Clinical diagnostic and prognostic value of homocysteine combined with hemoglobin [f (Hcy-Hb)] in cardio-renal syndrome caused by primary acute myocardial infarction by Min-Juan Zeng, Yan-Quan Liu, Ping Pang, Xiao-Jun Chen, He Huang, Rui-Na Huang, Shi-Sen Li, He-Hui Zhang, Yue Yin, Chang-Sen Wang, Jin-Da Lin, Lin Lin, Shao-Peng Chen, Li Xu, Liang-Qing Zhang

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Assessing Major Organ Dysfunction in Children With Sickle Cell Disease: Protocol for a Cross‐Sectional Study by Vivian Paintsil, Sandra Kwarteng Owusu, Samuel Blay Nguah, Serwah Bonsu Asafo‐Agyei, Augustina Badu‐Peprah, Lawrence Osei‐Tutu, Christiana Adu‐Takyi, Tony Boakye, Bernice Eklu, Eugenia Osei, Ruth Owusu‐Antwi, George Asafu‐Adjaye Frimpong, Evans Xorse Amuzu, Daniel Ansong

“…Full blood count, reticulocyte counts, lactate dehydrogenase counts, lung function tests, electrocardiogram, echocardiogram, mental health status assessment and pubertal staging will be conducted to assess end organ dysfunctions. …”
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Long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution is associated with impaired odor identification: Results from the population-based KORA FIT study in Augsburg, Germany by Nikolaos Nikolaou, Kathrin Wolf, Susanne Breitner, Regina Pickford, Tamara Schikowski, Annette Peters, Alexandra Schneider

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Three-Dimensional Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Path Planning in Simulated Rugged Mountainous Terrain Using Improved Enhanced Snake Optimizer (IESO) by Wuke Li, Kongwen Zhang, Qi Xiong, Xiaoxiao Chen

“…Comparative simulation experiments benchmarked IESO against five state-of-the-art biologically inspired optimization algorithms across test functions and path-planning simulated scenarios. …”
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The transcription factor MAZR preferentially acts as a transcriptional repressor in mast cells and plays a minor role in the regulation of effector functions in response to FcεRI s... by Anastasia Abramova, Shinya Sakaguchi, Alexandra Schebesta, Hammad Hassan, Nicole Boucheron, Peter Valent, Axel Roers, Wilfried Ellmeier

“…Previous studies implicated the transcription factor MAZR in the regulation of mast cell function. …”
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Protist communities are correlated with abiotic soil factors, but not resources, prey, or predators along a subalpine secondary succession by Ajuan Zhang, Anton M. Potapov, Ruyi Luo, Yan Zhang, Wei Qiang, Bing Liu, Xueyong Pang

“…To fill this gap, we investigated a subalpine succession (grassland, shrubland, secondary forest, primary forest) in southwestern China, using 18S rRNA gene sequencing to assess protist communities. We specifically tested how basal plant resources, food web components, and abiotic soil factors shape protist communities and their functional groups (phagotrophic, parasitic, phototrophic). …”
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Assessment and follow-up of interstitial lung disease by Devarasetti Phani Kumar

“…An individualized approach to repeat pulmonary function tests and HRCT in stable ILD is required.…”
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Development of flour confectionery products using physiologically valuable beekeeping products by A. A. Kovalevskaya, V. V. Illarionova, A. E. Glasenko, I. М. Chebanov, E. N. Guba

“…In general, the proposed solutions for the development of flour confectionery products using physiologically valuable beekeeping products will expand the range of functional food products.…”
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Predictive Factors of Mortality in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Subjects: A Monocenter Prospective Observational Study in Algeria by Nadia Fettal, Nadjet Siali, Mahammed Chaker, Abdelbassat Ketfi

“…In addition to providing appropriate therapeutic care for each stage of the disease, we annually conducted clinical evaluations (assessing dyspnea, body mass index [BMI], comorbidities, and exacerbations) and functional assessments (spirometry and the 6-minute walk test [6MWT]) for our patients. …”
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Comparison of endothelial function in patients with Stage I-II arterial hypertension and stable angina, receiving various bradycardic agents and perindopril by L. L. Kirichenko, A. N. Golosova, S. V. Gatsura, A. P. Korolev, K. V. Ovsyannikov, P. V. Struchkov

“…At baseline, and after 12 and 24 weeks, endothelial function (EF) was assessed by plasma levels of von Willebrand factor, vWF and brachial artery reactive hyperemia test.Results. …”
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Longitudinal study of cognitive and mental functions among adult Hodgkin-lymphoma survivors, based on data from a primary treatment center in Hungary by István Virga, István Virga, Karolina Kósa, Anna Illés, Zsófia Miltényi, Zsófia Miltényi, Tibor Ivánka, Roland Berecz, Anikó Égerházi, Árpád Illés, Árpád Illés, Ferenc Magyari, Ferenc Magyari

