Algorithms for extracting subsystems from a multilevel representation of a system of Boolean functions for joint minimization by P. N. Bibilo, N. A. Kirienko, V. I. Romanov

“…The purpose of experimental research is to determine the effectiveness of new algorithms for extracting the so-called connected subsystems from formula descriptions of the original system of Boolean functions. …”
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Neuromuscular electrical stimulation for physical function maintenance during hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: Study protocol. by Lindsey J Anderson, Lauren Paulsen, Gary Miranda, Karen L Syrjala, Solomon A Graf, Thomas R Chauncey, Jose M Garcia

“…We hypothesize that 1) neuromuscular electrical stimulation will attenuate hematopoietic stem cell transplant-induced adverse effects on physical function, muscle mass, quality of life, and fatigue compared to sham at Follow-up 1, and 2) Pre-transplant physical function will significantly predict fatigue and quality of life at Follow-up 2. …”
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Cognitive function in childhood and lifetime cognitive change in relation to mental wellbeing in four cohorts of older people. by Catharine R Gale, Rachel Cooper, Leone Craig, Jane Elliott, Diana Kuh, Marcus Richards, John M Starr, Lawrence J Whalley, Ian J Deary

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Functional Outcomes and Activity Levels in Patients After Internal Hemipelvectomy for Primary Sarcoma Involving the Bony Pelvis by Burkhard Lehner, Jakob Bollmann, Andreas Geisbüsch, Nicholas Andreas Beckmann

“…Tumor grade, resection margins, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and pelvic reconstruction had no significant effect on functional outcomes. Patient age at the time of surgery had a statistically significant effect on all measured outcome parameters, although all parameters exhibited a wide range and large IQR, likely reflecting the small, heterogeneous patient cohort. …”
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Physicochemical and functional properties of modified potato starch from different altitudes: a study of the medians cultivar by Ira Endah Rohima, Mohamad Djali, Yana Cahyana, Jajang Sauman Hamdani, Mohd Nizam Lani, Rini Triani

“…This study investigated the effects of cultivation altitude and modification methods on the physicochemical and functional properties of potato starch from ‘Medians’ cultivar, comparing samples from medium-land (765 m above sea level) and highland (1312 m above sea level) locations. …”
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Cross-cultural adaptation, reliability and validity of the persian version of the functional assessment scale for acute hamstring injuries by Mohammad Hadadi, Farzaneh Haghighat

“…Abstract Background The Functional Assessment Scale for Acute Hamstring Injuries (FASH) which measure symptom’s severity and impact on physical activity and sports ability in individuals with acute hamstring muscle injury, is not available in Persian. …”
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Predicting acupuncture efficacy for neck pain based on functional connectivity features: a machine learning study by Zhen Gao, Mengjie Cui, Cheng Xu, Haijun Wang, Yanlin Zhang, Laixi Ji

“…A support vector machine (SVM) model was built using pre-treatment brain functional connectivity to predict acupuncture responsiveness, identifying key features as potential biomarkers for effectiveness. …”
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The Relationship Between Social Participation and Cognitive Function in Older Adults: The Mediating Role of Activities of Daily Living by Chong Zhang, Juan Xiong, Wenqi Luo, Lin Sun

“…Cognitive impairments are common in older adults, and social participation’s impact on their cognitive function needs further confirmation. Based on the panel data from the five waves of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS), this study uses a panel fixed effect model, propensity score matching, and mediation analysis to explore the relationship between social participation and cognitive function in older adults. …”
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Free vibration of functionally graded sandwich plates with stiffeners based on the third-order shear deformation theory by Pham Tien Dat, Do Van Thom, Doan Trac Luat

“… In this paper, the free vibration of functionally  sandwich grades plates with stiffeners is investigated by using the finite  element method. …”
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DETERMINATION OF THE CRYOSCOPIC TEMPERATURE OF A FUNCTIONAL MINCED FISH PRODUCT AND THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE FROZEN IN IT WHEN IT IS FROZEN by A. H. Nugmanov, N. V. Dolganova, N. V. Yartseva

