Ginsenoside-Enriched Extract from Black Ginseng Anti-Fatigue Effects by Improving Antioxidant Capacity and Mitochondrial Function by Shunji Ge, Jiating Li, Xueyue Tai, Kuo Wang, Liyan Huang, Weixin Su, Guoqi Zhang, Bao Zhong, Fenglin Li

“…Additionally, gene expression analysis showed significant upregulation of key antioxidant and mitochondrial function genes, including those encoding cationic amino acid transporter 2, stearoyl-CoA desaturase-2, nuclear respiratory factor 1, nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2, mitochondrial transcription factor A, cytochrome c oxidase II, and NADH–ubiquinone oxidoreductase core subunit 1, particularly in the HBG group, indicating enhanced antioxidant capacity and improved mitochondrial function. …”
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Assessment of Participation within the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF): The Turkish Validity and Reliability of the Participation Scale by Onur Altuntaş, Esma Özkan, Barkın Köse, Orkun Tahir Aran, Meral Huri, Esra Akı

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The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue Measure: Cross-Cultural Validation of an Arabic Version for Older Jordanians by Mohammad H. Abuadas, Zainab Albikawi, Osama Khoury

“…Background: Numerous national and international nursing research studies have used the 13-item Chronic Illness Therapy Functional Assessment Chronic Illness Therapy (fatigue) (FACIT‐F) scale to measure the level of self-reported fatigue among the elderly population. …”
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Analysis of Differences Between Groups of Locomotive Crew Drivers With Different Degrees of Ability to Arbitrarily Regulate Their Functional State by N. V. Shcherbina

“…We analyzed the differences in psychophysiological and personal characteristics between three groups of test drivers and locomotive crew assistants with varying degrees of ability to voluntarily regulate their functional state. …”
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The impact of COVID-19 on thyroid function and psychological state of Graves’ disease: a one-year prospective study by Lujia Xu, Jianbo Zhang, Jianbo Zhang, Riping Cong, Yujian Zhang, Xuenan Song, Wei Wang, Yingli Diao, Haijiao Liu, Kuanxiao Tang

“…Statistical analyses (rank-sum tests, t-tests, multivariate logistic regression) explored COVID-19-GD associations and changes in thyroid function and psychological status in GDC patients.ResultsMultivariate logistic regression analysis, after covariate adjustment, identified the number of COVID-19 symptoms as an independent risk factor for hyperthyroidism in GDC patients, and COVID-19 duration as an independent risk factor for poor psychological status. …”
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Quercetin and Tranylcypromine Improve Memory, Behavioral Performance, and Cholinergic Function in Male Rats Subjected to Chronic Restraint Stress by Vitor Bastianello Mostardeiro, Charles Elias Assmann, Adriel Antonio Schirmann, Marcylene Vieira da Silveira, Bianca Vedoin Copês Rambo, Mairin Schott, Aline da Silva Pereira, Vanessa Valéria Miron, Heloiza Winck Soares, Larissa Varotto Dambrós, Sabrina Fontana Belinazo, Thamires Gelatti Vidal, Margarete Dulce Bagatini, Maria Rosa Chitolina Schetinger, Vera Maria Melchiors Morsch

“…CRS did not alter locomotor function assessed by the open field test (OFT) or anhedonia behavior assessed by the sucrose preference test (SPT). …”
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Debiasing Structure Function Estimates from Sparse Time Series of the Solar Wind: A Data-driven Approach by Daniel Wrench, Tulasi N. Parashar

“…Structure functions (SFs), which quantify the moments of increments of a stochastic process, are essential complementary statistics to power spectra for analyzing the self-similar behavior of a time series. …”
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Optimization of fermentation conditions of exopolysaccharide production from Saccharomyces cerevisiae YY-02 and its functional properties analysis by WANG Changli, ZHANG Cheng, BIN Xiaoyun, ZHAO Yunhui, ZHANG Yunye, YE Guangbin

“…The fermentation conditions were optimized by single factor tests and response surface tests, and the functional properties (water retention, water solubility, emulsification and antioxidant properties) of EPS were studied. …”
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Relationship between renal function and cognitive impairment in patients with stable schizophrenia: a multicenter cross-sectional study by Cong Cao, Xuehao Xu, Sumei Shen, Xiyan Bao, Fenglan Wang, Weishan Sun, Tao Gu, Lingling Hua, Chengbing Huang, Zhenlin Chen, Xuebin Qu, Aihua Zhou

“…Cognitive function was assessed using the Chinese Brief Cognitive Test (C-BCT). …”
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Assessment of hybrid nanocomposite AFOs for pediatric cerebral palsy: mechanical, spectroscopic, and finite element analysis by Noorhan Abdelgawad, Marwa M. A. Hadhoud, Mohamed Tarek El-Wakad, Reda Abdelbaset

