Experimental Study of Modified Videman Method to Replicate Knee Osteoarthritis in Rabbits by Jing LIU, Qiaoxuan LIN, Liming LU, Zexing GUO, Hong LIU, Liangzhi ZHANG, Zhongbiao XIU

“…There was no significant difference in Lequesne MG scores between the traditional group and the improved group (<italic>P</italic>&gt;0.05).3) Comparison of imaging results: compared with the normal group, X-rays showed a narrowing of joint space between the modified group and the traditional group (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials: evaluating the efficacy of isokinetic muscle strengthening training in improving knee osteoarthritis outcomes by Wanqin Guo, Jingyang Gao, Dawazhuoma, Xiuling Mi, Ciwang, Bianba

“…The primary pathological manifestations of KOA include articular cartilage degeneration, joint space narrowing, and osteophyte formation, leading to a spectrum of symptoms, including joint pain, stiffness, reduced mobility, diminished muscle strength, and severe disability. …”
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Genetic Analysis of Reciprocal Crosses of Silkworm in New Iranian Lines and Hybrids by Shahla Nematollahian, Seyed Hossein Hosseini Moghaddam, Babak Rabiei, Seyed Ziaeddin Mirhoseini

“…The pupation rate in the direct crosses was due to additive genetic effects, but in the reverse crosses was affected by non-additive genetic effects. In general, the narrow sense heritability for all traits was higher in Chinese-shape than in Japanese-shape mothers. …”
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Low error floor LT coding algorithm for unequal error protection by Xin SONG, Shuyan NI, Zhe ZHANG, Yurong LIAO, Tuofeng LEI

“…The check nodes in this segment will select MIB or least important bit (LIB) as neighbor nodes,and the proportion of check nodes connected to MIB and LIB can be flexibly adjusted,so that the MIB is always successfully decoded before the LIB.This paper also proposes a degree distribution design model adapted to the above coding scheme.This design model aims to provide a sufficiently wide extrinsic information decoding tunnel for the MIB,and an open and not too narrow decoding tunnel for the LIB.When only the fixed segment is transmitted, the degree distribution to be designed should bring the MIB closest to the successful decoding state.When starting to transmit the rateless segment,the degree distribution to be designed should ensure that the MIB is recovered correctly as soon as possible,and the decoding tunnel of the MIB is wide enough when the LIB is in a critical decoding state. …”
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Lattes/Lattara (Hérault), comptoir étrusque du littoral languedocien by Éric Gailledrat, Ariane Vacheret

“…The seaport of Lattara, located at the mouth of the Lez river on a narrow sandbank protruding into the lagoon, was a trading post widely open to Mediterranean trade which, throughout the Late Iron Age, was part of the economic sphere of influence of the Greek colony of Massilia. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Marisa dos Reis, Joseph Burke, Raphaelle Schwarzberg (†)

“…Notably, the Commissioner is shown to go beyond a narrow mandate of environmental protection to a wider concern with future generations. …”
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Wetland birds of middle Vistula River during breeding season: the impact of human activities on the distribution, abundance and richness of species by Dariusz Bukaciński, Monika Bukacińska, Arkadiusz Buczyński

“…The urban section within Dęblin boundaries (km 388-393) and a 5-kilometer-long area of gravel mining (km 426-431) were much less attractive for birds. Straight, much narrower river channel, small number of islands in a main channel and a degraded valley in the vicinity of river banks caused, that only six to ten species nested there, of the total density ranged between 2.0-2.7 pairs/km on the urban fragment and 3.8-6.6 pairs/km within the gravel pit area (Table 3). …”
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Scrutinizing Generation Z's Interpretation of Social Justice: A Case Study in Khomeinishahr, Iran by Akbar Zareshahabadi, Alireza Asgari, Reza Javadian

“…They advocated for a minimum wage and a narrow wage gap, insisting that competencies should be the primary determinants of rewards and resources, free from special privileges, such as nepotism or quotas. …”
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Editorial by Pieter Vanhuysse, Antony Mason, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche, Maria Lenk

“…The value of investments in human capital and other intra-familial transfers is so important that they frequently reverse the results of a more narrow public policy analysis. Thus the key message from Gál’s earlier work is corroborated: Europe is a continent of “pro-elderly welfare states within child-oriented societies.”[4] This highlights an important further conclusion we can draw from this special issue. …”
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The Investigation of Grammatical Category and Syntactic Position of “t͡ʃəmɑn”, a Modality Marker in Kalhori Kurdish by Tahereh Jafari, Shoja Tafakkori Rezayi

