2023 IJSPT Orthopedic Summit Research Abstracts by International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy

“…After careful review, a total of 20 research abstracts were accepted and presented at OSET 2023. Awards for outstanding abstracts were presented on September 22. …”
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Erectile dysfunction in male lymphoma survivors in a Southeast Asian country by Gin Gin Gan, Diana Leh Ching Ng, Yuen Chwan Leong

“…Results: Overall, 106 patients were recruited. Mean age was 55.7 years, with 61.3% of patients aged above 50 years. …”
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GTAT: empowering graph neural networks with cross attention by Jiahao Shen, Qura Tul Ain, Yaohua Liu, Banqing Liang, Xiaoli Qiang, Zheng Kou

“…Abstract Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) serve as a powerful framework for representation learning on graph-structured data, capturing the information of nodes by recursively aggregating and transforming the neighboring nodes’ representations. …”
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Design of an Appropriate Combined Sheet Metal Roll Forming and Bending Machine For Small Scale Fabrication Enterprises by Kaggwa William Namutale

“…With these, components that could serve ro fulfill these requirements were chosen and thereafter were sized using various formulas and mathematical constants as provided in this document. …”
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Design of an Appropriate Combined Sheet Metal Roll Forming and Bending Machine for Small Scale Fabrication Enterprises. by Kaggwa, William Namutale

“…With these, components that could serve to fulfill these requirements were chosen and thereafter were sized using various formulas and -.jiematical constants as provided in this document. …”
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Rethinking the question of identity for indigenous public administration within public administration by Mahlala Sandiso ,Basheka Benon and Rapanyane Makhura Benjamin

“…In light of this realization, this paper discusses how rethinking the issue of identity for indigenous public administration can and should serve as a foundational tool for promoting Africa's Public Administration. …”
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Evaluation of parameters extracted from tissue residue functions in dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI: Healthy volunteers examined during normal breathing and spontaneous hyperve... by Ronnie Wirestam, Arthur Chakwizira, Peter Reinstrup

“…Eight healthy volunteers were examined during normal breathing and spontaneous hyperventilation. …”
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Transitional Justice before and after Transition: Colombia in Comparative Perspective by PHILIP J. WILLIAMS, JUANITA DUQUE

“…Cada administración ha podido identificar áreas de mejora para los mecanismos que ya existen y los ha fortalecido mediante cambios en la estructura normativa o mediante la creación de nuevas instituciones. Después de un breve resumen de la evolución del concepto de los mecanismos de TJ y TJ, el documento proporciona una breve descripción de los casos comparativos de TJ en América Central. …”
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Hipoteza – krzywa wiedzy dziecka by Kamil Stępień, Bogdan Stępień

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Combined morphology and radiomics of intravoxel incoherent movement as a predictive model for the pathologic complete response before neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with brea... by Yunyan Zheng, Hui Zhang, Huijian Chen, Yang Song, Ping Lu, Mingping Ma, Mengbo Lin, Muzhen He

“…BackgroundTo develop a predictive model using baseline imaging of morphology and radiomics derived from intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted imaging (IVIM-DWI) to determine the pathologic complete response (pCR) to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) in breast cancer patients.MethodsA total of 265 patients who underwent 3.0 T MRI scans before NACT were examined. Among them, 113 female patients with stage II–III breast cancer were included. …”
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Prognostic value of serum inflammatory markers in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma undergoing surgery: a two-center retrospective cohort study by Yaqin Dong, Fan Wang, Jiaying Deng, Tong Tong, Xiangxun Chen, Liming Wu, Yichun Wang, Mei Kang, Yutong Xu, Guangjie Shi, Liyang Zhu

“…Methods A cohort of 660 patients with esophageal cancer from two clinical centers in China was recruited, comprising a training cohort (n = 511) and a validation cohort (n = 149). Survival rates were compared using Kaplan–Meier curves and the log-rank test. …”
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Serum alpha-1 acid glycoprotein and gallstone risk in US adult women: a cross-sectional analysis of the NHANES by Xiaocheng Li, Peiling He

“…Serum AGP levels were measured using a high-sensitivity turbidimetric immunoassay. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Robust Automated System for Predicting Human Sperm DNA Fragmentation Index by Roopini Sathiasai Kumar, Swapnil Sharma, Arunima Halder, Vipin Gupta

“…The 30 patients' images were divided into training (24) and prediction (6) sets. …”
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Evaluation of zonulin levels in patients with migraine by Gözde Ülfer, Burcu Polat, Ahmet Yabalak, Çağrı Çakıcı

“…Disease duration, attack duration, attack frequency, Visual Analog Scale (VAS) scores, and comorbidities were available for the migraine group. Serum zonulin levels were evaluated by using the ELISA method. …”
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Geoelectric Evaluation of Groundwater Potential: A Case Study of Sabongida-Ora and Environs, Southern Nigeria by FI Chinyem

“…Nevertheless, borehole lithologic logs were also correlated with the geoelectric section and similar lithologies were observed. …”
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Analysis of Melanin Concentration on Reflective Pulse Oximetry Using Monte Carlo Simulations by Maximilian Reiser, Oliver Amft, Andreas Breidenassel

“…Monte Carlo (MC) simulations were used to analyse photon-tissue interactions, and detection of reflected light during systole and diastole. …”
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Predictive performance of emergency department-specific variables on COVID-19 pneumonia by Hann-Yee Tan, Mathew Yeo, Xin-Ying Tay, Michael Fung, Ranjeev Kumar, Say-Tat Ooi, Lina Amirah, Chalani Udhyami Ubeynarayana, Desmond Mao

“…Results: 294 patients were included. Patients with pneumonia were older (52.0 years, P < 0.001) and had higher C-reactive protein (CRP; 33.8 mg/L, P < 0.001). …”
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Efficacy of ultrasonography and mammography in detecting features of breast cancer by Sultan Abdulwadoud Alshoabi, Amal A. Alareqi, Moawia Gameraddin, Awadia Gareeballah, Kamal D. Alsultan, Amel F. Alzain

“…The sensitivity and specificity for each feature were calculated, and the receiver operating characteristic curve was used to measure the area under the curve for each feature on both modalities. …”
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OPTIMAL CONDITIONS FOR EXTRACTION PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS AND FLAVONOIDS FROM MILLET BRAN AND STUDYING SOME OF THEIR BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY by Mariem M. A.AL-Abas, Jassem. M. Nasser

“…Therefore, this treatment was adopted in conducting the free radical scavenging test, at different concentrations (0.125, 0.250, 0.500, 0.750, 0.800) mg/ml, as RSA were (24.68, 40.18, 67.56, 81.98, 89.55%), respectively, compared to ascorbic acid at the same concentrations, which were (40.14, 57.34, 73.46, 89.93, 99.55%). …”
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Reflexões Sobre a Noção de Objetividade nas Ciências e na Matemática by Fabiana Chagas de Andrade

“…A principal mudança nessa concepção foi a importância atribuída a fatores sociais e culturais no desenvolvimento da ciência e em um de seus aspectos, que faço uma breve análise: a objetividade. Explico a origem do termo e a mudança de significado a partir de Kant para, em seguida, construir uma breve abordagem histórica e, enfim, analisar as características da objetividade e seu papel na ciência. …”
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