Treatment Patterns and Healthcare Costs Among Patients with Stroke and Spasticity: A 2-Year Longitudinal Study by Michael Hull, Vamshi Ruthwik Anupindi, Jing He, Mitchell DeKoven, Jumaah Goldberg, Jonathan Bouchard

“…Conclusion Patients with PSS utilized numerous treatment modalities and experienced higher mean all-cause healthcare costs than did those without PSS. …”
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Prognostic implications of system inflammation response index in atrial fibrillation patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Yang Chen, Bin Zhou, Chaoquan Peng, Yong Liu, Weiyan Lai

“…The primary endpoint of our study was all-cause mortality during hospitalization, with one-year mortality serving as the secondary endpoint. …”
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A basis water quality monitoring plan for rehabilitation and protection by M. Enriquez, R. Tanhueco

“…The E. coli detected in all water samples, further recommends prohibition of recreational activities to avoid accidental intakes and skin contact on the polluted water.  …”
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Pan-Canadian assessment of image guided adaptive radiation therapy and the role of the radiation therapist by Amanda Moreira, Tara Rosewall, Yat Tsang, Patricia Lindsay, Peter Chung, Winnie Li

“…Results: Thirty-two out of 48 centres responded across all ten provinces (67 % response rate). Twenty-five centres (78 %) currently perform ART, all of which practiced offline ART while 5 practiced online ART. …”
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Trends for Clinical Trials on Medicinal Products for Neurological Disorders in Lithuania and Europe by Emilijus Žilinskas, Arūnas Vaitkevičius

“…Almost all trials in Lithuania (53 out of 55) were sponsored by commercial companies. …”
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Protocol on a systematic review of nomenclature and outcomes in children with complex critical illness in Paediatric Critical Care: The basis for consensus definition. by Sofia Cuevas-Asturias, Claire Rafferty, Hannah Mitchell, William Tremlett, Padmanabhan Ramnarayan, Natalie Pattison

“…Search limits included all languages, excluded the setting of neonatal intensive care, and age>18 years old. …”
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Simultaneous Quantitative Determination of Six Caffeoylquinic Acids in Matricaria chamomilla L. with High-Performance Liquid Chromatography by Yifan Zhao, Peng Sun, Yue Ma, Kun Wang, Xiaoqiang Chang, Yue Bai, Dong Zhang, Lan Yang

“…The correlation coefficients of all analytes were 0.999, and the results showed excellent linearity. …”
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Polyvascular Disease in Patients Presenting with Acute Coronary Syndrome: Its Predictors and Outcomes by Hassan Al Thani, Ayman El-Menyar, Khalid F. AlHabib, Ahmed Al-Motarreb, Ahmad Hersi, Hussam AlFaleh, Nidal Asaad, Shukri Al Saif, Wael Almahmeed, Kadhim Sulaiman, Haitham Amin, Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali, Khalid AlNemer, Jassim Al Suwaidi

“…Patients were divided into 2 groups (ACS with versus without PolyVD). All-cause mortality was assessed at 1 and 12 months. …”
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Farmers’ knowledge and perception of finger millet blast disease and its control practices in western Kenya by Wilton Mbinda, Agnes Kavoo, Fredah Maina, Margaret Odeph, Cecilia Mweu, Naomi Nzilani, Mathew Ngugi

“…The disease adversely affects finger millet production and consumption due to its wide distribution and destruction in all finger millet growing areas of southern Asia and eastern Africa. …”
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Characteristics of virulence of Puccinia triticina populations and the potential of the Lr24, Lr25, LrSp genes for spring common wheat breeding in the Southern Ural by V. A. Tyunin, E. R. Shreyder, E. I. Gultyaeva, E. L. Shaydayuk

“…Isolates virulent to the Lr9 gene occurred annually both on the varieties carrying this gene and those without it, and all of them were characterized by avirulence to the Lr26 gene. …”
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Comparison of the Effect of Different Local Analgesia Administration Techniques in Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Comparative Cohort Study by Akira Hashimoto, Motoki Sonohata, Atsushi Kawaguchi, Sakumo Kii, Hirohito Hirata, Masaaki Mawatari

