Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on Dental Match residency applicant statistics in the United States of America: a cross sectional analysis by Vinayak M. Joshi, Eswar Kandaswamy, Sivaraman Prakasam, Veerasathpurush Allareddy, Andrew G. Chapple

“…Important trends were evaluated and summarized using graphs, descriptive statistics, and two sample tests for proportions (chi-square test) comparing different pairs of years. …”
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Assessment and Comparison of Various MCDM Approaches in the Selection of Manufacturing Process by Atef M. Ghaleb, Husam Kaid, Ali Alsamhan, Syed Hammad Mian, Lotfi Hidri

“…A case study in this study was presented to analyse the evaluation methodology. The criteria used to evaluate and identify the best manufacturing process were categorized into productivity, accuracy, complexity, flexibility, material utilization, quality, and operation cost. …”
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Measurement the Physiological Properties of Water Pipe Smokers in Shekhan Distract by Abdullah. M. Al-Saiegh, Turki Sabri Haji, Jihan Saado Ahmed, Alaa Azzo Aslo, Firas Faris Khalaf

“…Smoking is one of the old habits used by humans before 400 years ago, where this custom was exclusively used in males with the development of time, tools, ingredients and flavors that used in hookah the women also started smoking, which led to an increase in the prevalence of use in many countries of the world Smoking is one of the reasons that lead to an increase in the percentage incidence of lung cancer, chronic lung disease ,mouth disease ,teeth deformation and gingivitis. …”
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25 years of the Institute of Higher Education of the NAES of Ukraine: Achievements and prospects for development by Ірина Драч, Світлана Калашнікова, Олена Слюсаренко, Юрій Скиба, Олександр Жабенко, Леся Червона

“…This review is dedicated to summarizing the fruit­ful academic research, methodical and educational activities of the Institute dur­ing its 25-year history, as well as to outlining the prospects for its further devel­opment. …”
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Beyond productivity: The socio-cultural role of fishing among the Baka of southeastern Cameroon by Sandrine Gallois, Romain Duda

“…To contribute to fill this gap, we analyze fishing activities among two Baka communities from southeastern Cameroon, particularly focusing on fishing productivity as well as the ethnoecological specificities and the socio-cultural role of fishing. …”
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Mechanical behavior and micro-crack propagation mode of fault stick–slip under various roughness conditions by Qianbai Zhao, Yong Zhao, Tianhong Yang, Shuhong Wang

“…In this study, discrete-element numerical simulations were used to construct numerical models under different roughness conditions to simulate the stick–slip failure process of faults. …”
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Narrative Review of the Morphofunctional Underpinnings and Comprehensive Rehabilitation Strategies for Smartphone-addicted University Students by Lucia Ana-Maria Anghelescu, Aurelian Anghelescu, Gelu Onose

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Characteristics of Nonunion Fractures in Patients with Antebrachial Fractures at dr. Mohamad Soewandhie General Hospital Surabaya 2021-2022: A Retrospective Study by Tasya Monica, Bimo Sasono, Cempaka Harsa Sekarputri

“…Contributing factors include age, gender, fracture type, multiple fractures, infection, prolonged nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use, smoking, nutritional status, and history of chronic disease. …”
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The comparison of physical fitness in secondary male students in altitude and coastal areas by Esmaeil Zahıbı, Seyed Hossein Alavı

“…High altitude reduces the distance covered by youth athlete students during tests. Neither acclimatization nor lifelong residence at high altitude protects against detrimental effects of altitude on tests activity profile.…”
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Parental stress and dedication to the education of their children among parents from eastern Peru by Jhomira Tucto-Claudio, Uriaz Navarro, Jessica Aranda-Turpo, Julio Cjuno

“…Background: The parental stress levels increased during their children's virtual education season. …”
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Improving quality of strawberry by novel essential oil nanoemulsions of Echinophora platyloba combined with Aloe vera gel and gum arabic by Iman Kebriti, Mousa Solgi, Mohammad Velashjerdi

“…The strawberries were then coated using an immersion method with the prepared nanoemulsions, gum Arabic (GA), and Aloe vera gel (AV). …”
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EN Methods for managing the energy efficiency of a reliquefaction plant operating on the reverse brighton cycle of a LNG tanker by В.В. Соколовська-єфименко, Л.І. Морозюк, В.О. Єрін, О.О. Єфименко, А.В. Мошкатюк

