Neutrophil Functions in Periodontal Homeostasis by Ricarda Cortés-Vieyra, Carlos Rosales, Eileen Uribe-Querol

“…How a neutrophil balance is needed for maintaining healthy oral tissues is the focus of this review. We present recent evidence on how alterations in neutrophil number and function can lead to inflammatory bone loss, and how some oral bacteria signal neutrophils to block their antimicrobial functions and promote an inflammatory state. …”
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The evaporative function of cockroach hygroreceptors. by Harald Tichy, Wolfgang Kallina

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Physical Functioning of Epileptic Children by Anna Bryś, Ewa Barczykowska, Bogumiła Małecka, Andrzej Kurylak

“…Epilepsy significantly limits children when it comes to their physical functioning. Among factors influencing the level of a child’s physical functioning, parents’ education and child’s educational facility present themselves as the most relevant. …”
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Functional Amenorrhea and Pituitary Microadenoma by Dan Nicolae PADURARU, Alexandra ENE, Andra MORAR, Cristina MOLDOVAN, Alexandra BOLOCAN, Oana BOTEZAN, Octavian ANDRONIC, Bogdan SOCEA, Roxana TURTUREA, Mara CARSOTE, Ana VALEA

“…We present the case of a patient with functional amenorrhea and pituitary microadenoma, evaluated in multiple medical centres. …”
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On a Subclass of Analytic Functions That Are Starlike with Respect to a Boundary Point Involving Exponential Function by Adam Lecko, Gangadharan Murugusundaramoorthy, Srikandan Sivasubramanian

“…In the present exploration, the authors define and inspect a new class of functions that are regular in the unit disc D≔ς∈ℂ:ς<1, by using an adapted version of the interesting analytic formula offered by Robertson (unexploited) for starlike functions with respect to a boundary point by subordinating to an exponential function. …”
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Geometric convolution characteristics of $ q $-Janowski type functions related to $ (j, k) $-symmetrical functions by Faizah D Alanazi, Fuad Alsarari

“…We employ convolution techniques and quantum calculus to explore the convolution conditions, which will serve as foundational results for further studies in our work Furthermore, we establish conditions for membership in $ \psi(\eta)\in\mathcal{\overline{T}}^{j, k}_q(A, B) $ and present an example demonstrating the application of these results to rational functions.…”
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Differential Item Functioning Related to Age in the Reading Subtest of the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults by Raymond L. Ownby, Drenna Waldrop-Valverde

“…Differential item functioning (DIF) occurs when items in a measure perform in ways that are different for members of a target group when the different performance is not related to the individual’s overall ability to be assessed. …”
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Functional transposition of renal functions to the posterior intestine during maturation in male three-spined stickleback by Yared H Bezabhe, Berkay Paylar, Asmerom Seyoum, Bertil Borg, Per-Erik Olsson

“…However, cellular hexose transporters were downregulated in both organs, suggesting a reduction in glucose absorption and passive water diffusion. The present study shows that androgens alter the expression of cellular transporters and redirect functions of the kidney to the posterior intestine. …”
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Clinical-functional peculiarities of stable angina of different functional classes considering myocardial infarction in an anamnesis by V. K. Tashchuk, Al Salama Muhamed Vasek, T. М. Amelina, I. O. Makoviichuk, O. P. Dinova

“…Aim. To study clinical-functional peculiarities of stable angina pectoris (SAP) of different functional classes (FC) with post-infarction and diffuse cardiosclerosis. …”
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Functions of Teachers’ Narratives in EFL Classroom Contexts by Vahid Rahmani Doqaruni

“…To fill this gap, the present study examines the narratives produced naturally by teachers within English-as-a-foreign-language classroom contexts to find out what functions these narratives serve. …”
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ECMO support for late presenting arterial switch operation; case report and review of literature by Mohamed Salim Kabbani, Hussam K. Hamadah

“…In this report we present a female infant diagnosed to have transposition of great arteries (TGA) with intact septum who presented at 3 months of age for late arterial switch operation. …”
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IMPACT OF THE RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSFUNCTION ON CHRONIC HEART FAILURE PRESENTATION IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY by N. G. Poteshkina, A. E. Demkina, N. S. Krylova, E. A. Kovalenskaya, F. M. Khashieva

