Perceptions of teleworkers and face-to-face workers about work design by Gardênia da Silva Abbad, Juliana Legentil, Matheus Damascena, Lisa Miranda, Caroline Feital, Elaine Rabelo Neiva

“…Data were submitted to factor analysis, t-tests, and multiple regressions. …”
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Study on the Changes in Sediment Transport Capacity and Response Relationships in Different Segments of the Jingjiang Reach after the Operation of the Three Gorges Reservoir by Shen Minghui, Hu Chunhong, Li Yuchen, Guo Shuai, Shi Hongling

“…A specific objective of this study is to develop a robust formula for calculating the STR during the flood season, providing insights into the altered sedimentological regime of the river.MethodsThe study employs a comprehensive analysis of hydrological data obtained from several monitoring stations along the Zhicheng-Jianli section of the Yangtze River. …”
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The Structures of Trump’s Political Discourse by Rini Anggraini, Sawirman Sawirman, Rina Marnita

“…This study explains the discourse structure of antagonism in one of Trump’s political speeches. The analysis also describes the function of antagonistic discourse for Trump’s political purposes against his opponents from the Democratic Party like Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren. …”
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Effective diffusivity in yacon potato cylinders during drying by Cícera G. C. de Lisboa, Josivanda P. Gomes, Rossana M. F. de Figueirêdo, Alexandre J. de M. Queiroz, Adelino de M. G. Diógenes, João C. S. de Melo

“…Non-linear regression analysis was performed by the Quasi-Newton method using the program Statistica 7.0, where the parameters of the models were estimated as a function of the drying air temperature. …”
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Evolution of dyslipidemia: from etiological mechanisms to new targets of personalized preventive nutraceutical therapy with red yeast rice by O. Sh. Oinotkinova, E. L. Nikonov, E. V. Kryukov, A. P. Baranov, M. I. Voevoda

“…The review presents an analysis of studies on the role of armolipid in the primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases. …”
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Introduction to Volume 29, Issue 3 by Pau Pérez-Sales, Chris Dominey

“…The paper by Martin Hill and Mary Lynn Everson, “Indicators likely to contribute to clinical and functional improvement among survivors of politically-sanctioned torture” is unique in the length of post-treatment follow-up, and provides an innovative approach in the measurement of rehabilitation outcomes through a structured measure of functional aspects with an instrument designed at the Kovler Center in Chicago. …”
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Exploring RNA cargo in extracellular vesicles for pleural mesothelioma detection by Agnieszka Kraft, Michaela B. Kirschner, Vanessa Orlowski, Manuel Ronner, Caroline Bodmer, Valentina Boeva, Isabelle Opitz, Mayura Meerang

“…Interestingly, 25 of them were the sarcomatoid and epithelioid marker genes. Finally, functional analysis revealed that the PM-EV RNA cargo was associated with Epithelial-Mesenchymal transition, glycolysis, and hypoxia. …”
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Comparison of Two Manual Therapy Programs, including Tendon Gliding Exercises as a Common Adjunct, While Managing the Participants with Chronic Carpal Tunnel Syndrome by Fauzia Javed Sheereen, Bibhuti Sarkar, Pallavi Sahay, Mohammad Abu Shaphe, Ahmad H. Alghadir, Amir Iqbal, Taimul Ali, Fuzail Ahmad

“…Paired and unpaired t-test were used to calculate the differences in intervention effects within and between the groups with keeping the level of significance α at 0.05. Results. The data analysis revealed a significant (95% CI, p<0.05) difference for all outcomes within each group compared across different time intervals. …”
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Potential role of photobiomodulation as a prevention and treatment strategy for radiation induced fibrosis: a review of effectiveness and mechanisms by Rachita Gururaj, Betty Thomas, Manur Gururajachar Janaki, Vinay Martin D’sa Prabhu, Rakesh Nagaraju, Stephen Rajan Samuel, Sundar Kumar Veluswamy

“…Retrieved studies underwent independent title, abstract, full text screening and data extraction. Quality analysis was performed for human studies to assess methodological rigor. …”
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Sequence-based GWAS reveals genes and variants associated with predicted methane emissions in French dairy cows by Solène Fresco, Marie-Pierre Sanchez, Didier Boichard, Sébastien Fritz, Pauline Martin

“…A genome-wide association study of the predicted methane emissions of 40,609 primiparous Holstein cows was conducted using imputed whole-genome-sequence data. This analysis revealed 57 genomic regions of interest; between 1 and 8 QTLs were identified on each of the autosomes except 4, 12, 21, 24 and 26. …”
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Outcomes of intravitreal dexamethasone implant (Ozurdex®) in patients with post-surgical macular edema – a real-world scenario by Elder Ohara de Oliveira Júnior, Isabel Ahn, Rodrigo Antonio Brant Fernandes, Arthur Gustavo Fernandes

