Reliability of Upper Extremity Functional Performance Tests for the Non-overhead Athlete by Bryan L Riemann, George J Davies

“…Thus, all three assessments can be used for serial assessments to progress a patient through rehabilitation as well as contribute to the criteria used in making return to sport decisions. # Level of Evidence 3…”
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Morphological and Molecular Characterization of a New Isospora (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) Species From a Singing Honeyeater (Gavicalis virescens Vieillot, 1817) (Passeriformes: Meli... by Yinhua Chen, Belinda Brice, Bruno P. Berto, Rongchang Yang

“…The oocyst wall is bilayered and ~1.0 μm thick, with a smooth outer layer making up about two‐thirds of the thickness. A micropyle cap, measuring ~2.0 × 4.5 μm, is present as a curved protrusion on the outer layer. …”
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A retrospective analysis of outcomes and complications of living- and deceased-donor split-liver transplantation in Johannesburg, South Africa by R Crawford, J Loveland, P Gaylard, J Fabian, K Kinandu, B Bobat, A Mahomed, D Parbhoo, M Beretta, S Berkenfeld, S Rambarran, F van der Schyff, L Brannigan, B Strobele

“…Cox proportional hazards regression was performed to examine the effect of graft type on recipient and graft survival. All comparisons were made unadjusted, and adjusted for recipient age, recipient ethnicity, donor sex, and graft-weight-to-recipient-weight ratio (GWRWR) (for the paediatric cohort); and for donor age and GWRWR (for the adult cohort). …”
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Problematic issues of using the toolkit of economic cybernetics by V. Persianov, A. Kurbatova

“…Agreeing, that setting limits to the possibilities of computer modeling in advance is impossible, it must be recognized, that the machines created by cybernetics, remain only an objectification – a “truncated” (incomplete) form of any kind of human activity, including management (purposing, selection of criteria, decision-making, etc.).The goal setting requires at least a normal human intelligence. …”
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A Pseudopotential Lattice Boltzmann Method for Simulation of Two-Phase Flow Transport in Porous Medium at High-Density and High–Viscosity Ratios by Eslam Ezzatneshan, Reza Goharimehr

“…Then, according to the results obtained, a conclusion has been made to choose an efficient numerical algorithm, including an appropriate collision operator, a realistic EoS, and an accurate forcing scheme, for simulation of multiphase flow transport through a porous medium. …”
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2D-Action Asynchronous Cooperative Lane Change Trajectory Planning Method for Connected and Automated Vehicles by Liyang Wei, Weihua Zhang, Haijian Bai, Jingyu Li

“…The AALC model realizes the reallocation of collision space between different lanes through asynchronous process, making it more suitable for environments with large differences in vehicle gaps such as ramp merging. …”
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Monitoring by the Ombudsman of Ukraine for compliance with the labor rights of civilians who have disappeared under special circumstances by Yu. F. Ivanov, M. V. Ivanova

“…It was established that the absence of a clear list of persons authorized to perform state functions makes it impossible to determine a complete list of such persons. …”
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Interconnection algorithm of a wide range of pervasive devices for the Internet of things by Tao Chi, Ming Chen

“…In principle, the optimization can be made layer by layer separately. The optimization criteria consist of a specification of the behaviors of wireless communications (radio frequency identification, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi) and a set of constraints and goals. …”
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Soil Degradation Evidence Following a Wildfire in Arequipa’s Andean Region, Peru by Lunsden Coaguila, Jorge Mataix-Solera, Sonia Nina, Minerva García-Carmona, Elizabeth T. Salazar

“…The arid conditions and unique soil characteristics, such as the Torripsamment soil on volcaniclastic sandstones, make the area particularly vulnerable to fire-induced degradation. …”
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An explanatory model of suicidal ideation based on family functionality and mental health problems: A cross-sectional study of medical students by Leslie Aguilar-Sigueñas, David Villarreal-Zegarra

“…Also, people with moderate to high levels of family communication were much less likely to have suicidal ideation (PR= 0.07; 95% CI: 0.01-0.41), making it a protective factor. The proposed model presented optimal goodness-of-fit indices (CFI=0.974; TLI=0.974; SRMR=0.055; RMSEA=0.062). …”
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Prediction of Postoperative Survival in Young Colorectal Cancer Patients: A Cohort Study Based on the SEER Database by Sheng Pan, Wenchao Mei, Linfei Huang, Yan’e Tao, Jing Xu, Yuelu Ruan

