Combined repair technique for patellar tendon rupture using two suture anchors and three transosseous sutures: a retrospective cohort study by Ding Li, Yuchen He, Zhenmu Xu, Yueming Chen, Kai Jiang, Ding Zhou, Qian Liu, Weihong Zhu

“…Conclusions The combined repair technique demonstrated reliable mid-term outcomes with satisfactory functional recovery, radiological healing, and a low complication rate. This technique may serve as a practical and effective option for proximal patellar tendon ruptures.…”
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Development and Assessment of a Color-Variable Chlorine Dioxide Slow-Releasing Card for Litchi Preservation by Li Guo, Guang Wu, Qingchun Yin, Lin Luo, Hao Deng

“…This study provides a visual, efficient, and economical solution for postharvest litchi.…”
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Apparent diffusion coefficient: a predictor of the efficacy of glucocorticoid therapy in active moderate-severe thyroid eye disease: a retrospective cohort study by Mingqiao Zhang, Xiaohui Zhang, Qian Huang, Liang Liang, Jian Long

“…Moderate-to-severe active TED patients with low ADC values at baseline in superior rectus muscle or medial rectus muscle may respond well to GC therapy.…”
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Spatial Semantic Expression of Terrain Viewshed: A Data Mining Method by Cheng Zhang, Yiwen Wang, Haozhe Cheng, Wanfeng Dou

“…The second point is near the ridgeline, where one viewshed accounts for 87.52% of the total viewshed, showing significant visual effects. One viewshed is 3121.113 m away from the observer, with only 113 visible points, and is not located at a low altitude, so it is suitable for a long-distance fixed-point intermittent observation. …”
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Prevalence of incorrect posture among school adolescents after the COVID-19 pandemic: a large population-based scoliosis screening in China by Yujie Mei, Yi-Fan Lin, Zichao Gong, Bin Yan, Qian Liang

“…Each student underwent visual inspection, Adam’s forward bending test, and trunk rotation angle measurement. …”
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Observation of the clinical efficacy of disposable fistula snares in the treatment of high anal fistula by Zhong Mingli, Lu Yue

“…[Methods] A total of 60 patients with high anal fistula admitted to the Third Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from October 2022 to October 2023 were selected as the study subjects, and they were divided into treatment group (n=30, treated with disposable fistula snares) and control group (n=30, treated with low-cut and high-hanging) according to the random number table method. …”
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Employing Quantum Entanglement for Real-Time Coordination of Distributed Electric Vehicle Charging Stations: Advancing Grid Efficiency and Stability by Dawei Wang, Hanqi Dai, Yuan Jin, Zhuoqun Li, Shanna Luo, Xuebin Li

“…Pricing trajectories align low-price windows with high-renewable periods and off-peak hours, enabling synchronized load shifting and enhanced flexibility. …”
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HIGH HEART RATE AS A POTENTIAL RISK FACTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES IN WOMEN WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS by D. S. Novikova, T. V. Popkova, A. N. Gerasimov, A. V. Volkov, E. L. Nasonov

“…Patients with HR≥86 beats per minute compared with RA patients with values of HR≤71 beats per min had lower total cholesterol (5.84±0.13 vs 5.11±0.17; p=0.001) and low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels (4.06±0.13 vs 3.28±0.18; p=0.001), longer duration, higher activity (Visual Analog Pain Scale, DAS28, extra-articular manifestations of RA, concentration of proinflammatory markers) and severity level of RA (severity index, HAQ, radiological stage III/IV), as well as  higher percentage of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) after adjustment for age. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF RISK FOR GASTROINTESTINAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS IN THE CIS POPULATION: PRELIMINARY DATA OF... by A. E. Karateev, T. V. Popkova, D. S. Novikova, E. L. Nasonov, G. A. Togizbaev, N. A. Martusevich, A. A. Aroyan, M. Z. Rizamukhamedova

“…The inclusion criterion was severe musculoskeletal pain (>40 mm on a 100-mm visual analogue scale (VAS)) or use of NSAIDs at the examination. …”
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Old world camels in Germany: parasitic nematode communities characterized by nemabiome analysis showed reduced anthelmintic efficacy according to the fecal egg count reduction test by Jenny Brachmann, Stefan Fiedler, Hannah Fischer, Jennifer S. Schmidt, Renate Radek, Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna, Jürgen Krücken

