Assessing the quality of life in children with autism spectrum disorder: a cross-sectional study of contributing factors by Jaya Shanker Tedla, Faisal Asiri, Ravi Shankar Reddy, Devika Rani Sangadala, Kumar Gular, Venkata Nagaraj Kakaraparthi

“…ANOVA results showed that children with severe autism symptoms had the lowest QoL scores (mean = 40.12, SD = 15.67; F = 20.45, p < 0.001, η² = 0.45).ConclusionChildren with ASD showed significantly lower QoL, particularly in social and school functioning, highlighting the need for targeted interventions addressing core symptoms and environmental and family factors to improve outcomes.…”
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Risk Factors for Hip Fracture among Elderly Adults in Erbil City A Case-Control Study by Dara Abdulla Al-Banna

“… Objective: The study aimed to find out the factors associated with hip fracture among elderly adults in Erbil City. …”
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Identification and virulence factors prediction of Didymella segeticola causing leaf spot disease in Asarum heterotropoides in China by Kun Liu, Wensong Sun, Xiaoli Li, Baoyu Shen, Tianjing Zhang, Chunlei Yu

“…Based on phenotypic annotations in PHI-base, these factors were categorized into three functional classes: lethal (54 proteins, associated with pathogen gene TOXA), increased virulence (hypervirulence) (19 proteins, associated with pathogen genes ChVel1 and ChLae1), and effector (plant avirulence determinant) (14 proteins, associated with pathogen genes SRE1, Cgfl, StACE1 and RsRplA). …”
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Exploring urban garden ponds: considering chemical pollution as a limiting factor for insect diversity in cities by Johanna Bock, Marie Neske, Martin Krauss, Andrea Dombrowski, Jörg Oehlmann

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Predictive potential of cardiovascular risk factors and their associations with arterial stiffness in people of European and Korean ethnic groups by T. A. Brodskaya, V. A. Nevzorova, K. I. Shakhgeldyan, B. I. Geltser, D. A. Vrazhnov, Yu. V. Kistenev

“…The first stage included statistical analysis using Mann-Whitney, χ2, Fisher tests, while the second one — determination of weighing coefficients of individual risk factors on aortic PWV. …”
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Groundwater ammonia-oxidizing bacteria distribution and the correlations between the distribution and environmental factors around livestock lagoons by REN Juan, ZHANG Lei, ZENG Lingzao, WU Laosheng, SHI Jiachun

“…The first and rate limiting step of nitrification is ammoxidation, and the functional gene is ammonia monooxygenase, which existed in ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and ammonia-oxidizing archaea.However, the factors affecting ammonia-oxidizing bacteria distribution pattern in groundwater and the influence mode are still not clear enough. …”
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Adaptation of the Upper Limb Functional Index (ULFI) to a Polish version and validation in patients with upper limb musculoskeletal disorders by Agnieszka Bejer, Jędrzej Płocki, Marek Kulczyk, Markus Melloh

“…The internal consistency, construct validity, and factor structure were assessed in all the participants; the test–retest reliability and measurement error were evaluated in a subgroup (n = 112, 2–3-day interval); and the responsiveness and interpretability were evaluated in another subgroup (n = 56, 8-week interval, after physiotherapy). …”
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Optimal design of hollow conductor for high‐speed synchronous motor exploiting adaptive‐sampling radial basis function algorithm by Ruiye Li, Peng Cheng, Hai Lan

“…It integrates optimisation objectives and constraints using probabilistic improvement techniques, enhancing robustness and convergence speed by avoiding excessive exploration of invalid regions. Mathematical test functions validate ASRBF's excellent performance in handling complex objective domains. …”
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User Experience and Perceptions of AI-Generated E-Commerce Content: A Survey-Based Evaluation of Functionality, Aesthetics, and Security by Chrysa Stamkou, Vaggelis Saprikis, George F. Fragulis, Ioannis Antoniadis

“…The collected data was subjected to descriptive statistical analysis, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and comparative statistical tests to identify key user experience dimensions and possible demographic variances in satisfaction. …”
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Trans-ancestry transcriptome-wide association and functional studies to uncover novel susceptibility genes and therapeutic targets for colorectal cancer by Lijuan Wang, Lidan Hu, Jing Sun, Jianhui Zhao, Siyun Zhou, Lexin Liu, Wei Yu, Yeting Hu, Dan Zhou, Xiangrui Meng, Zhongshang Yuan, Honghe Zhang, Susan Farrington, Maria Timofeeva, Kefeng Ding, Julian Little, Malcolm Dunlop, Evropi Theodoratou, Xue Li

