Psychological distress is associated with pain and symptom severity in patients with longstanding hip and groin pain: A cross-sectional study by Anders Pålsson, Carl Bjerkelund, Andreas Ivarsson, Ioannis Kostogiannis, Eva Ageberg

“…The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) was used to assess psychological distress and the Copenhagen Hip and Groin Outcome Score (HAGOS) subscale for pain and symptoms to assess hip and groin pain and symptoms. The Mann–Whitney U test was used for between-group comparisons, and the Spearman's rank-order correlation to examine the association between the K10 and HAGOS. …”
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Towards The Future of Crab Farming: The Application Of AI with Yolox And Yolov9 To Detect Crab Larvae by Furqan Zakiyabarsi, Rezty Amalia Aras, Yabes Dwi Nugroho H, Muhammad Muhaimin Nur, Dimas Aditya Alfarizi, Muhammad Ulil Amri

“…The YOLOX-S model struggled with accuracy in detecting larvae, whereas the YOLOv9 model demonstrated superior performance, achieving a mean Average Precision (mAP) of 0.85 at IoU=0.5 and successfully detecting 93% of crab larvae objects accurately. …”
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Elotuzumab Enhances CD16-Independent NK Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity against Myeloma Cells by Upregulating Several NK Cell-Enhancing Genes by Yan-Hua Wang, Shotaro Hagiwara, Hiroshi Kazama, Yuki Iizuka, Norina Tanaka, Junji Tanaka

“…In this study, we demonstrated that Elo pretreatment significantly enhanced CD16-independent NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity in both SLAMF7-positive MM.1S and SLAMF7-negative K562, U266, and RPMI 8226 tumor cells. Upon direct simulation of CD16-independent NK cells with Elo, increased levels of CD107a degranulation and IFN-γ secretion were observed along with the upregulation of granzyme B, TNF-α, and IL-1α gene expression. …”
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MINERALOGICAL FEATURES AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL FORMATION CONDITIONS OF VEIN MINERALIZATION OF THE SOUTHERN FLANK OF THE SAF´YANOVKA MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT (CENTRAL URALS) by N.P. Safina, A.V. Korovko, I.A. Blinov, N.N. Ankusheva, M.A. Rassomakhin, K.A. Filippova

“…The elevated (ppm) Th (1.69) и U (4.79) and REE + Y (447) content is determined in fluorite veins. …”
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A pan-European perspective of third space professionals located in learning and teaching centres by Graham William Scott, Manuel Joao Costa, Mike Ewen, Catherine Lillie, Helene Peterbauer, Oliver Vettori, Carina Weiß, Johanna Warm, Aune Valk, Mari Karm, Hanna-Britt Soots, Guðrún Geirsdóttir, Francesco Magni, Laura Sara Agrati, Nikos Basbas, Daniela Căprioară, Mihai Girtu, Gunvor Larsson Torstensdotter, Peter Dalenius, Josefine Kilborn, Berrin Yanıkkaya, Mehmet Korman, Denizalp Şimşek, Toprak Cem Savaş

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Survival of radioiodine treated hyperthyroid cats that are euthyroid and hypothyroid after treatment, and effect of levothyroxine supplementation on survival time of cats with iatr... by Sarah E. Cox, Jennifer Wakeling, Teresa Hall, Tim L. Williams

“…The log rank test was used to compare survival times between groups, and the Mann‐Whitney U test was used to compare age and renal variables. …”
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Sampling mass mortality events to enable diagnoses: A protocol using freshwater mussels by Daniel A. Cossey, Michelle M. Dennis, Jordan Richard, Camilla Della Torre, Andrew McElwain, Diane L. Waller, Susan Knowles, Joshua I. Brian, Eric Leis, Erika A. V. Burioli, David C. Aldridge

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Efficacy of 1.5% Dish Washing Solution and 95% Lemon Water in Substituting Perilous Xylene as a Deparaffinizing Agent for Routine H and E Staining Procedure: A Short Study by Anuradha Ananthaneni, Srilekha Namala, Vijay Srinivas Guduru, V. V. S. Ramprasad, Sabitha Devi Ramisetty, Urmila Udayashankar, Kiran Kumar Naik

“…Chi-square test, Kruskal Wallis ANOVA test, and Mann-Whitney U test were used. Results. Adequacy of nuclear staining, crispness, and staining for diagnosis were greater in both Groups A and C (100%) than Group B (95%). …”
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Plasma Sterilization Effectively Reduces Bacterial Contamination in Dental Unit Waterlines by Sarocha Noopan, Phattranit Unchui, Supitcha Techotinnakorn, Ruchanee Salingcarnboriboon Ampornaramveth

“…All statistical analyses were performed using the Mann–Whitney U test. A value of p<0.05 was considered significant. …”
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Molecular Detection, Phylogenetic Analysis, and Identification of Transcription Motifs in Feline Leukemia Virus from Naturally Infected Cats in Malaysia by Faruku Bande, Siti Suri Arshad, Latiffah Hassan, Zunita Zakaria

“…Different enhancer motifs including NF-GMa, Krox-20/WT1I-del2, BAF1, AP-2, TBP, TFIIF-beta, TRF, and TFIID are found to occur either in single, duplicate, triplicate, or sets of 5 in different positions within the U3-LTR-gag region. The present result confirms the occurrence of FeLV viral RNA and provirus DNA in naturally infected cats. …”
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PECULIARITIES OF THE COURSE OF PREGNANCY AND DELIVERY IN WOMEN WITH IN VITRO FERTILIZATION AT HIGH RISK OF PRETERM BIRTH by Ya.V. Shymanska

