Assessment of the Momentum Balance Method for Determination of Shear Stress in Compound Meandering Channels by V. Moratzavi Amiri, K. Esmaili

“…The minimum amounts of shear stress were observed in section 5 in both RSM and MBM methods. According to the reviewed results, the MBM method can be introduced as a practical method for evaluating shear stress values in meandering rivers.…”
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NGS sequencing in barley breeding and genetic studies by I. V. Rozanova, E. K. Khlestkina

“…In 2012, the barley genome sequencing was completed, which provided a broad range of new opportunities – from a more efficient search for candidate genes controlling economically important traits to genomic selection. The review summarizes the results of the studies performed after barley genome sequencing, which discovered new areas of barley genetics and breeding with high throughput screening and genotyping methods. …”
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Isoproterenol mechanisms in inducing myocardial fibrosis and its application as an experimental model for the evaluation of therapeutic potential of phytochemicals and pharmaceutic... by Lujain Bader Eddin, Mohamed Fizur Nagoor Meeran, Niraj Kumar Jha, Samer N. Goyal, Shreesh Ojha

“…In recent years, numerous phytochemicals and synthetic molecules have been evaluated in ISP‐induced cardiac fibrosis. The present review exclusively provides a comprehensive summary of the pathological biochemical, histological, and molecular mechanisms of ISP in inducing cardiac fibrosis and hypertrophy. …”
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Effects of a foot-ankle strengthening programme on clinical aspects and gait biomechanics in people with knee osteoarthritis: protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Tania F Salvini, Glauko Dantas, Isabel C N Sacco, Ana F dos Santos, Ricky Watari, Alessandra B Matias, Paula R M S Serrao, Henrique Pott-Junior

“…In addition, findings will be reported in peer-review publications, and at national and international conference presentations. …”
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The effects of dental implant macrodesign on the success of prosthetic replacement by Andrey N. Nikolaenko, Mikhail A. Postnikov, Nikolay V. Popov, Alexander P. Borisov, Anastasia A. Kiiko

“…For the practical dentist, the problem of selecting the implant system remains topical, which is why the proposed review is focused on the effects of the dental implant macrodesign on the success of implantation. …”
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Optimising fatigue, abdominal pain and faecal incontinence in people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD-BOOST Optimise): feasibility study of a checklist and algorithm for initia... by Thomas Hamborg, John McLaughlin, Ailsa Hart, Christine Norton, Sonia Bouri, Laura Miller, Jean-Frédéric LeBlanc, Asma Fikree, Imogen Stagg, Fionn Cléirigh Büttner

“…Five (3%) participants reported ‘red flags’ and 31/157 (20%) participants had a faecal calprotectin result ≥200 µg/g, of whom 12 (8%) were judged to have likely active inflammation when clinical symptoms and disease history were reviewed. The algorithm suggested at least one clinical test or intervention for fatigue, pain or faecal incontinence in 67 (43%) participants, of whom 25 (37%) declined. …”
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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Diagnosis of Cardiac Sarcoidosis: A Meta-Analysis by Jianxiong Zhang, Yunxiao Li, Qiufen Xu, Bo Xu, Haoyan Wang

“…Methods. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we aimed at assessing the diagnostic accuracy of CMR in cardiac sarcoidosis. …”
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Analysis and study of Future atmospheric hazards in Sistan region by Neamatallah Safarzaei, Alireza Entezari, Mokhtar Karami, Gholamali Khammar

“…Today climate change cause increase in concentration of greenhouse gases has been cause increase extreme events and atmospheric hazards. goal of this research, analyze and review climate future is for atmospheric hazards in sistan region. …”
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Efficacy and safety of trabeculectomy versus peripheral iridectomy plus goniotomy in advanced primary angle-closure glaucoma: study protocol for a multicentre, non-inferiority, ran... by Keith Barton, Tin Aung, Ling Jin, Ping Lu, Xiulan Zhang, Robert N Weinreb, Yi Zhang, Li Tang, Guangxian Tang, Hengli Zhang, Aiguo Lv, Huiping Yuan, Yunhe Song, Fengbin Lin, DENNIS S C LAM, Lin Xie, Kun Hu, Xiaohong Liang, Yingzhe Zhang, Wulian Song, Xiaomin Zhu, Xinbo Gao, Sujie Fan, Yuying Peng, Mengfei Liao, Xin Nie, Ki-Ho Park

“…The results will be published in peer-reviewed journals and disseminated in international academic meetings.Trial registration number NCT05163951.…”
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Methodological advances in seismic noise imaging of the Alpine area by Paul, Anne, Pedersen, Helle A., Bodin, Thomas, Kästle, Emanuel, Soergel, Dorian, Alder, Chloé, Lu, Yang, Nouibat, Ahmed

“…The dense and homogeneous spatial coverage of the AlpArray seismic network, including hundreds of permanent and temporary broadband stations, has motivated a series of methodological developments of ambient-noise-based tomography of the lithosphere across the entire Alps-Apennines regions, which have been published and are reviewed here. To take full advantage of the ocean-bottom seismometers (OBS) in the Ligurian-Provence basin, reconstructed Rayleigh wave signals between OBS have been improved by second-order correlations with onland stations. …”
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Ophthalmic products with extracellular matrix components. Their effectiveness in the process of corneal repair in neurotrophic, herpetic, recurrent keratitis and erosions by D.Yu. Maychuk, A.A. Tarkhanova, I.A. Pronkin

