The Impact of Inorganic Nitrate-Rich Beetroot Juice on Microvascular Blood Flow, Cognitive Function, and Other Hemodynamic Outcomes in Postmenopausal Women by Begum Celik, Jeremy Spencer, Daniel Lamport, Noa Argomaniz, Charlotte Mills

“…A statistical analysis of the full data set, including endothelium-dependent and -independent microvascular function and cognitive tests, will be presented. Discussion: the results of this trial will help shed further light on the impact of dietary nitrate and the phytochemicals present in beetroot on human vascular and cognitive function.…”
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The Effects of Indirect and Direct Modulation of Endocannabinoid System Function on Anxiety-Related Behavior in Mice Assessed in the Elevated Plus Maze Test by Marta Kruk-Slomka, Agnieszka Dzik, Grazyna Biala

“…In particular, the pharmacological indirect manipulation of ECS functions is able to elicit promising anxiolytic effects. …”
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Predictors of chronic pain and level of physical function in total knee arthroplasty: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jens Ivar Brox, Christopher James Rose, Anners Lerdal, Øystein Skare, Unni Olsen, Maren Falch Lindberg, Eva Marie-Louise Denison, Caryl Lynn Gay, Arild Aamodt, Ove Furnes, Kathryn A Lee

“…There is a need to review more current literature with updated methodology that addresses the limitations of earlier systematic reviews and meta-analyses. We present a Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols compliant protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of predictors of chronic pain and impaired function after TKA.Methods and analysis This review will include prospective longitudinal observational studies, or randomised trials (including cluster and crossover designs) that report arm-wise predictors of chronic postsurgical pain or impaired physical function at 3 months, 6 months or 12 months. …”
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Embedding With Preservation of Semantics of the Original Data by M. E. Vatkin, D. A. Vorobey, M. V. Yakovlev, M. G. Krivova

“…In the modern world, the data used to describe objects is often presented as sparse vectors with a large number of features. …”
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Push based buffer setting strategy for high density linecard of small buffer size by LI Yu-feng1, QIU Han1, LAN Ju-long1, WANG Bin-qiang1

“…Much of the previous work on buffer design of router linecard mainly focus on how to implement large and fast packet buffers,however,lots of recent theories suggest that the optimal buffer size would no longer be a large one as expected,and a small buffer should be sufficient.A push based buffer setting strategy for high density linecard of small buffer size was presented,and a buffer-revenue function was introduced to give an evaluation on using efficiency of the small buffer.It is proved that the strategy can completely eliminate the HOL（header of line） blocking problem and the back-pressure mechanism of the existing strategies,moreover,the strategy can also get a better revenue when the buffer-revenue function is used to give an evaluation.…”
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Vesicoureteral Reflux Fixed; Kidneys Not Fixed! – A Case Series by Pankaj Venkatrao Deshpande

“…The outcome in terms of kidney function depends on many factors, such as the degree of dysplasia that is present in the kidneys at birth, proteinuria, hypertension, bladder-bowel dysfunction, and recurrent UTI. …”
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3D Printing‐Based Hydrogel Dressings for Wound Healing by Xuan Zhou, Xunzhou Yu, Tingting You, Baohua Zhao, Lanlan Dong, Can Huang, Xiaoqing Zhou, Malcolm Xing, Wei Qian, Gaoxing Luo

“…Herein, a comprehensive review of multi‐functional 3D printing‐based hydrogel dressings for wound healing is presented. …”
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Design of Optimal Filter for Analog Signal by Roman Fedoryshyn, Sviatoslav Klos, Volodymyr Savytskyi, Yevhen Pistun, Miroslaw Woloszyn

“…The technique for designing the optimal value of the filter time constant for analog signal is presented in the paper. This technique is based on the objective function which takes into account the quality index of the filtration process and the dynamic error of the filtered signal. …”
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Stand Equipment and Test Methods of Modern Optical Sights by A. M. Kurganovich, V. A. Stasilovich, I. P. Shishkin, A. P. Shkadarevich

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Forensic Evaluation of a Single Episode of a Disorder of Arousal in a Sleepwalking Defense: Cognitive Function Versus Prior Clinical History by Mark R. Pressman

