Kalmyks of the Salsky district in the context of national politics and ethno-social processes in the 1920s by Anton Viktorovich Averyanov

“…The purpose of the article is to identify the features of ethno social relations in the Salsky district during the NEP period, to identify and analyze the key mechanisms of socio-political and economic integration of the Kalmyk population. The research was conducted on the basis of archival materials from the State Archive of the Russian Federation, as well as other archival documents and published sources. …”
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Antibacterial Effect of Fixed and Volatile Oils against Gram-positive and Gram-negative Bacteria by Tara Faiq M. Salih, Sakar Ahmed Abdullah, Salar Ibrahim Ali, Daryan Kamal Khder

“…strain (5344572). This study conducted on antibacterial effect of six ?different extracted oils from medical herbs. …”
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A qualitative analysis of unintended effects of a digital conditional cash transfer intervention to encourage healthcare utilization in Southern Madagascar by Mara Anna Franke, Anne Neumann, Kim Nordmann, Daniela Suleymanova, Onja Gabrielle Ravololohanitra, Samuel Knauss, Julius Valentin Emmrich

“…The intervention offered partial cost coverage for patients seeking care for potentially life-threatening conditions, accidents and injuries, maternal or pediatric care between February 2021 and June 2022. We conducted a qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews with policymakers, healthcare providers, (non-) beneficiaries of the intervention, and staff that implemented the intervention using reflexive thematic analysis. …”
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Impact of Clazosentan on Vasospasm Reduction and Functional Recovery after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage by Sosho KAJIWARA, Takayuki KAWANO, Yu HASEGAWA, Yukihiko NAKAMURA, Kiyohiko SAKATA, Jin KIKUCHI, Masaru HIROHATA, Motohiro MORIOKA

“…Clinical data were collected, and propensity-score matching was conducted based on the clazosentan group. The primary endpoint was the functional outcome at discharge and 6-12 months after admission; the secondary endpoints were the incidence of cerebral vasospasm (CV) and DCI. …”
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Bidirectional causal associations between frailty measures and sleep disturbances: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Che L, Zang H, Bi Y, Wen B, Xu L

“…We aimed to investigate the bidirectional causal relationships between frailty measures and sleep disturbances employing a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis.Methods: Two-sample MR analyses were performed based on large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of the European population for frailty index (FI) (N = 175,226), Fried Frailty Score (FFS) (N = 386,565), insomnia (N = 283,595), sleep duration (N = 445,966) and sleep apnea (N = 523,366). We conducted the causal estimates using the inverse variance-weighted method (IVW), with sensitivity analyses using MR-Egger, weighted median, weighted mode, and MR pleiotropy residual sum and outlier (MR-PRESSO) analysis. …”
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Clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes in thoracic outlet syndrome: a comparative study of cases with and without cervical rib by Amr N. Ali, Hesham ElSobky, El-Sayed Abou El-Magd, Abdel Wahab Mahmoud Ibrahim

“…Methods This prospective study was conducted over one year and included 19 patients diagnosed with symptomatic TOS. …”
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Missing The Forest For The Trees: A Lack Of Upper Extremity Physical Performance Testing In Sports Physical Therapy by Matthew L Gauthier, Casey A Unverzagt, Luciana De Michelis Mendonça, Amee L Seitz

“…Independent t-tests and Chi Square analyses were conducted to determine differences in practice patterns between physical therapists with and without specialization and the frequency of potential barriers that may limit the use of these tests…”
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ASA score is an independent predictor of 1-year outcome after moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury by Olivia Kiwanuka, Philipp Lassarén, Alexander Fletcher-Sandersjöö, Charles Tatter, Jonathan Tjerkaski, David W. Nelson, Eric P. Thelin

“…Abstract Purpose This study aimed to investigate whether incorporating pre-injury health status, measured by the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score, improves outcome prediction models for moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (msTBI) patients. Methods We conducted a retrospective single-center study of msTBI patients (2005–2021). …”
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Characterizing Traffic-Related Ultrafine Particles in Roadside Microenvironments: Spatiotemporal Insights from Industrial Parks by Sultan F.I. Abdillah, Sheng-Jie You, Ya-Fen Wang

“…Simultaneous measurement campaigns were conducted at industrial roadside (IN), residential roadside (RS), and urban background (UB) throughout different seasons. …”
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Bilingual hate speech detection on social media: Amharic and Afaan Oromo by Teshome Mulugeta Ababu, Michael Melese Woldeyohannis, Emuye Bawoke Getaneh