“…Aim. To assess the function of the right ventricle (RV), its influence on clinical and instrumental presentation of chronic heart failure (CHF) in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCMP).Material and methods. …”
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A Case of Autosomal Recessive Intellectual Developmental Disorder Type 5 Presenting with Epilepsy by Mahpara Hasan, Gayatra Mainali, Ermal Aliu, Sita Paudel

“…Autosomal recessive intellectual developmental disorder type 5 (MRT5, OMIM # 611091) is caused by biallelic pathogenic variants, leading to loss of function of the NSUN2 gene which encodes a methyltransferase involved in several biological processes, ranging from stress response to neurodevelopment (Hussain 2021). …”
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Delayed Migration of Embolized Coil with Large Renal Stone Formation: A Rare Presentation by Santosh Kumar, Kumar Jayant, Shrawan K. Singh, Kalpesh M. Parmar, Sudheer K. Devana, Gautam R. Choudhari, Ankur Mittal

“…His routine haemogram, coagulogram, serum electrolytes, and liver function tests, renal function tests, vitamin D3, and PTH (parathyroid hormone) were within normal limits. …”
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Characterizing patients with chronic scrotal content pain: a retrospective review of clinical presentations by Jacob Lam, Emily Solsrud, Alexander Hart, Abigail Moore, Amy Pearlman

“…Objective: To characterize associated symptoms and concomitant concerns of those presenting with CSCP. Design and methods: Retrospective review of validated questionnaires including the Chronic Orchialgia Symptom Index (COSI), the internal index of erectile function, the NIH-chronic prostatitis symptom index, the American Urological Association symptom index/international prostate symptom score, the hip dysfunction and osteoarthritis outcome score, the Oswestry low back pain questionnaire, the patient health questionnaire-9, the general anxiety disorder-7, and a comprehensive intake form on men presenting to a single urologist’s office with CSCP was performed. …”
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An evolutionary analysis of antigen processing and presentation across different timescales reveals pervasive selection. by Diego Forni, Rachele Cagliani, Claudia Tresoldi, Uberto Pozzoli, Luca De Gioia, Giulia Filippi, Stefania Riva, Giorgia Menozzi, Marta Colleoni, Mara Biasin, Sergio Lo Caputo, Francesco Mazzotta, Giacomo P Comi, Nereo Bresolin, Mario Clerici, Manuela Sironi

“…The antigenic repertoire presented by MHC molecules is generated by the antigen processing and presentation (APP) pathway. …”
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Chronic granulomatous disease presenting with foot abscess caused by Serratia marcescens and autoimmune dactylitis by Sunil V Kapur, Jitendra S Oswal, Vibha Bafna, Vijay Viswanathan

“…Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is an inherited neutrophil phagocytic function disorder leading to recurrent infections, granuloma formations, and rarely autoimmune diseases. …”
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Astrocytic lipid droplets contain MHCII and may act as cogs in the antigen presentation machinery by Chiara Beretta, Abdulkhalek Dakhel, Khalid Eltom, Fredrik Rosqvist, Simon Uzoni, Tobias Mothes, John S. Fletcher, Ulf Risérus, Dag Sehlin, Jinar Rostami, Wojciech Piotr Michno, Anna Erlandsson

“…Taken together, our findings present a novel function of PLIN3 + LDs that can be of relevance for AD and other inflammatory conditions.…”
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Presentation and Management of Acute Mania in Fanconi–Bickel Syndrome, A Metabolic Genetic Disorder by Allen P. F. Chen, Geoffrey Russell, Amnie Ashour, Adeeb Yacoub

“…We conceptualize the case as a novel psychiatric presentation of acute mania in FBS, which may inform our understanding of bipolar disorder pathophysiology because of the hypothesized functional changes in neural pathways involving the paraventricular thalamus induced by decreased GLUT2 activity in FBS.…”
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Carcinoid Heart Disease Associated with Primary Ovarian Carcinoid Tumor: A Rare Presentation by Rawaha Ahmad, Ian Loke, Fizza Saifullah, Hafsa Zafar, Saddam Hussain Abbasi

“…We report a 54-year-old female presenting with dyspnea and edema over months, lacking typical carcinoid syndrome signs. …”
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