Upper Extremity Function following Transradial Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Results of the ARCUS Trial by Eva M. Zwaan, Elena S. Cheung, Alexander J. J. IJsselmuiden, Carlo A. J. Holtzer, Ton A. R. Schreuders, Marcel J. M Kofflard, J. Henk Coert

“…Multivariate logistic regression showed that smokers were almost three times more likely to develop UED. Conclusions. This study demonstrates that UED seems to occur two times more in TR-PCI than in TF-PCI at 2 weeks of follow-up. …”
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Determinants of Women’s Empowerment and Household Poverty Reduction in Imbulpe DS Division, Sri Lanka by S.D. Dilini Rathnachandra, S.H. Pushpa Malkanthi

“…Therefore, women empowerment is a timely important requirement to reduce the household poverty among them. …”
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Analysis of Contributing Factors to Stunting in Poso Regency: A Perspective from the Special Stunting Handling Index by Nurfatimah Nurfatimah, Sumiaty Sumiaty, Kadar Ramadhan, Taqwin Taqwin, I Putu Suiraoka

“…Results: Results indicate a significant association between stunting and the child's gender, maternal education, immunization, and breastfeeding. Boys face a 2.3 times higher risk of stunting, while children of mothers with primary education have a 4.7 times higher risk compared to those with higher education. …”
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Oilseed Meal Effects on the Emergence and Survival of Crop and Weed Species by Katie L. Rothlisberger, Frank M. Hons, Terry J. Gentry, Scott A. Senseman

“…Based on significant effects determined by ANOVA, results suggested that the type, rate, and timing of SM application should be considered before land-applying SMs in cropping systems.…”
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Comparison of Environmental Impacts of Two Alternative Stabilization Techniques on Expansive Soil Slopes by Rui Zhang, Mingxu Long, Jianlong Zheng

“…The main sources of two techniques are raw material production, soil transportation, and paving stage while the CO2 emissions of lime production are about 11.68 times of those of geogrid production. From the sensitivity analysis results, as the lime content of LST increases by 1%, the total energy consumption and CO2 emissions increase by 8.27% and 13.16%, respectively; as the reinforcement spacing of GRT increases by 0.05 m, the total energy consumption and CO2 emissions increase by 1.63% and 0.69%, respectively; as the embankment height increases by 1 m, the increase rates of energy consumption and CO2 emissions of LST are 1.68 and 1.61 times of those of GRT, respectively. …”
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Buckwheat breeding and production in Russia during the past 100 years by A. N. Fesenko, I. N. Fesenko

“…Average buckwheat yield in Russia has increased from 0.49 to 0.94 t/ha (1.9 times) in the period from the 1960s to 2011-2017, which is comparable to the growth of wheat yields for the same period (2.1 times, from 1.18 to 2.42 t/ha). …”
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Changes in Tolaki People Burial in Southeast Sulawesi: From Boat-Shaped Grave Coffin (Soronga) to Boat-Shaped Islamic Tomb (Koburu Bangga) by Syahrun Syahrun, Basrin Melamba

“…The first burial system of Tolaki people in prehistoric times and ancient times adopted boat-shaped grave coffin known as soronga or oduni. …”
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Citrus Irrigation Management by Davie Mayeso Kadyampakeni, Kelly T. Morgan, Mongi Zekri, Rhuanito Ferrarezi, Arnold Schumann, Thomas A. Obreza

“…Irrigation is practiced to provide water when rainfall is not sufficient or timely to meet water needs. Proper irrigation scheduling is the application of water to crops only when needed and only in the amounts needed; that is, determining when to irrigate and how much water to apply. …”
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Heavy metal elimination from industrial wastewater using natural substrate on pitcher irrigation by Negar Nourmahnad, Kamran Asgari, Najmeh Samadi

“…The pitchers were irrigated with treated industrial wastewater (from steel factory) 60 times (1500 cc per each irrigation event) over a period of six months. …”
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The effects of fatigue on instep kick performance in soccer by Bekir Mehtap, Sukru Balcı

