Ultrasonographic evaluation of joint involvement in rheumatoid arthritis: Comparison with conventional radiography and correlation with disease activity parameters by Renu Saigal, Laxmikant Goyal, Hariram Maharia, Meenakshi Sharma, Abhishek Agrawal

“…US could detect erosions in 29 patients including all of the fourteen patients who had radiographically detectable erosions. …”
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Dementia and patient outcomes after hip surgery in older patients: A retrospective observational study using nationwide administrative data in Japan. by Noriko Morioka, Mutsuko Moriwaki, Jun Tomio, Kiyohide Fushimi, Yasuko Ogata

“…We performed two-level, multilevel models adjusting for individual and hospital characteristics.<h4>Results</h4>Among all participants, 20,638 individuals (42.3%) had dementia. …”
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Prospective Randomized Multicenter Comparison of the Clinical Outcomes of V4c and V5 Implantable Collamer Lenses: A Contralateral Eye Study by Takashi Kojima, Yoshihiro Kitazawa, Tomoaki Nakamura, Masahide Takahashi, Kazutaka Kamiya, Kazuo Ichikawa, Akihito Igarashi, Kimiya Shimizu

“…The night vision performance questionnaire revealed that 7 patients (37%) noticed a difference in visual performance between the eyes, and all of them reported that they could see better at night with the V5-implanted eye compared with the V4c-implanted eye. …”
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Impact of Oxycodone HCl Extended-release Formulary Restrictions on Extended-release Opioid Market Share, Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs in Commercial and Medicare Plans by Rolin L. Wade, Chi-Chang Chen, Ajita P. De, Jaren C. Howard

“…For most plans, no significant total monthly cost change was observed; PPPM costs decreased by $48.74 and $59.87 in ST and regional PA plans and increased by $37.90 in national NF plans (all P>0.05). **Conclusions:** This study observed that despite reducing the market share of OER, OER formulary restrictions had negligible impact on overall ER opioid utilization, and did not result in substantial pharmacy/medical cost savings.…”
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Microfragmented Adipose Tissue Injection (MFAT) May Be a Solution to the Rationing of Total Knee Replacement: A Prospective, Gender-Bias Mitigated, Reproducible Analysis at Two Yea... by Nima Heidari, Tiffanie-Marie Borg, Stefano Olgiati, Mark Slevin, Alessandro Danovi, Brady Fish, Adrian Wilson, Ali Noorani

“…Recent therapies including treatment with microfragmented adipose tissue (MFAT) have emerged as alternatives to relieve pain and improve function in such patients. Method. We identified all patients with KOA Kellgren-Lawrence grade 3 and 4 in our dataset of patients treated with a single injection of MFAT and applied published OKS thresholds for referral for TKR to separate them into 3 cohorts according to their functional impairment. 220 patients (95 females, 125 males) with KOA were given one MFAT injection. …”
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The Validity of a Portable Strain-Gauge Apparatus Versus a Commercial Isokinetic Dynamometer for Evaluating Knee Extension Kinetics by Dustin Oranchuk, Chris Juneau, Shelley Diewald, Jono Neville, John Cronin

“… # Results No significant or meaningful differences were identified between isokinetic and strain-gauge devices (all *p*≥0.268, ES≤0.35). However, slightly greater (2.5-9.5%) outputs were observed with the isokinetic dynamometer. …”
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Device Modeling Based on Cost-Sensitive Densely Connected Deep Neural Networks by Xiaoying Tang, Zhiqiang Li, Lang Zeng, Hongwei Zhou, Xiaoxu Cheng, Zhenjie Yao

“…Therefore, this work proposes a machine learning-based device modeling algorithm to capture the complex nonlinear relationship between parameters and electrical characteristics of gate-all-around (GAA) nanowire field-effect transistors (NWFETs) from technology computer-aided design (TCAD) simulation results. …”
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Enhanced Seismic Structural Reliability on Reinforced Concrete Buildings by Using Buckling Restrained Braces by Victor Baca, Juan Bojórquez, Edén Bojórquez, Herian Leyva, Alfredo Reyes-Salazar, Sonia E. Ruiz, Antonio Formisano, Leonardo Palemón, Robespierre Chávez, Manuel Barraza

“…Then, incremental dynamic analysis, seismic fragility, and structural reliability in terms of the maximum interstory drift are computed for all the buildings. For the three selected structures and the equivalent models with BRBs, it is concluded that the annual rate of exceedance is considerably reduced when BRBs are incorporated. …”
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Differential expression of CD175 and CA19-9 in pancreatic adenocarcinoma by Jane J. Cheng, Yasuyuki Matsumoto, Gabrielle E. Dombek, Kathryn A. Stackhouse, Ana Sofia Ore, Jonathan N. Glickman, Jamie Heimburg-Molinaro, Richard D. Cummings

“…Semi-quantitative IHC staining with well-defined monoclonal antibodies demonstrates that CD175 is expressed in all PDAC specimens analyzed. Unexpectedly, however, these TACAs are differentially expressed within PDAC specimens and their glycoproteins, but not significantly expressed in adjacent normal tissues. …”
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Prednisolone pharmacokinetics in dogs with protein‐losing enteropathy by Sara A. Jablonski, Jessica L. Strohmeyer, John P. Buchweitz, Andreas F. Lehner, Daniel K. Langlois

