Tibiofemoral Joint Contact Force Estimation Based on OpenSim Musculoskeletal Modeling by WANG Xiaoling, JIAN Jiawei, XIE Qiurong, LIAN Zhanghui, GUO Chunming, GUO Jiemei, LI Yurong

“…ObjectiveA full-body musculoskeletal model is developed based on OpenSim, which has a knee joint structure with double contact points and three degrees of freedom, and to estimate the knee joint load, so as to provide the reliable basis for precise diagnosis of the patients with knee osteoarthritis and formulation of customized rehabilitation plan in clinic.MethodAuthorized public data set from Stanford university, published by the Shiley Center for Orthopaedic Research & Education at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, California, was used to collect four subjects who had been undergone the total knee arthroplasty and implanted the pressure testing equipment. …”
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The Characteristic of Biofilm Formation in ESBL-Producing K. pneumoniae Isolates by Xiaofang Gao, Haili Wang, Zhijuan Wu, Pan Sun, Wei Yu, Donghua Chen, Yuhua Mao, Lili Fang, Jia Qian, Li Li, Qian Peng, Yanping Han

“…Thirty ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae isolates from 25 inpatients at Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai, were subjected to pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) to estimate genomic relatedness. …”
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Muslim Turcophobia: A Study of Two Missionary Authors by Murat Köylü

“…However, the literature review revealed that no specific research (thesis, book, article) has been conducted on the subject. In this context, although Muslim-Turkish enmity has been used in different ways in original studies conducted by researchers, the impact of missionary activities that started especially in the 19th century and the main reasons for this enmity have not been investigated specifically by missionary writers. …”
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Video Kinematic Analysis of Timed Up and Go Test in Convalescent Stroke Patients by CAI Tongxin, LEI Mincong, ZHOU Yijun, MENG Dianhuai

“…The TUG test were recorded by cameras for all subjects. VirtualDube 2^® software was used to analyze the kinematic characteristics of the recorded video, including the total time and sub-stages parameters (stage 1 standing up, stage 2 forward walking, stage 3 first turning, stage 4 return walking, stage 5 end turning and sitting down);Moreover, the observation group also received 5 times of sit-to-stand test, single leg support time and 10-meter walking test speed.ResultsCompared with the control group, the observation group had a significant increase in the time of total TUG [26.91 (16.52, 35.98) s] and the sub-stages [1.98 (1.13, 2.48), 8.15 (4.21, 13.02), 4.15 (3.84, 5.93), 6.10 (3.08, 9.94), 5.04 (3.82, 7.03) s] (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), and there were significant differences in the percentage distribution of each sub-stage (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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Metformin as an adjuvant option for systemic treatment of breast cancer by D.I. Avierin, V.F. Zavizion

“…A search of PubMed from February 2023 showed 258 results on the antitumor effects of metformin, of which only 159 were published in the last 5 years. On this subject only four clinical studies were carried out, and only one of them pertained to the implementation of metformin in the systemic treatment of breast cancer. …”
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Construction of machine learning-based models for screening the high-risk patients with gastric precancerous lesions by Shuxian Yu, Haiyang Jiang, Jing Xia, Jie Gu, Mengting Chen, Yan Wang, Xiaohong Zhao, Zehua Liao, Puhua Zeng, Tian Xie, Xinbing Sui

“…Methods In this study, a total of 2229 subjects were recruited from nine tertiary hospitals between October 2022 and November 2023. …”
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Hubungan Perilaku Merokok dengan Ketahanan Kardiorespirasi (Ketahanan Jantung-Paru) Siswa SMKN I Padang by Amanda Besta Rizaldy, Afriwardi ., Yessy Susanty Sabri

“…This study was done for the students of Vocational Senior High School 1 Padang with the total subjects were 111 peoples. The data was collected by questionnaire and cardiorespiratory endurance’s test. …”
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Strategizing Simultaneous Spinal Osteotomy and Total Hip Replacement in Ankylosing Spondylitis by Chen Guo, Yan Liang, Zhenqi Zhu, Shuai Xu, Haiying Liu

“…The aim of this study is to investigate the optimal sequencing of spinal osteotomy and total hip replacement (THR) as treatment options, a topic that remains a subject of debate among medical professionals. Methods In a retrospective cohort study spanning from 2017 to 2021, we assessed adult patients with AS who underwent both spinal osteotomy and THR, outcome measures involved radiographic assessments like Global Cobb angle, thoracolumbar kyphosis (TLK), lumbar lordosis (LL), pelvic incidence (PI), pelvic tilt (PT), and sacral slope (SS), as well as clinical metrics such as the Harris hip score. …”
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Improved Diet Quality in Elite and Entry-Level Military Women Compared With Civilian-Matched Counterparts by Tyler E Oliver, Soothesuk Kusumpa, Laura J Lutz, James P McClung, Holly L McClung

“…Weights, strata, and primary sampling units were used to account for NHANES sampling design, with FEW and BCT subjects assigned a weight, strata, and primary sampling unit of 1. …”
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Clinical implications of the newly defined concept of ventilator-associated events in trauma patients by Tae Yeon Lee, Jeong Woo Oh, Min Koo Lee, Joong Suck Kim, Jeong Eun Sohn, Jeong Hwan Wi

