Effects of copper content on the microstructure and properties of AlCuxCrTiV high-entropy alloys by Ke Liu, Zhaoyang Wang, Lizhong Su, Yuanyuan Chen, Huichen Yu

“…With increasing Cu content, the HCP phase volume fraction increases, while grain size decreases. …”
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Best Evidence Summary of Home Enteral Tube Feeding Care Management in the Elderly by Zhu H, Liu A, Han Z, Yang Y, Ma X, Shi H

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Single-Institution Experience With Nononcologic Total Femoral Replacement by Ryan Ouillette, MD, Kevin Chen, BA, Matthew Dipane, BA, Alexander Christ, MD, Edward McPherson, MD, Alexandra Stavrakis, MD

“…Background: Revision hip and knee arthroplasty volume continues to rise, and total femur replacement (TFR) remains a key salvage option in patients with extensive bone loss. …”
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Significance of the Lesion–Pleura Relationship in Differentiating Peripheral Inflammatory Lesions and Lung Cancers by Tao Y, Zhang WT, Ding C, Fu BJ, Lv FJ, Chu ZG

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A comparative study to estimate three commercial products of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) on blood biochemistry, sexual hormones concentrations, reproductive indices, and lar... by El-Sayed I. Attia, Mohamed F. A. Abdel-Aziz, Habib Ul Hassan, Mohammad Z. Ahmed, Takaomi Arai, Hamed H. E. Saleh

“…Both males and females received the same single dose of hCG (1500 IU)/kg of biomass. 80 brood-stock (40 female + 40 male) were used and distributed in two replicates in 8 square concrete ponds (water volume: 2.4 m3) each tank was randomly stocked at a rate of (5 males + 5 females). …”
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Synthesis, H2S releasing properties, antiviral and antioxidant activities and acute cardiac effects of nucleoside 5′-dithioacetates by Miklós Bege, Miklós Lovas, Dániel Priksz, Brigitta Bernát, Ilona Bereczki, Rasha Ghanem Kattoub, Richárd Kajtár, Simon Eskeif, Levente Novák, Jan Hodek, Jan Weber, Pál Herczegh, István Lekli, Anikó Borbás

“…Dithioacetyl-adenosine and its metabolite showed similar acute cardiac effects as adenosine, however, it is noteworthy that both 5′-thio modified adenosines increased left ventricular ejection fraction or stroke volume, which was not observed with native adenosine.…”
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The Oncogenic Human Papillomavirus Involvement as a Risk Factor of Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccine Immunotherapy Failure in Anogenital Warts by Achdiat PA, Ismiranty D, Hindritiani R, Rizqandaru T, Usman HA, Maharani RH

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Supply Chain Practices and Performance of Institutions: A Case Study of Hotloaf Bakery in Kabale Municipality. by Asiimwe, Elias

“…The study results on the impact of efficient distribution on increased sales in hot loaf bakery in Kabale municipality was; that efficient distribution makes products or services available for use which leads to increased sales, using the right distribution strategy helps in marketing and has a serious impact on business' future success due to increased sales, better distribution channels leads to increased market share and sales volume, efficient distribution involves wholesalers, distributors, and third parties to supply the products customers which lead high sales and efficient distribution is cost-effective in the bakery sales which leads high sales of the bakery. …”
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Birthing experience and quality of life after vacuum delivery and second-stage caesarean section: a prospective cohort study in Uganda by Barbara, Nolens, Thomas, van den Akker, John, Lule, Sulphine, Twinomuhangi, Roosmalen, Jos van, Josaphat, Byamugisha

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Investigating the Effect of Seasonal Variation on Road Traffic Accident Occurance Along Selected Routes in Western Uganda. by Kwesiga, Ivan

“…However, the month of December and January had a highest number of registered road accidents which was associated with the higher volume of road traffic as people tend to travel more. …”
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Assessing the Use of Crushed Rock Aggregate and Carbon Black for Laterite Soil Stabilization in Road Construction. by Turyamureeba, Emmanuel