“…Aspartate transaminase, alanine aminotransferase, blood urea nitrogen, and creatinine levels were within the reference ranges in all three groups at all time points. NRS scores and laboratory data showed no significant differences between the PAI and IAI groups at all time points. …”
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Evaluation of nutritional, anthropometric, and psychological outcomes in different metabolic and bariatric surgery techniques: a follow up study by Elham Hojaji, Zahra Veysi, Shadi Naderyan Fe’li, Neda Shalbaf, Moslem Arian, Cain C. T. Clark, Ahmad Reza Dorosty Motlagh

“…Energy and carbohydrate intake significantly decreased after surgeries in all three groups (p < 0.05), but comparing the methods no significant difference was revealed (p > 0.05). …”
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Change in seed viability of commercial maize hybrids during storage by Perić Sanja, Stevanović Milan, Mladenović Marko, Popović Aleksandar, Kovačević Aleksandar, Grčić Nikola

“…By 2020, a slight decrease in both germination and vigor was observed for all hybrids, with equal values for germination energy and total germination. …”
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Deaths in children in England from SARS-CoV-2 infection during the first 2 years of the pandemic: a cohort study by Shamez N Ladhani, Peter Fleming, Tom Williams, Karen Luyt, Godwin Oligbu, David Odd, Sylvia Stoianova, Anna Thursby-Pelham

“…All cases were reviewed to identify if SARS-CoV-2 probably, or possibly, contributed to death. …”
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Implementing Cancer Pain Management Training for Pharmacists Using the Kirkpatrick Evaluation Model by Liu Y, Peng Y, Zhu B, Xia Z, Yuan Y, Zhang F

“…The evaluation of the results showed that all the respondents were engaged in cancer pain management practices. …”
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Investigating the effects of previous injury on subsequent training loads, physical fitness, and injuries in youth female basketball players by Yuanqi Huang, Shaonan Wang, Changfei Li, Yukun Wang, Zhanshuang Bai, Zhanshuang Bai, Binghao Lv, Yuheng Gui, Zhongjian Wei

“…Meanwhile, the differences between the players’ injury groups were analyzed.ResultsPrevious injury status can significantly impact a player’s subsequent training loads, including acute loads, chronic loads, skill-based training loads, training monotony, and training strain (all p &lt; 0.05). The two groups had no significant differences in physical fitness (all p &gt; 0.05). …”
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Studying yield components and attractions indices in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) accessions in the Northern Zone of the Volga-Akhtuba Floodplain by A. P. Ivakin, A. A. Grushin

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Comparing the Effectiveness of Schema Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Suicidal Behaviors in Depressed Patients with Bereavement by Maral Moraveji, Zahra Bagherzadeh Golmakani, Mahdi Akbarzadeh

“…The control group did not receive any treatment. After the sessions, all three groups underwent post-testing, and follow-up assessments were conducted on all three groups three months later. …”
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Changes in Peripheral Blood Neutrophils, Lymphocytes and IL-10 in Children with Kawasaki Disease from Different Age Groups Undergoing Intravenous Immunoglobulin: A Retrospective St... by Chun Zhang, Xuan Zhang, Jia Shen, Xiaotong Lu, Jian Zhang, Sun Chen

“…Following IVIG, the relative neutrophil and lymphocyte counts of all children with KD returned to normal levels. …”
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Machine learning-based estimation of crude oil-nitrogen interfacial tension by Safia Obaidur Rab, Subhash Chandra, Abhinav Kumar, Pinank Patel, Mohammed Al-Farouni, Soumya V. Menon, Bandar R. Alsehli, Mamata Chahar, Manmeet Singh, Mahmood Kiani

“…The results show that virtually all the gathered datapoints are suitable for the purpose of model development. …”
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