Preoperative Predictors of Soft Tissue Releases Required for Femoral Exposure in Direct Anterior Total Hip Arthroplasty by Michael S. Barnum, MD, Bryan M. Grommersch, MD, Samuel Hovland, BS, George J. Haidukewych, MD, Cody C. Green, MD

“…Methods: A retrospective review was conducted on 133 patients (150 hips) who underwent primary THA via DAA with a single surgeon. …”
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Pediatric Traumatic Retinal Detachment: Clinical Features, Prognostic Factors, and Surgical Outcomes by Dilek Yaşa, Zeynep Gizem Erdem, Ufuk Ürdem, Gökhan Demir, Ali Demircan, Zeynep Alkın

“…Medical records of pediatric patients who underwent 23-G PPV to treat traumatic retinal detachment were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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Islamic Finance, Ownership Risk and Right to Yield: Gaps in Theory and Practice by Mohammad Abdullah

“…As a policy recommendation, the paper suggests strategies to re-align the practice of Islamic banking with its theories, particularly, with reference to directing the relevant risk to the one who claims the yield.…”
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Association of Combined Low Physical Activity and Low Dietary Diversity with Mild Cognitive Impairment among Community-Dwelling Japanese Older Adults by Yuto Kiuchi, Hyuma Makizako, Mika Kimura, Yuki Nakai, Yoshiaki Taniguchi, Shoma Akaida, Mana Tateishi, Takuro Kubozono, Toshihiro Takenaka, Hiroyuki Shimada, Mitsuru Ohishi

“…and “Do you engage in low levels of physical exercise aimed at health?” Participants who responded “No” to both questions were classified as having low physical activity levels. …”
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Lifetime progression of IgA nephropathy: a retrospective cohort study with extended long-term follow-up by Mariell Rivedal, Ole Petter Nordbø, Yngvar Lunde Haaskjold, Rune Bjørneklett, Thomas Knoop, Øystein Eikrem

“…During this period, 34% of patients either died or initiated KRT. Among patients who reached endpoint, the median duration from diagnosis to the initiation of KRT or death was 8 years. …”
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Assessment of the safety of priority carcinogenic substances at the level of hygienic regulations in atmospheric air by I.O. Chernychenko, O.M. Lytvychenko, V.F. Babii, O.Ie. Kondratenko, O.P. Rudnytska, D.O. Hlavachek

“…Calculations of the carcinogenic risk caused by the concentrations of these substances at the level of hygienic regulations for the atmospheric air of populated areas proved that only for two compounds (benzo/a/pyrene and formaldehyde) the risk is acceptable and meets the international standards recommended by EU and WHO. For other substances of this group, the carcinogenic risk of exposure is excessive. …”
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Développer le désert : anciennes et nouvelles utopies by Jean-Robert Henry, Jean-Louis Marçot, Jean-Yves Moisseron

“…The Mediterranean Solar Plan, a flagship project of the Union for the Mediterranean, is backed by large financial and technology companies who invest in renewable energy and dream of the Sahara as the future powerhouse of Europe. …”
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Refractory myasthenia gravis treated with autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation by Benjamin Beland, Jan Storek, Liam Quartermain, Christopher Hahn, C. Elizabeth Pringle, Pierre R. Bourque, Michael Kennah, Natasha Kekre, Christopher Bredeson, David Allan, Kareem Jamani, Christopher White, Harold Atkins

“…Methods Twenty‐one patients who underwent HSCT for MG were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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The comrade of Vaclovas Biržiška - Izidorius Kisinas by Žiedūnė Zaveckienė

“…Kisinas was consulted by V. Biržiška, who also wrote the introduction to this book. In this introduction, there is a very rare photo featuring V. …”
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吉西他滨联合奥沙利铂治疗晚期原发性肝癌的临床观察

“…8天各注射1次,奥沙利铂130 mg/m2,第1天,3周为一疗程?按WHO标准评价疗效及毒副作用。【结果】 9例患者均可以评价客观疗效,其中PR1例,占11.1%,SD5例,占55.6%,PD3例,占33.3%?…”
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Performing Plurality: Meet the Alters Vlogs on YouTube as Breeding Grounds for Epistemic Justice by Liorah Hoek, Louis van den Hengel, Inge van Nistelrooij, Alice Schippers

“…Social media platforms have provided people with a psychiatric label the opportunity to build communities and share their stories without relying on the mediation of therapists, publishers, or broadcasters. Among them are people who identify not as one whole self, but as a system of plural personalities, often labeled as dissociative identity disorder (DID). …”
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Analysis of risk factors related to perioperative neurocognitive disorders in elderly patients with hip fractures by Jianwei Guo, Yan Cheng, Minmin Yi

“…This study used a retrospective case-control study method. 90 elderly patients who underwent artificial femoral head replacement or total hip replacement surgery in our hospital from 2022 to 2023 were collected, and divided into PND group and non-PND group based on the occurrence of PND. …”
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Impact of aging on hepatic reserve after preoperative portal vein embolization in hepatectomy for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma by Shinichi Nakanuma, Takahiro Ogi, Hiroaki Sugita, Ryosuke Gabata, Tomokazu Tokoro, Ryohei Takei, Kaichiro Kato, Satoshi Takada, Mitsuyoshi Okazaki, Isamu Makino, Shintaro Yagi

