Controversies in the Surgical Management of Spinal Cord Injuries by Ahmed M. Raslan, Andrew N. Nemecek

“…The controversial role of timing of surgical intervention and the choice of surgical approach in acute, incomplete, and acute traumatic SCI patients are reviewed. …”
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Diagnostic, Treatment, and System Challenges in the Management of Recurrent Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome on a General Medical Service by Karan Verma, Vivek Jayadeva, Raymond Serrano, Karthik Sivashanker

“…We advocated for timely electroconvulsive therapy in the setting of limited access and utilized creative pharmacologic strategies such as N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists and longer acting benzodiazepines while managing medical complications.…”
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Sepsis: An emergency medical condition and out-of-hospital diagnostic challenge by Vukićević Verica, Ilić Andrijana, Obradović Aleksandra, Milivojčević-Bevc Ivana

“…As such, sepsis is an emergency medical condition that must be treated in an appropriate and timely manner. Early recognition and treatment improve outcomes. …”
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Lingual Fibrous Hyperplasia: Case Report and Literature Review by Edison Omar Sacaquirín Zhunio, Julián Alejandro Merel Guamán, Diana Priscila Llivichuzca Inga, Kevin Adrián Quishpe Peña

“…This case highlights the need to adequately characterize the lesions and act in a timely manner to optimize clinical management and patient prognosis.…”
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Diagnosis of GM-1 gangliodosis in Cuba by Caridad Menéndez Saínz, Sergio González García, Claudina Zaldívar Muñoz, Alina González-Quevedo Monteagudo

“…<strong>Results and conclusions:</strong> The diagnosis of GM-1 gangliosidosis was attained in 11 patients, and the enzymatic activity was three times lower in patients with respect to their parents and five times lower with respect to controls. …”
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Retos actuales para los profesionales del futuro by Carlos Alberto Martell Alonso, Beatriz Home López-Viera

“…<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"> </p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;">.…”
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Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of Hot Pressed Cu-Sn Powder Alloys by Ahmed Nassef, Medhat El-Hadek

“…The presence of graphite improved the wear resistance of Cu-Sn alloys three times. Similarly, the presence of lead improved the densification parameter of Cu-Sn alloys three times. …”
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RESULTS OF RESEARCH INTO CO LOA CITADEL (2007 - 2014): MATERIALS AND DISCUSSION by Trịnh Hoàng Hiệp

“…The citadel built by King An Dương was many times larger than the previous one. Therefore, the workload must have been of a level indicative of a social system with a centralized politic entity functioning as a primitive state. …”
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Comparative Study of Two Commercial Photovoltaic Panels under Natural Sunlight Conditions by Daniel T. Cotfas, Petru A. Cotfas

“…The gain in average maximum power for the monocrystalline silicon panel varies from 1.9 times for low irradiance to 2.4 times higher than the one obtained from the amorphous silicon panel, during the test period. …”
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Age and Sequence of Permanent Teeth Eruption in Lebanese Children by Nahla Nassif, Elia Sfeir

“…Background. The timing of eruption of permanent teeth can be a precious help to the pediatric practitioner in identifying an appropriate treatment plan. …”
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Clinico-demographic factors affecting mortality in COVID-19 patients at a health care facility, Western Uttar Pradesh by Swati Singh, Anupam Sisodia, Meghna Athwani

“…In hazard analysis, geriatric patients had 4.358 times more hazard of death. Patients with diabetes and hypertension had two times higher hazard of death than patients without these comorbidities. …”
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Circularly polarized dual-band resonance in a miniaturized implantable antenna using combined hexagonal and rhombic patches by Shanmugam Kumaravel, Madurakavi Karthikeyan

“…The antenna, which is $$5 \times 5 \times 0.635 {\text{mm}}^{3}$$ in size and operates at two critical frequencies—0.954 GHz in the UHF band and 2.4 GHz in the ISM band—was fabricated on an RT6010 substrate. …”
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Balance, Sensorimotor, and Cognitive Performance in Long-Year Expert Senior Ballroom Dancers by Jan-Christoph Kattenstroth, Tobias Kalisch, Izabela Kolankowska, Hubert R. Dinse

“…We therefore assessed posture, balance, and reaction times, as well as motor, tactile, and cognitive performance in older expert ballroom dancers with several years of competitive experience. …”
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Nonlinear Vibration Analysis of Rotor considering Cogging and Harmonic Effects by Shanle Li, Feng Liu, Hongyan Wang, Haijun Song, Kuilong Yu

“…Rotor vibration was axis symmetry with static eccentricity rather than central symmetry with no eccentricity, and double, four times, and six times supply frequency always existed in the components of main frequency with eccentric.…”
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Synthesis and Characterization of a Biodegradable and Robust Film Using Gracilarialichenoides and Sargassumhorneri for Packaging Applications by Wan Young Cha, Chan Byon

“…The developed seaweed-based film has excellent biodegradability which is 17 times higher than biodegradable polybutylene succinate (PBSe, hereafter) film, and seven times higher than other seaweed-based film in literature. …”
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Study on Stability Reduction Characteristics of Earth and Rockfill Dams under Rapid Drawdown Using Fully Coupled Seepage-Stress Analysis by Yong Nam Ri, Un Chol Han, Ui Jun Jang, Dok Yong Jong, Chol Ung Kim

“…The obtained results show that the decreasing rate of safety factor in a central core dam is 0.72–0.85 times than one of the homogeneous dams and 0.17–0.40 times than one of the sloping upstream core dams so that it is more stable than other earth and rockfill dams during rapid drawdown.…”
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In the Eyes of the Beholder: Towards Depicting the Dog in the Nineteenth Century by Beryl Gray

“…Tristram pointed out, ‘the dog is mentioned nearly forty times in Scripture, [but] there is scarcely a single instance in which it is not spoken of with more or less of contempt or aversion’. …”
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Mission Overview and Initial Observation Results of the X-Ray Pulsar Navigation-I Satellite by Xinyuan Zhang, Ping Shuai, Liangwei Huang, Shaolong Chen, Lihong Xu

“…Epoch folding of all the corrected photon times generates the refined pulse profile of Crab. …”
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Accelerating Smith-Waterman Alignment for Protein Database Search Using Frequency Distance Filtration Scheme Based on CPU-GPU Collaborative System by Yu Liu, Yang Hong, Chun-Yuan Lin, Che-Lun Hung

“…The experimental results indicate that CUDA-SWfr runs 9.6 times and 96 times faster than the CPU-based SW method without and with FDFS, respectively.…”
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The effect of compensation, staffing status, and leadership style on employee performance through job satisfaction by Edi Sugiono, Haris Dharma Persada

“…The study sample of 104 respondents using saturated models according to the minimum sample size was four times ten times the most significant structural number leading to the construct. …”
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