Prevalence and Risk Factors of Functional Dyspepsia: A Population-Based Study by Selami Aydın, Can Oner, Hüseyin Cetin, Engin Ersin Simsek

“…Results: A total of 350 participants were enrolled to the study (43.4 %; n=152 male and 56.6%; n=198 female). The prevalence of functional dyspepsia was 16.9% (n=59). 62.7% (n=37) of dyspeptic patients had epigastric pain syndrome and 67.8% (n=40) of them had postprandial distress syndrome. …”
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Methodological substantiation of the professional functions of Responsible persons of pharmaceutical and hospital institutions by N. O. Vetiutneva, S. H. Ubohov, L. O. Fedorova

“…On the basis of analysis of the modern legal and regulatory framework, a general list of professional functions of the Responsible persons of health care institutions had been formed. …”
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Fear of predators alters herbivore regulation of soil microbial community function by Wei Tian, Dror Hawlena, Jordi F. Pagès, Zhiwei Zhong, Deli Wang

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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISTAL OCCLUSION ABOUT MORPHOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL DISORDERS OF THE SPINE by O. I. Dushyna

“… Analysis of contemporary publications about morphological and functional disorders of the spine and its relationship to distal occlusion become the background for this article. …”
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Cardio-respiratory indicators and functional state of athletes after COVID-19 by Yulia M. Ivanova, Viktoriya A. Badtieva, Alexander S. Sharykin, Vladimir I. Pavlov, Nataliya V. Trukhacheva

“…A clinical and instrumental assessment of the health of the athletes, a laboratory analysis by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method for the genetic material of the virus and the level of IgM and IgG antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, an assessment of the functional state of the cardiorespiratory system were carried out.Results: None of the athletes included in the study were hospitalized or had symptoms of pneumonia or cardiovascular problems. …”
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Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneurophaty: assessment of the cognitive function and quality of life by Larissa Kozow, Camila Pupe, Osvaldo J. M. Nascimento

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A study on pollen characteristics of bisexual and functionally male flowers in pomegranate by DUAN Shuyun, CHEN Lina, ZHU Juanli, LIU Ruitao, LI Haoxian, YAN Qiong, LI Songkai, YANG Qinghua, LU Zhenhua

“…There was no correlation between the number of stamens, the number of pollens produced by anthers and the pollen germination rate in the bisexual flowers and the functionally male flowers. Pollen from the bisexual flowers began to germinate 12 hours after pollination, and the number of germinated pollens was small at 24 hours, and some of the pollen tubes had grown into the pistil. …”
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Iptacopan Reduces Proteinuria and Stabilizes Kidney Function in C3 Glomerulopathy by Carla M. Nester, Ute Eisenberger, Alexandre Karras, Moglie le Quintrec, Liz Lightstone, Manuel Praga, Giuseppe Remuzzi, Maria José Soler, Junhao Liu, Matthias Meier, Ronda Tawfik, Guido Junge, Andrea Biondani, Angelo J. Trapani, Nicholas J.A. Webb, Edwin K.S. Wong

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Changes in the Structural and Functional Albumin Properties in Patients with Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis by A. A. Turkina, M. V. Maevskaya, M. S. Zharkova, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Despite the normal values of serum albumin in 72.5% of patients with cirrhosis B and in 26.7% in the cirrhosis C group, only 12.3% in the cirrhosis B group had normal albumin function and in cirrhosis C nо patients had normal albumin function.Conclusion. …”
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THE EFFECT OF BLADDER PAIN SYNDROME/INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS ON PARTNER SEXUAL FUNCTIONS by Kubilay Sarıkaya, Çağrı Şenocak, Muhammed Arif İbiş, Fahri Erkan Sadioğlu, Mehmet Çiftçi, Ömer Faruk Bozkurt

“…Objective: Bladder pain syndrome/Interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC) negatively affects both women’s social life and sexual functions. The study researched if this situation can negatively affect the sexual functions of the male partners of these women. …”
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Endovascular and Thrombolytic Therapy and the Functional Status of Patients after Ischemic Stroke by Renata Jabłońska, Anna Wronkowska, Robert Ślusarz, Karolina Filipska, Grzegorz Meder, Paweł Sokal

“…Aim. Evaluation of the functional status of patients after ischemic stroke treated with thrombolysis or thrombectomy. …”
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Assessment of Functional Properties and Safety Indicators of Amaranth Flour Grain Bread by Nadezhda N. Alekhina, Elena I. Ponomareva, Irina M. Zharkova, Andrej V. Grebenshchikov

