Endothelium-mediated vasodilation: associations with cardiometabolic diseases and their risk factors in aging by A. N. Ryabikov, M. S. Troshina, M. N. Ryabikov, Yu. Yu. Palekhina, E. O. Butakov, S. K. Malyutina

“…Endothelial function was assessed in a random subsample (788 men and women aged 55-84 years) using ultrasound measurements of the brachial artery FMD. …”
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Periodontal tissue destruction in aggressive periodontitis: Determination of gene or environmental factors by Yanti Rusyanti, Sunardhi Widyaputra, Ani Melani Maskoen

“…Aim: This study observed the role of defective neutrophil function in aggressive periodontitis through FPR1 gene polymorphism and the level of Il-8 compared with the role of dental plaque presence towards periodontal tissue damage (Clinical Attachment Loss/CAL) in patients in Indonesia. …”
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Shape memory recovery in polylactic acid and thermoplastic polyurethane bi-material metamaterials fabricated by additive manufacturing under fatigue testing by Farzad Fereydoonpour, Shokouh Dezianian, Mohammad Azadi

“…This study advances the field of additive manufacturing by enhancing the design and functionality of shape memory polymers, enabling smarter, more adaptable materials for applications in aerospace. …”
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Iodine deficiency as an environmental risk factor for thyroid gland diseases in animals by І. P. Ligomina, I. M. Sokulskyi, V. M. Sokolyuk, B. V. Gutyj, L. M. Soloviova

“…Of all the organs of the endocrine system, the thyroid gland is the most closely related to the environment since its structure and function largely depend on the supply of iodine from the outside. …”
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A scalable framework for soil property mapping tested across a highly diverse tropical data-scarce regionZENODO by Rodrigo de Q. Miranda, Rodolfo L.B. Nóbrega, Anne Verhoef, Estevão L.R. da Silva, Jadson F. da Silva, José C. de Araújo Filho, Magna S.B. de Moura, Alexandre H.C. Barros, Alzira G.S.S. Souza, Wanhong Yang, Hui Shao, Raghavan Srinivasan, Feras Ziadat, Suzana M.G.L. Montenegro, Maria do S.B. Araújo, Josiclêda D. Galvíncio

“…Moreover, we used our soil parameters combined with multiple pedotransfer functions (PTFs) to derive soil hydraulic properties. …”
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The Effects of Smoking and Airway Restriction on Subclinical Atherosclerosis by Yeşildağ M, Keskin Z, Yavşan DM, Bekci TT, Osmanoglu UO

“…They were also classified into thickened CIMT (≥ 0.8mm) and normal CIMT (< 0.8mm) groups. Pulmonary function tests (PFT), carotid Doppler ultrasound, and biochemical and haematological tests were applied to all the participants.Results: CIMT values were markedly increased in the COPD group (1.00 [0.90– 1.30] mm), compared to the smoker group without airway obstruction (0.70 [0.58– 0.90] mm) and the non-smoker control group (0.60 [0.50– 0.70] mm). …”
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Is sharing just a function of viewing? The sharing of political and non-political news on Facebook by Damian Trilling, Juhi Kulshrestha, Claes de Vreese, Denis Halagiera, Jakub Jakubowski, Judith Möller, Cornelius Puschmann, Agnieszka Stępińska, Sebastian Stier, Cristian Vaccari

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Urodynamics tests for the diagnosis and management of male bladder outlet obstruction: long-term follow-up of the UPSTREAM non-inferiority RCT by Madeleine Clout, Amanda L Lewis, Madeleine Cochrane, Grace J Young, Paul Abrams, Peter S Blair, Christopher Chapple, Gordon T Taylor, Sian Noble, Tom Steuart-Feilding, Jodi Taylor, J Athene Lane, Marcus J Drake

“…Pre-specified sensitivity analyses were conducted to test the robustness of the primary analysis results and to see if any factors could have influenced the findings. …”
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Urodynamics tests for the diagnosis and management of male bladder outlet obstruction: long-term follow-up of the UPSTREAM non-inferiority RCT by Madeleine Clout, Amanda L Lewis, Madeleine Cochrane, Grace J Young, Paul Abrams, Peter S Blair, Christopher Chapple, Gordon T Taylor, Sian Noble, Tom Steuart-Feilding, Jodi Taylor, J Athene Lane, Marcus J Drake

