Current practices in physical fitness assessment and monitoring among coaches of individual and team sports: a survey in Portugal, Spain, and Romania by XiaoYuan Wen, Rui Miguel Silva, Qi Xu, Francisco González-Fernández, Ana Filipa Silva, Georgian Badicu, Xiaodan Guo, Filipe Clemente

“…Notably, change of direction tests are less commonly employed, ranging from 10.5% to 21% across the countries. …”
Get full text

Bacterial, fungal and parasitic co-infections in leprosy: A scoping review. by Luis Alberto Ribeiro Fróes, Tereza Setsuko Toma, Marie Jachiet, Laurie Rousset, Rosana Evangelista Poderoso, Maria Angela Bianconcini Trindade

“…<h4>Background</h4>In leprosy patients, the most commonly reported non-viral co-infections are Tuberculosis, Leishmaniasis, Chromoblastomycosis and Helminths. …”
Get full text

State of the art progress of Evolvulus alsinoides in pharmacological activity and plant tissue culture: A potent Chinese medicinal plant by Collince Omondi Awere, Valentine Chikaodili Anadebe, Rakkammal Kasinathan, Pandiyan Muthuramalingam, Ramesh Manikandan

“…Introduction: Evolvulus alsinoides (Convolvulaceae family), commonly known as ‘tu ding gui’ in Chinese. It is a medicinal plant with strong roots in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). …”
Get full text

Bilingual hate speech detection on social media: Amharic and Afaan Oromo by Teshome Mulugeta Ababu, Michael Melese Woldeyohannis, Emuye Bawoke Getaneh

“…People in Bilingual and multinational societies commonly employ a code mix in both spoken and written communication. …”
Get full text

InceptionDTA: Predicting drug-target binding affinity with biological context features and inception networks by Mahmood Kalemati, Mojtaba Zamani Emani, Somayyeh Koohi

“…We evaluate InceptionDTA across a range of benchmark datasets commonly used in drug-target binding affinity prediction. …”
Get full text

Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia: Demographic and Epidemiological Characterization in Puerto Rican Hispanics (2012-2014) by Jorge J. Cruz-Cruz, María González-Pons, Adrián Cora-Morges, Marievelisse Soto-Salgado, Giancarlo Colón, Kimberly Alicea, Kathia Rosado, Douglas R. Morgan, Marcia Cruz-Correa

“…Helicobacter pylori is the most common chronic bacterial infection in humans and the major predisposing factor for the development of gastric intestinal metaplasia (GIM), the principal preneoplastic lesion in the gastric carcinogenesis pathway. …”
Get full text

Serum hepcidin level with iron profile assay might replace bone marrow iron study as a diagnostic tool for evaluation of anemia in elderly without chronic renal disease by Sukdev Manna, Sankha Shubhra Chakrabarti, Rohit Singh, Indrajeet Singh Gambhir

“…Background: The bone marrow iron study is the gold standard for differentiation of the two most common causes of anemia i.e. iron deficiency anemia (IDA) and anemia of chronic disease (ACD) in the elderly. …”
Get full text

Factors Affecting Proximal Colon Cleansing Based on Bowel Movement Kinetics: A Prospective Observational Study by Dae Bum Kim, Kang-Moon Lee, Sung-Goo Kang, Sung Hoon Jung

“…Inadequate preparation in the proximal colon was more common in females. Patients with these factors undergoing colonoscopy should be monitored carefully.…”
Get full text

Clinical efficacy studies of the vaccine against feline panleukopenia, calicivirus infection and viral rhinotracheitis Carnifel PCH in kittens by T. S. Galkina, A. A. Komarova, A. M. Kiselev

“…Vaccination of cats against these diseases has been performed in the Russian Federation for many years, nevertheless, the feline panleukopenia virus (FPV), feline calicivirus (FCV) and feline herpesvirus (FHV) are still the main common cause of morbidity and mortality among cats. …”
Get full text

The effect of Shirodhara on essential hypertension: Systematic review and meta-analysis by Meenakshi Khapre, Dhanlika Dhanlika, Sriloy Mohanty, Amrita Mehndiratta

“…Essential hypertension, a common multifactorial condition, is a significant public health concern. …”
Get full text

Gender Disparities and Socioeconomic Triggers in Filicide-Suicide—An Analysis of Media Portrayals by Zainab Pervaiz, Maryam Ayub, Nazish Imran

