The heart rate on admission was associated with the mortality in elderly patients with hip fractures: a retrospective cohort study from a trauma centre in northwestern China by Zhi Yang, Wei-Song Zhang, Shao-Hua Chen, Bin-Fei Zhang

“…During follow-up, 189 patients died for all-cause reasons in 1 year. Age, coronary heart disease, cancer, dementia and time to operation were introduced in multivariate regression analysis. …”
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Contraction ratio of multifidus and erector spinae muscles in unilateral sacroiliac joint pain: A cross-sectional trial by Omar M. Mabrouk, Khaled E. Ayad, Doaa A. Abdel Hady

“…Abstract Sacroiliac joint (SIJ) pain is one of the most prevalent reasons for disability, it affects the contraction ratio of the muscles of the back. …”
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Trabajo asociado y tecnología: reflexiones a partir del contexto y de la experiencia de las Incubadoras Tecnológicas de Cooperativas Populares en Brasil by Pedro Claudio Cunca Bocayuva

“…At the political level, the article suggests that the project provides access to rights and a space to experiment different institutional forms. For these reasons, the ITPCs serve as modes of knowledge production, fabrication, transmission and application of processes, products and tools, that are critical of those produced by the capitalist system.…”
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Suyya’s Flood: Numerical Models of Kashmir’s Medieval Megaflood and Ancient Lake Kerewa Drainage Events by Muntaha Urooj, Roger Bilham, Bikram S. Bali, S. Imran Ahmed

“…An engineered breach of the landslide was contrived by a Medieval engineer resulting in the catastrophic release of flood waters. Using reasonable assumptions we calculate the probable minimum drainage time of this Medieval flood (<4 days) and maximum downstream surge velocities (≈12 m/s). …”
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Research on Optimization of Coal Pressure Relief Borehole Parameters under High-Stress Conditions by Heng Zhang, Tie Li, Zhenhua Ouyang, Su Liu, Haiyang Yi

“…These research results can provide theoretical support in selecting reasonable borehole arrangements for pressure relief boreholes of different diameters.…”
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From Homo Economicus to Homo Eudaimonicus: Anthropological and Axiological Transformations of the Concept of Happiness in A Secular Age by U. I. Lushch-Purii

“…The main characteristics of homo economicus anthropological model and reasons for its collapse in the contemporary world are analyzed. …”
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The influence of emotional intelligence on learning burnout in Chinese art college students: the chain mediation effect of self-acceptance and perceived stress by Meng Zhang, Lay Yoon Fah

“…This can lead to a reasonable degree of learning burnout among art college students, which will have a negative impact on their physical and mental health, as well as their study and employment. …”
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The relationship between academic passions and critical thinking in a Chinese college student sample: a latent profile analysis by Shaojie Wang, Xizhen Fan, Hao Yu, Xing Yan, Jianmei Wang, Ying Liu, Yue Li

“…Critical thinking is essential in education as it helps individuals assess, evaluate, and make informed decisions based on reasoning, which is crucial for academic growth and lifelong learning. …”
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An efficient binary spider wasp optimizer for multi-dimensional knapsack instances: experimental validation and analysis by Mohamed Abdel-Basset, Reda Mohamed, Karam M. Sallam, Ibrahim Alrashdi, Ibrahim A. Hameed

“…The classical methods could not achieve acceptable results for this problem in a reasonable amount of time. Therefore, the researchers have recently turned their focus to metaheuristic algorithms to address this problem more accurately and in an acceptable amount of time. …”
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Effects of Special Therapeutic Footwear on the Prevention of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Bo Luo, Yuying Cai, Dawei Chen, Chun Wang, Hui Huang, Lihong Chen, Yun Gao, Xingwu Ran

“…However, the effect may decrease gradually over time. Despite undefined reasons, the optimal utility time and renewal frequency of special therapeutic footwear should be considered.…”
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Integrated transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses elucidate the mechanism by which grafting impacts potassium utilization efficiency in tobacco by Lulu Niu, Wei Hu, Fazhan Wang, Majid Shaker, Xin Yang