“…In this work, a Bilingual hate speech detection for Amharic and Afaan Oromo languages were conducted using four different deep learning classifiers (CNN, BiLSTM, CNN-BiLSTM, and BiGRU) and three feature extraction (Keras word embedding, word2vec, and FastText) techniques. …”
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Evaluating the role of inflammatory biomarkers as a diagnostic tool in peri-implantitis by Ayan Saxena, Pavitra Kumar Rastogi, Nand Lal, Umesh Pratap Verma, Rameshwari Singhal, Md. Kaleem Ahmad

“…Background: Most studies have analyzed the presence of cytokines in Gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) in different periodontal diseases, but very limited studies have been conducted on Peri-implant crevicular fluid (PICF) in peri-implantitis. …”
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Gender Disparities and Socioeconomic Triggers in Filicide-Suicide—An Analysis of Media Portrayals by Zainab Pervaiz, Maryam Ayub, Nazish Imran

“…Methodology: A cross-sectional analysis was conducted using reports from major Pakistani newspapers over two years (January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2020). …”
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Triple Endobutton with Coracoacromial Ligament Transfer: A Modified Technique for Fixation of Acromioclavicular Joint Dislocation by Vikas Kesari, Jatin Prakash, Jyoti Garg, Divesh Jalan, Karan Maggo, Naval Bhatia

“…Materials and Methods: A prospective analysis was conducted on a cohort of patients with ACJ dislocation who were treated using the triple Endobutton and CAL transfer techniques. …”
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Unit commitment in microgrid systems using artificial intelligence techniques by Barnabas I. Gwaivangmin, Ganiyu A. Bakare, Ya’U S. Haruna, Abdullahi L. Amoo

“… This study, conducted at the University of Jos, Nigeria, investigated methods to optimize unit commitment within microgrid systems in response to rising power supply costs. …”
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Challenges in reducing grand multiparity rates in Ethiopia: an analysis of 2019 EDHS data using a multilevel model approach by Diriba Dibaba, Tesfaye Getachow Charkos

“…Methods A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted using data from the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2019. …”
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Cellular Reconstruction of the Rectal Mucosa during surgical Treatment of Familial Adenomatosis of the Colon: 12 Years after the First Experience of Introduction into Clinical Prac... by D. V. Vyshegorodtsev, A. M. Kuzminov, S. I. Achkasov, E. A. Kogan, V. Yu. Korolik, G. T. Sukhikh

“…Morphological and immunohistochemical studies were conducted. The long-term functional results of treatment (anorectal manometry (profilometry)) were studied. …”
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Single treatment selective laser trabeculoplasty in a Southern African resource-constrained context by Emma J. Pons, Jonathan J. Pons, Elly S. Grossman, Daniel Louw, Merle Werbeloff

“…Methods: A retrospective case series of consecutive patients who received SLT between 01 January 2017 and 31 December 2018 was conducted. Patient data were captured for up to 21 months. …”
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Antiviral activity of natural compounds extracted from Mediterranean medicinal plants against SARS-CoV-2 by Stephanie Ghio, Jean-Pierre Brincat, Yuksel Cetin, Frederick Lia

“…Though numerous studies have been conducted on natural products, many of these studies have been performed in silico and require further research to verify the suggested therapeutic properties. 3CLpro has been identified as the target with the largest number of proven in vitro results, with compounds from different classes of molecules shown to inhibit this essential viral protease. …”
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Investigation of customized total knee implant with articular cartilage under loading conditions using finite element analysis. by Shady A Alshewaier, Mohamed Yacin Sikkandar, Ali Ahmed Ali Almakrami, S Sabarunisha Begum, Ahmad Alassaf, Ibrahim AlMohimeed, S Meenatchi Sundaram, Dheeraj Poojary, Natteri M Sudharsan, Eddie Y K Ng

“…The meshing process employed tetrahedral elements, converging with 76,197 nodes and 43,009 elements. The analysis was conducted under different body weights, specifically 75-80 kg and 100-105 kg. …”
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The Modern University’s Mission and Transformation: Addressing Challenges in a Multipolar World by Ainash Davletova, Nazerke Orazova, Víctor Renobell, Rafael Khairullin, Vadim Ponkratov, Irina Burmykina, Natalya Savenko, Olesya Dudnik

“…Quantitative research was conducted by surveying 980 participants from various institutions in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Spain, using a standardized questionnaire. …”
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