“…Abstract Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a neurological disorder that affects motor function and causes gait abnormalities in children. …”
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Acute effects of physical exercise on cognitive function and neurotrophins in patients with type 1 diabetes: A systematic review by Emanuele Zanardo, Giulia Quinto, Francesca Battista, Federica Duregon, Marco Vecchiato, Chiara Bergia, Kirk Erickson, Andrea Ermolao, Daniel Neunhaeuserer

“…BDNF levels were found higher after exercise in all studies. Cognitive function tests resulted also improved after the training intervention. …”
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Effects of sulforaphane on cognitive function in patients with frontal brain damage: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Jing Huang, Gangrui Hei, Fangkun Liu, Renrong Wu, Zhixiong Liu

“…The primary outcome will be the difference in scores of a battery of cognitive tests after 12 weeks of sulforaphane treatment. The secondary outcomes will be changes in the Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ), the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, the changes in T1-weighted MRI and resting-state functional MRI findings, and changes in brain and blood metabolic markers and gut microbiota at weeks 0 and 12. …”
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Structural and Functional Disorders in Glaucoma: Prospects for Preclinical Diagnosis. Part 2. Electrophysiological Markers of Early Neuroplastic Events by V. V. Neroev, M. V. Zueva, A. N. Zhuravleva, I. V. Tsapenko

“…Analysis of the literature on the problem of structural and functional relationships in the development and progression of glaucomatous optical neuropathy (GON) shows that the search for a single primary factor may lead to an erroneous exaggeration of its role in the pathogenesis of GON. …”
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Chronic administration of ivabradine improves cardiac Ca handling and function in a rat model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy by Jessica Marksteiner, Christopher Dostal, Janine Ebner, Petra Lujza Szabó, Bruno K. Podesser, Simge Baydar, Ana I. A. Goncalves, Anja Wagner, Klaus Kratochwill, Petra Fichtinger, Dietmar Abraham, Isabella Salzer, Helmut Kubista, Elena Lilliu, Benjamin Hackl, Jakob Sauer, Hannes Todt, Xaver Koenig, Karlheinz Hilber, Attila Kiss

“…Abstract Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a severe muscle disease caused by mutations in the gene encoding for the intracellular protein dystrophin, is associated with impaired cardiac function and arrhythmias. A causative factor for complications in the dystrophic heart is abnormal calcium (Ca) handling in ventricular cardiomyocytes, and restoration of normal Ca homeostasis has emerged as therapeutic strategy. …”
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Perinatal Exposure of Dams to a High Salt Diet Impaired Vascular Function and Elevated Biomarkers of Inflammation in the Offspring by Ahmed Kolade Oloyo, Santan Modokpe Olley, Esther Ngozi Ohihoin, Abdullahi Adeyinka Adejare, Khadijah Bolanle Ismail-Badmus, Esther Udo Asamudo, Olusoga Adekunle Sofola

“…We hypothesized that perinatal exposure of dams to HSD will increase inflammation, impair vascular function and elevate blood pressure (BP) in the adult offspring. …”
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miR-449, identified through antiandrogen exposure, mitigates functional biomarkers associated with ovarian cancer risk by Xia Wang, Ho-Hyung Woo, Michelle Wei, Steven Gibson, Mitzi Miranda, Demaretta Rush, Janiel Cragun, Wenxin Zheng, Guang Yao, Setsuko K. Chambers

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Experimental study on the assisted hypolipidemic function of the mixture between hemp seed oil and algae oil in the human body by CHEN Zehua, LI Hongying, ZHOU Yong, LI Wenzhi

“…<b>Conclusion: </b>Hemp seed and algal oil mixture tested in the study have a good function of lowering blood lipid in humans with an acceptable safety profile, which may be related to anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects.…”
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Effect and Mechanism of Yisui Fuyongtang (YSFYT) Decoction on Cognitive Function and Synaptic Plasticity in Rats with Vascular Cognitive Impairment by Tingliang Gong, Zhaoliang Luo, Li Huang, Caixian Xiao, Junlu Yi, Junfeng Yan, Qian Chen, Weihong Li, Wenqiang Tao

“…Clinical medications have found that Yisui Fuyongtang (YSFYT) Decoction is effective in improving neurological signs and learning-memory functions in patients who develop white matter lesions and whole brain atrophy. …”
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A methodology for quantitatively managing the bug fixing process using Mahalanobis Taguchi system by Boby John, R. S. Kadadevarmath

“…The controlling of bug fixing process during the system testing phase of software development life cycle is very important for fixing all the detected bugs within the scheduled time. …”
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Identification and Functional Analysis of Three <i>NlCstF</i> Genes in <i>Nilaparvata lugens</i> by Shengli Jing, Feifei Wang, Aobo Ren, Fang Zheng, Bingbing Yu, Jingang Xu, Yali Liu, Jing Yang, Ruixian Chen, Wei Zeng, Yimei Zhang, Danxia Ke, Xiantao Ma, Hengmin Tang, Qingsong Liu, Bin Yu

“…The Cleavage Stimulation Factor (CstF) complex, consisting of three subunits, is essential for the 3′ end processing of precursor messenger RNA (pre-mRNA). …”
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