Symptom- and function-based trajectories of patients with dementia in hospital and community palliative care settings in the last two weeks of life: a retrospective cohort study by Minghui Tan, Xiwen (Simon) Qin, Claire E. Johnson, Lin Xiao, Angus Cook, Jinfeng Ding, Juan Wang

“…Results Patients with dementia tended to have low levels of distress for most symptoms but increasing levels of functional impairment. …”
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Comparison of Surgical Techniques and Joint Injections for Base of Thumb Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review by Saiuj Bhat, MD, BPhil (Hons), Lewis Weeda, MD, MPH, Ishith Seth, MD, MS, Warren M. Rozen, MD, PhD

“…Regarding primary outcomes, there was no difference in function between trapeziectomy and arthroplasty, key pinch strength between partial and total trapeziectomy, and pain and function between trapeziectomy and arthrodesis. …”
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Risk factors of pathologies in Brown Swiss cows at a large industrial complex by S. G. Pishchan, I. S. Pishchan, L. O. Lytvyshchenko, L. P. Mykolaychuk

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A Comparative Analysis of Functions of Accidental Binary Oppositions from Different Semantic Levels: Functions of the Word Pairs chrześcijanin/muzułmanin and katolik/protestant in... by Nawoja Mikołajczak-Matyja

“…The percentage share of most functions is similar for both analysed pairs. …”
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Managing Clopidogrel Resistance in Neurointervention: Surveying Current Approaches by Hyun Woo Kim, Ivo Bach, Juan Carlos Martinez Gutierrez, Adam A. Dmytriw, Salvatore D'Amato, Hussein A. Zeineddine, Albert J. Yoo, Sunil A. Sheth

“…A total of 80% used VerifyNow point‐of‐care P2Y12 assay; other assays included multiplate analyzer, platelet function analyzer, and CYP2C19 genotype assay. Respondents reported 25 different therapeutic thresholds, with the P2Y12 reaction unit range between 60 and 180 most commonly used (16.4%). …”
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Otoneurological evaluation: definitions and scientific evidence of bedside assessment and complementary exams. Outcomes of the II Brazilian Forum of Otoneurology by Márcio Cavalcante Salmito, Ligia Oliveira Gonçalves Morganti, Alessandra Ramos Venosa, Fernando Freitas Ganança, Maurício Malavasi Ganança, Raquel Mezzalira, Roseli Saraiva Moreira Bittar, Bernardo Faria Ramos, Claudia Marques Dias, Danilo Martin Real, Denise Utsch Gonçalves, Francisco Carlos Zuma e Maia, Karen de Carvalho Lopes, Mônica Alcantara de Oliveira Santos, Paula Lobo Furtado Machado, Rafael Saba Albertino, Renato Valerio Rodrigues Cal, Ricardo Schaffeln Dorigueto, Rodrigo Cesar Silva, Rogério Castro Borges de Carvalho, Sérgio Albertino

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Pre-infection liver function is associated with all-cause mortality among hemodialysis patients with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant infection by Quanchao Zhang, Caibao Lu, Han Wang, Shaofa Wu, Lili Jiang, Jie Li, Zhifen Wu, Bingshuang Tang, Bingfeng Yang, Shengli Liao, Liao Wang, Hongwei Chen, Moqi Li, Wenchang He, Yiqin Wang, Jin He, Jinghong Zhao, Ling Nie

“…Initial liver function assessments were conducted, following which patients were monitored for mortality outcomes. …”
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An Analysis of Cotton Production Technology on the Harran Plain by Abdulbaki Bılgıc, Seyda Ipekcıoglu, Tamer Isgın

“…Regression results led us to conclude that among these variables, farm size is found the most influential variable determining cotton output, followed by the variables representing capital and labor as the second and third influential, respectively. …”
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METHOD OF SIMULTANEOUS OPTIMIZATION OF RADIO DEVICES PERFORMANCE IN FREQUENCY AND TIME DOMAINS by A. V. Smirnov

“…The proposed method has the advantages of universality and flexibility due to the fact that it allows varying the set of quality parameters and their weighted coefficients in the goal function. Another advantage of this method is its capability of searching a set of Paretooptimal solutions, from which we can select the most suitable one. …”
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Outage Performance and Novel Loss Function for an ML-Assisted Resource Allocation: An Exact Analytical Framework by Nidhi Simmons, David E. Simmons, Michel Daoud Yacoub

“…Specifically, we introduce a novel loss function to minimize the outage probability of an ML-based resource allocation system. …”
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Rules of acupoint and parameter selection for electrostimulation in treatment of functional dyspepsia based on bibliometrics by Dan WANG, Pei-jing RONG

“…Statistical analysis revealed that the most frequently targeted acupoints for electrostimulation in functional dyspepsia (FD) were Zusanli (ST36), Taichong (LR3), and Neiguan (PC6), while the most commonly utilized auricular point was Erjia (CO, concha zone). …”
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National Eye Institute Visual Function Scale in Type 2 Diabetes Patients by Sezen Akkaya, Sinay Düzova, Özlem Şahin, Haluk Kazokoğlu, Tayfun Bavbek

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Impact of health conditions on daily functioning in Kenyan populations: A scoping review by Naomi W. Kingau, Quinette A. Louw, Maria Y. Charumbira

“…Objectives: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and types of functioning problems associated with health conditions contributing most to Years Lived with Disability in the adult Kenyan population and to identify the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) domains and categories most affected. …”
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Functional-Semantic Features of Complex Sentences of Purpose in British and American Variants of English by N. V. Solovyeva, N. A. Skitina

“…The functional-semantic features of purpose clauses introduced by conjunctions so that, lest, in order that, for fear that, in the hope that, and to the end that are examined in this study. …”
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Arranging a Pool of Functional Test Sequences for Variable In-Field Test Periods by Irith Pomeranz

“…This article considers the problem of arranging a pool of functional test sequences to match different in-field test periods when the goal is to ensure that the most likely to occur faults are detected in every test period. …”
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Correlation Between COVID-19 Recovery, Executive Function Decline, and Emotional State by Velásquez Cabrera DM, De la Roca-Chiapas JM, Hernández-González MA, Reyes Pérez V, Villada C

“…Regarding emotional state, 45 subjects (67.2%) exhibited emotional alterations, with anxiety symptoms being the most frequent (n=33, 49.3%). Furthermore, individuals with depressive symptoms (n=32, 47.8%) were more likely to experience executive function impairment after COVID-19 (ExpB 0.302, 95% CI 0.098– 0.933, p=0.038).Conclusion: COVID-19 could lead to alterations in executive functions, probably resulting from progressive damage to orbitofrontal area functions, mainly in stimulus inhibition. …”
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Factors influencing germination of a functionally important grassland plant, Iris tenax. by Katherine D Jones, Thomas N Kaye

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Do Causes Influence Functional Aspects and Quality of Life in Patients with Nonfibrocystic Bronchiectasis? by Ádria Cristina da Silva, Jessica de Campos Medeiros, Monica Corso Pereira

“…Patients with COPD are older and have worse pulmonary function and more comorbidities. The most symptomatic patients are clinically and functionally more severe, besides having worse quality of life.…”
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R&D IN FUNCTION OF DIRECT PUBLIC SUPPORTS TO SMEs: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY IN TURKEY by Filiz Giray, Mehmet Çına, Simla Güzel

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Current Prospects of Herbal STW 5 Agent in Treatment of Functional Gastrointestinal Diseases by A. A. Sheptulin

“…A limited remediation in most common functional GI diseases, functional dyspepsia (FD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), is conditioned by their multifactorial pathogenesis. …”
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