Vibration therapy as an intervention for trochanteric hip fractures – A randomized double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial by Ronald Man Yeung Wong, Pui Yan Wong, Chaoran Liu, Chun Sing Chui, Wing Hong Liu, Ning Tang, James Griffith, Ning Zhang, Wing Hoi Cheung

“…Secondary outcome assessments were clinical and functional outcomes with quadriceps muscle strength, balancing ability, handgrip strength, Time Up and Go (TUG) test, quality of life outcomes, pain, falls, and mortality. …”
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Psychometric properties of the Moroccan dialect versions of the Perceived Stress Scale and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale among Moroccan university students by Younes RAMI, Hicham KHABBACHE, Jamal AMRAOUI, Driss AIT ALI, Zakaria ABIDLI, Abdulmohsen MOHAMMED ABDULLAH ALKHULAYFI, Mahmood BAHRAMIZADEH, Hassan LAABOUB, Amelia RIZZO, Bouabid BADAOUI, Şeyhmus AKSOY, Lukasz SZARPAK, Murat YILDIRIM, Francesco CHIRICO

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Quelles balises curriculaires en éducation à la prospective territoriale durable ? Valeurs d’émancipation et finalités d’implications politiques des jeunes dans les études de cas e... by Angela Barthes, Sylviane Blanc-Maximin, Elisabeth Dorier

“…The results focus on students' abilities to problematize, identify social issues, position themselves against a coherent polis (Audigier, 2017), adopt a critical posture. …”
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Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy and Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis in a Family of South Indian Descent by Muthiah Subramanian, N. Senthil, S. Sujatha

“…We speculate that gene mutations altering the ability of the beta subunit to interact with the alpha subunit of the CaV1.1 channel and mutations in the pore-forming potassium channel subunit may be possible explanations for the combined manifestation of both diseases. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Type-1 and Type-2 Fuzzy Controllers: Exploiting Synergies for Improved Control System Performance by Renato Aparecido Aguiar, Ivan Carlos Franco, Fabrizio Leonardi

“… The utilization of fuzzy controllers in control systems has gained significant attention in various fields due to their ability to handle complex and uncertain systems. This paper focuses on comparing the performance of two types of fuzzy controllers: type-1 fuzzy controller and type-2 fuzzy controller. …”
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Theoretical knowledge enhanced genetic algorithm for mine ventilation system optimization considering main fan adjustment by Wentian Shang, Jinzhang Jia

“…Comparative analysis with four other algorithms shows that, although this algorithm has a longer runtime due to the need to identify the minimum spanning tree during iterations, its ability to reduce problem dimensionality and improve population quality results in more stable and superior convergence performance, especially for large-scale mine ventilation systems. …”
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Clinical observation of VR virtual reality rehabilitation training combined with acupuncture in the treatment of mild cognitive impairment by Ying Fu, Hui Wang

“…This directly affects the patient's motor function, daily living ability, and social adaptability, and brings many difficulties to the patient's reintegration into society. …”
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Research on Discriminative Skeleton-Based Action Recognition in Spatiotemporal Fusion and Human-Robot Interaction by Qiubo Zhong, Caiming Zheng, Haoxiang Zhang

“…In this work, we enhance the ability of distinguishing similar actions by focusing on spatiotemporal fusion and adaptive feature extraction for high discrimination information. …”
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Study of defects influence on chlorinated polyvinyl chloride pipes damage and analysis of their fracture by Fatima Gugouch, Meriem Meknassi, Mohamed Elghorba, Achraf Wahid, Houda Mouradi, Bouhsiss Hassan, Aziz Maziri

“…The aim of this article is to assess the effect of the defect on CPVC pipes, through a study of the defect criticality in the form of semi-elliptical, then the ability to predict defected pipes residual life. Therefore unexpected and sudden failure caused by pipes accelerated damage. …”
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Development and characterization of in vitro inducible immortalization of a murine microglia cell line for high throughput studies by Hana Yeh, Matthew A. De Cruz, Yang You, Seiko Ikezu, Tsuneya Ikezu

