Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty as Treatment for Rotator Cuff-Tear Arthropathy and Shoulder Dislocations in an Elderly Male with Parkinson’s Disease by John G. Skedros, James S. Smith, Tanner D. Langston, Micheal G. Adondakis

“…He also began using an electric wheelchair one year after the RTSA. We report this case because of the unusual set of conditions and circumstances, namely, the implantation of a RTSA in a patient with PD and shoulder instability.…”
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Hypocalcaemic cardiomyopathy: a description of two cases and a literature review by Martin Válek, Lenka Roblová, Ivan Raška Jr., Dita Schaffelhoferová, Tomáš Paleček

“…Generally, the most common complications of hypoparathyroidism and/or hypocalcaemia are cerebral calcifications, cognitive deficit, and cataracts. Once calcium supplementation is administered, the disease has a good prognosis and, in most individuals, a significant improvement (21%) or even normalization (74%) of the left ventricular systolic function occurs.…”
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Analysis of Three Penicillin Antibiotics (Ampicillin, Amoxicillin and Cloxacillin) of Several Iranian Pharmaceutical Companies by HPLC by A. Ashnagar, N. Gharib Naseri

“…A 20 μL solution from each individual sample and the standard solution were injected separately onto the column of an HPLC instrument which was equipped with ECW 2000 software of Knauer, Germany. …”
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Narkomfin’s new life. A ‘prosthesis’ for Ginzburg and Milinis’s masterpiece by Luca Lanini, Giorgia Puccinelli

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Effect of Repetitive Glucose Spike and Hypoglycaemia on Atherosclerosis and Death Rate in Apo E-Deficient Mice by Kenichi Nakajima, Tomoya Mita, Yusuke Osonoi, Kosuke Azuma, Toshiyuki Takasu, Yoshio Fujitani, Hirotaka Watada

“…In this study, apo E-deficient mice with forced oral administration of glucose twice daily for 15 weeks were used as a model of repetitive postprandial glucose spikes, and apo E-deficient mice given an intraperitoneal injection of insulin once a week for 15 weeks were used as a model of repetitive hypoglycaemia. …”
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Bee-Proofing for Florida Citizens by Michael K. O’Malley, James D. Ellis, Anita S. Neal

“…Neal, provides information about Africanized honey bees (AHB), precautions that can be taken by Florida residents to locate potential nesting sites, prevent nests from forming, and how to inspect one's property for nests. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, December 2007. …”
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Peripheral Arterial Disease and Its Associated Factors among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients at Debre Tabor General Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia by Yonas Akalu, Ambaye Birhan

“…The mean age of the study participants was 61.2±7.3 years. One hundred seventy-two (61.4%) patients were males. …”
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Reused N95 Face Masks Performance: Effect of Gamma Irradiation Method on Residual Bioburden and Functional Material Resistance by Ade Lestari Yunus, Akhmad Rasyid Syahputra, Rizka Fitriana, Deswita, Bimo Saputro, Muhamad Yasin Yunus, Hanna Yasmine, Devita Tetriana, Irawan Sugoro, Darmawan Darwis

“…Face mask sterilization by gamma irradiation could be one of the solutions. However, to ensure that the quality of the sterilized mask is still at a satisfactory level, chemical, thermal, and mechanical tests need to be conducted. …”
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Decorin, an exercise-induced secretory protein, is associated with improved prognosis in breast cancer patients but does not mediate anti-tumorigenic tissue crosstalk in mice by Marit Hjorth, Casey L. Egan, Guilherme D. Telles, Martin Pal, David Gallego-Ortega, Oliver K. Fuller, Emma D. McLennan, Ryan D. Gillis, Tae Gyu Oh, George E.O. Muscat, Surafel Tegegne, Michael S.M. Mah, Joanna Skhinas, Emma Estevez, Timothy E. Adams, Matthew J. McKay, Mark Molloy, Kevin I. Watt, Hongwei Qian, Paul Gregorevic, Thomas R. Cox, Pernille Hojman, Julie Midtgaard, Jesper F. Christensen, Martin Friedrichsen, Renato V. Iozzo, Erica K. Sloan, Brian G. Drew, Jørgen F.P. Wojtaszewski, Martin Whitham, Mark A. Febbraio

“…Results: We show that voluntary wheel running slows tumor development in the mammary specific polyomavirus middle T antigen overexpression (MMTV-PyMT) mouse model of breast cancer but only when mice are not housed alone. We identify the proteoglycan decorin as a contraction-induced secretory factor that systemically increases in patients with breast cancer immediately following exercise. …”
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Practice of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Nepal: Its Scope and Influencing Factor by Anjani Kumar Yadav, Ashok Dongol, Pradeep Acharya, Mehul R. Jaisani

