Social Institute of tutoring in educational rehabilitation of disabled people based on Internet technologies by P. V. Razov, A. Yu. Kibakina

“…An interpretation of the significance of the category of disabled people who can successfully master higher education © The Author(s), 2020. …”
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Strength Abilities and Serve Reception Efficiency of Youth Female Volleyball Players by Damian Pawlik, Wioletta Dziubek, Łukasz Rogowski, Artur Struzik, Andrzej Rokita

“…The isokinetic upper limb test should be introduced as a valid tool in selection process. Coaches who do not have access to modern research equipment should use the medicine ball throw test to evaluate strength abilities as an alternative assessment of the serve reception efficiency.…”
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Optimizing Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Performance Using Advanced Meta-Heuristic Algorithms by Siva Ram Rajeyyagari, Srinivas Nowduri

“…These include the Angle of Attack Optimization (AOA), Particle Swarm Optimization with Grey Wolf Optimizer (PSOGWO), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO), Moth Flame Optimization (MFO), and Multi-Verse Optimizer (MVO). …”
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TEACHING PRACTICAL RESEARCH FOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL; AN IN-DEPTH STUDY by Marlyn D. Lucas, Hernando L. Bernal Jr, Mark P. Lucas

“…Results reveal that students come up with a good research output because of the following key areas: ‘guidance from someone who is passionate with research’ as represented by their research critique, research teacher, resource speaker from the seminar conducted, and group mates; ‘guidance from something or activities conducted’ like the sample researches in the library visitation, worksheets answered, and the research defenses; and ‘teamwork’ among the members of the group. …”
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Health-related quality of life measures used with Indigenous children/youth in the Pacific Rim: a scoping review by Sue Crengle, Trudy Sullivan, Emma H Wyeth, Sarah Derrett, Vicky Nelson, Georgia McCarty

“…Eligible papers were written in English, published between January 1990 and June 2020 and included an HRQoL measure used in research with Indigenous child/youth populations (aged between 8 and 17 years) in the Pacific Rim region.Data extraction and synthesis Data extracted included study characteristics (year, country, Indigenous population, Indigenous sample size, age group), HRQoL measure characteristics (generic or condition-specific measure, child or adult measure, who completed the measure(s), dimensions, items and response scale of measure) and consideration of Indigenous concepts (created for Indigenous population, modified for Indigenous population, validated for Indigenous population, reliability in Indigenous populations, Indigenous involvement, reference to Indigenous theories/models/frameworks).Results After removing duplicates, 1393 paper titles and abstracts were screened, and 543 had full-text review for eligibility. …”
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Assessment of long-term changes in subvalvular aortic stenosis in patients following transcatheter aortic valve implantation by Vladlen V. Bazylev, Andrey B. Voevodin, Alexey S. Masyutin

“…CONCLUSION: There was a statistically significant decrease in hypertrophy of IVS in patients who underwent TAVI. In most cases, IVS thickness decreased within 2 years after surgery. …”
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Characterizing the early relationship between covert narcissism and cognitive empathy in medical students: a cross-sectional study by Adelina Alcorta-Garza, Oscar Vidal-Gutiérrez, Juan F. González-Guerrero, Fernando Alcorta-Núñez, Guillermo A. Porras Garza, Montserrat San-Martín, Roberto C. Delgado Bolton, Luis Vivanco

“…Comparison analyses showed that covert narcissism was greater in students enrolled after one semester attending on-line classes than those who were starting their first semester (p = 0.01). …”
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Effect of galectin-3 and brain natriuretic peptide levels on echocardiographic parameters of left heart chamber following coronary artery bypass grafting by Yulia A. Styazhkina, Irina F. Grishina, Nina B. Poletaeva, Tatyana F. Peretolchina, Olga V. Nikolaenko

“…Group 1 included 58 patients who returned to work 4 months after the surgery. …”
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A Few Words about the Hybrid Nature of Mawlid’s Text of the 18th Century by Alla Kozhinowa

“…Although, the last rewriting of the manuscript is most likely to have taken place no earlier than the second half of the 18th century, that is, according to some researchers, when the Polish language prevailed in texts written by the Tatars who lived on the territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. …”
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The predictive role of tertiary lymphoid structures in the prognosis and response to immunotherapy of lung cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xin Liu, Wu Lv, Danxue Huang, Hongxia Cui

“…In addition, in patients who received neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy, high TLS/TLS + was associated with prolonged DFS (HR = 0.21, 95%CI: 0.05–0.93). …”
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Long-term effects of dupilumab on chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps: A step towards clinical remission by Mona Al-Ahmad, MD, FRCPC, Asmaa Ali, MD, PhD, Wafaa Talat, MD, PhD, Haitham A. Dawood, MD, PhD, Osama Imam, MD, PhD

