Thyroid function test profile in patients who have thyroid nodule and its correlation with ultrasound TIRAD scoring system and cytological results by Sama Atta Gitti, Saman Sarko Baha Al-den

“…Follow-up protocols included medical history review, physical examination, thyroid function tests, ultrasound imaging examination and fine needle aspiration if indicated. …”
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Improved decomposition strategy based recurrent ensemble deep random vector functional link network for forecasting short-term electricity price by Ranjeeta Bisoi, P.K. Dash, Someswari Perla

“…Therefore, this paper presents a novel approach using a recurrent ensemble deep random vector functional link neural network (REDRVFLN) with recurrent neurons hybridized with an improved decomposition strategy known as successive variational mode decomposition (SVMD) for short-term electricity price forecasting. …”
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Use of the International Classification of Functioning, Disabilities and Health in assessing the readiness of persons with disabilities to be accompanied when receiving services, i... by A. V. Sokurov, T. V. Ermolenko, L. A. Kozhushko, I. S. Ishutinа, S. V. Рavlova, M. V. Ryabtsev

“…Rationale for the use of the International Classification of Functioning, Disabilities and Health in assessing the degree of readiness of persons with disabilities to be accompanied when receiving services, including accompanied accommodation.Materials and methods. …”
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: LRPPRC regulates malignant behaviors, protects mitochondrial homeostasis, mitochondrial function in osteosarcoma and derived cancer stem-like cells by Ziyi Zhao, Yingwei Sun, Jing Tang, Yuting Yang, Xiaochao Xu

“…Conclusion Taken together, these findings indicated that LRPPRC exerts critical roles in regulating mitochondrial homeostasis, mitochondrial function and tumorigenesis in osteosarcomas and osteosarcoma-derived CSCs. …”
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Physical Function, Self-Perceived Physical Fitness, Falls, Quality of Life and Degree of Disability According to Fear and Risk of Falling in Women with Fibromyalgia by Ángel Denche-Zamorano, Damián Pereira-Payo, Daniel Collado-Mateo, José Carmelo Adsuar-Sala, Pablo Tomas-Carus, Jose Alberto Parraca

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> Women with FM who present fear of falling and risk of falling tend to have worse performance in physical function tests, in addition to worse self-perceived physical fitness, higher number of falls, poorer quality of life, and greater disabling effect of FM.…”
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ZnO-SnO2/WO3-x heterojunction artificial synapse for realization and integration of multiple biological cognitive functions by Pengfei Sun, Ruidong Li, Haotian Meng, Tao Sun, Song Gao, Yang Li

“…In this work, a high-performance heterojunction memristor is presented at first. The memristor-based neural network and functional circuit are further implemented to realize and integrate multiple cognitive functions. …”
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Development of a repetitive traumatic brain injury risk function based on real-world accident reconstruction and wavelet packet energy analysis by Tao Xiong, Tao Xiong, Qinghang Luo, Qiuju Chen, Liangliang Shi, Aowen Duan, Shengxiong Liu, Kui Li

“…This study developed injury risk functions (IRFs) for rTBI by integrating the amplitude–frequency characteristics of head responses and brain injury criteria. …”
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Acute death caused by invasive aspergillosis after living-donor liver transplantation despite good graft function: a case report by Takahiro Tomiyama, Takashi Motomura, Norifumi Iseda, Akinari Morinaga, Tomonari Shimagaki, Takeshi Kurihara, Huanlin Wang, Takeo Toshima, Yoshihiro Nagao, Shinji Itoh, Noboru Harada, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Masaki Mori

“…IA is the second most common fungal infection, and its mortality rate exceeds 80%. Case presentation A 67-year-old man presented to our hospital because of fulminant hepatitis caused by hepatitis B virus. …”
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Efficacy of soft palatal augmentation prosthesis for oral functional rehabilitation in patients with dysarthria and dysphagia: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Naoki Kodama, Tomonori Yokoyama, Takao Mukai, Kana Takao, Takashi Hiraoka, Nobuyuki Arai, Jitsuro Yano, Hiroaki Nagatsuka, Yousuke Manda, Kozo Hanayama, Shogo Minagi

“…Secondary outcomes are tongue function (evaluated based on maximum tongue pressure, repetitions of tongue pressure and endurance of tongue pressure), articulation function (evaluated based on speech intelligibility, oral diadochokinesis, Voice-Related Quality of Life (V-RQOL)) and swallowing function (evaluated using Eating Assessment Tool-10). …”
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Cirurgia estética e funcional do umbigo: técnica de plicatura transumbilical Aesthetic and functional surgery of umbilicus: transumbilicous plication technique by Chang Yung Chia, Ana Cláudia Weck Roxo, Luciana Labanca, Patrícia Durgante Ritter

