Teenage mothers report poor health and economic functioning in Western Kenya: A call to action. by Aleksandra Jakubowski, Elizabeth Nakiyingi, Jane Wamae, Samuel Oyugi, Joseph R Starnes, Sandra Mudhune, Benson Nyawade, Willys Ochieng, Erick Kelvin, Tom Odhong, Ash Rogers, Richard Wamai

“…Long-term consequences of teenage pregnancy have been documented in high-income countries, but evidence from the Global South is lacking. …”
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Mindfulness Training Enhances Endurance Performance and Executive Functions in Athletes: An Event-Related Potential Study by Jui-Ti Nien, Chih-Han Wu, Kao-Teng Yang, Yu-Min Cho, Chien-Heng Chu, Yu-Kai Chang, Chenglin Zhou

“…Mindfulness interventions have been linked to improved sport performance and executive functions; however, few studies have explored the effects of mindfulness on sport performance and executive functions simultaneously. …”
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Edible biopolymers with functional additives coatings for postharvest quality preservation in horticultural crops: a review by Rohan Rama Krishnan, Abdulhakeem Dapo Olasupo, Keya Himanshu Patel, Islamiyat Folashade Bolarinwa, Moruf Olanrewaju Oke, Catherine Okafor, Chikere Nkwonta, Idolo Ifie

“…Global concerns over the depletion of fossil fuels and their impact on the environment have resulted in the development of bio-based materials with more sustainable approaches. …”
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Relationship between plasma atherogenic index and thyroid function: evidence from NHANES 2007–2012 by Tianshu Li, Chunqiu Liu, Haoran Zhou, Hua Zhou

“…Abstract Thyroid function levels have been associated with a variety of metabolic disorders and correlate with blood lipid levels in vivo. …”
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Some Novel Inequalities for Godunova–Levin Preinvex Functions via Interval Set Inclusion ⊆ Relation by Zareen A. Khan, Waqar Afzal, Mujahid Abbas, Kwara Nantomah

“…In this note, we introduce the concept of ℏ-Godunova–Levin interval-valued preinvex functions. As a result of these novel notions, we have developed several variants of Hermite–Hadamard and Fejér-type inequalities under inclusion order relations. …”
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CERTAIN SUBCLASSES OF MEROMORPHICALLY P-VALENT FUNCTIONS WITH POSITVE OR NEGATIVE COEFICIENTS USING DIFFERENTIAL OPERATOR by Hazha Zirar Hussain

“… In this paper, we have introduced two subclasses  and  of meromorphically p-valent functions with positive and negative coefficients, defined by differential operator in the punctured unit disk  and obtain some sharp results including coefficient inequality, distortion theorem, radii of starlikeness and convexity, closure theorems of these subclasses of meromorphically p-valent functions. …”
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Altered resting-state cerebellar-cerebral functional connectivity in patients with end-stage renal disease by Jie Fang, Yingying Miao, Fan Zou, Yarui Liu, Jiangle Zuo, Xiangming Qi, Haibao Wang

“…Background End-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients have functional and structural brain abnormalities. …”
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Cooking and functional properties of parboiled milled local rice marketed in the south-east zone of Nigeria by Chinenye E. Azuka, Iro Nkama, Chinwendu R. Eze, Nahemiah Danbaba, Felix U. Asoiro

“…Imported rice is perceived to have better cooking properties than locally grown rice in Nigeria and it has increased its market share while reducing patronage for local rice. …”
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Therapeutics for Sarcopenia and Functional Disabilities in Older Adults: A Review of Phase 4 Clinical Trials by Alorfi NM, Alshehri FS, Ashour AM

“…Moreover, combination therapies, such as nutritional supplementation with HMB and vitamin D, showed promise in improving muscle function. These interventions demonstrated varying degrees of efficacy in improving muscle strength, reducing physical disability, and enhancing overall functional capacity in older adults.Conclusion: Therapeutic strategies targeting sarcopenia in older adults have the potential to reduce functional disabilities and improve quality of life. …”
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Neuronal guidance signaling in neurodegenerative diseases: Key regulators that function at neuron-glia and neuroimmune interfaces by Junichi Yuasa-Kawada, Mariko Kinoshita-Kawada, Masaki Hiramoto, Satoru Yamagishi, Takayasu Mishima, Shin’ichiro Yasunaga, Yoshio Tsuboi, Nobutaka Hattori, Jane Y. Wu

“…This suggests that neuronal guidance pathways are critical not only for neural wiring but also for ongoing function and maintenance of the mature nervous system. …”
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Long-Term Functional Outcomes and Complications of Non-Surgical Management for Clavicular Middle Third Fractures by Mahdi Rezai, Ashkan Khodamoradi, Aidin Mohammad Valipour, Roxana Hessam, Mehdi Mohammadi, Kourosh Javdani Esfahani, Ahmadreza Kheradpishe

“…Displaced fractures that have been managed non-surgically have had acceptable outcomes. …”
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Correlation between serum magnesium and calcium ions and peripheral nerve function in chronic kidney disease by Zuo Xiao-li, Shang Hong-xue, Wang Yu-juan