“…The lack of animal protein has led to the need to design recipes for semi-finished products with a long shelf life, including frozen functional fish plants, with the maximum possible involvement of various aquaculture raw materials. …”
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Balancing stability and function: impact of the surface charge of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron spike protein by Daniel Lauster, Rainer Haag, Matthias Ballauff, Andreas Herrmann

“…Despite destabilizing effects of some mutations, compensatory mutations maintain ECD stability and functional advantages thus supporting viral fitness.…”
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INFLUENCE OF LOADING AND UN LOADING TIME ON FUNCTIONING COMPLEX OF MICROSYSTEMS IN TRANSIT FREIGHTS PUBLIC MOTOR TRANSPORT by E. Е. Vitvitskiy, E. S. Fedoseenkova

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A Class of New Pouzet-Runge-Kutta-Type Methods for Nonlinear Functional Integro-Differential Equations by Chengjian Zhang

“…This paper presents a class of new numerical methods for nonlinear functional-integrodifferential equations, which are derived by an adaptation of Pouzet-Runge-Kutta methods originally introduced for standard Volterra integrodifferential equations. …”
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Genetic diversity affects ecosystem functions across trophic levels as much as species diversity, but in an opposite direction by Laura Fargeot, Camille Poesy, Maxim Lefort, Jerome G Prunier, Madoka Krick, Rik Verdonck, Charlotte Veyssiere, Murielle Richard, Delphine Legrand, Geraldine Loot, Blanchet Simon

“…We found that, overall, the absolute effect size of genetic diversity on ecosystem functions mirrors that of species diversity in natural ecosystems. …”
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Functional analysis of a new splicing mutation in the <em>MYBPC3</em> gene in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by R. R. Salakhov, M. V. Golubenko, M. Y. Skoblov, R. R. Savchenko, N. R. Valiakhmetov, E. N. Pavlyukova, M. S. Nazarenko

“…To study the pathogenic effect in the MYBPC3 splice-site variant in the patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. …”
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RED BLOOD CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH PROGRESSING ANGINA RECEIVING DIFFERENT PHARMACEUTICAL THERAPY VARIANTS by A. V. Kodin, V. Yu. Polumiskov, A. V. Lutay, M. V. Berezin, Yu. V. Dovgalyuk, A. M. Berezina, M. V. Kudryashova, I. E. Mishina, T. Yu. Kurilenko, O. A. Pakhrova, M. R. Grineva

“…Angina patients demonstrated significant changes in RBC structure and function, comparing to the control group: reduced discocyte number, increased degenerative RBC number, AI, MAS, RiI and decreased NAP. …”
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Smug1 alleviates the reproductive toxicity of 5-FU through functioning in rRNA quality control by Gerile Naren, Debang Li, Danni Xing, Yu Liu, Lu Wang, Na Fan, Haoran Li, Xue Bai, Xiejun Zeng, Jin Wang, Xihe Li, Siqin Bao, Buhe Nashun

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IA-CIOU: An Improved IOU Bounding Box Loss Function for SAR Ship Target Detection Methods by Pingping Huang, Shihao Tian, Yun Su, Weixian Tan, Yifan Dong, Wei Xu

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Exploring the Impact of Semaglutide on Cognitive Function and Anxiety-Related Behaviors in a Murine Model of Alzheimer’s Disease by Ianis Kevyn Stefan Boboc, Petrica-Daniel Dumitrelea, Andreea Daniela Meca, Liliana Mititelu-Tartau, Maria Bogdan

“…This study investigates the effects of semaglutide (SEM), a glucagon-like peptide-1 analog, on cognitive function and anxiety-like behavior in a transgenic murine model of AD. …”
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CYTOKINE-PRODUCING FUNCTION OF IMMUNOCOMPETENT BLOOD CELLS AND ITS INTERRELATIONS WITH HEPARANASE-1 EXPRESSION IN GASTRIC CARCINOGENESIS by A. V. Vankhalsky, S. A. Arkhipov, S. V. Aidagulova, E. S. Mikhailova, N. A. Varaksin, A. I. Autenshlyus

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