“…This research and design project aimed to explore the use of carbon black to reduce the volume of crushed rock aggregates required for the mechanical stabilization of lateritic soils for road base construction. …”
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Electrocardiogram-gated cardiac computed tomography-based patient- and segment-specific cardiac motion estimation method in stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation for ventricular ta... by Jingyang Xie, Alicia S. Bicu, Melanie Grehn, Mustafa Kuru, Adrian Zaman, Xinyu Lu, Christian Janorschke, Luuk H.G. van der Pol, Martin F. Fast, Jens Fleckenstein, Marcus Both, Stephan Hohmann, Egor Borzov, Peter Winkler, Roland R. Tilz, Dirk Rades, Frank A. Giordano, Daniel Buergy, Boris Rudic, David Duncker, Roland Merten, Tomer Charas, Mahmoud Suleiman, Thomas Brunner, Daniel Scherr, Evgeny Lian, Achim Schweikard, Oliver Blanck, Judit Boda-Heggemann, Lena Kaestner

“…However, heartbeat-induced motion is essential to define an appropriate cardiac internal target volume (ITV) margin. In this study, we introduce a patient- and segment-specific cardiac motion estimation method and cardiac motion data of the clinical target volume (CTV), ICD lead tips and left ventricle (LV) segments. …”
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Fasting for male fertility—a mixed methods study by Katharina T. May, Jocelyn Behling, Katharina Sochiera-Plegniere, Katharina Batschari, Christian S. Kessler, Christian S. Kessler, Christian S. Kessler, Andreas Michalsen, Andreas Michalsen, Farid I. Kandil, Sarah B. Blakeslee, Michael Jeitler, Michael Jeitler, Michael Jeitler, Wiebke Stritter, Daniela A. Koppold, Daniela A. Koppold, Daniela A. Koppold

“…This decrease of sperm quality concerned all parameters but the ejaculation volume, which increased in the CG but decreased in the FG (eta2 = 0.254). …”
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Characteristics of cardiopulmonary exercise capacity in adults with different degrees of obesity by Shukun Deng, Shengrui Mei, Qunyan Zhou, Wenjun Zhi, Wenjun Wu, Junyan Cai, Peng Yuan

“…The VO2 at anaerobic threshold (VO2AT), percentage of predicted VO2AT (VO2AT% Pred), peak oxygen consumption (VO2peak), percentage of predicted VO2peak (VO2peak% Pred), peak kilogram oxygen consumption (VO2peak/kg), maximum exercise power (WRmax), breathing reserve (BR), maximum heart rate (HRmax), percentage of predicted HRmax (HRmax% Pred), maximum O2 pulse (VO2/HRmax), percentage of predicted maximum O2 pulse (VO2/HRmax%Pred), maximum relative O2 pulse (VO2/HRmax/kg),heart rate response (HRr), forced vital capacity (FVC), ratio of forced expiratory volume to vital capacity in 1 s (FEV1/FVC), percentage of predicted forced vital capacity (FVC% Pred), percentage of predicted forced expiratory volume ratio of 1 s (FEV1% Pred), peak expiratory flow rate (PEF), maximum exercise ventilation (VEmax), maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV) and other indicators during the CPET were collected. …”
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Spatial and temporal changes of breast-conserving surgery rates and its influential factors among Chinese patients with breast cancer from 2013 to 2019: a registry-based study by Pengpeng Ye, Yuan Yang, Wei Hu, Lingyan Dai, Erwei Song, Shunrong Li, Liling Zhu, Kai Chen, Yanjie Xu, Xiaoyu Wang, Jianli Zhao, Jianrong He, Queran Lin, Tongrui Shang, Xiujuan Gui, Ziliang Zhong, Qianru Chen, Qing Yan, Xiaoliang Huang, Zijian Liang

“…Promotion of BCS is needed, particularly among older patients, lower-volume hospitals and economically underdeveloped areas. …”
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Parental Sociodemographic Characteristics and Bruxism’s Risk Factors Among Children: Saudi Arabian Evaluation by Almabadi ES, Felemban D, Alekhmimi RK, Aynusah MA, Alsharif A, Althagafi N, Kassim S

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Fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations during music-evoked autobiographical memories in neurotypical older adults by Teresa Lesiuk, Kaitlyn Dillon, Giulia Ripani, Ioannis Iliadis, Gabriel Perez, Bonnie Levin, Xiaoyan Sun, Roger McIntosh

“…Additionally, we aimed to investigate the impact of age-related gray matter volume (GMV) reduction in key regions associated with MEAM-related activation. …”
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The Economic Implications of Psychosocial Peer Support for Health Workers in German Hospitals by Strametz R, Roesner H, Neusius T, Wiesenhuetter I, Bushuven S, Mira JJ, Hinzmann D, Heininger S

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