A Historical Study of the Effects of the 1930 Earthquake on the Human Geography and History of Selmas City and its Surrounding Region by Zeinab Ahmadvand, Tohid Malekzadeh Dilmaghani

“…The extent of devastation extended from Selmas Plain to the village of Qatur and the Upper Zab Road in Turkey, leading to the tragic loss of 2,500 to 4,000 lives in Selmas. …”
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Effect of Mirror Feedback Therapy of Contralaterally Controlled Functional Electrical Stimulation on Hand Function of Apoplectic Hemiplegic Patients by Yafei ZHOU, Qingzhen CHEN, Shihong HU, Yingying LI, Lei YU, Jiaran JIN

“…Surface electromyography (sEMG), upper extremities motor function test of Fugl-Meyer movement assessment (U-FMA), box and block test (BBT) and wrist active range of motion (AROM) were used to evaluate hand function of patients before and after treatment.Results:Before treatment, average EMG(AEMG) value, median frequency (MF) value, U-FMA scores, BBT scores and wrist AROM of all three groups showed no significant differences (<italic>P</italic>&gt; 0.05). …”
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Bank collapse-landslide failure mechanism of typical reverse rock bank slope in Three Gorges Reservoir area by Yang LI, Hailin ZHAO, Bolin HUANG, Honglin LI, Kaikai XU

“…It provides important free-face conditions for the upper deformation body, which is the disaster acceleration inducement of reverse rock slope landslide failure. …”
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Diagnosis dan Penatalaksanaan Tumor Ganas Laring by Dolly Irfandy, Sukri Rahman

“…<br />Kata kunci: Tumor ganas laring, karsinoma, laringektomi, tembakau<br /> <br />Abstract <br />Larynx plays a certain role in coordinating functions of the upper aerodigestive tract, such as respiration,<br />speech, and swallowing. …”
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Esophageal lesions at irritable bowel syndrome by M. G. Mnatsakanyan, O. V. Tashchyan, Yu. A. Morozova, A. P. Pogromov, G. M. Dyukova, D. V. Khalyapina

“…Methods of investigation included clinical examination, esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGDS) colonoscopy, X-ray investigation of the upper gut, 13С-urease breath test for Helicobacter pylori, 24-hour combined intraluminal рН-impedance recording with estimation of qualitative and quantitative indicators of refluxes and index of symptom-association probability (SAP). …”
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Options of improvement of efficacy of gastroesophageal reflux disease treatment by dioctaedric smectite by O. A. Storonova, A. S. Trukhmanov, N. Yu. Ivashkina, V. T. Ivashkin

“…In the first group according to upper endoscopy data healing of erosions was confirmed in 13 (86,7%) patients, in the second — in 10 (66,7%). …”
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Can the Scapular Dyskinesis Test be Associated with Throwing Related Injuries During the Course of Collegiate Baseball Seasons? by Masaaki Tsuruike, Yohei Mukaihara, Todd S. Ellenbecker

“…Players were followed throughout each respective season to track the incidence of throwing-related upper extremity injuries. # Results A total of 36 collegiate baseball pitchers (height: 185.3 ± 5.6 cm, weight: 88.8 ± 7.8 kg, age: 20.0 ± 1.5 years) consisting of 57 pitcher seasons were followed in this study, in which 18 pitchers remained with the team for more than one year. …”
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Maternal Macronutrient Intake and Associated Risk for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Results from the BORN2020 Study by Antigoni Tranidou, Ioannis Tsakiridis, Emmanuela Magriplis, Aikaterini Apostolopoulou, Violeta Chroni, Eirini Tsekitsidi, Ioustini Kalaitzopoulou, Nikolaos Pazaras, Michail Chourdakis, Themistoklis Dagklis

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> Energy intake above upper levels set by EFSA, as well as increased protein, MUFA, and fiber intake, although beneficial in balanced intakes, may negatively affect gestation by increasing GDM likelihood when consumed beyond requirements.…”
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Comparison of radiation esophagitis associated with daytime versus evening radiotherapy in patients with esophageal carcinoma by Yun Xing, Yutian Yin, Liang Yu, Cong Zhang, Guangjin Chai, Bo Lyu, Bin Wang, Lina Zhao, Geng Xiang

“…In multivariate logistic regression models, evening treatment (after 19:00) (odds ratio, 1.660 [95% CI 1.094–2.518]), tumor length ≥ 5 cm (odds ratio, 1.632 [95% CI 1.102–2.416]), PGTV dose ≥ 59.34 Gy (odds ratio, 1.702 [95% CI 1.099–2.635]), female sex (odds ratio, 2.241 [95% CI 1.475–3.405]), and tumor location in cervical segment and upper thoracic (odds ratio, 1.665 [95% CI 1.043–2.658]) were associated with higher odds of radiation esophagitis. …”
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Microplastic contamination in different tissues of commercial fish in estuary area by N.D. Takarina, O.M. Chuan, A. Adiwibowo, F.N.A. Jeffery, N.Z.A.B.N.M. Zamri, M.A. Adidharma