“…Objective To explore the ionic levels of serum calcium(Ca²⁺)and magnesium(Mg²⁺)in patients with chronic kidney disease（CKD）and examine their correlations with peripheral nerve functions.Methods From October 2011 to October 2019,a total of 300 CKD patients were selected as subjects for this cross-sectional study.According to the glomerular filtration rate,they were divided into 1～5 stages.The serum levels of Ca²⁺ and Mg²⁺ were compared among different stages.Sensory and motor conduction latencies,conduction velocities,amplitudes of median and common peroneal nerves were measured and the correlations between parameters and serum levels of Ca²⁺ and Mg²⁺ analyzed.Results The serum levels of Ca²⁺ and Mg²⁺ in patients with CKD stage 1～3 were significantly higher than those in those with stage 4～5（P<0.05）and the incidence rates of hypocalcemia and hypermagnesemia in CKD stage 1～3 were significantly lower than those in stage 4～5（P<0.05）.The sensory and motor conduction latencies of median and common peroneal nerves in normal blood calcium and hypercalcemia group were lower than those in hypocalcemia group.SNCV and amplitude were higher than those in hypocalcemia group and motor conduction amplitudes of median and common peroneal nerves were higher in hypercalcemia group than those in normal blood calcium group（P<0.05）.The sensory and motor conduction latencies of median and common peroneal nerves were significantly lower in normal blood magnesium and hypermagnesemia groups than those in hypomagnesemia group.And sural nerve conduction velocity（SNCV）and amplitude were higher than those in hypomagnesemia group and motor conduction amplitude of common peroneal nerve was higher in hypermagnesemia group than that in normal blood magnesium group（P<0.05）.The sensory and motor conduction latencies of median nerve and common peroneal nerve of CKD patients were significantly negatively correlated（P<0.05）while SNCV and amplitude significantly positively correlated with serum levels of Ca²⁺ and Mg²⁺（P<0.05）.Conclusions CKD patients often have metabolic disorders of serum Ca²⁺ and Mg²⁺,which may have adverse effects on peripheral nerve function.…”
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Investigation of the gas-sensing performance of CuO sensors functionalized with different stabilized Au nanoparticles by C. Maier, L. Egger, A. Köck, S. Becker, J. S. Niehaus, K. Reichmann

“…While the Au NPs clearly increase the sensor response, in particular for CO<span class="inline-formula">₂</span> and HC<span class="inline-formula">_Mix</span>, we have figured out that the ligands have a significant impact on the sensor performance. …”
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Implementation of Method of Minimizing the Side Lobe Level of Autocorrelation Functions of Signals With Nonlinear Frequency Modulation by O. O. Kostyria, A. A. Hryzo, I. A. Khizhnyak, A. V. Fedorov, A. A. Lukianchykov

“…One of the types of complex signals is multifragment signals with nonlinear frequency modulation, which, unlike the well-known linear frequency modulated signals, have a significantly lower peak side lobes level of autocorrelation functions, but the value of this level depends significantly on the frequency and time parameters of the signal. …”
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Mapping urban functional zones with remote sensing and geospatial big data: a systematic review by Shouhang Du, Xiuyuan Zhang, Yichen Lei, Xin Huang, Wei Tu, Bo Liu, Qingyan Meng, Shihong Du

“…Data features consist of the remote sensing image-derived features (such as visual, spatial pattern, and abstract features) and the geospatial big data-derived features (such as spatial, attribute, and temporal features). For function classification, kernel density estimation, cluster analysis, supervised machine learning, probabilistic topic models, and deep learning methods have been applied. …”
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Calculation of Radial Density Distribution Function for main orbital of Carbon atom and Carbon like ions by Baghdad Science Journal

“…In this research the Hartree-fock wavefunctions have been computed using Mathcad computer software .…”
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Dynamic Behavior of a Commensalism Model with Nonmonotonic Functional Response and Density-Dependent Birth Rates by Liang Zhao, Bin Qin, Xianbo Sun

“…In this paper, we propose and analyze a commensalism model with nonmonotonic functional response and density-dependent birth rates. …”
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Boundedness and Global Stability for a Predator-Prey System with the Beddington-DeAngelis Functional Response by Wahiba Khellaf, Nasreddine Hamri

“…We establish criteria under which we have boundedness of solutions, existence of an attracting set, and global stability of the coexisting interior equilibrium via Lyapunov function.…”
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Fruit Covered Functional Candied Chestnut Production: Nutritional and Technological Effects of Riboflavin Fortification and Copigmentation by Özlem Erdoğdu, Ahmet Görgüç, Yağmur Yıldırım, Ceylin Şahin, Melisa Terekli, Fatih Mehmet Yılmaz

“…The food industry offers innovative approaches in accordance with the changing demands of consumers. Developing functional formulations that may have positive effects on human health in addition to the nutritional feature of food has become a very popular approach. …”
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Effects of Acute Probenecid Administration on Histopathological and Functional Outcomes after Spinal Cord Injury in Rats by Toru Asari, Sunao Tanaka, Damien D. Pearse, Juan Pablo de Rivero Vaccari, Toshitada Sawada, Yasuyuki Ishibashi, Robert W. Keane, W. Dalton Dietrich

“…Spinal cord injury (SCI) triggers an inflammatory response that is partially mediated by the inflammasome and the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines. We have previously shown that pannexin-1 is involved in the activation of the inflammasome, and that probenecid inhibits this caspase-1-mediated inflammatory process. …”
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