“…Givón (1995), Palmer (1999), and Narrog (2005) classify modality into three conceptions: it is the semantic information about the speaker’s attitude towards their speech; it extends beyond the propositions in the speech; or it is a device to distinguish truth from falsehood. …”
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Deviant Behaviors of Students in Educational System: A Meta-synthesis Model-Building Theory by Mehdi Mohammaadi, Farzane Deimehkar Haghighi

“…After gathering a substantial number of sources, we applied screening criteria to eliminate less relevant materials, narrowing our focus. As a result, 32 articles were discarded from an initial pool of 177 studies. …”
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Le sanctuaire romain du Vigneau à Pussigny (Indre-et-Loire) : un lieu de mémoire, de vie et d’accueil by Arnaud Coutelas, Sébastien Lepetz

“…In its final state (middle of the 2nd century AD), the temple had a perimeter enclosure measuring 42 × 30.5 m, equipped with a double portico on the west side, measuring twice 3.60 m in width.Pits are densely distributed in the north-west and south-west corners of its cult enclosure. A series of narrow, oblong structures are reminiscent of pits related to planting or intended for the installation of vines. …”
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Alteration, mineralization, geochemistry and fluid inclusion investigations in Joftrud prospect area, southwest of Birjand by Omid Shareipour, Azadeh Malekzadeh Shafaroudi, Maryam Javidi Moghaddam

“…According to the available evidence of structural control of mineralization, alterations and their narrow expansions, mineralogy, texture, fluid inclusion data and depth of formation, prospect area is similar to intermediate sulfidation deposit. …”
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Professionalisation and governance in sports organisations: towards an integrated understanding by Raphael Stieger, Siegfried Nagel, Grazia Lang

“…While poor governance structures can promote professionalisation processes, governance structures and processes may also hinder organisational professionalisation, such as rent-seeking by directors or democratic structures. (2) Professionalisation of governance structures and processes is discussed in manifold ways. In a narrow sense, the appointment of ‘governance professionals’ or the transfer of decision-making power from volunteers to paid executives is described. …”
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Measurement and Evaluation of Social Resilience Indicators in the Historical Neighborhoods of Tabriz City (Case Study: Sorkhab Neighborhood of Tabriz) by Leila Rahimi, Mahta Choobineh

“…The aging buildings in the neighborhood, due to its historical nature, rendered many of them uninhabitable. Furthermore, the narrow width of local roads compromised the safety of both residents and users within the neighborhood. …”
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Le camp légionnaire romain de Mayence/Mogontiacum (Allemagne) : nouveaux résultats sur l’enceinte et la chronologie by Daniel Burger-Völlmecke

“…Date attribution using the archaeological material is difficult, but in conjunction with the results of the present study, stone phase 3 can be narrowed down to the second quarter of the 4th c. AD or shortly thereafter. …”
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Should the Food and Drug Administration Limit Placebo-Controlled Trials? by Max Goodman, Connor Pedersen

“…Annals of African Medicine. 2017;16(3):97-100. doi:10.4103/aam.aam_211_16; Sorscher S, AbuDagga A, Almashat S, Carome M, Wolfe S. Placebo-only-controlled versus active-controlled trials of new drugs for nine common life-threatening diseases. …”
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Contextual Vulnerability Should Guide Fair Subject Selection in Xenotransplantation Clinical Trials by Gianna Strand

“…Requiring simultaneous allograft listing will narrow the potential subject population to those clinically suitable and well situated to receive a fair opportunity to enroll in research: individuals listed for an allograft but significantly unlikely to receive or to benefit from that allograft. …”
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The Bioethics-CSR Divide by Caio Caesar Dib

“…The scope of the bioethicist would be increasingly limited to the spaces of academia and hospitals, where it would be narrowed to the clinical environment.[31] This would become the comfort zone of professionals, much to the detriment of social concerns. …”
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Protecting the Autonomy of Patients with Severe Mental Illness Through Psychiatric Advance Directive Peer-Facilitation by Nicholas Karasik

“…Williams explains: "Once the social sources of our identities are recognized, it becomes apparent that someone else who shares my culture [experience] might be able to understand me better than I understand myself.” [45] Essentially, the lived experience of peer-support specialists does not necessarily impede autonomy but can effectively enhance it through facilitated support.[46] Recognizing that individuals are embedded in social relations makes it clear that conceptions of autonomy that neglect emotions, communal life, social context, interdependence, reciprocity, and the development of persons over time are exceedingly narrow.[47] Within this framework of relational autonomy, peer-support specialists can guide service users through their struggles with SMI. …”
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