Concurrent Renorrhaphy During Renal Mass Excision in Laparoscopic Nephron-Sparing Surgery: A Novel Surgical Technique by Nurullah Hamidi, Tuncel Uzel

“…The renal pedicle was dissected, and the main renal artery was secured with the vessel loop. After opening Gerota’s fascia, the mass was found on the lateral side of lower pole. …”
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Empire Seen from Within. Cinema Objects, Spaces and Edifices in the Limelight in Colonial India and Ceylon (1899-1950) by Vilasnee Tampoe-Hautin

“…How did objects, equipment and sites manage to secure bioscope a massive and captive market in every nook and cranny of the British Empire and either enhance or bear on the perception of Empire amongst the colonized? …”
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Wearable Smartphone-Based Multisensory Feedback System for Torso Posture Correction: Iterative Design and Within-Subjects Study by Amanda Polin Pereira, Olibario Jose Machado Neto, Valeria Meirelles Carril Elui, Maria da Graca Campos Pimentel

“…ResultsThe Postural SmartVest comprises a modified off-the-shelf athletic lightweight compression tank top with a transparent pocket designed to hold a smartphone running a customizable Android app securely. This app continuously monitors sagittal and frontal plane changes using the built-in accelerometer sensor, providing multisensory feedback through audio, vibration, and color changes. …”
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Minimally invasive internal splinting technique for acute closed Achilles tendon rupture by Songlin Liu, Liang Ma

“…The intact proximal Achilles tendon and the calcaneus are securely bridged with high-strength sutures and knotless anchors, reducing complications and promoting healing of the Achilles tendon.…”
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Community perspectives regarding brain-computer interfaces: A cross-sectional study of community-dwelling adults in the UK. by Austen El-Osta, Mahmoud Al Ammouri, Shujhat Khan, Sami Altalib, Manisha Karki, Eva Riboli-Sasco, Azeem Majeed

“…Data analysis involved summarizing responses using frequencies and percentages, with chi-squared tests to compare groups. All data were securely stored and pseudo-anonymized to ensure confidentiality.…”
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Img2Vocab: Explore Words Tied to Your Life With LLMs and Social Media Images by Kanta Yamaoka, Ko Watanabe, Koichi Kise, Andreas Dengel, Shoya Ishimaru

“…While our system prioritizes user privacy with opt-in data control and secure design, we explore additional ethical considerations. …”
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IMU Sensor-Based Worker Behavior Recognition and Construction of a Cyber–Physical System Environment by Sehwan Park, Minkyo Youm, Junkyeong Kim

“…Additionally, about 500 fatalities occur annually, and multiple studies are being conducted to prevent these accidents and quickly identify their occurrence to secure the golden time for the injured. Recently, AI-based video analysis systems for detecting safety accidents have been introduced. …”
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Analysis of Key Technologies and Applications of Meteorological Service for Offshore Wind Power by Boni WANG, Feng WANG, Hangcheng GE, Fang HUANG, Xiaozhuo SANG, Min ZHANG

“…Meteorological services effectively address forecasting and warning challenges related to high waves, storm surges, severe convection and sea fog that impact wind farm safety, ensuring the secure and efficient operation of offshore wind energy projects. …”
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Exploratory study of patients’ and carers’ preferences for postdischarge surgical wound monitoring using survey and interviews by Keith Wilson, Nigel Westwood, Catherine Wloch, Pauline Harrington, Luke J Rogers, Judith Tanner, Gavin Murphy, Colin S Brown, Jeremy Dearling, Ricky Vaja, Melissa Rochon, Lyn Brierley Jones

“…Survey respondents’ preferred routes for providing hospitals with wound information were over the telephone (30%), emails (24%), text messages (16%) and photos sent securely (14%). All six interviewees’ preference was for digital approaches using images. …”
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Realizing collective action in agency-constrained contexts: the case of the Community Fish Refuges in Cambodia by Carla Rene Baldivieso Soruco, Carla Rene Baldivieso Soruco, Carla Rene Baldivieso Soruco, Sanjiv De Silva, Pia Gleich, Yin Yan, Mark Dubois, Stefan Sieber, Stefan Sieber, Michelle Bonatti, Michelle Bonatti, Michelle Bonatti

“…As the flood pulse in the Tonlé Sap floodplain recedes post-monsoon, leaving rice fields and local water bodies dry, Community Fish Refuges (CFRs) offer a promising path to sustain dry season fish stocks, aquatic biodiversity, and secure water for agriculture and husbandry. Their sustained physical integrity and productivity as multiple-use systems hinge on communities’ ability to manage these systems collectively. …”
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Cohort profile: Born in Wales—a birth cohort with maternity, parental and child data linkage for life course research in Wales, UK by Amrita Bandyopadhyay, Sarah Davies, Michaela James, Sinead Brophy, Sam Dredge, Hope Jones, Mike J Seaborne, Natasha L Kennedy, Adele Battaglia

“…Data of anonymised identified persons are linked on the individual level to data from health, social care and education data within the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) Databank. …”
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Super-twisting sliding mode control of grid-side inverters for wind power generation systems with parameter perturbation by Weiqi Zhang, Yanmin Wang, Muhammad Zeeshan, Fengling Han, Kai Song

