Comparison of Intraoperative and Postoperative Outcomes of Sleeve and Dorsal Slit Technique of Circumcision: A Prospective Interventional Study by N Snigdha, R Lakshmana, Das Debarath, Natarjan Soorya, A Pravindhas, M Malar Mannan

“…Sixty patients diagnosed with phimosis, balanoposthitis, paraphimosis and patients who requested circumcision for religious reasons were randomly assigned to undergo either the sleeve technique (Group A) or the dorsal slit technique (Group B). …”
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Penentuan Penerima Kartu Indonesia Pintar KIP Kuliah Dengan Menggunakan Metode K-Means Clustering by Devi Tri Yuliana, M. Ivan Ariful Fathoni, Naning Kurniawati

“…Then the K-Means Clustering method will be applied because K-Means can group large amounts of data in a reasonably fast time. By using the K-Means Clustering method to determine the clustering of KIP scholarship recipients for student lectures. …”
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Effects of Bride Price on Women's Rights Among the Bakiga in Kabale District: A Case Study of Kitumba Sub-County. by Asiimwe, Bettus

“…It was guided by the following objectives; to examine the reasons why the bride price is paid in Kitumba Sub County, to assess the effects of bride price on women's rights in Kitumba Sub County, and to establish measures aimed at reducing women's rights abuse in Kitumba Sub County. …”
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Presenting a model to explain unfavorable risk and favorable risk according to psychological variables in predicting market fluctuations in the Iranian capital market. by Hasan Rezaeikangi, Mahdi Mohammad Bagheri, Hojat Babaei, Ali Raeispour Rajabali

“…This paper concludes that, despite some criticisms, there are good reasons to believe that the low-risk anomaly can be evaluated as an investment factor. …”
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Designing a defensive silence failure model of creative employees in organizations by Azam Khosravi, karam khalili, Esfandyar Mohammadi

“…Theoretical FrameworkOrganizational silenceOrganizational silence is a phenomenon in which the employees of the organization refrain from commenting on the organization's issues for various reasons, and remain silent (Takhsha et al, 2020). …”
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Designing a model to improve the behavior of Iranian handicrafts e-commerce customers by increasing customer trust by mohsen seidi, Fataneh Alizadeh Meshkani, Ahmad Sardari, Abdullah Naami

“…Buyers search for the desired product in the e-commerce space for various reasons such as comparing prices, comparing brands, knowing the opinions of previous buyers, checking the amount of inventory and more. …”
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Identification and leveling of factors affecting the acceptance of excellence model in Islamic Azad University by Seyedeh Somayeh Mousavi Siah Deleh, Samad Jabbari Asl, Musa Rezvani Chaman Zamin

“…Their findings showed that the five most important reasons for not adopting Quality 4.0 are lack of resources, inability to link Quality 4.0 with the company's strategy and goals, lack of understanding of the benefits, high initial investment, and current quality management strategy. …”
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Interventions for the management of post-COVID-19 condition (long COVID): protocol for a living systematic review and network meta-analysis by Paul Garner, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Jason W Busse, Dena Zeraatkar, Thomas Agoritsas, Ariel Izcovich, Tari Turner, Lyn Turkstra, Roger S McIntyre, Rachel J Couban, Tyler Pitre, Sarah Kirsh, Tanvir Jassal, Michael Ling, Samantha Chakraborty, Signe A Flottorp

“…When there are compelling reasons to suspect that certain interventions are only applicable or effective for a subtype of long COVID, we will perform separate network meta-analyses. …”
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Yoga programme for type-2 diabetes prevention (YOGA-DP) among high risk people in India: a multicentre feasibility randomised controlled trial protocol by Mark Hamer, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Kavita Singh, Nikhil Tandon, Sanjay Kinra, Kaushik Chattopadhyay, Tess Harris, Pallavi Mishra, Sheila Margaret Greenfield, Sarah Anne Lewis, Nandi Krishnamurthy Manjunath, Rukamani Nair, Somnath Mukherjee, David Ross Harper