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Depression as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and cognitive impairment in people aged 25-44 years by V. V. Gafarov, A. V. Sukhanov, E. A. Gromova, I. V. Gagulin, A. V. Gafarova

“…A total of 463 men (mean age 35,94±5,96 years) and 546 women (mean age 36,17±5,99 years) were examined. Standardized tests were used to assess cognitive function. Depression level was assessed according to the MOPSY (MONICA-psychosocial) World Health Organization program criteria.Results. …”
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Analysis of the effects of eating and emotions on reproductive axis function in patients with functional hypothalamic amenorrhea by Ye Lu, Yao Chen, Yuting Zhao, Yulu Wang, Hang Chen, Feifei Zhang, Xin Li

“…Follicle diameter >5 mm at initial diagnosis was an independent factor influencing recovery of reproductive axis function (odds ratio = 7.532; 95% confidence interval, 1.321–42.930; p = .023).Conculsions: Mood disorders and a certain risk of eating disorders were present in FHA. …”
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Wu-Mei-Wan enhances brown adipose tissue function and white adipose browning in obese mice via upregulation of HSF1 by Shen Chen, Kexin Nie, Hongzhan Wang, Yang Gao, Xinyue Jiang, Hao Su, Zhi Wang, Yueheng Tang, Fuer Lu, Hui Dong, Jingbin Li

“…Statistical analyses included t-tests, ANOVA, and non-parametric tests like the Mann–Whitney U test or Kruskal–Wallis test. …”
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Predictive value of self-prioritized mobility factors on gait speed and life space in older nigerians: A cross-sectional study by Divine Esohe Eghomwanre, Freeman Ojeikere Ahonsi, Isreal Adandom, Tyler Sun, Daniel Rayner, Francis Kolawole, Henrietta Fawole, Soroush Shirazi, Michael Kalu

“…The gait speed model indicates that an increase in executive function, pain, respiratory system, body composition, fatigue, social factors, racial characteristics, marital status, social network, and fear of reinjury explain about 74 % of variation in gait speed. …”
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The GAGA factor regulatory network: Identification of GAGA factor associated proteins. by Dmitry Lomaev, Anna Mikhailova, Maksim Erokhin, Alexander V Shaposhnikov, James J Moresco, Tatiana Blokhina, Daniel Wolle, Tsutomu Aoki, Vladimir Ryabykh, John R Yates, Yulii V Shidlovskii, Pavel Georgiev, Paul Schedl, Darya Chetverina

“…The Drosophila GAGA factor (GAF) has an extraordinarily diverse set of functions that include the activation and silencing of gene expression, nucleosome organization and remodeling, higher order chromosome architecture and mitosis. …”
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Cognitive function and associations with demographic, socioeconomic, health and behavioural factors among older adult men and women in rural Bangladesh: a population-based cross-se... by Edward Fottrell, Harry Costello, Naveed Ahmed, Carina King, Sanjit Kumer Shaha, Tasmin Nahar, Malini Pires, Andrew Copas, Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli, Joanna Morrison, Abdul Kuddus, Kishwar Azad

“…Empirical population-based studies of cognitive function and its association with demographic, socioeconomic, health and behavioural factors among older adults in low-resource setting are rare. …”
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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

“…We researched the association of various clinical factors with the subjective QoL score. Results: A statistically significant marginal association was shown for seven variables, four of them with a positive association (subjective perception of disease severity, belief in treatments’ positive effects, functional seizure cessation, and not being afraid of next seizure) and three of them with a negative association (age at FS onset, depression symptoms, and current age of life). …”
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Psychometric evaluation of the NoMAD instrument in cancer care settings: assessing factorial validity, measurement invariance, and differential item functioning by Maja Kuharic, James Lorenz Merle, David Cella, Sandra A. Mitchell, Lisa DiMartino, Jennifer L. Ridgeway, Don S. Dizon, Roshan Paudel, Jessica D. Austin, Sandra L. Wong, Ann Marie Flores, Andrea L. Cheville, Justin D. Smith, the IMPACT Consortium

“….% clinicians) participating in the Improving the Management of SymPtoms during And following Cancer Treatment (IMPACT) Research Consortium between 2019 and 2024. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) tested the hypothesized four-factor structure (coherence, cognitive participation, collective action, reflexive monitoring). …”
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From Nanoindentation to Microhardness to Tensile Strength: Correlation Coefficients Estimates as a Function of Microstructure in Eutectic SnBi Alloy by Nataliya Starostina, Aja Hartman, Rosemary Cole, Dongmeng Li, Jong W. Park

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