“…Upon withdrawal of doxycycline, this monoclonal microglial cell line differentiates, resembling in vivo microglial physiology as demonstrated by the expression of microglial genes, innate immune responses, chemotaxis, and phagocytic abilities. We utilized live imaging and various molecular techniques to functionally characterize the clonal 2E11murine microglial cell line. …”
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Financing the future: insights into sustainable energy investments through scientific mapping and meta-analysis by Mustafa Raza Rabbani, Madiha Kiran, Zakir Hossen Shaikh

“…It serves as a thorough resource on current trends in sustainable energy investments and recommends viable research topics, thus benefiting researchers, professionals, and policymakers alike.…”
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Implementasi Problem Based Learning Pada Tema Selamatkan Makhluk Hidup Untuk Meningkatkan Prestasi Belajar dan Keaktifan Siswa Kelas VI SDN Ngepeh by Mariyono Mariyono

“…One effort to improve students' cognitive abilities and student activity is to use learning methods that are appropriate to the material to be taught by the teacher. …”
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Optimization of Cast-Steel Tubular Circular-Hollow-Section Connections Based on Depth-First Search Algorithm by Kaien Jiang, Ziming Yang, Ju Chen, Guoer Lv, Huafeng Yu

“…The design framework has the ability to produce designs with smooth and uninterrupted boundaries, making them highly compatible with traditional casting methods and effectively tackling the manufacturing challenges related to topology optimization. …”
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A Digital Twin Framework to Improve Urban Sustainability and Resiliency: The Case Study of Venice by Lorenzo Villani, Luca Gugliermetti, Maria Antonia Barucco, Federico Cinquepalmi

“…Digital Twin (DT) technology can promote this transition at an urban scale due to its ability to monitor, control, and predict the behaviour of complex systems and processes. …”
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Effects of Lysozyme, Proteinase K, and Cephalosporins on Biofilm Formation by Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Mohamed Eladawy, Mohammed El-Mowafy, Mohamed Mohamed Adel El-Sokkary, Rasha Barwa

“…Here, 103 P. aeruginosa clinical isolates were quantitatively screened for biofilm formation ability via the tissue culture plate method. The effects of lysozyme (hydrolytic enzyme) and proteinase K (protease) on biofilm formation were evaluated at different concentrations. …”
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Prevalence of Childhood and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity from 2003 to 2010 in an Integrated Health Care Delivery System by Scott Gee, Debbie Chin, Lynn Ackerson, Dewey Woo, Amanda Howell

“…The KPNC prevalence of overweight and obesity compares favorably to external benchmarks, although differences in methodologies limit our ability to draw conclusions. Physician counseling as well as weight management programs and sociodemographic factors may have contributed to the overall improvements in BMI in the KPNC population. …”
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Social Inversions and Education by D. A. Sevost’yanov

“…Complex hierarchies have the ability to form inverse relationships. Inverse relationships occur when the lower element in social hierarchy becomes the dominant, but formally remains in a subordinate position. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 Viral Shedding and Associated Factors among COVID-19 Inpatients and Outpatients by Masoomeh Sofian, Behzad Khansarinejad, Ehsanollah Ghaznavi-Rad, Farzaneh Shokoohi, Hossein Mazaherpour, Farzane Farmani, Mona Sadat Larijani, Leila Pakpour, Amitis Ramezani

“…According to the contagious ability of the new virus, SARS-CoV-2, characterization of viral shedding duration in the period of infection is highly valuable in terms of providing quarantine guidelines and isolation policies. …”
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Comparison of the CAMI-NSTEMI and GRACE Risk Model for Predicting In-Hospital Mortality in Chinese Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients by Peng Wang, Hongliang Cong, Ying Zhang, Yujie Liu

“…Introduction. The ability of risk models to predict in-hospital mortality and the influence on downstream therapeutic strategy has not been fully investigated in Chinese Non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) patients. …”
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Managing Emergencies in Rural North Queensland: The Feasibility of Teletraining by Tarsh Pandit, Robin A. Ray, Sabe Sabesan

“…There was a preference for interactive training sessions, over didactic lectures with little mention of technical barriers to engagement. The ability of teletraining to reduce professional isolation was a major benefit for doctors practicing in remote locations. …”
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