Brachialis Muscle Rupture in a Pediatric Patient Followed Up by Ultrasound Examinations: A Rare Case Report by Akihiro Yamaji, Masafumi Uesugi, Hiroshi Kamada, Harumitsu Ichimura, Masashi Yamazaki

“…Although the brachialis muscle was complete ruptured, a healing tendency was seen on body surface ultrasound examinations over time, and the patient was treated conservatively. …”
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Synergistic effects of ground granulated blast furnace slag and circulating fluidized bed fly ash in lime-activated cementitious materials by Xingyi Wang, Jinzhuang Lv, Jingchao Yang, Jiamin Zhu, Bin He, Xiaoyuan Wang, Pengju Han, Xiaohong Bai

“…The synergistic mechanism of GGBFS and CFBFA was elucidated through analyses of hydration heat, XRD, FT-IR, and SEM-EDS tests. The results indicated that GGBFS facilitated sulfate consumption during the early hydration stage, promoting the dissolution of CFBFA. …”
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Enhancement of Coal Permeability Using Aqueous NaCl with Microwave Irradiation by Weiming Guan, Qi Qi, Senlin Nan, Haichao Wang, Xin Li, Yingyuan Wen, Junhui Yao, Yanyan Ge

“…Both the average surface temperature of the coal rock samples and the average electromagnetic heating power gradually increased; this increases the temperature rise rate and maximum temperature of coal rock samples under the same irradiation time, which is conducive to better rapid accumulation of steam pressure, thereby improving the pore structure more effectively. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Lycorine in Wild Plant and Callus Culture Samples of Hymenocallis littoralis by HPLC-UV Method by Sreeramanan Subramaniam, Jeevandran Sundarasekar, Geethaa Sahgal, Vikneswaran Murugaiyah

“…The Hymenocallis littoralis, an ornamental and medicinal plant, had been traditionally used for wound healing. In the present study, an analytical method using HPLC with ultraviolet detection was developed for the quantification of lycorine in the extracts of different parts of wild plant and tissue culture samples of H. littoralis. …”
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Improving Organizational Resilience in Businesses: A Qualitative Study on the Effect of COVID-19 by A. Aslan Şendoğdu, Kadir Aksay

“…The findings, which are divided under the three main headings of human resources, leadership, and organization/system, point to the following results: In terms of human resources: experience, generating ideas, psychological resilience, and commitment to the organization and its culture; in terms of leadership: valuing the employees, analytical thinking, foresight, quick decision making and prudence; and in terms of organization/system: positive financial situation, quick response to the market, the effectiveness of alternative solutions, effective use of digital infrastructure and online commerce, as well as effective communication/cooperation, contribute effectively to organizational resilience.…”
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Arthroscopic Repair of Articular Surface Partial-Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears: Transtendon Technique versus Repair after Completion of the Tear—A Meta-Analysis by Yohei Ono, Jarret M. Woodmass, Aaron J. Bois, Richard S. Boorman, Gail M. Thornton, Ian K. Y. Lo

“…Although a number of studies have demonstrated excellent clinical outcomes, it is unclear which technique may provide superior clinical outcomes and tendon healing. The purpose was to evaluate and compare the clinical outcomes following arthroscopic repair of articular surface PTRCT using a transtendon technique or completion of the tear. …”
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Green Starch Modification Using Citric Acid: Quinoa, Chickpea, and Cassava Starches by Disala Menuwara Arachchi, Anthony Halim, Gbemisola Fadimu, Asgar Farahnaky, Mahsa Majzoobi

“…Starch samples were treated with 30% citric acid and dry-heated at 130 °C for 5 h. This process resulted in relatively high degrees of substitution: 0.124 for cassava, 0.117 for quinoa, and 0.112 for chickpea starches. …”
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Effect of Roundness and Surface Roughness of Foundry Sand on the Temperature Change of Sand Cores for Aluminum Casting by Taekyu Ha, Jongmin Kim, Youngki Lee, Byungil Kang, Youngjig Kim

“…These gaps, filled with interstitial gas of low thermal conductivity, hinder heat conduction. Delaying the temperature rise of the core could reduce weight loss from binder decomposition, thereby decreasing gas porosity at the interface between the A356 Al castings and the core. …”
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Hip Osteonecrosis Is Associated with Increased Plasma IL-33 Level by Jinhui Ma, Wanshou Guo, Zirong Li, Bailiang Wang, Shirui Li, Peng Wang

“…We aimed to investigate the potential role of IL-33 in the development of osteonecrosis of femoral head (ONFH). Forty patients diagnosed with ONFH and forty age-, sex-, and body mass index- (BMI-) matched healthy subjects were included in this prospective study between March 2016 and September 2016. …”
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VisualSAF-A Novel Framework for Visual Semantic Analysis Tasks by Antonio V. A. Lundgren, Byron L. D. Bezerra, Carmelo J. A. Bastos-Filho

“…Future research directions include exploring multiple semantic variables, developing more complex output heads, and investigating the framework’s performance across context-shifting datasets.…”
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Experimental investigation of exhaust temperature effect on TEG cells power generation and assessment of engine SFC and emissions by Eid Mohamed

“…An experimental investigation was conducted into the waste heat recovery performance of the TECG system. Forty thermoelectric cells (TECs) are supported on the (4 5) upper and (4 5) lower and upper arrangement of the engine exhaust manifold. …”
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The Concept of “Homeland” in the Kalmyk Language (based on lexicographic and folklore material) by Galina B. Esenova, Tamara S. Esenova

