Hatch timing of largemouth bass: implications for recruitment at the Northern edge of their native range by Giancarlo Coppola, Craig J. Kelling, Daniel J. Dembkowski, Daniel A. Isermann

“…Mean daily water temperatures in May 2012 were 3.1 °C warmer than in May 2013 for the five of the six lakes where hatch dates were estimated in both years. …”
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Assessing the relationship between teaching quality and satisfaction with clinical teachers among medical students: a correlational cross-sectional study by Keyvan Amini, Meisam Salehzadeh, Reza Noktehsanj

“…Data were collected using a demographic information form, the Persian version of the System for Evaluation of Teaching Qualities questionnaire, and the Medical Students’ Satisfaction with Clinical Education questionnaire.Results The overall mean scores for teaching quality and satisfaction with clinical teachers among medical students were 3.37±0.56 and 3.22±0.72, respectively. The highest mean score for teaching quality was related to professional attitude towards students (3.46±0.83), while the lowest was for the teaching and learning environment (3.28±0.68). …”
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Incidence of hand and wrist disorders in primary care: a retrospective cohort study by Patrick Krastman, Evelien IT de Schepper, Patrick JE Bindels, Sita MA Bierma-Zeinstra, Gerald Kraan, Jos Runhaar

“…The incidence of trigger finger or thumb, hand or finger fracture, tendon or ligament tendinopathy, mallet finger, and hand or finger ligament injury were 3 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.69 to 3.15), 1 (95% CI = 1.03 to 1.33), 1 (95% CI = 0.98 to 1.28), 0.6 (95% CI = 0.48 to 0.69), and 0.1 (95% CI = 0.06 to 0.14) per 1000 persons-years, respectively. …”
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Assessment of BDS-3 PPP-B2b Service and Its Applications for the Determination of Precipitable Water Vapour by Xiaoming Wang, Yufei Chen, Jinglei Zhang, Cong Qiu, Kai Zhou, Haobo Li, Qiuying Huang

“…The mean RMSEs of PWV derived from PPP-B2b were 3.7 mm and 4.4 mm when compared to PWV from 11 co-located radiosonde stations and ERA5 reanalysis, respectively, and underperformed relative to CNES solutions. …”
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The impact of social media addiction on depression among university students in Wuhan, China: a longitudinal study by Yang Luo, Ling Liang, Huimin Zhou, Xinxin Qi, Jiale Xu, Heng Meng

“…The coefficients for boys on social media at each of the three points in time were 3.272; 4.904; 9.522. The coefficients for girls on social media at each of the three points in time were 5.521; 4.406; 6.001. …”
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The result of prospective evaluation of 3-dimensional printing–aided extensive thoracoabdominal aorta repairCentral MessagePerspective by Sung Jun Park, MD, PhD, Jin Kyung Kim, MD, Hong Rae Kim, MD, PhD, Taehun Kim, MS, Sangwook Lee, MS, Guk Bae Kim, PhD, Dong Hyun Yang, MD, PhD, Joon Bum Kim, MD, PhD

“…Methods: From January 1, 2020, to June 30, 2022, we prospectively enrolled patients of extent I, II, or III TAAA repair. Guidance models were 3D-printed based on preoperative computed tomography, and multibranched aortic grafts were manually constructed upon this model before surgery. …”
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Emergency department visits in the United States by adults with a complaint of diarrhea (2016–2021) by Mahmoud Azqul, Douglas Krakower, Sahir Kalim, Roland C. Merchant

“…Results From 2016 to 2017, there were 3.3–3.7 million ED visits/year by adults with a complaint of diarrhea (3.1% [95% CI 2.9–3.3] of all adult US ED visits). …”
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Combined Analysis of BSA-Seq and RNA-Seq Reveals Candidate Genes for <i>qGS1</i> Related to Sorghum Grain Size by Qi Shen, Kai Wang, Lu Hu, Lei Li, Lihua Wang, Yongfei Wang, Yi-Hong Wang, Jieqin Li

“…The 1000-grain weight, grain length, and grain width of Lg were 3.63-fold, 1.22-fold, and 1.65-fold higher than Sg, respectively. …”
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Assessing the Experiences of Sexual and Gender Minority Applicants to Orthopaedic Surgery Residency by Douglas J. Weaver, MD, Tanios Dagher, BS, Ngoc Duong, MS, Sara Winfrey, MD, Alexander Koo, MD, Tessa Balach, MD, FAOA

“…In adjusted logistic regression models, LGBTQ respondents were 3.8 times more likely to report experiencing a hostile environment during training (p = 0.04) and 4.9 times more likely to have reported facing discrimination (p = 0.04) compared with heterosexual participants. …”
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IMMEDIATE RESULTS OF RADICAL SURGERY UNDER CONDITIONS OF COMBINED MODALITY TREATMENT OF RECTAL CANCE by S. G. Afanasyev, Zh. A. Startseva, A. Yu. Dobrodeev, A. S. Tarasova, S. I. Savosina, A. V. Usova, I. S. Polezhaeva

“…The proportions of patients with stages II (T3–4N0 M0 ), III (T1–4N1–2M0 ) and IVa (T1–4N0–2M1 ) were 3 (12 %), 13 (52 %) and 9 (36 %), respectively. …”
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Examining Black Birthing People’s Experiences with Racism, Discrimination, and Contextualized Stress and Their Perspectives on Racial Concordance with Prenatal Providers by E. Nicole Teal, Aryana Daye, Sarah C. Haight, M. Kathryn Menard, Karen Sheffield-Abdullah