“…Results This study selected Wufeng NO. 2, a potassium-efficient variety, and Yunyan 87, a main cultivar, as the research subjects to investigate the underlying reasons for differential potassium utilization efficiency among different tobacco rootstocks through transcriptome and metabolic data analysis of grafted tobacco. …”
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Characterizing Extra Credit Accumulation by Undergraduate Students by Tushar Ojha, Don R. Hush

“…This paper uses this decomposition to investigate (and quantify) numerous possible reasons for extra credit accumulation including transfer credit loss, program change, financial aid retention, hidden requirements, repeated classes, remedial classes, filler classes, and program requirement characteristics. …”
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Peculiarities of Legal Regulation of Non-Discrimination on Gender Basis while Being Employed by A. V. Kuchko

“…It has been determined that an unjustified refusal to be hired should be considered a refusal that is devoid of any motivation or when an employer refuses a candidate for reasons other than his professional and business qualities, or does not take into account a number of special requirements provided by the current legislation. …”
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Analysis of antibiotic sensitivity of clinical strains of microorganisms with the Russian Mueller–Hinton broth by Irina S. Kosilova, Lyubov V. Domotenko, Mikhail V. Khramov

“…Introduction. One of the reasons for spreading antibiotic-resistant microorganisms is the uncontrolled use and inadequate empirical prescription of antibiotics which is not based on the results of the pathogen sensitivity testing. …”
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SUGGESTOPEDIA AS THE METHOD OF THE MUSIC EXPERIENCE FORMATION OF PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN by Natalya T. Таgiltseva, Filip D. Shavov

“…The research demonstrates the application reasonability of suggestopedia methods used at foreign language teaching, music education of preschool children and juniors. …”
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Biomineral additives for self-healing of concrete by T. N. Chernykh, K. A. Gorbachevskykh, M. V. Kriushin, A. A. Orlov, M. V. Komelkova, P. O. Platkovskii

“…Introduction. The reasons for the reduction of durability of flexural structures due to the violation of the protective layer of reinforcement are considered. …”
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Analysis of prenatal diagnosis and pregnancy outcomes for rare autosomal trisomies detected by non-invasive prenatal testing in 33,079 cases by Xu Yan, Kai Ding, Xin Zhang, Shuai Zhang, Haiying Peng, Ying Zhang

“…Among the 66 cases of rare autosomal trisomies (RATs), 5 cases were lost to follow-up, and 1 case underwent termination of pregnancy (TOP) for personal reasons, leaving 60 cases with valid pregnancy outcomes. …”
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Stiffness Determination of Backfill-Rock Interface to Numerically Investigate Backfill Stress Distributions in Mine Stopes by Guangsheng Liu, Xiaocong Yang, Lijie Guo

“…Moreover, the plotting methods of stress distributions and the coefficient of lateral earth pressure of backfill in simulated stopes with proposed interface stiffness were discussed to further clarify the reasonable methods to investigate the backfill stresses in mine stopes, especially after considering the effects of the convergence from rock walls, which is a very significant and common phenomenon in practical mining engineering.…”
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Venezuela: Political Confrontation and the World Community by Z. W. Iwanowski, D. M. Rozental

“…The miscalculations of the incumbent president were used in election campaigns in other Latin American countries and became one of the reasons for the defeat of left candidates, the subsequent ‘right drift’ leading to the isolation of the republic. …”
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Research on Multiattribute Comprehensive Evaluation of Intelligent Judicial Decision System by Gang Zhao, Jifa Wang, Huibin Shi

“…The final experimental results show that the evaluation results of the model are reasonable and consistent with the actual situation, which verifies the adaptability of the combined weighted attribute recognition model in the multiattribute comprehensive evaluation of intelligent judicial judgment system. …”
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