Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in Post-Burn Patients and its Association with Self-esteem and Social Support: A Cross-sectional Study by Triveni M. Gowdar, Harshitha V. Handral, G. Archana, K. T. Ramesha

“…Results: Among the participants, 5.3% had moderate depression, 6.4% had moderate anxiety, and 8.5% experienced moderate stress. …”
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Laboratory Hosts: Postcolonial Parasites, Growth Factors, and the Fabrication of a Molecular Gaze by Charles Kollmer

“…By mimicking or supplanting the functions of living hosts’ bodies, laboratory hosts transformed blood parasites into experimental tools. …”
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Quality of life among patients after Hodgkin lymphoma treatment: a 3-year prospective study by B. B. Samura

“…After second-line treatment (MINE) patients had much worse physical functioning (p<0.001) that was associated with quality of life outcomes. …”
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The Influence of Risk Perception, Smoking Fatwa Knowledge, and Smoking Behavior on the Intention to Quit Smoking in Adolescents by Ayuning Tyas, Retnaningsih Retnaningsih

“…Risk perception was measured across five dimensions: functional, financial, physical, psychological, and social. …”
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Subthreshold micropulse green laser versus yellow laser in the treatment for chronic central serous chorioretinopathy by Mohamad G. Zeinalabdeen, Ehab El Rayes, Mahmoud Genaidy, Ayman Khattab, Abdussalam M. Abdullatif

“…There was a remarkable anatomical [80% had resolution of subretinal fluid (SRF)] and functional success (80% had improvement in BCVA) in the treated eyes. …”
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Paralytic ileus in 57 cows – symptoms, diagnosis and treatment by Ueli Braun, Christian Gerspach, Rahel Scheiwiller, Monika Hilbe, Karl Nuss

“…Abstract Background Paralytic ileus (PI) also known as functional ileus or adynamic ileus occurs when intestinal motor activity is impaired. …”
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Obesity and Preference-Weighted Quality of Life of Ethnically Diverse Middle School Children: The HEALTHY Study by R. P. Treviño, T. H. Pham, S. L. Edelstein

“…Of 6358 consented students, 4979 (78.3%) had complete QOL, height, weight, and covariate data. …”
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Echocardiographic characteristics of patients with ischemic and non-ischemic chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction by N. N. Ilov, D. R. Stompel, S. A. Boytsov, E. I. Romantsov, A. A. Nechepurenko

“…The knowledge of the structural and functional myocardial state, especially of the left ventricle (LV), is insufficient for accurate risk stratification of unfavorable events in different etiopathogenetic forms of CHF.Aim. …”
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Outpatient management of patients with dyscirculatory encephalopathy by V. A. Parfenov, D. V. Neverovsky

“…Fifty patients, including 10 men and 40 women, aged 45 to 75 years (mean age 68.8±9.0 years), who had been followed up at the polyclinic with a diagnosis of DE for an average of 1.5 years, were examined. …”
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Circular at the very beginning: on the initial genomes in the RNA world by Yufan Luo, Minglun Liang, Chunwu Yu, Wentao Ma

“…It is likely that an RNA world existed in early life, when RNA played both the roles of the genome and functional molecules, thereby undergoing Darwinian evolution. …”
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The role of tunica vaginalis flap in staged repair of hypospadias by Yogender S. Kadian, Mahavir Singh, Kamal N. Rattan

“…Results: Eighteen (81.8%) patients had successful functional and cosmetic repair. Two patients (9.1%) had urethrocutaneous fistula of which one healed on subsequent dilatation while the other one (4.5%) needed repair. …”
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Comparison of Endoscopic and Microscopic Type 1 Tympanoplasty on Surgical Outcomes and Quality of Life by Esra Kavaz Uştu, Emel Tahir, Özgür Kemal, Mustafa Aktaş

