The Association of Obesity with Walking Independent of Knee Pain: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study by Daniel K. White, Tuhina Neogi, Yuqing Zhang, David Felson, Michael LaValley, Jingbo Niu, Michael Nevitt, Cora E. Lewis, James Torner, K. Douglas Gross

“…Subjects with a BMI ≥35 took 3355 fewer steps per day independent of knee pain compared with those with a BMI ≤25 (95% CI −3899, −2811). …”
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Aquatic insects (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera and Diptera: Tipuloidea) from the upper Neretva in Bosnia-Herzegovina by Wolfram Graf, Ernst Bauernfeind, Marija Ivković, Levente-Péter Kolcsár

“…With estimated 40,000 attracted specimens per night, light traps were extraordinarily successful. …”
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VARAT: Variable Annotation Tool for Documents on Manufacturing Processes by Shota Kato, Manabu Kano

“…This tool reduced the annotation time per paper by more than half. VARAT is expected to accelerate the development of datasets vital for chemical engineering information extraction and ultimately facilitate the development of physical models.…”
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Dermatoses na síndrome de down by Beatriz Elizabeth Bagatin Veleda Bermudez, Charles da Silva Gomes, Iolanda Maria Novadzki, Susana Girald

“…Dermatologists worked at the Down syndrome outpatient clinic one day per week. They evaluated 838 patients, of which 474 (56.6%) were male and 364 (43.4%) were female. …”
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Effects of Fluorescein Staining on Laser In Vivo Confocal Microscopy Images of the Cornea by Christine W. Sindt, D. Brice Critser, Trudy K. Grout, Jami R. Kern

“…Responses were statistically similar to guessing for the epithelium (48% ± 14% of respondents correct per image) and the subbasal nerve plexus (49% ± 11% correct), but results were less clear for the stroma. …”
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The Principal of Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI, the Method of Pharmacokinetic Analysis, and Its Application in the Head and Neck Region by Toru Chikui, Makoto Obara, Arjan W. Simonetti, Masahiro Ohga, Shoichi Koga, Shintaro Kawano, Yoshio Matsuo, Takeshi Kamintani, Tomoko Shiraishi, Erina Kitamoto, Katsumasa Nakamura, Kazunori Yoshiura

“…The Toft and Kermode (TK) model is one of the most popular compartment models, which provide information about the influx forward volume transfer constant from plasma into the extravascular-extracellular space (EES) and the fractional volume of EES per unit volume of tissue is used in many clinical studies. …”
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PHYSIOTHERAPY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS IN ELDERLY by Cătălina Mihaela Dascălu, Paul Lucaci, Marius Neculăeș, Beatrice Aurelia Abalașei

“…The recovery protocol was applied for 8 weeks with a frequencyof 5 session per week, for ~30-40 minutes, once a day in individual trainings.Conclusions highlight that physiotherapy reduces pain and improves function, muscle strength, range of motion, joint stability and aerobic condition. …”
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Neglected Case of Human Balantidiasis: Presumed as Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhoea by Sreska Shrestha, Priyatam Khadka

“…A 27-year-old policeman presented in Sindhuli Hospital, with a chief complaint of epigastric pain, nausea, decreased appetite for several days, and loose stools (3-4 episodes per day). Previously, he was under antibiotic therapy (amoxycillin) for tonsillitis. …”
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Surgical treatment of anaemia – is it possible? Large hiatal hernia as a cause of severe iron-deficiency anaemia by Wiktoria B. Feret, Magdalena Nalewajska, Kazimierz Ciechanowski

“…Clinical examination revealed pallor and tenderness to palpation in the upper abdomen; per rectum examination did not reveal any signs of active gastrointestinal bleeding. …”
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Fuzzy Diagnostic System for Oleo-Pneumatic Drive Mechanism of High-Voltage Circuit Breakers by Viorel Nicolau

“…The fuzzy inputs give information about the number of starts and time of functioning per hour, in terms of short-term components, and their mean values. …”
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L’arretramento dei ghiacciai e la comprensione del cambiamento climatico da parte degli attori del turismo locale. Il caso di Chamonix-Mont-Blanc nelle Alpi francesi by Christophe Clivaz, Alexandre Savioz

“…Attraverso lo studio del caso della Valle di Chamonix – caraterizzata da una forte presenza paesaggistica di ghiacciai – cerchiamo di scoprire in che misura la questione climatica è meglio compresa quando si materializza in problemi tangibili, come l’arretramento dei ghiacciai – che agli occhi degli abitanti costituiscono una minaccia visibile per il potenziale turistico della regione. La nostra analisi mostra che non è questo il caso e che la forte presenza di paesaggi glaciali non facilita l’appropriazione del fenomeno climatico da parte degli attori del turismo locale.…”
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Un gruppo di culle-tintinnabula del Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli. by Riccardo Berriola

“…In seguito questi oggetti trovano larga diffusione e diverse varianti iconografiche sempre in ambito greco1, e solo successivamente, in età ellenistica, nelle regioni dell’Italia centro-meridionale, probabilmente attraverso la mediazione di alcuni dei più rinomati centri apuli per la produzione coroplastica come Egnazia e Taranto, nei cui contesti tombali risultano presenti già dal IV sec. a.C. …”
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Deficiencias en la entrevista médica: Un aspecto del método clínico by Miguel Moreno Rodríguez

“…There was a total of 783 deficiencies (media, 8.1 per interview) where 29.6 % corresponded to HPD, 20 % to types of questions, and 50,4 % to general features. 27 % were major, 46.4 % were important, and 26.6 % were minor. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Ground Effect on Circulation Control Airfoil by Quanbing Sun, Zhiwei Shi, Weilin Zhang, Zhikun Sun, Yongliang Chen

“…Simulation results show that the ground effect changes the lift increment per unit jet momentum coefficient, and CC can reverse the polarity ground effect. …”
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Nel segreto di un rivoluzionario laboratorio by Carla Riccardi

“…Il contributo propone una minuziosa rassegna delle direttrici e delle scelte che hanno guidato e portato all’allestimento dell’Edizione Nazionale delle Opere di Giovanni Verga: quanto è stato fatto fino ad oggi, il lavoro in corso d’opera e i passi in programma per il futuro, tanto quello immediato quanto quello di più largo respiro.  …”
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The roles of universities in virtual intellectual migration via evolving technologies and STEM by Beverly Lindsay

“…Abstract The author postulates elucidatory central objectives and questions regarding the aforementioned paper title per integrative areas, with special foci on comprehensive doctoral research universities—that concentrate on research, teaching, and public engagement. …”
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Design delle manifestazioni umane by Francesco Armato

“…Con il contributo di riferimenti teorici da autori come Norberg-Schulz, Jacobs e Bauman, e esempi iconici di arte pubblica, si propone una visione del design urbano come catalizzatore per la creazione di spazi espressivi, emozionali e inclusivi. …”
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Pregnancy-associated glycoproteins in buffalo: origins, functions and clinical application for pregnancy follow-up by Olimpia Barbato, Vittoria Lucia Barile

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Research trends on Smart Transportation policy in Asia and Europe: A Biblioetric Analysis by Fitriani

“…Articles are analyzed based on the number of publications per year, contributing countries, field of study, authors, documents cited, related issues, and papers cited. …”
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