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CD8+ T cells in breast cancer tumors and draining lymph nodes: PD-1 levels, effector functions and prognostic relevance by Carolina Abrate, Fernando P. Canale, Sabrina N. Bossio, Jimena Tosello Boari, María C. Ramello, Nicolas Nuñez, Wilfrid Richer, Christine Sedlik, Jordan Denizeau, Anne Vincent-Salomon, Edith Borcoman, Andres Del Castillo, Adriana Gruppi, Eva V. Acosta Rodríguez, Eliane Piaggio, Carolina L. Montes

“…Here, we evaluated CD8+ T cells expressing different levels of PD-1, their functional status, and distribution in different tissues of luminal breast cancer (BC) patients. …”
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Silver nanoparticle-assembled guided bone regeneration membranes showcase dual functions: Initial bacterial elimination and subsequent immune regulation by Yu Guo, Xin Li, Qian Zhang, Yanjun Yu, Zihan Shi, Zheng Zheng, Siyang Yu, Zhirui Guo, Yang Xia, Yan Xu

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A Prescribed-Time Consensus Algorithm for Distributed Time-Varying Optimization Based on Multiagent Systems by Yanling Zheng, Siyu Liu, Jie Zhong

“…This paper presents a distributed optimization algorithm for time-varying objective functions utilizing a prescribed-time convergent multi-agent system within undirected communication networks. …”
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Digital technologies for signal radio vision and radio monitoring by M. S. Kostin, K. A. Boikov

“…Cumulant features of signal radio images identified on the basis of pole-genetic and physically unclonable resonant functions of small-sized objects are revealed.…”
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Body percussion and selective attention. Interdisciplinary quantitative study through neuromotricity activities BAPNE method based on the dual task in Primary Education by Francisco Javier Romero Naranjo, Francisco Javier Pujalte Cantó, Antonio Francisco Arnau-Mollá

“…In conclusion, an affirmative answer to the purpose of this research is presented. Keywords: Neuromotricity, BAPNE, Body percussion, cognitive functions, selective attention, executive functions, dual task …”
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THE IMPACT OF TOXICANTS IN THE MARINE THREE ECOLOGICAL FOOD-CHAIN ENVIRONMENT: A MATHEMATICAL APPROACH by Kavita Yadav, Raveendra Babu A., B.P.S. Jadon

“…We have incorporated the Monod-Haldane functional response as a predation function for each species. …”
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A simplified approach for simulating pollutant transport in small rivers with dead zones using convolution by Szymkiewicz Romuald

“…The impulse response function is obtained as an analytical solution of the linear advection-diffusion equation for the Dirac delta function imposed as the boundary condition at the upstream end. …”
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Single-cell analysis reveals the loss of FABP4-positive proliferating valvular endothelial cells relates to functional mitral regurgitation by Xiaohu Wang, Mengxia Fu, Weiteng Wang, Songren Shu, Ningning Zhang, Ruojin Zhao, Xiao Chen, Xiumeng Hua, Xin Wang, Wei Feng, Xianqiang Wang, Jiangping Song

“…Conclusions Our study presented a comprehensive assessment of the mitral valve cellular landscape of patients with MR and sheds light on the molecular changes occurring in human mitral valves during functional MR. …”
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Improving the cognitive functions in the middle-aged patients with essential arterial hypertension after the treatment with amlodipine/valsartan single-pill combination by O. D. Ostroumova, E. V. Borisova, A. I. Kochetkov, T. M. Ostroumova, O. V. Bondarec

“…Different antihypertensive drugs differently affect cognitive function, and data on the effect of single-pill combination (SPC) of antihypertensive drugs on cognitive function are presented only in single studies.Aim. …”
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Comparison of long-term ankle joint function after one-stage and staged microsurgical repair of open achilles tendon defects by Jianjie Mao, Yang Xiang, Hui Chu, GenYang Jin, Guangyan Su, Chang zeng Liu, Feng Zhu

“…Among the one-stage reconstruction group, patients who underwent descending genicular artery-free flap transplantation with the adductor magnus tendon presented better performance in walking on uneven surfaces, fast stair climbing, abnormal gait, plantar flexion and dorsiflexion, and inversion and eversion than did those who underwent vascular anastomosed fascia lata free anterolateral thigh perforator flap transplantation, although there was no overall functional difference (P AOFAS = 0.792; P ATRS < 0.001). …”
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