Intranasal insulin for improving cognitive function in multiple sclerosis by Scott D. Newsome, Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, Abbey Hughes, Meghan Beier, Jacqueline Koshorek, Yujie Wang, Daniela Pimentel Maldonado, Thomas Shoemaker, Taimur Malik, Tarik Bayu, Pablo E. Ravenna, Ama Avornu, Elias S. Sotirchos, Meghan Romba, John Muschelli, Todd T. Brown, Peter A. Calabresi, Ellen M. Mowry

“…There is an urgent need to identify/develop novel therapies that can help cognitive function in MS. Insulin is critical for helping with regulation of multiple CNS functions, including learning and memory. …”
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Renal Function in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients in Mongolia by Gantogtokh Dashjamts, Amin-Erdene Ganzorig, Yumchinsuren Tsedendorj, Ankhzaya Batsaikhan, Dolgion Daramjav, Enkhmend Khayankhyarvaa, Bolor Ulziitsogt, Otgongerel Nergui, Nomin-Erdene Davaasuren, Ganchimeg Dondov, Tegshjargal Badamjav, Tulgaa Lonjid, Chung-Feng Huang, Tzu-Chun Lin, Batbold Batsaikhan, Chia-Yen Dai

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> Our study showed that HCV infection leads to kidney function loss. In addition, older age, obesity, and severe liver fibrosis contribute to kidney function decline.…”
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Functional, Antioxidant, Antibacterial, and Antifungal Activity of Edible Flowers by Elena Coyago-Cruz, Alejandro Alarcón, Aida Guachamin, Gabriela Méndez, Edison Osorio, Jorge Heredia-Moya, Johana Zuñiga-Miranda, Elena Beltrán-Sinchiguano, Edwin Vera

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A multicenter cross-sectional study to elucidate altered resting-state functional connectivity of the insular cortex in anorexia nervosa, segmented by functional localization by Yusuke Sudo, Rio Kamashita, Tsunehiko Takamura, Sayo Hamatani, Noriko Numata, Koji Matsumoto, Yasuhiro Sato, Yumi Hamamoto, Tomotaka Shoji, Tomohiko Muratsubaki, Motoaki Sugiura, Shin Fukudo, Michiko Kawabata, Momo Sunada, Tomomi Noda, Keima Tose, Masanori Isobe, Naoki Kodama, Shingo Kakeda, Masatoshi Takahashi, Hiroaki Adachi, Shu Takakura, Motoharu Gondo, Kazufumi Yoshihara, Yoshiya Moriguchi, Eiji Shimizu, Atsushi Sekiguchi, Yoshiyuki Hirano

“…Abstract Although changes in insular function have been thought to play a central role in the pathophysiology of anorexia nervosa (AN), due to factors such as insufficient sample size, there have been no studies examining changes in resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) between insula and whole brain in AN, based on functional localization of insula. …”
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SURVIVAL FUNCTION AND HAZARD FUNCTION ANALYSIS OF EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION IN TYPE I CENSORED SURVIVAL DATA: A CASE STUDY OF BREAST CANCER PATIENTS by Ardi Kurniawan, Anggara Teguh Previan, Zidni Ilmatun Nurrohmah

“…Previous studies have shown that the Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) method is suitable for estimating the survival function from exponential survival data by censoring. …”
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Fish functional groups of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans by M. S. A. Thompson, I. Preciado, F. Maioli, F. Maioli, V. Bartolino, A. Belgrano, A. Belgrano, A. Belgrano, M. Casini, M. Casini, P. Cresson, E. Eriksen, G. Hernandez-Milian, I. G. Jónsdóttir, S. Neuenfeldt, J. K. Pinnegar, S. Ragnarsson, S. Schückel, S. Schückel, U. Schückel, B. E. Smith, M. Á. Torres, T. J. Webb, C. P. Lynam

“…<p>International efforts to assess the status of marine ecosystems have been hampered by insufficient observations of food web interactions across many species, their various life stages, and their geographic ranges. …”
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The effectiveness of the executive functions training program using augmented reality on visuoal-spatial working memory children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder by shirin mojaver, aliakbar arjmandnia, mohsen shokoohi yekta, bagher GHobari bonab, fatemeh Jafarkhani

