Lumbopelvic Stability and Trunk Muscle Contractility of Individuals with Chronic Ankle Instability by Ryan S McCann, Kelly Johnson, Ashley M B Suttmiller

“…A percent change in contraction thickness from rested to contracted conditions was calculated for each muscle. …”
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Histopathological Insights into Granulomatous Lesions: A Comprehensive Study by Archana Kumari, Irbinder K. Bali, Ayushi Chauhan, Falguni Chitkara, Deepika Wadhera

“…Results: Lesions of granulomatous nature were more common in individuals in their third and fourth decades of life, with a little higher occurrence in females (male: female ratio = 1:1.43). …”
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Accelerated versus Standard Corneal Cross-linking for Progressive Keratoconus in Syria by Abdelrahman M Salman, Taym R Darwish, Yusra H Haddad, Rafea H Shabaan, Mohammad Z Askar

“…The reduction in the minimum corneal thickness (ThKmin) was significantly greater (36.49um) in group two, compared to 10.85um in group one. …”
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Enhancing Health Equity and Patient Engagement in Diabetes Care: Technology-Aided Continuous Glucose Monitoring Pilot Implementation Project by Madhur Thakur, Eric W Maurer, Kim Ngan Tran, Anthony Tholkes, Sripriya Rajamani, Roli Dwivedi

“…We recruited 148 participants with a mean age of 54 years; 39.8% (59/148) self-identified their race as non-White, 9.5% (14/148) self-identified their ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino, and one-third (53/148, 35.8%) were uninsured. Participants had diverse language preferences, with Spanish (54/148, 36.5%), English (52/148, 35.1%), Somali (21/148, 14.2%), and other languages (21/148, 14.2%). …”
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Influencing factors of parenting stress in parents of children with autism spectrum disorder by YIN Peipei, XING Yipei, JI Yue, ZENG Shuting, LIANG Fengjing, CEN Chaoqun

“…Methods A total of 302 families with young children with ASD who received inpatient interventions at the Child Developmental and Behavioral Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University from May 2022 to February 2024 and their parents were recruited to complete the questionnaires， which included Socioeconomic Status Scale （SES）， Parenting Stress Index-Short Form （PSI-SF）， Social Responsiveness Scale-Second Edition （SRS-2） and Adaptive Behavior Assessment System-Second Edition （ABAS-Ⅱ） of the children. …”
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Medication reconciliation: impact of an educational intervention on the knowledge, attitude and practices of healthcare professionals - a prospective quasi-experimental study in a... by Abubakar Siddique Mustafa Hussain, Siti Maisharah Sheikh Ghadzi, Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman, Saud Mohammad Alsahali, Safiya Fatima Khan

“…More than half of the medication errors that happen during care transitions are caused by unjustified medication discrepancies and up to one-third of these mistakes may be harmful. The study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of health care providers in on medication reconciliation process, pre and post educational intervention. …”
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Optimization of energy output from PVT-PCM systems with emerging metal-organic frameworks phase change materials by Bourhan Tashtoush, Malak Al Ghadi

“…The maximum cumulative electrical power output for system A in Ma'an, utilizing a 3 cm thickness of phase change material, was determined to be 3095.81 W/day. …”
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Determination of Factors Affecting Sleep Quality in Postoperative Patients and Improvement of Correctible Causes by Ayşegül Özgök, Gökçe Selçuk Sert, Dilek Öztürk Kazancı

“…We showed that a long operation time (5 hours and more) impairs postoperative sleep quality, thyroid diseases affect sleep quality badly, and sleep disorders are more common especially in patients with COPD. We think that sleep has a very important place in accelerating the recovery process of postoperative patients and that sleep disorders should be questioned better and that postoperative patients with sleep disorders should definitely seek psychological and medical help.…”
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Dietary Tannic Acid Promotes Growth Performance and Resistance Against <i>Aeromonas hydrophila</i> Infection by Improving the Antioxidative Capacity and Intestinal Health in the Ch... by Liqin Ji, Yisen Shangguan, Chen Chen, Chengqing Wei, Junxian Zhu, Xiaoyou Hong, Xiaoli Liu, Xinping Zhu, Wei Li

“…The addition of 0.5–4 g/kg of TA in diets increased the mucosal fold height and submucosa thickness of the small intestine, which reached a maximum of 2 g/kg. …”
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First-in-human, multicenter, open-label, phase I study of ATOR-1017 (evunzekibart), a 4-1BB antibody, in patients with advanced solid malignancies by Peter Ellmark, Jeffrey Yachnin, Ana Carneiro, Lena Schultz, Amanda Hahn, Sumeet Ambarkhane, Karin Enell Smith, Gustav J. Ullenhag

“…Furthermore, almost one-third of patients experienced long-lasting stable disease in this heavily pretreated population. …”
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Validity between dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry and bioelectrical impedance for segmental fat analysis and a novel low-cost model developed using anthropometry in young adults by Malek Mecherques-Carini, Mario Albaladejo-Saura, Francisco Esparza-Ros, Nicolás Baglietto, Raquel Vaquero-Cristóbal

