Pelvic Muscle Rehabilitation: A Standardized Protocol for Pelvic Floor Dysfunction by Rodrigo Pedraza, Javier Nieto, Sergio Ibarra, Eric M. Haas

“…The diagnostic assessment includes electromyography and manometry analyzed in 4 phases: (1) initial baseline phase; (2) rapid contraction phase; (3) tonic contraction and endurance phase; and (4) late baseline phase. …”
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DeepSeek vs. ChatGPT: Comparative Efficacy in Reasoning for Adults’ Second Language Acquisition Analysis by Mohammad Mahyoob Albuhairy, Jeehaan Algaraady

“…Contributions include a proposal for integrating AI tools into L2 pedagogy, emphasizing contrastive drill and sociolinguistic awareness, and recommendations for training AI concerning L1-targeted error profiles. …”
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Assessment of potential winter hardiness in winter bread wheat cultivars and genotypes by analyzing autofluorescence in seedling tissues by I. V. Karkhardin, A. A. Konovalov, N. P. Goncharov

“…The winter bread wheat cultivars ‘Zitnica’ (Yugoslavia) and ‘Novosibirskaya 9’ (ICG SB RAS, Russia), contrasting in winter hardiness and CAD isozyme spectra, their hybrids, and 28 improved winter cultivars developed in Krasnodar were selected for the study. …”
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Computer-Assisted Quantitative Analysis of Skeletal Muscles of Snowboarding Parallel Giant Slalom Athletes after Exercise Based on Artificial Intelligence and Complex Networks by Haiqiang Yu, Fei Yang, Jin Wang

“…The event requires good special physical support, skeletal muscle contraction is the body to produce motor function, and special physical training and recovery are key factors for athletes to obtain excellent results in the competition. …”
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Transparence et opacité des formes pronominales d’adresse et des formes interjectives dans trois langues romanes (français, italien, espagnol) by Daniela Ventura, Samir Bajrić

“…Nous analyserons, de manière contrastive, l’opacité de certaines formes pronominales d’adresse ainsi que celle de certaines interjections issues de formes verbales, telles que Allez ! …”
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Effects of Changes in Colored Light on Brain and Calf Muscle Blood Concentration and Oxygenation by J. Weinzirl, M. Wolf, P. Heusser, M. Nelle, U. Wolf

“…In color therapy, light of two contrasting colors is often applied in a sequential order. …”
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The Assessment of Efficiency of Information Technologies Launching by Belarusian Business by A. V. Aginskaya, R. I. Marozau

“…The study showed that, in general, business processes automation brings positive effects; in particular, IT can improve interaction with suppliers, contractors and banks, as well as, in general, increases the enterprise competitiveness. …”
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The Therapeutic Potential of Low-Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound in Enhancing Gallbladder Function and Reducing Inflammation in Cholesterol Gallstone Disease by Fang Chen, Run Guo, Tian Chen, Liping Liu, Fan Ding, Gang Zhao, Bo Zhang

“…Background: Cholesterol gallstone disease (CGS) is often accompanied by gallbladder contraction dysfunction and chronic inflammation, but effective therapeutic options remain limited. …”
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Dual-Polarimetric SAR Measurements to Observe Liquefaction Surface Manifestations by Ferdinando Nunziata, Anna Verlanti, Nicola Angelo Famiglietti, Maurizio Migliaccio, Annamaria Vicari

“…Finally, the obtained maps are qualitatively contrasted against state-of-the-art optical and interferometric SAR methodologies. …”
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Myoclonic status epilepticus with dystonia-like symptoms in patients with dementia: Report of two cases by Rosario V. Rossi, Rosanna Melis, Noemi Murdeu, Sara Lizzos, Maria Luigia Piras, Loretta Racis, Silvia Serusi, Maria Valeria Saddi