“…Material and methods. Our literature review has shown the great importance of thecomponents in maintaining corneal homeostasis, its transparency, strength, shape stability, as well as differentiation, proliferation, migration and growth of cellular structures of the ECM, and therefore the need to maintain its physiological architectonics in the treatment of infectious and inflammatory pathology. …”
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Newborn screening for congenital hypothyroidism: worldwide coverage 50 years after its start by Marta Arrigoni, Nitash Zwaveling-Soonawala, Stephen H LaFranchi, A S Paul van Trotsenburg, Christiaan F Mooij

“…In addition, it sought to update the worldwide iodine status. Methods: We reviewed literature data on NBS programs for CH and their coverage rates for each country, using PubMed, Embase and Google searches. …”
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Endometrial factors in the implantation failure spectrum: protocol of a MUltidisciplinary observational cohort study in women with Repeated Implantation failure and recurrent Misca... by Servaas Morré, Ron van Golde, Andrea Romano, Linda Stevens Brentjens, Denise Habets, Janneke Den Hartog, Salwan Al-Nasiry, Lotte Wieten, Aafke Van Montfoort

“…The study parameters are the steroid profile (steroid levels and mRNA levels, protein expression and activity of steroid enzymes) in endometrial tissue and peripheral blood, as well as the activating or inhibitory phenotype of uNK cells based on receptor expression in menstrual blood and endometrial tissue and determination of the vaginal and endometrial microbiome using the inter spacer bacterial profiling technique.Ethics and dissemination The protocol is approved by the local medical ethical review committee at the Maastricht University Medical Centre. …”
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Analysis on the adjustment of transportation structure and the logistics transformation of railway freight by Chaohe Rong, Xingchan Li, Gaiping Zhang, Xuecheng Wang

“…The methodology includes a review of existing policies, an examination of industry practices and a comparative analysis with global trends in railway logistics. …”
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Validation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease recording in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD-GOLD) by John R Hurst, Jennifer K Quint, Hana Müllerova, Liam Smeeth, Harriet Forbes, Susan Eaton, Rachael L DiSantostefano, Kourtney Davis

“…All information received was reviewed independently by two respiratory physicians whose opinion was taken as the gold standard.Primary outcome measure The primary measure of accuracy was the positive predictive value (PPV), the proportion of people identified by each algorithm for whom COPD was confirmed.Results 951 questionnaires were sent and 738 (78%) returned. …”
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Antibiotic prophylaxis of acute postoperative endophthalmitis by V.P. Nikolaenko, D.F. Belov

“…Petersburg, Russian Federation</b> </p> <p> <i>This paper reviews current aspects of antibacterial prophylaxis of acute endophthalmitis, a dangerous complication of cataract surgery. …”
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Acupuncture treatment of restless legs syndrome: a randomized clinical controlled study protocol based on PET-CT and fMRI by Lin Tang, Na Zhao, Xiaolin Gao, Jinjin Li, Xintong Yu, Ruilong Liang, Chen Xie, Lutong Li, Qianqian Wang, Wenjia Yang

“…The results of this study will be published in peer-reviewed journals or presented at academic conferences.Clinical trial registrationhttps://www.chictr.org.cn/, identifier ChiCTR2000037287.…”
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Discovery of mutated oncodriver genes associated with glioblastoma originated from stem cells of subventricular zone through whole exome sequence profile analysis, and drug repurpo... by Arnob Sarker, Burhan Uddin, Reaz Ahmmed, Sabkat Mahmud, Alvira Ajadee, Md. Al Amin Pappu, Md. Abdul Aziz, Md. Nurul Haque Mollah

“…Most of our findings received support by the literature review also. Therefore, the findings of this study might carry potential values to the wet-lab researchers for further investigation in terms of diagnosis and therapies of GBM.…”
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Alpha-2-adrenergic receptor agonists for the prevention of delirium and cognitive decline after open heart surgery (ALPHA2PREVENT): protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled... by Eva Skovlund, Rune Haaverstad, Henrik Zetterberg, Jorunn L Helbostad, Rolf Busund, Johan Raeder, Theis Tønnessen, Torgeir Bruun Wyller, Melanie R Simpson, Nils Kristian Skjærvold, Bjørn Erik Neerland, Svein Aslak Landsverk, Ieva Martinaityte, Hilde Margrethe Norum, Geir Selbaek, Elisabeth Skaar, Arjen JC Slooter, Øyvind Sverre Svendsen, Alexander Wahba

“…Dissemination plans include publication in peer-reviewed medical journals and presentation at scientific meetings.Trial registration number NCT05029050.…”
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Rationale and design for the thoracic Paravertebral Adjunctive Dexamethasone Palmitate Reducing chronic pain After cardiac surgery (PANDORA) trial: a parallel-group, double-blinded... by Jing Zhao, Hui Zhang, Ziyu Zheng, Baobao Gao, Lini Wang, Chong Lei, Hailong Dong, Taoyuan Zhang, Jiao Gao, Lihong Hou

“…Results will be submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals and presented at academic meetings.Trial registration number ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT05920967.…”
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