“…Analysis of the sprint times taking a part in an exercise protocol, the significant difference was found (P lt;0.01). …”
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Optimal Topology Management for Software-Defined Networks Minimizing Latency and Using Network Slicing by Andrés Viveros, Pablo Adasme, Ali Dehghan Firoozabadi

“…From the numerical experiments, we observe that the linear models show a better performance in terms of CPU times and the best solutions obtained. Similarly, our proposed approximation algorithm achieves near-optimal solutions in significantly shorter CPU times, for all the input graph networks, when compared to the proposed exact models which allows for finding the optimal solutions.…”
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Oral Health-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Diabetic Patients in Tanzania by Karpal Singh Sohal, Ramadhani Kambole, Sira Stanslaus Owibingire

“…Participants with good oral health knowledge had 5.5 times higher odds of having a good attitude. The participants with high education levels were almost 3 times more likely to have good practice. …”
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Mobbing process as a psychosocial risk factor in educational groups by Victoria N. Chaika, Vladislav A. Mashtakov, Olga S. Matorina, Oleg V. Streltsov, Oksana G. Meretukova

“…The authors note the need to use techniques for timely response at any stage of the mobbing process. …”
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Prevalence and demographic distribution of anaemia among those visiting a teaching hospital located in tribal predominant block of Jharkhand: Retrospective record based analysis by Vasanth Chellamuthu, Srinivasan Chelladurai, Vinayagamoorthy Venogopal, Bhagyasri Ray, S Sharanabasappa, Vasantha C. Kalyani, Satya Patra

“…Females had 2.3 times (95% CI: 2.2–2.5) higher odds of having anaemia than males. …”
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Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle Characteristics of University Students in Cyprus: A Cross-Sectional Survey by Elena Hadjimbei, George Botsaris, Vassilis Gekas, Andrie G. Panayiotou

“…The majority consume coffee 2-3 times per day. Conclusions. Results support a shift from traditional healthy diets to more unhealthy eating patterns. …”
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Tasks and Content of procedural Guidance of Pre-Trial Investigation of Criminal Offenses Committed by a Group of Persons by O. V. Pchelina

“…It has been offered to present the content of the specified procedural guidance to the following groups of powers of the prosecutor: powers aimed at timely detection of criminal offenses committed by a group of persons, their effective pre-trial investigation; powers aimed at protecting the rights and freedoms of lawful participants in criminal proceedings; powers aimed at overcoming the opposition to pre-trial investigation of criminal offenses committed by a group of persons.…”
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Field Test on the Application of Industrial Solid Waste in the Grouting Process of Pre-Bored Grouted Planted Pile by Junjie Ma, Xiaonan Gong, Xunjian Hu, Gang Lei, Rihong Zhang

“…Additionally, TP1’s peak surface friction in various soil layers ranged from 1.29 to 2.79 times that of the bored pile, whereas TP2’s peak surface friction was about 1.42 to 3.10 times higher. …”
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Disaster Preparedness and First Aid Response: The Role of Emergency Nurses by Olaolorunpo Olorunfemi, Olufunke Beatrice Adesunloye

“…Their ability to assess situations swiftly, triage patients effectively, and collaborate with other professionals ensures timely and efficient care. They also contribute significantly to disaster preparedness by participating in drills and training, and by assisting in developing and implementing emergency response plans. …”
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Use of ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy and Chemometrics for the Variation of Active Components in Different Harvesting Periods of Lonicera japonica by Yun-Chu Zhang, Jing Deng, Xiu-Lian Lin, Ya-Mei Li, Han-Xuan Sheng, Bo-Hou Xia, Li-Mei Lin

“…Research on the variation of the main active components is significant for the timely harvesting and quality control of Lonicera japonica. …”
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Drug-Induced Liver Injury Caused by Adalimumab: A Case Report and Review of the Bibliography by Bernardo Frider, Andres Bruno, Marcelo Ponte, Marcelo Amante

“…Adalimumab was started in 2010, and at the third month of treatment, Ggt showed a rise of 23 times normal value (NV), alkaline phosphatase 2,5 times NV with AST and ALT with no change. …”
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