“…The functional evaluation was based on the best-corrected visual acuity (VA) measured in logMAR. …”
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FEATURES OF SYSTEM IMMUNITY IN WOMEN WITH ENDOMETRIOSIS AND GENITAL INFECTION by L. F. Zaynetdinova, L. F. Telesheva, A. V. Koryaushkina, S. V. Kvyatkovskaya, E. A. Mezenceva, K. V. Nikushkina

“…The main lymphocyte subpopulations, the functional activity of neutrophils and peripheral blood monocytes, and the content of cytokines in the blood serum were studied. …”
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The impact of insulin resistance on long-term outcomes in heart failure: a systematic review by Soumya Sri Pichuka

“…Boolean operations and truncations were used to refine results.Inclusion criteria included studies assessing IR in patients with HF (both preserved and reduced ejection fractions), and studies that reported long-term outcomes (≥6 months) addressing mortality, hospitalisations or functional decline.Exclusion criteria included studies focusing solely on T2DM without IR analysis, studies with an extremely small sample size (<50), or with high methodological bias, or with follow-up periods, where relevant.Tools, such as the Newcastle Ottawa scale and Cochrane’s risk of bias, were used to minimise bias and data were extracted into a table for comparison. …”
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Study protocol for a single-centre non-inferior double-blinded randomised controlled trial in China comparing the efficacy and safety of high-frequency irreversible electroporation... by Rui Chen, Bi-Ming He, Zhen-Kai Shi, Hai-Feng Wang

“…H-FIRE has been reported to be tissue-selective, which leads to fewer side effects. However, no data are available on whether H-FIRE is non-inferior compared with TURP in treating patients with LUTS/BPO regarding safety and efficacy.Methods and analysis This trial is a prospective, single-centre, randomised controlled, double-blinded and non-inferiority study in which all men with LUTS/BPO are included. …”
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Climate and gypsum parent material shape biocrust communities and moss ecology in the Chihuahuan and Mojave Deserts by Katelyn G. Gobbie, Nicole Pietrasiak, Brian M. Jusko, Rebecca E. Drenovsky

“…We conducted intensive field surveys to evaluate the ground cover and frequency of biocrust functional groups and moss species on gypsum and non-gypsum soils in the U.S. regions with the most extensive gypsum outcrops, the northern Chihuahuan and eastern Mojave Deserts. …”
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Endoscopic debridement of chronic plantar fasciitis with heel spur resection – a prospective cohort study by Patrick Buliński, Bartosz Bartosz, Artur Banach, Pavle Milanovic, Sorin Barbu, Jakub Naczk, Tomasz Piontek

“…The main objective is to evaluate this technique’s efficacy in reducing pain and improving functional outcomes.Methods and materials. A prospective study was conducted on 18 patients (25 feet) with chronic plantar fasciitis unresponsive to conservative treatment for at least 6 months. …”
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SCINTIGRAPHIC ESTIMATION OF THE SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION OF THE HEART AND MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IN PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION by Yu. B. Lishmanov, Yu. V. Saushkina, S. M. Minin, I. Yu. Efimova, I. V. Kisteneva, S. V. Popov

“…Also all participants underwent myocardial scintigraphy with 99mTc-MIBG to measure coronary microcirculation.Results. Analysis of the data showed that patients with PAF and LPAF the relation of H/M at early and delayed scintigrammes was significantly lower comparing to the same value in the patients without AF (1,57±0,15, 1,54±0,18 vs. 1,82±0,12 on early scintigrammes and 1,47±0,15, 1,46±0,16 vs. 1,83±0,13 on delayed, with p&lt;0,05). …”
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Comparative Study between Platelet-rich Plasma and Platelet-rich Plasma with Hyaluronic Acid in Knee Osteoarthritis Population by Tilakraj Kulandaivel, Prabhu Angamuthu Nagarajan, Girish Muppala, Uganath Subash Boominathan, Rukhaiya Fathima

“…With a cohort of 100 individuals, including 50 recipients of PRP alone and 50 of PRP combined with HA, data analysis was conducted to discern the comparative efficacy of these treatment modalities. …”
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Patient and disease characteristics of pulmonary arterial hypertension patients for prostacyclin receptor agonist selexipag treatment initiation by E. A. Rezukhina, O. V. Rodnenkov, T. V. Martynyuk

“…Chazov of Ministry of Health. Clinical, functional and hemodynamic characteristics of PAH patients were examined. …”
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Long‐term outcome of periprosthetic joint infection following unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: A single‐centre case series by Kevin‐Arno Koch, Johannes Weishorn, Jakob Freytag, Pia‐Elena Frey, Mustafa Hariri, Christian Merle, Tilman Walker

“…Therefore, the aim of the present study was to analyse the long‐term survival and functional outcome of a case series of PJI following primary UKA at a tertiary referral centre. …”
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