Internet Addiction and Its Relationship with Family Functioning in High School Students by Zahra Harsej, Nasrin Mokhtari Lakeh, Farzaneh Sheikholeslami, Ehsan KazemnezhadLeili

“…Abstract Introduction: Family-related factors play an important role in adolescent’s addiction to the Internet. …”
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From Bonds to Brains: Understanding the Impact of Attachment on Executive Functions in Adolescents by María Sancho, María J. Luque-Rojas, Carlos Pitillas

“…However, the absence of significant differences in inhibitory control suggests that this executive function may be influenced by additional factors beyond attachment, such as environmental or contextual variables. …”
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Prevalence and predictors of functional gastrointestinal disorder among the undergraduate students of Bangladesh. by Simanta Roy, Fahima Nasrin Eva, Dipa Dev, Sanchita Roy, Shafkat Kamal Tipu, Sristi Chowdhury, Madhu Ritu Bhadra Medha, Purzia Tanaz Haque Poonya, Israt Jahan Juthi, Jwearia Hoque Nowrin, Eaasvar J C, Tahsin Sumat, Disha Mony Dey, Sreshtha Chowdhury, Mohammad Azmain Iktidar, Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader

“…Descriptive statistics, the chi-square test, the t-test, and the multivariable logistic regression model were used to report our study findings.…”
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Cognitive Outcomes and Functional Performance for Patients After Open Heart Surgery by Mona A. Hassenien, Sahar Y Mohammad, Dalia A. Ameen

“…Further studies should be carried out to identify the factors that may contribute to the impairment of cognitive function and functional performance for patients undergoing cardiac surgery. …”
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Sexual function, depression, and quality of life in patients with irritable bowel syndrome by Amir Keshavarzi, Seyed Saman Talebi, Mohammad Ahmadpanah, Alireza Soltanian, Saman Torkashvand

“…Abstract Background Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a prevalent functional disorder of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, often accompanied by depression and sexual dysfunction. …”
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Immunoregulatory functions of natural killer cells in avian influenza virus infection by P. O. Shatunova, M. V. Gavrilova, A. A. Rtishchev, T. A. Kolyganova, T. A. Zaytseva, S. G. Markushin

“…At the period of early immune response, when the activation of adaptive immunity factors has not yet occurred, the natural killers, which have both cytotoxic and immunoregulatory functions, are known to play a key role in the fight against the influenza virus. …”
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Protein composition and functional parameters of RBC membranes in liver and kidney transplantation by A. V. Deryugina, O. P. Abaeva, S. V. Romanov, M. V. Vedunova, E. N. Ryabova, S. A. Vasenin, N. A. Titova

“…Changes in RBC membrane electronegativity are associated with changes in glycophorin and Band 3 protein levels, whereas in RBC aggregation process in liver/kidney recipients, the structural and functional disorders in the interrelationships of such membrane proteins as spectrin, Band 3 protein, and glycophorin, are significant factors. …”
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Transplantation of Human Urine-Derived Stem Cells Ameliorates Erectile Function and Cavernosal Endothelial Function by Promoting Autophagy of Corpus Cavernosal Endothelial Cells in... by Chi Zhang, Daosheng Luo, Tingting Li, Qiyun Yang, Yun Xie, Haicheng Chen, Linyan Lv, Jiahui Yao, Cuncan Deng, Xiaoyan Liang, Rongpei Wu, Xiangzhou Sun, Yuanyuan Zhang, Chunhua Deng, Guihua Liu

“…Intracavernous injection of USCs improved erectile function and cavernosal endothelial function of DED rats (p<0.05). …”
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How to Measure the State of Flow in Learning? Testing of the Study-Related Flow Inventory on a Sample of Russian Students by Alina E. Ivanova, Ilya S. Denisov

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Mechatronic Test Bench Used to Simulate Wind Power Conversion to Thermal Power by Means of a Hydraulic Transmission by Victor Constantin, Ionela Popescu, Mihai Avram

“…The paper describes the schematic, installation, usage, and initial results obtained using a hydraulic test stand developed by the authors. The initial work allowed us to obtain different temperatures of the hydraulic oil, up to 60 °C, over a period of 30 min, for various pressures and flow rates, thus confirming that the system is functional overall. …”
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CHARACTERISTIC OF TRADITIONAL GASTRONOMY IN THE FUNCTION OF CREATING TOURIST LOYALTY TOWARDS THE DESTINATION by Tamara Vujić, Drago Cvijanović, Milan Vujić

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Attention Deficit Predicts Intellectual Functioning in Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 by Magdalena Heimgärtner, Sofia Granström, Karin Haas-Lude, Robert A. Leark, Victor-Felix Mautner, Karen Lidzba

“…Methods. 111 children aged between 6 and 12 years (53 NF1 plus ADHD, 28 NF1-only, 30 ADHD-only) performed the German version of the intelligence test WISC-IV and a continuous performance test (T.O.V.A.) to assess attention functions. …”
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Seismic Performance of Steel Box Bridge Piers with Earthquake-Resilient Function by Haifeng Li, Wenwei Luo, Jun Luo

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A Self-Normalized Online Monitoring Method Based on the Characteristic Function by Yang Wang, Baoying Yang

“…This work is concerned with a nonparametric self-normalized monitoring method based on the difference of empirical characteristic functions. This method introduces an additional self-normalization factor, which enables effective control the Type I error. …”
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The Association between Glucose Control and Functional Indices in Older People with Diabetes by M. Azmon, N. Gayus, H. Michal, L. Olmer, T. Cukierman-Yaffe

“…The association between functional indices and A1C was assessed using linear regression. …”
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An improved termite life cycle optimizer algorithm for global function optimization by Yanjiao Wang, Mengjiao Wei

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Chronic circadian disruption alters cardiac function and glucose regulation in mice by Jenna E. J. Gearey, Melinda Wang, Michael C. Antle

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Quest Motivated: Religious Insights and Selected Variables Concerning the Functioning of the Individual by Agnieszka Krzysztof-Świderska, Paweł Marian Socha, Krzysztof Krzysztof, Jacek Prusak, Adam Anczyk, Halina Grzymała-Moszczyńska, Agnieszka Chemperek

“…In the study, the relation of religious insights and its scales: Doubt and Quest, and selected aspects of individual functioning: depression, various kinds of narcissism, epistemic motivation, and sensation seeking were tested. …”
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Exposure of Monocytes to Lipoarabinomannan Promotes Their Differentiation into Functionally and Phenotypically Immature Macrophages by Leslie Chávez-Galán, Ranferi Ocaña-Guzmán, Luis Torre-Bouscoulet, Carolina García-de-Alba, Isabel Sada-Ovalle

“…We speculated that exposing monocytes to LAM could produce phenotypically and functionally immature macrophages. To test our hypothesis, human monocytes were stimulated with LAM (24–120 hours) and various readouts were measured. …”
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Atrophy related neuroimaging biomarkers for neurological and cognitive function in Wilson disease by Ann Carolin Hausmann, Christian Rubbert, Silja K. Querbach, Vivien Lorena Ivan, Alfons Schnitzler, Christian Johannes Hartmann, Julian Caspers

“…Abstract Background Although brain atrophy is a prevalent finding in Wilson disease (WD), its role as a contributing factor to clinical symptoms, especially cognitive decline, remains unclear. …”
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