Dynapenia and presarcopenia in patients with coronary atherosclerosis: clinical predictors and cardiac structural and functional features by A. G. Neeshpapa, V. N. Karetnikova, K. E. Krivoshapova, E. I. Karpova, A. N. Kokov, O. L. Barbarash

“…To assess the prevalence of dynapenia, presarcopenia and their relationship with structural and functional parameters of the heart in patients with coronary atherosclerosis.Material and methods. …”
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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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Reclassification of Two MLH1 Variants of Uncertain Significance Utilizing Clinical and Functional Data by Jane Hübertz Frederiksen, Ulf Birkedal, Sarah Bachmann, Elisabeth Victoria Eliesen, Lene Juel Rasmussen, Katja Venborg Pedersen, Lana Al‐Zehhawi, Susanne E. Boonen, Lotte Krogh, Karina Rønlund, Lise Graversen, Jannie Assenholt, Kjeld Schmiegelow, Karin Wadt, Anne‐Marie Gerdes, Thomas v. O. Hansen

“…Results The functional analysis revealed that the c.696_698del, p.…”
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The trajectory of functional status among older adults with chronic diseases and the association with social relationships by Dandan Jiao, Dandan Jiao, Yantong Zhu, Zhu Zhu, Xiang Li, Jinrui Zhang, Mingyu Cui, Yang Liu, Munenori Matsumoto, Yuko Sawada, Kumi Watanabe Miura, Taeko Watanabe, Tokie Anme

“…Older adults with more extensive social relationships appeared less likely to have a poorer functional trajectory. The findings suggest that fostering extensive social relationships could be an effective management strategy for functional decline deterioration.…”
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Genetic and functional characterization of inherited complex chromosomal rearrangements in a family with multisystem anomalies by He Fang, Stephen M. Eacker, Yu Wu, Whitney Neufeld-Kaiser, Mercy Laurino, Siobán Keel, Marshall S. Horwitz, Yajuan J. Liu

“…Methods: We evaluated the CCRs using karyotyping, fluorescence in situ hybridization, CMA, and 2 emerging genomic technologies: high-throughput chromosome conformation capture sequencing aka genomic proximity mapping and optical genome mapping. We also performed functional studies using transcriptome and methylome analyses. …”
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Effects of TRPC1’s Lysines on Heteromeric TRPC5-TRPC1 Channel Function by Isaac S. Demaree, Sanjay Kumar, Kayla Tennessen, Quyen Q. Hoang, Fletcher A. White, Alexander G. Obukhov

“…Conclusions: We revealed that the inhibitory effect of TRPC1 on heteromeric TRPC5/TRPC1 function likely involves luminal lysines of TRPC1.…”
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Multivariate GWAS analysis reveals loci associated with liver functions in continental African populations. by Chisom Soremekun, Tafadzwa Machipisa, Opeyemi Soremekun, Fraser Pirie, Nashiru Oyekanmi, Ayesha A Motala, Tinashe Chikowore, Segun Fatumo

“…<h4>Background</h4>Liver disease is any condition that causes liver damage and inflammation and may likely affect the function of the liver. Vital biochemical screening tools that can be used to evaluate the health of the liver and help diagnose, prevent, monitor, and control the development of liver disease are known as liver function tests (LFT). …”
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Novel Loss of Function Variant in SOST From Chinese Family Results in Sclerosteosis 1 by Yufan Guo, Xintao Wu, Yuting Jin, Yu Gu, Yuting Lou, Pu Miao, Ye Wang, Bijun Zhang, Xueting Lin, Chudi Zhang, Jianhua Feng

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Optimized Method to Generate Well-Characterized Macrophages from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells by Qimin Hai, Peter Bazeley, Juying Han, Gregory Brubaker, Jennifer Powers, Claudia M. Diaz-Montero, Jonathan D. Smith

“…Using up to five independent iPSC donors, we performed several assays for macrophage functions and polarization, such as marker protein staining by flow cytometry, lipoprotein uptake, phagocytosis, cytokine release, inflammasome activation, and the effects of M1-like and M2-like polarization. …”
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Genome-wide analysis of the SCPL gene family in grape (Vitis vinifera L.) by Xi-cheng WANG, Wei-min WU, Bei-bei ZHOU, Zhuang-wei WANG, Ya-ming QIAN, Bo WANG, Li-chun YAN

“…Serine carboxypeptidase-like (SCPL) proteins are a group of acyltransferase enzymes that have important roles in plant growth, development, and stress responses. …”
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Genome wide identification and characterization of EPFL genes and its potential association with male sterility in Brassica rapa by Kang Wang, Yongkang Wang, Xiaoyan Tang, Na Liao, Danni Yang, Wenjie Wang, Lingyun Yuan, Jinfeng Hou, Jianqiang Wu, Chenggang Wang, Guohu Chen

“…Abstract The epidermal patterning factor-like (EPFL) gene family, encoding cysteine-rich polypeptides (CRPs), regulates diverse developmental processes in plants, including the control of stomatal density and the guidance of pollen tube elongation. …”
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Silicon-based tribovoltaic nanogenerators: Surface chemistry isotope effect on device performance and durability by Xin Lyu, Melanie Macgregor, Nadim Darwish, Simone Ciampi

