A comprehensive analysis of erectile dysfunction prevalence and the impact of prostate conditions on ED among US adults: evidence from NHANES 2001-2004 by Yuhao Zhang, Nan Zang, Yingyue Xiang, Fanlu Lin, Xue Liu, Jing Zhang, Jing Zhang

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Conceptos para manejo integrado de cuencas. Caso de estudio: río Colorado, Argentina. by Carolina Manuela Aumassanne, Fernanda Julia Gaspari

“…De este modo, el ordenamiento territorial y la gestión integrada de los recursos hídricos, conforman instrumentos centrales para alcanzar los Objetivo de Desarrollo Sostenibles previstos en la Agenda 2030. …”
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Effects of minocycline on patients with acute anterior circulation ischaemic stroke undergoing intravenous thrombectomy (MIST-A): the study protocol for a multicentre, prospective,... by Xiao Zhang, Li Yao, Jingjing Zhao, Hao Zhu, Bin Wang, Huiping Zhang, Wen Jiang, Dong Wei, Wen Liu, Zhongqing Sun, Weiwang Li, Xiangjun Yuan, Xingshun Ma, Junpeng Meng, Yi Jia, Na Qin

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Evaluation of the effect of phacoemulsification surgery on retinal and choroidal microvasculature in diabetic patients using optical coherence tomography angiography by S. Nazem Ibrahim, Mona K. Abdellatif, Alaa F. Mahmoud, Tamer F. Eliwa

“…Results The best corrected visual acuity significantly improved in both groups by ∼ 0.26 logMAR units in control and diabetic groups (P <0.001 for both). The mean change in central subfoveal thickness was 23.44±43.7 versus 13.6±22 um (P=0.3) in the control group and the diabetic group, respectively but statistically insignificant. …”
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A Subanesthetic Dose of Isoflurane during Postconditioning Ameliorates Zymosan-Induced Neutrophil Inflammation Lung Injury and Mortality in Mice by Hui Wang, Jing Fan, Nan-lin Li, Jun-tang Li, Shi-fang Yuan, Jun Yi, Ling Wang, Jiang-hao Chen, Yong-gang Lv, Qing Yao, Ting Wang, Yu-cai Wang, Rui Ling

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Restrictive transfusion strategy for critically injured patients (RESTRIC) trial: a study protocol for a cluster-randomised, crossover non-inferiority trial by Kaori Ito, Kazuhiko Sekine, Hiroaki Iijima, Yutaka Kondo, Takashi Tagami, Mineji Hayakawa, Daisuke Kudo, Takayuki Ogura, Tetsuya Yumoto, Akira Endo, Yosuke Matsumura, Shigeki Kushimoto

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Aplicación de propuestas para el perfeccionamiento de la atención en cirugía mayor ambulatoria y de corta estadía by Javier Cruz Rodríguez, Abraham Dimas Reyes Pérez, Joaquín Zurbano Fernández, María del Carmen Rodríguez Fernández, María Margarita Ríos Cabrera, Jaime Cándido Monteagudo Ramírez

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Overlying strata movement law and rockburst prevention & control for fully mechanized top coal caving face in extra-thick coal seams by Hai Rong, Longyue He, Yadi Wang, Xiangzhi Wei, Shilong Wei, Suihan Yang, Jincheng Li, Linlin Chen

“…Under the influence of mining, the displacement field of the overlying hard strata is symmetrically distributed with respect to the central axis of the goaf. The stress rise areas on both sides of the goaf present a “hyperbolic” distribution, and the stress of the goaf roof and floor is released, showing an “elliptical parabolic belt” distribution. …”
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The Association of Pension Income with the Incidence of Type I Obesity among Retired Israelis by Yuval Arbel, Chaim Fialkoff, Amichai Kerner

“…To conduct this research, we make use of an extensive questionnaire concerning the economic and sociodemographic features and health and housing conditions of individuals administered within the framework of the 2015-2016 longitudinal survey conducted by the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). The survey is representative of the Israeli population and also includes information regarding the weight, height, gender, and age of each household member. …”
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Monocytes serve as Shiga toxin carriers during the development of hemolytic uremic syndrome by Xinlei Sun, Shuang Qu, Fenglian Zhou, Fujie Shi, Yunfei Wu, Lin Gu, Minghui Liu, Zhen Bian, Lei Shi, Zhihong Liu, Yuan Liu, Ke Zen

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Prognostic evaluation of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with P-CRP and its nomogram by Junyun Wu, Zhixuan Deng, Xu Lei, Zhiyao Xu, Chenxi Tan, Yunqiao Tang, Xi Sheng, Ning Yang