“…Key predictors of segmental fat mass included body mass (r = 0.606–0.867; p < 0.001), skinfold thickness (r = 0.688–0.893; p < 0.001), and waist girth (r = 0.883 − 0.810; p < 0.001). …”
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THE BIOSYNTHESIS REGULATION OF POTATO STEROIDAL GLYCOALKALOIDS by K. A. Ivanova, S. V. Gerasimova, E. K. Khlestkina

“…However, information about the tissue-specific mechanisms of switching between the pathways of synthesis of SGA and other compounds having common precursors with SGAs can be used to manipulate the tissue-specific level of steroidal glycoalkaloids. At the third stage (the synthesis of glycoalkaloids from cholesterol), about 20 enzymes participate. …”
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Whole-genome sequencing reveals transmission pattern and drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis intra- or inter-hosts by Feng Ding, Wanfei Liu, Chi Wu, Chi Wu, Wensi Zhang, Shuyan Chen, Shuyan Chen, Wenjie Lai, Wenjie Lai, Jiayao Qu, Jiayao Qu, Qiang Lin, Shuihua Lu, Jiuxin Qu, Jiuxin Qu

“…This study aimed to investigate transmission pattern and drug resistance of MTB in Shenzhen, China.MethodsA retrospective study on 286 samples from 184 TB patients collected between 2015 and 2018 in Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital was conducted using whole-genome sequencing. …”
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Neural network based classification of rock properties and seismic vulnerability by U. Muksin, E. Riana, A. Rudiyanto, K. Bauer, A.V.H. Simanjuntak, M. Weber

“…The dominant frequency values in the west were mostly low at around 0.1–3 Hertz, associated with thick sedimentary layer. The pattern of the shear wave velocity map correlates with that of the horizontal to vertical spectral ratio map as the amplification is related to the soil or rock rigidity represented by the shear wave velocity. …”
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المکتبات الخضراء ودورها فى مواجهة تحدیات الاستدامة البیئیة : دراسة تحلیلیة مقارنة by د. مها لؤى حاتم

“…In addition to that supporting and encouragingcreative thinking. Lastly, the necessity of the Arabic library to simulate theseeffective models, and applying the standards and specifications of green librariesmentioned in the study.…”
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Obstructive sleep apnea and structural and functional brain alterations: a brain-wide investigation from clinical association to genetic causality by Kang Wu, Qiming Gan, Yuhong Pi, Yanjuan Wu, Wenjin Zou, Xiaofen Su, Sun Zhang, Xinni Wang, Xinchun Li, Nuofu Zhang

“…In the Mendelian randomization analyses, the area of left inferior temporal sulcus (OR: 0.89; 95% CI: 0.82–0.96), rfMRI connectivity ICA100 edge 893 (OR: 0.88; 95% CI: 0.82–0.96), ICA100 edge 951 (OR: 0.89; 95% CI: 0.82–0.97), and ICA100 edge 1213 (OR: 0.89; 95% CI: 0.82–0.96) were significantly decreased in OSA. Conversely, mean thickness of G-front-inf-Triangul in right hemisphere (OR: 1.14; 95% CI: 1.05–1.23), mean orientation dispersion index in right tapetum (OR: 1.13; 95% CI: 1.04–1.23), and rfMRI connectivity ICA100 edge 258 (OR: 1.13; 95% CI: 1.04–1.22) showed opposite results. …”
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The manor estate economy ofthe Republic of Two Nations (the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) in the 16th-18th centuries from the Marxist and neo-institutionalist perspectives by Darius Žiemelis

“…Kula, is used for reconstructing the manor economy of Eastern Europe (and especially the RTN) in the 16th-18th centuries from the Marxist perspective. The third section features the above-mentioned studies as well as additional literature (J. …”
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Environmental awareness factor of used cell phones by N. Wibowo, R. Nurcahyo, D.S. Gabriel

“…The second section comprised multiple concerns that relate to recycling and environmental awareness. The third section contained the family cell phone information. …”
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The Effect of Glycerol Monolaurate on Intestinal Health and Disease Resistance in Cage-Farmed Juvenile Pompano Trachinotus ovatus by Huaxing Lin, Beiping Tan, Qihui Yang

“…Villus lengths (VL) and muscle thicknesses (MT) of the 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, and 0.20% GML groups were significantly enhanced, and the villus widths (VW) in the 0.05, 0.10, and 0.15% groups were significantly increased (P<0.05). …”
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A novel minimally invasive neurosurgical cranial fixation device for improved accuracy of intraventricular catheter placement: an experimental animal study by Atai Daniel, Matan Coronel, Segev Peer, Ben Grinshpan, Soner Duru, Jose L. Peiro, James L. Leach, Elena Abellán, Carolyn M. Doerning, David Zarrouk, Francesco T. Mangano

“…Herein, we introduce a new concept of a cranial fixation device for insertion of EVDs, that reduces reliance on freehand placement and drilling techniques and provides a simple, minimally invasive approach that provides strong fixation to minimal thickness skulls. Methods An experimental device for catheter insertion and fixation was designed and tested in both ex-vivo and in-vivo conditions to assess accurate cannulation of the ventricle and to test the strength of fixation to the skull. …”
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