Exploring the Inherent Variability of Economically Fabricated ZnO Devices Towards Physical Unclonable Functions for Secure Authentication by Savvas Ermeidis, Dimitrios Tassis, George P. Papageorgiou, Stavros G. Stavrinides, Eleni Makarona

“…Meeting the rising need for secure authentication in IoT and Industry 4.0, this work presents chemically synthesized ZnO nanostructured homojunctions as powerful and scalable physical unclonable functions (PUFs). …”
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Effect of fixed functional appliances on pharyngeal airway dimensions in Skeletal Class II individuals – A scoping review by Gayatri Ganesh, Tulika Tripathi

“…Background: Skeletal Class II malocclusion due to a retrognathic mandible produces a backwardly positioned tongue and soft palate, emanating compromised upper airway dimensions and breathing difficulties. Aims: The present review aims to explore and concise the findings of the existing studies assessing the effects of fixed functional appliances on pharyngeal airway dimensions by advancing the mandible. …”
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Epidermal microstructures on the paired fins of marine sculpins suggest new functional hypotheses supporting benthic station-holding by Emily A. Kane, Austin M. Garner, Shubham Yadav, L. Ann Hume, Tom Pesacreta

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ON THE ISSUE OF CENSORSHIP: THE CONCEPT, THE SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO THE STUDY, HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE FUNCTIONING OF CENSORSHIP ON THE TERRITORY OF BELARUS IN THE PERIOD OF 1905 –... by Tsumarava Elena Petrovna

“…The censorship apparatus is part of censorship and functions as a state regulatory body. From the standpoint of a systematic approach, the author perceives censorship as a system with many compo-nents, interrelations between them, its own structure, internal and external environment, equilibrium and non-equilibrium states. …”
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Sexual and sleep disorders in male patients with rheumatoid arthritis - High disease activity and functional disability are associated factors. by Pedro Santos-Moreno, Gabriel-Santiago Rodríguez-Vargas., Laura Villarreal., Diana Buitrago.

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Thyroid Function Test, C- Reactive Protein And Blood Lipids In Subclinical Hypothyroidism Patients Reporting At Surgical Wards by Summaya Qazi, Khalil ahmed Almani, Rizwanullah Junaid Bhanbhro

“… ABSTRACT: Objective: To investigate the thyroid function, C-reactive protein (CRP) and blood lipid profile in the subclinical hypothyroidism (SH) patients in surgical wards and outpatient department. …”
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The effects of ozone pretreatment on the physicochemical, functional, bioactive, textural, and sensory properties of medicinal plants: A comprehensive review by Zahra Shafiee, Bahram Hosseinzadeh Samani

“…Methods: As an emerging processing technology, ozone pretreatment objectives combine some selected features with low molecular weight functional components and bioactive properties of medicinal plants. …”
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Using Graph Theory to Assess the Interaction between Cerebral Function, Brain Hemodynamics, and Systemic Variables in Premature Infants by Dries Hendrikx, Liesbeth Thewissen, Anne Smits, Gunnar Naulaers, Karel Allegaert, Sabine Van Huffel, Alexander Caicedo

“…Graphs can be used to describe a great variety of real-world situations and have therefore been used extensively in different fields. In the present analysis, we use graphs to study the interaction between cerebral function, brain hemodynamics, and systemic variables in premature neonates. …”
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Bioactive silver nanoparticles derived from Carica papaya floral extract and its dual-functioning biomedical application by E. S. Harsha Haridas, M. K. Ravi Varma, Goutam Kumar Chandra

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Functional and Radiological Outcomes after Locking Plate Fixation of AO Type 33C Distal Femur Fractures by Ayush Prakash, Sanjay Kumar, Rohit Nath, Sanavvar Ali

“…Objective: The purpose of the study is to assess the functional and radiological outcome of locking plate fixation in AO type 33C distal femur fractures. …”
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Composite HPMC-Gelatin Films Loaded with Cameroonian and Manuka Honeys Show Antibacterial and Functional Wound Dressing Properties by Joshua Boateng, Sana Khan

“…Antimicrobial resistance in infected chronic wounds present significant risk of complications (e.g., amputations, fatalities). …”
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The functionality of a therapeutic antibody candidate restored by a single mutation from proline to threonine in the variable region by Marie Hautiere, Irene Maffucci, Narciso Costa, Amaury Herbet, Sosthene Essono, Séverine Padiolleau-Lefevre, Didier Boquet