“…Semistructured qualitative interviews will be conducted with up to 20–30 participants, a sample of those declining to participate, four YOGA-DP instructors and around eight study staff to explore their perceptions and experiences of taking part in the study and of the intervention, reasons behind non-participation, experiences of delivering the intervention and running the study, respectively.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval has been obtained from the following Research Ethics Committees: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham (UK); Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC, India); Bapu Nature Cure Hospital and Yogashram (BNCHY, India) and Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA, India). …”
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Comparison of the effects of production and processing parameters on the eating quality of lamb by L.J. Farmer, A.W. Gordon, D.W. Sanderson, J.S. Speers, T.D.J. Hagan, E.L. Swancott, J.L. Evans, D.J. Richards, E.M. Thomas

“…The main factors tested that provide practical scope for improving the eating quality of lamb were ageing of the meat, carcase hanging and meat packaging. If the reasons for inter- and intra-farm differences in lamb quality can be elucidated, this may provide further management tools for improving the quality and consistency of lamb quality.…”
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Chinese herbal formula Tongxie Yaofang granules for diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase II trial by Nicola Robinson, Mei Han, Ling Yan, Vincent Chi Ho Chung, Jian-Ping Liu, Hui-Juan Cao, Shi-Bing Liang, Hong-Jie Cheng, Qiao-Yan Zhang, Yu-Fei Li, Ze-Yu Yu, Ling-Yao Kong, Yan-Mei Cai, Li-Bao An, Bao-Tuan Zhao, Shan-Shan Xu, Nai-Wei Zhang, Bo-Yi Jia, Wei-Fang Liu, Fang Niu, Ba-Teer Wu, Jin-Ming Song, Shu-Xin Jia, Meng-Meng Shi, Xiao-Na Zhang

“…No serious adverse events occurred.Conclusions Despite showing clinically meaningful improvements in IBS-D symptoms and a reasonable safety profile after 8 weeks, no significant differences were observed between the TXYF and placebo groups. …”
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Development and use of a fully automatic clinical intelligent milk dispenser (一种全自动临床智能配奶机的研制与使用) by ZHANG Rongbang (张榕邦), OUYANG Li (欧阳丽), JIN Mu (金募), LIU Lingzhi (刘羚芷), LIN Yan (林妍), ZHANG Zhiyuan (张秩源)

“…Compared with the traditional intelligent milk dispenser, this method incorporates functions such as high-pressure steam sterilization, automatic micro-stirring, remote control, and automatic bottle sealing in the operation, making the process more scientific and reasonable. More importantly, it helps to reduce the tedious workload of medical staff, reduce environmental pollution, and reduce the risk of intestinal infections in infants and young children. …”
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Diagnostics and treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection in adults: Clinical guidelines of the Russian gastroenterological association by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Mayev, T. L. Lapina, A. A. Sheptulin, A. S. Trukhmanov, Ye. K. Baranskaya, R. A. Abdulkhakov, O. P. Alekseyeva, S. A. Alekseyenko, N. N. Dekhnich, R. S. Kozlov, I. L. Klyaritskaya, N. V. Korochanskaya, S. A. Kurilovich, M. F. Osipenko, V. I. Simanenkov, A. V. Tkachev, I. B. Khlynov, V. V. Tsukanov

“…In each case of H. pylori detection it is reasonable to consider eradication therapy that is especially actual as H. pylori infection eradication is recognized as effective method of stomach cancer prevention. …”
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Toward accurate prediction of carbon dioxide (CO2) compressibility factor using tree-based intelligent schemes (XGBoost and LightGBM) and equations of state by Behnam Amiri-Ramsheh, Aydin Larestani, Saeid Atashrouz, Elnaz Nasirzadeh, Meriem Essakhraoui, Ali Abedi, Mehdi Ostadhassan, Ahmad Mohaddespour, Abdolhossein Hemmati-Sarapardeh

