Late-stage rehabilitation effects do not differ between quadriceps and hamstring tendon autograft after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a multicentre propensity score-... by Daniel Niederer, Matthias Keller, Wolf Petersen, Natalie Mengis, Christian Eberle, Daniel Guenther, Georg Brandl, Björn H. Drews, Tobias Engeroff, Lutz Vogt, David A. Groneberg, Thomas Stein

“…Self reported outcomes such as knee function (The Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) Sport as the main self-reported outcome) were followed by a series of hop and jump tests. …”
Get full text

Psychosocial Assessment as a Key Component in an Integrated, Personalized Care Pathway: A Protocol for a Low Back Pain Randomized Controlled Trial by Anna Anselmo, Maria Pagano, Francesco Corallo, Irene Cappadona, Davide Cardile, Fabrizio Russo, Alice Laudisio, Giuseppe F. Papalia, Angelo Quartarone, Rocco S. Calabrò

“…Methods This prospective, randomized, controlled trial with blinded outcome assessors evaluates the psychosocial functioning of 86 patients with chronic LBP. Participants divided into two groups to compare tele-rehabilitation with face-to-face rehabilitation with a 1:1 randomization based on a web-based system will all undergo neuropsychological, psychological, and associated clinical condition assessment through standardized tests and ad hoc questionnaires at enrollment (T0), after 1 month (T1), 2 months (T2), and 6 months (T3). …”
Get full text

Predicting injury risk in young female volleyball players through movement and jump assessments by Mustafa Erol, Fatma Gozlukaya Girginer, Sinan Seyhan, Gorkem Acar, Gunay Cerit, Meliha Uzun, Caglar Soylu

“…Screening tools like the Functional Movement Screen (FMS) and Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT) often show inconsistent predictive validity for injury risk in this population. …”
Get full text

Cross-sectional study on exercise capacity in obese patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome by Shengrui Mei, Yue Zhou, Wenjun Wu, Xiaochuan Cui, Junyan Cai, Peng Yuan, Shukun Deng

“…After adjusting for confounding factors such as gender, age, exercise habits, smoking history, hypertension and diabetes, the multivariate model still maintained significant correlations.ConclusionSevere OSAS, as a severe complication of obesity, further exacerbates the decline in exercise capacity among obese patients, with the extent of impairment positively correlated with AHI values.CPET can be used to assess cardiopulmonary function in patients with obesity and OSAS. …”
Get full text

YAP‐TEAD inhibition is associated with upregulation of an androgen receptor mediated transcription program providing therapeutic escape by Roberto Alva‐Ruiz, Ryan D. Watkins, Jennifer L. Tomlinson, Jennifer A. Yonkus, Amro M. Abdelrahman, Caitlin B. Conboy, Erik Jessen, Nathan W. Werneburg, Hendrien Kuipers, Jack W. Sample, Gregory J. Gores, Sumera I. Ilyas, Mark J. Truty, Rory L. Smoot

Get full text

The Impact of Digital Rural Construction on Rural Revitalization-Empirical Evidence from Chinese County Panel Data by Jinqian Deng, Xiao Li, Na Zhang

“…Thus, it is essential to continue advancing digital village initiatives, identify integration points based on rural functional roles and resource endowments, and explore pathways to fully realize their empowering effects on rural revitalization.…”
Get full text

Topical composite hydrogel incorporating human amniotic membrane and spidroin for the treatment of chronic wounds in diabetes mellitus by Suyarta Efrida Pakpahan, Anggraini Barlian, Arie Wibowo, Indra Wibowo

“…Macroscopic progress of wound healing was monitored, and histological analysis was performed to assess reepithelialization, inflammatory response, and collagen deposition. Key results: The functional groups of hAMD components were identified at the characteristic absorption peaks of 1650 cm⁻¹, while spidroin showed a peak at 1530 cm⁻¹. …”
Get full text

Efficiency of tray dryer moisture removal: Experimental and AI studies by A. Al-Haddad, T. Kikhavani, Seyyed Hosseini

“…The input variables consist of the four specified operational factors, while the output is MRE. Among 240 experimental data points, the multilayer perceptron using radial basis functions (MLP) showed the best outcomes, obtaining a MAPE of 0.000013 % during training and 2.62 % during testing, an RMSE of 0.0134 for training and 0.479 for testing, along with R² values of 1.0 (training) and 90.7 % (testing). …”
Get full text

Quantitative fracture characterization and damage evolution mechanisms of MWM under splitting tension by Chunjie Li, Jun Cai, Johnny F.I. Lam, Kaicong Kuang, Hongniao Chen

“…Through integrated digital image correlation (DIC) and cubic specimen (100 mm × 100 mm × 100 mm) testing, a piecewise constitutive model was developed, combining a 6th-degree polynomial (ascending phase, R2=0.942) with a rational fraction function (descending phase, R2=0.999), resolving limitations of linear approximations. …”
Get full text

