‘I can’t understand why others don’t screen more’: a qualitative study exploring why Australian general practitioners screen for primary aldosteronism by Sanne Peters, Jun Yang, Grant Russell, Abhir Krishan Nainani

“…Most of these practical barriers could be addressed by relatively simple educational and practice modifications to increase PA screening rates and optimise detection for the most common cause of secondary hypertension in primary care.…”
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Correlation Between Y-Balance Test and Balance, Functional Performance, and Outcome Measures in Patients Following ACL Reconstruction by Jin Seong Kim, Ui Jae Hwang, Moon Young Choi, Doo Hwan Kong, Kyu Sung Chung, Jeong Ku Ha, Oh Yun Kwon

“…# Background The Y-Balance test (YBT) is commonly used to evaluate balance after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). …”
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Psychological Patient-reported Outcomes Cannot Predict a Second Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury in Patients who Return to Sports after an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstructio... by Ramana Piussi, Rebecca Simonson, Johan Högberg, Roland Thomeé, Kristian Samuelsson, Eric Hamrin Senorski

“… # Purpose This study aimed to identify cut-off values for three commonly used psychological PROs that could differentiate patients who suffer a second ACL injury from patients who do not within two years of RTS in patients after ACL reconstruction with respect to recovery of symmetrical quadriceps strength…”
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Chitosan’s Ability to Remove the Smear Layer—A Systematic Review of Ex Vivo Studies by Ana Ferreira-Reguera, Inês Ferreira, Irene Pina-Vaz, Benjamín Martín-Biedma, José Martín-Cruces

“…<i>Background and Objectives</i>: This systematic review aimed to compare the effect of chitosan in smear layer removal with other commonly used chelators during root canal treatment. …”
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Presentating a multi-objective optimization model for resource-constrained project scheduling regarding financial costs, time delays and the reliability function by Saeideh Naderi, Mohsen Vaez-Ghasemi, Farzad Movahedi Sobhani

“…The common presuppositions and limitations regarding the Resource Constrained Project Scheduling Problem (RCPSP) were investigated in addition to their reliability in modeling in order to investigate the possibility of availability of renewable resources using a new attitude. …”
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Pulmonary langerhans cell histiocytosis secondary to Marijuana use: a case report and systematic review of the literature by Ibrahim Zahid, Aruba Sohail, Roohan Tahir, Matthew Belardo, Brandon Hooks

“…Literature review identified five additional case reports of PLCH associated with cannabis use, involving patients aged 16 to 59 years, with a mean age of 35.8 years. Common clinical presentations included cough, dyspnea, and chest pain, with radiographic findings of nodules and cysts. …”
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Hybridization of stochastic hydrological models and machine learning methods for improving rainfall-runoff modeling by Sianou Ezéckiel Houénafa, Olatunji Johnson, Erick K. Ronoh, Stephen E. Moore

“…Hybrid models combining hydrological models with machine learning improve discharge simulation and offer better interpretability than standalone machine learning models. However, the commonly used models are deterministic. This study introduces an innovative extension to stochastic hydrological models, offering a novel combination that has not been previously explored. …”
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Anesthesia depth monitoring during opioid free anesthesia – a prospective observational study by Krister Mogianos, Anna KM Persson

“…The density spectral array pattern using a common protocol for opioid-free anesthesia, with mainly sevoflurane combined with low doses of dexmedetomidine and esketamine, differs from well described opioid and GABA-ergic anesthesia methods. …”
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Intronic SNP in ESR1 encoding human estrogen receptor alpha is associated with brain ESR1 mRNA isoform expression and behavioral traits. by Julia K Pinsonneault, John T Frater, Benjamin Kompa, Roshan Mascarenhas, Danxin Wang, Wolfgang Sadee