“…Wind power generation systems (WPGSs) utilizing permanent magnet synchronous generators (PMSGs) are increasingly mandated to deliver more consistent, secure, and efficient electrical power to the grid under unpredictable weather circumstances. …”
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A theory-based analysis of the implementation of online asynchronous telemedicine platforms into primary care practices using Normalisation Process Theory by Cara Leighton, Natalie Joseph-Williams, Annavittoria Porter, Adrian Edwards, Alison Cooper

“…Studies included were empirical research, published between January 2015 and November 2022, of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods designs, focusing on implementation of online asynchronous telemedicine platforms designed for two-way secure communication between patients and healthcare professionals to give or receive medical advice in primary care. …”
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A systematic review of serious games as tools for STEM education by Talia Tene, Diego Fabián Vique López, Paulina Elizabeth Valverde Aguirre, Nilo Israel Cabezas Oviedo, Cristian Vacacela Gomez, Stefano Bellucci

“…Policymakers are encouraged to support these efforts by providing financial resources and promoting frameworks for ethical, data-secure use of serious games in education. Future research should focus on establishing a globally recognized framework for serious games in STEM, conducting longitudinal studies to evaluate long-term impacts, and exploring diverse educational contexts to ensure inclusive and effective integration.…”
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Impact of rock mineralogy on reactive transport of CO2 during carbon sequestration in a saline aquifer by Mohamed Gamal Rezk, Ahmed Farid Ibrahim

“…Elevating Anorthite concentrations speeds up CO2 mineralization, ensuring secure storage in saline aquifers, with a minimum threshold concentration of 0.05 volume fraction; beyond this point, no further changes in CO2 mineralization are observed. …”
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Adversarial measurements for convolutional neural network-based energy theft detection model in smart grid by Santosh Nirmal, Pramod Patil, Sagar Shinde

“…These adversaries are transferable and are useful for designing robust and secure machine learning (ML) models.…”
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Most oncological pancreas resections must consider the mesopancreas by S. A. Safi, S. David, L. Haeberle, S. Vaghiri, T. Luedde, C. Roderburg, I. Esposito, G. Fluegen, W. T. Knoefel

“…Mesopancreatic excision (MPE) aims to secure the integrity of the dorsal and ventral resection margins. …”
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Fracture resistance, failure mode and restorability of CAD CAM Zirconia endocrowns with different pulpal extension depths bonded to maxillary molars: an in-vitro study by Sarah Salah Gaafar, Dana El Ballouli, Mohammad Rayyan, Mohamed Sayed, Doaa Gamal Basta, Maha Fouad

“…Teeth were prepared and secured in resin dies with pseudo periodontal ligament. …”
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Adverse events and overall health and well-being after COVID-19 vaccination: interim results from the VAC4COVID cohort safety study by Thomas M MacDonald, Andrew Duncan, Amy Rogers, Greg Guthrie, Alex Doney, Steve Morant, Isla Mackenzie, Evelien Rooke, Rebecca Barr, Filippo Pigazzani, Krists Zutis

“…Objectives To describe the incidence of adverse events (AEs), reactogenicity symptoms, menstrual changes and overall self-rated improvement in health and well-being after COVID-19 vaccination.Design VAC4COVID is an ongoing prospective, active observational, post-authorisation cohort safety study (PASS) of UK-approved vaccines for COVID-19 disease.Setting The study is conducted through a secure website (www.vac4covid.com) by MEMO Research, University of Dundee, UK.Participants 16 265 adult (18 years or older) UK residents with a valid email address and internet access.Interventions Any UK-authorised COVID-19 vaccination.Main outcome measures The outcomes reported in this interim analysis include AEs, reactogenicity-type AEs (headache, fatigue, muscle or joint pain, fever, nausea, dizziness or local vaccine reaction), menstrual changes and reported improvement in overall health and well-being.Results 11 475 consented participants (mean age 54.8 years) provided follow-up data between 2 February and 5 October 2021 (mean follow-up duration 184 days), by which date 89.2% of participants had received two vaccine doses. 89.8% of 5222 participants who completed a follow-up questionnaire in the 7 days after any COVID-19 vaccination reported no AEs. …”
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Effect of Gender Equality on Economic Development of Household Heads in Uganda: A Case Study of Rwamucucu Sub-County, Rukiga District. by Nsimire, Millicent

“…Findings of the study were obtained from the field interpreting the results analyzing based on the specific objectives of the study and chapter five portrayed the summary of findings, and recommendations the Ministry of Labor, Gender and Social Development should address the problem of poverty in relation to gender equality among women in Uganda, there should be awareness rising regarding gender-based violence, The gender equality should be addressed through social protection programs like equal enjoyment of social services for example clean water in the community, In order for women to contribute in the development process their potential should be unfolded by sensitizing them about development and providing them with the necessary knowledge to help them to be included in the development process and women should get access to economic assets like land and houses that can be used as collateral to secure soft loans. Based on the findings of the study, the following conclusions were drawn, the study aimed at assessing the impact of gender equality and women empowerment. …”
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