Don’t mind the gap: reframing the Perren strain rule for fracture healing using insights from virtual mechanical testing by Maham Tanveer, Karina Klein, Brigitte von Rechenberg, Salim Darwiche, Hannah L. Dailey

“…Callus mineralization initiated outside the high-strain gap and was significantly lower within the fracture gap compared to around it at nine weeks. …”
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The Effect of Detethering Surgery on the Bladder Function and Psychology of Children with Primary Tethered Cord Syndrome by Shuai Yang, Zhaokai Zhou, Xingchen Liu, Zhan Wang, Yanping Zhang, He Zhang, Lei Lv, Yibo Wen, Qingwei Wang, Wei Jia, Jinhua Hu, Jian Guo Wen

“…The urodynamic parameters and score, psychological-behavioral profile, and lower urinary tract symptoms were compared before and after DS. …”
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Active restoration of post-mining forest benefits the activity density, but not the diversity of spider communities across the seasons in Ghana by Harriet Kinga, Frederick Gyasi Damptey, Danilo Harms, Rudy Jocqué, Arnaud Henrard, Klaus Birkhofer

“…The inverse Simpson index was highest at the gravel site in the wet season, followed by natural forest in both seasons and lower values in the restored forest. The community composition of spiders differed significantly between land-use types (open versus forest habitats) and the interaction between land use and season also differed significantly. …”
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Identification of retinol dehydrogenase 10 as a shared biomarker for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus by Fangyu Li, Rui Li, Hongjun Deng

“…Similarly, serum levels of RDH10 were significantly lower in MASLD and T2DM model mice and humans than in controls.ConclusionOur study suggests that RDH10 is a common diagnostic marker for MASLD and T2DM and provides new research directions for the prevention and treatment of MASLD and T2DM.…”
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Genetic variability in the cholecystokinin A receptor affects lipid profile and glucose tolerance in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome by Eva Drnovsek, Mojca Jensterle, Katja Goričar, Sara Redenšek, Andrej Janež, Irina Milisav, Vita Dolžan

“…Among PCOS patients, carriers of at least one polymorphic CCKAR rs6448456 C allele had significantly higher total blood cholesterol and LDL, and significantly lower blood glucose levels after 30, 60 and 90 minutes of the oral glucose tolerance test (all p < 0.05). …”
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Predicting prognosis using stroke-heart indicator: brain natriuretic peptide in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage by Jionghao Xue, Jionghao Xue, Fa Lin, Fa Lin, Minghao Liu, Minghao Liu, Wenxiong Song, Wenxiong Song, Runting Li, Runting Li, Yu Chen, Yu Chen, Jun Yang, Jun Yang, Heze Han, Heze Han, Yitong Jia, Yitong Jia, Xiaolin Chen, Xiaolin Chen, Rong Wang, Rong Wang, Yuanli Zhao

“…Nevertheless, BNP’s predictive value alone might not warrant its inclusion in a prognostic model.ConclusionElevated BNP levels independently forecast unfavorable prognosis in patients with aSAH, even though the cutoff value is lower than the cardiology standards. Continuous monitoring and personalized hospitalization plans can be vital for these patients.…”
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Clinical features and outcomes of pseudolithiasis induced by ceftriaxone in Chinese children: a single-center observational study by Chen Jin, Chen Jin, Wen-Li Xiu, Wen-Li Xiu, Yao Liu, Yao Liu, Xi-Wei Hao, Qian Dong, Qian Dong

“…Serum analysis revealed distinct liver and kidney function markers in the PL group, including lower levels of total bile acids, adenosine deaminase, and lactate dehydrogenase, and higher creatinine levels (all p &lt; 0.05). …”
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Analysis and study of Future atmospheric hazards in Sistan region by Neamatallah Safarzaei, Alireza Entezari, Mokhtar Karami, Gholamali Khammar

“…Intensity and abundance annual frost under release scenario RCP2.6 more than other scenarios and lower relative to investigated atmospheric threats.…”
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Efficacy and safety of trabeculectomy versus peripheral iridectomy plus goniotomy in advanced primary angle-closure glaucoma: study protocol for a multicentre, non-inferiority, ran... by Keith Barton, Tin Aung, Ling Jin, Ping Lu, Xiulan Zhang, Robert N Weinreb, Yi Zhang, Li Tang, Guangxian Tang, Hengli Zhang, Aiguo Lv, Huiping Yuan, Yunhe Song, Fengbin Lin, DENNIS S C LAM, Lin Xie, Kun Hu, Xiaohong Liang, Yingzhe Zhang, Wulian Song, Xiaomin Zhu, Xinbo Gao, Sujie Fan, Yuying Peng, Mengfei Liao, Xin Nie, Ki-Ho Park

“…The secondary outcomes are cumulative success rate of surgery, surgery-related complications and number of IOP-lowering medications. Participants will be followed up for 36 months postoperatively.Ethics and dissemination The study protocol was approved by the ethical committees of the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, China (ID: 2021KYPJ191) and of all subcentres. …”
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Plain Language Summary of Publication: What is the effect of the medicine vibegron in the treatment of overactive bladder in patients with and without bladder leakage? by David Staskin, Jeffrey Frankel, Steven G. Gregg, Janet Owens-Grillo

“…The number of times they had little warning before the need to pee was also lower. The results were the same for study participants who did and did not have accidental leakage related to overactive bladder. …”
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Flexibly funding WHO? An analysis of its donors’ voluntary contributions by Andrew Harmer, Jonathan Kennedy, Obichukwu Iwunna