“…The article is a part of the research project at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology No.2 of Higher Education Institution Poltava State Medical University "The role of chronic infection of the uterus and lower genital tract in the formation of obstetric and gynecological pathology" (state registration No. 0117U005276, implementation period 2017-2022). In modern reproductive medicine, infertility in marriage is considered a problem of particular importance. …”
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Genç Yetişkin Kadınlarda Genital Hijyen Davranışlarının Menstrual Tutum Üzerindeki Etkisinin Yapısal Eşitlik Modellemesi ile İncelenmesi by Meltem Mecdi Kaydırak, Eslem Altıntaş, Özge Şiir Dağlar

“…Verilerin analizinde tanımlayıcı istatistikler, Independent Sample t testi, One-Way ANOVA testi, Pearson korelasyon ve lineer regresyon analizi kullanılmıştır.Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılan genç kadınların yaş ortalaması 21,82 ± 1,81’dir. Katılımcıların %59’u öğrencidir. Çalışmaya katılan kadınların Genital Hijyen Davranışları Ölçeği puan ortalamaları 71,07 ± 10,48, Menstrüasyon Tutum Ölçeği puan ortalamaları 107,83 ± 10,3 olarak bulunmuştur. …”
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Wpływ zagęszczenia i suplementacji diety o kwasy tłuszczowe na wzrost i przeżywalność raka luizjańskiego (Procambarus clarkii) by Kamil Karaban, Kacper Stęplowski

“…Jedną z testowanych hipotez była konkurencja o zasoby i ryzyko kanibalizmu u młodych osobników – w związku z tym w eksperymencie badano wpływ zagęszczenia na tempo wzrostu i przeżywalność młodych raków. …”
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DETERMINING GROSS TONNAGE OF PURSE SEINERS USING A PHYSICAL MODELING APPROACH IN TEGAL, CENTRAL JAVA by Suharyanto Suharyanto, Ratih Purnama Sari, R. Mohamad Adha Akbar, Yaser Krisnafi, Tonny Kusumo

“…The ones that increase Cb and GT values were shape III with a U shape. The results of the average percentage change in shape for 6 ships, including the case example purse seiner, have a pattern that tends to be the same. …”
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Nonlinear response and driving mechanisms of ecological restoration project effectiveness to drought by Xin Liu, Qi Wang, Xiaoyu Zhu, Yujun Zhang

“…The results showed that: (1) drought has a significant inverted ‘U’ shaped nonlinear effect on ERP effectiveness, with a threshold of 0.3673, dividing the arid region and moderately arid region. (2) The influence of socio-ecological factors on the relationship between ERP effectiveness and drought varies significantly across different arid environments. …”
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Utilizing ATLS® Trauma Management Protocols: The Gold Standard for Safe and Effective Care. by Agron Dogjani, Edvin Selmani, Edmond Zaimi, Kastriot Haxhirexha, Petrit Biberaj, Basri Lenjani, Kastriot Subashi, Ilir Hasmuca, Erjona Zogaj, Amarildo Blloshmi, Klevis Doci

“…Traumatic injury is the leading cause of death under the age of 45 in the U.S. and worldwide. Traumatic injuries represent a significant global health burden, demanding swift and decisive intervention to mitigate morbidity and mortality. …”
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Optimal power flow using kepler optimization algorithm for active power loss analysis in island mode: A case study by Günnur Şen, Mehmet Zeki Bilgin

“…For this real system, results of 6563.724 $/h fuel cost, 0.1283 MW active power loss, and 0.0498 p.u. voltage deviation were obtained, indicating that KOA could be effectively utilized in real systems.…”
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İNMELİ HASTALARDA DEPRESİF BELİRTİLERİN SAĞLIKLA İLİŞKİLİ YAŞAM KALİTESİNE ETKİSİ by Selin Süslü, Merdiye Şendir

“…Verilerin istatistiksel analizinde tanımlayıcı istatistikler,Mann-Whitney U testi, Kruskal-Wallis testi ve Pearson korelasyon testikullanıldı.Bulgular:Katılımcılarınyaş ortalamasının 60,60±14,40, %58'ininerkek, %46'sının hastalık süresinin 1-4 yıl ve %44'ünün ise günlük yaşamaktivitelerinde ileri derecede ve tamamen bağımlı olduğu saptandı. …”
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Associations between dietary fatty acids and kidney stones by Ning Tan, Ya Zhang

“…This study investigates the association between dietary fatty acid intake—specifically saturated (SFA), monounsaturated (MUFA), and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA)—and the prevalence of kidney stones in a U.S. adult population, aiming to inform potential dietary prevention strategies. …”
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Effect of yoga exercises on lung volumes, vital capacity, and attention span in school going students by Reema Joshi, Manisha Rathi, Komal Preet Kaur

“…At the end of the 4 weeks, post-assessment of both the groups was assessed, documented, and statistically analysed using Wilcoxon signed rank and Mann–Whitney U -tests. Results Respiratory parameters (FEV1, FVC/FEV1, and PEFR), chest expansion, and the attention span of group A were statistically significant compared to group B with a p -value < 0.05. …”
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