“…Four fish sampling sites were identified according to the predominant land use, with settlements in the upper reaches, ponds in the central area, and mangrove forests in the lower reaches. …”
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A cross-sectional study on posttraumatic growth and influencing factors among parents of premature infants by Wang Xingyanan, Lv Yuanhong, Liu Yang, Xiao Zhitian

“…The total score of coping style of parents of premature infants was (34.28 ± 4.97) points, which was in the middle and upper level; the total score of social support of parents of premature infants was (14.28 ± 4.97) points, which was in the middle level. …”
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Somatic comorbidities and health related uncertainty among Swedish adolescents with ADHD by Sara Lundqvist, Sara Lundqvist, Sara Röjås, Kourosh Bador, Maria Råstam, Nóra Kerekes, Nóra Kerekes

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted among a convenient sample of Swedish upper secondary school students aged 15 to 19 years. …”
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Multi-dimensional scaling for space-time transformation to achieve sustainable planning and management of water resource under changing land use pattern by Mohd Sayeed Ul Hasan, Abhishek Kumar Rai, Abul Hasan Momin, Mohammad Amir Khan, Faisal M. Alfaisal, Shamshad Alam, Osamah J. Al-sareji, Ali Majdi

“…The seasonal climatological trend statistics shows that, the upper Ganga and northern (left) of the Ganga basin shows an alarming rate of groundwater depletion, with increased in the severity of groundwater drought in near future with the loss in terrestrial water storage. …”
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The anti-circumsporozoite antibody response to repeated, seasonal booster doses of the malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS01E by M. Sanni Ali, Lisa Stockdale, Issaka Sagara, Issaka Zongo, Rakiswendé Serge Yerbanga, Almahamoudou Mahamar, Frédéric Nikièma, Amadou Tapily, Frédéric Sompougdou, Modibo Diarra, Duncan Bellamy, Samuel Provstgaard-Morys, Charles Zoungrana, Djibrilla Issiaka, Alassane Haro, Koualy Sanogo, Abdoul Aziz Sienou, Mahamadou Kaya, Seydou Traore, Oumar M. Dicko, Youssouf Kone, Hama Yalcouye, Ismaila Thera, Kalifa Diarra, Paul Snell, Opokua Ofori-Anyinam, Chris Ockenhouse, Cynthia Lee, Katie Ewer, Halidou Tinto, Abdoulaye Djimde, Jean-Bosco Ouedraogo, Alassane Dicko, Daniel Chandramohan, Brian Greenwood

“…Children whose antibody response was in the upper and middle terciles post vaccination had a lower incidence of malaria during the following year than children in the lowest tercile. …”
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Functional performance of patients with stroke during inpatient rehabilitation: a cross-sectional study of home and access visits by Melissa J. Krauss, Emily Somerville, Callista Poiter, Rebecca M. Bollinger, Brianna M. Holden, Gabrielle Blenden, Danielle Kretzer, Susan L. Stark

“…Differences in scores between home visit and IRF were significantly greater than between access and IRF for bathing, upper and lower body dressing, bed/chair transfer, walking, and navigating stairs. …”
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Wearable Smartphone-Based Multisensory Feedback System for Torso Posture Correction: Iterative Design and Within-Subjects Study by Amanda Polin Pereira, Olibario Jose Machado Neto, Valeria Meirelles Carril Elui, Maria da Graca Campos Pimentel

“…Participants engaged in daily activities, including walking and upper limb exercises, without and with app feedback. …”
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A Parallel Image Denoising Network Based on Nonparametric Attention and Multiscale Feature Fusion by Jing Mao, Lianming Sun, Jie Chen, Shunyuan Yu

“…Then, a combination of two-branch networks with different and complementary structures was used to extract deep features from the noise information in the image to solve the problem of insufficient feature extraction by the single-branch network model. The upper branch network used densely connected blocks to extract local features of the noise in the image. …”
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Immunoglobulin replacement therapy in patients with primary and secondary immunodeficiencies: impact of infusion method on immunoglobulin-specific perceptions of quality of life an... by Rajiv Mallick, Noemi Hahn, Christopher Scalchunes

“…Patient reported infusion time efficiency, physical and mental health (PROMIS GPH-2 and PROMIS GMH-2 respectively), patient acceptability of their symptom state (PASS), upper extremity disability (Quick DASH) and general health perception (via the GHP) are also investigated. …”
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Sources and Trends of CO, O₃, and Aerosols at the Mount Bachelor Observatory (2004–2022) by Noah Bernays, Jakob Johnson, Daniel Jaffe

“…Using these, we identified four causes of high-O₃ days at the MBO: Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere intrusions (UTLS), Asian long-range transport (ALRT), a mixed UTLS/ALRT category, and events enhanced by wildfire emissions. …”
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A deep learning model for assistive decision-making during robot-aided rehabilitation therapies based on therapists’ demonstrations by David Martínez-Pascual, José M. Catalán, Luís D. Lledó, Andrea Blanco-Ivorra, Nicolás García-Aracil

“…The participants used an upper limb rehabilitation robot to play a point-to-point game. …”
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