Consensus document on the management of wound closure in orthopaedic surgery by Pablo Sanz-Ruiz, José Ramón Caeiro-Rey, Juan Carlos Martínez-Pastor, José Luis Martín-Alguacil, Antonio Murcia-Asensio, Jesús Moreta

“…There is no consensus on the best way to perform closure in orthopaedic surgery. …”
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Hurricanes and the Harvesting Decisions by Fritz Roka, Robert Rouse, Steve Futch, Ron Muraro

“…Conversely, when is it in the best economic interest for a grower to abandon the remaining crop? …”
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Preventing Escape of Non-Native Species from Aquaculture Facilities in Florida, Part 3: Structural Strategies by Quenton M. Tuckett, Carlos V. Martinez, Jared L. Ritch, Katelyn M. Lawson, Jeffery E. Hill

“…Aquaculture producers use these structures to prevent release of non-native species in compliance with Florida Aquaculture Best Management Practices. Further, many of the structures discussed in this 9-page fact sheet are also effective in addressing and maintaining compliance with the discharge requirements of those Best Management Practices. …”
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The Savvy Survey #11: Mail-Based Surveys by Glenn D. Israel, Jessica L. Gouldthorpe

“…Extension faculty who incorporate best practices of questionnaire design and mail survey procedures will be able to achieve a high response rate and collect more useful data than those who don’t use these best practices. …”
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Knowing how, arguing why: nurse anaesthetists’ experiences of nursing when caring for the surgical patient by Aina L. Bjerkeli Lekens, Sigrunn Drageset, Britt Sætre Hansen

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E-PORTFOLIO IN STUDENTS' LEARNING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT by Oksana Polyakova

“…A few technological means in the ESP and research context supported those achievements. The blended focus of this exploration might interest L2 practitioners and educators who are hesitant about involving measurements and analysis tools in their practice. …”
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Treatment compliance of liver cirrhosis patients by Ye. R. Olevskaya, A. I. Dolgushina, A. N. Tarasov, D. S. Mikhaylova, A. R. Molchanova, A. S. Kuznetsova

“…Emotional compliance of patients with the history of bleeding is significantly higher. Conclusions. Identification of factors that determine treatment compliance of LC patients is required for effective choice of treatment method and complication prophylaxis.…”
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Sarcoidosis: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic strategies by Danfeng Xu, Xiaohua Tao, Yibin Fan, Yan Teng

“…The current therapeutic strategies focus on blocking the formation and spread of granulomas to protect organ function and alleviate symptoms. …”
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Ischemic Changes in the Mucous Membrane of the Transverse Colon as a Complication of Acute Pancreatitis by D. A. Semenov, S. G. Shapovalyants, D. E. Seleznev, O. I. Yudin, S. V. Korolev, N. A. Gracheva, L. M. Mikhaleva, K. S. Paramonenko

“…Signs of anemia were regarded as a consequence of gastrointestinal bleeding. Computed tomography with contrast enhancement, along with an increase in the size of the pancreas, the presence of foci of pancreatic necrosis with multiple fluid accumulations in the parapancreatic space, revealed smoothed gaustration and thickening of the walls of the predominantly transverse colon. …”
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Effect of Clinical Sandblasting on the Surface Roughness of Zirconia Cores for all Ceramic Crowns and their Fracture Resistance after the Addition of Repair. by Mohammed Thamir Yassin, Shatha Abdullah Salih

“…Materials and Methods: Zirconia cores (n=21) were digitally designed and milled from ZirCAD LT B1 (IPS e.max® ZirCAD ) blocks using arum 5x-300 Pro (ARUM DENTISTRY). These cores were randomly divided into three groups: Group A: n=8, sandblasted with 50 μm aluminum oxide, and veneered with packable Z350 composite. …”
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Predict the Maximum Dry Density of Soil Based on Individual and Hybrid Methods of Machine Learning by Ghanshyam Tejani, Behnam Sadaghat, Sumit Kumar

“…This article introduces a novel technique to accurately forecast soil stabilization blends' maximum dry density (MDD). The Naive Bayes (NB) algorithm is employed to develop detailed and accurate models that use various natural soil characteristics, such as particle size distribution, plasticity, linear shrinkage, and stabilizing additives' type and amount, to relate to the MDD of stabilized soil. …”
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Rapid Point-of-Care Influenza Testing for Patients in German Emergency Rooms – A Cost-Benefit Analysis by Roland Diel, Albert Nienhaus

“…The major part of the cost savings, €113.17 or 94.4%, was due to the POC test´s high specificity, which led to 91% reduction in needless bed-blocking on the first day of hospitalization. However, as the sensitivity of 75.3% was only slightly higher than that of conventional clinical judgement, improved classification of patients with true influenza and a correspondingly lower rate of illness in hospital employees could not be achieved. …”
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Analysis of the Impact of Using a Gamified App for Spanish Spelling Practice in Primary Education by Esteban Vázquez-Cano, Javier Fombona, María Belén Morales-Cevallos, Eloy López-Meneses

“…The study advocates for blending traditional and gamified approaches to foster comprehensive spelling competence, supporting educators with analytics-driven insights. …”
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Multiscale Physics of Atomic Nuclei from First Principles by Z. H. Sun, A. Ekström, C. Forssén, G. Hagen, G. R. Jansen, T. Papenbrock

“…The short-range (dynamic) correlations which account for the bulk of the binding energy are included within a symmetry-breaking framework, while long-range (static) correlations (and fine details about the collective structure) are included by employing symmetry projection techniques. …”
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A survey of bdelloid rotifers from coastal ponds in Southern Norway by Giulia Lin, Michael Plewka, Erling Brekke, Øystein N. Kielland, Glenn Dunshea, Diego Fontaneto

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Efficient guided inpainting of larger hole missing images based on hierarchical decoding network by Xiucheng Dong, Yaling Ju, Dangcheng Zhang, Bing Hou, Jinqing He

“…Firstly, the structural priors extracted from the encoding layer are utilized to guide the first decoding layer, while residual blocks are employed to extract deep-level image features. …”
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ARE QUALITY INDICATORS IMPORTANT IN COLONOSCOPIES? ANALYSIS OF 3,076 EXAMS IN A PRIVATE TERTIARY SERVICE IN SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL by Adriana Borgonovi CHRISTIANO, Danielle Rossana Queiroz Martins BONILHA, Mauro Augusto MARCHIORI JUNIOR, Priscilla de Sene Portel OLIVEIRA, Maria de Lourdes Setsuko AYRIZONO

“…Complications occurred in 39 colonoscopies (1.3%), with bleeding in six cases and perforation in one case. …”
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Qualitative and quantitative evaluations of topography for CAD/CAM all ceramic zirconia after different surface treatments by Sazan M. Azeez, Shatha A. Salih

“…Materials and methods: Thirty-six disc-shaped yttrium-stabilized zirconium oxide specimens were milled from pre-sintered zirconia blanks using CAD-CAM machine with a diameter of 12mm and thickness of 1.4mm for twenty-seven discs while 12mm and 1.2mm for nine discs as a control group. …”
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Association of systemic vitamin D on the course of dengue virus infection in adults: a single-centre dengue cohort study at a large institution in Singapore by Sapna P Sadarangani, Htet Lin Htun, Weiping Ling, Robert Hawkins, Tsin Wen Yeo, Laura Rivino, Paul A MacAry, Yee-Sin Leo

“…Our study found low systemic 25-(OH) D was associated with increased dengue disease severity, particularly for severe bleeding that was not explained by thrombocytopenia. …”
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