Diagnostic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound of the Achilles Tendon by Phil Page, Robert C. Manske, Michael Voight, Chris Wolfe

“…The Achilles tendon, the largest and strongest tendon in the body, is critical for lower limb function and prone to a variety of pathologies, particularly in athletes and active individuals. …”
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On deoxidation and modification of carbon steel by E. I. Marukovich, V. Yu. Stetsenko, A. V. Stetsenko

“…Modifying elements reduce the concentration of dissolved hydrogen, which contributes to the modifying effect. The strongest deoxidizer and modifier of carbon steel is magnesium.…”
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South Africa: the arduous task of facing our religious past by E. Oliver

“…With Christians totalling more than 80% of the population and the Church recognised as the strongest non-government organization, one apparent exception to these differences is religion. …”
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THE IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONS ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A CASE OF VIETNAM by Trần Thanh Trúc, Trương Ngọc Hảo

“…The results based on fixed effects estimation show that the “entry cost” and “land access and stability in land use” are two indicators that have the strongest negative effect on entrepreneurship in Vietnam. …”
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Élections présidentielles 2011 au Pérou : le retour inattendu du débat politique by Evelyne Mesclier, Alexis Sierra

“…The mapping of the votes at the regional scale, and at the district scale in the capital Lima, helps to understand how the strategies followed by the various parties and coalitions took to the second round the two candidates that elicited the strongest rejection from the electorate, Ollanta Humala and Keiko Fujimori. …”
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Race or Resource? BMI, Race, and Other Social Factors as Risk Factors for Interlimb Differences among Overweight Breast Cancer Survivors with Lymphedema by Lorraine T. Dean, Anagha Kumar, Taehoon Kim, Matthew Herling, Justin C. Brown, Zi Zhang, Margaret Evangelisti, Renata Hackley, Jiyoung Kim, Andrea Cheville, Andrea B. Troxel, J. Sanford Schwartz, Kathryn H. Schmitz

“…Attending college (−4.89, p=0.03) was the strongest factor associated with ILD, followed by having more lymph nodes removed (4.75, p=0.01), >25% BCRL care adherence (4.10, p=0.01), and years since treatment (0.55, p<0.001). …”
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Features and predictive value of 6-min walk test outcomes in interstitial lung disease: an observation study using wearable monitors by Jiaying Li, Xiaobing Wu, Xiaoyan Li, Miaozhen Deng, Xinyin Liang, Huiqun Wei

“…The 6-min walk distance (6MWD) had the strongest correlation with NYHA classification (r=0.82, p&lt;0.01). …”
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Effects of different fertilization treatments on ground-dwelling arthropods and their functional groups in agricultural landscapes by Ziqi Bian, Ziqi Bian, Lyuyi Liu, Lyuyi Liu, Yan Li, Yan Li, Yanli Li, Yanli Li, Shengyan Ding, Shengyan Ding

“…Specifically, when no fertilization was applied, soil total potassium and available phosphorus were the strongest predictors of arthropod diversity. Conversely, organic matter became the primary determinant when organic fertilizers were used alone. …”
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Type A Behaviours and Heart Disease: Epidemiological and Experimental Foundations by Paul Bennett, Douglas Carroll

“…The first of these would seem to provide the strongest test. Methodological and conceptual issues mean that the results of studies using the other methods should be interpreted with care. …”
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Entropy and Selection: Life as an Adaptation for Universe Replication by Michael E. Price

“…Natural selection is the strongest known antientropic process in the universe when operating at the biological level and may also operate at the cosmological level. …”
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Everyday Health among Older People: A Comparison between Two Countries with Variant Life Conditions by Cecilia Fagerström, Lena Sandin Wranker, Zarina Nahar Kabir, Ola Sternäng

“…Data for persons 60+ years were obtained from the Poverty and Health in Aging study, Bangladesh, and the Swedish National Study on Aging and Care-Blekinge. The strongest associations with everyday health in Sweden were found for pain and tiredness, while in Bangladesh they were financial status, tiredness, and sleeping problems. …”
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Flaubert libre lecteur. À propos de l’Abrégé du catéchisme de persévérance de l’abbé Gaume by Stéphanie Dord-Crouslé

“…As it appears, it is not always where a work is most explicitly quoted that one can find the strongest concentration of documentary references. …”
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Deadwood : la naissance d’une ville by Nathalie Massip

“…., and there is no law but the law of the strongest. Yet, its inhabitants soon realize that they need to curb some of their tendencies toward anarchy and savagery and embrace certain rudiments of civilized society for their survival. …”
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Effects of Social Comparison, Travel Envy and Self-presentation on the Intention to Visit Tourist Destinations by Danielle Fernandes Costa Machado, Paula Cândida do Couto Santos, Mirna de Lima Medeiros

“…The results indicate that envy and social comparison increase the odds of intention to visit a destination, with the strongest effect being related to the social comparison variable.…”
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Forecasting the career growth potential of university graduates by K. B. Gerasimov, N. Yu. Prosvirkin

“…In addition, the authors found that the managerial skills, leadership qualities, and basic literacy skills identified in recent graduates by their employers are the strongest determinants of graduate career potential. …”
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PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT OF INDONESIAN SENIOR HIGH STUDENTS: CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS ACADEMIC SUCCESS by Fathor Rasyid

“…Other finding indicated that parents’ aspiration and expectation along with enhancing learning opportunities at home had the strongest effects on students’ achievement. …”
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FACTORS OF GROWTH OF THE EFFICIENCY OF PUBLIC DEBT MANAGEMENT by M. E. Kosov

“…The paper proposes an econometric model that describes a system of indirect macroeconomic factors that are not directly related to the state’s debt policy, but show the strongest influence on the formation of public debt in modern realities and increase the efficiency of its management, as well as reflect the quality of public financial management in general. …”
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Cross-cultural insights into internet addiction and mental health: a network analysis from China and Malawi by Mengze Li, Yidi Wang, Bin Liu, Xiaoli Ni, Zhujing Ma, Fengzhan Li, Tifei Yuan, Hongyi Chen, Zhongying Wu, Qiannan Jia, Lei Song, Yinchuan Jin, Qun Yang

“…The central nodes were “daily work suffering”, “fantasize” and “lost interest”. In China, the strongest edges were “neglect household” - “neglect partner” and “difficult to enjoy” - “daily work suffering”. …”
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Analysis of Lens Thickness Distribution Based on Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography (SS-OCT) by Xi Feng, Yong Wang, Jianheng Liang, Yali Xu, Julio Ortega-Usobiaga, Danmin Cao

“…Among Chinese age-related cataract patients, we found LT to have the strongest relation with ACD. The lens was thicker in elderly patients and women. …”
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Metabolites and lipid species mediate the associations of adiposity in childhood and early adulthood with mammographic breast density in premenopausal women by Kayla R. Getz, Myung Sik Jeon, Lili Liu, Lei Liu, Haixiang Zhang, Chongliang Luo, Jingqin Luo, Adetunji T. Toriola

“…Four lipid species (CER(18:0), LCER(14:0), LPC(18:1), PC(18:1/18:1)), mediated the association of BMI at 10 with VPD, while five lipid species (CER(18:0), LCER(14:0), PC(18:1/18:1), TAG56:5-FA22:5, TAG52:2-FA16:0) mediated the association of BMI at 18 with VPD. The strongest mediator was PC(18:1/18:1), which mediated 9.7%, (FDR-p = 0.009) and 7.7%, (FDR-p = 0.04) of the association of BMI at age 10 and 18 with VPD, respectively. …”
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