“…Drowning (38.6%) and poisoning (31.8%) were the most common methods. Socioeconomic pressures, particularly financial stress, were frequently cited as precipitating factors. …”
Get full text

Oral Antibacterial Drug Prescribing in Primary Care Out-of-Hours Services: A Scoping Review by Sarah Khalid Al Hussain, Rhian Deslandes, Deborah Edwards, Karen Louise Hodson

“…Key areas identified included common oral antibacterial prescriptions, prescribing trends, presentations and conditions managed in OOH services, factors and predictors associated with prescribing, prescribing appropriateness, the impact of interventions on prescribing, prescribing in the context of COVID-19, patient satisfaction and expectations, and the challenges encountered, such as factors influencing prescribing behaviour and decision making, safety netting, and communication. …”
Get full text

Triple Endobutton with Coracoacromial Ligament Transfer: A Modified Technique for Fixation of Acromioclavicular Joint Dislocation by Vikas Kesari, Jatin Prakash, Jyoti Garg, Divesh Jalan, Karan Maggo, Naval Bhatia

“…ACJ dislocations are common injuries that can lead to significant functional impairment and pain. …”
Get full text

Shoulder Pain in Competitive Swimmers: A Multi-Site Survey Study by Brian D. Stirling, Jonathan C. Sum, Lisa Baek, Lori A. Michener, Adam J. Barrack, Angela R. Tate

“…# Background There are 2.8 million youth competitive swimmers in the United States (US), and shoulder pain is the most common complaint among swimmers. # Purpose To determine prevalence of shoulder pain, disability, and dissatisfaction in youth competitive swimmers. …”
Get full text

Mechanism of Radix Bupleuri and Hedysarum Multijugum Maxim drug pairs on liver fibrosis based on network pharmacology, bioinformatics and molecular dynamics simulation. by Lefei Yu, Pan Yu, Yongchang Cao, Weiya Cao

“…Moreover, the molecular docking and molecular dynamic simulation of 50 ns well complemented the binding affinity and strong stability between the three common compounds MOL000098 (quercetin), MOL000354 (isorhamnetin) and MOL000422 (kaempferol) and four final hub targets (TNF, IL-6, PPARG and MMP9). …”
Get full text

Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Wet Snow Accumulation on Inclined Cylindrical Surfaces by Behrouz Mohammadian, Mehdi Sarayloo, Ahmed Abdelaal, Asif Raiyan, Douglas K. Nims, Hossein Sojoudi

“…Wet snow accumulation on bridge cables and its shedding due to external phenomena such as rise in temperature, wind, and gravity is a serious threat to the safety of cars and pedestrians crossing the bridge. Commonly the accumulated snow on bridge cables is removed by external means such as mechanical removal or heat treatment which are expensive, time-consuming, and high-risk processes and are conducted based on little or no information available regarding the actual size and shape of the accumulated snow. …”
Get full text

Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among garment workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Francis Fatoye, Tadesse Gebrye, Chidozie Mbada, Phoebe Apeagyei

“…Low back pain and neck pain were reported as the common MSDs in the included studies.Conclusions The findings highlight the considerable risk of MSDs, especially low back and neck pain, linked to repetitive tasks, extended hours and inconsistent workstations. …”
Get full text

A study on Bacterial Infections Associated with Central Nervous System in Pakistani Population by Muneeba Afzal, Hamza Altaf, Tayyaba Faiz, Samra Mannan

“…Low to middle-in- come patients with limited education were prevalent. Common symptoms included headache, nausea, neck stiffness, fever, seizures, and photosensitivity. …”
Get full text

Air Quality Assessment by Moss Biomonitoring and Trace Metals Atmospheric Deposition by Pranvera Lazo, Alda Kika, Flora Qarri, Lirim Bekteshi, Shaniko Allajbeu, Trajce Stafilov

“…The elements Fe, Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn look likely to be homogenously distributed by indicating a common natural origin on a national scale. It is confirmed by the association of these elements with iron which is a typical crustal element that originates mostly from lithogenic dust in sparsely vegetation regions. …”
Get full text

Development and external validation of machine learning-based models to predict patients with cellulitis developing sepsis during hospitalisation by Li Hu, Xilingyuan Chen, Rentao Yu

“…Objective Cellulitis is the most common cause of skin-related hospitalisations, and the mortality of patients with sepsis remains high. …”
Get full text