“…We report cases of two elderly women with dementia who presented with a new-onset seizure disorder characterized by subtle, rhythmic muscular contractions involving the buccolingual region and the four limbs, persistent jaw opening, and abnormal cervical posture that mimicked myoclonus-dystonia syndrome and oromandibular dystonia. …”
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Transcutaneous Intraluminal Impedance Measurement for Minimally Invasive Monitoring of Gastric Motility: Validation in Acute Canine Models by Michael D. Poscente, Gang Wang, Dobromir Filip, Polya Ninova, Gregory Muench, Orly Yadid-Pecht, Martin P. Mintchev, Christopher N. Andrews

“…Transcutaneous intraluminal impedance measurement (TIIM) is a new method to cutaneously measure gastric contractions by assessing the attenuation dynamics of a small oscillating voltage emitted by a battery-powered ingestible capsule retained in the stomach. …”
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An active shrinkage and antioxidative hydrogel with biomimetic mechanics functions modulates inflammation and fibrosis to promote skin regeneration by Tao Zhang, Xin-Cao Zhong, Zi-Xuan Feng, Xiao-Ying Lin, Chun-Ye Chen, Xiao-Wei Wang, Kai Guo, Yi Wang, Jun Chen, Yong-Zhong Du, Ze-Ming Zhuang, Yong Wang, Wei-Qiang Tan

“…The hydrogel's immediate hemostatic effect initiated sequential remodeling, the active shrinkage property sealed and contracted the wound at body temperature, and the antioxidative function eliminated ROS, promoting re-epithelialization. …”
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In Vivo Healing Potential of Aegle marmelos in Excision, Incision, and Dead Space Wound Models by M. K. Gautam, V. Purohit, M. Agarwal, A. Singh, R. K. Goel

“…Complete wound contraction and epithelization were observed at the 20th day after treatment with AME as compared to the 24th day in control rats. …”
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Approximate Kelvin-Voigt Fluid Driven by an External Force Depending on Velocity with Distributed Delay by Yantao Guo, Shuilin Cheng, Yanbin Tang

“…By a prior estimate and a contractive function, we give a sufficient condition for the existence of pullback attractor of NSV equation.…”
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Results on non local impulsive implicit Caputo-Hadamard fractional differential equations by K. Venkatachalam, M. Sathish Kumar, P. Jayakumar

“…The Krasnoselskii fixed-point theorem, Schaefer's fixed point theorem and the Banach contraction principle serve as the basis of this unique strategy, and are used to achieve the desired results. …”
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The Existence of Fixed Point Theorems via -Distance and -Admissible Mappings and Applications by Marwan Amin Kutbi, Wutiphol Sintunavarat

“…We introduce the concept of the generalized -contraction mappings and establish the existence of fixed point theorem for such mappings by using the properties of -distance and -admissible mappings. …”
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Common Fixed Point for Three Pairs of Self-Maps Satisfying Common (E.A) Property in Generalized Metric Spaces by Feng Gu, Yun Yin

“…Using the concept of common (E.A) property, we prove a common fixed point theorem for three pairs of weakly compatible self-maps satisfying a new contractive condition in the framework of a generalized metric space. …”
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A generalization of some fixed point theorems of K. M. Ghosh by B. E. Rhoades

“…If, in addition, S=TTλ satisfies any contractive definition strong enough to guarantee that S has a unique fixed point u in E, and, if TTλu=TλTu, then u is the unique fixed point for T.…”
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On the Boundary of Self-Affine Sets by Qi-Rong Deng, Xiang-Yang Wang

“…In addition, we consider the variety of the boundary of a self-affine set when some other contractive maps are added. We show that the complexity of the boundary of the new self-affine set may be the same, more complex, or simpler; any one of the three cases is possible.…”
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Existence and Stability of Positive Periodic Solutions for a Neutral Multispecies Logarithmic Population Model with Feedback Control and Impulse by Zhenguo Luo, Liping Luo

“…We investigate a neutral multispecies logarithmic population model with feedback control and impulse. By applying the contraction mapping principle and some inequality techniques, a set of easily applicable criteria for the existence, uniqueness, and global attractivity of positive periodic solution are established. …”
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