Regenerative Cartilage Treatment for Focal Chondral Defects in the Knee: Focus on Marrow-Stimulating and Cell-Based Scaffold Approaches by Filippo Migliorini, Francesco Simeone, Tommaso Bardazzi, Michael Kurt Memminger, Gennaro Pipino, Raju Vaishya, Nicola Maffulli

“…Given the limited regenerative capacity of hyaline cartilage, biologically based surgical strategies have emerged to promote tissue repair and restore joint function. This narrative review critically examines current treatment approaches that rely on autologous cell sources and scaffold-supported regeneration. …”
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WHO malaria nucleic acid amplification test external quality assessment scheme: results of eleven distributions over 6 years by Rebecca M. Thomson, Jane A. Cunningham, Michelle M. Gatton, Sean C. Murphy, Maria de la Paz Ade, Xavier C. Ding, Sandra Incardona, Eric Legrand, Naomi Lucchi, Didier Menard, Samuel L. Nsobya, Agatha C. Saez, Jaya Shrivastava, Peter L. Chiodini

“…The use of nucleic-acid amplification (NAAT) for detection of Plasmodium spp. has expanded rapidly in recent years, for epidemiological research globally and clinical care in high-resource settings. …”
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BioFire FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel Utilised for the Unsolved Cases of Meningitis/Encephalitis: A Cross-sectional Study by Bashir Ahmad Fomda, Sanam Rasool Wani, Irfan Ul Haq, Anjum Ara, Gulnaz Bashir, Shugufta Roohi, Sheikh Imtiyaz, Naseer Ahmad Bhat

“…Introduction: Syndrome-based diagnosis of various infections is increasingly important. Even in resource-limited countries, adopting a syndrome-based method is essential, as Meningitis/Encephalitis (ME) can be caused by a multitude of agents that require detection through a multiplex assay. …”
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SentemQC - A novel and cost-efficient method for quality assurance and quality control of high-resolution frequency sensor data in fresh waters [version 2; peer review: 1 approved,... by Sofie Gyritia Madsen van't Veen, Joachim Audet, Eti Ester Levi, Brian Kronvang, Søren Erik Larsen, Erik Jeppesen, Esben Astrup Kristensen, Anders Nielsen, Thomas Alexander Davidson, Jane Rosenstand Laugesen, Peter Mejlhede Andersen

“…Such a process is often resource-intensive and may not be consistent across users and sensors. …”
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Liver transplantation from 73-year-old cadaveric donor by M. N. Kornilov, M. G. Minina, I. A. Miloserdov, D. N. Kruglov, R. S. Chaikin, A. G. Malakhov, S. I. Zubenko, S. V. Gautier

“…Deceased donor organs are the prevailing source in most transplantation centers. However, there is an organ shortage because of the increasing number of patients in need of transplantation. …”
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Comparative Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis Provides New Insights into the Aflatoxin B₁ Biodegradability by <i>Kocuria rosea</i> from Deep Sea by Jingying Wang, Jun Nan

“…AFB₁-producing fungi have been found in both terrestrial and marine sources. Over the last two years, the marine-derived bacteria <i>Kocuria rosea</i> has shown the ability to degrade AFB₁. …”
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A Novel Landfill Liner Material for Solidified Lake Sediment Based on Industrial By-Product and Construction Waste: Engineering Behavior and Cr(VI) Breakdown Characteristics by Wencheng Meng, Lin Guo, Jiayue Yuan, Shiyu Chen, Guanghua Cai, Haijun Lu

“…Engineering sludge, industrial waste, and construction waste are marked by high production volumes, substantial accumulation, and significant pollution. The resource utilization of these solid wastes is low, and the co-disposal of multiple solid wastes remains unfeasible. …”
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Greenhouse gas emissions of global construction material production by Seth Kane, Josefine A Olsson, Sabbie A Miller

“…Both construction material production and emissions are primarily driven by structural materials, such as concrete and steel. Material selection can play a key role in reducing emissions in the context of the function, with variation in emissions of structural materials per unit strength between 0.001–0.1 kg CO _2 /kg/MPa and in insulation materials per R -value/thickness of 0.018–0.14 kg CO _2 /kg/(K⋅m ^2 W ^−1 ))). …”
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A new fluorescent probe based on BODIPY for testing NO2 released from propellants by Ying-cui Cui, De-bin Xia, Zhong-yu Cui, Yu-jing Li, Jian Zhang, Ping Wang, Ting Guo, Kai-feng Lin, Yu-lin Yang

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Harnessing polydiacetylene (PDA): A review of structural mechanics and infectious disease detection by Soumendu Patra, Harshita Shand, Sayan Ghosal, Suvankar Ghorai