“…As previously reported, the chimerization process of an antibody can alter its functionality. In this article, we present the chimerization of RB49. xiRB49 purified by Protein A remained perfectly soluble and did not aggregate, but it lost all its ability to recognize ETB. …”
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Gut response to the dietary supplementation with sodium butyrate in broiler chickens: morphology and microbiota composition and predictive functional groups by Giulia Zardinoni, Almudena Huerta, Marija Boskovic Cabrol, Angela Trocino, Elisa Fonsatti, Cristina Ballarin, Martina Bortoletti, Marco Birolo, Francesco Bordignon, Piergiorgio Stevanato, Daniel Julian, Gerolamo Xiccato

“…Under the good health conditions of chickens in the present trial, Na-butyrate supplementation and the dietary fat level did not modify the overall gut equilibrium of broiler chickens.…”
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TaMs6, encoding a GDSL esterase/lipase protein, functions in male fertility in common wheat by Zheng Wang, Guoliang Zhang, Jing Yang, Guochen Qin, Xiaoyu Liu, Hang He, Lei Li, Xing Wang Deng, Jian Li

“…Male reproductive development is necessary for the alternation of the life cycle in angiosperms. Due to functional redundancy of genes in the allohexaploid genome of common wheat, there are only two loci of recessive nuclear genic male sterility (GMS) mutations reported in wheat. …”
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Migration of digital functional capacity assessments from device resident to cloud-based delivery: Development and convergent validity by Philip D. Harvey, Richard S.E. Keefe, Peter Kallestrup, Sara J. Czaja, Hans Klein, William Horan

“…It is rare to see systematic descriptions of the process of migration and upgrading of technology-related assessments. We present comparative data on successive generations of two widely used functional capacity measures, the Virtual Reality Functional Capacity Assessment Tool (VRFCAT) and the Functional Capacity Assessment and Training System (FUNSAT). …”
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Low-Temperature Solution Combustion-Synthesized CuSNanoparticulated Functional Thin Films: Structural and Optoelectronic Characterization Studies by Ioannis T. Papadas, Sergey M. Pozov, Iain Hamilton, Marc Sims, Ioannis Vamvasakis, Apostolos Ioakeimidis, Gerasimos S. Armatas, Donal D. C. Bradley, Stelios A. Choulis

“…In this paper, we present a one-step low-temperature solution combustion synthesis (SCS) of CuS nanoparticulated functional films processed via a simple blade-coating technique. …”
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Enrichment of decidual CD11c + CD8 + T cells with altered immune function in early pregnancy loss by Ling Guo, Anliang Guo, Yaqiu Guo, Shuwen Han, Cameron Klein, Zi-Jiang Chen, Junhao Yan, Yan Li

“…Functional assays reveal that IFN-γ triggers trophoblast pyroptosis via the NLRP3/Caspase-1/GSDMD pathway, impairing trophoblast invasion. …”
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Fungus-mediated plant-pollinator mutualism in Monoon laui (Annonaceae): functional differentiation of stigmatic exudate and petal nectar by Yanwen Chen, Bine Xue, Juan Diego Gaitán-Espitia, Richard M. K. Saunders

“…The functional and molecular mechanisms underpinning such rewards remain unclear. …”
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Effectiveness of a manual dexterity training program to improve executive functioning in preschool children: an individual difference analysis by Christina Stuhr, Charmayne Mary Lee Hughes, Tino Stöckel

“…IntroductionThe present study employed the Jacobson-Truax reliable change index (RCI) to examine the effectiveness of a 4-week manual dexterity training program embedded in a socially enriched group setting to improve working memory performance, cognitive functioning, and numeracy skills in preschool children.MethodsForty-five typically developing children aged between 5 and 6 years of age were randomly allocated to a 4-week intervention program (n = 20) or a control condition (n = 25). …”
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Emotion regulation, not executive functioning, mediates longitudinal links between unpredictability in adolescence and social connectedness in young adulthood by Celina Meyer, Morgan Lindenmuth, Claudia Clinchard, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Brooks Casas, Jungmeen Kim-Spoon

“…The present study examined whether cognitive reappraisal and executive functioning mediate the longitudinal associations between unpredictability in adolescence and social connectedness in young adulthood, evaluating distinct effects on perceived and objective measures of social connectedness. …”
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