“…Data on demographics, injury characteristics, and clinical findings were collected from medical records. The subjects were categorized into VAE and no-VAE groups according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Healthcare Safety Network VAE criteria. …”
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The preoperative neutrophil‐to‐lymphocyte ratio is not a marker of prostate cancer characteristics but is an independent predictor of biochemical recurrence in patients receiving r... by Zhi Cao, Jin Ji, Chao Zhang, Fubo Wang, Huan Xu, Yongwei Yu, Yinghao Sun

“…In this study, we assessed the association between preoperative NLR and the clinicopathological characteristics, biomolecular features and prognosis of patients with localized prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy. A total of 994 subjects were retrospectively enrolled, and the histological specimens of 210 patients were retrieved for constructing a tissue microarray. …”
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Neural Correlates of Social Touch Processing: An fMRI Study on Brain Functional Connectivity by Vladimir Khorev, Semen Kurkin, Larisa Mayorova, Galina Portnova, Anastasia Kushnir, Alexander Hramov

“…Methods: A total of 27 experimental subjects were recruited for the study, all of whom underwent a 5-minute calf and foot massage prior to undergoing resting-state fMRI. …”
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REVIEW OF IDENTIFIED SHORTCOMINGS IN AQUIFER VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS by Anthony Okeh, Abu Mallam, Osagie Abel Uyimwen, S. A. Ganiyu

“…Articles reviewed were sourced publicly and subjected to systematic analysis based on fundamental principles. …”
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High-Coercivity Ferrimagnet Co₂FeO₂BO₃: XMCD Insights into Charge-Ordering and Cation Distribution by Mikhail S. Platunov

“…The multi-sublattice ferrimagnet Co₂FeO₂BO₃, a prominent example of lanthanide-free magnets, was the subject of element-selective studies using X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) observations at the <i>L</i>- and <i>K</i>- X-ray absorption edges. …”
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Addressing unmet mental health needs of older adults in Turbo, Colombia: a multi-component psychosocial intervention feasibility study by Clarissa Giebel, Erika Montoya, Gabriel Saldarriaga, Thais Caprioli, Mark Gabbay, Danicza Martinez, Jessica Rua, Maria Isabel Zuluaga

“…In light of limited mental health support across LMICs, this intervention could provide mental health for older adults in other communities in Colombia and elsewhere developed through co-production, cultural adaptation, subject to further evaluation.…”
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Constitutional identity and national values in the conditions of permanent threats to Ukraine’s stateship by V. Kovalchuk

“…The individual elements that have emerged during the years of independence have not coalesced into a coherent philosophical and ideological doctrine that would enable the Ukrainian national state to become an equal subject of international law and allow the Ukrainian people (nation) to exercise their inalienable right to self-determination. …”
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Genotyping <em> Escherichia coli </em> O157:H7 strains isolated from cattle and small ruminants in Fars province (Iran) using Enterobacterial Repetitive Intergenic Consensus PCR A... by Sedigheh Mokhtari, Yahya Tahamtan, Mohammad Kargar, Keyvan Tadayon, Elham Moazamian

“…The isolates were then subjected to ERIC-PCR using ERIC1 and ERIC2 primers. …”
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A novel “lateral approach short axis in-plane” technique vs. conventional “short-axis out-of-plane approach” for ultrasound-guided internal jugular vein access: a prospective rando... by Michal Kalina, Patricia Vargová, Adéla Bubeníková, Roman Škulec, Vladimír Černý, David Astapenko

“…Results A total of 200 subjects were equally divided between Group A and Group B. …”
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In vitro and molecular docking evaluation of black sesame seeds' anti-prostate cancer and antioxidant activity processed by nine steaming nine drying by Glennielyn D. Magdamit, Cheng-Yang Hsieh, Mon-Juan Lee, Kathlia A. De Castro-Cruz, Samantha Franchette B. Austria, Beatrice D. Sipat, Steven Kuan-Hua Huang, Po-Wei Tsai

“…Processed seeds consistently outperformed raw seeds—except for those subjected to a single cycle. Additionally, molecular docking analyses revealed compelling interactions between sesamin and sesamolin and key proteins implicated in prostate cancer (FYN, ITGB3, PDGFRA, PDGFRB, and PIK3R1), demonstrating higher LibDock scores than the standard anti-cancer drug 5-fluorouracil. …”
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Maternal death audit in Rwanda 2009–2013: a nationwide facility-based retrospective cohort study by Jeroen van Dillen, Felix Sayinzoga, Leon Bijlmakers, Fidele Ngabo, Victor Mivumbi, Koos van der Velden

“…Maternal deaths that were not subjected to a local audit are not part of the cohort.Population 987 audited cases of maternal death.Main outcome measures Characteristics of deceased women, timing of onset of complications, place of death, parity, gravida, antenatal clinic attendance, reported cause of death, service factors and individual factors identified by committees as having contributed to death, and recommendations made by audit teams.Results 987 cases were audited, representing 93.1% of all maternal deaths reported through the national health management information system over the 5-year period. …”
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