Functional Performance and Tendon Morphology After Operative or Nonoperative Treatment of Achilles Tendon Ruptures by Sophie Zhu, Josh Garofalo, Monther Abuhantash, Sheila McRae, Peter MacDonald, Rob Longstaffe, Dan Ogborn

“…# Background While controversy remains as to the relative benefit of operative (OM) versus non-operative management (NOM) of Achilles tendon (AT) ruptures (ATR), few studies have examined the effect on high impact maneuvers such as jumping and hopping…”
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Functional polymorphisms in the TERT promoter are associated with risk of serous epithelial ovarian and breast cancers. by Jonathan Beesley, Hilda A Pickett, Sharon E Johnatty, Alison M Dunning, Xiaoqing Chen, Jun Li, Kyriaki Michailidou, Yi Lu, David N Rider, Rachel T Palmieri, Michael D Stutz, Diether Lambrechts, Evelyn Despierre, Sandrina Lambrechts, Ignace Vergote, Jenny Chang-Claude, Stefan Nickels, Alina Vrieling, Dieter Flesch-Janys, Shan Wang-Gohrke, Ursula Eilber, Natalia Bogdanova, Natalia Antonenkova, Ingo B Runnebaum, Thilo Dörk, Marc T Goodman, Galina Lurie, Lynne R Wilkens, Rayna K Matsuno, Lambertus A Kiemeney, Katja K H Aben, Tamara Marees, Leon F A G Massuger, Brooke L Fridley, Robert A Vierkant, Elisa V Bandera, Sara H Olson, Irene Orlow, Lorna Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Linda S Cook, Nhu D Le, Angela Brooks-Wilson, Linda E Kelemen, Ian Campbell, Simon A Gayther, Susan J Ramus, Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj, Usha Menon, Shahana Ahmed, Caroline Baynes, Paul D Pharoah, kConFab Investigators, Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group, ABCTB Investigators, Kenneth Muir, Artitaya Lophatananon, Arkom Chaiwerawattana, Surapon Wiangnon, Stuart Macgregor, Douglas F Easton, Roger R Reddel, Ellen L Goode, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium

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Effect of ZnO NPs on Ovarian Histological Structure and Function in Adult Female Rats by Noori M. Luaibi, Faisal G. Lazim, Haidar J. Muhammed

“…It can be concluded that the ZnO NPs have ability to damage the ovarian tissue, and disruption of its cellular functions that caused an imbalance in reproductive hormones levels (P and E2, LH and FSH). …”
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Comparing Functional Movement Screen Scores Between Athlete and Non-Athlete Female Students by Maral Entezami, Ali Shamsi Majelan, Hasan Daneshmandi

“…Objective: The present study aimed to compare the Functional Movement Screen (FMS) scores between athlete and non-athlete female students. …”
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Electro-Mechanical Brake System Architectural Design and Analysis Based on Functional Safety of Vehicles by Jing Peng, Tong Wu, Liang Chu, Jin Rong, Xiaojun Yang, Yang Meng

“…Electro-mechanical brake (EMB) systems have garnered significant attention due to their distributed architecture. …”
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Continuously Tunable Optical Notch Filter With Functions of a Mirror and a Beam Splitter by Mi-Yun Jeong, Keumcheol Kwak

“…In addition, these filters had stable operation under extremely high laser intensity (∼124 W/cm² of CW 532-nm diode laser and ∼4.43 MW/cm² of Nd: YAG pulse laser operation for 2 h) without showing damage. Such filters also have functions as a mirror and a beam splitter. Depending on CLC materials, this simple and easy strategy could be used to prepare filters for applications in VIS and NIR spectral range devices.…”
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Regulation of stem cell fate and function by using bioactive materials with nanoarchitectonics for regenerative medicine by Wei Hu, Jiaming Shi, Wenyan Lv, Xiaofang Jia, Katsuhiko Ariga

“…Materials nanoarchitectonics with integration of stem cells and related biological substances would have high impacts in science and technology of advanced materials.…”
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Do mismatches between pre- and post-natal environments influence adult physiological functioning? by Tony Robertson, Michaela Benzeval

“…<h4>Purpose</h4>Mismatches between pre- and post-natal environments have implications for disease in adulthood. However, less is known about how this mismatch can affect physiological systems more generally, especially at younger ages. …”
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Functional Characterization of the Osteoarthritis Susceptibility Mapping to CHST11-A Bioinformatics and Molecular Study. by Louise N Reynard, Madhushika Ratnayake, Mauro Santibanez-Koref, John Loughlin