“…., grandiose delusions, GAIN schizophrenia, p = 0.0004). The first common ESR1 variant (MAF 12-33% across races) linked to regulatory functions, rs2144025 appears conditionally to affect ESR1 mRNA expression in the brain and modulate traits in behavioral disorders.…”
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Perceptions and attitudes of medical students toward opioid education: A qualitative study by Angelina Luciano, Mara Schenker, Dawn L. Comeau, Courtney R. Yarbrough, Nicholas A. Giordano

“…Thematic analysis identified common themes from focus group transcript data. Setting: Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. …”
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Interlimb coordination in Parkinson’s Disease is minimally affected by a visuospatial dual task by Hill, Allen, Nantel, Julie

“…Multi-tasking when walking is common during real-world activities, and affects some gait characteristics, like gait speed and variability. …”
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Topic Modeling of Nursing Issues in the Media During 4 Emerging Infectious Disease Epidemics in South Korea: Descriptive Analysis by Jungok Kim, Eun Kyoung Yun

“…Using topic modeling, we derived 5 topics each for SARS, influenza A, and MERS and 6 topics for COVID-19. The themes commonly identified through topic modeling and keyword network analysis across the 4 epidemics were “response to emerging infectious diseases in Korea,” “demand for nurses,” “vulnerability in the work environment,” and “roles and responsibilities of nurses.” …”
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Kola Peninsula Neolithic by Evgeniy M. Kolpakov, Alevtina M. Kiseleva, Anton I. Murashkin, Vladimir Ya. Shumkin

“…Structurally complicated dwellings, recessed up to 1 m deep, became common. Most of the finds, made of bone, horn and stone, belong to this culture. …”
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LEVEL OF PROCALCITONIN PLASMA AS AN EARLY SEPSIS BIOMARKER IN POLYTRAUMA PATIENTS IN DR HASAN SADIKIN GENERAL HOSPITAL BANDUNG by Ricky Wibowo, Hermawan Nagar Rasyid, Darmadji Ismono

“…Sepsis and multiple organ failure are the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in late death of polytrauma patients. …”
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Bayesian Regularized Neural Network Model Development for Predicting Daily Rainfall from Sea Level Pressure Data: Investigation on Solving Complex Hydrology Problem by Lu Ye, Saadya Fahad Jabbar, Musaddak M. Abdul Zahra, Mou Leong Tan

“…The artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm is generally used for stochastic forecasting rainfall which is not capable to simulate unseen extreme rainfall events which become common due to climate change. A new model is developed in this study for prediction of daily rainfall for different lead times based on sea level pressure (SLP) which is physically related to rainfall on land and thus able to predict unseen rainfall events. …”
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Analysis of legislative acts in water management by J. Nesiba, R. Cuhlova

“…This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, as long as the original authors and source are cited. …”
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Trinitroglycerine-loaded chitosan nanoparticles attenuate renal ischemia-reperfusion injury by modulating oxidative stress by Zeinab Karimi, Khatereh Asadi, Pooran Ghahramani, Ahmad Gholami

“…Abstract Renal ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury is a common clinical factor for acute kidney injury (AKI). …”
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Optimizing chitosan derived from Metapenaeus affinis: a novel anti-biofilm agent against Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Anali Riahi, Hadideh Mabudi, Elahe Tajbakhsh, Laleh Roomiani, Hasan Momtaz

“…Abstract Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a commonly found Gram-negative bacterium in healthcare facilities and is renowned for its ability to form biofilms and its virulence factors that are controlled by quorum sensing (QS) systems. …”
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PROBLEMS OF DIPLOMACY IN THE PROCESS OF EURASIAN INTEGRATION by A. A. Durdyyeva

“…The successful functioning of the Customs Union and the Common Economic Space were preconditions to the project of the Eurasian Union. …”
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Analysing Methods of Measuring the Level of Development Based on the Experimental Data by Farzad Karimi, Mostafa Ahmadvand, Ali Heidari

“…This study aims at identifying optimal method for masuring degree and level of development with resprct to models commonly used (Taxonomy, TOPSIS, Moris, SAW, and VIKOR). …”
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