“…Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the surgical and functional outcomes, as well as the quality of life, of patients who underwent endoscopic and microscopic type 1 tympanoplasty.Material and Methods: In two groups of patients undergoing endoscopic and microscopic tympanoplasty, pre- and postoperative audiological outcomes, Middle Ear Risk Index, and Chronic Otitis Media Benefit Inventory, a newly designed questionnaire specific for chronic otitis media surgery, were prospectively evaluated.Results: The endoscopic tympanoplasty group had 30 patients, while the microscopic tympanoplasty group had 22 participants. …”
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Maintenance of large subpopulations of differentiated CD8 T-cells two years after cytomegalovirus infection in Gambian infants. by David J C Miles, Marianne van der Sande, David Jeffries, Steve Kaye, Olubukola Ojuola, Mariama Sanneh, Momodou Cox, Melba S Palmero, Ebrima S Touray, Pauline Waight, Sarah Rowland-Jones, Hilton Whittle, Arnaud Marchant

“…The age-related increase in IFNgamma response observed during the first year continued but was non-significant during the second year, indicating that the rate of functional improvement had slowed substantially. CONCLUSIONS / SIGNIFICANCE: The large differentiated subpopulations of CD8 T-cells that had emerged immediately after CMV infection persisted through the second year post-infection, while levels of activation and functional capacity remained fairly constant.…”
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Novel multivariate design concept for floating wind turbines by Gaidai multivariate reliability method and deconvolution scheme by Oleg Gaidai, Zirui Liu, Yu Cao, Jinlu Sheng, Yan Zhu, Fuxi Zhang

“…Recently developed Gaidai multivariate reliability methodology along with state-of-the-art deconvolution method had been employed. Unlike existing reliability approaches such as Weibull-type, GP (i.e., Generalized Pareto), POT (i.e., Peaks Over the Threshold), etc., the recommended methodology does not rely on any pre-assumed functional class, when extrapolating failure probability functional tail. …”
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Presence of ´isolated´ tricuspid regurgitation should prompt the suspicion of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. by Julia Mascherbauer, Andreas A Kammerlander, Caroline Zotter-Tufaro, Stefan Aschauer, Franz Duca, Daniel Dalos, Susanne Winkler, Matthias Schneider, Jutta Bergler-Klein, Diana Bonderman

“…Particularly in advanced stages affected patients may present with significant functional tricuspid regurgitation (TR) as the most prominent sign on echocardiography. …”
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Vision-Related Quality of Life in Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma Patients with or without Visual Field Dysfunction by Pingping Ma, Yingru Liu, Yufang Su, Yajun Yang

“…Furthermore, patients with VF loss had significantly lower NVE-VFQ-25 subscale scores for general health, general vision, ocular pain, near activities, distance activities, social functioning, mental health, role difficulties, dependency, driving, and peripheral vision than PACG patients without VF loss and healthy controls (all P<0.05). …”
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Proximate Characteristics and Antioxidant Activity of Polyherbal Extract in Yogurt by Meta Andhini Noor Chandra, Epi Taufik, Kintoko Kintoko

“… Fermented dairy products, such as yogurt, are well known for their health advantages. Enhancing their functional value using polyherbal mixtures constitutes a big step forward in functional food development. …”
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THE STATIC AND DYNAMIC ASPECTS OF ROMAN LAW AS PORTRAYED IN THE SOURCES OF LAW by Alina Monica AXENTE

“…The dynamics of the private Roman law sources had been influenced by the conjoined action of three factors: the Romans’ conservative mentality, their practicality and the incorporation of the concepts of equity and good faith into their legal system. …”
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Evaluation of the Results of Therapeutic Management of Patients Treated Endovascularly for Cerebral Aneurysm by Renata Jabłońska, Marta Bielewicz

“…The state of consciousness of the patients had no significant impact on the scope of their functioning: GCS Z = 0.42; p = 0.675 and SWF Z = 0.40; p = 0.689. …”
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A Deployable Conical Log Spiral Antenna for Small Spacecraft: Mechanical Design and Test by Lewis R. Williams, Natanael Hjermann, Bendik Sagsveen, Arthur Romeijer, Karina Vieira Hoel, Lars Erling Bråten

“…We conducted vibration tests representative for a typical launch vehicle, and all natural frequencies remained stable above 250 Hz, while the antenna was stowed, satisfying launch vehicle requirements. Post-test functional checks confirmed that there was no change in antenna functionality. …”
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