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Characteristics of Land Use Change and Evaluation of Ecological Sensitivity in Chongqing by XIE Xianjian, GOU Qiantao, WU Han

“…Regions with significant changes in sensitivity levels were located in the central urban area and the southeastern Wuling Mountainous area of Chongqing. (3) The temporal and spatial evolution of comprehensive ecological sensitivity in the study area was the result of the joint action of natural environmental factors and social economic factors. …”
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A novel early stage drip irrigation system cost estimation model based on management and environmental variables by Masoud Pourgholam-Amiji, Khaled Ahmadaali, Abdolmajid Liaghat

“…This study attempts to model the early-stage cost of the drip irrigation system using a database of 515 projects divided into four sections the cost of the pumping station and central control system (TCP), the cost of on-farm equipment (TCF), the cost of installation and operation on-farm and pumping station (TCI), and the total cost (TCT). …”
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Genomic analysis of the SMN1 gene region in patients with clinically diagnosed spinal muscular atrophy: a retrospective observational study by Tamaki Kato, Mamoru Yokomura, Yutaka Osawa, Kensuke Matsuo, Yuji Kubo, Taihei Homma, Kayoko Saito

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State of the art of glaucoma diagnosis: neural networks and artificial intelligence by A.V. Kuroyedov, G.A. Ostapenko, K.V. Mitroshina, A.B. Movsisyan

“…Movsisyan^2,4</b> </p> <p> <b>¹Mandryka Central Military Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russian Federation</b> </p> <p> <b>²Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation</b> </p> <p> <b>³Voronezh State Technical University, Voronezh, Russian Federation</b> </p> <p> <b>⁴Hospital for Disabled Veterans No. 2, Moscow, Russian Federation</b> </p> <p> <br> </p> <p> <i>Predicting of the borderline between health and disease as well as determining of minimum characteristics of disease progression in primary open-angle glaucoma still remain high priority for ophthalmologists worldwide. …”
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Fantasías de libertad: una comparación entre la servidumbre por contrato y el complejo industrial fronterizo en Exit West, de Mohsin Hamid, y Sea of Poppies, de Amitav Ghosh by Amrita Mishra

“…La representación que hace Ghosh de la servidumbre por contrato, sostengo, reifica la contradicción central del liberalismo de mediados del siglo XIX, que las narrativas coloniales libertarias imaginan como una superación exitosa de la esclavitud mediante la libertad en la forma de libre comercio ampliado, aun cuando directamente exigen y oscurecen la violencia colonial y niegan las mismas libertades a ciertos cuerpos racializados, como los trabajadores en servidumbre. …”
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A bibliometric analysis of publications in 3D printing in surgery from the web of science database by Bitesh Kumar, Anjan Kumar Dhua, Mohit Garg, Vishesh Jain, Devendra Kumar Yadav, Prabudh Goel, Sachit Anand, Divya Jain

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Movilidad espacial y horticultura en el Valle de Río Negro: La construcción de un territorio migratorio by Flavio Daniel Abarzúa, María Silvia Brouchoud

“…En este dinamismo de la actividad, las familias migrantes, principalmente de origen boliviano, han sido un componente central ya que son ellas las que, en su mayoría, se dedican al cultivo y comercialización de productos hortícolas. …”
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An evaluation of financial losses due to lumpy skin disease outbreaks in dairy farms of northern Thailand by Wittawat Modethed, Khwanchai Kreausukon, Tawatchai Singhla, Kittikorn Boonsri, Kidsadagon Pringproa, Nattawooti Sthitmatee, Nattawooti Sthitmatee, Paramintra Vinitchaikul, Supitchaya Srisawang, Roderick Salvador, Simon Gubbins, Georgina Limon, Veerasak Punyapornwithaya, Veerasak Punyapornwithaya

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Immanuel Wallerstein's Theory of the Capitalist World-System by Darius Žiemelis

“…Wallerstein's popularity and influence in Western social sciences reached its zenith in the 1970s and 1980s, so that while perhaps coming late in the game, nonetheless knowledge and acquaintance with the ideas of this author can be useful for the conceptual renewal of modern Lithuanian historiography and for the investigation of problems in the socio-economic history of Central and Eastern Europe. The main strength of the CWS's approach is the possibility to expand historical thinking to regional and global perspectives in reply to the challenges facing social, political, and geopolitical reality and to interpret the history of every region in the historical context of local and world (meta) civilization. …”
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