“…Pre-specified sensitivity analyses were conducted to test the robustness of the primary analysis results and to see if any factors could have influenced the findings. …”
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Targeted Sequencing of Lung Function Loci in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Cases and Controls. by María Soler Artigas, Louise V Wain, Nick Shrine, Tricia M McKeever, UK BiLEVE, Ian Sayers, Ian P Hall, Martin D Tobin

“…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death worldwide; smoking is the main risk factor for COPD, but genetic factors are also relevant contributors. …”
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The Additive Effects of Type-2 Diabetes on Cognitive Function in Older Adults with Heart Failure by Michael L. Alosco, Mary Beth Spitznagel, Manfred van Dulmen, Naftali Raz, Ronald Cohen, Lawrence H. Sweet, Lisa H. Colbert, Richard Josephson, Joel Hughes, Jim Rosneck, John Gunstad

“…After adjustment for demographic and medical characteristics, HF patients with T2DM evidenced significantly greater impairments across multiple cognitive domains than HF patients without T2DM: λ=.92, F(5,156)=2.82, P=.018. Post hoc tests revealed significant associations between T2DM and attention (P=.003), executive function (P=.032), and motor functioning (P=.008). …”
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GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED PANEL REGRESSION MODELING OF POVERTY RATES IN TROPICAL RAINFOREST AREAS OF KALIMANTAN by Ghina Fadhilla Mumtaz, Suyitno Suyitno, Sifriyani Sifriyani

“…The optimal weighting function chosen from the adaptive bisquare, adaptive tricube, and adaptive gaussian weightings is the spatial weighting function used in the GWPR model estimate in this work. …”
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Relationship between Respiratory Function and the Strength of the Abdominal Trunk Muscles Including the Diaphragm in Middle-Aged and Older Adult Patients by Yuki Kurokawa, Satoshi Kato, Noriaki Yokogawa, Takaki Shimizu, Hidenori Matsubara, Tamon Kabata, Satoru Demura

“…Each patient underwent a physical function test before surgery, which included the assessment of the abdominal trunk muscle strength, grip power, knee extensor strength, one-leg standing time, and gait speed. …”
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Association of Life’s Crucial 9 with cognitive function and stroke risk: insights from the NHANES 2011–2014 study by Renjie Liu, Jiahui Feng, Jinan Ma, Xuan Chen

“…The American Heart Association’s “Life’s Essential 8” (LE8) framework has served as a key tool for evaluating cardiovascular health (CVH); however, it omits mental health, a critical factor influencing both cognitive function and stroke risk. …”
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Induced eddy currents characteristics of coal gangue-based functional concrete in compression process by Meng XIAO, Feng JU, Zequan HE, Pai NING, Tengfei WANG, Dong WANG

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Analysis of cognitive status in patients with type 2 diabetes by Irina V. Gatckikh, Marina M. Petrova, Olga F. Veselova, Tatyana P. Shalda, Artem N. Narkevich, Irina N. Brickman

“…To screen for cognitive impairment used by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale (MоСа test), for the study of the frontal functions FAB (frontal dysfunction battery). …”
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Prognostic factors in inpatients with advanced cancer at a palliative care unit by Karla Santos da Costa Rosa, Amanda Soares Oliveira, Raphael de Paiva Cypriano, Livia Costa de Oliveira

“…Sociodemographic, clinical, functional, nutritional, and laboratory variables were evaluated. …”
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INDIVIDUALIZATION FACTORS OF STUDENTS’ PHYSICAL EDUCATION AT MODERN STAGE OF ITS REALIZATION by V.A. Druz, S.S. Iermakov, G.P. Artemyeva, Y.I. Puhach, R. Muszkieta

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Neurocognitive factors of new drone Pilots: Identifying candidates with expert potential by Miguel A. Ramallo-Luna, Sara Gonzalez-Torre, Álvaro Rodríguez-Mora, Gabriel G. de la Torre

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Compositional factors driving antibacterial efficacy in healthcare wet wipe products by Carolina Angulo-Pineda, Jian Ren Lu, Sarah Cartmell, Andrew J. McBain

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