The prevalence of erectile dysfunction at a primary healthcare clinic in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal by Y. Lockhat, A. Ross, P. Ramlachan, C. Rangiah

“…Setting and subjects: More than 50% of men aged 40-70 years experience some degree of erectile dysfunction. …”
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Yoga for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review of Controlled Trials by Kim E. Innes, Terry Kit Selfe

“…Collectively, findings suggest that yogic practices may promote significant improvements in several indices of importance in DM2 management, including glycemic control, lipid levels, and body composition. More limited data suggest that yoga may also lower oxidative stress and blood pressure; enhance pulmonary and autonomic function, mood, sleep, and quality of life; and reduce medication use in adults with DM2. …”
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Efficacy of intra-articular injections for the treatment of osteoarthritis: A narrative review by Sam Si-Hyeong Park, Biao Li, Christopher Kim

“…With profound effects on joint function and quality of life, OA imposes a substantial socio-economic burden. …”
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Low pressure PEM electrolyzer system modeling with heat loss representation by Asmaa A. Ghany, Mohamed Mahmoud Samy

“…Low-pressure proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers are increasingly recognized for their effectiveness in hydrogen production, especially when combined with renewable energy sources. These systems function efficiently at reduced pressures, leading to lower cost of operation and improved safety. …”
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LMGD: Log-Metric Combined Microservice Anomaly Detection Through Graph-Based Deep Learning by Xu Liu, Yuewen Liu, Miaomiao Wei, Peng Xu

“…Its core idea is to split the application into a set of microservices with a single function and independent deployment. Due to their complexity and large scale, microservice systems are typically fragile and failures are inevitable. …”
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Going beyond the model: Characteristics of civic visual literacy by Ann-Sofie Jägerskog, Malin Tväråna

“…Practical implications: Entirety, expansion, and agency must function as focal points in SSE teaching when visual representations are used. …”
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Intra-articular injections in the treatment of osteoarthritis by Yu. A. Olyunin, I. N. Schendrigin

“…When comparing the effectiveness of these drugs, it was shown that during the 1st month, HA had more favorable results, after 3 months the results did not differ significantly, and after 6 months, the effectiveness of HA was higher. …”
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B cells are capable of independently eliciting rapid reactivation of encephalitogenic CD4 T cells in a murine model of multiple sclerosis. by Chelsea R Parker Harp, Angela S Archambault, Julia Sim, Mark J Shlomchik, John H Russell, Gregory F Wu

“…Changes in CD4 T cell activation over time did not account for more rapid onset of EAE symptoms in this new B cell-mediated EAE model. …”
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What Inspires Biomimicry in Construction? Patterns, Trends, and Applications by Andrea Goyes-Balladares, Roberto Moya-Jiménez, Víctor Molina-Dueñas, Wilmer Chaca-Espinoza, Teresa Magal-Royo

“…The findings are organized into a categorization of organisms based on their biological group and a detailed classification according to imitation criteria—form, function, structure, and process—highlighting their applications in the built environment. …”
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Eye tracker as an implied social presence: awareness of being eye-tracked induces social-norm-based looking behaviour by Hoo Keat Wong, Ian D. Stephen

“…We therefore suggest that even within laboratory settings an eye tracker may function as an implied social presence that leads individuals to modify their eye movement behaviour according to socially-derived inhibitory norms.…”
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Knowledge and Attitude of Families with Major Depression Patient referring to Shafa Hospital in Rasht regarding Treatment Follow up by ali Tabaei, hayedeh mahmuodi, mojgan Baghaie, ehsan kazemnezhad

“…Introduction: Insufficient depression treatment follow-up is the major cause of disease recurrence and decreased function of patients and is a recent challenge of health management. …”
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COVID-19 and the Use of Immunomodulatory Agents in Ophthalmology by Mehmet Fatih Kağan Değirmenci, F. Nilüfer Yalçındağ, İlknur Tugal-Tutkun

“…Although severe acute respiratory distress syndrome secondary to SARS-CoV-2 infection may develop in all people, patients who receive IMT may be at higher risk in terms of both the transmission of the infection and more severe disease course. Therefore, guidelines on the management of patients receiving IMT due to uveitis during the pandemic are needed. …”
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Role of E-cadherin in epithelial barrier dysfunction: implications for bacterial infection, inflammation, and disease pathogenesis by Peter Lialios, Peter Lialios, Stella Alimperti, Stella Alimperti

“…Lately, its pleiotropic role beyond barrier function, including its involvement in immune responses, has become more evident. …”
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Source reconstruction accuracy of MEG and EEG Bayesian inversion approaches. by Paolo Belardinelli, Erick Ortiz, Gareth Barnes, Uta Noppeney, Hubert Preissl

“…In contrast, ARD and GS are more robust to noise and less affected by temporal correlations between sources. …”
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Effectiveness of adding a peak flow meter for the identification of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in real-world clinical practice by Hideki Ikeda

“…The combination of the COPD questionnaire and peak flow meter can effectively differentiate severe from the more severe half of moderate COPD from sCOPD cases and improve diagnosis of asymptomatic COPD cases that may require medication prescription by general practitioners.…”
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Multidimensional internet use related to cognitive performance in older persons: a nationwide cross-sectional study by Yue Fan, Hua Wei, Qunshan Tao

“…IntroductionThe internet has been increasingly recognized as a potential driver for enhancing cognitive functioning in older adults; however, the mechanisms underlying this relationship remain insufficiently understood in the literature. …”
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Classification of Thyroid Class using ID3 Algorithm and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) by Nabila Henisaniyya, Citra Pertiwi, Anita Desiani, Ali Amran, Muhammad Arhami

“…This gland, located below the Adam’s apple, is responsible for coordinating various metabolic processes in the body, making its function essential. Early detection of thyroid symptoms is crucial as an initial step in planning the necessary treatments to prevent more severe thyroid-related health risks. …”
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Encapsulation Based Method for Natural Frequency Identification of Deployable Solar Arrays with Multiple Plates by Chunjuan Zhao, Xiangyu Zhao, Shanbo Chen, Jisong Yu, Lei Zhang

“…First, a suspended modal test system with gravity compensation function is designed. Second, the mathematical model of the test system is established. …”
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Can agricultural insurance enhance comprehensive grain production capacity? Mechanisms of risk protection and production incentives by Dainan Hou, Xin Wang, Xin Wang

“…Moreover, the impacts are more pronounced in non-major grain-producing areas compared to major ones.DiscussionThese results suggest that agricultural insurance has a vital role in enhancing sustainable grain production. …”
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Utilizing small molecules to probe and harness the proteome by pooled protein tagging with ligandable domains by Katherine E. Larrimore, Yevgeniy V. Serebrenik

“…These libraries unlock opportunities to explore the proteome with a versatile toolbox of small molecule probes designed to interact with the fused tags, allowing researchers to visualize protein localization, induce protein misfolding, manipulate protein-protein interactions, modulate protein stability, and more in a scalable, systematic manner. This review explores recent studies employing multifunctional domains at proteome scale, delving into how the associated chemical probes have been employed to enable insights into endogenous protein function, cellular processes, and disease mechanisms. …”
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