“…Luciferase reporter assays revealed that of the seven SNPs, rs835487 and rs835488, which have a pairwise r2 of 0.962, are the top functional candidates; the haplotype composed of the OA-risk conferring G allele of rs835487 and the corresponding T allele of rs835488 (the G-T haplotype) demonstrated significantly different enhancer activity relative to the haplotype composed of the non-risk A allele of rs835487 and the corresponding C allele of rs835488 (the A-C haplotype) (p < 0.001). …”
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Modulating Signal Generation in Aptamer‐Based CNT‐FET Biosensors by Controlling the Functionalization Route by Haosen Miao, Gririraj Manoharan, Ahran Lim, Peter Mirau, Jorge L. Chávez, Chang‐Seuk Lee, Matteo Palma

“…In this regard, single‐walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) have emerged as strong candidates for the development of transistor‐based biosensors. …”
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Flood Wave Attenuation as a Function of Floodplain Storage, Secondary Channel Conveyance, and Discharge by N. Tull, P. Passalacqua

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Effects of orange juice formulation on prebiotic functionality using an in vitro colonic model system. by Adele Costabile, Gemma E Walton, George Tzortzis, Jelena Vulevic, Dimitris Charalampopoulos, Glenn R Gibson

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Chronic snus use in healthy males alters endothelial function and increases arterial stiffness. by Lukasz Antoniewicz, Mikael Kabele, Ulf Nilsson, Jamshid Pourazar, Gregory Rankin, Jenny A Bosson, Magnus Lundbäck

“…However, recent studies have demonstrated possible adverse cardiovascular effects in chronic snus users. …”
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Artificial Intelligence-Driven Recommendations and Functional Food Purchases: Understanding Consumer Decision-Making by Wenxin Wang, Zhiguang Chen, Jiwei Kuang

“…Amid rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), personalized recommendation systems have become a key factor shaping consumer decision-making in functional food purchases. …”
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A macro-transection model of brain trauma for neuromaterial testing with functional electrophysiological readouts by Jessica Wiseman, Raja Haseeb Basit, Akihiro Suto, Sagnik Middya, Bushra Kabiri, Michael Evans, Vinoj George, Christopher Adams, George Malliaras, Divya Maitreyi Chari

“…Functional recovery in penetrating neurological injury is hampered by a lack of clinical regenerative therapies. …”
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Functional state of peripheral nerves of lower limbs in patients with deforming knee joint arthrosis by T. K. Verkhozina, E. G. Ippolitova, N. I. Arsentieva, E. S. Tsyslyak

“…Gonarthrosis is considered as an independent disease requiring surgical treatment. We have not found on the functional state of the peripheral neuromotor apparatus, with taking into account segmental radicular manifestations in patients with grade 3-4 gonarthrosis. …”
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Development of an in vivo RNAi protocol to investigate gene function in the filarial nematode, Brugia malayi. by Chuanzhe Song, Jack M Gallup, Tim A Day, Lyric C Bartholomay, Michael J Kimber

“…We have established an alternative in vivo RNAi protocol targeting the filarial nematode Brugia malayi as it develops in an intermediate host, the mosquito Aedes aegypti. …”
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Complement Receptor Type 1 Suppresses Human B Cell Functions in SLE Patients by Mariann Kremlitzka, Bernadett Mácsik-Valent, Anna Polgár, Emese Kiss, Gyula Poór, Anna Erdei

“…Complement receptors (CRs) play an integral role in innate immunity and also function to initiate and shape the adaptive immune response. …”
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Self-Directed Neurofeedback Treatment for Subjective Tinnitus Patients Evaluated by Multimodal Functional Imaging by Xiaoyan Ma, Fangyuan Wang, Chi Zhang, Weidong Shen, Shiming Yang

“…Neurofeedback (NFB) is a relatively novel approach to the treatment of tinnitus, and prior studies have demonstrated that the increases in alpha activity rather than reduced delta power seem to drive these NFB-related improvements in tinnitus symptoms. …”
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Unlocking the life code: a review of SnoRNA functional diversity and disease relevance by Yinghui Li, Xinzhe Chen, Shudan Xiao, Haoxuan Wang, Bo Li, MeiHua Zhang, Kun Wang

“…They are widely involved in post-transcriptional modifications of ribosomal RNAs, including methylation and pseudouridylation, precisely regulating the process of ribosome biogenesis, ensuring the integrity of ribosome structure and function, and thereby guaranteeing the accuracy and efficiency of protein synthesis. snoRNAs not only maintain cell growth, proliferation, and differentiation under normal physiological conditions but also have abnormal expression closely associated with various diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases and neurodegenerative diseases. …”
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