“…Further, a drug sensitivity test was employed to explore possible clinical implications for CRC treatment. …”
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Senescence marker activin A is increased in human diabetic kidney disease: association with kidney function and potential implications for therapy by Hui Tang, Lilach O Lerman, Xiaohui Bian, Tomás P Griffin, Xiangyang Zhu, Md Nahidul Islam, Sabena M Conley, Alfonso Eirin, Paula M O’Shea, Allyson K Palmer, Sandra M Herrmann, Ramila A Mehta, John R Woollard, Andrew D Rule, James L Kirkland, Tamar Tchkonia, Stephen C Textor, Matthew D Griffin, LaTonya J Hickson

“…After eGFR adjustment, only albuminuria (OR 1.56, 95% CI 1.16 to 2.09) and tumor necrosis factor receptor-1 (OR 6.40, 95% CI 1.08 to 38.00) associated with the highest activin tertile. …”
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Co-regulation and synteny of GFM2 and NSA2 links ribosomal function in mitochondria and the cytosol with chronic kidney disease by Minjie Zhang, Christer Hogstrand, Paola Pontrelli, Afshan N Malik

“…Their common 381 bp 5’ region contained multiple transcription factor binding sites (TFBS) including the zinc-responsive transcription factor MTF1. …”
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Comparison of the Effect of Strength Training With and Without Blood Flow Restriction on Motor Function in Active Females With Dynamic Knee Valgus by Seyyedeh Mahshid Hadavi, Parisa Sedaghati, Mohammad Mottaghitalab

“…Objective: Dynamic Knee Valgus is a common risk factor for acute lower extremity injuries and overuse. …”
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COMPARISON OF RANKING, PREPARATION AND FUNCTIONAL PARAMETERS OF DEAF AND HEARING WRESTLERS FROM THE BULGARIAN NATIONAL GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING TEAMS by D. Chamishki

“…Results: In addition to sport results and the methodology of preparation, from the functional parameters (physiological and biochemical), we are using the maximum oxygen consumption (VO2max), the maximum oxygen consumption per kilogram (VO2max/kg), the heart rate values and the lactate concentration in the peripheral blood from conducting functional tests. …”
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Long-term persistence of functional thymic epithelial progenitor cells in vivo under conditions of low FOXN1 expression. by Xin Jin, Craig S Nowell, Svetlana Ulyanchenko, Frances H Stenhouse, C Clare Blackburn

“…Here, we have used a revertible severely hypomorphic allele of Foxn1, Foxn1R, to test the stability of the common TEPC in vivo. By reactivating Foxn1 expression postnatally in Foxn1R/- mice we demonstrate that functional TEPCs can persist in the thymic rudiment until at least 6 months of age, and retain the potential to give rise to both cortical and medullary thymic epithelial cells (cTECs and mTECs). …”
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Body composition and functional capacity as determinants of physical activity in middle-aged and older adults: a cross-sectional analysis by Matti Hyvärinen, Anna Kankaanpää, Timo Rantalainen, Taina Rantanen, Eija K. Laakkonen, Laura Karavirta

“…Conclusions Reduced functional capacity may be a key factor limiting physical activity, with its impact becoming more pronounced as functional capacity declines with age. …”
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Am80‐GCSF synergizes myeloid expansion and differentiation to generate functional neutrophils that reduce neutropenia‐associated infection and mortality by Lin Li, Xiaotian Qi, Weili Sun, Hisham Abdel‐Azim, Siyue Lou, Hong Zhu, Nemani V Prasadarao, Alice Zhou, Hiroyuki Shimada, Koichi Shudo, Yong‐Mi Kim, Sajad Khazal, Qiaojun He, David Warburton, Lingtao Wu

“…Abstract Neutrophils generated by granulocyte colony‐stimulating factor (GCSF) are functionally immature and, consequently, cannot effectively reduce infection and infection‐related mortality in cancer chemotherapy‐induced neutropenia (CCIN). …”
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Functional Characterization of <i>TNFα</i> in the Starry Flounder (<i>Platichthys stellatus</i>) and Its Potential as an Immunostimulant by Min-Young Sohn, Gyoungsik Kang, Kyung-Ho Kim, Ha-Jeong Son, Chan-Il Park

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Immunisation with recombinant PfEMP1 domains elicits functional rosette-inhibiting and phagocytosis-inducing antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum. by Ashfaq Ghumra, Pongsak Khunrae, Ricardo Ataide, Ahmed Raza, Stephen J Rogerson, Matthew K Higgins, J Alexandra Rowe

“…<h4>Background</h4>Rosetting is a Plasmodium falciparum virulence factor implicated in the pathogenesis of life-threatening malaria. …”
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Serum Homocysteine Levels and Its Correlation with Executive Functions in Drug Naïve Patients of Depression: A Cross-sectional Study by Mrigakshi Parasor, Shramana Sengupta

“…Homocysteine is widely implicated in the pathophysiology of a variety of psychiatric disorders because it has a crucial role in cognitive functioning. The level of homocysteine in healthy, elderly individuals is being acknowledged as a risk factor for age-related cognitive impairments and dementia. …”
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