Polymorphism of angiogenesis regulation factor genes (<i>VEGF/VEGFR</i>), and extracellular matrix remodeling genes (<i>MMP/TIMP</i>), and the levels of their products in extracell... by V. I. Konenkov, V. V. Nimaev, A. V. Shevchenko, V. F. Prokofiev

“…Cells of various organs and systems perform their functions and intercellular interactions not in an inert environment, but in the microenvironment of tissue fluids. …”
Get full text

Characteristics of cardiopulmonary exercise capacity in adults with different degrees of obesity by Shukun Deng, Shengrui Mei, Qunyan Zhou, Wenjun Zhi, Wenjun Wu, Junyan Cai, Peng Yuan

“…In terms of static pulmonary function, there were significant differences among the five groups in FVC%Pred (F = 4.577, P = 0.001), FEV1%Pred (F = 3.681, P = 0.006) and FEV1/FVC (F = 3.344, P = 0.011). …”
Get full text

A Reliability Evaluation Methodology for X-in-the-Loop Simulation in Autonomous Vehicle Systems by Taeyoung Oh, Sungwoo Cho, Jinwoo Yoo

“…XILS combines real hardware, software, and virtual models to test the functionality of autonomous driving systems. …”
Get full text

Declarative memory profiles in children with non-specific intellectual disability: a cluster analysis approach by Urszula Sajewicz-Radtke, Ariadna Łada-Maśko, Michał Olech, Krzysztof J. Leoniak, Bartosz M. Radtke

“…Learning potential may be a more predictive factor of functional outcomes, warranting further research and targeted interventions to enhance the adaptive capabilities in this population.…”
Get full text

Using soil classification to improve interpretation of biological soil health indicators by K.A. Congreves, Q. Wu

“…Despite the dynamic nature of biological indicators of soil health, we find that soil classification by great group constrains measurements and serves as a useful contextualizing factor to adjust scoring functions. Further, we find biological indicators of soil health (namely soil organic C, total N, and P and S enzyme activity) generally improve with more regenerative crop production practices such as cover cropping or organic management. …”
Get full text

A Rapid Evaluation Method of Permafrost Bearing Capacity in the Tibetan Plateau Region Based on the Correlation Between CPT-CBR by Haowu Wang, Bo Tian, Lei Quan, Panpan Zhang, Lihui Li, Yitong Hou, Sen Hu

“…To address this, this study investigates the correlation between CPT parameters and laboratory mechanical indices under the combined effects of multiple factors in frozen sandy soils. By conducting both CPT and CBR tests on frozen sandy soils, the study analyzes the trends in changes in cone tip resistance (<i>q</i>_c) and CBR values under the influence of temperature (<i>T</i>), moisture content (<i>ω</i>), and compaction degree (<i>K</i>) and establishes a functional relationship between them. …”
Get full text

Multiscale spatial dependency of small mammal diversity patterns and their determinants by Kenneth Otieno Onditi, Wenyu Song, Zhongzheng Chen, Xueyou Li, Quan Li, Noé U. de laSancha, Simon Musila, Xuelong Jiang

“…In this study, using a comprehensive dataset of small mammals from primary field surveys supplemented with literature data across Kenya, we investigated the effects of spatial scale on the distribution patterns of taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional diversity indices. We also tested how relationships between taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional diversity and various environmental and anthropogenic variables change across spatial scales. …”
Get full text

Enhanced zebra optimization algorithm for sustainable combined economic and emission dispatch in power systems by Ahmed Arkwazee, Rana Abttan

“…This paper addresses the complex, nonlinear, and nonconvex nature of CEED, arising from factors like valve-point effects and transmission losses, which necessitates efficient metaheuristic algorithms. …”
Get full text

S-DCNN: prediction of ATP binding residues by deep convolutional neural network based on SMOTE by Sixi Hao, Sixi Hao, Cai-Yan Li, Xiuzhen Hu, Zhenxing Feng, Gaimei Zhang, Caiyun Yang, Huimin Hu

“…BackgroundThe realization of many protein functions requires binding with ligands. As a significant protein-binding ligand, ATP plays a crucial role in various biological processes. …”
Get full text

Bioengineering the Human Intestinal Mucosa and the Importance of Stromal Support for Pharmacological Evaluation In Vitro by Matthew Freer, Jim Cooper, Kirsty Goncalves, Stefan Przyborski

“…Permeability studies adapted to a 96-well format allow for high throughput screening and demonstrate the role of the stromal compartment and tissue architecture on permeability and functionality, which is thought to be one of many factors responsible for unexpected drug outcomes using current approaches for pharmacokinetic testing.…”
Get full text

Effects of oxidative stress and GDNF on patients with bipolar disorder: a prospective study by Qun Yang, Chuanwei Li, Fei Jiang, Jiancheng Qiu, Haidong Yang, Qing Tian, Xiaobin Zhang

“…The severity of manic symptoms were assessed using the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS). Cognitive function was assessed by the Digit Cancellation, Stroop Color and Word, and Trail Making Tests. …”
Get full text