Factors related to the success in women's football–a systematic review by Sihang Wang, Miao Shen, Miao Shen, Pei Li, Pei Li, Hongyou Liu, Hongyou Liu

“…This study reviews the factors influencing the football success in women's football from macro (economy, politics, culture), meso (geographical environment, football tradition, talent development, gender equality, league prosperity), and micro (technical/tactical, physical performance, situational factors) perspectives.MethodsA systematic search was carried out in the Web of Science, Scopus, and Pub Med database, the search strategy included the terms for the population (“women” OR “female”), the sport (“football” OR “soccer”), the variables (determinant', “success”, “ranking”).ResultsA total of 62 studies were included in the analysis. …”
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Characterizing headache patients admitted from the emergency department: a retrospective study by Faisal AlGhamdi, Abdulelah A. Alzahrani, Khaleel I. Alwatyan, Reem A. Hariri, Abdullah A. Alhowaish, Rahaf F. Almobarak, Mohammed Almulhim, Faisal B. Alkhadra

“…The gender distribution was equal. The majority of cases (36%) were between 31 and 45 years old. …”
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Conflict of Interest Disclosure in American Arthroplasty Surgical Literature by Robert T. Tisherman, MD, Richard A. Wawrose, MD, Aditya M. Mittal, BS, Stephen R. Chen, MD, Joseph Chen, BS, Christopher J. Como, MD, Malcolm Dombrowski, MD, Jeremy D. Shaw, MD

“…The total value of disclosed COI equaled $1.71 billion. The total value of undisclosed conflicts of interest equaled $334 million. …”
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Early or Delayed Intervention for Bile Duct Injuries following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy? A Dilemma Looking for an Answer by Evangelos Felekouras, Athanasios Petrou, Kyriakos Neofytou, Demetrios Moris, Nikolaos Dimitrokallis, Konstantinos Bramis, John Griniatsos, Emmanouil Pikoulis, Theodoros Diamantis

“…To evaluate the effect of timing of management and intervention on outcomes of bile duct injury. Materials and Methods. We retrospectively analyzed 92 patients between 1991 and 2011. …”
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Technical considerations regarding saliva sample collection to achieve comparable protein identification and detection via one- and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis among humans by Szabolcs Maar, Lilla Czuni, Jørgen Kosberg Hassve, Aniko Takatsy, Szilard Rendeki, Tibor Mintal, Ferenc Gallyas, Jr., Ildiko Bock-Marquette

“…Moreover, for superb interpretation, it became equally significant to obtain the information from the same exact specimen. …”
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Island bioarchaeology and ritual knowledge transfer at Biniadrís cave (Menorca, Spain): a longue durée perspective by Marta Díaz Zorita Bonilla, Marta Díaz Zorita Bonilla, Monice Timm, Mauricio Marciales Daza, Auxiliadora Moreno Onorato, Eva Alarcón García, Alexandros F. Karakostis, Alexandros F. Karakostis, Javier Escudero Carrillo, Luis Arboledas Martínez, Sonia Robles Carrasco, Berta Morell, Derek Hamilton, Helen Dawson, Francisco Contreras Cortés, Martin Bartelheim, Martin Bartelheim, Jörg Baten, Jörg Baten

“…The main goal of this paper is to reconstruct the burial ritual using comprehensive bioarchaeological methods, including 14C radiocarbon dating, to understand the modality and temporality of use of the Biniadrís cave during the pre- and protohistory of the Balearic Islands. …”
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Hypertension-Mediated Organ Damage in Relation to Severity of Chronic Low Back Pain in Hypertensive Patients by Maciej Skrzypek, Rafał Kolec, Michał Słaboszewski, Katarzyna Góra, Agnieszka Olszanecka, Piotr Wróbel, Katarzyna Stolarz-Skrzypek, Marek W. Rajzer

“…We investigated whether chronic low back pain (cLBP) in hypertensive patients is associated with an increased risk of hypertension-related organ damage. Methods: We studied 85 consecutive hypertensive patients with a median age of 62 years (55–67), who suffered from cLBP, the severity of which was evaluated according to the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI). …”
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NeRF View Synthesis: Subjective Quality Assessment and Objective Metrics Evaluation by Pedro Martin, Antonio Rodrigues, Joao Ascenso, Maria Paula Queluz

“…The experimental results are analyzed in depth, providing a comparative evaluation of several NVS methods and objective quality metrics, across different classes of visual scenes, including real and synthetic content for front-face and 360° camera trajectories.…”
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Pedestrian Vision Language Model for Intentions Prediction by Farzeen Munir, Shoaib Azam, Tsvetomila Mihaylova, Ville Kyrki, Tomasz Piotr Kucner