“…Total prednisolone drug exposures and maximum total serum drug concentrations did not differ between PLE and control dogs at T1 or T2, nor did they differ between short‐term responders and non‐responders within the PLE population (P > .05 for all comparisons). Conclusions and Clinical Importance Overall drug exposures are similar between PLE dogs and healthy controls. …”
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Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging of Fracture Healing in the Normal Mouse by Hans Gollwitzer, Xu Yang, Lyudmila Spevak, Lyudmila Lukashova, Allina Nocon, Kara Fields, Nancy Pleshko, Hayden William Courtland, Mathias P. Bostrom, Adele L. Boskey

“…Based on FTIRI, mineral/matrix ratio increased significantly during the first 4 weeks of fracture healing in all callus areas and correlated with bone mineral density measured by micro-CT. …”
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Comparison of the performance of three classification criteria for Behçet's Disease in a single centre cohort from South India by Vishnu S Chandran, Suma Balan

“…ISG had 100% specificity, with a comparable value in revised ICBD (87.5%) and PEDBD (87.5%). PPV was similar in all the three criteria with ISG 100%, revised ICBD 93.75%, and PEDBD 91.67%. …”
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In perennial allergic rhinitis, RQLQ is improved similarly by Azelastine 0.15 and mometasone furoate by Jean Bousquet, MD, Ludger Klimek, MD, Hans-Christian Kuhl, PhD, Duc Tung Nguyen, MD, Rajesh Kumar Ramalingam, MD, G. Walter Canonica, MD, William E. Berger, MD

“…The present formulation was shown to be safe with long-term use over 12 months, with a mean duration of exposure of 270.7 days.Over the one-year period, there was no significant difference for any RQLQ domains between Aze and mometasone furoate (MF) for all evaluations (baseline, 6, 9, and 12 months). …”
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Epidemiology of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Patients Attending at Hiwa Hospital in Sulaimani City, Iraq by Bushra Mohammed Ali, Hiwa Abas Ahmed

“…A case control approach was used, by retrospective chart review of all non-melanoma skin cancer cases presented between 1st of January 2015 till 31st of December 2016 at Sulaimani Hiwa hospital from which 70 cases conducted   and 70 controls from Baxshen hospital. …”
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Acute recovery of heart rate in a functional fitness session and its relationship with maximum oxygen consumption by Brian Johan Bustos-Viviescas, Carlos Enrique García Yerena, Rafael Enrique Lozano Zapata, Amalia Villamizar Navarro, John Alexander García Galviz

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> the maximum oxygen consumption was not significantly related in men (p&gt;0.05), in the case of women it was positive with the recovery heart rate in all periods, but with significance in 1 minute (r = 0 .81; p&lt;0.05) and 3 minutes (r = 0.93; p&lt;0.01).…”
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Vegetation Classification in a Mountain–Plain Transition Zone in the Sichuan Basin, China by Wenqian Bai, Zhengwei He, Yan Tan, Guy M. Robinson, Tingyu Zhang, Xueman Wang, Li He, Linlong Li, Shuang Wu

“…The results show the following: (1) multi-feature combinations, especially spectral and topographic features, significantly improved classification accuracy; (2) Recursive Feature Elimination based on Random Forest (RF-RFE) outperformed ReliefF in feature selection, identifying more representative features; (3) all three algorithms performed well, with consistent spatial results. …”
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Predicting Discharge Location among Low-Energy Hip Fracture Patients Using the Score for Trauma Triage in the Geriatric and Middle-Aged (STTGMA) by Sanjit R. Konda, Hesham Saleh, Ariana Lott, Kenneth A. Egol

“…A p-value of <0.05 was considered significant for all statistical tests. 408 low-energy hip fractures were enrolled in the study with a mean age of 81.3±10.6 years. …”
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Multi-Criteria Assessment of Urban Thermal Hotspots: A GIS-Based Remote Sensing Approach in a Mediterranean Climate City by Javier Sola-Caraballo, Antonio Serrano-Jiménez, Carlos Rivera-Gomez, Carmen Galan-Marin

“…Within GIS workflow, the city is divided into LCZs, thermal hotspots are detected, and finally, it is analyzed to understand how urban factors, such as urban boundaries, building density, and vegetation, affect urban scale LST, all using graphical and analytical cross-assessment. …”
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Immunopathological Changes of Streptococcus pneumoniae Causing Respiratory Infection in Lambs by Abbas A Hamzah, Zainab I Ibrahim

“…The blood samples were collected from all animal groups at day zero before pneumoniae induction and 3, 6, and 14 days post infection  for total and differential white blood cell count ‎(WBCs) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) assessments. …”
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Efficacy and safety of post-discharge oral nutritional supplements for patients with gastric cancer undergoing gastrectomy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Qiuman Liang, Siyi Wang, Beibei Wang, Yanyan Hong

“…ObjectivesTo report the first and largest systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCT) to evaluated the efficacy and safety of post-discharge oral nutritional supplements (ONS) for patients with gastric cancer undergoing gastrectomy.DesignSystematic review and meta-analysis.Eligibility criteria for selecting studiesRCT which evaluated the efficacy and/or safety of post-discharge ONS for patients with gastric cancer undergoing gastrectomy.Data sourcesWe conducted a systematic literature retrieval via PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane until April, 2023 for relevant RCTs.Data analysisOutcomes of meta-analysis included absolute change of body weight, % change of body weight, absolute change of body composition, absolute change of laboratory parameters and adverse events. All the relevant data were analyzed by Review Manager 5.4.1 and Stata 15.1.Results5 RCTs including 1,586 patients (804 in ONS group versus 782 in control group) were included for meta-analysis. …”
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