“…Methods: We enrolled 25 patients who underwent right hepatectomy with percutaneous transhepatic PVE. …”
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A serosurvey study of hand, foot and mouth disease in healthy children aged 6 to 71 months old in West Bandung and Bandung Region, Indonesia by Rodman Tarigan Girsang, Kusnandi Rusmil, Eddy Fadlyana, Budi Setiabudiawan, Riyadi Adrizain, Rizky Perdana Mulyadi, Arief Budiman, Rona Kania Utami, Behesti Zahra Mardiah, Muhammad Gilang Dwi Putra, Frizka Primadewi Fulendry, Dinda Tiaraningrum Nashsyah, Hadyana Sukandar

“…Blood sample testing uses enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) to identify subjects who are positive for IgG EV71 and the risk factors that may influence it. …”
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Primary Angioplasty in a Catastrophic Presentation: Acute Left Main Coronary Total Occlusion—The ATOLMA Registry by A. Gutiérrez-Barrios, L. Gheorghe, S. Camacho-Freire, F. Valencia-Serrano, D. Cañadas-Pruaño, G. Calle-Pérez, I. Alarcón de la Lastra, E. Silva, D. García-Molinero, A. Agarrado-Luna, R. Zayas-Ruedas, R. Vázquez-García, A. Serra

“…This is a multicenter retrospective cohort that includes patients presenting with myocardial infarction due to a confirmed ATOLMA who underwent emergency percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). …”
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A dinâmica da entrada de turistas estrangeiros no Rio Grande do Sul e sua relevância para o Geoparque Raízes de Pedra by Carmen Regina Dorneles Nogueira, Victor Paulo Kloeckner Pires, Fátima Regina Zan, Ângela Maria Andrade Marinho, Claudio Gabriel Soares Araújo

“…It was found that the municipalities that make up the territory of the geopark project have been developing joint actions of geoeducation, geotourism and geoconservation since 2021, with the aim of obtaining the “UNESCO Global Geopark” seal and, with this, developing local tourism, taking advantage of the flow of foreign tourists who usually enter Rio Grande do Sul. It was observed that such a proposition requires public and private investments in the diversification of the tourist offer, in infrastructure and in the qualification of the workforce, as well as in the implementation of road and tourist signage with a view to the qualified offer as a way of providing opportunities and instigating the tourist flow that only passes through the territory towards the coast, to dedicate a few days of their season to visit the Raízes de Pedra Geopark.…”
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Novel technique for endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage to skip the needle tract dilation step: Efficacy of a 6-mm antimigration metal stent with a thin, tapered deli... by Keiichi Hatamaru, Masayuki Kitano, Masahiro Itonaga, Yasunobu Yamashita, Takashi Tamura, Yuki Kawaji, Junya Nuta

“…Conclusion : In conclusion, EUS-GBD using the newly designed metal stent showed excellent safety and longterm outcomes, and may be suitable as an alternative treatment in patients who are unsuitable for cholecystectomy.…”
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Towards faster plan adaptation for proton arc therapy using initial treatment plan information by Benjamin Roberfroid, Margerie Huet-Dastarac, Elena Borderías-Villarroel, Rodin Koffeing, John A. Lee, Ana M. Barragán-Montero, Edmond Sterpin

“…Materials and Methods: The proposed workflow transfers spots from initial computed tomography (CT) to the CT of the day, updates energy layers considering the initial pattern, and re-optimizes selected transferred spots based on their initial weights and impact on the objective function.A retrospective study was conducted on five head and neck patients who underwent plan adaptation on a repeated CT. …”
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Multicentre Harmonisation of a Six-Colour Flow Cytometry Panel for Naïve/Memory T Cell Immunomonitoring by Iole Macchia, Valentina La Sorsa, Irene Ruspantini, Massimo Sanchez, Valentina Tirelli, Maria Carollo, Giorgio Fedele, Pasqualina Leone, Giovanna Schiavoni, Carla Buccione, Paola Rizza, Paola Nisticò, Belinda Palermo, Stefania Morrone, Helena Stabile, Aurelia Rughetti, Marianna Nuti, Ilaria Grazia Zizzari, Cinzia Fionda, Roberta Maggio, Cristina Capuano, Concetta Quintarelli, Matilde Sinibaldi, Chiara Agrati, Rita Casetti, Andrea Rozo Gonzalez, Floriana Iacobone, Angela Gismondi, Filippo Belardelli, Mauro Biffoni, Francesca Urbani

“…The coordinating centre distributed frozen peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and fresh whole blood (WB) samples from healthy donors, reagents, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to participants who performed experiments by their own equipment, in order to mimic a real-life scenario. …”
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Le développement expérimental en situation de projet by Stéphane Berthier

“…The example of Lipsky + Rollet’s work shows us what could be a form of R&D particular to architecture for those who have managed to reform unsuitable professional frameworks and to explicitly render its methods accordingly.…”
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