“…Conclusion. Amaranth flour had a positive effect on the functional properties of grain bread safety indicators, which makes it possible to include it into sprouted wheat grain products.…”
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The adjunct role of pharmacotherapy in multimodal treatment of paediatric functional neurological disorder by Rynagh Cummins, Clare Hawkes, Clare Hawkes, Clare Hawkes, Judy Longworth, Stephen Scher, Stephen Scher, Kasia Kozlowska, Kasia Kozlowska, Kasia Kozlowska

“…This study documents the pharmacotherapeutic element and its rationale.MethodsMedication use was documented in 158 children with FND (41 boys, 117 girls, aged 8.50–17.58; mean 13.78) admitted into the Mind-Body Program.ResultsOn presentation, children with FND had high levels of functional impairment, school loss, and comorbid psychiatric, functional, and medical disorders. …”
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Deficits in facial emotion recognition and cognitive function among baby boomers by Hyunsan Cho, Hee-Jin Park, Yoon Hee Park, Intae Hwang, Hyo Jin Kang

“…Of the participants, 69 % had normal cognition, while 31 % had mild cognitive impairment. …”
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Development of functional muffins enriched with lemon by-products as sources of Bioactive compounds by Ana Rita Soares Mateus, Angelina Pena, Ana Sanches Silva

“…Sensory analysis revealed that muffins with fresh pomace and extract had the most appealing aroma, whereas those with flour scored lower due to the astringency of citrus peel components. …”
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Adsorption of L-Histidine onto Functionalized Mesoporous SBA-15 Organosilicas by Monika Oszust, Karolina Gdula, Piotr Borowski, Andrzej Dąbrowski, Mariusz Barczak

“…The highest LH static adsorption capacity was observed for the cyano-functionalized sample [approximately 70 mg g −1 (450 mol g −1 )]; by contrast, pristine SBA-15 had a lowest adsorption capacity of approximately 25 mg g −1 (170 mol g −1 ).…”
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Urinary Extracellular Vesicles: Potential Biomarkers of Renal Function in Diabetic Patients by Agnieszka Kamińska, Mark Platt, Joanna Kasprzyk, Beata Kuśnierz-Cabala, Agnieszka Gala-Błądzińska, Olga Woźnicka, Benedykt R. Jany, Franciszek Krok, Wojciech Piekoszewski, Marek Kuźniewski, Ewa Ł. Stępień

“…Density and size of urinary EVs reflect deteriorated renal function and can be considered as potential renal damage biomarkers.…”
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Effect of Auditory Recognition on the Vocabulary Knowledge of Children with Functional Articulation Disorder by YAN Jiajian, WANG Chengdong, LU Jianliang, LI Yuchang, SHEN Longbin, OU Jianlin, CHEN Zhuoming

“…There was a significant positive correlation between digit memory span test and spatial memory span task test (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001); there was a significant positive correlation between digit memory span test and PPVT score (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001); there was a significant positive correlation between spatial memory span task test and PPVT score (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001). 2) Auditory working memory (β=0.322, <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001) alone had a significant mediating effect on auditory recognition function and vocabulary knowledge function; visual working memory alone (β=0.389, <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001) had a significant mediating effect on auditory recognition function and vocabulary knowledge function.ConclusionAuditory recognition can not only directly affect vocabulary knowledge, but also affect vocabulary knowledge through a separate mediation of auditory working memory and visual working memory. …”
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Longitudinal Pulmonary Function After Surgical Treatment of Early-Onset Scoliosis by Scott Yang, MD, Apeksha Gupta, MS, MPH, Michael E. Trask, BS, Natalie M. Maharaj, BS, Anna V. Faino, MS, Sean Pirkle, MD, Kelson Roy Adcock, BS, Jennifer M. Bauer, MS, Burt Yaszay, MD, Gregory Redding, MD

“…A retrospective review was performed at a single academic hospital. All patients who had surgical treatment of EOS and repeated pulmonary function test (PFT) data were included. …”
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Comprehensive Analysis of the Expression, Prognosis and Function of TRAF Family Proteins 
in NSCLC by Yixuan WANG, Qiang CHEN, Yaguang FAN, Shuqi TU, Yang ZHANG, Xiuwen ZHANG, Hongli PAN, Xuexia ZHOU, Xuebing LI

“…Additionally, patients with higher expression levels of TRAF2, TRAF4 and TRAF7 had shorter overall survival; while patients with higher expression levels of TRAF3, TRAF5 and TRAF6 had significantly longer overall survival; however, no significant difference had been observed between TRAF1 expression and the overall survival. …”
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