“…The application of reliquefaction plants operating on the Brighton cycle is currently inefficient due to low energy efficiency and huge losses in the nitrogen loop, which does not meet IMO requirements for gas carriers…”
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Sildenafil as a Salvage Treatment for Ovarian Torsion: A Rat Model by Didem Alkas Yaginc, Huriye Ayse Parlakgümüs, Selcuk Yetkinel, Pinar Caglar Aytac, Huriye Eda Ozturan Ozer, Derya Akaydin Aldemir, Esra Bulgan Kilicdag

“… OBJECTIVE: In this study, we aimed to investigate the effect of sildenafil, acting as an anti-oxidant on the ischemic rat ovarian torsion model by pointing out ovarian reserve via AMH levels which is the best marker for oocyte pool. …”
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Medical Cannabis for Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome: An Open-Label Prospective Study by Saar Anis, Corinne Zalomek, Amos D. Korczyn, Alina Rosenberg, Nir Giladi, Tanya Gurevich

“…MC mode of use was decided by the treating neurologist and the patient. …”
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Laparoscopic Resection of a Left Upper Quadrant Mass Leading to a Surprise Diagnosis by Hugo J. R. Bonatti, Reinhardt O. Sahmel, Rodrigo B. Erlich

“…Resplenectomy is most commonly done for the treatment of recurrent idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) refractory to medical management due to the regrowth of a missed accessory spleen. …”
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Qualitative study of antibiotic prescription patterns and associated drivers in Sudan, Guinea-Bissau, Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of Congo by Mohit Nair, Carolina Jimenez, Tonka Eibs, Alena Koscalova, Paul Grohma, Gisa Kohler, Rawa Gafar Bakhit, Mzia Thurashvili, Estrella Lasry, Sandra Wagner Bauer

“…Additionally, there was a strong demand for quick cures and communities preferred injections over pills. …”
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A study of maternal and perinatal outcomes in primigravida and multigravida by comparing their partogram in labor by Umadevi Vavaldas, K. S. Midhuna, Sarada Kandhichetty

“…Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the use of partograph during labor and delivery, with objectives to improve health care and reduce maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. …”
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Co-design and content validation of psychosis care assessment material for medical, pharmacy, nursing, and occupational therapy curricula by Jenny Chen, Jack Charles Collins, Justin Newton Scanlan, Andrea McCloughen, Rosa Howard, Claire Ashton-James, Claire L. O’Reilly, Rebekah J. Moles, Tina X. Ung, Carl R. Schneider, Bandana Saini, Jennifer Ong, Paul Beckett, Karen Watson, Margaret McGrath, Timothy F. Chen, Sarira El-Den

“…Results The four highest ranked ideas based on rank scores and accumulated rank score sums were selected during the NGT meeting and used to guide the development of four role-play scenarios focusing on antipsychotic medication side effects, suicide risk, paranoia and delusions, and visual hallucinations. …”
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Occupational Therapy-Based Energy Management Education in People with Post-COVID-19 Condition-Related Fatigue: Results from a Focus Group Discussion by Ruth Hersche, Andrea Weise

“…One online focus group discussion took place in May 2021 with OTs experienced in using the EME protocol. The topics addressed were the institutional context of the OTs and their experiences during the treatment. …”
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Mechanical properties and corrosion behavior of circular oscillating laser direct energy deposited nickel-based superalloy after different heat-treatment processes by Yelin Xia, Haoran Wu, Keyi Liu, Jianbo Lei, Yabao Hu, Hanning Chen, Chen Zheng

“…Heat treatment can enhance the microstructure uniformity and mitigate element segregation in the nickel-based superalloy GH3536 fabricated via laser directional energy deposition, augmenting its mechanical and corrosion properties. This study used laser beam oscillation to deposit GH3536 specimens and designed three heat treatment regimens: solution treatment (1177 °C/1 h), aging treatment (720 °C/8 h), and solution + aging treatment (1177 °C/1 h + 720 °C/8 h). …”
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