The role of exercise in restoring executive function: a comparison of tobacco-exposed college athletes and sedentary students by Minjia Wang, Shuya Wu, Qian Ma, Hao Hu, Yanpei Liu, Yaozheng Wang, Shitao Zhan, Dongsen Liu, Olivier Girard

“…IntroductionAs adolescent smoking rates rise, its impact on cognitive function has drawn greater attention. This study explores whether exercise can mitigate the negative effects of smoking on executive function in male college students.MethodsSixty male college students were divided into four groups (n = 15 each): sedentary smokers, sedentary nonsmokers, athletic smokers, and athletic nonsmokers. …”
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Physicochemical and functional assessment of messenger RNA 5′Cap-end impurities under forced degradation conditions by J. Hutchinson, F. Schweikart, R. Shannon, A. Murthy, S.M. Bates, S. Leone, T. Nissan, D. Sideris, C. Lal, J. Button, R. Rani, G. Thom, N. Bond, E. Örnskov, S. Trabulo

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Measuring functional ability in healthy ageing: a nationwide cross-sectional survey in the Philippine older population by Amuthavalli Thiyagarajan Jotheeswaran, Matthew Prina, Alarcos Cieza, Kaloyan Kamenov, Kia-Chong Chua, Alana Officer, Ritu Sadana, Dario Moreno-Agostino

“…The portion of those effects accounted for by functional ability was comparatively larger for the physical than for the social environmental factors. …”
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Functional Analysis of Pheophorbide a Oxygenase Gene and Its Promoter from Mango (Mangifera indica) Fruit by Beibei Bai, Kuanliang Liu, Zhichang Zhao, Ruixiong Luo, Aiping Gao, Huangtuan, Wang Zisong

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Aberrant interhemispheric resting state functional connectivity and corpus callosum microstructure in acute carbon monoxide poisoning by Mingyue Ma, Yu Shang, Xiaoying Lin, Wenxuan Han, Yihao Peng, Shenghai Wang, Chen Niu, Haining Li, Ming Zhang

“…Growing evidence indicates that patients with ACOP exhibit both disrupted functional connectivity and corpus callosum (CC) degeneration. …”
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Endothelial dysfunction in heart failure with normal systolic function, and its correction with a metabolic agent, mildronate by V. P. Geychenko, A. V. Kuryata, O. V. Muzhchil

“…To assess the influence of a metabolic agent, mildronate, on endothelial function in chronic heart failure (CHF) with normal systolic function, 105 patients with I-IIA Stage, II-III Functional Class (FC) CHF, and normal left ventricular systolic function, were examined. …”
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In Vitro Functional and Structural Evaluation of Low-Complexity Artificial Human Epidermis for 3D Tissue Engineering by Dorottya Kocsis, Dániel Sztankovics, Liza Józsa, Afrodité Németh, Tamás Garay, Márton Bese Naszlady, Miléna Lengyel, Miklós Vecsernyés, István Antal, Anna Sebestyén, Franciska Erdő

“…Furthermore, human skin cell-based in vitro systems can be used to investigate the side effects (toxicity and irritation) and tissue penetration of topical preparations. …”
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Broadband Passive Photonic Diodes With the Saturable Absorption in Antimony Thin Film by Jinrui Zhang, Jie Li, Lili Miao, Chujun Zhao

“…The low-dimensional nonlinear optical materials can provide a cost-effective and feasible way to realize the broadband optoelectronic devices. …”
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Association between the newly proposed dietary index for gut microbiota and thyroid function: NHANES 2007–2012 by Ke Peng, Hanjie Guo, Zhiqiang Zhang, Weidong Xiao

“…However, its relationship with thyroid function has not been investigated. This study aimed to examine the unexplored relationship between DI-GM and thyroid function.MethodsThis cross-sectional study analyzed data from 6,126 participants aged ≥20 years in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). …”
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Species and Functional Diversity of Bird Communities in Different Habitats in Shiquan River National Wetland Park, Tibet by Yang Wei, Jingshan Wang, Yi Guo, Chen Huang, Xu Li

