. Fortier, Karina Garcia-Cabrera, Lionel Hernandez, Walter Palacios Cuenca, Susamar Pansini, Daniela Pauletto, Freddy Ramirez Arevalo, Adeilza Felipe Sampaio, Elvis H. Valderrama Sandoval, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, Aurora Levesley, Georgia Pickavance

“…We use 13 functional traits, including wood density, seed mass, leaf characteristics, breeding system, nectar production, fruit type, and root characteristics of 812 tree genera (5211 species), and find that they describe two main axes found at the global scale. …”
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The influence of “Efial” medicine on the chondrocytes functional state by N. А. Volkova, А. N. Goltsev, G. I. Borshevskiy, M. I. Borshevskaya

“…The aim of research was to investigate the effect of “Efial” medicine on functional state of chondrocytes in cultivation conditions. …”
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The Clinical and Functional Characteristics of Chronic Duodenal Insufficiency by Ya. M. Vakhrushev, M. S. Busygina, A. V. Vorobyova, A. M. Farrakhov

“…Purpose: to study the clinical course and features of violations of the motor-evacuation function of the gastrointestinal tract in chronic duodenal insufficiency. …”
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Non-contrast enhanced functional lung MRI in children: report on 900 own measurements using matrix-pencil decomposition (MP-) MRI by Carmen Streibel, Carmen Streibel, Carmen Streibel, Grzegorz Bauman, Grzegorz Bauman, Oliver Bieri, Oliver Bieri, Orso Pusterla, Orso Pusterla, Orso Pusterla, Enno Stranzinger, C. Corin Willers, Marion Curdy, Carmen Casaulta, Bettina Sarah Frauchiger, Insa Korten, Sophie Yammine, Yasmin Salem, Philipp Latzin, Elisabeth Kieninger

“…In conclusion, visualizing regional functional deficits and respective underlying pathophysiological nature of lung impairment seems promising for increasing use of NCE-MRI in the future.…”
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The Effect of 8 Weeks of Balance Training on Upper Extremity Function and Functional Movement Screening Test Scores of Adolescent Volleyball Players by hamed arazzadeh, ali asghar norasteh, ahmad eidi dahneh

“…At the beginning and at the end of the study, upper quarter test by Y balance device and Functional Movement Screening (FMS) test were used. …”
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Functional outcomes in children related to self-care, mobility, and social function after stroke in early childhood: a cohort study by Larissa Audi Teixeira Mota, Daniela Rodrigues Baleroni Silva, Luzia Iara Pfeifer

“…Methods: We assessed the functional outcome of 14 children younger than 7.5 years who suffered a stroke in early childhood through the use of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI). …”
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Effect of milk thistle and silimevit on the functional state and protein synthesizing-function of the liver of laying hens under conditions of cadmium load by A. Y. Ostapyuk, B. V. Gutyj, L. P. Horalskyi, R. V. Mylostyvyi, I. M. Sokulskyi, A. A. Butsyak, S. S. Popadiuk, V. V. Senechyn, Kh. Ya. Leskiv

“…The purpose of the work was to study the effect of Cadmium on liver function disorders and to develop practical recommendations for using silimevit and milk thistle to reduce the toxic effect of Cadmium on chickens. …”
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Effects of vitamin D on brain function in preschool children with autism spectrum disorder: a resting-state functional MRI study by Pu Tian, Xiaona Zhu, Zhuohang Liu, Bingyang Bian, Feiyong Jia, Le Dou, Yige Jie, Xuerui Lv, Tianyi Zhao, Dan Li

“…Abstract Background Previous studies indicate vitamin D impacts autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but its relationship with brain function is unclear. This study investigated the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels and brain function in preschool children with ASD using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI), and explored correlations with clinical symptoms. …”
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The use of biologically active additives of plant origin in sausage production by A. L. Alekseev, O. E. Krotova, O. N. Konieva, S. N. Dudchenko, A. R. Kaplunenko, A. R. Strelchenko

“…A technology for the production of sausages with a biologically active additive based on flax seeds has been developed, the functional properties and nutritional value of which, combined with economic feasibility, allow it to be used as a protein ingredient in the production of combined sausages.…”
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INNOVATION OF THE PELVIS TILT FUNCTIONAL DIAGNOSTICS IN CHILDREN by R. Tasheva, K. Kolev

“…THE AIM of the research is to make literature review and to study the possibilities for implementation of Digital Pelvic Inclinometer in functional diagnostic of the pelvis inclination during the prevention of the postural disorders in children. …”
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Computational modelling of head-related transfer function by Andrzej B. DOBRUCKI, Przemysław PLASKOTA

“…Measuring the Head-Related Transfer Function (HRTF) is an efficient method that takes into consideration the influence of the human body on the sound spectrum. …”
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Safety Performance Functions for Low-Volume Roads by Gianluca Dell’Acqua, Francesca Russo

“…A residuals analysis was subsequently developed to assess the adjusted coefficient of determination and p-value for each assessable coefficient of the prediction model. CPMs are a useful tool for estimating the expected number of crashes occurring within the roads’ geometric components (intersections and road sections) as a function of infrastructural, environmental, and roadway features. …”
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Optimization of spline parameters in approximation of multivalued functions by D. A. Karpov, V. I. Struchenkov

“…Methods for spline approximation of a sequence of points in a plane are increasingly used in various disciplines. A spline is defined as a single-valued function consisting of a known number of repeating elements, of which the most widely used are polynomials. …”
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Analysis and Functional Significance of TRAP1 in Glioblastoma by I. F. Gareev, O.A. Beylerli, Zhang Hongli, S. A. Roumiantsev

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Mythology, functions of Mythology, Myth and Readers, Intertextuality by Khaled Omar Yaseer

“…  This article deals with mythology and its functions in Abdul Wahab Al-Bayatiâs divan. It outlines the concept literally and functionally and touches on the motives for using mythology by this poet which are of two types: the subjective motives or are the personal orientations and inclinations of the poet and the technical motives, which are related to the nature of poetry. …”
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Application of Quasisubordination to Certain Classes of Meromorphic Functions by Syed Ghoos Ali Shah, Saqib Hussain, Akhter Rasheed, Zahid Shareef, Maslina Darus

“…Inequalities play a fundamental role in many branches of mathematics and particularly in real analysis. By using inequalities, we can find extrema, point of inflection, and monotonic behavior of real functions. …”
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