“…These biosensors can also be functionalized with particular capture agents, such as antibodies or nucleic acid probes, to selectively bind and detect the target analytes. …”
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The therapeutic validity and effectiveness of physiotherapeutic exercise following total hip arthroplasty for osteoarthritis: A systematic review. by Annet Wijnen, Sjoukje E Bouma, Gesine H Seeber, Lucas H V van der Woude, Sjoerd K Bulstra, Djordje Lazovic, Martin Stevens, Inge van den Akker-Scheek

“…<h4>Objective</h4>To assess the therapeutic validity and effectiveness of physiotherapeutic exercise interventions following total hip arthroplasty (THA) for osteoarthritis.<h4>Data sources</h4>The databases Embase, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, CINAHL and AMED were searched from inception up to February 2017.…”
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“Text of Culture” as a Category of Cultural Philosophy: from Semiotic Theory to Research Practice by E. N. Shatova

“…The article is of a theoretical and methodological character.Methodology and sources. The methodological basis of the research is the traditions of Russian cultural semiotics and the Tartu-Moscow semiotic school. …”
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SegTrackDetect: A window-based framework for tiny object detection via semantic segmentation and tracking by Aleksandra Kos, Karol Majek, Dominik Belter

“…This work introduces SegTrackDetect, an open-source, window-based framework for small and tiny object detection. …”
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PoreWalker: a novel tool for the identification and characterization of channels in transmembrane proteins from their three-dimensional structure. by Marialuisa Pellegrini-Calace, Tim Maiwald, Janet M Thornton

“…Therefore, computational methods which, given a set of 3D coordinates, can automatically identify and describe channels in transmembrane proteins are key tools to provide insights into how they function.Herein we present PoreWalker, a fully automated method, which detects and fully characterises channels in transmembrane proteins from their 3D structures. …”
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Semi-Automated Dataset Generation for Residential Buildings Using Graph-Based Topological Modelling by Angelo Massafra, Dania H. Al-Harasis, Lorenzo Stefanini, Wassim Jabi

“…The resulting dataset facilitates the analysis of floor spatial configurations and the extraction of geometric attributes, laying the foundation for future analyses that will integrate machine learning techniques for functional detection and typological clustering.…”
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The role of a tutor in teaching values by Anna Pekala

“…Commenting on the nowadays crisis of values, the author notes that the main source of problem is in men and their perception of the values and concludes that education of values is one of the most important tasks of modern education. …”
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The Effect of Different Levels of CLA and Omega-3 Supplements Along with Essential Oils of Fennel, Peppermint, and Eucalyptus Medicinal Plants on Production Performance, Blood Para... by Yadollah Chashnidel, Matin Movagharnezhad, Mehdi Jafary charati

“…Extended Abstract Background: Fats and fatty acids in the poultry diet have major physiological roles. A good source of oil or fat should have an ideal ratio of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. …”
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Partner-Inflicted Brain Injury: Intentional, Concurrent, and Repeated Traumatic and Hypoxic Neurologic Insults by Julianna M. Nemeth, Clarice Decker, Rachel Ramirez, Luke Montgomery, Alice Hinton, Sharefa Duhaney, Raya Smith, Allison Glasser, Abigail (Abby) Bowman, Emily Kulow, Amy Wermert

“…Our aims were to 1. characterize the lifetime co-occurrence of strangulation and intentional head trauma exposures from all abuse sources to the same survivor and within select physical episodes of IPV and 2. establish the lifetime prevalence of PIBI. (2) Methods: Survivors seeking DV services in the state of Ohio in the United States of America (U.S.) completed interview-administered surveys in 2019 (<i>n</i> = 47). …”
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Exploration of crop germplasm resources knowledge mining in Chinese ancient books: a route toward sustainable agriculture by Wenjuan Zhao, Suoling Zhu, Yuan Cao

“…Using the local chronicles of Jiangsu Province, China (1251–1947) as the data source, we constructed a spatio-temporal ontology of rice species according to the writing paradigm of descriptive texts on rice, intelligently extracted the features of rice with entity word lists and rule templates, and compared them with existing rice germplasm resources to analyze the similarities and differences. …”
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Seq2scFv: a toolkit for the comprehensive analysis of display libraries from long-read sequencing platforms by Marianne Bachmann Salvy, Luca Santuari, Emanuel Schmid-Siegert, Nikolaos Lykoskoufis, Ioannis Xenarios, Bulak Arpat

“…To address this methodological gap, we introduce Seq2scFv, a novel open-source toolkit designed for analyzing in vitro display libraries from long-read sequencing platforms. …”
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