“…Among various gas mixtures that are proposed as candidates to be injected into mature oil reservoirs, CO2 gas attains miscibility with the resident hydrocarbon fluid at a reasonable pressure and increases the oil recovery factor. …”
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Harmful newborn cord care practices and associated factors among mothers who gave birth in the last six months in Chencha town, Southern Ethiopia: a mixed-methods study by Misgana Seifu, Sultan Hassen, Mekdim Kassa, Yosef Haile, Zeleke Girma, Temesgen Mohammed Toma, Agune Ashole, Mintesinot Melka Gujo, Wondimagegn Taye Dema, Aleme Mekuriya, Endashaw Shibru

“…In the qualitative analysis, four themes emerged such as substance applied (butter, Vaseline, and ointment). The reasons for application were moisturizing the cord, facilitating its separation, and promoting its healing. …”
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Placental trophoblast aging in advanced maternal age is related to increased oxidative damage and decreased YAP by Song Guo, Song Guo, Qihao Pan, Qihao Pan, Baokang Chen, Baokang Chen, Yijuan Huang, Yijuan Huang, Si Li, Si Li, Chenyu Gou, Chenyu Gou, Yu Gao, Yu Gao

“…However, the precise reasons and mechanisms of trophoblast aging in AMA placenta remain unclear, posing a significant limitation to provide effective guidance for prenatal healthcare in clinical settings. …”
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Studying a collection of common-wheat varieties for leaf rust resistance, crop yield and grain quality in the environmental conditions of Novosibirsk region by L. P. Sochalova, V. A. Aparina, N. I. Boyko, E. V. Zuev, E. V. Morozova, E. V. Musinov, N. A. Vinichenko, I. N. Leonova, V. V. Piskarev

“…Varieties KWS Buran, KWS Akvilon, KW 240-3-13, and Etyud producing crop yields from 417 to 514 g/m2 comparable to the best standard variety Sibirskaya 17 can be reasonably used as Lr24 resistance gene donors under West Siberian conditions. …”
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Soviet Researchers on the Middle East: Ahead of Their Time by I. D. Zvyagelskaya

“…Despite the domination of the official dogmas the leading Soviet researchers were able to present a realistic picture of the region, although their «untimely meditations» were presented in a form acceptable to the Communist ideology.The primitive division of society into the bourgeoisie, the proletariat, peasantry and landlords and the hopes for eventual development of communist parties worldwide both did not reflect the realities in the Third World countries and did not leave room for the Soviet Union there. Due to ideological reasons the USSR could not support nationalist movements abroad. …”
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The biomechanical effects of treating double-segment lumbar degenerative diseases with unilateral fixation through interlaminar fenestration interbody fusion surgery: a three-dimen... by Kai-Kai Feng, Xiao-Bing Xiang, Cheng-Peng Li, Kai-Yin Gao, Wei-Wei Zhang, Zhen-Yu Nie, Wen-Xin Liao, Dong Zhao, Guang-Ru Cao

“…Methods A three-dimensional finite element model of L3-5 was established based on CT data from a recruited young male volunteer, and the model was validated to have reasonable predictive capability. Surgical procedures were simulated by adjusting bony structures to create models of unilateral and bilateral fixation for double-segment TLIF. …”
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Application of nursing program in reducing the rate of unplanned extubation of nasogastric tube (护理专案模式在降低患者胃管非计划拔管发生率中的应用) by LI Lan (李兰), ZHOU Min (周敏)

“…Methods Totally 80 patients with placement of nasogastric feeding tube before implement of nursing program(Dec, 2019 to Dec, 2020) were included as the control group, and another 84 patients with placement of nasogastric feeding tube after implement of nursing program(Jan, 2021 to Jan, 2022) were recruited as the observation group. The potential reasons of UEX were retrospectively analyzed, and a standard procedure of maintenance of nasogastric feeding tube was established. …”
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