“…The perceptual image of the homeland is visualized as a territory with soft earth (dzhöln hazr), green lush grass (nohan sör), warm air (dulan), healing water (arshan). Enkr chazr-usn ‘dear motherland’, eedzh-aavin nutg ‘mother-father’s nutg’ is the highest value of the Kalmyk (törl ek met), and is presented as ‘his space’ (evrä hazr-usn), opposed to ‘foreign land’ (khärin hazr). …”
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Etiopathogenesis and surgical treatment of epithelial pilonidal sinus by A. Yu. Titov, I. V. Kostarev, A. K. Batischev

“…The long period of wound healing, postoperative pain and quite frequent disease relapses remain common in such patients. …”
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All-round enhancement induced by oxophilic single Ru and W atoms for alkaline hydrogen oxidation of tiny Pt nanoparticles by Wensheng Jiao, Zhanghao Ren, Zhibo Cui, Chao Ma, Ziang Shang, Guanzhen Chen, Ruihu Lu, Tao Gan, Ziyun Wang, Yu Xiong, Yunhu Han

“…Here, we report the Joule heating-assisted synthesis of a small sized Ru1Pt single-atom alloy catalyst loaded on nitrogen-doped carbon modified with single W atoms (s-Ru1Pt@W1/NC), in which the near-range single Ru atoms on the Ru1Pt nanoparticles and the long-range single W atoms on the support simultaneously modulate the electronic structure of the active Pt-site, enhancing alkaline HOR performance of s-Ru1Pt@W1/NC. …”
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Fossil and Non-fossil Fuel Sources of Organic and Elemental Carbonaceous Aerosol in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou: Seasonal Carbon Source Variation by Di Liu, Matthias Vonwiller, Jun Li, Junwen Liu, Sönke Szidat, Yanlin Zhang, Chongguo Tian, Yinjun Chen, Zhineng Cheng, Guangcai Zhong, Pingqing Fu, Gan Zhang

“…During winter, FF emissions constituted the majority of the carbonaceous pollution (64%) in Beijing, probably as a result of increased coal combustion for heating. On average, the EC, WSOC, and WIOC generated by FF composed ~10%, 35%, and 19% of the total carbon (TC). …”
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Comprehensive study on cooling effectiveness and thermoelectric conversion of a novel helium/hydrogen-based closed Brayton cooling system for a hydrogen aero-engine by Qiurui Xin, Xiaohui Bai, Helong Jin, Chengao Duan, Yuxi Li, Cunliang Liu

“…This study guides the cooling and waste heat utilization in hydrogen aero-engines.…”
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Numerical Simulation of Surface Thermal Analysis and Cooling Optimization of Continuous Casting Rolls by Guangwei Cheng, Ningxia Yin, Qiaoxin Zheng, Yuming Qiu, Junqi Chen

“…Optimization of both the cooling channel structure and its parameters was carried out using a coupled flow-heat-force numerical simulation method. The optimized cooling channel effectively improved the working condition of the continuous casting roll, as the maximum temperature of the roll surface was reduced from 810 K to 591 K, the circumferential temperature difference was reduced by 38%, and the maximum equivalent stress decreased from 791 MPa to 558 MPa. …”
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Clinical characteristics and removal of broken burs retained in the lower jaw by Xin Xing, Chao Gong, Zhi-Yi Ye, Kun Lv, Zhi Li

“…All the broken burs were successfully removed, and all patients displayed uneventful healing. Conclusions The broken burs remained in the lower jaw due to the extraction of the impacted mandibular third molar assumes many forms. …”
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Bathing Practices as a Religious and Medical Encounter: Water, Climate and Health Across Monsoon Asia by Francesco Bianchini

“…While previous scholarship has emphasised the ritualistic and social dimensions of bathing in Brahmanical and Buddhist contexts, this article complements it with discussions of its medicinal and healing functions, as outlined in classical texts and displayed in material culture. …”
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Toward an integrated pantropical ocean observing system by Gregory R. Foltz, Yassir A. Eddebbar, Janet Sprintall, Antonietta Capotondi, Antonietta Capotondi, Sophie Cravatte, Sophie Cravatte, Peter Brandt, Peter Brandt, Adrienne J. Sutton, Tamaryn Morris, Juliet Hermes, Juliet Hermes, Clive R. McMahon, Michael J. McPhaden, Lev B. Looney, Lev B. Looney, Lev B. Looney, Franz Philip Tuchen, Franz Philip Tuchen, Mathew Koll Roxy, Fan Wang, Fei Chai, Regina R. Rodrigues, Belen Rodriguez-Fonseca, Belen Rodriguez-Fonseca, Aneesh C. Subramanian, Marcus Dengler, Cheyenne Stienbarger, Kathleen Bailey, Weidong Yu

“…Global climate is regulated by the ocean, which stores, releases, and transports large amounts of mass, heat, carbon, and oxygen. Understanding, monitoring, and predicting the exchanges of these quantities across the ocean’s surface, their interactions with the atmosphere, and their horizontal and vertical pathways through the global oceans, are key for advancing fundamental knowledge and improving forecasts and longer-term projections of climate, weather, and ocean ecosystems. …”
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