“…Data were from initial (August–October 2021) and follow-up (December 2022–January 2023) surveys among self-identified Black and/or African American birthing people who delivered a baby at a university system between 2019 and 2021 and were at least 18 years old. Respondents were 3–32 months postdelivery at the initial survey, which collected data on demographics and the Perceived Racism (ranges 0–430), Perceived Discrimination (ranges 0–36), and Jackson, Hogue, Phillips Contextualized Stress Measure (ranges 0–355) scales. …”
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Morphometric analysis of the fifth lumbar vertebra (L5): Anatomical dimensions and clinical implications in South Indian population by Nandini Bhat, Lakshmisha Rao, Ashwija Shetty, Souhardya Das, Nom Bhukya Kumar Naik, Vanishri Nayak, Sushma Prabhath, Kurian Alapatt, Suhani Sumalatha

“…Results: Body of the vertebra: The mean anteroposterior and transverse diameters of the superior and inferior surfaces of the vertebral body were 3.35 ± 0.41 cm and 4.74 ± 1.39 cm (superior) and 3.33 ± 0.68 cm and 3.78 ± 1.72 cm (inferior), respectively. …”
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Assessment of Genetic Diversity in Quinoa Landraces Cultivated in the Ecuadorian Highlands Since the Early 1980s by Hipatia Delgado, Juan Pedro Martín

“…The most informative loci were 3_QAAT050 and 7_QAAT100, with discrimination power (D) values above 92%. …”
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Body Mass Index Above 35 Has Increased Risk of Complications but Still Achieves Clinically Meaningful Improvement in Patient-Reported Outcomes After Anterior-Based Total Hip Arthro... by Alexander S. Dash, MD, MSCR, Michael A. Hewitt, BA, Richard A. Ruberto, MD, Tiffany A. Smith, MD, Carl L. Herndon, MD, Nana O. Sarpong, MD, MBA

“…There were 10 major complications (4 dislocations, 2 periprosthetic fractures, and 4 deep infections requiring incision and drainage) in the BMI over 35 kg/m2 group, with no major complications occurring in the lower BMI group. There were 3 intraoperative complications (periprosthetic fracture), all in patients with BMI >35 kg/m2. …”
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County-level distribution and conservation status of national key protected wild plants in Inner Mongolia by DU Le1,2, ZHANG Zhen3, DA Lai1, XU Zhuwen2*, ZHAO Liqing2

“…The results were as follows:(1)There were 48 key protected wild plants in Inner Mongolia, including 1 species with data deficiency(DD), 10 species in endangered(EN), 19 species in vulnerable(VU), 10 species in near threatened(NT)and 8 species as least concern(LC). Among them, there were 3 lower plants and 45 higher plants. The key protected higher plants account for 1.4%(45/3 205)of the higher plants in Inner Mongolia, with moss plants accounting for 0.2%(1/586), gymnosperms accounting for 4.0%(1/25), and angiosperms accounting for 1.6%(43/2 619).(2)In terms of county-level distribution, Alxa Left Banner had the most species(15 species), followed by Oroqen Autonomous Banner(13 species), Yakeshi City(12 species), Hexigten Banner(11 species), Alxa Right Banner(10 species)and Erguna City(10 species). …”
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Clinical analysis of 11 cases of severe equinocavus deformity treated with Taylor Spatial Frame Miter configuration by DU Hui, LI Xing, LI Heng, LAI Liangpeng, HE Xiaotian, WANG Yan, WU Yong

“…Results</b>：Eleven cases were included with a mean follow-up time of (36.00±13.05) months. There were 3 females and 8 males with the mean age of (26.00±10.04) years. …”
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Assessment of nonchemical weed management of windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei) nursery by Deniz Inci, Ahmet Uludağ, Kassim Al-Khatib

“…This research was conducted in a nursery with 5,500 windmill palm seedlings, starting in April 2014, when the palm trees were 3 yr old. Experiments were terminated in October 2018 when weed control was no longer necessary due to the advanced growth of the palm trees. …”
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Optimal PSA Threshold for Obtaining MRI-Fusion Biopsy in Biopsy-Naïve Patients by Luke L. Wang, Brandon L. Henslee, Peter B. Sam, Chad A. LaGrange, Shawna L. Boyle

“…Percentages of patients with prostate-specific antigen 0–1.99, 2–3.99, 4–4.99, 5–5.99, 6–9.99, and ≥10 were 3.0%, 4.7%, 20.8%, 16.9%, 37.7%, and 16.9%, respectively. …”
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Crystallinity integration of anatase (TiO2) nanocrystal by whole powder pattern fitting (WPPF) method: A Rietveld refinement study by Shanawaz Ahmed, Md. Khalid Hossain Shishir, Md. Tarikul Islam, Md. Ashikur Rahaman, Sahil Aman, Allah Rakha Aidid, Sumaiya Islam Sadia, Md. Masud Rana, Md. Ashraful Alam

“…The average crystallite size through six identical models those were 3.64 nm (Scherrer equation), 6.47 nm (Williamson-Hall plot) confirming the formation of nano-crystalline anatase. …”
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Characteristics and trends of unintentional injuries among children and adolescents in Kunshan, China: a hospital-based retrospective study, 2018–2023 by Li Shen, Li Shen, Yafang Hua, Chunfang Gu, Rong Tao, Yuwei Zhang, Bin Huang, Mingqing Yuan, Weibing Wang, Jian Huang, Zhiping Li, Zhiping Li

“…The primary age groups were 3–6 years and 6–12 years, which accounted for 60% of the total population. …”
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