“…Traditional deep learning methods have limitations in capturing the complexities of pedestrian behavior, often relying on simplistic representations or indirect inference from visual cues, which hinders their explainability. …”
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Leveraging UAV spectral and thermal traits for the genetic improvement of resistance to Dothistroma needle blight in Pinus radiata D.Don by Joane S. Elleouet, Russell Main, Robin J. L. Hartley, Michael S. Watt

“…IntroductionPhenotyping is critical in tree breeding, but traditional methods are often labour-intensive and not easily scalable. …”
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Long-Term Outcomes of Intentional Head Trauma in Infants: A Comprehensive Follow-Up of Medical, Developmental, Psychological, and Legal Perspectives by Göksel Vatansever, Ezgi Özalp Akın, Pınar Bingöl Kızıltunç, Didem Behice Öztop, Kezban Karabağ, Seda Topçu, Betül Ulukol

“…Anterior and posterior segment evaluations and visual field examinations were conducted in the visual assessment. …”
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Distribution of spinal damage in patients with axial spondyloarthritis as assessed by MRI: a prospective and blinded study by Andreas Haidmayer, Gabriel Adelsmayr, Christopher Spreizer, Eva Valentina Klocker, Franz Quehenberger, Michael Fuchsjaeger, Jens Thiel, Josef Hermann

“…Non-parametric statistical methods, Spearman‘s correlation and linear regression models were used to analyze structural lesion distribution and the relationship with clinical spinal mobility and function parameters. …”
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Effectiveness and safety of a hydrophobic aspheric monofocal intraocular lens with molding process for cataract surgery by Liang-ping Liu, Ying-yan Qin, Qiang Lu, Qiang Wu, Guang-ying Zheng, Yi-yong Qian, Ying-zi Pan, Zhe-ming Wu, Jie-wei Liu, Hong-pei Ji, Xu-dong Huang, Ming-xing Wu

“…Postoperative outcomes including uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA), best-corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA), refractive status, and complications were assessed and compared between the two groups at each follow-up visit. …”
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Comparison of hair steroid levels among Wistar rats exposed to different environmental enrichment settings by Alberto Elmi, Niccolò I. Vannetti, Viola Galligioni, Nadia Govoni, Camilla Aniballi, José M. Sánchez-Morgado, Maria L. Bacci, Domenico Ventrella

“…This study aimed to compare the hair steroid profiles, specifically corticosterone, cortisol, and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), of Wistar rats exposed to two different EE settings. Materials and Methods: Twenty (n = 20) outbred Wistar rats were enrolled in this study. …”
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Dysregulation of Retinal Melatonin Biosynthetic Pathway and Differential Expression of Retina-Specific Genes Following Blast-Induced Ocular Injury in Ferrets by Chetan Pundkar, Rex Jeya Rajkumar Samdavid Thanapaul, Manoj Govindarajulu, Gaurav Phuyal, Joseph B. Long, Peethambaran Arun

“…Similarly, retina-specific genes, such as <i>Rhodopsin</i>, <i>Melanopsin</i>, and RPE65, are essential for photoreceptor function, visual signaling, and the visual cycle. However, their responses to blast exposure have not been thoroughly investigated. …”
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Lycium barbarum polysaccharide inhibits retinal neovascularization and inflammation in vitro and in vivo by Bin Wu, Xue Wang, Wei Zhang, Xin Wang, Qi-Miao Wang, Ya-Ju Pang, Yi-Chun Kong

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Analysis of control arms in oncology randomised trials in Brazil: a cross-sectional study by Ana Elisa Boracini Sanches, Luiza Aleixo Barros Leite Fadul, Debora Aparecida Pires de Campos Zuccari, Beatriz de Menezes Dobbert, Lorena Forner, Júlia Belone Lopes, Daniel Vilarim Araujo

“…Two independent investigators classified control arms as superior, equal or inferior based on National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), Brazilian private insurance and SUS standards. …”
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A Novel Contact Lens Sensor System for Continuous Intraocular Pressure Monitoring: Evaluation of Accuracy in Human Eyes by Yifan Wei, MM, Yuning Zhang, PhD, Zidong Chen, PhD, Jones Iok-Tong Chong, ME, Christopher Ching Hymn Lee, PhD, Isuru Kaweendra Karunaratne, PhD, Xinyi Zhang, PhD, Mingjie Deng, Yangfan Yang, MD, PhD, David C.C. Lam, PhD, Minbin Yu, MD, PhD

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IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE PROCEDURE OF LYAPUNOV SPLINE-FUNCTIONS CONSTRUCTION FOR NONLINEAR NONSTATIONARY SYSTEMS by V. P. Berdnikov

“…The relationship of this algorithm and methods based on frequency criteria and quadratic Lyapunov functions is shown. …”
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Fair and Transparent Student Admission Prediction Using Machine Learning Models by George Raftopoulos, Gregory Davrazos, Sotiris Kotsiantis

“…However, traditional methods often lack the ability to address fairness and transparency, leading to potential biases and inequities in the decision-making process. …”
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