“…However, owing to the small sample size, assessment of animal weight only by visual estimation, and no drugs licensed for OWCs in Europe, the term resistance should be used with care. …”
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Accessibility of Massive Open Online Courses in Computer Sciences and Programming for Persons with Disabilities by E. A. Kosova, A S. Gapon, K. I. Redkokosh

“…As a result of the automatic and expert checks, the following errors were found: low contrast between the background and the text; navigation errors related to the missing labels in attributes; empty links and buttons; lack of alternative text for links and images; form identification errors; lack of custom web page settings; errors in keyboard access to media players; errors of the page structure and page reading logic, creating playback problems by assistive technologies and text browsers. …”
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Exploring the effect of fluid management guided by optic nerve sheath diameter on postoperative headache in women with cesarean section by Qiao Yang, Ruiming Deng, Qiaoling Weng, Tingyu He, Ziqiang Dong, Xianwei Jin, Weibo Zhong

“…Adequate fluid replacement is generally required postoperatively to prevent low ICP. However, excessive empirical fluid replacement can increase the circulatory burden on the patient and potentially elevate ICP, thereby contributing to the occurrence of headaches. …”
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Population Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics with Enterohepatic Recirculation of Co-Medication of Rosuvastatin and Ezetimibe by An H, Shin D

“…Plasma concentrations were measured for PK analysis until 72 h post-dose at steady state. The changes in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels from baseline to steady state at 24 h after the last administration were measured. …”
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Comparison of transrectal and transperineal prostate biopsy: a prospective comparative study by Vladimir A. Vorobev, Gadir R. Akperov, Olga V. Baklanova, Dmitry S. Mickevich, Egor V. Kovalev, Ivan P. Popov, Zahir S. Azizov

“…Minor complications occurred in 32.1% of TP and 40.0% of TR patients (p=0.69); low-grade fever requiring oral antibiotics (Clavien grade II) was reported only in 3.8% of TP cases. …”
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Application of 3D-printed compensators for proton pencil beam scanning of shallowly localized pediatric tumors by Agnieszka Wochnik, Tomasz Kajdrowicz, Gabriela Foltyńska, Dawid Krzempek, Katarzyna Krzempek, Krzysztof Małecki, Marzena Rydygier, Jan Swakoń, Paweł Olko, Renata Kopeć

“…Results The application of BCs reduced the low-dose irradiation areas, improved conformity and reduced critical organs exposure. …”
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Enhancing basal cell carcinoma classification in preoperative biopsies via transfer learning with weakly supervised graph transformers by Johan Björkman, Sigrid Lagerroth, Jan Siarov, Filmon Yacob, Noora Neittaanmäki

“…Models classified no-tumor vs. tumor (two classes), no-tumor vs. low-risk vs. high-risk tumors (three classes), and no-tumor vs. four BCC subtypes (five classes). …”
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Breast cancer burden (1990–2040) in individuals aged 55 and above: a GBD 2021 analysis of global trends, sex-specific risk factors, and intervention impact by Shimao Jian, Wanmei Lin, Yuewen Tang, Guangyu Yao

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Exploring the mechanism of Naringenin in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma based on mRNA sequencing and experimental validation by Zheng Zhang, Haoran Wang, Xin Liu, Meng He, Yujia Lin

“…Apoptosis was evaluated using Hoechst staining to visualize nuclear changes and flow cytometry to quantify apoptotic populations. …”
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Fixed timed artificial insemination in buffalo heifers with fresh and frozen-thawed semen in Argentina by José Luis Konrad, Alexis Bandeo, Natalia Vallejos, Pablo Ponce, Jesús Alfredo Berdugo, Pablo Maldonado-Vargas

“…Artificial insemination (AI) is a better tool with a low application in this species due to the particularities of its physiology; an alternative is the application of fixed-time insemination (FTAI). …”
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PALACE v1.0: Paranal Airglow Line And Continuum Emission model by S. Noll, S. Noll, S. Noll, C. Schmidt, P. Hannawald, W. Kausch, S. Kimeswenger, S. Kimeswenger

“…Using 10 years of data from the X-shooter echelle spectrograph in the wavelength range from 0.3 to 2.5 <span class="inline-formula">µ</span>m and additional data from the Ultraviolet and Visual Echelle Spectrograph at the Very Large Telescope at Cerro Paranal in Chile, we have succeeded in building a comprehensive spectroscopic airglow model for this low-latitude site with consideration of theoretical data from the HITRAN database for molecules and from different sources for atoms. …”
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