“…Each of oncology, orthognathic surgery, implantology, and cleft lip/palate surgery was performed by <8% of the participants. …”
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Analysis of Expediency to Apply LCL Model with Source of Higher Harmonics of Current While Investigating Resonance Condition of Power Supply Network by M. Pavlovsky, A. Shimansky, Z. Fialkovsky

“…The paper considers a power system model of a plant with one capacitor bank and with one current source of higher harmonics for higher power factor. …”
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Block-Wise Two-Dimensional Maximum Margin Criterion for Face Recognition by Xiao-Zhang Liu, Guan Yang

“…B2D-MMC avoids iterations and alternations as in current bilateral projection based two-dimensional feature extraction techniques by seeking a closed form solution of one-side projection matrix for each block set. Theoretical analysis and experiments on benchmark face databases illustrate that the proposed method is effective and efficient.…”
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Optimum Scheduling the Electric Distribution Substations with a Case Study: An Integer Gaining-Sharing Knowledge-Based Metaheuristic Algorithm by Said Ali Hassan, Khalid Alnowibet, Prachi Agrawal, Ali Wagdy Mohamed

“…The current planning method is based only on intuition by constructing the same number of required stations in each year without searching for better solutions. …”
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Enhancing cooperation in dynamic networks through reinforcement-learning-based rewiring strategies by Hsuan-Wei Lee, Szu-Ping Chen, Feng Shi

“…By identifying and analyzing key parameters that influence cooperative dynamics, our findings provide deep insights into the mechanisms that drive cooperative behavior. This research not only highlights the transformative potential of adaptive network rewiring in promoting cooperation within complex adaptive systems but also offers a framework for designing resilient cooperative networks across diverse domains.…”
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Children's environmental citizen science: Stakeholders' experiences and perceptions by Catherine Wilson, Sarah Mills, Paul J. Wood

“…As adult stakeholders may control children's access to environmental CS (through recruitment strategies, resource provision or as gatekeepers), it is important to understand their experiences and perceptions of engaging children in environmental CS. Semistructured online interviews were conducted with 26 stakeholders of environmental CS. …”
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INTERPERSONAL FUNCTIONS OF THE ENGLISH QUOTES OF MOTIVATION AND THEIR INDONESIAN TRANSLATIONS by Ni Made Ayu Widiastuti, Ni Ketut Sri Rahayuni

“…All the quotes belong to the indicative mood, but there is only one quote that has the combination between indicative mood and imperative mood. …”
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Beyond the Scalpel: Addressing Communication and Distress in ENT Cancer by Bogdan Hirtie, Norberth-Istvan Varga, Andrada Oprisoni, Sonia Tanasescu, Estera Boeriu, Virgiliu Bogdan Sorop, Octavia Harich, Adrian Vasile Bota, Delia Ioana Horhat

“…<i>Background and Objectives</i>: Effective communication in oncology is crucial, but challenging due to the complex information and emotional burden associated with a cancer diagnosis. …”
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An Extrapolated Iterative Algorithm for Multiple-Set Split Feasibility Problem by Yazheng Dang, Yan Gao

“…The multiple-set split feasibility problem (MSSFP), as a generalization of the split feasibility problem, is to find a point in the intersection of a family of closed convex sets in one space such that its image under a linear transformation will be in the intersection of another family of closed convex sets in the image space. …”
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Comparison of Nulliparas Undergoing Cesarean Section in First and Second Stages of Labour: A Prospective Study in a Tertiary Teaching Hospital by Ayhan Sucak, Şevki Çelen, Eren Akbaba, Sunullah Soysal, Ozlem Moraloglu, Nuri Danışman

“…We performed a prospective observational audit study to compare neonatal and maternal outcomes of the primary cesarean sections performed in first stage versus second stage of labour. Methods. One thousand three hundred and eighty-nine nullipara women who had undergone cesarean section in a tertiary teaching hospital between February 1, 2009 and January 31, 2010 were included in the study. …”
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Olericulture No-Till System at Mountain Region: Physical and Biological Attributes of the Soil by Laura Vaillant Ribeiro Mauri, Eduardo de Sá Mendonça, Lenita Julia Bolzan, Maria da Penha Angeletti

“…The stock of C in winter at the 9NTS area was 33.0 and 41.5 Mg·ha−1, and the respective area in CT presented only 21.75 and 25.00 Mg·ha−1 in the depths of 0–10 and 10–20 cm, respectively. …”
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