“…Background: Children with autism spectrum disorder have deficits in executive functions, especially visual-spatial working memory. …”
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Loss of β2-integrin function results in metabolic reprogramming of dendritic cells, leading to increased dendritic cell functionality and anti-tumor responses by Heidi Harjunpää, Riku Somermäki, Guillem Saldo Rubio, Manlio Fusciello, Sara Feola, Imrul Faisal, Anni I Nieminen, Liang Wang, Marc Llort Asens, Hongxia Zhao, Ove Eriksson, Vincenzo Cerullo, Susanna C Fagerholm

“…Approaches to improve DC functionality in anti-tumor immunity are therefore required. …”
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Factors associated with vitamin D status of low-income, hospitalized psychiatric patients: results of a retrospective study by Bazzano AN, Littrell L, Lambert S, Roi C

“…Alessandra N Bazzano,1 Lisa Littrell,1 Stephen Lambert,2 Cody Roi2 1Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, 2Department of Psychiatry, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA, USA Background: Recent evidence has indicated a potential role of vitamin D3 in a range of neuropsychiatric outcomes, as well as on cognitive function, but conflicting data have left that role uncertain. …”
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Aux/IAAs: specificity and redundancy by Qiming Wen, Qian Gong, Huaying Yu, Panyu Yang

“…Loss- and gain-of-function mutants have been instrumental in dissecting the roles of individual Aux/IAAs. …”
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KIDNEY FUNCTION AFTER CORONARY BYPASS IN PREDIABETES PATIENTS by L. V. Kremneva, S. N. Suplotov, L. A. Arutyunyan

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Low-grade systemic inflammation and peripheral airway function by Martin Färdig, Suneela Zaigham, Gunnar Engström, Christer Janson, Per Wollmer, Andrei Malinovschi

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A Functional Equation Originating from Elliptic Curves by Won-Gil Park, Jae-Hyeong Bae

“…The function 𝑓(𝑥,𝑦)=𝑥3+𝑎𝑥+𝑏−𝑦2 having level curves as elliptic curves is a solution of the above functional equation.…”
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Honey as a Functional Food; Its Culinary Status by Hakan Güleç, Fulya Sarper

“…Using functional foods which are recently a rising value in the food science arouses curiosity in terms of health among people. …”
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A Multimodal Dataset Addressing Motor Function in Autism by João Ruivo Paulo, Teresa Sousa, João Perdiz, Lara Pereira, Mariette Vasen, Susana Mouga, Gabriel Pires, Miguel Castelo-Branco

“…The Move4AS dataset aims to fill this gap, having been designed to facilitate the study of the underlying mechanisms of motor function in the autism spectrum. …”
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Wanting and liking of Facebook functions and their correlation to problematic use by Dorottya Lakatos, Balázs Kovács, István Czigler, Zsolt Demetrovics, Domonkos File

“…Results aligned with predictions of IST, showing a positive correlation between wanting and usage time/frequency and problematic use, while marginal and inconsistent correlation was found with liking. Various Facebook functions contribute differently to its addictive potential, with social-communication features having the highest and general information features the lowest impact. …”
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An extension of the logistic function to account for nonstationary drought losses by T. Zhao, Z. Chen, Y. Zhang, B. Zhang, Y. Li

“…Among the nonstationary logistic functions, the function incorporating the linear function of time into the magnitude parameter generally outperforms the others in terms of having a high coefficient of determination, a low Bayesian information criterion and an explicit physical meaning. …”
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Results on multivalent Bessel functions associated with a new integral operator by Esther O. Davids, Olubunmi A. Fadipe-Joseph, Matthew O. Oluwayemi

“…Many authors have considered several special functions and their applications in geometric function theory using different operators. …”
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Advances in the generalized Cesàro polynomials by N. Özmen, E. Erkuş-Duman

“… Cesàro polynomials have been extended in various ways and applied in diverse areas. …”
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Analysis of the Methodology of Constructing a Production Function Using Quality Criteria by Skrynkovskyy R. M., Yuzevych V. M., Kataev A. V., Pawlowski G., Protsiuk T. B.

“…For forecasting the values of Yi (Yi Î Y) we have evaluated the parameters that are included in the classical Cobb-Douglas formula. …”
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