Changes in Renal Function in Elderly Patients Following Intravenous Iodinated Contrast Administration: A Retrospective Study by Ali Alsafi, Zaid Alsafi, Amish Lakhani, Nicola H. Strickland

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Simultaneous nitrogen and sulphur removal effect and functional bacteria of sulfur-driven autotrophic denitrification ASBR process by YAN Hua, GUO Changzi, ZHAO Wanqin, ZHANG Xuli, HAN Yi, WANG Yixu

“…The hydraulic retention time(HRT) had a significant effect on the removal of nitrate, but had little effect on the sulphide removal. …”
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Systematic review and meta‑analysis of factors predicting postoperative lung function after lung cancer resection by Hongling Wang, Lihong He, Xiaoyun Hu, Gongxue Xian

“…Aim: We aimed to identify the most common methods used to predict postoperative lung function in clinical practice and to compare their accuracy. …”
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Motor and cognitive function after unipolar depressive episodes: a 6 years longitudinal observational study by Stephanie Straub, Stephanie Straub, Markus A. Hobert, Kirsten Emmert, Clint Hansen, Morad Elshehabi, Ulrike Suenkel, Ulrike Suenkel, Isabel Wurster, Isabel Wurster, Benjamin Roeben, Benjamin Roeben, Milan Zimmermann, Milan Zimmermann, Andreas J. Fallgatter, Andreas J. Fallgatter, Andreas J. Fallgatter, Daniela Berg, Walter Maetzler

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Evaluation of the Effect of Dietary Manganese on the Intestinal Digestive Function, Antioxidant Response, and Muscle Quality in Coho Salmon by Dongwu Liu, Wenshuo Xie, Zhiling Xia, Ya Wang, Xinran Zhang, Qiuxiang Pang

“…Manganese (Mn) is a nutritional element required for fish growth and physiology functions. In this study, we examined the effect of Mn on the intestinal digestive function, antioxidant response, and muscle quality in coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). …”
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Functional Outcomes and Activity Levels in Patients After Internal Hemipelvectomy for Primary Sarcoma Involving the Bony Pelvis by Burkhard Lehner, Jakob Bollmann, Andreas Geisbüsch, Nicholas Andreas Beckmann

“…Tumor grade, resection margins, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and pelvic reconstruction had no significant effect on functional outcomes. …”
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Comparison of Functional Balance and Probability of Falling in the Elderly with and Without a History of Falling Living in Care Centers by Seyyed Mojtaba Tabatabaiasl, Parisa Sedaghati, Fariba Javazi

“…Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare functional balance and probability of fall in elderly with or without history of fall in care centers. …”
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Cardiosphere-derived cells improve function in the infarcted rat heart for at least 16 weeks--an MRI study. by Carolyn A Carr, Daniel J Stuckey, Jun Jie Tan, Suat Cheng Tan, Renata S M Gomes, Patrizia Camelliti, Elisa Messina, Alessandro Giacomello, Georgina M Ellison, Kieran Clarke

“…At two days after infarction, cardiac function was similar between groups. By 6 weeks, ejection fractions in control hearts had significantly decreased (47 ± 2%), but this was not evident in CDC-treated hearts (56 ± 3%). …”
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Individualized calibration of estimated glomerular filtration rate for serial renal function determination: a pilot study by Bethelhem W. Mekonnen, Jennifer L. Holness, Bianca D. Berndorfler, Carl Lombard, James M. Warwick

“…Abstract Kidney function evaluation is crucial to the practice of medicine. …”
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Ultra-Wide-Field OCT Measurements in Patients with Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Relation to Their Visual Function by Maciej Gawęcki, Krzysztof Kiciński, Jan Kucharczuk, Sławomir Teper, Magdalena Hubert, Tomasz Kuc

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Effects of hippotherapy on gross motor activities and function performance of children with cerebral palsy: a pilot study by Dilip G, Sathya Siva, Boopathy D, Kingsley J, Prathap Suganthirababu