“…From May 2023 to October 2024, a sampling point method was used to conduct four systematic surveys during the breeding and non-breeding periods of birds in four habitats—grass land, marsh land, bare land, and water bodies—in the Shiquan River National Wetland Park to explore the effects of different habitat types on bird communities from the perspective of species and functional diversity. …”
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Cognitive function enhancement in Alzheimer’s disease through traditional Chinese medicine rehabilitation nursing: meta-analysis by Jinping Zhao, Xiaohong Dong, Bin Liu, Yubo Peng, Zhuang Yao

“…Statistical synthesis employed RevMan 5.3 with random or fixed effects models based on heterogeneity assessment. …”
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Temperate Forest Floor Bryophytes Functionally Respond to Small‐Scale Variability in Water, Light and Nutrient Availability by T. J. Deilmann, M. Bernhardt‐Römermann, J. Hentschel, P. Gros, C. Römermann

“…Functional traits, however, have been hardly studied and are still poorly understood in bryophytes, limiting the understanding of functional responses to environmental variability and future change. …”
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Structural characteristics of phytoplankton functional groups in the young crab pond with different reed type rice acreages by WEN Xu, MA Xuzhou, FAN Wei, LI Xingxing, ZHONG Yingliang

“…Aiming to explore the effect of reasonable reed type rice acreage on the purification of culture water of crab pond, we analyzed the characteristics of phytoplankton functional group community and their relationship with environmental factors. …”
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Mediated roles of oxidative stress and kidney function to leukocyte telomere length and prognosis in chronic kidney disease by Jiahong Yi, Chang Jiang, Liangping Xia

“…Six sensitivity analyses confirmed the robustness of our findings.Conclusions This study revealed that LTL was a protective factor for survival among patients with CKD and emphasized the mediating roles of oxidative stress and kidney function.…”
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5,7-Dihydroxy-4-Methylcoumarin as a Functional Compound for Skin Pigmentation and Human Skin Safety by Ye-Jin Lee, Yang Xu, Chang-Gu Hyun

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> This study aims to investigate the effects of 5,7-dihydroxy-4-methylcoumarin (5,7D-4MC) on melanogenesis in B16F10 murine melanoma cells and to evaluate its safety as a potential ingredient for functional cosmetics and therapeutic agents targeting pigmentation-related disorders. …”
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Identification, replication, and functional fine-mapping of expression quantitative trait loci in primary human liver tissue. by Federico Innocenti, Gregory M Cooper, Ian B Stanaway, Eric R Gamazon, Joshua D Smith, Snezana Mirkov, Jacqueline Ramirez, Wanqing Liu, Yvonne S Lin, Cliona Moloney, Shelly Force Aldred, Nathan D Trinklein, Erin Schuetz, Deborah A Nickerson, Ken E Thummel, Mark J Rieder, Allan E Rettie, Mark J Ratain, Nancy J Cox, Christopher D Brown

“…For three genes, significant haplotype-specific in vitro functional differences correlated directly with expression levels, suggesting that many bona fide eQTLs result from functional variants that can be mechanistically isolated in a high-throughput fashion. …”
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Alterations and resilience of intestinal microbiota to increased water temperature are accompanied by the recovery of immune function in Nile tilapia by Zhenbing Wu, Qianqian Zhang, Xiehao Wang, Aihua Li

“…To date, however, little is known about the effects of increased water temperature on the intestinal microbiota of fish, particularly the intestinal mucosa-associated microbiota. …”
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Clinical significance and biological function of PRKCQ-AS1/miR-582-3p expression in LUAD by Lingling Liu, Xiaofen Liu, Xiaojiao Wu, Hang Fang, Jingjing Shi, Wei Jiang

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Functional recovery after lumbar spinal stenosis surgery: Postural balance and residual urine as objective markers by Andreas K. Andresen, Leah Y. Carreon, Mikkel Østerheden Andersen

“…Physicians should consider using these two functional objective measures to evaluate disease severity and treatment effectiveness in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis.…”
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The mediating role of step counts in the relationship between diverse neighbourhood destinations and older adults’ physical function by Chien-Yu Lin, Hsin-Yen Yen, Ming-Chun Hsueh, Jong-Hwan Park, Yung Liao

“…Logistic and linear regression models were used to investigate the relationships and joint-significance tests were used to examine mediation effects. The participants (52.4% women) were generally healthy, with no severe comorbidities, good cognitive function, and a low risk of depression. …”
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