“…OBJECTIVE: The authors present a technique for aesthetic and functional repair of umbilicus, its efficacy and specially the safety, are analyzed. …”
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Post pull- through bowel function outcome and contributing factors in children; a cross-sectional study from low resource setting by Tafese Gudissa Merga, Hiwote Girma Assefa, Maru Gama Erge, Hana Abebe Gebreselassie

“…Methods This cross-sectional study evaluated the bowel function outcome of children who have undergone pull-through procedures over five years. …”
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Impact of Vaccine-Elicited Anti-Spike IgG4 Antibodies on Fc-Effector Functions Against SARS-CoV-2 by Katrina Dionne, Alexandra Tauzin, Étienne Bélanger, Yann Desfossés, Mehdi Benlarbi, Ling Niu, Guillaume Beaudoin-Bussières, Halima Medjahed, Catherine Bourassa, Josée Perreault, Marzena Pazgier, Renée Bazin, Andrés Finzi

“…We also observed that Breakthrough Infection (BTI) after several doses of vaccine strongly increased IgG1 levels but had no impact on IgG4 levels, thereby improving Fc-effector functions. Finally, we observed that elderly donors vaccinated with Moderna mRNA vaccines elicited higher IgG4 levels and presented lower Fc-effector functions than donors vaccinated with the Pfizer mRNA vaccine. …”
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An Enhanced Bio-inspired GWO–DE Technique for Efficient Feature Selection in the EEG-RSVP Paradigm by S. Abinayaa, S. S. Sridhar

“…In such a sense, GWO functions as an exploration tool of the feature space, while DE further refines good candidates through a local exploitation. …”
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PROFIL 24 JAM KUAT PENERANGAN, SUHU UDARA, KELEMBABAN UDARA DI LUAR DAN DI DALAM HUTAN MANGROVE by Mario Nikolaus Dalengkade

“…As a case study, the abiotic condition profile in mangrove ecosystems is interesting to study in the Fourier function. This study aims to describe the relationship between weather variables such as intensity, air temperature, and humidity using the Fourier function . …”
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Dietary functional palatability enhancer improved growth and appetite in largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) fed a reduced fish meal diet by Xinyan Zhi, Yixin Gu, Wenli Zhao, Shichao Xie, Yangguang Bao, Sofia Morais, Dong Li, Maolong He, Min Jin, Qicun Zhou

“…This study aimed to investigate the feasibility of using a functional palatability enhancer (PE) to promote healthy growth of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides). …”
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Sensor-Derived Measures of Motor and Cognitive Functions in People With Multiple Sclerosis Using Unsupervised Smartphone-Based Assessments: Proof-of-Concept Study by Matthew Scaramozza, Aurélie Ruet, Patrizia A Chiesa, Laïtissia Ahamada, Emmanuel Bartholomé, Loïc Carment, Julie Charre-Morin, Gautier Cosne, Léa Diouf, Christine C Guo, Adrien Juraver, Christoph M Kanzler, Angelos Karatsidis, Claudia Mazzà, Joaquin Penalver-Andres, Marta Ruiz, Aurore Saubusse, Gabrielle Simoneau, Alf Scotland, Zhaonan Sun, Minao Tang, Johan van Beek, Lauren Zajac, Shibeshih Belachew, Bruno Brochet, Nolan Campbell

“…ConclusionsReported results highlight that smartphone-based assessments are suitable tools to remotely obtain high-quality SDMs of cognitive and motor function in people with MS. The presented SDM selection framework promises to increase the interpretability and standardization of smartphone-based SDMs in people with MS, paving the way for their future use in interventional trials.…”
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Variational Principle of the Unstable Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation with Fractal Derivatives by Kang-Jia Wang, Ming Li

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MAGNESIUM AND MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE. EFFICACY AND THE POINTS OF APPLICATION by A. G. Avtandilov, K. M. Dzeranova, A. A. Pukhaeva, E. D. Manizer

“…Analysis of domestic and international study data on magnesium orotate use in patients with MVP is presented. The results of their own experience of the orotate magnesium use and its possible effect on the inotropic cardiac function in patients with MVP are presented.…”
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Investigation of ACS image stabilization of on-board optoelectronic guidance and tracking devices by K. A. Burdinov, K. M. Shashkina, Ehsan Shaghaei

“…Then, the decomposition of a two-link ACS with nonlinear cross-couplings in the CO was performed. A functional diagram of the image formation model of the OOED was presented. …”
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Feasibility and efficacy of the forced oscillation technique in patients with lysosomal storage diseases by Afaf Alblooshi, Nuha Al Zaabi, Ghaya Albadi, Fatma A. Al-Jasmi

“…FOT can help obtain lung function measurements in patients with LSD. In this study, the patients commonly presented with abnormal FOT outcomes.…”
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