“…Methods: A two-year prospective study was conducted on 109 patients with CRSwNP, with or without asthma, who were eligible for dupilumab as an add-on therapy. …”
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Turkish Validity and Reliability Study of Challenge-Hindrance Demands Scale for the Nursing Profession by Handan Ertaş, Emel Fi̇li̇z, Şeyma Kahveci̇, Seda Nur Ünal

“…This study aims to adapt “the Challenge-Hindrance Demands Scale for Nursing Professional” developed by Mahaverachartkul and Sooraksa; regarding “how nurses who are under heavy workload and stress as well as intense and tiring working hours perceive many stressful situations in the working environment as challenges or hindrances” to Turkish language and bring it to the use of national literature. …”
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Using the modified frailty index as a predictor of complications in adults undergoing transforaminal interbody lumbar fusion by Momin M. Mohis, Simon G. Ammanuel, Cuong P. Luu, James A. Stadler

“…Methods: Using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement (ACS-NSQIP) database, all patients who underwent TLIF in 2015–2020 were filtered for their demographics, operative characteristics, and 30-day complication outcomes. …”
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Clinical utility and predictive value of cerebrospinal fluid cell-free DNA profiling in non-small cell lung cancer patients with leptomeningeal metastasis by Sheng-Kai Liang, Wei-Yu Liao, Jin-Yuan Shih, Chia-Lin Hsu, Ching-Yao Yang, Shang-Gin Wu, Yen-Ting Lin, Yueh-Feng Wen, Lun-Che Chen, Yen-Fu Chen, Ya-Fang Chen, Yen-Heng Lin, Chong-Jen Yu

“…We conducted a study from February 2022 to April 2023 involving patients from five hospitals in Taiwan who had recurrent or advanced NSCLC with LM. These patients underwent CSF cfDNA analysis using a 118-gene targeted panel for NGS, with comprehensive clinical data collected. …”
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Predicting breast cancer prognosis using PR and PIK3CA biomarkers: a comparative analysis of diagnostic groups by Yuting Feng, Qingzhen Song, Lei Yan, Ruoqi Li, Mengqin Yang, Peng Bu, Jing Lian

“…Abstract Purpose To evaluate the prognostic significance of progesterone receptor (PR) expression and the PIK3CA mutation status in HR+/HER2 − breast cancer patients, with the goal of screening patients who may derive the greatest benefit from PI3K-targeted therapy. …”
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Burnout among Nurses Working in Ethiopia by Abrha Hailay, Woldu Aberhe, Guesh Mebrahtom, Kidane Zereabruk, Guesh Gebreayezgi, Teklehaimanot Haile

“…Burnout is a condition of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and low personal accomplishment that can occur among individuals who work with people in some capacity. Nursing is a stressful profession that deals with human aspects of health and illness and can ultimately lead to job dissatisfaction and burnout. …”
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Development and application of health-preserving training methods for ball exercises for young gymnasts aged 8-9 by Tetyana Kravchuk, Vladimir Potop, Tomasz Niźnikowski

“…The study involved 20 young gymnasts aged 8-9 years, who were part of basic training groups. Over the course of five months (from January to May 2023), the gymnasts performed specially designed exercise complexes aimed at maintaining and improving their technique and physical condition. …”
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Psychological Aspects of a Police Officer’s Professional Success by M. V. Butenko

“…The author emphasises that at the scientific and legislative levels there are no explanations and clarifications as to who is a professionally successful police officer. …”
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Influencing factors of the outcome of patients with haemophilia after knee replacement–a retrospective study by Hongyu Jiang, Xueke Chang, Fubin Yu, Ming Zhang, Yifan Liu, Jianzhi Man, Kangshu Guo, Hongzheng Meng, Wenqiang Zhang

“…Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on 87 patients with hemophilia (PWH) (117knees) who underwent knee arthroplasty in our hospital from January 2012 to December 2020 (mean follow-up 70.8 ± 22 months). …”
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Ankle Arthrodesis: Epidemiology, Etiology, and Complications in Diabetic vs Nondiabetic Patients Using US Nationwide Inpatient Sample Data by Assil Mahamid MD, David Maman MD, Summer Sofer, Mykhail Pavlenko MD, Amr Mansour MD, Marah Hodruj MD, Yaron Berkovich MD, Eyal Behrbalk MD

“…Methods: Using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database, 12 325 patients who underwent ankle arthrodesis were identified from 2016 to 2019 based on ICD-10 procedure codes. χ 2 tests and t tests were used for univariate analysis, followed by multivariate logistic regression to assess complications between diabetic and nondiabetic patients. …”
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