“…Further, silicon-based Schottky TVNGs can leverage existing surface functionalization procedures to improve device output and durability. …”
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Gain of bipolar disorder-related lncRNA AP1AR-DT in mice induces depressive and anxiety-like behaviors by reducing Negr1-mediated excitatory synaptic transmission by Shufen Li, Hongyu Ni, Yaping Wang, Xiaohui Wu, Jianqiang Bi, Haiyan Ou, Zhongwei Li, Junjiao Ping, Zhongju Wang, Renhao Chen, Qiong Yang, Meijun Jiang, Liping Cao, Tingyun Jiang, Siqiang Ren, Cunyou Zhao

“…We then performed behavioral tests, electrophysiological assays, chromatin immunoprecipitation, and PCR to investigate the function of DE-lncRNAs in the mouse and cell models. …”
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Tie2 activity in cancer associated myofibroblasts serves as novel target against reprogramming of cancer cells to embryonic-like cell state and associated poor prognosis in oral ca... by Paromita Mitra, Uday Saha, Kingsly Joshua Stephen, Priyanka Prasad, Subhashree Jena, Ankit Kumar Patel, Harshavardhan BV, Santosh Kumar Mondal, Sillarine Kurkalang, Sumitava Roy, Arnab Ghosh, Shantanu Saha Roy, Jayasri Das Sarma, Nidhan Kumar Biswas, Moulinath Acharya, Rajeev Sharan, Pattatheyil Arun, Mohit Kumar Jolly, Arindam Maitra, Sandeep Singh

“…Overall, our work has provided wider applicability of Tie2-specific functions in tumor biology, along with its known role in endothelial cell-specific function.…”
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Design Considerations of Structural Parameters in Resonant Tunneling Diode by None-Equilibrium Green Function Method by M. Charmi, M.H. Yousefi

“…This paper presents the effects of structural parameters like Quantum well width, barrier width, spacer width, contact width and contact doping, on performance of Resonant Tunneling Diode using full quantum simulation. …”
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PROBABILITY ANALYSIS ON LAST PLY FAILURE OF COMPOSITE LAMINATES BASED ON UNIVERSAL GENERATING FUNCTION METHOD by LIU ChengLong, ZHOU JinYu, QIU Rui, ZHUANG BaiLiang, HU Jian

“…The reliability of composite laminates is analyzed by universal generating function method. Load,strength parameters universal generating function,complex operators and the corresponding performance structure functions are defined,the resistance of the single layer,resistance sequences and system resistance universal generating function are constructed respectively. …”
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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

“…This review focuses on assessing the efficacy and potential of biopolymer-based edible coatings in postharvest preservation, with a specific emphasis on the role of functional additives in enhancing performance. Furthermore, it explores how natural additives like essential oils, antioxidants, and antimicrobials interact with biopolymer matrixes in synergy, evaluating their enhanced functional properties in extending the shelf life of produce as well as their environmental impact and biodegradability. …”
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Multi-function supported privacy protection data aggregation scheme for V2G network by Baiji HU, Xiaojuan ZHANG, Yuancheng LI, Rongxin LAI

“…In view of the problem that the functions of the current privacy protection data aggregation scheme were insufficient to meet the increasingly rich application requirements, a multi-function supported privacy protection data aggregation (MFPDA) scheme for V2G network was proposed.By using cryptographic algorithms such as BGN, BLS, and Shamir’s secret sharing, as well as fog computing and consortium blockchain technology, multiple security functions like fault tolerance, resistance to internal attacks, batch signature verification, no need for trusted third parties, and multiple aggregation functions were integrated into one privacy protection data aggregation scheme.Security analysis shows that the proposed scheme can protect data aggregation’s security, privacy and reliability.The performance evaluation shows that the introduction of fog computing can significantly reduce the computing overhead of the control center, and the reduction rate can be as high as 66.6%; the improvement of the consortium blockchain can effectively reduce the communication and storage overhead of the system, and the reduction rate can reach 16.7% and 24.9% respectively.…”
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Multi-function supported privacy protection data aggregation scheme for V2G network by Baiji HU, Xiaojuan ZHANG, Yuancheng LI, Rongxin LAI

“…In view of the problem that the functions of the current privacy protection data aggregation scheme were insufficient to meet the increasingly rich application requirements, a multi-function supported privacy protection data aggregation (MFPDA) scheme for V2G network was proposed.By using cryptographic algorithms such as BGN, BLS, and Shamir’s secret sharing, as well as fog computing and consortium blockchain technology, multiple security functions like fault tolerance, resistance to internal attacks, batch signature verification, no need for trusted third parties, and multiple aggregation functions were integrated into one privacy protection data aggregation scheme.Security analysis shows that the proposed scheme can protect data aggregation’s security, privacy and reliability.The performance evaluation shows that the introduction of fog computing can significantly reduce the computing overhead of the control center, and the reduction rate can be as high as 66.6%; the improvement of the consortium blockchain can effectively reduce the communication and storage overhead of the system, and the reduction rate can reach 16.7% and 24.9% respectively.…”
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Upper Limb Orthoses: Integrating Topology Optimization and 3D Printing for Custom Fit and Function by Stefanos Voulgaris, Charoula Kousiatza, George Kazakis, Konstantinos-Iason Ypsilantis, Dimitrios Galanis, Chara Ch. Mitropoulou, Maria Gkara, Stelios K. Georgantzinos, Konstantinos Soultanis, Nikos D. Lagaros

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