“…Surprisingly, the share of voluntary contributions provided by upper middle-income countries was consistently less than the share by lower middle-income countries. Furthermore, in terms of their share of voluntary contributions, we found that upper middle-income countries contributed the least proportion of their gross national income to WHO.Conclusion We conclude that WHO remains constrained by the conditions attached to the vast majority of funding that it receives from its donors. …”
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Plant expression systems for production of recombinant pharmaceutically important proteins by E. V. Deineko, A. A. Zagorskaya

“…The advantage of plant systems is the lower cost of cell cultivation. They are free from unwanted components, such as bacterial endotoxins, hyperglycosylated proteins produced by yeast, animal and human pathogens in cell cultures of transgenic animals. …”
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Long-Term Follow-Up after Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer and the Need for Active Monitoring by Gregory P. Swanson, Wencong Chen, Sean Trevathan, Michael Hermans

“…In patients with truly long-term follow-up after prostatectomy for prostate cancer, the risk of metastatic disease and cancer death is very low. Patients with the lower risk findings do not appear to benefit from routine follow-up after 10 years free of biochemical recurrence. …”
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T cell receptor signaling pathway subgroups and construction of a novel prognostic model in osteosarcoma by Huan Xu, Huimin Tao

“…Low risk group showed higher ESTIMATE, immune and stromal scores, while high risk group exhibited higher tumor purity and the lower expression levels of immune checkpoints. A nomogram comprising metastasis and risk score was successfully built. …”
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Pyrolysis and Dioxin Production Characteristics of Mineralized Waste in Landfills by Jian-Ying Fu, Han-Cheng Ma, Wen-Tao Jiao, Xu Xu, Xiao-Qing Lin, Xiao-Dong Li, Ming-Xiu Zhan

“…Abstract Compared with original municipal solid waste (MSW), mineralized waste (MW) has a lower moisture content, higher calorific value, and better energy utilization potential. …”
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Analysis of Downstream Flood Risk in the Failure of Batman Dam with Two-Dimensional Hydraulic Modeling and Satellite Data by Gökçen Uysa, Enver Taşçı

“…Despite its low spatial resolution, SRTM satellite has lower/similar error values (RMSE and MAE) compared to ALOS-PALSAR. …”
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Associations of composite dietary antioxidant index with cardiovascular disease mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes by Chan Yang, Qiangfei Yang, Xi Peng, Xinqiong Li, Guocheng Rao

“…This cohort study found that higher CDAI levels were significantly associated with lower risk of CVD mortality among individuals with T2D.…”
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Analysis of the Clinicopathological Characteristics, Genetic Phenotypes, and Prognostics of Primary Pulmonary and Bronchial Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma by Zhengyang Hu, Xing Jin, Jian Wang, Qihai Sui, Yanjun Yi, Dejun Zeng, Zhencong Chen, Qun Wang, Jiacheng Yin, Lin Wang, Zongwu Lin

“…TMB levels and PD‐1/PD‐L1 expressions were also lower in PACC patients. Conclusion Our study analyzed the main factors that influence the prognosis of PACC patients undergoing surgery and discovered the unique genetic phenotype of PACC.…”
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Reversible data hiding scheme based on enhanced image smoothness by Jinghan WANG, Hui ZHU, Helin LI, Hui LI, Xiaopeng YANG

“…With the prosperity of Internet technology and the popularity of social networks, reversible data hiding technology has been widely adopted in concealed information transmission of medical and military fields with its advantages on secret information recovery.Traditional reversible data hiding schemes mainly focus on the enhancement of embedding capacity and the reduction of the distortion rate of stego image, but pay less attention to the understanding of image details with the human eyes.Thus, it is difficult to resist hidden information detection methods.To solve the above challenge, a reversible data hiding algorithm was proposed, which ensured the visual quality of the stego image in the process of data hiding through the image visual smoothness enhancement.Specifically, the original image was divided into reference area and non-reference area.The secret data was embedded through the translation of the difference, which was calculated according to the predicted pixel value and the original pixel value of the non-reference area.To guarantee the visual quality of the image, smoothing mechanism was constructed, in which a Gaussian filter was utilized as a template to filter the predicted value and to add the filter difference into the cover image without loss.The pixel value of the reference region was used as edge information for lossless restoration of the original image.The filtering coefficient in Gaussian function was exploited as the embedded key to ensure the security of secret information.Simulation results regarding a large number of classical image data sets illustrated that the visual smoothness of stego image processed by this scheme was effectively enhanced with lower distortion rate, higher embedding rate, and higher embedding and extraction efficiency.In a typical circumstance, the similarity between the generated stego image and the Gaussian filter image can reach 0.9963.The PSNR and the embedded capacity can be up to 37.346 and 0.3289 BPP, respectively.…”
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Physicochemical properties of biochar produced from biodegradable domestic solid waste and sugarcane bagasse by Nguyen Loc, Tran Thanh, Do Thi My Phuong

“…Between the two biochar, at the same pyrolysis temperature, the sugarcane bagasse biochar possessed lower EC values (118.93 - 126.17 µS/cm) and carbon content (37.42 – 38.8%), but higher CEC values (18.62 - 20.12 cmol/kg) and iodine number (424.04 - 261.34 mg/g) than the biodegradable domestic solid waste biochar. …”
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