“…Hippotherapy enhances motor function and gross motor function in children. This study looked at how hippotherapy affected children with cerebral palsy’s functional performance and gross motor function. …”
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The Associations Between Functional Mobility, Dynamic Stability and Back Pain in Women After Caesarean Section Surgery by Laura Žalienė, Irina Arup

“…Half (n=6) of the women in the study had good functional mobility after cesarean section surgery, four were satisfactory and only two were unsatisfactory. …”
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Impact of Spine Surgery on Psychosexual Functioning, Marital Satisfaction, and Quality of Life: A Cross-sectional Study by Mohammad Jasim Hussain, Purushotham Sastri, Raj Kiran Donthu, Shivananda Manohar J, TSS Rao

“…The ODI showed that 94% of patients were crippled before surgery, but by six months, all had minimal disability. All participants had sexual dysfunction and marital distress preoperatively; most regained normal sexual function by three months and marital satisfaction by six months. …”
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The prevention and treatment of myopia in schoolchildren from grade 1 to grade 10 by restoring the ocular accommodation function by E. I. Gubarev

“…Purpose: to evaluate long term effectiveness of a method of restoring the accommodation function of the eye and preventing the onset and progression of myopia and to propose ways to overcome medical requirements that are difficult to meet.Material and methods. …”
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Randomized Control Trial Comparing Effects of Tourniquets on Neurology and Functional Outcomes after Total Knee Arthoplasty by Gur-Aziz Singh Sidhu, Saphalya Pattnaik, Mothana Gawad, Rafia Ghani, Harjot Kaur, Neil Ashwood

“…The study focused on comparing the neurology through nerve conduction studies and functional outcomes of TKA performed with and without a tourniquet. …”
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Characteristics and prognostic analysis of cystic vestibular schwannomas: prolonged surgical duration with limited impact on neurological function by Xuanpeng Li, Hongying Cai, Huijun Gong, Zi’ang Wang, Jibo Lv

“…Comparisons were made regarding tumor volume, surgical duration, GTR rates, and postoperative preservation of facial nerve function and hearing. Multivariate analysis was used to identify independent predictors for postoperative functional outcomes.ResultsThe findings revealed that CVS cases had larger tumor volumes and longer surgical durations (96.6 minutes vs. 87.5 minutes) compared to SVS. …”
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Clinical and Functional Characteristics of Subjects with Asthma, COPD, and Asthma-COPD Overlap: A Multicentre Study in Vietnam by Sy Duong-Quy, Huong Tran Van, Anh Vo Thi Kim, Quyen Pham Huy, Timothy J. Craig

“…Our study was planned to describe the clinical and functional features of subjects with ACO compared to asthma and COPD patients. …”
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Pulmonary exacerbations as a risk factor for lung function decline-experiences of the National Cystic Fibrosis Center by Gojšina Bojana Z., Rodić Milan, Višekruna Jelena, Trajković Goran Z., Sovtić Aleksandar D., Minić Predrag B.

“…The aim of this study was to determine whether an increased number of exacerbations had influence on the lung function in the patients with CF, as well as to estimate the nutritional status, gender, presence of comorbid conditions and bacterial colonization of airways as predictive factors for pulmonary exacerbations. …”
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Mediated roles of oxidative stress and kidney function to leukocyte telomere length and prognosis in chronic kidney disease by Jiahong Yi, Chang Jiang, Liangping Xia

“…Patients younger than 65 years with greater LTL or who had hypertension had better prognoses. Age and history of hypertension were associated with LTL and overall mortality. …”
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Effect of Eight Weeks of 11+ Training on Functional Movement Screening Test Scores in Female Futsal Players by Akram Kiani Sheikhabadi, Reza Mahdavinejad, Nader Rahnma

“…Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of an 8-week 11+ exercise program on seven test scores of Functional Movement Screening (FMS) in female futsal players. …”
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