Efficacy of Keyhole Approach to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome under Ambulatory Strategy by Rodrigo Ramos-Zúñiga, César J. García-Mercado, Iván Segura-Durán, Luis A. Zepeda-Gutiérrez

“…The carpal tunnel syndrome is one of the most common entrapment neuropathies found in humans. Currently, the gold standard is surgical treatment using different modalities. …”
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Chevroned Water Hyacinth weevil Neochetina bruchi Hustache (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Eutychus Kariuki, Carey Minteer

“… Neochetina bruchi Hustache is commonly referred to as the chevroned water hyacinth weevil and is a weed biological control agent used to manage water hyacinth, Pontederia crassipes Mart. …”
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Transforming ASEAN’s future: how clean energy and innovation can shape environmental progress by Jingjing Yang, Kwisik Min

“…It uses sophisticated econometric methods including Panel unit root tests, Westerlund cointegration, Augmented Mean Group and Common Correlated Effects Mean Group estimation, and Dumitrescu-Hurlin causality tests to understand the short run & long-term dynamics of these relationships. …”
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Molecular Characterization of Chicken Anemia Virus Circulating in Chicken Flocks in Egypt by Mohammed AboElkhair, Alaa G. Abd El-Razak, Abd Elnaby Y. Metwally

“…The nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences of the detected CAV were aligned and compared to worldwide CAV isolates including commonly used vaccine strains. Phylogenetic analysis of these sequences was also carried out. …”
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Knowledge and attitude on epilepsy among neurology patients and their attendants: Mixed methods research at a tertiary hospital by S. Ramesh Kannan, R. Rajalakshmi, Varun Babu, Kandasamy Ravichandran

“…Background: Epilepsy is a recurrent and common neurological disorder with less awareness about epilepsy among the public. …”
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Prevalence of Middle Ear Infections and Associated Risk Factors in Children under 5 Years in Gasabo District of Kigali City, Rwanda by Kaitesi Batamuliza Mukara, Richard J. Lilford, Debara Lyn Tucci, Peter Waiswa

“…Middle ear infections are common in children, and delay in diagnosis and treatment may result in complications such as delays in speech and language development and deafness. …”
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Modelling of Wind Pressure Coefficients on C-Shaped Building Models by Monalisa Mallick, Abinash Mohanta, Awadhesh Kumar, Vivek Raj

“…This paper presents experimental and numerical studies of the wind effect on commonly used C-shaped buildings with varying aspect ratio and its optimization caused by the alteration of angle of incidence. …”
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Timing for Pacing after Acquired Conduction Disease in the Setting of Endocarditis by Daniel Brancheau, George Degheim, Christian Machado

“…Perivalvular abscess is one of the most common cardiac complications of infective endocarditis and is associated with an increased risk of mortality. …”
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Utilization of a Green Brominating Agent for the Spectrophotometric Determination of Pipazethate HCl in Pure Form and Pharmaceutical Preparations by Ayman A. Gouda

“…No interference was observed from a common pharmaceutical adjuvant. Statistical comparison of the results with the reference method shows excellent agreement and indicates no significant difference in accuracy and precision.…”
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Effect of Local Warm Compression on Restless Leg Syndrome and Fatigue among Critical Care Nurses: A Parallel Randomized Clinical Trial by Maryam Ameri, Hossein Ebrahimi, Ahmad Khosravi, Seyedmohammad Mirhosseini, Mohammad Reza Khatibi

“…Fatigue and restless leg syndrome are common complications in critical care nurses (CCNs). …”
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Minimum effective concentration 90 (EC90) of ropivacaine for Femoral nerve block: A biased-coin up-and-down sequential method study by Ahmed M. Taha, Manjusha Mohanan, Sebastian Orduna, Ahmed F. Alalwi, Mohamed I. Badr, Ahmed M. Abd-Elmaksoud

“…Background and Aims: The femoral nerve (FN) is commonly blocked using ropivacaine to provide postoperative analgesia after knee surgery. …”
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Factorial Structure of Cognitive Activity Using a Neuropsychological Test Battery by A. Ardila, M. Rosselli, J. R. Bateman

“…The battery included some basic and common tests routinely used in the evaluation of language, memory, spatial abilities, concept formation, and praxic abilities. …”
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Detection of Helicobacter pylori in City Water, Dental Units' Water, and Bottled Mineral Water in Isfahan, Iran by Ahmad Reza Bahrami, Ebrahim Rahimi, Hajieh Ghasemian Safaei

“…Helicobacter pylori infection in human is one of the most common infections worldwide. However, the origin and transmission of this bacterium has not been clearly explained. …”
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Prevalence and Clinical Spectrum of Liver Disease in Nepalese HIV-Sero-Positive Patients Undergoing Antiretroviral Therapy: A Cross-Sectional Hospital Based Study by Roshan Kumar Jha, Shiv Kumar Sah

“…Liver enzyme abnormalities are common in HIV patients, and the prevalence varies across the nations. …”
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Optimal Scheme for Process Quality and Cost Control by Integrating a Continuous Sampling Plan and the Process Yield Index by Chunzhi Li, Shurong Tong, Keqin Wang

“…The single level continuous sampling plan (CSP-1) is an in-line process control tool that has been commonly adopted in various manufacturing industries. …”
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Analysis of the HPLC Fingerprint and QAMS for Sanhuang Gypsum Soup by Yi Peng, Minghui Dong, Jing Zou, Zhihui Liu

“…A valid and encyclopaedic evaluation method for assessing the quality of Sanhuang Gypsum Soup (SGS) has been set up based on analysis of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) fingerprint combined with the quantitative analysis of multicomponents by single marker (QAMS) method, hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA), and similarity analysis. 20 peaks of the common model were obtained and used for the similarity analysis and HCA analysis. …”
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Effect of Arginine Vasopressin on Intraoperative Hypotension Caused by Oral Administration of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid by Gen Owada, Hideo Nishizawa, Yuki Matoyama, Eri Watanabe, Keigo Mitsuda, Naoki Kaneko, Yasuhiro Kimura, Taikan Nanao, Junichi Fujimoto

“…However, intraoperative hypotension is a common adverse effect of oral 5-ALA, and it occasionally progresses to severe prolonged hypotension requiring high-dose catecholamine administration. …”
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Solid organ transplant patient management undergoing oral surgery: a review of literature by Carlos Manuel Cobo-Vázquez, Luis Sánchez-Labrador, David Reininger Dueñas, Luis Miguel Sáez-Alcaide, Isabel Leco-Berrocal, Cristina Meniz-García

“…Antibiotic prophylaxis was the most common medication administered, in addition to other medicines applied in the treatment of complications, such as post-operative bleeding. …”
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Efficiency of Medical Laboratories after Quality Standard Introduction: Trend Analysis of EU Countries and Case Study from Slovenia by Nejc Lamovšek, Maja Klun

“…The data envelopment analysis (DEA) method is hereby a commonly applied method for examining the efficiency of individual public sector units. …”
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Posthuman Communication Design in South Africa by Katarzyna Chmela-Jones, Johannes Cronje, Bruce Snaddon

“…— this study aims to uncover commonalities between Posthumanist principles and elements evident in contemporary visual communication design practice. …”
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