“…Objective. Our aim is to make accurate and robust predictions of the risk of postoperative death in young colorectal cancer patients (18-44 years old) by combining tumor characteristics with medical and demographic information about the patient. …”
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Factors associated with the uptake and utilisation of diabetic retinopathy screening services in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review. by Iheanyi Oby Nwaoha, Albain Ayime Balibuno, Nuha Ibrahim

“…While concerted efforts have been made to develop screening modalities to facilitate the early detection of Diabetic Retinopathy in sub-Saharan Africa, little is known about the factors impacting the optimal use of these screening services. …”
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A Novel Case Base Reasoning and Frequent Pattern Based Decision Support System for Mitigating Software Risk Factors by Muhammad Asif, Jamil Ahmed

“…The information in the existing studies is scattered over different articles which makes it difficult to find relevant knowledge to establish relationship between risk factors and mitigations. …”
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Adapting Ensemble‐Calibration Techniques to Probabilistic Solar‐Wind Forecasting by N. O. Edward‐Inatimi, M. J. Owens, L. Barnard, H. Turner, M. Marsh, S. Gonzi, M. Lang, P. Riley

“…We produce hindcasts in near‐Earth space using coronal‐model output over Solar Cycle 24, as input to Heliospheric Upwind eXtrapolation with time dependence (HUXt) solar‐wind model. Making spatial perturbations to the coronal model output at 0.1 AU, we produce ensembles of inner‐boundary conditions for HUXt, evaluating how forecast accuracy was impacted by the scales of perturbations applied. …”
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Generation of address sequences with specified switching activity and address repeatability by V. N. Yarmolik, N. A. Shevchenko, V. А. Levantsevich, D. V. Demenkovets

“…The use of generating matrices of non-maximal rank makes it possible to formalize the method of generating address sequences with even repetition of addresses.…”
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Development and evaluation of a novel E7 multi-epitopic vaccine for human papillomavirus type 16: design, expression, purification, and immunological characterization by Bahareh Bahmani, Zahra Amini-bayat, Mohammad Mehdi Ranjbar, Masoud Hassanzadeh Makoui, Amir-Hassan Zarnani

“…Conclusion The poly-epitope vaccine for HPV16-E7, as expressed and purified in this research, is highly immunogenic and capable of triggering E7-specific antibodies, making it a potential therapeutic HPV vaccine. Further research is needed to optimize the vaccination schedule and assess the E7-specific immune cell profile.…”
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Doctrinal interpretations of digitalisation as a general legal phenomenon by Emin Najafli

“…Such an approach fundamentally contradicts the existing social needs, leads to managerial and law-making chaos and the lack of distinction between the truly objective needs for legal regulation of new relations and opportunistic managerial decisions which only selectively stimulate the regulatory impact of law on digitalisation. …”
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Design and assembly of plant-based COVID-19 candidate vaccines: reсent development and future prospects by E. A. Uvarova, P. A. Belavin, E. V. Deineko

“…The world scientific community is making tremendous efforts to develop means of protection, prevention and treatment of this disease based on modern advances in molecular biology, immunology and vaccinology. …”
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Integrated assessment of introduced red currant cultivars under the conditions of Tambov Province by O. S. Rodyukova

“…Searching for and accumulating genetic resources from leading breeding centers, both domestic and foreign, as well as studying new genotypes under local conditions would make it possible to identify berry crop varieties for production and breeding.Materials and methods. …”
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Legality of bringing to administrative responsibility for an offense under Art. 130 Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses: retrospective analysis by K. O. Chyshko

“…Some intermediate conclusions have been made. Driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs or other intoxicants or under the influence of drugs that reduce attention and speed of reaction, in the period from July 1, 2020 to March 17, 2021: 1) was recognized not as an administrative offense, but as a criminal offense; 2) detection, termination and documentation of such a criminal offense was carried out mainly by patrol police officers, and not by investigators, as required by current criminal procedure legislation; 3) a report on an administrative offense and other administrative-procedural documents were drawn up upon the fact of committing a criminal offense; 4) the prosecution of a person did not take place as a result of a pre-trial investigation, but within the framework of proceedings in cases of administrative offenses. …”
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